May 17, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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 2020-2021 Academic Discilines  

 

(HRT) Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism (514)

  
  • HRT 445 - Advanced Food Production and Service Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of management concepts in menu design, personnel, cost control, and production and service of food.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): HRT 210 .
  
  • HRT 450 - Advanced Lodging Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Designed to allow students to interpret operational problems currently occurring in the hotel industry in a case study, interactive environment. The student will analyze management opportunities and threats within a hotel and determine reasonable alternatives.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): HRT 211 .
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): MARK 300 .
  
  • HRT 484 - Critical Sustainable Tourism

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical Sustainable Tourism: Explores the historic and current socio-cultural impacts of tourism on the environment, community, and government. Understand the complexities of tourism relationships from the host community and tourist perspective. Explain how tourism influences culture, communities, and societies through forces of racial/ethnic identity, class, gender, sex tourism, and the politicization of tourism. Identifying the power dynamics within tourism planning and development of a tourism destination. Emphasis on the study of both historic and current socio-cultural impacts of tourism on family, community, culture, government, and the environment, as well as other current issues.

  
  • HRT 492 - Professional Experience

    6 Credit Hours
    Supervised educational experiences in selected hospitality operations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): HRT 390 *.
    Registration Restriction(s): Hotel, restaurant and tourism major.
  
  • HRT 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual problems or activities for students with special interests in hotel, restaurant, and tourism.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Hotel, restaurant and tourism major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • HRT 494 - Directed Study: Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual student-faculty experience.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(HSP) Haslam Scholars Program (446)

  
  • HSP 257 - Power:

    3 Credit Hours
    An examination of historical and contemporary issues surrounding power and privilege and the cultural, political, and economic contexts in which these issues evolved.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Repeatability: May not be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Haslam Scholars only.
  
  • HSP 267 - Life:

    3 Credit Hours
    An examination of the interface between science and society in a quest to identify the existence of life elsewhere.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Repeatability: May not be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Haslam Scholars only.
  
  • HSP 268 - Perspectives on Globalization

    3 Credit Hours
    This interdisciplinary seminar examines the significance of the globalization of ideas and economies.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to second-year Haslam Scholars.
  
  • HSP 287 - Knowledge:

    3 Credit Hours
    An examination of the purposes and value of education in a democratic society.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC)
    Repeatability: May not be repeated.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 *, ENGL 132 *, ENGL 290 *, or ENGL 298 *.
    Registration Restriction(s): Haslam Scholars only.
  
  • HSP 288 - Energy in the Modern World

    3 Credit Hours
    This interdisciplinary seminar examines the problems and possibilities in applying and using energy in the modern world.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to second-year Haslam Scholars.
  
  • HSP 348 - Service Learning Project/Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will complete a service-learning project or internship. Topics vary.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to third-year Haslam Scholars.
  
  • HSP 368 - Study Abroad: Edinburgh, Scotland

    3 Credit Hours
    Interdisciplinary study abroad experience focusing on The Scottish Enlightenment and independent scholarship.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • HSP 491 - Study Abroad Program

    3 Credit Hours
    Interdisciplinary study abroad. Topics vary.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to second-year Haslam Scholars.
  
  • HSP 497 - Honors Thesis I

    3 Credit Hours
    Substantial scholarly, scientific, or artistic endeavor representing the capstone of a student’s undergraduate education.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to Haslam Scholars.
  
  • HSP 498 - Honors Thesis II

    3 Credit Hours
    Substantial scholarly, scientific, or artistic endeavor representing the capstone of a student’s undergraduate education.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to Haslam Scholars.
  
  • HSP 499 - Senior Colloquium

    1 Credit Hours
    Thesis research presentation seminar.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to Haslam Scholars.

(IARC) Interior Architecture

  
  • IARC 101 - Introduction to the Built Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Architectural design as a creative process based on visual thinking and ideas related to space, technology, and/or place. Scope and definition of the built environment in relation to contemporary society, building industry, and allied design professions. Orientation to courses and programs of the school.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARCH 121  and ARCH 171 .
  
  • IARC 107 - Honors: Introduction to the Built Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend IARC 101  classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARCH 121  and ARCH 171 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of the School director.
  
  • IARC 200 - Human-Environment Relations

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to environmental psychology theories: examine behavior in relationship to biological, social and environmental factors; role of needs assessments and research-based issues guiding design process.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • IARC 207 - Honors: Human-Environment Relations

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to environmental psychology theories: examine behavior in relationship to biological, social and environmental factors; role of needs assessments and research-based issues guiding design process. Students will attend IARC 200 * classes, with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • IARC 211 - History of Interior Design, Furnishings, and the Decorative Arts

    3 Credit Hours
    Social, political, and physical influences through the movements and traditions of the interior environment in major world cultures from prehistoric – present.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 101 , ARCH 101 , or ARCH 111 *.
  
  • IARC 217 - Honors: History of Interior Design, Furnishings, and the Decorative Arts

    3 Credit Hours
    Social, political, and physical influences through the movements and traditions of the interior environment in major world cultures from prehistoric – present. Students will attend IARC 211  classes, with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 101 , ARCH 101 , or ARCH 111 *.
  
  • IARC 221 - Theory of Color

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to color systems and application of color in the interior environment.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture, 2-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARCH 171 , DSGN 130 *, or DSGN 430 .
  
  • IARC 261 - Materials, Resources and Textiles for Interiors

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of interior architectural materials, textiles and resources used in designing interior environments. Focus on environmental sustainability, codes, function and aesthetics.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 101 , ARCH 101 , or ARCH 111 *, or permission of instructor.
  
  • IARC 275 - People, Spaces, Experiences & Politics

    6 Credit Hours
    Introductory design investigations applying global contextual research of people, spaces, experiences and politics to the interior environment with a focus on historical, cultural, ethic, and/or social precedents which reinforce conceptual ideation and schematic design. Critical thinking through comparison and reflection, material explorations, and making are developed and applied based on global design research and perspectives. Program specified computer and software required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARCH 122  and ARCH 172 .
  
  • IARC 276 - Context, Concept, Input, and Interaction

    6 Credit Hours
    Continuation of introductory design investigations of the interior environment. Emphasis on contextual analysis and development, design process from conceptual ideation to critical refinement of schematic design and user input/interaction. May be instructed in vertical, joint, or design build format. Program specified computer and software required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 275 .
  
  • IARC 321 - Advanced Representation

    2 Credit Hours
    Advanced digital workflow for building information management software as applicable to creative and professional development for interior architecture.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARCH 221 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IARC 276 .
  
  • IARC 331 - Construction Documents and Codes for Interior Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods, processes, and procedures for creating construction documents for interior environments. Includes the use of building information management software, codes and regulations affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Combination lecture and lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 261 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): ARCH 321 .
  
  • IARC 360 - Business Principles and Practices

    2 Credit Hours
    Inter-professional relationships and business practices, responsibilities, and liabilities.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 101 , ARCH 101 , or ARCH 111 *; and junior standing; or permission of instructor.
  
  • IARC 361 - Lighting for Interior Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Lecture presentation of design principles in lighting, acoustics and mechanical systems. Course will emphasize fundamentals of lighting design practices and techniques.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (QR)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 101 , ARCH 101 , or ARCH 111 *; and MATH 123 * or above; and sophomore standing; or permission of instructor.
  
  • IARC 372S - Design Development and Construction Detailing Documentation for Interior Architecture – Service Learning

    6 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive design process with emphasis on design development and basic construction documentation. Use of building information management software and focus on construction principles are integrated in the studio investigations. Program specified computer and software required. Studio includes a service learning component through supervised projects with the community.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 12 hours studio.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARCH 321 , IARC 331 , and IARC 375 .
  
  • IARC 375 - Experimentation + Innovation

    6 Credit Hours
    Intermediate Interior Architecture Studio focusing on design investigations of the interior environment with material systems and programming. Design process from program creation to conceptual ideation to critical refinement of schematic design. Program specified computer and software required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 200 * and IARC 276 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IARC 361 .
  
  • IARC 376 - Design Development and Construction Detailing Documentation for Interior Architecture

    6 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive design process with emphasis on design development and basic construction documentation. Use of building information management software and focus on construction principles are integrated in the studio investigations. Program specified computer and software required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARCH 321 , IARC 331 , and IARC 375 .
  
  • IARC 420 - Practicum for Interior Architecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience in a professional design firm. Business practices, project management and design philosophy.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 360  and IARC 376 .
  
  • IARC 425 - Special Topics in Interior Architecture

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty initiated courses. Topics vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Major in the College of Architecture and Design or instructor permission.
  
  • IARC 475 - Comprehensive Capstone Studio

    6 Credit Hours
    Advanced design investigations of the interior environment. Emphasis on design process from conceptual ideation to critical refinement of design development. Projects include integration of large systems including fire separation, egress, lighting, materials, structure, acoustics, and environmental May be instructed in vertical, joint, or design build format. Program specified computer and software required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 376 .
  
  • IARC 476 - Elective Studio

    6 Credit Hours
    Advanced interior architecture investigations related to contemporary topics and theories. May be instructed in vertical, multi-disciplinary, self-directed, or design build format. Program specified computer and software required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 376 .
  
  • IARC 477 - Honors: Senior Interior Architecture Project

    6 Credit Hours
    Students will attend IARC 476  studio classes with supplementary design assignments required.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 10-hour studio.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IARC 376 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of the School director.
  
  • IARC 480 - Furniture Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Human factors data applied to design of body support, task support, storage and systems, construction drawings, and scale models. Advanced millwork design and materials and manufacturing processes.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture and 2-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ARCH 374 , IARC 375 , or INDS 371 .
  
  • IARC 491 - International Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Individual or group studio and/or study abroad. Academic research, field investigation, or studio experiences. Determination of credit based on particular international experience.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • IARC 493 - Directed Studies in Interior Architecture

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Student- or staff-initiated research or studio investigation of special topic.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Elective credit only.
  
  • IARC 497 - Honors: Independent Study in Interior Architecture

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Individual studies and projects under faculty direction, for honors students only. Credit adjusted to complexity and level of effort required.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of the School director.

(IB) International Business (583)

  
  • IB 407 - Honors: International Business

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is designed to equip students with methods to lead, mobilize, and tackle challenges within an international business and multicultural context. Students will learn how to utilize a design thinking framework to become more adaptive and innovative leaders. The course explores how cultures, mindsets, and people vary, how to recognize these variances, and how to successfully lead and manage effectively within these environments. Through a combination of online learning modules, interactive lectures, and experiential assignments, students will explore unique opportunities and problems that confront leaders navigating in a global economic context.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): BUAD 338  and ECON 218 *.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the Haslam College of Business Smith Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • IB 409 - International Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of strategic implications of conducting business operations in an international context. Analysis of relevant cross-national environments, including cultural, political, economic, and legal characteristics.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): MGT 201  or MGT 202 , or honors equivalents.
    Registration Restriction(s): Students must be admitted to an international business collateral or concentration in the Haslam College of Business or a language and world business concentration in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
  • IB 429 - International Economics for Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Statement of international transactions, exchange rate determination, risk management strategies, currency crises, monetary arrangements, comparative advantage, tariff and non-tariff trade distortions, trade policies, protectionist arguments, regional integration.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both ECON 421  and IB 429.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 * or ECON 207 *, ECON 211 * and ECON 213 * (or honors equivalents).
    Registration Restriction(s): Students must be admitted to an international business collateral or concentration.
  
  • IB 439 - Global Supply Chain Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the complexities of managing supply chains in a global context. Addresses issues relating to the drivers of globalization and managing the supply and demand fulfillment processes across an extended and global organization. Topics include discussions of cultural differences, regional trading blocs, global procurement, offshoring, global infrastructure, security and risk, sustainability, market entry, service quality, gray markets, customer lifetime value, demand/supply integration.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): BUAD 331  or BUAD 337 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Students must be admitted to an international business collateral or concentration.
  
  • IB 449 - International Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Understanding the intricacies of international finance including how multinational companies operate in a number of different business activities within multiple countries. Topics covered include international monetary system, balance of payments, exchange rate utilization, and foreign exchange derivatives including currency forwards, futures options and swaps.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): FINC 301  or FINC 307  with grade of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • IB 489 - Study Abroad

    0 Credit Hours
    Study abroad program approved by the College of Business Administration Undergraduate Programs Office.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated 6 times.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • IB 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Internships are a chance for students to gain hands-on experience in the business world, apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world problems, and develop important professional skills. By participating in an internship, students gain a competitive advantage for future employment by providing meaningful work experience and an introduction to a potential career or employer. With an international internship, students can acquire and hone additional skills that range from language proficiency to intercultural communication. IB 492 is intended for any internship, regardless of business major, that occurs outside of the United States. Students must be engaged in rigorous, professionally applicable work that relates to their field of study, educational goals and/or career aspirations that can be transferred to other employment or academic settings. The hiring organization must provide the student with a supervisor that provides routine feedback. Students will be eligible for 1 credit hour per 50 hours worked. The student can only enroll in IB 492 for the academic term in which they are completing the internship.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IB 492N - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Internships are a chance for students to gain hands-on experience in the business world, apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world problems, and develop important professional skills. By participating in an internship, students gain a competitive advantage for future employment by providing meaningful work experience and an introduction to a potential career or employer. With an international internship, students can acquire and hone additional skills that range from language proficiency to intercultural communication. IB 492  is intended for any internship, regardless of business major, that occurs outside of the United States. Students must be engaged in rigorous, professionally applicable work that relates to their field of study, educational goals and/or career aspirations that can be transferred to other employment or academic settings. The hiring organization must provide the student with a supervisor that provides routine feedback. Students will be eligible for 1 credit hour per 50 hours worked. The student can only enroll in IB 492  for the academic term in which they are completing the internship.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(IE) Industrial Engineering (556)

  
  • IE 130 - Survey of Engineering Entrepreneurship

    1 Credit Hours
    (See EF 130 .)
  
  • IE 200 - Engineering Statistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to probability concepts, probability distributions, data collection, descriptive statistics, discrete distributions, continuous distributions, estimation of means, confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, regression, and correlation. Emphasis on industrial engineering techniques for data collection, data analysis, and engineering probability and statistics.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): MATH 142 * or MATH 148 *.
  
  • IE 201 - Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    This course introduces the incoming Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) students to the different aspects of the practice of industrial engineering including but not limited to supply chain logistics, healthcare, manufacturing and service operations, etc. 

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
  
  • IE 202 - Work Measurement and Introduction to Manufacturing Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to methods, standards, work design, and productivity improvement. Work method design: exploratory, documentation, and analysis tools. Operation analysis: product, process and schedule design. Introduction to facilities layout, work design, work method improvement, time study, learning curves, and wage incentives systems. A survey of manufacturing processes, traditional machining, and non-traditional machining. Fundamental principles and procedures will be applied through a class project developed by students working in teams.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): EF 152 * or EF 157 *.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 200  or STAT 251 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of freshman engineering courses.
    Comment(s): Available to other majors who have completed an introductory course in probability and statistics.
  
  • IE 250 - Leadership in Industrial Engineering I: Professional Writing

    1 Credit Hours
    Aspects of leadership in a professional environment will be studied from current literature reading and discussions. Industry professionals will periodically lead the class to enlighten students to aspects of the practice of industrial engineering. Explanation of ISE curriculum content and sequences will be provided. Regular submission of written papers on assigned and discussed topics will be critically reviewed to emphasize key aspects of professional level written communications including content, format, and referencing.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 *, ENGL 132 *, ENGL 290 *, or ENGL 298 *.
    Registration Restriction(s): Industrial engineering major; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • IE 300 - Quality Control and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and application of statistical quality control and improvement, including both traditional and modern methods; statistical process monitoring; and process and measurement system capability analysis.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200  or STAT 251 .
    Comment(s): Available to other majors who have completed an introductory course in probability and statistics.
  
  • IE 301 - Operations Research I: Deterministic Models

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrated system modeling concepts. Linear mathematical programming models including modeling, the simplex procedure, sensitivity analysis, dual theory, transportation, transshipment, and assignment problems, and integer linear programming.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): MATH 200  or MATH 251 ; and MATH 241  or MATH 247 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of an introductory course in probability and statistics.
  
  • IE 304 - Introduction to Human Factors Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Human capabilities and limitations affecting work, workplace, and work environment design. Emphasis on human factors methodology, human input requirements, human outputs, the design of human-machine interfaces, the analysis of stress on performance, and environmental factors such as noise, lighting, and atmospheric conditions. Focus on designing the task to fit the person.

    Comment(s): Available to other majors who have completed an introductory course in probability and statistics.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • IE 310 - Operations Research II: Probabilistic Models

    3 Credit Hours
    Probabilistic Models, including decision makings under uncertainty, inventory models, Markov Chains, and queuing theory.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200  or STAT 251 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of a computer-programming course.
  
  • IE 317 - Honors: Operations Research in Industrial Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend IE 310  classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200  or STAT 251 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 340 - Design of Experiments

    3 Credit Hours
    Development and discussion of fundamental theory, concepts and procedures required for the efficient design and analysis of industrial experiments. Topics covered include the statistical approach, screening procedures for factor and interaction effects in one-factor and multiple-factor experiments with and without restrictions on randomization, two-level and mixed-level full and fractional factorial designs with and without blocks, response surface methodology, and Taguchi methods. Integrated treatment of these topics provides knowledge and skills for process and product improvement in engineering applications. Use of specialized software for experimental data analysis.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of an introductory course in probability and statistics.
  
  • IE 350 - Leadership in Industrial Engineering II: Team Building Skills

    1 Credit Hours
    Aspects of leadership in a professional environment will be studied from current literature reading and discussions. Industry professionals will periodically lead the class to enlighten students to aspects of the practice of industrial engineering. Teams will be formed for a semester-long project addressing a contemporary issue in industrial engineering either from industry collaborations or from societal concerns. Teams will execute literature search, construct customer surveys, write a formal paper and present their findings.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 *, ENGL 132 *, ENGL 290 *, or ENGL 298 *.
    Registration Restriction(s): Industrial engineering major; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • IE 401 - Facilities Planning and Material Handling

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental concepts, theory and procedures for the study of facilities design and location; physical layout; material flow principles; and material handling. Product design, process planning and schedule design are integrated through the development of analytical procedures and use of layout planning software to enhance the decision-making process in the design, rationalization and improvement of factory and office layouts. The knowledge learned in this course is integrated with knowledge from selected related courses to develop a laboratory design project by students working in teams.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Two lecture and two lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 202 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 405 .
  
  • IE 402 - Production System Planning and Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and application of forecasting systems, including regression and time series models. Independent demand inventory models, including development of safety stock. All modules of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) Systems. Master production scheduling, resource requirements planning, bill of material and inventory file structures, material requirements planning, capacity planning, shop floor and purchase order control. Overview of just-in-time inventory concepts and MRP’s role in manufacturing automation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 202 .
  
  • IE 404 - Industrial Engineering Design I

    2 Credit Hours
    Current real-world problems will be drawn from local production and service organizations and presented by personnel from these organizations. Senior industrial engineering student teams will solve these real-world problems under the guidance of their instructor using industrial engineering methodology. These problems emphasize problem definitions, analysis, and presentation with considerations for engineering standards and realistic economic, environmental, ethical, safety, social, political, and other pertinent constraints.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 401 IE 405 , and IE 427 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of all industrial engineering junior-level courses.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 405 - Engineering Economic Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Role of engineering economy in engineering practice; principles of economic equivalence; time value of money and discounted cash-flow techniques; analysis of single and multiple investments; comparison of alternatives; capital recovery and tax implications; inflation; public sector analysis; cost estimation; depreciation schedules; break-even point concepts; decision making under uncertainty; risk analysis; introduction to investing in the financial market; basic accounting principles and financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, cost of goods sold statements, and business ratios.

    Registration Restriction(s): Tickle College of Engineering or biosystems engineering majors.
  
  • IE 406 - Simulation

    3 Credit Hours
    Simulation of complex business and industry processes using current simulation software (e.g., Arena) where management, strategic and operational decision making can be enhanced through modeling and analysis. Introduction to modeling concepts, flowcharting, random number generation, design of experiments, simulation logic, computer animation, and optimization. Utilization of statistical tools to analyze inputs and outputs to simulation models. Provides hands-on experiences in developing simulation models for relevant manufacturing and service industry case studies.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200  or STAT 251 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 310 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of IE 202  and an introductory course in probability and statistics.
  
  • IE 407 - Honors: Facilities Planning and Material Handling

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend IE 401  classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 202 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 405 .
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 408 - Honors: Simulation

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend IE 406  classes, with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200  or STAT 251 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 310  or IE 317 .
    Recommended Background: Completion of IE 202  and an introductory course in probability and statistics.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 421 - Information Systems Analysis and Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Systems engineering approach to analysis and design of systems of information. Topics ― system development life cycle, system analysis methodologies, data analysis techniques, system design, joint application design, and rapid application design. Lab introduces analysis and design software tools.

    Recommended Background: Completion of an introductory course in probability and statistics.
    Registration Restriction(s): Industrial engineering major; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • IE 422 - Industrial Engineering Design II

    2 Credit Hours
    Current real-world problems will be drawn from local production and service organizations and presented by personnel from these organizations. Senior industrial engineering student teams will solve these real-world problems under the guidance of their instructor using industrial engineering methodology. These problems emphasize problem definitions, analysis, and presentation with considerations for engineering standards and realistic economic, environmental, ethical, safety, social, political, and other pertinent constraints.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC) (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 404 ; ENGL 102 *, ENGL 132 *, ENGL 290 * or ENGL 298 *.
  
  • IE 423 - Industrial Safety

    3 Credit Hours
    Accident causation, losses, and investigative techniques. Role of human, task/machine, and environment in accident prevention. Safety standards, codes, and laws. Product liability, design, evaluation, and management of safety organizations and programs. Hazard recognition, analysis, control and risk assessment, systems safety and related techniques.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • IE 427 - Introduction to Lean Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces an engineering based framework to implement process and system improvements within both the manufacturing and service enterprises. The students will be introduced to the basic concepts of lean systems including facility design and six sigma. The focus of the course will be to enable students to design complex processes and systems based on the physical system and the associated information system. Activities will include case studies, industry based projects, and the preparation of engineering reports.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 406  or IE 408 .
    Recommended Background: IE 350 *, IE 401  (or IE 407 ), and completion of an introductory course in probability and statistics.
  
  • IE 428 - Honors: Information Systems Analysis and Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend IE 421  classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Recommended Background: Completion of IE 202  and an introductory course in probability and statistics.
    Registration Restriction(s): Industrial engineering major; minimum student level – junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 430 - Supply Chain Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    An overview of supply chain engineering with topics including: building a strategic framework to analyze supply chains, designing the supply chain network, planning demand and supply, planning and managing inventories, sourcing, transporting, and pricing products, and coordination and technology in the supply chain.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): IE 405 .
  
  • IE 450 - Leadership in Industrial Engineering III: Project Planning

    1 Credit Hours
    Aspects of leadership in a professional environment will be studied from current literature reading and discussions. Industry professionals will periodically lead the class to enlighten students to aspects of the practice of industrial engineering. Each student will develop a project plan including goals, milestones, task breakdown, resource assessment and budget culminating with an oral project review presentation.

    Registration Restriction(s): Industrial engineering major; minimum student level – senior.
  
  • IE 451 - Creative Technical Problem Solving

    3 Credit Hours
    This course introduces creative technical thinking principles for problem solving to address larger challenges that create value for organizations and society. Thinking methods covered include ideality, functional analysis, nine windows of a system, migration to the system, 5 whys, cause and effect chains, separation principles, technical contradictions and S-curve analysis.

    Registration Restriction(s): Junior standing in engineering or junior standing in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • IE 457 - Engineering Entrepreneurship

    3 Credit Hours
    (See ME 457 .)
  
  • IE 465 - Applied Data Science

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to applied data science including machine learning and data mining tools. Topics include supervised and unsupervised algorithms, techniques for improving model performance, evaluation techniques and software packages for implementation. Emphasis will be put on real-world applications in various domains including healthcare, transportation systems, etc.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): COSC 102  or COSC 111 .
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200  or equivalent.
  
  • IE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Probabilistic failure models and parameter estimation (maximum likelihood, Bayes techniques). Model identification and comparison, accelerated life tests, failure prediction, system reliability, preventive maintenance, and warranties.

    (Same as CBE 483 ; MSE 483 ; ME 483 ; NE 483 .)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200 CBE 301 ECE 313 MATH 323 MSE 301 , or STAT 251 .
  
  • IE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of maintenance and reliability engineering and maintenance management. Topics include information extraction from machinery measurements, rotating machinery diagnostics, nondestructive testing, life prediction, failure models, lubrication oil analysis, establishing a predictive maintenance program, and computerized maintenance management systems.

    (Same as CBE 484 ; MSE 484 ; ME 484 ; NE 484 .)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): IE 200 CBE 301 ECE 313 MATH 323 MSE 301 , or STAT 251 .
  
  • IE 493 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Recent developments in industrial engineering including new areas of application, new research techniques, and new methodologies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated: Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • IE 494 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Recent developments in industrial engineering, including new areas of application, new research techniques, and new methodologies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • IE 495 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Recent developments in industrial engineering including new areas of application, new research techniques and new methodologies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.

(INDS) Industrial Design

  
  • INDS 211 - History of Industrial Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Industrial design, product design, furniture, within a social and cultural context in a global perspective, 20th and 21st centuries.

  
  • INDS 321 - Digital Representation and Fabrication for Industrial Design

    2 Credit Hours
    Exploration of basic computer-aided design programs in the representation of three dimensions. The use of digital fabrication machines such as 3D printer, and CNC computer numerical control mill.

  
  • INDS 371 - Ideation Graphics Studio

    3 Credit Hours
    Ideation drawing and methodology. Concentration on rapid freehand drawing related to process and development of product design.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): DSGN 130 * or DSGN 430 .
  
  • INDS 372 - Industrial Design Studio

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to conceptual steps and prototyping skills in product design evolution, process, drawing and model making.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): INDS 371 .
    (RE) Corequisite(s): INDS 321  or ARCH 221 .

(INMT) Information Management (558)

  
  • INMT 242 - Business Software Applications

    3 Credit Hours
    Instruction on the use of popular spreadsheet, database, and analytical software including how and when to apply the features of these types of applications to address a variety of business problems. Content emphasizes leveraging widely used business tools via hands-on activities.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ACCT 200  or ACCT 203 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business or the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the Herbert College of Agriculture only.
  
  • INMT 341 - Business Process Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include strategic uses of information technology in business processes, analysis of business processes (including transaction processing cycles), analysis of business process risk exposures and controls, and conceptual modeling and the development of information systems.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): BUAD 342 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • INMT 342 - Introduction to Database Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    This ‘hands on’, project-based course, involves the use of several technology tools to build and deploy database solutions. Topics include fundamentals of database technology, database design, database use, database system controls, and database implementation. Focus is on developing the technical and business skills necessary to successfully gather information and improve business processes in technology-driven environments. Students work with modern database management systems software and develop database project management skills.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): INMT 341  or BAS 320  with grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): BUAD 342 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business. Statistics Majors in the College of Arts and Sciences may register with permission from the instructor. Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • INMT 441 - Introduction to Cybersecurity in Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the theories, technologies, and procedures underlying the protection of information assets. Students work with a variety of tools to enhance their knowledge and technology skills. This course also includes study of key business issues related to designing and implementing cybersecurity. 

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): INMT 341  with a grade of C or better or BAS 320  with a grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): INMT 342 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • INMT 442 - e-Enterprise

    3 Credit Hours
    This ‘hands on’, project-based course introduces students to key information management trends and challenges related to established and emerging technologies, and overviews key business applications and algorithms that support the flow of data in businesses, with a focus on Internet enabled business processes that connect buyers, suppliers, and trading partners in dynamic, real-time information sharing partnership. Students work with a variety of tools to enhance their knowledge and technology skills.

    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both INMT 442 and INMT 545.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): INMT 341  with grade of C or better or BAS 320  with grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): INMT 342 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • INMT 443 - Business Applications and Tools

    3 Credit Hours
    This ‘hands-on’, projects-based course introduces students to business application logic and object programming. Topics include fundamentals of business application logic, business application architectures, and project management. Students use application development tools and programming languages/scripts to write algorithms (including linking apps to databases and other file types).

    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both INMT 443 and INMT 546.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): INMT 341  with grade of C or better or BAS 320  with grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): INMT 342 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • INMT 499 - Special Topics in Information Management

    1-3 Credit Hours
    This course introduces and addresses the challenges related to managing new emerging and disruptive information technologies that are impacting business environments.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): INMT 341  with grade of C or better or BAS 320  with grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): INMT 342 .
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.

(INPG) Interdisciplinary Programs (581)

  
  • INPG 100 - Selected Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • INPG 200 - Introductory Interdisciplinary Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics related to the Interdisciplinary Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. Acceptable for major or minor credit in any Interdisciplinary Program with the consent of the Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and the respective chairperson.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • INPG 210 - Introduction to Health Care Delivery

    1 Credit Hours
    Health care professionals address topics selected to expose pre-health students to various specialty areas and issues in health care. Topics include ethics in health care delivery, professional school opportunities, and the admissions application process. The class meets at UT Medical Center.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • INPG 220 - Introduction to Law and the Legal Profession

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the practice of law, to areas of law taught in the first year of law school, and to legal method and authorities. Topics may include the legal profession, legal history, legal institutions, civil and common law systems, civil procedure, criminal law and procedure, torts, contracts, and property law.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
 

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