May 14, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Accounting (ACCT)

  
  • ACCT 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 504 - Analytics and Disruptive Technologies I

    3 Credit Hours
    Focuses on foundational data analysis methodologies and disruptive information technologies relevant to business processes and financial and organizational decision-making. Cases, hands-on projects, and real-world activities are applied to enhance learning.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 505 - Financial Accounting I

    1.5 Credit Hours
    Understand financial accounting principles, analyze financial statements of U.S. Public companies, and interpret related information, including financial statement notes. Emphasis on assessing company liquidity, profitability, asset management, and capital structure.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 506 - Managerial Accounting I

    1.5 Credit Hours
    Understand the methods and techniques used by managers to solve business problems using accounting data and to plan and assess business operations.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 505.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 507 - Financial Reporting Research and Contemporary Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of contemporary financial reporting issues are covered with an emphasis on researching the authoritative accounting literature. Specific contemporary issues covered vary each semester.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 508 - Business Combinations

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of accounting theory to business combinations and related topics, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, and foreign currency issues.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 509 - Analytics and Disruptive Technologies II

    3 Credit Hours
    Focuses on advanced data analysis methodologies and disruptive information technologies relevant to business processes and financial and organizational decision-making. Cases, hands-on projects, and real-world activities are applied to enhance learning.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ACCT 504.
    Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 510 - Analytics and Disruptive Technologies II in Tax

    3 Credit Hours
    Focuses on advanced data analysis methodologies and disruptive information technologies relevant to tax processes and tax decision-making. Cases, hands-on projects, and real-world activities are applied to enhance learning.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): ACCT 504.
    Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 518 - Professional Standards

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic standards and contemporary issues relevant to assurance providers. Actual practice cases are used to illustrate application.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 519 - Seminar in Business Risk and Assurance Methodology

    3 Credit Hours
    Business risk and emerging methodology used by assurance providers.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 522 - Valuation

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus on business and asset valuation theory and application in financial reporting, investment, and taxation contexts.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 523 - Valuation II

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus is on advanced valuation topics such as real estate, private firms, distressed firms, financial firms, the valuation of contingent claims (options, derivatives, futures, etc.), and managerial considerations to valuation such as valuation creation.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 530 - Tax Research, Accounting Practice, and Procedures

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods of researching tax issues within the federal tax system with emphasis on Internet-based research tools. Tax accounting periods and methods. Tax procedures for dealing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tax practice standards and ethical concerns.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 531 - Tax Strategy and Corporation Tax Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Current issues in tax strategy and planning including investment models, implicit taxes, organizational form, and other selected topics. Income taxation of corporate operations including financial statement implications of income taxes. Course is intended for Master of Accountancy students in the taxation concentration.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 532 - Corporate Taxation and Reorganizations

    3 Credit Hours
    Current issues in corporate taxation including organization and capital structure, distributions, liquidations, acquisitions, and reorganizations. Course emphasizes group projects and presentations. Web-based research tools used extensively.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 531.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 533 - Taxation of Partnerships and S Corporations

    3 Credit Hours
    Current issues in partnership and S corporation taxation including partnership formation, operations, allocations, and distributions; LLCs; S corporation election and operations; and comparisons of different flow-through entities. Course emphasizes group projects and presentations. Web-based research tools used extensively.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 535 - Entity Taxation and Other Tax Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to tax strategy and planning.  Income taxation of corporate operations including financial statement implications of income taxes.  Introduction to entity formation, distributions, and liquidations. Introduction to tax issues pertaining to partnerships and S corporations.  Course is intended for Master of Accountancy students in the audit and controls concentration.
    Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy.
  
  • ACCT 539 - Multi-Jurisdictional Tax Planning and Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    International and state tax law as it pertains to business transactions. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying tax planning opportunities and designing tax strategies to meet planning objectives.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 531.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 593 - Individual Research in Accounting

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Directed research in topic of mutual interest.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Or consent of Master of Accountancy advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy – accounting major.
  
  • ACCT 598 - Special Topics in Tax

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Seminar designed to study new and innovative areas of interest in tax.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Master of Accountancy - accounting major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • ACCT 599 - Special Topics in Accounting

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Seminar designed to study new and innovative areas of interest in accounting.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor. Admission to the Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level-graduate.
  
  • ACCT 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 610 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting Research Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Study and application of contemporary accounting research methods. This project-based course introduces students to the study and application of software, data sources, and methods used in contemporary accounting research.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 611 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting I

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of issues reflected in accounting literature.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 612 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting II

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of issues reflected in accounting literature.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 619 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting III

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of issues reflected in accounting literature.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 620 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting IV

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of issues reflected in accounting literature.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 621 - Accounting Colloquium

    1 Credit Hours
    Research and discussion of contemporary issues in practice of accountancy.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 622 - Accounting Colloquium

    1 Credit Hours
    Research and discussion of contemporary issues in practice of accountancy.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Comment(s): Or consent of PhD program advisor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Haslam College of Business. Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ACCT 693 - Independent Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Directed research in topic of mutual interest.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy – Business Administration major – accounting concentration. Minimum student level – graduate.

Advertising (ADVT)

  
  • ADVT 470 - Advertising Campaigns

    3 Credit Hours
    Group-based development, execution, and evaluation of an advertising campaign for a regional or national client.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Advertising 450 and Public Relations 270.
    Registration Restriction(s): Advertising or public relations major.
  
  • ADVT 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when the student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 510 - Advertising and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of advertising as an institution in a free-enterprise democratic society and its relation to social, legal, cultural, and economic institutions.
    Comment(s): 510 is for MS students only. Doctoral students must register for ADVT 610.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 516 - Seminar in Advertising Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Detailed study of a specialized area of advertising. Topics vary by semester.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 520 - Advertising and Communications Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of contemporary communications theories of attitude change, information-processing, and persuasion as applied to creative strategy decisions.
    Comment(s): 520 is for MS students only. Doctoral students must register for ADVT 620.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 540 - Advertising Decision Making

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of decision making in budgeting, creative strategy, media strategy, research, evaluation, and agency-client relationships. Advertising response functions.
    Comment(s): 540 is for MS students only. Doctoral students must register for ADVT 640.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 560 - Account Planning

    3 Credit Hours
    Account Planning focuses on the development of advertising strategy based on insight-oriented research. Emphasis on the use of qualitative research in advertising strategy development, secondary and quantitative data also used.
  
  • ADVT 590 - Project

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone project under guidance of faculty. Application of principles from previous course work.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 592 - Advertising Internships

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in a functional area of advertising.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 597 - Independent Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Must be a graduate student.
    Registration Permission: Advanced undergraduate students who wish to be considered must seek permission of instructor.
  
  • ADVT 610 - Advertising and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar that explores advertising as an institution in a free-enterprise democratic society and its relation to social, legal, cultural, and economic institutions. Emphasis on development of original research.
    Comment(s): Doctoral students only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ADVT 616 - Seminar in Advertising Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Detailed study of a specialized area of advertising. Topics vary by semester.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate. Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADVT 620 - Advertising and Communications Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar on contemporary communications theories of attitude change, information-processing, and persuasion as applied to creative strategy decisions and advertising effects. Emphasis on development of original research.
    Comment(s): Doctoral students only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level - graduate.
  
  • ADVT 640 - Advertising Decision Making

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar in advertising management. Analysis of decision making in budgeting, creative strategy, media strategy, research, evaluation, and agency-client relationships. Advertising response functions. Emphasis on development of original research.
    Comment(s): Doctoral students only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level - graduate.
  
  • ADVT 680 - Mass Communication Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Journalism and Electronic Media 680.)


Advertising and Public Relations (ADPR)

  
  • ADPR 516 - Seminar in Advertising and Public Relations Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Detailed study of a specialized area of advertising and public relations. Topics vary by semester.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADPR 530 - Advertising and Public Relations Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Nature, scope, and application of research function to advertising and public relations decisions.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADPR 541 - Strategic Communication Tactics

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides an overview of the field for students with little to no formal strategic communication education or experience and equips them with the skills they need to excel. Students will learn how to use professional design and photo editing software as well as how to select typography, color, and images. They will also receive intensive training in writing for direct, online, and mediated communications. Students will produce multiple portfolio pieces that showcase their strategic communication skill set.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ADPR 542 - Strategic Communication Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of leadership and management of goal-driven strategic communication in multiple contexts (e.g., for-profit, non-profit, agency). Examines theories and case studies to explore topics such as research and evaluation, issues management, message and channel strategies, project management, budgeting, and communication with multiple stakeholders. Emphasizes professional ethics and standards.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ADPR 562 - Social Media Strategy and Tactics

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides students with practical knowledge and analytical skills necessary to create, evaluate and execute social media campaigns. Course will include lectures, case studies, assignments and engaged activities that will help in the development of a strong social media skill set. State-of-the-art social listening software will be used for social listening assignments and provide a hands-on learning experience for enrolled students.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • ADPR 590 - Advertising and Public Relations Projects

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone project under guidance of faculty that applies strategies and principles from previous coursework.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADPR 592 - Advertising and Public Relations Internships

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in a functional area of advertising and public relations.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate students.
  
  • ADPR 616 - Seminar in Advertising and Public Relations Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Detailed study of a specialized area of advertising and public relations. Topics vary by semester.
    Repeatability: May be repeated; maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Aerospace Engineering (AE)

  
  • AE 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • AE 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • AE 511 - Inviscid Flow

    3 Credit Hours
    Kinematics and dynamics of inviscid fluids; potential flow about body, conformal mapping.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 541 and Mathematics 425.
  
  • AE 512 - Viscous Flow

    3 Credit Hours
    Derivation of fundamental equations of compressible viscous flow; boundary conditions for viscous heat-conducting flow; exact solutions for Newtonian viscous flow (Navier-Stokes) equations for special cases; similarity solutions. Thermal boundary layers, stability of laminar flows, transition to turbulence, 2-D turbulent boundary layer equations. Incompressible-turbulent mean flow, and compressible boundary layer flow.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • AE 513 - Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Experimental techniques with laboratory experiments; representative experiments: hot wire anemometry and turbulence measurements, flow visualization, wind tunnel tests, water table experiments, supersonic flow experiments, boundary layer measurements, laser-optical measurements.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 541.
  
  • AE 515 - Air Vehicle Aerodynamics and Performance

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of aerodynamics principles to air vehicles to provide estimates of performance, stability, and control characteristics for subsonic to hypersonic speeds. Relations among thrust, drag, lift and attitude, propulsion systems, vehicle performance characteristics, and trajectory optimization.
  
  • AE 516 - Data Measurement and Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Various tools and techniques used in the analysis of random data. Data classification; statistics and probability; spectral and correlation functions; data acquisition fundamentals; input-output system models; and an introduction to modern data analysis procedures.
    Cross-listed: (Same as: Mechanical Engineering 516.)

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Undergrad degree in engineering. Consent of instructor.
    Recommended Background: Logic-based programming knowledge (preferably within MATLAB) and some laboratory research.
  
  • AE 517 - Finite Elements for Engineering Applications

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 517.)

  
  • AE 518 - Computational Fluid Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 518.)

  
  • AE 521 - Aerodynamics of Compressible Fluids I

    3 Credit Hours
    One-dimensional internal and external flow; waves; small perturbation theory; slender body theory; similarity rules; method of characteristics.
  
  • AE 522 - Aerodynamics of Compressible Fluids II

    3 Credit Hours
    One-dimensional internal and external flow; waves; small perturbation theory; slender body theory; similarity rules; method of characteristics.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 521.
  
  • AE 525 - Hypersonic Flow

    3 Credit Hours
    Slender body flow; similitude; Newtonian theory; blunt body flow; viscous interactions; free molecule and rarefied gas flow.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 512
  
  • AE 532 - Introduction to Turbulence

    3 Credit Hours
    Macroscopic effects, analogies, statistical treatment, correlation functions, energy spectra, diffusion; application of turbulent jets and pipe flow.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 and 512.
  
  • AE 533 - Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 533.)

  
  • AE 535 - Mechanical Vibrations

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 534.)

  
  • AE 536 - Continuum Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 536.)

  
  • AE 537 - Computer Methods in Dynamics of Continua

    3 Credit Hours
    Classification of hyperbolic, parabolic, and elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs), types of PDE nonlinearity, method of characteristics, systems of conservation laws, shocks and rarefaction waves; Riemann solutions for linear hyperbolic PDEs; Dynamic solutions for Finite Difference (FD), Finite Volume (FV), and Finite Element Method (FEM); Modal analysis; Time marching schemes: explicit vs. implicit, single- vs. multi-stage, multi-step and sub-cycling, high order schemes; Stability, convergence, and consistency; Physical and numerical dispersion; von Neumann dispersion and dissipation analysis; Adaptivity in space (and time).
    Cross-listed: (Same as: Mechanical Engineering 537.)

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate level numerical methods and differential equations, or consent of instructor.
    Recommended Background: Numerical analysis and differential equations.
  
  • AE 541 - Fluid Mechanics I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 541.)

  
  • AE 542 - Fluid Mechanics II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 542.)

  
  • AE 545 - Optical Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 545.)

  
  • AE 546 - Optical Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 546.)

  
  • AE 547 - Linear Control Systems Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 547.)

  
  • AE 557 - Aerospace Vehicle Flutter and Vibration

    3 Credit Hours
    Aeroelastic phenomena. Structural and aerodynamic operators. Stability criteria for airfoils operating in oscillating stream. Two- and three-dimensional flutter of wings, control surfaces and empennages.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 551.
  
  • AE 559 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 559.)

  
  • AE 565 - Structural Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 565.)

  
  • AE 566 - Electric Propulsion

    3 Credit Hours
    Engineering concepts of electric propulsion and its application to modern satellites and deep space probes. Topics include physical principles, practical designs, and performance levels of electrically-powered space propulsion thrusters including: ion engines; pulsed and steady-state (fixed field) plasma and MHD thrusters, including Hall Thrusters, and others.
    Recommended Background: Rocket propulsion.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • AE 569 - Plasma Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental concepts of plasma including electromagnetic theory, collision processes, kinetic theory, microscopic and macroscopic descriptions, transport properties, and magnetohydrodynamic analysis.
    Recommended Background: Vector calculus and graduate fluid mechanics.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • AE 579 - Micro/Nano ElectroMechanical Systems/Sensors (MEMS/NEMS)

    3 Credit Hours
    Scaling law, lithography, wet etching, dry etching, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition, electrostatic/piezoelectric/thermal/tactile sensing and actuation.
    Cross-listed: (Same as: Mechanical Engineering 579 and Biomedical Engineering 579.)

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Undergrad level Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer.
  
  • AE 581 - Rocket Propulsion I

    3 Credit Hours
    Rocket propulsion fundamentals; thermodynamics of nonreacting and chemically reacting ideal gases, rocket nozzle design; ideal rocket performance parameters; rocket heat transfer; chemistry of propellants; liquid rocket engine systems; ground testing; introduction to solid propellant rockets.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • AE 590 - Selected Engineering Problems

    2-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Enrollment limited to students in problems option.
    Registration Permission: Consent of advisor.
  
  • AE 592 - Off-Campus Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Permission: Departmental approval.
  
  • AE 593 - Independent Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Permission: Departmental approval.
  
  • AE 595 - Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    All phases of aerospace engineering, reports on current research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and UTSI.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 20 hours.
  
  • AE 599 - Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • AE 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • AE 601 - Doctoral Research Methodology

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods of planning and conducting original research and proposal writing.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: Maximum 6 hours. May be repeated once.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate / doctoral students.
    Registration Permission: Departmental approval.
  
  • AE 617 - Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Comparison and conventional and discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods; Interior penalty method; Concept of numerical flux; DG formulation of elliptic PDEs: Weighted residual statement and overview of numerical fluxes; Relation between DG and interior penalty methods; Parabolic PDEs: DG formulation and keys to the stability of the method, numerical fluxes; Hyperbolic PDEs: Systems of conservation laws and Rankine-Hugoniot jump conditions; Riemann solutions and numerical fluxes for linear and nonlinear hyperbolic PDEs; Transmitting boundary conditions; Spacetime discontinuous Galerkin methods; Object-oriented design and implementation for DG methods.
    Cross-listed: (Same as: Mechanical Engineering 617.)

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Numerical analysis, differential equations, and finite element analysis, or consent of instructor.
    Recommended Background: Numerical analysis, differential equations, and finite element analysis.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • AE 644 - Theory of Turbulence

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 644.)

  
  • AE 647 - Nonlinear Control Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 647.)

  
  • AE 655 - Advanced Topics in Computational Fluid Dynamics (3)

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 655.)

  
  • AE 656 - Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 656.)

  
  • AE 659 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 659.)

  
  • AE 660 - Nonlinear Finite Element Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Civil Engineering 661.)

  
  • AE 681 - Advanced Viscous Flow Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical review of significance to governing equations. Nature of boundary layer approximation as singular perturbation problem. Uniqueness and existence of solutions. Applications of group theory. Special problem areas of interest to students.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 512, continuum mechanics, and Mathematics 562.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • AE 682 - Rocket Propulsion II

    3 Credit Hours
    Solid propellant rocket performance, homogeneous and heterogeneous propellant chemistry and combustion system performance, thermal decomposition and gas phase reaction models; effect of chamber pressure and additives on solid propellant burn rates, erosive burning; analysis of two-phase solid rocket exhaust flow. Introduction to nuclear and electric propulsion; electrical resistance and electric field (ion) engine performance, magnetohydrodynamic thrusters, traveling wave thrusters; exotic propulsion systems.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 581.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • AE 690 - Advanced Topics in Aerospace Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
 

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