May 18, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Biomedical Engineering

  
  • BMEG 815 - Ethics, Business and Communication (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ETHICS, BUSINESS & COMMUNIC
    Component: Lecture
    Provides professional development in ethics, business and communication related to systems biology research applications in stem cell, tissue engineering, and drug delivery technologies. Intended for PhD students in interdisciplinary life science and engineering programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BINF 815 .
  
  • BMEG 816 - Systems Biology of Cells in Engineered Environments (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SYS BIOL OF CELL IN ENGNRD ENV
    Component: Lecture
    Provides a technical review of systems biology approaches including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics as well as applications in tissue engineering, stem cell differentiation, and drug delivery. Intended for PhD students in interdisciplinary life science and engineering programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BINF 816 .
  
  • BMEG 844 - Computational Biomedicine (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COMPUTATIONAL BIOMEDICINE
    Component: Lecture
    Survey methods and approaches in algorithms, statistics and machine learning, along with their current applications in bio- and medical- informatics.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with CISC 844 . RESTRICTIONS: Should have some background in basic probability and statistics, and background in computing (algorithms). For students outside CIS, Biomedical Engineering or Bioinformatics, permission from the instructor.
  
  • BMEG 866 - Special Problem (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BMEG 867 - Seminar (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BMEG 868 - Research (1 to 9cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-9
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 9 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BMEG 869 - Master’s Thesis (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 9 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BMEG 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study (3 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 3-12
    PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 12 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
  
  • BMEG 969 - Doctoral Dissertation (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 12 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass

Bioresources Engineering

  
  • BREG 567 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BREG 603 - Soil Physics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SOIL PHYSICS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the importance of soil physics in relation to other disciplines of soil and environmental sciences. Topics include status of water in soil, fundamental principles of water flow, differences between saturated and unstaturated water flow, water balance in the field, infiltration, evapotransportation, heat, gas and solute (contaminant) transport in soil.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PLSC 603 .
  
  • BREG 666 - Special Problem (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BREG 667 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BREG 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BREG 867 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option

Business Administration

  
  • BUAD 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 567 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 621 - Decision Analytics and Visualization (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    DECSN ANLYTCS & VISUALIZATION
    Component: Lecture
    Analytics leverages both the proliferation of data and the advancement of computational tools to bring a new level of sophistication to business decision making. As part of developing an analytic mind and skillset, this course teaches students to properly frame decision problems, represent and understand how to manage uncertainty inherent in those problems, manipulate large data sets using modern software to prescribe recommended actions, and to then compel organizational change through data visualizations.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 820 .
  
  • BUAD 622 - Optimization and Spreadsheet Modelling (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    OPTMIZTN & SPREADSHEET MODLING
    Component: Lecture
    Managers often find spreadsheets natural, intuitive and user-friendly platforms for organizing information and performing ‘what if’ analyses. Hence, spreadsheets have therefore become indispensable tools of modern business analysis and decision-making. This class teaches students to structure, represent, analyze, and solve various business problems on Excel spreadsheets. In addition, the course shows students how to leverage mathematical programming solvers to provide prescriptive analytics.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD820.
  
  • BUAD 625 - Business Analytics Capstone (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BUSINESS ANALYTICS CAPSTONE
    Component: Lecture
    Analytics leverages both the proliferation of data and the advancement of computational tools to bring a new level of sophistication to business decision making. As a capstone experience, this course places students in the role of Business Data Analyst. Students will work on large real-world datasets to recommend courses of action to businesses. All phases of the analytics process from data capture to creation of an analytics-driven recommendation or prototype solution will be practiced.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 621  and ACCT 804  and MISY 631 .
  
  • BUAD 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 667 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 805 - Multidisciplinary Biotechnology (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MULTIDISCIPLINARY BIOTECHNLGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces science, engineering, and business graduate students to challenges of conducting and managing scientific inquiry across disciplines and within industry. Focuses on biotechnology industry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with CHEG 805  
  
  • BUAD 811 - Globalization and Business (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GLOBALIZATION AND BUSINESS
    Component: Lecture
    Assesses environmental, institutional, industrial, strategic, and organizational features of globalization and business. Considers frameworks that guide managers’ understanding of globalization and business, how managers interpret the challenges and opportunities of globalization and the implications of globalization to professional development.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 820 - Fundamentals of Analytics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    FUNDAMENTALS OF ANALYTICS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on data analysis for the purpose of measurement, inference, qualityand productivity improvement, and improved managerial decision making. Exploratory data analysis, graphical analysis, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and techniques such as regression are covered.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 831 - Operations Management and Management Science (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    OPERATIONS MGMT & MGMT SCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Topics include decision analysis tools, mathematical programming, operations strategy, process management and planning and inventory management concepts.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 820  
  
  • BUAD 840 - Ethical Issues in Domestic and Global Business Environments (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS ENV
    Component: Lecture
    Topics include ethics in organizations, and problems and challenges dealing with external environment demands including global issues.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 841 - Managing the Global Enterprise (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MANAGING THE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the development of business strategies and management practices for managing the multinational business organization.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward MBA as an elective.
  
  • BUAD 843 - Special Topics in Global Business (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN GLOBAL BUS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines selected topics in global business that may focus on one or more areas of the world (e.g. the European Union, Latin America, Pacific Basin, etc.). May be offered overseas.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 848 - The Future of Globalization: Issues, Agents, Decisions & You (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    FUTURE OF GLOBALIZATION & YOU
    Component: Lecture
    Assesses the professional, economic, political,cultural,institutional, and environmental opportunities and challenges that individuals face in the global business environment. Analytics center on explaining the causes and consequences of the expanding integration of nations. Materials tap varied resources, including contemporary analyses, multimedia profiles, and decision simulations; class design taps various pedagogies, including position papers, discussion boards, and objective assessment; class delivery leverages online technologies.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 864 - Internship (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INTERNSHIP
    Component: Internship
    Fieldwork designed to allow a student to apply acquired knowledge in a corporate setting. Requires a corporate sponsorship, a performance evaluation to be completed by that sponsor, and a written paper to be submitted to the administrator of internships.
    Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • BUAD 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 867 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 870 - Managing People, Teams, and Organizations (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MANAGING PEOPLE, TEAMS & ORGS.
    Component: Lecture
    Develops a knowledge base and requisite skills for managing individual, group, and organizational processes through the use of diagnostic models, cases, and/or simulated exercises.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 871 - Managing for Creativity and Innovation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MANAGING FOR CREATIVITY & INNO
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on individual characteristics and group and organizational factors that influence the ability of organizations to generate new products and/or processes, and to implement new products/processes. Students practice skills to diagnose barriers and develop creative organizations.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870  
  
  • BUAD 872 - Strategic Change and Innovation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STRATEGIC CHANGE & INNOVATION
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the organizational processes that influence the ability of organizations to successfully manage change and innovation. Designed to impart theoretical understanding as well as practical tools and frameworks for the management of change and innovation.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870  
  
  • BUAD 873 - Advanced Topics in Leadership and Teams (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV TOPICS LEADERSHIP & TEAMS
    Component: Lecture
    Offers an in-depth perspective of leadership and an analysis of teams and teamwork. Emphasizes the practical application of theoretical concepts.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870 .
  
  • BUAD 874 - Selected Topics in Management and Leadership (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    TOPICS IN MGMT & LEADERSHIP
    Component: Lecture
    Examines selected special topics in management and leadership. May be offered on study abroad.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870  
  
  • BUAD 875 - Strategic Human Resources (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES
    Component: Lecture
    Takes an evidence-based approach to examining the science and practice of strategic human resource management. This includes HR planning and recruiting, selection, training and development, performance management, and compensation. Throughout, attention is directed toward issues of ethics and the global management of HR.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870   COREQ: BUAD 870  
  
  • BUAD 876 - Labor Management Relations (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Labor-management relationships. Primary focus on contract negotiations and administration as well as inspection of the various environmental factors (history, philosophy, law and structure) that underpin collective bargaining.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 877 - Skills for Change Agents (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SKILLS FOR CHANGE AGENTS
    Component: Lecture
    Skill and ability for driving change at the individual, team, and organization levels. Team development skills, leadership skills, and negotiation skills are emphasized though simulation exercises.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • BUAD 878 - Leading Across Boundaries (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LEADING ACROSS BOUNDARIES
    Component: Lecture
    Leaders in organizations increasingly are called upon to be effective across multiple boundaries, such as different societies and language groups, national cultures, regional subcultures, and levels of economic development. Examines the understanding and developes the ability to create connections and promote collaboration across boundaries.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870  
  
  • BUAD 879 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    NEGOTIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUT
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the strategy and psychology of negotiation and conflict resolution, including topics such as effective preparation and understanding the role of communication, emotions, and relationships. Simulated negotiations provide the opportunity to put knowledge into practice and acquire feedback on negotiation and conflict resolution skills throughout the semester.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870  
  
  • BUAD 880 - Marketing Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MARKETING MANAGEMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Management of marketing functions in modern profit and non-profit enterprises. Introduction to the marketing management process.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 800   and ECON 503  
  
  • BUAD 881 - Research Methods for Marketing Decisions (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH MTHDS: MKTG DECISIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the techniques of research design, data collection, and data analysis for making marketing decisions. Helps students develop an appreciation for the potential contributions and limitations of marketing research data, enabling them to evaluate marketing research activities. Emphasizes interpretation, not computation, from statistical analyses.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 820   and BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 882 - International Marketing Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MGMT
    Component: Lecture
    Develops managerial decision-making skills in several areas related to international/global marketing such as environmental analysis, planning/organization, marketing research, segmentation, targeting and positioning/competitive analysis, and method of entry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 883 - Product and Price Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PRODUCT & PRICE MANAGEMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Integrates topics in product management and pricing strategy. Special emphasis is given to the use of conceptual frameworks and analytical methods that may be used to improve product and price decisions. The concepts and methods are applied to real-world case studies.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 884 - Special Topics in Marketing (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN MARKETING
    Component: Lecture
    Examines selected current marketing topics: e.g., strategy development, opportunity assessment, modeling and marketing programming. Individual inquiry is stressed.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 885 - Marketing Channels (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MARKETING CHANNELS
    Component: Lecture
    Analyzes marketing channels as social, economic and political systems. Strong emphasis placed on understanding the behavioral dimension of the channel relationship after focusing on the economic and structural aspects of retailing, wholesaling, and physical distribution. Governmental and other constraints on channel activities are also studied.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 886 - Advertising Strategy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVERTISING STRATEGY
    Component: Lecture
    For those with little or no prior experience in advertising. Intended to improve students’ skills with respect to determining advertising strategy. Features a mixture of lecture, case study analysis, class discussion, and team development and presentation of an entire advertising campaign.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 887 - Buyer Behavior (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BUYER BEHAVIOR
    Component: Lecture
    Applied concepts from the social sciences to study factors that influence the acquisition, consumption and disposition of products, services, and ideas. Covers: 1) buyer decision processes; 2) influences on consumer decisions and consumption patterns; and 3) the relationship between buying behavior and strategic decision making.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 888 - Advanced Marketing Management and Strategy Seminar (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV MKT MGMT & STRATEGY SEM
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the issues faced by senior and middle level marketing executives in an organization. Emphasizes developing a comprehensive marketing strategy that is consistent with corporate plans. Issues explored include: opportunity assessment and competitive analysis, segmentation and positioning, and the development of integrated marketing mix programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 889 - Industrial Marketing (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INDUSTRIAL MARKETING
    Component: Lecture
    Studies the marketing of goods and services to businesses, institutions, and the government. Covers organizational buying behavior, product/market planning, sales force and distribution management, pricing and promotion from the perspective of both the buyer and the seller.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 890 - Corporate Strategy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CORPORATE STRATEGY
    Component: Lecture
    Emphasizes total organization function and performance in a global environment. Examines general management responsibilities for determining objectives and future strategies and seeking commitment for their implementation, integrates functional course concepts to enhance decision making and communication skills through individual and group analyses of specific companies.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 850  , BUAD 831  , BUAD 870  , BUAD 880  
  
  • BUAD 892 - Experiences in Strategic Integration for Top Managers (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STDS IN STRATEGIC INTEGRATION
    Component: Lecture
    Develop strategic and decision making skills from the perspective of senior management running an organization. The course is designed to help future managers integrate concerns from multiple functions, including finance, marketing, and operations, in addressing complex problems in an uncertain environment. The emphasis is on experiential learning through actual and simulated cases.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 850  , BUAD 831  , BUAD 870  , BUAD 880  .
  
  • BUAD 899 - Management Consulting Project (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MANAGEMENT CONSULTING PROJECT
    Component: Lecture
    Develop project management skills and gain practical, applied experience through solving a real life management problem in a team-based setting. Includes presentation of problem solution to client organization.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BUAD 870 . RESTRICTIONS: MBA advanced elective to be taken after completing an additional 24+ credits in the MBA program.
  
  • SPTM 616 - Sport Marketing (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SPORT MARKETING
    Component: Lecture
    Marketing applications for amateur and professional sport organizations and the use of sport in the marketing of traditional products and services. Topics include the marketing mix, sport consumer behavior, strategic market planning, branding, and sponsorship.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • SPTM 620 - International Sport Management and Marketing (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNATIONAL SPRT MAN & MKT
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of the global sport industry, including the bid and host process for international sport competitions, the organization of the international sport community, the penetration strategies of American sport leagues and products into international markets, and the structure of sport in other countries.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • SPTM 634 - Sport Business and Finance (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SPORT BUSINESS & FINANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Principles of financial management and microeconomics as applied to the sport industry, with a focus on spectator sports at both professional and collegiate levels. Topics include the financing of sport facility construction, budgeting in collegiate athletics, and the financial effects of collective bargaining agreements.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • SPTM 647 - Legal Aspects of Sport Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LEGAL ASPECTS OF SPORT MANAGE
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of the legal principles relevant to sport managers, including tort law, contract law, constitutional law, agency law, risk management, judicial review and administrative law related to the operations and administration of sport and athletic programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option

Business: Multidisciplinary Business Admin

  
  • BMBA 867 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option

Center for Disabilities Studies

  
  • DIST 533 - Internet Literacy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNET LITERACY
    Component: Lecture
    Provides the conceptual background and the online skills needed to become Internet literate. Includes a hands-on tutorial on creating Web pages and using search engines to conduct research. Reflects on the impact of emerging technologies on the future of schooling and communications.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • DIST 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • DIST 567 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • DIST 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • DIST 667 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • DIST 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • DIST 867 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option

Chemical Engineering

  
  • CHEG 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • CHEG 567 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • CHEG 595 - Intellectual Property for Engineers and Scientists (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:ENGN&SCI
    Component: Lecture
    Methods of protecting intellectual property. Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair methods of competition, including analyses of significant court decisions in each area. Directed to innovators in all fields interested in legal protection of their ideas.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • CHEG 600 - Introduction to Science and Engineering of Polymer Systems (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO POLYMER SCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an understanding of the science and engineering of macromolecules from a structure/property perspective. Topics include polymerization, chain structure and configuration, polymer size and shape, phase separation behavior, amorphous and crystalline state, glass-rubber transition, cross linking/rubber elasticity, viscoelasticity, rheology polymer processing and mechanical behavior.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with MSEG 630  .
  
  • CHEG 602 - Polymer Process Analysis and Design (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLYMER PROC ANALYSIS & DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Development of the tools of continuum mechanics necessary for the quantitative description of viscoelastic media. Use of principles of chemical kinetics, fluid and continuum mechanics, and heat and mass transfer to describe the production and processing of polymeric materials.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG342; CHEG 600   suggested
  
  • CHEG 604 - Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ENGINEERING PROBABLITY&STAT
    Component: Lecture
    Fundamental approach to modeling, characterization and analysis of random phenomena with the objective of providing students with the basic principles, methods and tools for solving engineering problems involving randomly varying phenomena. Application areas explored include experimental design, manufacturing, system reliability, and cellular biology.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH302, MATH305, or equivalent with permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEG 605 - Multiphase Fluid Mechanics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MULTIPHASE FLUID MECHANICS
    Component: Lecture
    Presents topics in fluid dynamics of practical importance in the chemical process industries, emphasizing two-phase flow and other advanced topics. Covers two-phase gas-liquid and solid-liquid flow, compressible flow, turbulence, non- Newtonian flow and prime movers.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG341 or other introductory course in fluid mechanics.
  
  • CHEG 606 - Introduction to Catalysis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRODUCTION TO CATALYSIS
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to modern principles of catalysis with emphasis on industrial catalytic reactions, mechanisms and kinetics. Principles of homogeneous organometallic catalysis, supported-metal and solid acid heterogeneous catalysis.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM331 and CHEM444
  
  • CHEG 608 - Introduction to Particle Technology (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction during which the student encounters (a) the characterization of particle properties and their distributions, (b) the fundamental processes by which particles are formed, grow or shrink in size and are dispersed into and separated from continuous fluid phases, and (c) the population balance that is used to describe particle growth and how processing modifies particle distributions. These ideas are then applied to several case studies drawn from industry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH305, CHEM443, CHEG231 and CHEG341.
  
  • CHEG 612 - Applied Process Heat Transfer (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    APPLIED PROCESS HEAT TRANSFER
    Component: Lecture
    Principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation illustrated through the case study approach. Emphasis on analyzing heat balance and heat transfer equations with their proper boundary conditions.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG342
  
  • CHEG 613 - Topics in Energy and the Environment (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Non-renewable and renewable energy, along with environmental issues that are likely to arise for an industry will be analyzed in a way that leads to profitable processes and product management while maintaining environmental excellence.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: CHEG Seniors, or CHEG Graduate level status.
  
  • CHEG 614 - Special Topics in Energy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENERGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces fundamental and engineering aspects of energy production technology with emphasis on emerging technologies such as microreactors, fuel cells and others.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG332 or equivalent.
  
  • CHEG 615 - Special Topics in Mixing (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN MIXING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces basic principles of fluid dynamics, rheology and turbulence that dictate the mixing behavior required to implement a desired process result. Agitation in vessels and pipeline and viscous mixing discussed. Emphasis on recent research on the effects of mixing on chemical reactions.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG341
  
  • CHEG 616 - Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEM & PHYSICS OF SURFACES
    Component: Lecture
    Fundamental and engineering aspects of metal, semiconductor, and oxide surfaces; their structure and defects, characterization, electronic properties, adsorption and reaction kinetics and thermodynamics. Applications to catalysis, microelectronics, and environment sensitive behavior.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with MSEG 616  . PREREQ: CHEG332 and CHEM444. RESTRICTIONS: Open to seniors and graduate students only.
  
  • CHEG 617 - Colloid Science and Engineering (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COLLOID SCIEN & ENGINEERING
    Component: Lecture
    Surface thermodynamics and intermolecular forces are related to the properties of colloidal dispersions and micellar and surfactant structures. Applications to biological systems, nanotechnology, powder dispersions and supramolecular structures.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG325 and CHEM444
  
  • CHEG 621 - Metabolic Engineering (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    METABOLIC ENGINEERING
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on design and control of cellular metabolism and includes analysis of metabolic function using systems engineering and molecular biology tools. Goals are to learn computational approaches for analyzing metabolic behavior, and experimental techniques to measure cellular components, metabolites, proteins and nucleic acids.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 527   or CHEM 641  ; MATH305 RESTRICTIONS: Open only to graduate students, seniors and juniors.
  
  • CHEG 622 - Chemicals, Risk and the Environment (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICALS, RISK & THE ENVIRONM
    Component: Lecture
    Develops the foundation for understanding the transport and fate of chemical materials in the environment, and how these materials may possibly affect human health and ecology. The principles of heat, mass and momentum transfer, and chemical reaction kinetics are used to develop a quantitative understanding of transport and fate. These are used in conjunction with risk analysis and risk assessment practices to understand how environmental policy evolves.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG325 and CHEG341 COREQ: CHEG342
  
  • CHEG 623 - Research Tutorial (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    RESEARCH TUTORIAL
    Component: Lecture
    First year doctoral students complete research training in the laboratory of a faculty member and report on the progress of their research training experience.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: May enroll in one or two sections in a single semester.
  
  • CHEG 624 - Bio-Based Materials (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIO-BASED MATERIALS
    Component: Lecture
    The conversion of biomass to useful materials such as polymers and composites has considerable economic and environmental value, particularly in times of global warming and diminishing petroleum oil reserves. Focus on the development of bio-based materials in support of renewable energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro, Hydrogen) and related Advanced Materials Technologies (especially Energy Efficient Housing). The objective of this multidisciplinary approach is to address climate change by providing a sustainable supply of low cost, bio-based materials for the coming renewable energy infrastructure.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Chemistry, Physics, Math, Engineering background.
  
  • CHEG 625 - Green Engineering (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GREEN ENGINEERING
    Component: Lecture
    Design, commercialization and use of processes and products which are feasible and economical while minimizing generation of pollution at the source and risk to human health and environment.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • CHEG 626 - Structure of Materials (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the basics of symmetry and mathematical crystallography, scattering of X-rays, electrons, and neutrons, and structural analysis of crystalline materials. Electron imaging with atomic resolution is introduced. Common structure types such as zinc blende, rutile, perovskite, and spinels will be used as examples.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MSEG302 or equivalent.
  
  • CHEG 632 - Electrochemical Energy Engineering (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY ENG
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the fundamental principles of electrochemistry, basic electrochemistry techniques, designs of electrochemical energy devices, and materials challenges, design and preparation.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Senior standing in CHEG or graduate students in science and engineering. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • CHEG 648 - Biomaterials for Drug and Gene Delivery (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOMATERIALS IN DRUG DELIVERY
    Component: Lecture
    Application of biomolecular engineering principles to the design and assembly of biomaterials with specific applications in drug and gene delivery, evaluation of host and cellular-level responses to biomaterials, understanding and application of key principles in targeted delivery and controlled release.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BISC207 or CHEM 527  or permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEG 649 - Molecular Biophysics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS
    Component: Lecture
    Biophysical principles and methods: thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of folding; protein-nucleic acid interactions; ligand binding; spectroscopy; structural methods; modeling; calorimetry; ultracentrifugation; SPR. Problem solving in macromolecular interactions: protein refolding; altering ligand affinity; increasing protein stability; drug design and HTS; protein expression and solubility; protein engineering.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with CHEM 649  . PREREQ: Introductory-level courses in chemistry, physics biochemistry.
  
  • CHEG 650 - Biomedical Engineering I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING I
    Component: Lecture
    Application of engineering concepts and techniques to problems in biomedicine. Mass transfer and chemical reactions in the body, drug distribution, kidney and other organ physiology, and artificial organs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Upper division or graduate standing in engineering or equivalent COREQ: CHEG443
  
  • CHEG 660 - Systems Biology (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Emphasize the systems biology approach and the synergy between experimental data and biological models. Topics include modeling and analysis of: gene-regulatory and signaling networks, reaction networks, dynamics of microbial population growth, pharmacokinetics, and mechanistic descriptions of diseases.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH302 or basic knowledge of life sciences, programming and statistics preferred but not required.
  
  • CHEG 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • CHEG 667 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • CHEG 670 - Particle Rate Processes (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PARTICLE RATE PROCESSES
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of physicochemical fundamentals and rate equations for key particle formation, growth and size reduction processes including: physical and chemical nucleation, accretional growth mechanisms, collisional growth, droplet and bubble coalescence, solid-state sintering, dissolution and comminution.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG332 or equivalent undergraduate Kinetics. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEG 671 - Particle Transport (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PARTICLE TRANSPORT
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of the fundamentals of particle motion and their applications to transport processes involving particles, including granular and powder flows, dense and lean-phase pneumatic conveying, and slurry flows.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG341 or equivalent undergraduate fluid mechanics. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEG 672 - Mathematics of Particle Systems (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MATH OF PARTICLE SYSTEMS
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of population balance modeling in particulate systems with application to the design of particle-based unit operations. The course will drawn on elements of linear analysis, ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations as needed to enable the solution of mathematical models of particulate systems based on the rate kernels.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH305 or equivalent undergraduate differential equations. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEG 673 - Particle Properties and Characterization (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PARTICLE PROPERTIES
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of particle properties, including single particle, aggregated particle, and particle population descriptors and the various techniques available for sampling, measurement and characterization particle systems. These include methods based on sedimentation, light scattering, particle charging, and microscopy.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM444 or equivalent undergraduate level physical chemistry and CHEG325 or equivalent undergraduate thermodynamics. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
 

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