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CIEG 602 - Advanced Steel Design Credit(s): 3
ADVANCED STEEL DESIGN
Component: Lecture
Application of ultimate and elastic design procedures to continuous beams and frames, composite members, statically indeterminate trusses and arches. Projects and special topics focus attention to the basis and limitations of codes and specifications for steel structures.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 604 - Prestressed Concrete Design Credit(s): 3
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN
Component: Lecture
Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, bond anchorage design and construction considerations for pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG302.
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CIEG 605 - Intermediate Topics in Finite Element Analysis Credit(s): 3
INT TPCS IN FINITE ELEMNT ANAL
Component: Lecture
Topics include finite element analyses of linear steady-state scalar field problems, linear elastostatics, analysis techniques for linear transient and dynamic analyses of solids, overview of elements commonly used in matrix structural analyses, and discussion of mixed finite element formulations. In each case, element formulations and solution algorithms are assessed, limitations and possible improvements are presented and numerical methods examined.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 601 .
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CIEG 606 - Ocean and Atmosphere Remote Sensing Credit(s): 3
OCEAN&ATMOSPHERE REMOTE SENSNG
Component: Lecture
Fundamentals of ocean and atmosphere remote sensing including space platforms, their orbits, instruments, data retrieval and image processing methods. Oceanographic and atmospheric applications of remote sensing and new developments in sensors and data analyses.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 606 .
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CIEG 608 - Highway Bridge Engineering Credit(s): 3
HIGHWAY BRIDGE ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Analysis and design philosophies and practical methodologies used in highway bridge design and evaluation of typical steel and concrete bridges, including applying appropriate analysis methods and calculating loads and load effects.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 610 - Experimental Mechanics of Composites Credit(s): 3
EXPERMNTL MECHS OF COMPOSITES
Component: Lecture
Study of the micromechanical and thermomechanical response of compositematerials. Execution and assessment of experiments conducted to investigatestrength and stiffness characteristics of composite materials.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PHYT 606 , MEEG 629 .
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CIEG 611 - Structural Dynamics Design Credit(s): 3
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS DESIGN
Component: Lecture
Design of structures (buildings, bridges, dams, foundation piles and offshore platforms) for dynamic loadings (severe wind force, ocean wave force, strong earthquake excitations, machine vibrations, and general impulse and time dependent forces and motions). Determination of realistic dynamic loadings and application of design concepts.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG311 and MATH302 or MATH351.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 612 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials Credit(s): 3
ADV MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Component: Lecture
Covers unsymmetrical bending, shear center in thin-walled beams, torsion in thin-walled structures, lateral-torsional buckling, curved beams, energy methods, principal stress and strain in three dimensions. Theory and applications.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 613 - Advanced Structural Analysis Credit(s): 3
ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Component: Lecture
Introduction to the various methods of analysis of statically indeterminate structures. Force methods and displacement methods are discussed, including method of consistent distortions, equation of three moments, slope deflection, and moment distribution. Approximate methods of analysis, including portal method and cantilever method are also considered.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 614 - Railroad Geotechnical Engineering Credit(s): 3
RAILROAD GEOTECH ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Designing, constructing, maintaining railway track. Developing railway track substructure: materials, mechanics, drainage, loading, slopes, design, maintenance, measurements and management and case studies. Track substructure issues related to load freight and high speed passenger rail traffic.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: MATH351 and CIEG212 or equivalent.
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CIEG 615 - Air Pollution Meteorology Credit(s): 3
AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY
Component: Lecture
An introduction to meteorological processes that affect air pollution, such as diffusion, atmospheric stability, and turbulence, with a focus on the atmospheric boundary layer.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 615 and GEOG 615 . PREREQ: MATH 241 and MATH 242; CHEM104 or CHEM112; PHYS201 or PHYS207.
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CIEG 617 - Introduction to Railroad Safety and Derailment Engineering Credit(s): 3
INTRO TO RR SAFETY & DERAILMNT
Component: Lecture
Explores the engineering issues associated with common types of derailments, including track, equipment and operator derailments. The specific failure mechanisms associated with key classes of derailments will be examined with the technologies available for reducing these types of derailments.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: MATH351; CIEG212 or equivalent. COREQ: MATH353; CIEG301 or permission of instructor.
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CIEG 618 - Railroad Engineering Credit(s): 3
RAILROAD ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Introduction railroad track structures and their major components; including functions and modes of degradation and failure. Explore static and dynamic load environments and engineering design to effectively distribute loads throughout a structure. Provides both theoretical and practical approaches to track design as well as useful design, optimization and maintenance recommendations for key track components.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: MATH351; CIEG212 or equivalent. COREQ: MATH353; CIEG301 or permission of instructor.
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CIEG 619 - Concrete Materials Credit(s): 3
CONCRETE MATERIALS
Component: Lecture
This course provides a basic understanding of the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of Portland cement concrete, relates microstructure development with concrete properties, details issues and opportunities related to environmental impact of cements and concrete and covers practical issues related to application and design of Portland cement concrete.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 621 - Foundation Engineering Credit(s): 3
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Field investigation techniques; interpretation of data; theory and design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, sheet pile walls, cofferdams braced excavations and geosynthetically reinforced soil.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 622 - Earth Structures Engineering Credit(s): 3
EARTH STRUCTURES ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Properties of soils and methods to determine them: water flow through inhomogeneous and anisotropic earth mass; predictions of pore-water pressures; stresses and settlement predictions; slope stability: type and causes of slope failures, effective and total stability analyses, design strength parameters and safety factors, construction considerations; design of earth dams; and predictions vs. field performance. Computer software used in problem solving.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG320 and CIEG323.
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CIEG 624 - Earth Retaining Structures Credit(s): 3
EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES
Component: Lecture
Selection, design and construction of earth retaining structures. Topics include earth pressure theory, and commonly used cut and fill wall types. Practice oriented course utilizes case histories and design examples to demonstrate applications, design procedures, and construction considerations.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG321.
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CIEG 625 - Unsaturated Soil Mechanics Credit(s): 3
UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS
Component: Lecture
Provides a thorough grounding in unsaturated soil mechanics principles to pursue further studies or research on the engineering of unsaturated soils. Topics including stress state variables, soil-water retention properties, soil suction measurements, effective stress concept, hydraulic conductivity, and shear strength will be covered. Intended for students with backgrounds in the more general fields of geotechnical/geological engineering, soil science, environmental engineering, and groundwater hydrology.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG320 or instructor consent.
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CIEG 626 - Soil Behavior Credit(s): 3
SOIL BEHAVIOR
Component: Lecture
Measuring the shear strength of soils. Shear behavior of soil examined from a fundamental soil perspective. Review of methods of testing to define response; rationale for choosing shear strength and deformation parameters of soils for design applications.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 627 - Deep Foundations Credit(s): 3
DEEP FOUNDATIONS
Component: Lecture
Addresses the application, selection, design, construction and inspection of deep foundations. Examines driven piles, drilled shafts, augercast and micropiles. Includes development of cost comparisons, specifications, contract documents and bidding practices. Design issues address the geotechnical and structural considerations.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 630 - Water Quality Modeling Credit(s): 3
WATER QUALITY MODELING
Component: Lecture
Water quality modeling and criteria. Application to lakes, streams, and estuaries. Dissolved oxygen, BOD, nitrification. Eutrophication: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silica mass balances; chlorophyll, primary production and dissolved oxygen; Toxic chemicals: PCBs, PAHs, toxic metals: partitioning theory, organic carbon normalization; coupled water column- sediment models.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: MATH302 or MATH351.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 631 - Industrial Ecology Methods: Life Cycle and Material Flow Analyses for a Circular Economy Credit(s): 1
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY METHODS
Component: Lecture
Industrial ecology is an interdisciplinary field of sustainability research which considers ways for modern human industrial systems to follow ecological processes and pathways to minimize environmental impact and improve efficiency. Provides an introduction to key concepts and methods in this field with a focus on life cycle analysis and material flow analysis.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Winter
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CIEG 632 - Chemical Aspects of Environmental Engineering Credit(s): 3
CHEMICAL ASPCTS:ENVRNMNTL ENGR
Component: Lecture
The principles and applications of aqueous chemistry to environmental systems. Includes a review of general chemistry, with emphasis on the structure of matter and stoichiometry; chemical thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; equilibrium reactions in homogeneous and heterogeneous solutions; applied electrochemistry and Redox reaction; and interfacial phenomena.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 633 - Hazardous Waste Management Credit(s): 3
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Component: Lecture
Toxicological, risk assessment and regulatory aspects of hazardous waste management, characterization of hazardous wastes and materials, waste reduction strategies, storage and transportation methods, engineering processes for the chemical, physical and biological treatment of toxic and hazardous wastes, remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater of existing disposal sites.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 634 - Physical Aspects of Environmental Engineering Credit(s): 3
PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF ENVR ENGR
Component: Lecture
Physical aspects of environmental engineering: processes governing behavior of pollutants and natural substances in the environment, incl. settling, diffusion, particle aggregation, adsorption. Transport and transformation of substances in soils, surface and ground waters, and the atmosphere.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 635 - Air Pollution and Its Control Credit(s): 3
AIR POLLUTION & ITS CONTROL
Component: Lecture
Sources and effects of atmospheric pollutants: meteorological and solar radiation phenomena and atmospheric chemistry. Emphasis on gas cleaning operations such as absorption, chemical conversion and particulate removal process design, among other control measures.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Requires upper division or graduate standing in engineering.
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CIEG 636 - Biological Aspects of Environmental Engineering Credit(s): 3
BIOLOGICAL ASPCTS:ENVRNMNTL EN
Component: Lecture
Presents fundamental molecular biological concepts which pertain to cellular function in the environment and in engineered environmental treatment systems. Briefly reviews elementary organic chemical classifications.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG233.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 639 - Ocean Fluid Dynamics Credit(s): 3
OCEAN FLUID DYNAMICS
Component: Lecture
Kinematics and dynamics of incompressible fluids with emphasis on coastal andocean problems. governing equations, examples of solutions for viscous flows,potential flows, vorticity, flows on a rotating planet, density vary flows,boundary layers, turbulence.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG305.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 640 - Organic Chemical Partitioning in Environmental Media Credit(s): 3
ORGANIC CHEMICAL PARTITIONING
Component: Lecture
Develop an understanding of, and the ability to predict, the equilibrium partitioning and speciation of organic compounds in different environmental media. Apply the concepts and models learned to explain and predict the partitioning behaviors and concentrations of organic chemicals from molecular structures and environmental conditions.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: Organic chemistry and either thermodynamics or physical chemistry, are highly recommended. COREQ: CIEG 632 .
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CIEG 641 - Risk Analysis Credit(s): 3
RISK ANALYSIS
Component: Lecture
Framework to understand, characterize, and support decisionmaking involving risk. Specific engineering risk analysis concepts and methods, e.g., fault trees, event trees, Markov models, simulation. Focus on engineering perspective, but includes some discussion of interdisciplinary context. Applications to all areas of engineering. Many real-world case studies.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: An introductory course in probability and statistics.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 642 - Advanced Data Analysis Credit(s): 3
ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS
Component: Lecture
The course presents a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of emerging advanced data analysis with particular focus to engineering science. The course will attempt to provide insight to advanced statistical techniques and methods of analyzing BIG DATA will be the main focus.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 644 - Microbiology of Engineered Systems (3cr.) Credit(s): 3
MICROBIOLOGY OF ENGINEERED SYS
Component: Lecture
Graduate level literature-based course on microbes, the elements and macromolecules they are made of, and the capture and (re)cycling of nutrients in in natural and engineered systems.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CHEM103 and CHEM104, BISC207, CIEG233.
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CIEG 645 - Industrial Ecology Credit(s): 3
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Component: Lecture
Focus on recent environmental issues related to climate changes using unconventional tools and approaches. Topics include: climate changes; sustainable development; green transportation systems; co-industrial parks.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 646 - Convex Optimization (3cr.) Credit(s): 3
CONVEX OPTIMIZATION
Component: Lecture
Optimization principles and techniques including basics of convex analysis, linear/quadratic/non-linear programs, duality and the KKT conditions, network flow, multi-objective decision making, decision analysis, and queuing. Modeling/solving real-world problems using commonly available software tools such as Excel Solver and IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 647 - Network Optimization Credit(s): 3
NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
Component: Lecture
Theory practice of network flows/extensions: graph search algorithms, community structure detection, shortest path, flow decomposition, multi-commodity flow, computational complexity of network problems, Lagrangian relaxation method, with applications to transport, computer science, disaster and project management.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 646 . RESTRICTIONS: Graduate students in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 650 - Urban Transportation Systems Credit(s): 3
URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Component: Lecture
Design and operation of urban transportation systems, characteristics of public transportation modes, vehicle design, right-of-way types and terminal facilities. Application of operations research techniques to analysis of scheduling, network optimization, capacity and evaluation of alternatives.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with APEC 650 .
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CIEG 652 - Transportation Facilities Design Credit(s): 3
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES DSGN
Component: Lecture
Theoretical concepts of general transportation demand, supply and flow analysis. Planning and design of multi-modal transportation facilities including streets and highways, railways and guideways, airports, and harbors and ports. Engineering, social and economic evaluation of alternative design schemes for case studies and existing transportation facilities.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
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CIEG 653 - Roadway Geometric Design Credit(s): 3
ROADWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN
Component: Lecture
Physical dimensions of roadways such as vertical and horizontal curvatures, superelevation rates, lane widths, cross sections, and grades. Topics include roadway functions, design controls and criteria, elements of design, local roads and streets, collector roads and streets, rural and urban arterials, freeways, intersections, and grade separations.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG351.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 654 - Urban Transportation Planning Credit(s): 3
URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Component: Lecture
Characteristics of urban travel demand, travel demand forecasting models, urban transportation modes and their characteristics, urban transportation planning processes and issues, evaluation of plans, economic analysis, transportation financing, transportation policy and regulations, and urban transportation systems management.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 655 - Civil Infrastructure Systems Credit(s): 3
CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
Component: Lecture
Presents unified approach to management of civil infrastructure systems. Topics include analytical methods, development of data collection technologies, life cycle cost, prioritization, and optimization. Software tools for infrastructure management decision making introduced and critical infrastructure protection addressed. Types of infrastructure considered include pavements (roads and airports), bridges, drainage and sewer systems, water supply systems, and power supply facilities.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 657 - Contemporary Topics in Transportation Credit(s): 3
CONTEMP TOPICS IN TRANSPO
Component: Lecture
Exposes engineering students to some of the planning and policy aspects, and planning and policy students to some of the engineering aspects, of transportation. Topics include: relationship between transportation and safety, security, environment, sustainability, environmental justice, energy, global economy, and human health; transportation equity; connected and autonomous vehicles; as well as other contemporary topics.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 658 - Pavement Analysis and Design Credit(s): 3
PAVEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Component: Lecture
Presents both flexible and rigid pavement design procedures, as well as detailed descriptions of various inputs used in the mechanistic pavement design procedures.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG351.
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CIEG 659 - Optimization in Design and Construction Credit(s): 3
OPTIMIZATION IN DES AND CONST
Component: Lecture
Introduction to optimization techniques and software based solutions for linear and non-linear problems related to engineering design. Develop models of engineering systems.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 661 - Introduction to Ocean Modeling Credit(s): 3
INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN MODELING
Component: Lecture
Introduction to numerical methods used to solve the equations of ocean motion. Topics range from basic numerical concepts with applications to general transport and shallow-water equations to an overview of turbulence and ocean circulation models that are employed to understand weather and climate.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 661 . GEOG 661 . PREREQ: CIEG 639 , or MAST 691
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CIEG 662 - Transportation Sustainability Credit(s): 3
TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY
Component: Lecture
Emphasize real-world analysis methods to examine the sustainability topic from a practitioner’s point of view. Theories supporting aspects of sustainability will be presented and discussed but the goal of the class is to critically review the state of the practice technical tools that are currently used (or shortly will be) primarily by agencies and consulting firms to evaluate sustainable communities, land uses, and transport systems. Prior knowledge or expertise in the techniques is not needed; the class will walk students through examples of Geographic Information System (GIS) and other computer-based methods, and any need to use “live” software to complete homework problems will be done during classes.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 663 - Traffic Engineering and Modeling Credit(s): 3
TRAFFIC ENG AND MODELING
Component: Lecture
Introduction to technical aspects of traffic engineering as applied in everyday projects. Students will explore traffic engineering concepts through practical applications, including the use of software packages such as HCS, Synchro, and VISSIM. Software “black box” will be opened to provide each student the ability to diagnose transportation issues and think critically about analysis results. Students will obtain working knowledge of traffic engineering concepts, theories, and methods needed to execute real-word traffic engineering tasks.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM Credit(s): 1-12
SPECIAL PROBLEM
Component: Independent Study
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 667 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12
SEMINAR
Component: Lecture
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 668 - Principles of Water Quality Criteria Credit(s): 3
WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
Component: Lecture
Toxicological and chemical background and technical basis necessary for understanding the models of water and sediment quality criteria for individual and mixtures of organic chemicals and metals that focus on bioavailability: narcosis models of toxicity, complexation models applied to both the water column and sediments.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CHEM 104 (or 103) or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 670 - Physics of Cohesive Sediment Credit(s): 3
PHYSICS OF COHESIVE SEDIMENT
Component: Lecture
Mechanics of fine sediment transport processes in coastal environment; overview of sediment source to sink; bottom boundary layer; mechanics of transport; mixture theory; flocculation; settling and deposition, turbulence-sediment interactions; rheological effects; consolidation and bed erodibility; fluid mud; convective sedimentation; tidal flats.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 305 Fluid Mechanics; MATH 351 Engineering Math I (or equivalent). COREQ: CIEG 639 Ocean Fluid Dynamics (or equivalent).
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CIEG 672 - Water Wave Mechanics Credit(s): 3
WATER WAVE MECHANICS
Component: Lecture
Primary emphasis on linear water wave theory and its applications. Shoaling, refraction and diffraction of waves. Basic aspects of wave-structure and wave-bottom interaction. Introduction to basic wave propagation models.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with MAST 648 . PREREQ: CIEG305.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 675 - Matlab for Engineering Analysis Credit(s): 3
MATLAB FOR ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Description and usage of commercial Matrix Laboratory (Matlab) software for analyzing multi-dimensional engineering data sets and formulating numerical models of engineering processes.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 678 - Transport and Mixing Processes Credit(s): 3
TRANSPORT AND MIXING PROCESSES
Component: Lecture
Application of fluid mechanics to problems of turbulent mixing and transport of substances in the natural environments; Advection-diffusion processes; Introduction to turbulent flow; Turbulent flow simulation and modeling; Mixing in stratified flow; Mixture and multi-phase flows. Turbulence modulation; Applications to rivers and coastal waters. Numerical model applications.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 639 or MAST 691.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 679 - Sediment Transport Mechanics Credit(s): 3
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MECHANICS
Component: Lecture
Mechanics and mathematical modeling of sediment transport in unidirectional and oscillatory flow; sediment properties, initiation of sediment movement, bedload and suspended load transport rates, formation of bed forms and flow resistance, erosion and deposition in the vicinity of structures, and practical applications.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG305
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 680 - Coastal Processes Credit(s): 3
COASTAL PROCESSES
Component: Lecture
Coastal morphology, equilibrium beach profiles, onshore-offshore response, sediment transport relationships, sand budgets around inlets and along open coasts, modeling of shoreline response, analyses of beach problems and recommendations of remedial measures.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 681 - Water Wave Spectra Credit(s): 3
WATER WAVE SPECTRA
Component: Lecture
Concepts of amplitude and energy spectra, covariances and cross-spectra; linear response functions; use of the Fast Fourier Transform for ocean engineering applications including analysis of one-dimensional and directional spectra, probability of ocean waves and wave forces.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
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CIEG 682 - Nearshore Hydrodynamics Credit(s): 3
NEARSHORE HYDRODYNAMICS
Component: Lecture
The mechanics of waves and currents in the nearshore zone: wave breaking, surf zone dynamics, cross- and long-shore currents, turbulence and bottom boundary layers, infra-gravity and edge waves and nearshore modeling.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 672 and CIEG 639 .
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CIEG 686 - Engineering Project Management Credit(s): 3
ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Component: Lecture
Understand the principles of planning, controlling, and evaluating engineering projects. Learn the use of tools and techniques and practice their use on a personal project. Topics include project organization, project budgeting and scheduling, resource allocation and leveling, change control, and communications.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: CIEG686 is only open to Civil Engineering Majors and Minors ONLY.
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CIEG 693 - Waves in the Marine Environment Credit(s): 3
WAVES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMNT
Component: Lecture
General principles of wave mechanics, kinematics and dynamics. Applications to surface gravity waves, acoustic waves, electromagnetic waves and large scale geophysical waves.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 693 . PREREQ: MEEG 690
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CIEG 698 - Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Credit(s): 3
GROUNDWATER FLOW & CONTAMINANT
Component: Lecture
Development and application of models for fluid flow and contaminant transport in porous media. Derivation of governing equations, analytical and numerical solutions, and application to the movement of groundwater and transport of contaminants at an actual field site.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: Previous coursework in differential equations, vectors, and matrices, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 810 - Earthquake Engineering Credit(s): 3
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
This course covers basics of seismology and earthquake resistant design of structures. Various linear and nonlinear analysis methods are deployed to solve single and multi-degree of freedom systems subjected to earthquake forces.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 611 .
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CIEG 811 - Advanced Structural Dynamics Design Credit(s): 3
ADVNCD STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS DES
Component: Lecture
Linear and nonlinear dynamic analysis of multiple degree of freedom systems subjected to earthquake, wind and impact loadings; the use of analysis results in design. Computer analysis of complex structural systems; distributed, consistent and lumped mass models; wave propagation; random excitations; and structural control.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 611
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CIEG 820 - Inelastic Behavior of Geomaterials Credit(s): 3
INELASTIC BEHVR:GEOMATERIALS
Component: Lecture
Introduces constitutive laws and numerical methods used to characterize the stress-strain-time behavior of geomaterials. Correlation between laboratory experiments and numerical predictions. Finite element analyses of coupled stress flow problems (e.g., consolidation), reinforced earth structures and slopes. Discussion of anisotropy, time effects and frictional interfaces.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG320.
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CIEG 833 - Fate of Organic Pollutants in the Environment Credit(s): 3
FATE OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
Component: Lecture
Study of processes governing the distribution and transformation of organic pollutants in natural and engineered environments. Equilibrium and kinetics of exchange among soil, water, sediment, air, and biota. Photolysis, hydrolysis, oxidation, and reduction reactions of organic chemicals involving naturally-occurring and man-made agents. Mechanisms and model prediction of different fate processes.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 632 and CIEG 640 .
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 865 - Civil Engineering Seminar Credit(s): 0
CIVIL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
Component: Lecture
Graduate seminar covering current topics in structural, environmental, ocean and transportation engineering.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
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CIEG 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM Credit(s): 1-12
SPECIAL PROBLEM
Component: Independent Study
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 867 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12
SEMINAR
Component: Lecture
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 868 - Research Credit(s): 1-6
RESEARCH
Component: Research
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 869 - Master’s Thesis Credit(s): 1-6
MASTER’S THESIS
Component: Independent Study
An independent investigation under supervision of a member of the civilengineering graduate faculty.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 871 - Coastal Structures Credit(s): 3
COASTAL STRUCTURES
Component: Lecture
Advanced design procedures of coastal structures. Includes statistics and spectra of random sea waves, random sea transformation in the nearshore, design of vertical and rubble mound breakwaters, harbor oscillations and tranquility, and hydraulic model tests.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CIEG 872 - Advanced Water Wave Mechanics Credit(s): 3
ADVANCED WATER WAVE MECHANICS
Component: Lecture
Development of finite amplitude wave theories such as solitary, conoidal stokes and stream function. Application to coastal and ocean engineering problems.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 639 , CIEG 672
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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CIEG 880 - Seminar: Engineering & Public Policy Credit(s): 0
SEMINAR: ENGINEERING & PUBLIC
Component: Lecture
Provides a structured forum for the discussion and analysis of the elements (processes, institutions, and skills, methods) that tie engineering to public policy, and public policy to engineering. Includes introduction to resources, guest lectures, structured exercises and discussion.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
RESTRICTIONS: Engineering and Public Policy PhD students only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
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CIEG 881 - Case Studies in Engineering & Public Policy Credit(s): 3
CASE STDS: ENGR & PUB POLICY
Component: Lecture
Emphasizes structuring ill-defined policy problems and identifying and selecting appropriate analysis methods based on the problem, data available, time constraints and the audience. Provides experience setting up, analyzing and writing about policy problems of the type that are used in the Engineering and Public Policy qualifying exam.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: UAPP 701 . COREQ: UAPP 707 . RESTRICTIONS: Engineering and Public Policy PhD students only.
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CIEG 882 - Summer Field Experience Credit(s): 0
SUMMER FIELD EXPERIENCE
Component: Internship
The summer policy field experience with a local, state, or federal government agency or other appropriate organization is related to the student’s major area focus and results in a policy paper.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 880 and UAPP 701 . RESTRICTIONS: Engineering and Public Policy PhD students only.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
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CIEG 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study Credit(s): 3-12
PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
Component: Independent Study
Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifyingexaminations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but aftercompletion of all required course work.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
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CIEG 969 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit(s): 1-12
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Component: Independent Study
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
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CGSC 567 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12
SEMINAR
Component: Lecture
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 610 - Embodied Cognition Credit(s): 3
EMBODIED COGNITION
Component: Lecture
An examination of the thesis that cognition is not sandwiched between the perceptual input and motor output systems, but is spread across the sensory-motor system. This thesis breaks with classical cognitivism’s claim that cognition performs computations on symbols, without regard to the sensory system or the motor system.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 618 - Meaning and Language Use Credit(s): 3
MEANING AND LANGUAGE USE
Component: Lecture
A graduate introduction to theories of meaning based on the notion of truth and their application to language use.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LING 618 .
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CGSC 620 - Research Methods in Cognitive Science Credit(s): 3
METHODS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Component: Lecture
Cognitive science is a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of mind. Provides a practical and hands-on introduction to specific research methods from one or more disciplines (e.g. computational neuroscience modeling, experimental psychology related to cognitive science, or anthropological and linguistic research methods).
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 633 - Introduction to Acoustic Phonetics Credit(s): 3
INTRO TO ACOUSTIC PHONETICS
Component: Lecture
Introduction to articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual characteristics of speech with emphasis on the acoustic properties of phonemes. While primarily lecture format with assigned text, a few laboratory sessions provide an introduction to computer-based methods used in instrumental studies of speech.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 642 - Mental Representation and Memory Credit(s): 3
MENTAL REPRESENTATION & MEMORY
Component: Lecture
Human memory can be conceptualized in terms of representation and information storage within various interrelated mental systems. Critically evaluates research on human memory and representation within the context of major cognitive models.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PSYC 642 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
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CGSC 651 - Topics in Cognitive Science Credit(s): 3
TOPICS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Component: Lecture
Current topics in cognitive science.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CGSC 655 - Computational Linguistics Credit(s): 3
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Component: Lecture
Natural language can be studied from a computational perspective. Course content includes aspects of formal language theory, model theory, formal grammars, computational complexity, and computational learning theory as it pertains to natural language syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LING 655 .
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CGSC 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM Credit(s): 1-12
SPECIAL PROBLEM
Component: Independent Study
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 667 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12
SEMINAR
Component: Lecture
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 670 - Elements of Cognitive Science Credit(s): 3-6
ELEMENTS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Component: Lecture
Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the mind. Concentrates on the symbolic view of mind, and illustrates linguistic, psychological, anthropological, philosophical and computational approaches to language, thought, visual perception and other areas of cognition. Examines the role of representation and algorithm in theories of processing and development.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 671 - Discovering Human Language Credit(s): 3
DISCOVERING HUMAN LANGUAGE
Component: Lecture
Introduction to field linguistics. Examines how languages are put together through a face-to-face encounter with an unknown language. Determine how this language - and human language in general - is constructed. Explores culture, people and even the food where the language is spoken.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 15 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LING 671 .
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CGSC 681 - Artificial Intelligence Credit(s): 3
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Component: Lecture
Programming techniques for problems not amenable to algorithmic solutions. Problem formulation, search strategies, state spaces, applications of logic, knowledge representation, planning and application areas.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with CISC 681 . PREREQ: CISC220 and CISC304 or equivalent. RESTRICTIONS: Credit cannot be received for both CISC 681 and CISC481.
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CGSC 690 - Meaning and Reference Credit(s): 3
MEANING AND REFERENCE
Component: Lecture
Traditional scientific and philosophical issues associated with meaning and reference of language.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 696 - Psycholinguistics Credit(s): 3
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Component: Lecture
Study of linguistic approaches to cognition. Issues in the relation of language to thought: universals, language acquisition and theories of syntactic and semantic processing.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with LING 696 .
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CGSC 697 - Experimental Linguistics Credit(s): 3
EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS
Component: Lecture
An advanced introduction to the psychology of language. Emphasis on the relationship between theories of linguistic knowledge and psychology.
Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 848 - Seminar in Language Development Credit(s): 3
SEM:LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Component: Lecture
Covers aspects of semantic, syntactic and phonological development through examination of current research and theory in the field. Treats educational implications of language development.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with EDUC 848 .
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CGSC 866 - Independent Study Credit(s): 1-12
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Component: Independent Study
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 867 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12
SEMINAR
Component: Lecture
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 868 - RESEARCH Credit(s): 1-12
RESEARCH
Component: Independent Study
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
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CGSC 890 - Studies in Linguistics Credit(s): 3-9
STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS
Component: Lecture
Varying topics in linguistics, such as grammatical theory, grammatical analysis, syntax, historical-comparative linguistics, stylistics and grammar testing.
Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MISY 640 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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COMM 601 - Epistemology and Theory in Communication Credit(s): 3
EPISTEMOLOGY & THRY IN COMMU
Component: Lecture
General issues in the philosophy of knowledge and science critical for the understanding of theoretical conceptions and a comprehensive survey of theories in communication.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Open to Communication graduate students only.
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COMM 603 - Communication Research Methods - Procedures Credit(s): 3
COM RESRCH METHODS-PROCEDURES
Component: Lecture
Introduction to communication research methods including general research procedures, sampling, laboratory research and experimental design, survey research, field research, content analysis and longitudinal research. Includes an introduction to using the computer in research.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Open to Communication graduate students only.
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COMM 604 - Communication Research Methods - Analysis Credit(s): 3
COM RESEARCH METHODS: ANALYSIS
Component: Lecture
Introduction to the tools and techniques of data analysis in communication research including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, inferential statistics, as well as advanced statistical procedures.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Open to Communication graduate students only.
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