May 23, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Management

  
  • MGMT 6237 - Comparative Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The course will examine and focus on proven executive leadership best practices across a range of complex organizations.

  
  • MGMT 6331 - Organizational Development

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Measures for guiding change in the industrial setting; impacts on the labor force and the production process. Change models, diagnostic techniques, intervention strategies and the ethics of change agent client system relationship.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 5032  or equivalent.
  
  • MGMT 6332 - International Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The course focuses on the challenges of international management including topics of global strategy, organizational design, cross-cultural communication and human resources.

    Prerequisites: MGMT 5032  and BAPA 5131 , or equivalents.
  
  • MGMT 6333 - Seminar in International Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Meetings in the field are conducted with the officers of companies operating in other countries. Sessions will be concerned with cultural and legal considerations that make labor relations, resource coordination and other management considerations different from the American experience.

  
  • MGMT 6334 - Global Sustainability and Strategic Advantage

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course provides a basic understanding of the strategic implications and applications related to business and institutional sustainability. This course provides a basic understanding of the strategic implications and applications related to business and institutional sustainability. Using a strategy lens, this course seeks to provide students with an understanding of the key concepts related to the business case of sustainability, tackling topics key to sustainable strategies and social responsibility through a mix of assignments and case analyses. Cross-listed: ENVR 5132  

    Prerequisites: ENVR 5131  Foundations in Sustainability.
  
  • MGMT 6731 - Strategic Management Seminar (Capstone)

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Introduction to corporate-level and business-level strategy. Study of the strategic management process and factors necessary for competitive success in industries.

    Prerequisites: Other degree requirements and LAST SEMESTER.
  
  • MGMT 6739 - Internship in Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Supervised internship with an approved firm or with an industrial or governmental agency; written and oral reports required.

    Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy and approval of adviser and dean.

Marketing

  
  • MKTG 3301 - Principles of Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Focus is on initiating, building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with customers through the strategic use of the marketing mix. Topics include marketing research, market segmentation and targeting, buyer behavior, product development, brand management, promotion, international marketing, e-marketing and ethical marketing practices.

  
  • MKTG 5332 - Executive Decisions in Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Making information-based strategic and tactical marketing decisions related to target market selection, product, price, distribution and promotion that increase the probability of success in a competitive marketplace.

    Prerequisites: BAPA 5031  and MGMT 5032 , or equivalents.
  
  • MKTG 5334 - Strategic Brand Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Building and effectively maintaining brand equity is among the top priorities of high-performing companies. Effective brand building and strategic brand management drive customer loyalty and superior long-term performance. Strategic Brand Management is a graduate course that explores why brands are important, what they represent to consumers and what firms should do to manage them effectively.

    Prerequisites: BAPA 5031  or equivalents.
  
  • MKTG 5532 - International Marketing Strategy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Begins with a discussion of incentives for and barriers to international trade, and foreign market selection and entry strategies. Then examines product, price, distribution and promotion decisions in an international context. Involves secondary marketing research and developing a marketing plan for product introduction into a foreign market.

    Prerequisites: BAPA 5031  or equivalent.
  
  • MKTG 5533 - Seminar in International Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Meetings with the chief marketing people at major firms in several countries are conducted. Sessions will concentrate on their approaches to market development and analysis. Emphasis will be placed on problems and on solutions to those problems that are peculiar to other cultures.

    Prerequisites: BAPA 5031  or equivalent.
  
  • MKTG 5534 - Advanced Professional Services Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Central issues involved in planning, implementing and controlling professional services marketing strategies. Examines positioning and use of information technology as a means of achieving differential.

    Prerequisites: BAPA 5031  or equivalent.
  
  • MKTG 5931 - Research Topics in Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Identified by specific title each time course is offered.

  
  • MKTG 5939 - Independent Studies in Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Independent directed study in Marketing.

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, faculty chair and associate dean required.
  
  • MKTG 6739 - Internship in Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Supervised work experience in an approved business, non-profit or governmental agency. Written work is required by sponsoring faculty member.

    Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy and approval of sponsoring faculty member, faculty chair and associate dean.

Mathematics

  
  • MATH 1351 - Mathematics for Teachers II

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Concepts of geometry, probability and statistics, as well as applications of the algebraic properties of real numbers to concepts of measurement with an emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking. This course is designed specifically for students who seek middle grade (4-8) teacher certification. Open only to teacher certification students.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1350
  
  • MATH 2305 - Discrete Mathematics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Introductory mathematical logic, mathematical induction, relations and functions, basic counting techniques, graphs and trees and applications to computing devices. Designed for students majoring in the computer-related disciplines.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2413  or MATH 1325.
  
  • MATH 2315 - Calculus III

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Vectors and vector valued functions, functions of multiple variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, volume and surface area and vector calculus.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2414  
  
  • MATH 2318 - Linear Algebra

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Systems of linear equations; vector spaces, linear transformations, determinants, matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors; applications to coding and difference equations.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2412 or MATH 2413 
  
  • MATH 2320 - Differential Equations

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Solutions of ordinary differential equations of the first and second order, Laplace transforms, power series techniques, systems of equations, stability, numerical methods, geometric and physical applications.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2414  
  
  • MATH 2413 - Calculus I

    Credit Hours: 4 Lecture: 4 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Limits and continuity; the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; definition of the derivative of a function and techniques of differentiation; applications of the derivative to maximizing or minimizing a function; the chain rule, mean value theorem and rate of change problems; curve sketching; definite and indefinite integration of algebraic, trigonometric and transcendental functions with an application to calculation of areas.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2412 with a C- or better or meet requirement in UHCL Mathematics Department Placement and Testing policy.
  
  • MATH 2414 - Calculus II

    Credit Hours: 4 Lecture: 4 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Differentiation and integration of transcendental functions; parametric equations and polar coordinates; techniques of integration; sequences and series; improper integrals.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2413  with a C- or better or meet requirement in UHCL Mathematics Department Placement and Testing policy.
  
  • MATH 3300 - Introduction to Modern Algebra and Number Theory

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    An introduction to techniques of proof, problem solving and applications using topics from number theory, discrete mathematics and logic such as symbolic logic, various proof methods, sequences and recursion, congruence classes, modular arithmetic, permutations and inductive and deductive argument forms.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2413 
  
  • MATH 3301 - History of Mathematical Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Temporal relationships of concepts by means of biographic studies; development of mathematical theory and applications from ancient to contemporary times.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1314 or MATH 1324 or MATH 1332
  
  • MATH 3304 - Algebra Through Technology

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Using technology topics in elementary functions, simultaneous equations, polynomials and elementary topics in number theory. This course for Teaching Certification students only.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1314
  
  • MATH 3305 - Euclidian/Non-Euclidian Geometry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30
    Formal set theory, logical structure and measurement.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1314
  
  • MATH 3306 - Problem Solving

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 10
    Problem solving through experiences and reasoning; ideas from areas such as pattern recognition, simulation and logical deduction.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1351 , MATH 3304 , or equivalent or instructor permission.
  
  • MATH 4313 - Introduction to Topology

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Topological techniques in analysis, metric spaces, continuous transformations, connectivity, separation, compactness; nets and filters, cardinal arithmetic.

    Prerequisites: MATH 3331.
  
  • MATH 4315 - Numerical Analysis and its Applications

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Introduction to methods and algorithms in numerical computation. The topics include techniques for finding the roots of equations and interpolation functions, numerical approximation of differentiation and integration, numerical solutions to ordinary differential equations, linear systems and nonlinear systems.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2315 , MATH 2318 , MATH 2320  and C/C+ + or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 4316 - Mathematic Software Applications

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course covers a number of applied mathematics models through scientific software simulators; Matlab and Mathematica, Symbolic, numerical and graphical simulations and symbolic operations will be applied to various mathematical problems normally viewed as beyond the scope of the course in which they are first introduced. A variety of programming paradigms, such as procedural programming and function programming will be emphasized.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318 , MATH 2320 , CSCI 1318 or a scientific programming language.
  
  • MATH 4321 - Predicate Logic

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    An introduction to predicate logic; elements of formal logic systems; set theory and propositional calculus, completeness theorems and the nature of proofs.

  
  • MATH 4322 - Introduction to Abstract Algebra

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30
    Study of algebraic structures: maps, operations, permutations and homomorphisms. Groups, rings, integral domains and fields; applications to symmetry; techniques of mathematical proof.

    Prerequisites: MATH 3312 or MATH 3331.
  
  • MATH 4325 - Theory of Models and Applications

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Simulation and analysis on continuous and discrete mathematical models in science. It also includes the study of nonlinear dynamics, chaos and fractals.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318  and MATH 2320  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 4341 - Introduction to Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Real numbers, sequences and series, differentiation and measure theory; Riemann, Stieltjes and Lebesgue integrals.

    Prerequisites: MATH 3331 or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 4345 - Introduction to Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, nonparametric statistics, analysis of variance.

    Prerequisites: MATH/STAT 4344 .
  
  • MATH 5031 - Problem-Solving Strategies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: #REF!

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 10
    This course focus on the connection between problem-solving, teaching mathematics for understanding and the development of mathematical reasoning. Also highlighted will be the student’s own development of problem-solving abilities and ability to communicate their reasoning.

  
  • MATH 5033 - Instructional Applications of Algebra

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 10
    A seminar on the content of secondary school courses in algebra and applicable instructional techniques.

  
  • MATH 5034 - Geometry Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30
    Topics in Euclidean and Non-Euclidean geometries with a focus the teaching and learning of geometry (including the use of technology and concrete materials). Development of proof-writing techniques in geometry included.

    Prerequisites: MATH 3305  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5035 - Precalculus Courses for Mathematics Teachers of Grades 10-14

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 10
    A seminar on various current and potential approaches to the content of precalculus mathematics with applicable instructional techniques.

  
  • MATH 5036 - Calculus for Mathematics Teachers of Grades 10-14

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 10
    A seminar on various approaches to the teaching of introductory calculus.

  
  • MATH 5037 - Technology for Mathematics Curriculum

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Current laboratory applications of computers and calculators in the mathematics curriculum. Symbolic, numerical and graphical computing will be applied to various mathematical problems.

    Prerequisites: Minimum College Algebra competency, Calculus and Pre-Calculus strongly preferred.
  
  • MATH 5131 - Abstract Algebra

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Groups, rings, fields, modules; ideal theory, polynomial rings, algebraic and free groups.

    Prerequisites: MATH 4322  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5132 - Real Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    General measure and integration theory. Banach and Hilbert spaces; applications to approximation theory, probability theory and summability.

    Prerequisites: MATH 4341  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5133 - Complex Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The theory of analytic functions and analytic continuation. Branched functions; an introduction to homotopy theory and basic metric space topology. Integration theory, Cauch’s theorem and residue theory.

    Prerequisites: MATH 4363 or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5136 - Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course covers the dynamical aspects of ordinary differential equations and the relationship between theory and applications. Fundamental theorems of solutions of ordinary differential equations oriented toward dynamical systems, local globe phase portrait analyses of nonlinear autonomous systems and the criteria for the existence of periodic solutions are examined along with various applications.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318 , MATH 3321 and MATH 4311 or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5137 - Topology and Geometry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Set theory, topological spaces, connectedness and compactness, the fundamental group and covering spaces, surfaces and their applications.

     

    Prerequisites: MATH 4313  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5231 - Linear Algebra

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fields and vector spaces, determinants and their characterization, adjoints operators, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizability, canonical forms and matrix functions.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318 .
  
  • MATH 5232 - Number Theory

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    An introduction to analytic number theory, which uses the tools of analysis (particularly complex function theory) to investigate questions in number theory. The distribution of the primes is of central interest. Some of the tools developed are Dirichlet series, character theory, formal power series and contour integration. Various topics in arithmetical functions are also considered.

    Prerequisites: MATH 4312 or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5330 - Mathematical Software and Modeling Simulation

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Explores computer software in applied Mathematics using Matlab. A variety of programming paradigms are emphasized. A collection of topics in applied. Mathematics, chaos and neuroscience modeling are incorporated into Matlab programming.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318  and MATH 2320  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5333 - Numerical Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Mathematical analysis and numerical computation of solutions to linear and nonlinear systems, ordinary differential equations, integral equations and boundary value problems.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318 , MATH 2415, MATH 2320  and C/C++ or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5431 - Mathematical Neuroscience

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Techniques for analyzing and simulating physical, chemical and biological processes.

    Prerequisites: MATH 4325  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 5432 - Optimization

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course is intended to cover central concepts of practical optimization techniques on linear and nonlinear programming, such as simplex methods, primal and dual methods, steepest descent methods, conjugate direction methods, quasi-Newton methods, penalty and barrier methods, etc. The application of optimization in engineering, business, management science, and statistics are also introduced.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2318 .
  
  • MATH 5739 - Internship in Mathematics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Supervised work experience in an approved industrial or government agency. Written and oral report required.

  
  • MATH 5931 - Research Topics in Mathematics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Identified by specific title each time course is offered.

  
  • MATH 5939 - Independent Study in Mathematics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
  
  • MATH 6031 - Problem Solving Strategies

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A focus on the connection between problem solving, teaching mathematics for understanding and the development of mathematical reasoning. Also highlighted will be the student’s own development of problem-solving abilities and ability to communicate their reasoning.

  
  • MATH 6033 - Instructional Applications of Algebra

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A seminar on the content of secondary school courses in algebra and applicable instructional techniques.

  
  • MATH 6034 - Geometry Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Topics in Euclidean and Non-Euclidean geometries. An emphasis on the strengthening of proof-writing techniques. Also discussed will be the use of technology and concrete materials in the teaching and learning of geometry.

    Prerequisites: MATH 3305  or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 6035 - Precalculus Courses for Mathematics Teachers of Grades 10-14

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A seminar on various current and potential approaches to the content of precalculus mathematics with applicable instructional techniques.

  
  • MATH 6036 - Calculus for Mathematics Teachers of Grades 10-14

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A seminar on various approaches to the teaching of introductory calculus.

  
  • MATH 6037 - Technology for Mathematics Curriculum

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Current laboratory applications of computers and calculators in the mathematics curriculum. Symbolic, numerical and graphical computing will be applied to various mathematical problems.

    Prerequisites: MATH 2413 , MATH 2318  and MATH 4311.
  
  • MATH 6837 - Research Project I

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Student will develop and complete a research project which requires integrating knowledge and standard procedures in the discipline. A written paper and presentation will be required.

  
  • MATH 6838 - Research Project II

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Student will complete research project developed in MATH 6837 . A written paper and presentation will be required.

  
  • MATH 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of faculty adviser, master’s committee and dean.

Occupational Safety and Health

  
  • OSHE 4316 - System Safety and Accident Investigation

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The course handles applications of system safety techniques in the industrial work environment and accident investigation theory and practice. Review of loss control management concepts, risk management, S & H training, acceptance of risk, identification and initiation of corrective actions, pre-accident planning, emergency response, collection of evidence, analysis of information, investigation, organization, management and report writing.

  
  • OSHE 4333 - Construction and General Industry Safety

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 50
    This course covers safety and health principles in the construction and general industries as well as OSHA policies, procedures and standards. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are most hazardous in construction and general industry.

  
  • OSHE 4334 - Chemical Processing and Petroleum Refining

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course covers the fundamentals of chemical processing, including basic process chemistry, equipment, diagrams, process flows, feedstock, and chemical products necessary to manufacturer chemical products on an industrial scale.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 .
  
  • OSHE 4335 - Process Safety and Chemical Risk Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course covers the fundamentals of process safety management, risk-based process safety, and risk management plans to safeguard industrial chemical facilities that process flammable, combustible, reactive or toxic materials. The aim is on the prevention of toxic releases, fires and explosions that could cause loss of life, property damage and environmental harm. Includes historical incidents and their contributing causes and outcomes, as well as safety management systems and process safety regulations.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 
  
  • OSHE 4411 - Noise and Hearing Conservation

    Credit Hours: 4 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 100
    Anatomy and physiology of the human ear; sound propagation and the mechanism of hearing loss; federal and state noise regulations; noise measurement and analysis; establishing a hearing conservation and noise control program in industry.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 1301
  
  • OSHE 4413 - Industrial Ventilation

    Credit Hours: 4 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 100
    General principles of ventilation, dilution ventilation, comfort ventilation; heat-cold stress control, hood design, air contaminant control; testing ventilation systems and industrial ventilation guidelines.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1314
  
  • OSHE 5131 - Control of Occupational and Environmental Hazards

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Engineering and control technology used to eliminate and reduce hazards. Includes ventilation design, shielding, heat and cold stress, noise control, emissions control and waste management.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 , PHYS 1302  
  
  • OSHE 5135 - Statistical Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fundamental statistical concepts related to the applied industrial and environmental sciences: descriptive statistics; sampling; statistical distributions; confidence intervals, hypothesis testing; chi-square tests; correlation, simple and multiple linear regression; one-way ANOVA. Use of statistical software packages to analyze and present data.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1314
  
  • OSHE 5233 - Recognition of Occupational Diseases

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Incidence and patterns of occupational diseases in the U.S.; approaches to recognition and prevention; workplace exposures and effects; occupational disorders by organ systems.

  
  • OSHE 5234 - Hazardous Materials Management

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 75
    This course covers hazardous materials management as it pertains to the properties of hazardous materials, sampling and analysis, fate and transport in the environment, impacts on health and the environment, risk assessment, laws and regulations, generation, storage, transportation, disposal and treatment. Emergency response and reporting are included.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 .
  
  • OSHE 5235 - Fire Safety Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 75
    This course studies fire science, causes, prevention and inspection. This includes fire dynamics and behavior, prevention activities, extinguishment, detection, hazards, fire causes, types of construction including structural features, flame spread, occupancy and fire load, as well as petrochemical fire safety and combustible dust.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311 , PHYS 1301  
  
  • OSHE 5236 - Advanced Process Hazard Analysis and Consequence Assessment

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course applies engineering principles to process hazard assessment, dust hazard analysis and consequence assessment. Includes various assessment techniques and use of software packages to assess the consequences of toxic releases, fires and explosions on life, property and the environment.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 
  
  • OSHE 5333 - Air Pollution

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Background, sources and fate of atmospheric pollutants. Air pollution episodes, meteorology, dispersion modeling, air quality measurements, controls, criteria, guidelines and health standards.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 , PHYS 1302  
  
  • OSHE 5334 - Human Factors Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Provides an analysis of the principles of human factors and ergonomics. The course covers human information processing, man-machine systems, information design, display and control design, static and dynamic anthropometrics and fundamentals of biomechanics, musculoskeletal injuries, including Cumulative Trauma Disorders such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, hand tool design, back injuries, vibrations, shift work, biological rhythms and workload assessment. Emphasis is placed on ergonomic methods and techniques to assess the design of modern work environments.

  
  • OSHE 5335 - Ergonomic Methods and Analysis Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 75
    Provides students with a variety of methods to analyze tasks and make accommodations and redesigns based on the principles of human factors and ergonomics. Emphasis is placed on Human Factors/Ergonomic methods and techniques to assess the design of modern work environments to accommodate people with disabilities or provide suitable redesigns to enhance human performance.

  
  • OSHE 5336 - Safety, Health and Environmental Issues

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Principles and concepts of environmental health and safety, including essential information related to the recognition, evaluation and control of occupational and environmental hazards; Includes information related to public safety, the community, businesses, labs, government and education/research or other work environments.

  
  • OSHE 5431 - Practicum in Industrial Hygiene and Safety

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Requires approval of faculty adviser. The selection, study and formal presentation of topics in Industrial Hygiene and Safety based on advanced field, laboratory, library research study and supervised work experience in an approved industrial firm or government agency or educational work assignments. Written and oral reports required.

    Prerequisites: 12 hours of credit.
  
  • OSHE 5530 - Research Methods: Occupational Safety and Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 50
    Development of proposal for master’s project or thesis research.

    Prerequisites: STAT 5135 , adviser approval and approved research topic.
  
  • OSHE 5739 - Internship in Occupational Safety and Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Supervised work experience in an approved industrial firm or governmental agency. Written and oral report required.

    Prerequisites: Master’s degree candidacy as well as approval by adviser and dean.
  
  • OSHE 5915 - Cooperative Education Work Term

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Educational paid work assignment by a student in the field of career interest and course of study. A technical report will be required at the end of the semester. (Specific requirements are noted in the Cooperative Education Catalog description.)

    Prerequisites: Approved Candidate Plan of Study, completed cooperative education file and approval of associate dean and Director of Cooperative Education.
  
  • OSHE 5919 - Independent Study in Occupational Safety and Health

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
  
  • OSHE 5931 - Research Topics in Occupational Safety and Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Identified by specific title each time course is offered.

  
  • OSHE 5939 - Independent Study in Occupational Safety and Health

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
  
  • OSHE 6135 - Radiation Protection

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 100
    Advanced principles of ionizing and nonionizing radiation are presented to provide the students who already have a basic understanding of radiation protection with an enhanced competence to solve theoretical and practical problems in radiation protection.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 1302 
  
  • OSHE 6242 - Analytical Methods for Evaluation of Health Hazards

    Credit Hours: 4 Lecture: 3 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 100
    Survey procedures and instrumental methods of analysis for atmospheric and occupational hazards. Optical microscopy, noise, radiation, colorimetry, gas chromatography, atomic absorption, infrared and mass spectrometry.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 , STAT 5135 
  
  • OSHE 6332 - Safety Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 50
    Application of engineering principles to produce design, plant layout, construction, maintenance, pressure vessels, power tools, electric equipment, confined spaces and transportation systems. Includes consensus standards and governmental regulations.

    Prerequisites: OSHE 3340 or equivalent.
  
  • OSHE 6333 - OSHA Standards for the Construction & General Industries

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards as it relates to safety & health principles in the construction and general industries. While more emphasis is placed on areas that are most hazardous in the construction and general industries, the course emphasizes topics that all safety professionals should have a basic understanding of. Topics include safety as it relates to falls, scaffolding, record keeping, electrical standards, trenching, as well as administrative topics related to handling record keeping and OSHA audits.

  
  • OSHE 6731 - Graduate Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 50
    Advanced seminar where an in-depth perusal of an environmental science topic shall be undertaken and a formal paper and presentation shall be completed.

    Prerequisites: OSHE 5530 , STAT 5135  and 24 hours complete in an approved graduate program.
  
  • OSHE 6838 - Research Project

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 125
    Students complete their research project; write the research paper and present research findings in a public forum.

    Prerequisites: OSHE 5530 , 24 hours completed within a CPS and approval of graduate adviser.
  
  • OSHE 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 0 Lab: 1

    Prerequisites: Approval of faculty adviser, master’s committee and dean.

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 5431 - Metaphysics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Inquiry into the thought of major thinkers on the nature of reality. The particular philosophers to be studied will vary from semester to semester.

  
  • PHIL 5433 - Continental Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The study of major European philosophers of the modern period: Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Levinas and others.

  
  • PHIL 5931 - Research Topics in Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Identified by specific title each time course is offered. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.

  
  • PHIL 5939 - Independent Study in Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 0 Lab: 0

    Permission of instructor required.


Physics

  
  • PHYS 1101 - Laboratory for College Physics I

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 0 Lab: 3

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 50
    Laboratory to reinforce topics in College Physics I. Experiments on motion, Newton’s laws, wave mechanics, heat and thermodynamics.

 

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