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

Course Descriptions


 

Computer Engineering

  
  • CENG 5336 - Functional Verification of Digital Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    The course discusses the concepts and practice of functional verification of digital systems using a hardware description language. Topics covered include behavioral models, checker implementation, testbench generation report generation, and functional coverage.

    Prerequisites: CENG 4354  and CENG 3351  or their equivalents.
  
  • CENG 5337 - Low-Power System Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Design of low-power digital circuits, processors and systems; analysis of real-world low-power RISC processors; discussion of next-generation power management and energy generation techniques.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351  or equivalent.
  
  • CENG 5338 - VLSI Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    The course trains students to design and analyze digital circuits incorporating into a VLSI chip. Students study design concepts and constraints such as functionality, performance, power, area and cost; students work in small groups to bring design components together into a full custom chip.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351 , CENG 4354 , CENG 3316 , or their equivalents.
  
  • CENG 5431 - Digital Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Sampling, Fourier analysis, FFTs, and digital filtering. Laboratory instruction.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5131  or equivalent.
  
  • CENG 5432 - Digital Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Analysis and synthesis of digital control systems and a comparison of continuous and discrete control systems. Laboratory instructions.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5131  or equivalent.
  
  • CENG 5433 - Principles of Digital Communications Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    The course covers information theory, data compression, scalar and vector quantization, sampling, channel coding, modeling and system design for wireless communication.

    Prerequisites: CENG 4331  and STAT 3334  or equivalent.
  
  • CENG 5434 - Microcomputer Systems Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    System design and use of the latest microcomputers, microcontrollers, specialty controller chips and single-board computers as used in modern computer systems and products. A project assignment allows students to explore designs in their areas of interest.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351  and CENG 2371 .
  
  • CENG 5435 - Robotics and ROS

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This class will teach the most modern techniques for design of robotic applications using the Robot Operating System (ROS) with examples such as Baxter, a two-arm manipulator robot and Turtle Bot the mobile robot. Students will have hands-on experience with a number or robots and their simulators.

  
  • CENG 5436 - Computer Vision and Applications

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course provides an introduction to computer vision including fundamentals of image formation, camera imaging geometry, feature detection and matching, multi-view geometry including stereo, motion estimation, and tracking and classification. Basic methods are developed that include finding known models in images, depth recovery from stereo, camera calibration, image stabilization, automated alignment, tracking and action recognition. Problem sets and projects include robotic applications.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5131 .
  
  • CENG 5437 - Mobile Robots

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    The course presents a study of techniques applied to the design and application of mobile robots. The purpose is to introduce the students to the use of robots and the techniques necessary to design and develop or specify hardware and software for applications. Students will have hands-on experience with several examples of mobile robots including flying robots.

  
  • CENG 5531 - Machine Learning and Applications

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Fundamentals of machine learning and pattern recognition. Topics covered include neural networks, Bayesian inference and non-parametric techniques.

    Prerequisites: STAT 3334 .
  
  • CENG 5532 - Tele-Medicine

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course focuses on the transmission of medical data over wireless networks and addresses different techniques to process medical data. The course introduces various topics such as medical informatics, electronic health records, personal health record, healthcare information system that need to be considered for supporting healthcare services with current technology.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5131 . Knowledge of wireless communications and signal processing.
  
  • CENG 5533 - Quantum Computing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Quantum computing, theory and annealing techniques for complex problem-solving and optimization.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351 , MATH 2305 , MATH 2315 , MATH 2318 , and STAT 3334 .
  
  • CENG 5534 - Advanced Digital System Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Behavioral and structural design methods and examples using hardware description languages, including control, arithmetic, bus systems, memory systems and logic synthesis from hardware descriptions.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5133 .
  
  • CENG 5535 - Wireless Sensor Networks

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    The course discusses the theory and practice of today’s wireless sensor networks and systems that consist of many tiny, low-power devices with sensing, computing and wireless communication capabilities. The course covers sensor hardware, WSN operating system, wireless communication, networking protocols, WSN security and intelligent algorithms.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3331 or equivalent.
  
  • CENG 5536 - Applications of Parallel Computing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Efficient and productive parallel programming techniques for parallel multicore and cluster computers.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351  and MATH 2318 .
  
  • CENG 5537 - Scalable Many-Core Computing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Algorithm/modeling techniques and computational thinking skills (using OpenCL/CUDA/OpenMP4.x/OpenACC) for scalable, many-core/many-thread processor accelerator (MIC/GPU/DSP/FPGA) programming.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351  and MATH 2318 .
  
  • CENG 5631 - Digital Image Processing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course introduces the fundamental of digital images and emphasizes general principles of image processing. The course covers image acquisition, image sampling and quantization, intensity transformations and spatial filtering, filtering in the frequency domain, image restoration and reconstruction, color image processing, wavelet, and multiresolution processing, image compression, morphological image processing, segmentation, image representation, and object recognition.

    Prerequisites: Knowledge of probability, linear algebra, and linear systems.
  
  • CENG 5634 - Artificial Neural Networks

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Artificial neural network (ANN) models and computing techniques, emphasizing on rationale, theory, modeling, analysis, methodology, evaluation, capabilities, limitations and applications of ANN.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351 , MATH 2318 , MATH 2305  and STAT 3334 .
  
  • CENG 5719 - Internship in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 20
    Supervised work experience in an approved industrial firm or government agency. Written and oral report required.

    Prerequisites: Approval by adviser and associate dean.
  
  • CENG 5729 - Internship in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 2 Lecture: 2 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30
    Supervised work experience in an approved industrial firm or government agency. Written and oral report required.

    Prerequisites: Approval by adviser and associate dean.
  
  • CENG 5739 - Internship in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Supervised work experience in an approved industrial firm or government agency. Written and oral report required.

    Prerequisites: Approval by adviser and associate dean.
  
  • CENG 5915 - Cooperative Education Work Term

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Co-op
    Fee ($): 100
    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.
  
  • CENG 5919 - Independent Study in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 20
    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
  
  • CENG 5929 - Independent Study in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 2 Lecture: 2 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 30
    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
  
  • CENG 5931 - Research Topics in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

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

  
  • CENG 5939 - Independent Study in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean.
  
  • CENG 6332 - High Performance Computer Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Processor microarchitecture, memory systems, and consistency, multiprocessor systems, interconnection networks, chip multiprocessors.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5133 
  
  • CENG 6431 - DSP Implementations

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Implementation techniques of digital signal processing applications, emphasizing digital signal processors.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5431 .
  
  • CENG 6432 - Bio-Medical Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course covers fundamental concepts of biomedical signal processing. Various detection and estimation techniques and filtering are covered. Harmonic process, linear discrimination, linear mixtures, PCA, ICA and hidden markov model are emphasized.

    Prerequisites: CENG 5131  Knowledge of probability and signal processing.
  
  • CENG 6532 - Parallel Processing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Integrated discussion of the software and hardware design issues involved in parallel processing. Laboratory instruction.

    Prerequisites: Background in computer architecture and programming.
  
  • CENG 6533 - Robotics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Topics of current interest in robotics applied to the study of mechanical systems for robots, robotics control and sensors for robotics. Laboratory instruction.

  
  • CENG 6534 - Digital Systems Synthesis and Optimization

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Teaching
    Fee ($): 40
    Digital circuits and models; scheduling algorithms, resource sharing and binding; logic level synthesis and optimization; discussions of latest trends in digital systems using recent research findings.

    Prerequisites: CENG 4354  or equivalent.
  
  • CENG 6535 - Bio-Inspired Computing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Novel problem solving and optimization research projects that require integrating nature, bio-inspired computing knowledge to design, adapt and implement solutions for complex real-life problems.

    Prerequisites: CENG 3351 , MATH 2318 , MATH 2305  and STAT 3334 .
  
  • CENG 6838 - Research Project and Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

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

    Prerequisites: 24 hours completed in graduate program.
  
  • CENG 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Prerequisites: Approval of adviser, master’s committee, and dean.

Chemistry

  
  • CHEM 1111 - Laboratory for General Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 0 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 90
    Basic laboratory experiments supporting theoretical principles presented in CHEM 1311 ; introduction of the scientific method, experimental design, data collection and analysis and preparation of laboratory reports. Credit may not be received for both CHEM 1105 and CHEM 1111.

    Corequisites: CHEM 1311 .
  
  • CHEM 1112 - Laboratory for General Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 0 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 90
    Basic laboratory experiments supporting theoretical principles presented in CHEM 1312 ; introduction of the scientific method, experimental design, chemical instrumentation, data collection and analysis and preparation of laboratory reports.

    Corequisites: CHEM 1312  
  
  • CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fundamental principles of chemistry for majors in sciences, health sciences and engineering; topics include inorganic, organic, biochemistry, chemical reactions, states of matter and properties, chemical bonding, structure and descriptive chemistry.

  
  • CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Chemical equilibrium; phase diagrams and spectrometry; acid-base concepts; thermodynamics; kinetics; electrochemistry; nuclear chemistry; an introduction to organic chemistry and descriptive inorganic chemistry.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311  
  
  • CHEM 2123 - Laboratory for Organic Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 0 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 120
    Basic techniques and procedures in isolation, purification and characterization of organic compounds and simple reactions used in the organic chemistry lab.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311 , CHEM 1312 .
  
  • CHEM 2125 - Laboratory for Organic Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 0 Lab: 1

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 120
    Extension of CHEM 2123 ; building from basic procedures and lab techniques to a more advanced level.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311 , CHEM 2123  
  
  • CHEM 2323 - Organic Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Study of properties and behavior of hydrocarbon compounds and their derivatives. Designed for students in science or pre-professional programs.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311 , CHEM 1312 
  
  • CHEM 2325 - Organic Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Continuation of properties and behavior of hydrocarbon compounds and their derivatives. Designed for students in science or pre-professional programs.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311 , CHEM 2323 
  
  • CHEM 4115 - Chemistry Practicum

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Practical training in teaching an undergraduate chemistry lab, assisting a teaching assistant. Requires pre-acceptance interview, minimum of 6 hours of work per week, and approval of instructor.

  
  • CHEM 4251 - Laboratory for Environmental Analysis

    Credit Hours: 2 Lecture: 1 Lab: 3

    Experimental methods for sampling and analysis of environmental samples using modern instruments. Hands-on laboratory and field experiments. One hour of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 3333 or corequisite
  
  • CHEM 4356 - Soil & Groundwater Remediation

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Chemical, biological, geological principles and applications of various remediation techniques commonly used to clean up contaminated soils and groundwater.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 3333.
  
  • CHEM 4363 - Forensic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Provides students training in drug chemistry, chemistry of addiction, arson investigation, chemistry of explosives, poisons, estimating the time of death.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1311 , CHEM 1312 , or equivalent.
  
  • CHEM 5130 - Mathematical Methods and Physical Concepts in Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prepares chemistry graduate students for math and physics concepts they will encounter in graduate physical chemistry courses.

    Prerequisites: CHEM4321 & CHEM4322 or equivalent, or instructor’s permission
  
  • CHEM 5132 - Principles of Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course will provide students with a clear overview of the field of chemical engineering in which chemical engineers and chemists work cooperatively to bring laboratory discoveries into new products and technologies in various industries such as petroleum refining and petrochemical production, plastics, synthetic fibers and textiles, and pharmaceuticals etc.

  
  • CHEM 5133 - Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Theory and practice of structure determination using IR, UV-VIS, NMR and MS techniques. 

    Prerequisites: CHEM2325, or equivalent.
  
  • CHEM 5134 - Synthetic Organic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Modern synthetic methods used in organic chemical synthesis. A mechanistic approach is used.

    Prerequisites: CHEM2325, or equivalent
  
  • CHEM 5235 - Kinetics and Thermodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Studies of modern chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.

    Prerequisites: CHEM4321, CHEM4322 or equivalent 
  
  • CHEM 5332 - Advanced Instrumental Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Advanced discussion of instrumental analytical techniques, such as optical (UV-Vis, fluorescence, circular dichroism, IR, Raman) spectroscopy, chromatography (GC, HPLC), mass spectrometry and materials characterization techniques.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 4367 or instructor’s consent.
  
  • CHEM 5335 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The comprehensive study of the theory and properties of compounds containing the main groups of elements in the periodic table.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 4335 or equivalent.
  
  • CHEM 5336 - Organometallic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Systematic study of the compounds containing a carbon-metal bond. Synthesis, structural types and typical reactions of both main group and transition metal compounds are discussed.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 , CHEM 2325 .
  
  • CHEM 5337 - Physical Organic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Advanced study of the relationships between structure and reactivity of mechanisms operating during organic chemical transformations.

    Prerequisites: CHEM2325, or equivalent
  
  • CHEM 5431 - Contaminant Fate and Transport

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Principles of contaminant behavior in the environment. Case studies on important toxic chemicals including heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, soap and detergents, pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Suitable for non-majors.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 3333 or equivalent.
  
  • CHEM 5535 - Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Contaminants

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Field sampling techniques, US EPA/OSHA/USGS/ASTM standard methodology, field and lab quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), wet chemical methods and instrumentations for the analysis of environmental contaminants.

    Prerequisites: STAT 3308 .
  
  • CHEM 5536 - Environmental Remediation

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Soil and groundwater pollutant sources, types, migration; chemical and hydrogeological site characterization; chemical/biological/thermal technologies (pump-and-treat, vapor extraction, bioremediation and incineration) for the remediation of contaminated sites such as Superfund sites, landfills, brownfields, leaking storage tanks and oil spills.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 3333 or equivalent.
  
  • CHEM 5631 - Environmental Chemodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Focus on the kinetic and thermodynamic mechanisms for chemical movement across air/soil, soil/water, water/sediment and water/air interfaces, and how natural processes affect the movement of chemicals in the air, water, sediment and soil; information vital to performing human and ecological risk assessments.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 3333.
  
  • CHEM 5633 - Astrobiochemistry I

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Origin of the universe, the chemical elements, Earth and life, including pre-biotic chemistry. The nature of the first replicators, the origin of the genetic code and the origin of biomolecular chirality.

    Prerequisites: CHEM1312 and PHYS1302 or PHYS2326
  
  • CHEM 5634 - Astrobiochemistry II

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The search for life in the universe, including the chemistry of habitable planets, chemical signatures of life on other planets in the solar system and beyond and the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 1312 and PHYS 1302 or PHYS 2326.
  
  • CHEM 5635 - Advanced Polymer Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Introduction to the chemistry, structure and properties of polymers.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 , CHEM 2325 .
  
  • CHEM 5636 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Advanced discussion of instrumental analytical techniques, such as optical (UV-Vis, fluorescence, circular dichroism, IR, Raman) spectroscopy, chromatography (GC, HPLC), mass-spectrometry and materials characterization techniques.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 4367 or approval of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 5637 - Modern Spectroscopy

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Theory and application of spectroscopy including modern laser techniques.

    Prerequisites: CHEM2325, CHEM4322 or instructor’s approval
  
  • CHEM 5638 - Total Synthesis of Natural Products

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    A mechanistic-based approach to the total synthesis of organic natural products.

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 5639 - Symmetry in Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Applications of group theory in physical, inorganic and organic chemistry.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2323 , CHEM 2325 ; CHEM 4321, CHEM 4322, CHEM 4335, and CHEM 5130  or approval of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 5731 - Environmental Organic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Examine fundamental molecular processes of environmental organic contaminants in natural and engineered systems. Topics include equilibrium partitioning (air-water-soil-biota), sorption to soils and sediments and transformation processes (oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis, photolysis, biodegradation).

    Prerequisites: CHEM 3333, CHEM 3320.
  
  • CHEM 5739 - Internship in Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

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

    Prerequisites: Approval by adviser and associate dean.
  
  • CHEM 5915 - Cooperative Education Work Term

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Co-op
    Fee ($): 100
    Educational paid work assignment by a student in the field of career interest and course of study. A technical report is 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.
  
  • CHEM 5919 - Independent Study in Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 60
    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean required.
  
  • CHEM 5931 - Research Topics in Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 120
    Identified by specific title each time course is offered.

  
  • CHEM 5939 - Independent Study in Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 120
    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, chair and associate dean required
  
  • CHEM 6731 - Graduate Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Advanced seminar undertaking an in-depth perusal of a chemical topic and a research proposal and formal presentation shall be completed.

  
  • CHEM 6837 - Research Project and Seminar I

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Hands-on research in the field of chemistry. A written report and presentation will be required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to graduate program in chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 6838 - Research Project and Seminar II

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Hands-on research in the field of chemistry. A written report and presentation will be required.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 6837  and written agreement between the student and supervisor.
  
  • CHEM 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: CHEM 6838  and approval of faculty adviser, master’s committee and dean.

Computer Information Systems

  
  • CINF 3331 - Business Data Communications

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Introduction to business data communications. WANs, LANs, and internet concepts. A survey of data communications with an emphasis on the impact of digital technology on the operation, management and economics of computer information systems.

    Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.
  
  • CINF 4324 - Modern System Analysis and Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    Key concepts and principles of system analysis and design within the context of information system development. Emphasis on the application of tools and techniques along with the role and responsibilities of the systems analyst as well as the systems project manager.

    Prerequisites: CINF 3321.
  
  • CINF 5231 - Strategic Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 45
    Key concepts, theories and frameworks in strategic utilization of information systems solutions to help businesses compete in the global economy. Focus on the organizational, social, ethical and legal issues associated with information technologies.

  
  • CINF 5234 - Advanced Systems Analysis and Design

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 45
    Key concepts and principles of advanced systems analysis and design. Techniques, methods and tools of the systems analysis and design. Current issues of modern systems analysis and design in business areas.

  
  • CINF 5432 - Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 40
    This course focuses on giving students a broad overview of managerial, strategic and technical issues associated with data warehousing and business intelligence. Topics will cover data warehouse design, implementation and utilization, including the principles of dimensional data modeling, techniques for ETL, data staging and quality, data warehouse architecture and infrastructure and the various methods for information delivery. The course will also introduce students to the development and use of business intelligence solutions that provide useful information to organization decision makers.

    Prerequisites: CSCI 4333  or equivalent.
  
  • CINF 5915 - Cooperative Education Work Term

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Co-op
    Fee ($): 100
    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.
  
  • CINF 5919 - Independent Study in Computer Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, division chair and associate dean.
  
  • CINF 5929 - Independent Study in Computer Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 2 Lecture: 2 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, division chair and associate dean.
  
  • CINF 5931 - Research Topics in Computer Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

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

  
  • CINF 5939 - Independent Study in Computer Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Prerequisites: Approval of instructor, division chair and associate dean.
  
  • CINF 6838 - Research Project and Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Attendance at the orientation meeting on the first day of class is required. Students will be assigned a research project which requires integrating knowledge and standard procedures in the discipline. A written paper and a presentation will be required.

    Prerequisites: 24 hours completed in graduate program.
  
  • CINF 6939 - Master’s Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

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

Communication

  
  • COMM 4322 - Public Relations Writing

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Professional approach to crafting messages that build mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their constituents. Includes press releases, public service announcements, newsletters, brochures, speeches and social media.

    Prerequisites: COMM 3320 and COMM 3321 or equivalent.
  
  • COMM 4354 - Video Production I

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 65
    This course is an introduction to the basics of video production, including camera work, capturing video and sound using DSLR and traditional video cameras, working with lights, fundamental storytelling and interview skills, as well as basic non-linear editing skills using either Premiere Pro or Final Cut X. A portion of the course, will also be dedicated to the basics of studio-based video production. Cross-listed: DMST 5534 .

  
  • COMM 4355 - Video Production 2

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 65
    This class requires basic video production skills. The students will hone their production skills and work towards a worthwhile video portfolio. The class will partly be taught in a production studio, giving ample opportunity to work on studio-based video projects. Cross-listed: DMST 5535  

  
  • COMM 4391 - Selected Topics in Communication

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 60
    Identified by a specific title each time course is offered. Topics vary may be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.


Counseling

  
  • COUN 5010 - Professional Preparation Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1 Lecture: 1 Lab: 0

    Fee Type: Special
    Fee ($): 15
    This course is designed to assist students in the school counselor certification program to understand the state certification standards for successful entry into their chosen educational fields. Completion of this course is dependent upon candidates passing all state assessments required for their degree/certification plans.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program, COUN 5131 , COUN 5231 , COUN 5432 , COUN 6532 , COUN 6534 , COUN 6639 , and an approved, signed degree or certification plan on file in the COE.
  
  • COUN 5131 - Counseling for Lifespan Development

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course addresses topics of lifespan development within a cultural framework, including biological, neurological, physiological and environmental factors of human development; theories of learning and resilience; effects of addiction on lifespan; and differential interventions.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program.
  
  • COUN 5231 - Professional Orientation to Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    The course includes an exploration of the history, philosophy, trends, education, licensure/certification and practice of clinical mental health counselor and school counselor including the impact of technology, clinical supervision, advocacy efforts and self-care on counseling; and other related professional issues.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program.
  
  • COUN 5234 - Career Development and Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course is a review of career development theories and strategies for ethically, culturally and developmentally appropriate career development and assessment throughout the lifespan.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program.
  
  • COUN 5334 - Counseling and Spirituality

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course is an experiential and didactic investigation of the body of knowledge and practice that reflects fully the integrity, uniqueness and wholeness of a person. The content of the course is designed to foster the connection between the professional literature and the self as spiritual journeyer and clinician. The processes of the course will facilitate integrating spiritual and clinical orientations.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program.
  
  • COUN 5335 - Stress and Wellness

    Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

    This course will explore the interaction of stress and environment on individual and group wellbeing using a multi-faceted model of stress that incorporates an understanding of the interplay of physiology, psychology, culture and environment in producing states of health and its counterpart: dis-ease.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program
 

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