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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [FINAL EDITION]
Course Descriptions
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Accounting |
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ACCT 607 - Internal Auditing and Assurance Services
3 Credit(s)
Theory and application of modern management-oriented internal auditing. Emphasis is placed on the Institute of Internal Auditors, Code of Ethics and Standards. The course also focuses on the interaction between the internal and external auditors in an organization. Areas reviewed include operational audits, internal control, environmental audits, and strategic auditing. The case approach and group presentations are used extensively.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent.
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ACCT 630 - Accounting Information Systems
3 Credit(s)
This course examines the role of accounting information systems in organizations. The primary focus is on using information technology to provide relevant accounting information to managers for use in planning, performance evaluation, and corporate governance. Particular emphasis is placed on valuation procedures for investments in IT, including enterprise systems, knowledge management systems, and interorganizational (B2B) systems. Emphasis is also placed on the role of accounting in enterprise risk management and internal control. Intra- and interorganizational budgeting and collaborative planning are also explored. SAP software is used in this course.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent.
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ACCT 632 - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: Profitability Analysis
3 Credit(s)
This course is designed for the managers who are responsible for the capture and analysis of profitability information. SAP software is used in the course. The course begins with understanding the four basic financial statements and how information is gathered to derive the numbers reported on those statements. Further study is given to how these numbers can be manipulated to control financial profitability. The course then covers other profit determinates: sales and production planning, product costing (including activity-based costing), cost and profit centers, target costing, customer profitability analysis, and small business performance measurement. Multiple hands-on assignments are performed using several of the SAP Application Modules.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent.
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ACCT 635 - Information Technology Auditing
3 Credit(s)
This course examines the procedures and risks associated with the dynamic and growing area of information systems auditing. Topics include examination of the internal control framework, documentation techniques, assessment of management and application controls, risk assessment, and evidence collection and evaluation. Current SAS are covered in addition to current topics from the literature.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent.
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ACCT 655 - Fraud Detection: Investigation and Prevention
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces managers, accountants, and auditors to fraud and the techniques used to detect and deter fraud. Topics covered include fraud examination, internal fraud, forensic accounting, and financial statements fraud. Case studies of actual incidents of fraud are discussed including how the frauds were perpetrated, concealed, and detected. Discussion focuses on the body of knowledge developed in the fields of accounting, law, investigation, and criminology that deal with fraud.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent (an undergraduate auditing course is recommended but not required).
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Advanced Transgender Training |
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ATTT 501 - Advanced Training in Transgender Therapy I
0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on self as therapist, foundations of gender and sexuality development, key areas of focus for clients, and developmental aspects of transition for children and youth.
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ATTT 502 - Advanced Training in Transgender Therapy II
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on bio-psycho-socio-spiritual transition processes for youth, adults, couples, and families, including areas relating to legal and medical needs.
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ATTT 503 - Advanced Training in Transgender Therapy III
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on client-specific needs, such as addiction, autism spectrum disorder, trauma, disordered eating, suicide, and psychosis.
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Allied Health |
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ALLH 530 - Issues in Diversity and Culture for Allied Health Professionals
3 Credit(s)
This course provides in-depth study of the differing populations allied health professionals may encounter in a clinical or educational setting and the relationship between these populations and their attitudes toward health care and its delivery. Major topics include race, culture, gender, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation. Current world issues in health are addressed.
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ALLH 540 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
3 Credit(s)
This course provides broad-based knowledge of legal and ethical issues in health care. Issues facing individual health care providers, managers of clinics and hospitals, and major health care corporations are explored.
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ALLH 550 - Health Care Education
3 Credit(s)
This course educates students about the history of health care education. Current practices covering classroom, laboratory, and clinical allied health education are reviewed. The impacts of accreditation and public policy are also incorporated into how these effect educational practices.
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ALLH 583 - Education of Adults from a Developmental Perspective
3 Credit(s)
This course provides students with an introduction to the field of adult education within the context of adult learning and development. The course explores the foundations of adult education with a review of the philosophical concepts and their application to the practice of educating adults. Newly emerging theories of late adolescent and adult development provide a rich and comprehensive perspective on the educational motives and needs of adult students, as lifelong learning and mass education become realities. This course examines the implications of adult development theories for education, with particular attention to the increasing numbers of adult students in various educational institutions.
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ALLH 620 - Trends in Health Care
3 Credit(s)
The course explores how public policy, the media, and advancements in health care have impacted the industry. The impact of the above is also discussed in relation to various segments of the population.
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ALLH 630 - Assessment in Allied Health Care Education
3 Credit(s)
Assessment methods designed for health care education are discussed. These methods include classroom, laboratory, and clinical assessments with an emphasis on competency-based assessment. Program assessment is also discussed, and general assessment techniques and methods are reviewed as well.
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ALLH 640 - Health Care Policy
3 Credit(s)
This course examines how public health care policy is developed. The roles of government, professional organizations, practitioners, media, and the public are discussed. The history of health care policy development is reviewed, as well as the impact of policy on the consumer.
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ALLH 650 - Portfolio Project in Allied Health
3 Credit(s)
Throughout the master’s program, students must maintain a portfolio that documents evidence of their competencies in allied health education. A professional portfolio serves as an extension of an official vita and can be used to demonstrate the expertise gained and tangible proof of their skills and experiences in education. This portfolio includes a reflection paper on each master level course taken, a least two signature assignments from each course, peer analysis of each assignment, and a final thesis that details the personal impact of the program and how it will benefit the student and his/her profession in the future.
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Biology |
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BIOL 505 - Histology
3 Credit(s)
This course includes a comprehensive study of the microscopic and submicroscopic structure of mammalian tissues. Emphasis is placed on the function of cellular structures and recent research findings in the area of cellular biology.
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Biomedical Engineering |
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BME 610 - Biomedical Microscopic Imaging
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on principles and description of microscopy techniques (light, electron, and atomic force microscopy) for application to biomedical research.
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BME 611 - Design of Medical Instrumentation
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the principles, applications, and design of medical instrumentation, as well as medical imaging, electrical safety, and measurement of ventilation, blood pressure, and flow.
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BME 612 - Advanced Biomedical Image Analysis
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the basic physics and the mathematical descriptions of imaging principles for all major medical modalities: X-Ray, CT, MRI, SPECT/PET, US. The course presents a detailed analytical and quantitative illustration of the concepts of image resolution, SNR, and scan time, and an in-depth discussion of the problem between detected signal and image source for these major medical modalities.
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BME 613 - Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the basic science principles of wound healing, regeneration, and repair through remodeling, as well as cellular engineering principles such as energy balance between cells and their environment (metabolism), gene therapy, and stem cell physiology and therapeutic applications. The course also covers tissue scaffold design, bioreactors in tissue engineering, and molecular surface modifications for integration of engineered tissues in situ.
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BME 620 - Advanced Biomaterials
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the clinical uses of biomaterials as components in medical devices, implants, and artificial organs, as well as the characterization of the physical, chemical, biochemical, and surface properties of these materials. Topics include biological interactions of biomaterials, regulatory and ethical issues, current biomaterials technologies, and future directions.
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BME 621 - Biomedical Optics
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to principles of optical photon transport in biological tissue and optical imaging technologies. The course covers ballistic imaging, optical coherence tomography, Mueller optical coherence tomography, diffuse optical tomography, photoacoustic tomography, and ultrasound-modulated optical tomography.
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BME 622 - Physiological Engineering
3 Credit(s)
This course covers quantitative physiology, implantable materials and biological response, cell and tissue behavior and properties, biomolecules, and tissue engineering.
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BME 623 - Biomedical Nanotechnology
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces the basics of nanotechnology in biomedical applications. The course covers nanomaterials in biomedical applications and nanofabrication. This course also presents applications of nanotechnology, such as drug delivery, imaging and diagnostics, and tissue regeneration and engineering.
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BME 625 - Bioseparations
3 Credit(s)
This course is an exploration of the principles, approaches, and techniques relevant to the separation and downstream processing of biologically produced molecules. Protein purification, recovery of small biomolecules (amino acids and antibodies), and the isolation of primary metabolites will be covered. Particular attention will be paid to the physical chemistry of biological molecules in solution. This approach will result in the development of efficient separation techniques for biomolecules while maintaining biological activity.
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BME 630 - Advanced Biomechanics
3 Credit(s)
This course provides students with an in depth knowledge in biomechanical analysis of fundamental human movements. The course covers anatomical foundations and mechanical principles involved in human motion.
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BME 631 - Cellular Mechanics
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to the principles of cell mechanics and mechanotransduction in biological processes. The course covera measurement of mechanical properties of cells, cytoskeleton mechanics, models of cell mechanical properties, cell adhesion, effects of physical forces on cell function, and mechanotransduction.
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BME 632 - Tissue Mechanics
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces the mechanical properties of tissues and fluids. The course exercises static force analysis, optimization theory, fluid mechanics on bone, fibrous tissues, blood vessels, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular, and other biological systems.
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BME 646 - Advanced Bioheat and Mass Transfer
3 Credit(s)
This course combines the basic principles and theories of transport in biological systems with fundamental bioengineering. It provides real world applications in tissue engineering, cryobiology, and artificial organs. Considerable significance is placed on developing a quantitative understanding of the underlying physical, chemical, and biological phenomena. Therefore, many mathematical methods are developed using compartmental approaches.
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BME 651 - Medical Devices and Design
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces the common medical devices used in hospitals and the design principles and methodology for these devices. Topics include cell-matrix control volumes, stress analysis in the design process, selection of biomaterials, and safety and efficacy of medical devices.
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BME 652 - Biomedical Microdevices
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the design, characterization, and microfabrication of the biomedical microdevices, such as Micro- Electro-Mechanical Systems, micro-fluidic device, and nanotechnology.
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BME 660 - Regulatory Aspects of Biomedical Engineering
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on FDA regulatory structure and the different classes of medical devices, as well as what levels of testing are required for each class. The course covers pharmaceutical regulatory pathways and Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III testing.
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BME 670 - Methods of Analysis in Bioengineering
3 Credit(s)
This course introduces the applied analytical and numerical mathematical methods for solving biomedical engineering problems. The course also presents the statistical methods for the design of experiments and analysis of experimental data in biomedical research.
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BME 678 - Applications of Biology in Biomedical Engineering
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the basic science knowledge used by biomedical engineers. Emphasis is placed on applying engineering principles to solve problems in human medicine. The course covers molecular/cellular biology, human physiology, and the application of the biology knowledge to subspecialties of biomedical engineering.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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Business |
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BUS 518 - Applied Quantitative Analysis—Self-Study
3 Credit(s)
This course provides students with a basic understanding of the tools of algebra and calculus. The course also introduces students to the concepts and methodology of statistical analysis that enables them to make decisions using quantitative tools.
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BUS 528 - Accounting and Legal Environment of Business—Self-Study
3 Credit(s)
This course is designed for graduate students with little or no prior experience in accounting. The course familiarizes students with the fundamentals of external financial reporting for business enterprises and not-for-profit entities. The financial accounting segment of the course focuses on the preparation, analysis, and limitations of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The conceptual framework that serves as the basis on which financial reporting standards are developed is also discussed. A brief overview of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) is also provided. The managerial accounting segment of the course covers such internal reporting issues as break-even analysis, capital budgeting, cost behavior patterns, and cost allocation. The legal component of the course addresses the formation of different types of business entities (e.g., corporation and partnership) and the regulatory role that the SEC, PCAOB, and Sarbanes-Oxley play in financial reporting.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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BUS 538 - Micro and Macroeconomics Analysis
3 Credit(s)
Economics is the social science that studies how individuals, groups, firms, governments, and entire societies deal with the inability to satisfy all wants and desires, known as scarcity. One of the primary methods we deal with this notion of scarcity is to establish markets; that is, the exchange of goods and services. While microeconomics focuses primarily on individual markets and their interaction with other related markets, macroeconomics studies how one evaluates and adjusts entire economies or an entity that involves numerous markets for numerous goods and services.
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BUS 550 - Organization Behavior and Management
1 Credit(s)
This course provides students with the foundations of management. It covers the functions, roles, and skills of management; basic concepts in organizational behavior and dynamics; and an introduction to strategic management. The theories, models, and issues addressed serve as the building blocks of knowledge that students will need and use in more advanced courses in the core MBA program.
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BUS 568 - Financial Foundations for Managers
3 Credit(s)
The primary objective of this course is to expose students to a broad foundational survey of the finance discipline. This broad exposure enables participants to improve communication with finance professionals, contribute to financial decisions, and better understand financial statements. The course covers topics in the area of financial institutions, investments, and business finance. It is expected that at the end of the course, students will have received an integrated perspective of how business and individuals are affected by markets and institutions and how markets and institutions can be used to achieve the goals of individuals and businesses.
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BUS 598 - Business Internship
1-3 Credit(s)
This course provides graduate students with the opportunity to obtain practical experience by applying the knowledge gained through their coursework in a business environment. Students work in a position relevant to their major field of study for a minimum of 24 hours per week for 10 weeks. Documentation for the internship includes learning objectives, term paper on employer and/or current issues in the industry, weekly journal entries, and an end of internship evaluation. Students can complete a maximum of two internships, each with its own distinct learning experience. This course is meant to complement and enrich the academic experience. It can only be taken pass/no pass and cannot be applied to graduation requirements.
Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed 9 credits in the graduate program and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
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BUS 605 - Leadership
3 Credit(s)
This course provides students with the knowledge, techniques and skills needed to become effective leaders of organizations, groups and people. Effective leaders acquire the credibility to lead by positioning their organizations/units for desired results and success in the marketplace. They influence external and internal stakeholders by engaging in a range of leadership styles and techniques that are appropriate for the situation. They build and manage effective teams, and deploy a variety of interpersonal and ethical skills to inspire and motivate people into following them. Students in this course will understand and appreciate how leadership is exercised at the strategic, organizational, group and individual levels. Students will develop strategic positioning, team building, ethical and interpersonal skills. Students will recognize their own leadership style and how a wide range of styles can make them more effective leaders.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 550 or equivalent.
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BUS 615 - Information Systems and Data Analysis
3 Credit(s)
The Information Age has had profound implications on the structure, management and strategies of the modern organization. Students will examine these transformations with particular emphasis on information systems (IS) as an enabler and driver of corporate strategy, electronic business and inter-organizational information systems, business intelligence and knowledge management. In addition, because data is at the core of effective business decision making, students will also focus on data from its collection and consolidation through analysis and modeling, with particular emphasis on decision theory and data mining techniques. Ensuring data validity, reliability, security and privacy are emphasized. The course requires students have Excel 2013 (or lower) and a working knowledge of spreadsheets.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 518 or equivalent.
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BUS 625 - Managerial Economics in an Innovative Environment
3 Credit(s)
Managerial economic concepts and methods are used for developing business strategies and making business decisions. Students examine how to increase profit while valuing the objectives of multiple stakeholders. Students apply economic theory and use economic tools to make decisions that enhance business sustainability. Students are encouraged to use creative ideas for problem-solving. Students learn how to utilize concepts such as marginal analysis, demand estimation, forecasting, barriers to entry, pricing strategies, risk analysis, and dynamic versus allocative efficiency to make managerial decisions.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 518 or equivalent, BUS 538 or equivalent.
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BUS 635 - Marketing
3 Credit(s)
This course presents marketing from the perspective of an individual manager or firm in the design and implementation of the marketing mix, target market selection, environmental assessment, and information management. Students learn how to seek, gauge, and respond to customer preferences, to champion continuous value creation strategies, and pursue customer-driven excellence. Learning is enhanced through the use of a marketing simulation.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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BUS 645 - Accounting and Managerial Decision Making
3 Credit(s)
This course builds upon the prerequisite (foundation) accounting requirement and provides a more in-depth understanding of the impact of business transactions, the elements of corporate financial statements, and the use of financial statements to evaluate company and management performance through the use of financial metrics, including the construction of essential financial statements using generally accepted accounting principles, financial analysis of statements, and the impact of organizational objectives on accounting choices. Evaluation of management performance includes the examination of asset utilization, growth, profitability, cash flow, and financial health. Students are required to access 10–K filings and analyze selected sections regarding the company’s performance and financial condition. The course also introduces essential cost measurement and cash budgeting concepts that play a role in internal management and control decisions. The course examines accounting-related ethical issues, as well as the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on management’s responsibility for internal control over financial reporting. Graduate case studies are used throughout the course to examine the impact of accounting and financial decisions on bottom line measures of performance.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent.
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BUS 655 - Strategic Financial Management
3 Credit(s)
This course gives students an understanding of the role of finance in the overall management of a firm. The course focuses on the following concepts: financial planning and forecasting; short-term and long-term financing decision; valuation of assets and projects under certainty and uncertainty conditions; cost of financial capital and its application to capital budgeting; and business valuation issues including approaches to the execution of mergers, acquisition, and exit strategies. Students examine the behavioral theories of corporate finance and the impact of managerial biases on capital budgeting and capital structure decisions. The ability to collect, analyze and present financial information is crucial for the success of a venture. Therefore, students devote time to building quantitative, analytical, and financial decision making skills.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 568 or equivalent and BUS 645 .
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BUS 665 - Managing Business Processes
3 Credit(s)
This course will provide students with the knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to develop and improve processes and systems needed for their organizations to succeed in a highly competitive environment. Students will learn how to create agile organizations that are capable of rapidly identifying customer needs and developing processes that facilitate the development of products and services demanded by customers. A key part of this course is understanding and measuring processes so that they can by improved in order to consistently meet customer requirements. To achieve this, students will use process analysis and measurement techniques developed from a variety of disciplines including quality improvement, management science, and managerial accounting. These include: Process and Work Redesign, LEAN, Six Sigma, ISO9000, and PDCA. Students will learn how to apply tools such as control charts, Pareto charts, affinity and fishbone diagrams, XY charts, and force field analysis. Students will study the supply chain to examine how organizations can deliver what customers want, when they want it, and at a competitive price. Capabilities of enterprise resource planning systems are covered as a process governance mechanism. Finally, students will use benchmarking as a tool to not only measure and compare performance but also demonstrate how that leads to improved results.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 536 or eqivalent, BUS 537 or equivalent (waived for Masters in ENL students), and BUS 615.
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BUS 675 - Managing for Results
3 Credit(s)
This capstone course focuses on the most vital task of a manager—managing the organization for superior results. This task involves setting the organization on the right strategic path, creating a set of appropriate measures and guidance systems, developing an integrated set of functional strategies that work together to give the firm a competitive advantage, and finding new ways to generate greater value through innovation, new market creation, and globalization. To manage for results, managers have to play the role of integrator, innovator, and global strategist. In this course, students learn how to do all three. As integrators, managers ensure that various parts of the firm work together in harmony. They make sure that actions in one part of the company do not counteract those in another part, that production and marketing choices are aligned, and that new products launched by the firm complement the old. As innovators, managers find new ways to generate revenue for the firm. They go beyond existing competition to develop new market spaces and find new ways to create value for the customer. As global strategists, managers identify and leverage opportunities that emerge in the global economy. They use arbitrage, adaptation, and aggregation strategies to tap into global markets and profit from international operations. BUS 675 helps students develop skills to reconfigure organizational functions and integrate cross-functional decisions for competitive advantage. Students learn to develop value curves that will take the firm into new and less competitive market spaces. They become proficient at developing global strategy. To do all this, students draw upon and integrate the knowledge that they acquired in previous MBA courses.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all core business courses.
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Business Process Innovation |
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BPI 600 - Business Process Management: Modeling to Monitoring
3 Credit(s)
In an effort to become leaner and improve responsiveness to the customer in a volatile economic time, organizations of the 21st century are putting more emphasis on process-centric ap-proaches and are viewing the key to success as lying in business process management (BPM). BPM is a discipline involving the practice of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations by focusing on and automating business processes, thereby creating agile processes to consistently achieve competitive advantage. This course is an introduction and overview of BPM. The concepts, fundamentals, methods, and organizational impact of BPM are emphasized. The phases of BPM are examined, which include process strategy, process definition, process implementation, process controlling, and process transformation. The course covers the general methodologies and information technologies used in each of these phases for successful BPM initiatives. Case studies are used to help students gain a fundamental understanding of BPM and the surrounding issues in organizations.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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BPI 601 - Business Process Analysis and Process Automation
3 Credit(s)
This course examines the role of information technologies in supporting business processes. Students are exposed to critical issues affecting the management of business processes enabled by enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems. Issues include how information technology should and can be integrated into the organization to provide a competitive advantage. There is an emphasis on business process analysis, design and implementation methodologies, in-depth coverage of workflow computing issues and the managerial role within this technology. Students are given hands-on assignments utilizing SAP. Case studies, assignments and projects are used extensively in order to strengthen a student’s ability to diagnose deficiencies and propose the redesign of core organizational processes. Students develop a working knowledge of process modeling for the enterprise.
Prerequisite(s): None
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BPI 620 - Business Process Strategy and Innovation
3 Credit(s)
According to newest research, over 70% of organizations worldwide have started digital transformation initiatives or at least plan for them. New digital tools are available almost daily – and many of them have the potential of a major business impact. They enable innovation, high performance practices and often critical for strategy realization and new business models. The resulting transformation of business processes leads to superior customer or supplier experience and organizations become more efficient, agile, meet compliance requirements, or improve the quality of products and services. They help achieving a level of process performance you would never have thought of before. However, many organizations underestimate the challenges of digital business process transformation. The course addresses that issue. It proposes methods and tools that help to focus on the right sub-processes to transform, improve those areas using appropriate digital technologies while considering the end-to-end business process context and sustain the results through appropriate governance measures. The course discusses design and execution principles as well as related methods and tools to realize the full business value of digital business process transformation. It combines newest case studies with current research findings.
Prerequisite(s): BPI 600 or permission of the instructor.
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Chemical Engineering |
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CHE 621 - Transport Phenomena
3 Credit(s)
Topics include continuum and molecular theories of matter; velocity distributions in laminar and turbulent flow; boundary-layer analysis; simultaneous momentum, energy, and mass transport; transport analogies; convective and radiative heat transfer; molecular and turbulent diffusion; simultaneous diffusion and chemical reaction.
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CHE 622 - Mass-Transfer Operations
3 Credit(s)
Topics include the theory of equilibrium stage and continuous-contact operations; equilibrium relationships; stage efficiencies and mass-transfer rates; selection of separation processes and equipment configurations; and applications to binary and multicomponent distillation, gas absorption, liquid extraction, air-water operations, and adsorption.
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CHE 623 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
3 Credit(s)
Topics include equations of state for mixtures; thermodynamics of non-ideal solutions; phase equilibria in complex systems; chemical equilibria in homogeneous, heterogeneous, and electrolytic systems; thermodynamic consistency; estimation of thermochemical and thermophysical data; entropy and probability; the Third Law; thermodynamics of energy conversion; and introduction to irreversible thermodynamics.
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CHE 624 - Applied Reaction Kinetics & Catalysis
3 Credit(s)
Topics include reaction-rate theory; kinetics of complex homogeneous reactions; effects of temperature and residence-time distribution; characterization of porous catalysts; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic gas-solid reactions; external and internal coupled transport processes in porous catalysts; design of fixed-and fluidized-bed catalytic reactors; kinetics of fluid-fluid reactions with applications to reactor design; and laboratory reactors, analysis of experimental data, and scale-up.
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CHE 626 - Process Modeling & Simulation
3 Credit(s)
Topics are modeling and simulation of chemical engineering systems including distillation columns, gas absorbers, chemical reactors, and heat exchangers. Process identification techniques are also studied.
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Civil Engineering |
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CE 601 - Land Development
3 Credit(s)
This integrated theory and applications course focuses on urban area site planning, including the methodology used to subdivide, develop, or redevelop a property. Topics include site planning analysis, zoning, and municipal ordinances, subdivisions, site density, physical constraints, sustainability, environmental concerns, techniques for acquisition of data (mapping, traffic studies, ordinance requirements, and approval process), storm water management and erosion control, site grading, sanitary sewers and water systems, streets and parking lots, specifications and plans, and construction layout and inspection.
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CE 602 - Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a fundamental understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological processes governing the fate and transport of pollutants in natural and engineered environmental systems. It serves as a basis for continued study in specialized areas such as air pollution control, water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management, and groundwater pollution remediation. Topics include material balances, transport processes, and chemical and biological reactions.
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 617 or knowledge of calculus and differential equations.
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CE 603 - Topics in Surface Water Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling
3 Credit(s)
Selected topics in hydrologic engineering and water quality modeling, including frequency analysis of hydrologic events and rainfall-runoff analysis; design and analysis of storm sewers and storm water detention basins; water quality impacts of storm water runoff; development and application of water quality models to assess pollutant impact and transport in lakes, streams, and estuaries; analysis of pollutant reaction kinetics.
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate background in hydrology and water/wastewater treatment systems.
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CE 604 - Environmental Law for Engineers
3 Credit(s)
Local, state, and federal acts and regulations and their effect on environmental restoration and waste management. Topics include the history of environmental regulations and the environmental regulatory process, as well as the major requirements for compliance under the following environmental statutes: CAA, CWA, CERCLA, RCRA, SARA, TSCA, NEPA, SDWA, and others. Potential areas of modification of environmental laws.
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CE 605 - Innovative Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a background in the design and analysis of innovative water and wastewater treatment systems with an emphasis on the design of small systems for new developments or retrofitting existing treatment systems. A review of conventional water and wastewater treatment practices is provided as an introduction.
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CE 606 - Waste Incineration and Energy Recovery
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the basic principles of combustion, including the theory of several processes, fundamentals and design of equipment for waste incineration, and design principles and their application to municipal and hazardous waste incineration facilities.
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CE 607 - Hazardous Waste Management
3 Credit(s)
A comprehensive introduction to hazardous waste management, including laws and regulations, identification and analysis, risk assessment, and techniques and technologies for control and treatment.
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CE 608 - Municipal Solid Waste Engineering Systems
3 Credit(s)
This course covers generation, storage, collection, transport, processing, recovery, and disposal of municipal solid wastes, including economic and environmental aspects. Integrated municipal solid waste engineering is stressed.
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CE 609 - Air Pollution Control
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the nature of the air pollution problem and its effects on the public at large; air quality standards; characterization of particles and aerosols; particle dynamics; principles and design of control devices including centrifuges, electrostatic precipitators, filters, and wet scrubbers.
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CE 610 - Groundwater Pollution Remediation
3 Credit(s)
This course presents the nature of subsurface pollution and the sources of the pollution, along with techniques of analyzing pollution movement and monitoring. Methods of design for control of subsurface migration and treatment of contaminated groundwater are also covered.
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CE 613 - Geosynthetics
3 Credit(s)
This course covers applications of geosynthetics including geotextiles, geogrids, geomembranes, geonets, geocomposites, and geosynthetic clay liners. Geosynthetics functions and mechanisms including separation, filtration, drainage, reinforcement, and containment are also covered. Students study design with geosynthetics for roadways, embankments/slopes, earth retaining structures, landfills, and site remediation.
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate soil mechanics course.
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CE 627 - Performance Evaluation of Constructed Facilities
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the techniques and methods of analysis for evaluating the performance of a wide range of constructed facilities including highways, bridges, dams, buildings, tunnels, sewers, water distribution systems, and landfills. Various instrumentation systems and/or observational techniques are included, along with sample analyses to determine both structural and functional performance.
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CE 628 - Repair and Rehabilitation of Constructed Facilities
3 Credit(s)
There are a growing number of bridges, buildings, and special-purpose (e.g., towers, chimneys, pipelines) structures that have deteriorated over many years of service and/or as the result of unforeseen environmental conditions or too-long-deferred maintenance. In addition, better understanding of structural behavior under seismic loads has led to the identification of serious shortcomings in a significant number of structures constructed prior to the mid 1970s. This course investigates repair and strengthening techniques for masonry, concrete, wood, and steel structures; mechanics of behavior and methods of analysis/evaluation for beams, columns, walls, slabs, and connections; and construction methodologies.
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CE 629 - Bridge Inspection & Rehabilitation
3 Credit(s)
A significant number of bridge structures, which performed well for many years, show deterioration under severe service and environmental conditions. These structures can remain serviceable with proper rehabilitation and maintenance. This course investigates inspection, repair, and strengthening techniques for various types of bridge structures. Topics include maintenance policy principles, types of distress, bridge inspection and diagnostic testing, bridge structure repair and strengthening methods, bridge foundation rehabilitation, and load capacity evaluation.
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CE 630 - Advanced Composites in Construction
3 Credit(s)
Advanced composites for use in the construction industry have begun to generate considerable worldwide interest and expectation. This course provides an overview of how composites may be used as stand-alone structural shapes, and as reinforcement for prestressed and non-prestressed concrete. Course topics include the physical and chemical properties of constituent materials and resins and the manufacturing processes commonly used in producing composite materials for the construction industry; engineering properties of typical structural composites; test methods and performance-based standards; techniques for analysis; design considerations and philosophy; serviceability and durability; applications of composite materials in large integrated structural systems, and for the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated structures; barriers to implementation, legal/liability concerns, and economics.
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CE 631 - Advanced Structural Steel Design
3 Credit(s)
This course covers behavior and design of columns, beam-columns, and single and multistory frames with a review of the latest building specifications. Selected topics include the design of structural systems, system stability, torsion effects, deflection analysis, plate girders, building connections, composite construction, and computer-aided designs.
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate background in structural steel design.
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CE 632 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
3 Credit(s)
This course covers behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced concrete elements and structures for flexure, shear and diagonal tension, axial compression and bending, and development of reinforcement. Techniques for calculating deflections and a review of current ACI code requirements are also covered. Selected topics include torsion, slab systems, yield line analysis, and composite construction. Prerequisite: Undergraduate background in reinforced concrete design.
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CE 633 - Structural Mechanics
3 Credit(s)
Students analyze framed structures using matrix flexibility and stiffness methods. Topics include analysis of structural systems using substructures, nonprismatic and curved members, secondary effects, elastic foundations, and plastic and large-deflection analysis.
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 616 or knowledge of matrix algebra.
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CE 634 - Structural Dynamics
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the dynamic response of structures modeled as single degree of freedom systems, shear buildings, discrete multidegree of freedom systems, and distributed properties. Topics include earthquake analysis by response history and response spectrum, and structural dynamics in building codes.
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 617 or knowledge of differential equations.
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CE 635 - Designs of Timber Structures
3 Credit(s)
Topics include basic wood properties and design considerations for a variety of timber structures; behavior and design of beams, columns, and beam-column members; plywood and glue-laminated members; design of structural diaphragms and shear walls; and connection design.
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CE 637 - Environmental Planning & Assessment
3 Credit(s)
This course provides tools for the planning of environmental management programs and the assessment of environmental impacts. Topics include sources of environmental degradation, economic implications, standards, environmental impact statements, and methods for the assessment of land, water, air, and noise pollution impacts.
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CE 638 - Pre-Stressed Concrete Design
3 Credit(s)
Topics are prestressed materials, methods, and systems; behavior and design of members subjected to axial forces, flexure, shear, and torsion; effect of various prestress losses; partial prestressing, load balancing, and composite design; anchorage-zone design; and applications to continuous beams and frames, slabs, and bridge design. Prerequisite: Undergraduate background in reinforced or prestressed concrete design.
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CE 639 - Structural Stability
3 Credit(s)
Topics include principles and theory of structural stability; analytical and numerical methods for the treatment of elastic instability; buckling problems in beams, columns and plate elements, and frames; lateral and torsional instability; and energy and numerical methods.
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 616 or knowledge of differential equations and matrix algebra.
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CE 640 - Theory of Plates & Shells
3 Credit(s)
Topics include the classical theory of bending of thin plates of various shapes and boundary conditions; energy principles and approximate methods of solution; thick plates and large deflection theory; and membrane and bending theories of shells of revolution and shallow shells.
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CE 641 - Design of Water Distribution and Sanitary Sewer Systems
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the theory and practice of designing water distribution systems and sanitary sewer systems for municipalities. Topics include selection of pumps and design of pump stations, hydrodynamics of pipe flow, the design and analysis of water distribution networks, flow in open channels, and sanitary sewer design. Prerequisite: Undergraduate fluid mechanics course.
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CE 642 - Best Practices for Storm Water Control
3 Credit(s)
This course provides a review of recommended best management practices (BMPs) for storm water control for new and existing developments, including the design of storm water conveyance systems, storm detention ponds for water quality and quantity control, infiltration and recharge zones, and riparian buffers for erosion control.
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CE 643 - Ground Improvement
3 Credit(s)
This course covers the mechanisms of soil stabilization by mechanical methods (compaction, explosives, vibroflotation, vibroreplacement), hydraulic methods (groundwater lowering, preloading, electro-osmosis), physical/chemical methods (admixtures, grouting, freezing), and inclusions (geosynthetics, reinforcements).
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate soil mechanics course.
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CE 694 - Special Graduate Engineering Topics
3 Credit(s)
Offering of special topics to graduate students when there is sufficient demand and faculty interest.
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CJ 501 - Nature of Crime and Delinquency
3 Credit(s)
This course provides an overview of the nature and scope of delinquency and crime through a comprehensive survey of criminological theory using original sources. Major emphasis is given to the evaluation of existing theory and its relationship to criminal justice policy and practice.
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CJ 504 - Seminar in Law and Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s)
This course provides an overview of the criminal law and its relation to the criminal justice system. Employs theoretical, Common Law, statutory, and case law materials to the study of the legal elements of a crime, excuse and justification, and sentencing and punishment.
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CJ 505 - Organizational Behavior in Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s)
This course analyzes the structures, functions, and operations of the various criminal justice agencies, including the police, the court, and corrections (jail, probation, prison, and parole) within the overall context of the criminal justice system.
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CJ 506 - Seminar in Planning and Program Development
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the planning, development, and evaluation of programs in criminal justice. Fundamentals in these three areas are reviewed and then applied to issues and problems in the field. A comprehensive policy planning proposal is developed to deal with a carefully defined criminal justice problem or need.
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CJ 509 - Research Methods and Quantitative Applications in Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s)
This graduate seminar teaches students to apply the scientific method to the study of crime and criminal justice issues. Topics include the relationship between theory, hypotheses, and empirical research; various methodological designs, including survey research; quasi-experimental and qualitative methods; and ethical issues that govern the study of crime and justice. Students also learn techniques to manage and analyze quantitative data.
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CJ 511 - Advanced Quantitative Applications in Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s)
This course employs both methodological and analytical skills in the examination of issues related to criminal justice. Students learn techniques of management of quantitative data and explore more advanced methods of analysis aimed at the testing of hypotheses and the answering of research questions.
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CJ 601 - Sentencing Practices and Philosophy
3 Credit(s)
This seminar focuses on the philosophical and practical issues involved in the sentencing of convicted offenders. Students are expected to learn and critically analyze those objectives that guide the process, as well as those factors and reforms that shape this practice among judges.
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CJ 602 - Women and the Law
3 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the phenomenon of women and crime and the response of the system to this social problem. Through an application of feminist analysis, students study the theoretical and system-related issues that have shaped our understanding of women and the law. The impact of gender stereotypes and patriarchal values is also studied as an explanation of the system’s limited effectiveness in dealing with gendered justice and women in the legal system.
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CJ 603 - White Collar Crime
3 Credit(s)
Sutherland and moving to the more current focus on social opportunity and the pressure for success.
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CJ 604 - Seminar in Police Practices and Problems
3 Credit(s)
This issues oriented seminar focuses on those issues of controversy affecting the police function in society. Students are expected to develop an “academic” understanding of these issues and propose meaningful solutions to improve the quality of law enforcement.
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CJ 605 - Seminar in Correctional Issues and Controversies
3 Credit(s)
This course provides the student with the opportunity for an in-depth focus on the various issues that impact upon our correctional system and its effectiveness. Students are encouraged to consider all relevant factors relating to such issues, including community demands for crime control and the political pressures such demands generate.
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CJ 606 - Stratification and Justice
3 Credit(s)
This seminar focuses on the issues of race, class, and gender and the extent to which these factors serve to differentiate the quality of criminal justice an individual receives. Students are expected to critically evaluate system functioning along these lines.
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CJ 607 - Critical Issues in Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s)
This thematic seminar addresses various subjects of critical importance to the nature and function of the criminal justice system. Offered periodically, the content of the course may change each time it is scheduled.
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CJ 608 - Organized Crime
3 Credit(s)
This graduate seminar addresses that branch of criminality commonly known as organized crime. Discussions focus on a more precise understanding of the term itself, as well as on the various theoretical perspectives that have evolved to explain it. Case studies of notorious criminals will be used to illustrate the topics and issues involved.
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CJ 609 - Domestic Violence and the Justice System
3 Credit(s)
This graduate seminar addresses the nature of domestic violence and the criminal justice system’s response to it. Discussions focus on the legal response, theoretical perspectives and explanations, and the experiences of victims.
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