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2017-2018 Johnstown Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
   
2017-2018 Johnstown Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Apr 29, 2024
 
2017-2018 Johnstown Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


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Management

  
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    MGMT 1435 - MANAGERIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to the fundamentals of project management and demonstrates its value in helping organizations successfully complete projects. The course will cover topics such as the project life cycle, and other valuable tools and techniques related to project management. The use of MS project will also be included.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500
  
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    MGMT 1510 - HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Advanced course in management. A study of current policy and practices in human resource management. Topics include recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal and compensation. Special attention is given to the legal environment surrounding human resource management.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BUS 0500 with a minimum grade of C-
  
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    MGMT 1515 - RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, RETENTION, AND SEPARATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines key concepts and techniques for developing a process to recruit and select qualified staff and create an environment that encourages high performers to continue working for your organization. The course will also explore some key elements that an organization should consider in situations where an employment relationship must come to an end.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500
  
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    MGMT 1520 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course integrates concepts from the behavioral sciences into the study of human behavior in business organizations. The course is designed to: enhance the student’s knowledge and understanding of individual, group and organizational processes which affect human behavior in the formal organization (personality, perception, motivation, stress, power and politics, etc.); Enhance the student’s knowledge and understanding of managerial techniques and applications that can be used to improve both individual and organizational performance (job design, MCO, employee selection, etc.).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500
  
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    MGMT 1525 - EMPLOYMENT LAW AND NEGOTIATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course surveys the legal factors that affect the general practice of human resources management in both the private and public sectors, and in both union and non-union environments.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500
  
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    MGMT 1530 - OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Advanced course in management. The focus is on solving production and operational problems using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Topics include total quality management, statistical process control, inventory control, scheduling, linear programming, PERT, and CPM.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500 and (MATH 0121 or MATH 0120); CREQ: STAT 1040 or STAT 1100
  
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    MGMT 1535 - ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 1520
  
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    MGMT 1545 - COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course familiarizes students with the concepts of compensation management and employee benefits within the wider context of human resource management. The main components of compensation management are presented through: pay survey, job evaluation, and the design of pay structures. It also provides students with an understanding of the performance management process which includes the primary purposes: strategic, administrative, and developmental.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500
  
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    MGMT 1550 - GLOBAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on a variety of global business issues. The specific issues addressed will vary by instructor, but include global trends in business, international competition, and cultural issues associated with global business.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500
  
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    MGMT 1579 - ENTREPRENEURIAL SEM IN MGMT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This seminar is designed to provide a “hands on” learning experience for selected students. Students will work as a team with a local entrepreneur to complete a written business plan for the entrepreneur’s business or proposed business. A considerable amount of time will be spent in an unstructured environment (outside the classroom): gathering information (primary and secondary research) on the proposed venture’s operating environment; analysis of the marketing and financial variables affecting the business; drafting and completing the written business plan.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    MGMT 1610 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to the study of total quality management, its philosophies and tools. More specifically, the quality dimensions of products and services, the impact of quality on productivity, and the quality philosophies of Deming, Juran, and Crosby will be examined. The student will become familiar with problem solving and some of the primary tools of quality management to include: brain storming, histograms, flow charts, cause and effect diagrams, Pareto Charts and especially control charts for variables and attributes.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MGMT 0500 and STAT 1040
  
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    MGMT 1680 - MANAGEMENT DIRECTED READING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    The student undertakes a specified course of study, comparable in content to a special topics course, under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MGMT 1681 - MANAGEMENT SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MGMT 1682 - MANAGEMENT DIRECTED RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    The student undertakes a defined task of research on campus under the supervision of a faculty member of an appropriate department, and in which the fruits of the research are embodied in a thesis, extended paper, laboratory report, or other appropriate form.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MGMT 1683 - MANAGEMENT INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity, usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member than is typically provided in directed reading and directed research courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MGMT 1686 - MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The management internship uses the work place as a living laboratory for students to study in depth a managerial discipline. An internship is primarily an academic experience, not a part-time or full-time job, in which students work for a firm or organization under a supervisor and faculty sponsor to achieve specific educational objectives. Thus, a student earns degree credits for what is learned, not for work performed for the internship supervisor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    MGMT 1687 - MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP 2


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    The management internship uses the work place as a living laboratory for students to study in depth a managerial discipline. An internship is primarily an academic experience, not a part-time or full-time job, in which students work for a firm or organization under a supervisor and faculty sponsor to achieve specific educational objectives. Thus, a student earns degree credits for what is learned, not for work performed for the internship supervisor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

Marketing

  
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    MRKT 0600 - PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory course in marketing. Examines the role of marketing in our society and within the organization. Emphasis is placed on marketing mix issues: product, place, price, and promotion.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MRKT 1555 - EXPERT SYSTEMS IN MARKETING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Expert systems in marketing is designed to provide an awareness of terminology, concepts, advantages, applications, limitations, and trends in expert systems and their application to marketing. This course is structured so that students will learn the basic principles of knowledge engineering methodologies used to build expert systems, and to provide hands-on experience in building marketing based expert system prototypes. Typical applications covered will include reporting and tracking standard marketing reports and automating brand planning and budgeting.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MRKT 1600 - E-COMMERCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores e-commerce and e-business with a managerial orientation. The primary focus will be on how e-commerce can be effectively integrated into an organization’s management structure. Several aspects of e-commerce will be analyzed, including the internet, intranets and extranets, and e-mail.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1610 - MARKETING RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An intensive “hands-on” course which integrates the concepts learned in undergraduate studies of marketing and statistics. The course is designed to enhance understanding of why and how organizations conduct market research to develop and deliver innovative goods and services.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1620 - MARKETING TOOLS AND ANALYTICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An intensive hands on course that identifies the key statistical metrics used in the Marketing field, and then provides students with concrete real world experiences in the analysis of these metrics associated with marketing analytics and ROI for investment in traditional and new owned, paid and earned media channels. The course will examine statistical theory and traditional metrics such as awareness and market share and then examine cutting edge statistical tools such as the suite of metrics available in Google Analytics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1630 - INTEGRATED DIGITAL MARKETING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an exploration of various potential applications of internet marketing in addition to the evolving role of e-commerce. Topics include web business models, online branding, creating community and commitment, online research and the impact of the internet on B2C and B2B enterprises. It should be noted that this is a marketing strategy course. It does not involve hands-on applications of the technology, but it does assume a user-based understanding of the web and associated information technology and the ability to use the internet for research purposes.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1635 - SOCIAL MEDIA WAR ROOM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an advanced course that builds on MRKT 1620 and 1630 and provides an intense immersion in the management of a social media presence for a brand. The course essentially places students in a real world simulation of the day to day operation of an array of social media applications and best practices. Students will work as content marketing teams to promote and generate earned media for community and corporate events as a capstone of the course. This course may be taught in a special environment like those found at digital agencies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1640 - INTERNATIONAL MARKETING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an advanced course that explores the opportunities for organizations to expand their operations globally, and the marketing challenges that are associated with this expansion. The course helps students understand the political, legal, social, cultural, economic, and technological factors related to international marketing, and provides strategies for addressing each of the issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Grad LG/SU3 Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1645 - SALES MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course begins with an introduction to the field of sales and sales management. We will explore ethical issues in selling and some specific communication principles related to the sales function. You will then learn the elements of the sales cycle from determining who to call, to planning the sales call, to actually making the sales call and completing follow up activities. Time will be devoted to learning how to respond to objections and developing your negotiating skills. You will have the opportunity to put these skills into action through a series of role play exercises.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1650 - PRODUCT MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced course in marketing focusing on the development and management of products, including brand management and new product development.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 1600 and MRKT 1610 and MRKT 1620
  
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    MRKT 1655 - PROMOTION MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced course in marketing focusing on the role of marketing communications, with emphasis on the development of an integrated marketing communications campaign.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 1600 and MRKT 1610 and MRKT 1620
  
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    MRKT 1660 - PRICING MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced course in marketing combining economic and marketing principles with accounting and financial information to analyze the pricing policies used by real world organizations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 1600 and MRKT 1610 and MRKT 1620
  
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    MRKT 1665 - DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced course in marketing focusing on management of distribution channels, with emphasis on studying channels of existing ‘real world’ organizations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 1600 and MRKT 1610 and MRKT 1620
  
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    MRKT 1670 - MARKETING SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1671 - MARKETING INTERNSHIP 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The marketing internship uses the work place as a living laboratory for students to study in depth a marketing discipline. An internship is primarily an academic experience, not a part-time or full-time job, in which students work for a firm or organization under a supervisor and faculty sponsor to achieve specific educational objectives. Thus, a student earns degree credits for what is learned, not for work performed for the internship supervisor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1672 - MARKETING MADE IN ECUADOR TO THE WORLD


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Currently, Ecuador is in the midst of building its brand to the world and is seen as the crucible of the chocolate industry. Ecuador’s stunning volcanic peaks and rich tropical rainforest offer some of the greatest destinations on the planet along with unique and marketable resources of foods and culture. This course is designed to give you an understanding of Ecuador’s natural and cultural assets including art, chocolate, ancient cities and adventure destinations and how to best market them to the world. This will be a hands-on experience where you will make your own chocolate, pottery and help locals prepare native crops as well as design promotions and refine and position their natural and cultural offerings for the global market.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1675 - CONSUMER BEHAVIOR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced course in marketing which focuses on how consumers make purchase decisions in a market-oriented society. The course then builds upon this knowledge by examining how managers can use this information to develop marketing strategies for their own products.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 0600
  
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    MRKT 1680 - ENTREPRENEURS IDEA LAB


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed as a pragmatic approach to converting a new idea into a new venture. Students are led through a step-by-step process of developing an idea in context with a beachhead market so that it will be commercially viable. Students will present new ideas, select the best and work on the strongest innovations for presentation to local entrepreneurs at the end of the course. Local business experts and business owners will mentor students during the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MRKT 1690 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An advanced course in marketing focuses on the major decisions facing marketing professionals in their attempt to meet consumer demand while achieving corporate objectives. Emphasis on case analyses, and the development of a marketing plan for a “real world” client.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MRKT 1600 and MRKT 1610 and MRKT 1620

Mathematics

  
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    MATH 0001 - ALGEBRA 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a beginning algebra through intermediate algebra course. This course is intended to develop student proficiency and confidence in the basic algebraic skills such as simplifying algebraic expressions, solving equations, factoring, and simplifying rational and radical expressions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    MATH 0002 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is intended for students who have a good background in elementary and intermediate algebra. Topics include a review of the topics in math 0001, the Cartesian plane and graphing, systems of equations, and linear quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions. This course can be used to prepare students for pre-calculus and business calculus as well as to satisfy the general education mathematics quantitative reasoning requirement. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
  
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    MATH 0004 - PRE-CALCULUS: FUNCTIONS AND TRIGONOMETRY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course provides the necessary background for math 0221. Topics include an extension of the topics in math 0002, polynomial and rational functions and their behavior, analytic and calculator graphing, and trigonometry. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0002 or Math Placement Score (61 or greater)
  
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    MATH 0071 - STRUCTURE OF THE REAL NUMBER SYSTEM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course begins with the counting numbers and gradually builds the real number system. The structure of the real number system is explored through problem solving with a focus on number operations and properties, as well as set theory and number theory. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or 0031 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
  
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    MATH 0080 - FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed primarily for students whose interests lie outside the natural sciences. It emphasizes problem solving approaches common to many mathematical areas. Topics include geometry, measurement, probability, and statistics. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or 0031
  
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    MATH 0081 - MATHEMATICS IN A MODERN SOCIETY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The intent of this course is to develop, within the student, an aesthetic appreciation of mathematics through its relation to art, music and the natural world.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 0121 - BUSINESS CALCULUS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course is designed for students in business, economics, and other social sciences. It introduces the basic concepts of limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, and optimization. Applications to the social sciences, especially business and economics are emphasized. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0002 or Math Placement Score (61 or greater)
  
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    MATH 0212 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    In this course the beginning biology student learns the concepts of probability and statistical inference from a non-calculus point of view. Applications are emphasized. Topics include probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and analysis of variance. Further topics such as correlation and regression analysis may be covered if time permits.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0004
  
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    MATH 0221 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This is the first of a sequence of three basic calculus courses intended for mathematics, engineering technology, computer science, and natural sciences students. Topics include the derivative and integral of functions of one variable and their applications. Trigonometric functions are included. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0004 or Math Placement Score (76 or greater)
  
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    MATH 0231 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This is the second of a sequence of three basic calculus courses intended for engineering, mathematics, statistics, and science students. It covers the calculus of transcendental functions, techniques of integration, sequences and series.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0221 or 0220
  
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    MATH 0241 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 3


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This is the third of a sequence of three basic calculus courses intended for engineering, mathematics, statistics, and science students. It covers vectors and surfaces in space and the calculus of functions of several variables including partial derivatives and multiple integrals; also conic sections, parametric curves and polar coordinates. Of time, Green’s and Stoke’s theorems, may be covered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0231 or 0230
  
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    MATH 0401 - DISCRETE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is intended for students contemplating a major in mathematics or computer science. Topics include the basic concepts of set theory, logic, combinatorics, Boolean algebra, and graph theory with an emphasis on applications. The prerequisite can be met by placement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or 0031 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
  
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    MATH 1012 - INTRODUCTION TO THEORETICAL MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to the theoretical treatment of sets, functions, relations, partitions, compositions, add inverses. Classwork and homework will concentrate on the writing and understanding of proofs and theorems.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0221 or 0220) and 0401
  
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    MATH 1019 - TECHNICAL SPEAKING IN MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to teach oral presentation theories and techniques specific to situations involving mathematics. Content includes audience analysis, organization delivery, presenting mathematical material to non-expert and technical audiences, and the use of visuals. Computer software to give oral presentations will be used in some of the speeches. Students will be required not only to give excellent presentations but also to analyze their own and other presentations based on the theories learned in this course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1012
  
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    MATH 1035 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH MATRIX THEORY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course is intended for engineering technology students. Topics include matrix methods, first and higher order ordinary differential equations, Laplace transformations, series solutions of differential equations and systems of differential equations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0241
  
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    MATH 1051 - COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Topics covered may include the binomial theorem, inclusion-exclusion principle, recurrence relations, and generating functions. Topics may also include paths, circuits, trees, planar graphs, coloring problems, matching theory, and network flows. The instructor’s discretion determines the topics included in the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0401 and 1012
  
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    MATH 1071 - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to numerical analysis at the advanced undergraduate level. Topics include interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, solution of non-linear equations, numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations, and additional topics as time permits. Emphasis is on understanding the algorithms rather than on detailed coding, although some programming will be required. As a prerequisite, at least one ‘1000 level’ mathematics course such as 1181, 1271, 1012, or permission of instructor is needed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0241 or 0240) and (MATH 1012 or 1181 or 1271)
  
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    MATH 1117 - HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Traces the history of mathematics from primitive number concepts through the beginnings of calculus. It emphasizes a “hands-on” approach to significant mathematical discoveries while discussing the lives and contributions of great mathematicians within their cultural settings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0231 or 0230) and 1012
  
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    MATH 1125 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide depth and comprehension in the study of abstract algebra. Topics include groups, finite abelian groups, symmetric groups, rings, integral domains, fields, homomorphism’s, and isomorphism’s.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1012
  
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    MATH 1153 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course presents the basic probability concepts required for statistical inference at both theoretical and applied levels. Topics include set theory and basic probability; independence and Bayes’ theorem, discrete random variables and their distributions—Bernoulli, binomial, poison, and geometric, continuous random variables and their distributions—uniform, exponential, gamma, beta, and normal, transformation of random variables, moments and moment generating functions, multivariate discrete DIST, marginal and conditional DIST and independent variables.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0241 or 0240
  
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    MATH 1154 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the elementary concepts of statistical inference. Topics include functions of random variables, sampling distributions, decision criterion, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and analysis of variance.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1153
  
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    MATH 1155 - INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course is intended for secondary education mathematics majors, and includes topics which are not typically covered in probability and Statistics 1. Topics include elementary functions of random variables, sampling, distributions, basic estimation theory, and hypothesis testing. (This course cannot be taken if a student has received credit for, or is enrolled in MATH 1154.)
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1153
  
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    MATH 1163 - MATHEMATICS SEMINAR 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course introduces students to a variety of mathematics specific technology. Topics include computational and algebraic manipulator software and mathematical typesetting programs at the instructor’s discretion.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1164 - MATHEMATICS SEMINAR 2


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Utilizing exams previously given by the society of actuaries, this course examines material typically included in probability and statistics. Through careful investigation of these problems, students will gain familiarity with the examination and will develop problem solving strategies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1154
  
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    MATH 1175 - TOPICS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Topics in mathematics are covered to enhance the student’s understanding of how mathematics may be applied to real world. Possible topics may include: game theory, cryptography, partial differential equations, complex variables, stochastic processes, the calculus of variation, control theory, and the application of such topics to a particular discipline.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0241 or 0240) and 1012
  
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    MATH 1178 - OPERATIONS RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    An introduction to the mathematical study of management decisions concerning business, government and other organizations and operations. Topics may include linear programming, dynamic programming, inventory theory, queuing theory, network models, and non-linear programming. Standard linear programming computer algorithms are used.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1181
  
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    MATH 1181 - LINEAR ALGEBRA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is intended as an introduction to linear algebra. This course stresses the computational methods of linear algebra and covers the theoretical development of matrix algebra and vector spaces. Topics include systems of linear equations, matrices, matrix algebra, determinants, vector spaces, linear dependence and independence, spanning sets of vectors, bases, orthogonality, inner product spaces, gram-Schmidt process, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, characteristic equations, and diagonalization. Other topics will be covered as time permits.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0231 or 0230
  
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    MATH 1271 - ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers methods of solving ordinary differential equations which are frequently encountered in applications. General methods will be taught for single nth order equations, and systems of first order nonlinear equations. These will include phase plane methods and stability analysis. Computer experimentation will be used to illustrate the behavior of solutions of various equations. Credit may be received for only one: ordinary differential equations (1271) or differential equations with matrix theory (1035).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0241
  
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    MATH 1291 - TOPICS IN GEOMETRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A course intended to give a “modern” view of geometry. Possible approaches include (1) the exploration of geometric properties on various surfaces, (2) the axiomatic development of finite geometries, (3) the deductive, synthetic development of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry and (4) the connection of geometries to abstract algebraic systems.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0241 or 0240) and 1012
  
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    MATH 1296 - TOPICS IN APPLIED STATISTICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course contains topics concerning the applications of statistics. Topics will be chosen based on faculty interests and students’ needs. Examples of possible topics include: resampling techniques in statistics, statistical graphics, cluster analysis, and classification methods.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 1154
  
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    MATH 1531 - ADVANCED CALCULUS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course contains a rigorous development of the calculus of functions of a single variable, including compactness on the real line, continuity, differentiability, integration, and the uniform convergence of sequences and series of functions. Other topics may be included, such as the notion of limits and continuity in metric spaces.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0241 or 0240) and 1012
  
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    MATH 1561 - COMPLEX VARIABLES AND APPLICATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers the following topics: elementary operations with complex numbers, derivatives and integrals of complex-valued functions, Cauchy’s theorem, the integral formula, power series, residue theorem, and applications to real integrals and series.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0241 or 0240) and 1012
  
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    MATH 1701 - INTRODUCTION TO TOPOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course may include topics from point-set topology such as topological spaces, metric spaces, connectedness, compactness, and count ability axioms. The course may also include some topics from algebraic-combinatorial topology such as simplicial complexes, the fundamental group, Jordan curve theorem, Euler characteristic classification theorem of compact surfaces, homology groups, homotopic groups, vector fields, and fixed points.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0241 or 0240) and 1012
  
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    MATH 1901 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Under faculty supervision the student participates in a mathematics related experience, project, or job.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MATH 1903 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Under the direction of a faculty member, a student studies a mutually agreed upon topic in mathematics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Mechanical Engineering

  
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    ME 0024 - INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides knowledge of design graphics and manufacturing processes by conventional and computer-aided methods.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0017 or (ET 0079 and ET 0023)
  
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    ME 0052 - THERMODYNAMICS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Basic concepts and interlinking relationships of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer; fluid statics; system and control volumes; thermodynamic properties; work and heat; first law of thermodynamics for control mass and control volume; integral forms of conservation of mass and momentum.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0111 and MATH 0241 and PHYS 0150
  
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    ME 0071 - FLUID MECHANICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, with emphasis on inviscid and linearly viscous, incompressible fluids. Basic physical phenomena of fluid mechanics including fluid dynamics, internal flow and fluid measurements. A laboratory component is included.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0231; CREQ MATH 1271
  
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    ME 1026 - MECHANICAL DESIGN 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Stress and deflection analysis; survey of mechanical design criteria; selection and applications of working stresses for ductile and brittle materials; static, fatigue, and impact loading and combination of stresses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0132 and ENGR 0142 and ENGR 0022
  
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    ME 1085 - DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    Seminars are designed to acquaint the student with aspects of engineering not normally encountered in classes and include a wide range of topics such as the significance of engineering as a profession and the relation of engineering to current social problems.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    ME 1097 - SPECIAL PROJECTS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Investigation and research embodying testing, original design, or research on an approved subject; or, a special problem or reading course of individual study guided by an approved departmental faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Mechanical Engineering Technology

  
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    MET 1061 - MANUFACTURING LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Through a series of experiments and exercises, understanding of key CNC concepts are developed. Particular focus is placed on computer/machine tool inter-relationships in manufacturing and design.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    MET 1062 - MATERIALS LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Through a series of experiments and exercises, understanding of key materials are developed. Particular focus is placed on structure/property relationships in materials used in manufacturing and design.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    MET 1110 - THERMODYNAMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Covers the basic laws of thermodynamics, the thermodynamic properties of perfect and real gases, vapors, solids, and liquids, Carnot principles and cycles.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0111 or 0110 and MATH 0241 or 0240
  
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    MET 1111 - APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Serves as an application-oriented extension of thermo dynamics. Areas covered include steam and gas turbine design, fluid machinery, compressors, internal combustion engines and cycles, refrigeration and air conditioning systems, and humidity measurements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1110
  
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    MET 1114 - THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Covers the basic laws of thermodynamic properties of sub stances encountered in real devices, the thermodynamic cycles associated with real devices, and the Carnot principles that govern these cycles. Rotating machinery, internal combustion engines, and refrigeration and air conditioning will be studied. The course then concentrates on the specifics of heat transfer, specifically: conduction, convection, and radiation. This portion of the course uses real examples as the instrument for learning.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (Math 0240 or 0241) and (CHEM 0111 or 0110)
  
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    MET 1116 - HEAT TRANSFER


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A study of the fundamental laws of conduction, convection, and radiation. Application of the basic laws to heat exchanger design. Analytical and graphical methods are applied to one and two dimensional heat transfer.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (Chem 0111 or 0110) and Math 1035 and MET 1154
  
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    MET 1122 - MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the vibrations of mechanical systems and the application of vibration theory to solving problems. Emphasis is on the single degree of freedom system and its application using equivalent lumped parameters. Topics include vibration with harmonic excitation, general periodic forcing functions, and general forcing functions. Two degree of freedom and continuous systems are covered briefly. Lab exercises include utilizing computerized data acquisition to determine natural frequencies, dumping, and response under forced vibration. Computer techniques included.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ET 0052 and MATH 1035
  
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    MET 1135 - ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    A laboratory-oriented course dealing with various techniques available to measure basic performance parameters, such as temperature, pressure, velocity, acceleration, strain and force. Lectures cover data reduction techniques and instrument theory. Computerized data acquisition topics are introduced and utilized in the laboratory experiments.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: EET 0010 and 0110
  
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    MET 1136 - ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS 2


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    The application of techniques presented in engineering measurements 1 to measure and evaluate the performance of various types of mechanical systems in heat transfer, thermodynamics, and machine design. Computerized data acquisition skills are utilized in making measurements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1135
  
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    MET 1144 - ENERGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course presents an analysis of the present fuel shortage and the more serious long-range problems resulting from a conflict between the rapidly increasing demand for energy and the earth’s limited resources. Technical alternatives are discussed and their potential analyzed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1111
  
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    MET 1154 - FLUID MECHANICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Fluid mechanics is developed using the general energy principle equations. Includes fluid pressure, fluid pumps and motors, laminar and turbulent flow, fluid friction, pipeline systems, open channel flow, flow measurement devices, and fluid dynamics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ET 0052 and MATH 0231 or 0230
  
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    MET 1155 - FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Laboratory work with a “team concept” approach to the performance of experiments involving the application of principles and theory associated with the lecture course in fluid mechanics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: MET 1154
  
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    MET 1156 - ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In this course, topics addressed include turbomachinery design, compressible fluid flow, unsteady fluid dynamics and cavitation. Subjects will be addressed using an applications approach.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1154 and 1155
  
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    MET 1157 - HEATING, VENTL, & AIR CNDTNG


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Presents the design and analysis of HVAC systems for maintaining a proper thermal environment for buildings. A case study approach is utilized. The students will design an HVAC system for an actual building.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1111; CREQ: MET 1116
  
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    MET 1161 - MANUFACTURING PROCESSES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An overview of a variety of manufacturing processes that are available to process materials into finished products. Special emphasis is placed on the “traditional” processes from the standpoint of production methods, sequence of operations, and economic decision analysis. The impact of computer-aided design (CAD) utilizing numerically-controlled equipment to perform these processes, and the integration of automation into manufacturing processes is introduced.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ET 0053 and 0054
  
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    MET 1162 - MATERIALS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An overview of materials used in engineering applications. The basic principles of materials science are used as the basis for understanding structural property relationships which are the key to successful application of materials in engineering.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (CHEM 0111 or 0110) and ET 0053 and 0054
  
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    MET 1163 - MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Through a series of experiments and exercises, understanding of key materials and CNC concepts is developed. Particular focus is placed on structure/property relationships in materials and computer/machine tool inter-relationships in manufacturing and design.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1161 and 1162
  
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    MET 1170 - MACHINE DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Fundamentals of engineering design. Design methodology and synthesis techniques are discussed. Structural and machine elements are designed, with consideration given to stress, weight, and size limitations for various applications.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ET 0053 and 0054 and MET 1162
  
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    MET 1171 - ADVANCED MACHINE DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Design of selected machine components including curved beams; power screws; preloaded bolts and other fasteners; helical compression, extension, and torsion springs; Belleville and leaf springs; spur gears; shafts; clutches; brakes; and flywheels. Emphasis on fatigue strength of components subjected to fluctuating stresses due to axial, bending torsion, and combined loading. Computer approaches to design are included, such as the finite element method.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MET 1170
  
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    MET 1172 - CADD/CAE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course is an introduction to solid modeling using pro/ engineer. This course stresses modeling techniques to create parametric solid models with appropriate design intent and parametric relations. Investigating models to assess model relationships, history, measurements, and mass properties are important aspects of the course. Fundamentals of creating detail drawings of parts as well as creating assemblies from parts and generating assembly drawings for the designs are also covered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ET 0011 and 0035
  
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    MET 1173 - FINITE ELEMENT METHODS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The fundamentals of the finite element method are presented. A general approach to the development of the finite element method is given. Emphasis is placed on understanding the theory behind the development of the method as well as applications to engineering analysis problems. Application problems are solved by the students during the course on a general-purpose finite element analysis program. Students perform model generation, solution, and post processing of results.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ET 0030 or 0031 and MATH 1035 and MET 1170
  
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    MET 1183 - SOPHOMORE SEMINAR FALL


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    Seminar is designed to acquaint the student with engineering practice outside of the academic arena. Speakers from industry and private practice are invited to discuss various aspects of “real world” engineering.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    MET 1184 - SOPHOMORE SEMINAR SPRING


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    Seminar is designed to acquaint the student with engineering practice outside of the academic arena. Speakers from industry and private practice are invited to discuss various aspects of “real world” engineering.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
 

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