2022-2023 Academic Catalog

May 15, 2024

2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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Schedule Type Classifications

The delivery of instruction often requires educational material to be organized and presented to students in a variety of ways. In order to facilitate the planning for and scheduling of classes to accommodate these multiple types of instruction, it is necessary to divide courses into organizational parts which reflect the unique combinations of instructors, meeting places, and time patterns used to conduct the instruction. The schedule types listed below are intended to reflect the nature of activities required of students, the relationship between students and their instructors, and the settings required to deliver the content of an instructional offering.

LEC — Lecture
LAB — Laboratory
DIS — Distance Education
CLN — Clinic
EX — Experiential
IND — Individual Study
SD — Studio

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Civil Engineering
	CE 20100 - Surveying And GIS Prerequisite(s): (MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR MA 16900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) AND PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and practice of land surveying. Fundamentals of observing distances, elevations, and angles. Analysis of errors in surveying measurements. Computation of irregular areas. Circular and parabolic curves. Earth-work estimates. Computer applications, photogrammetry, geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) technologies.. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 20400 - Civil Engineering Materials Prerequisite(s): (MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085) AND CHM 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the use, specification and test of common civil engineering construction materials such as steel, aluminum, aggregates, Portland cement concrete, asphalt cement concrete, constituents of masonry, fiber reinforced plastics (FRP’s) and timber. Practicalbehaviors of these materials systems will be emphasized. An understanding of these behaviors will be approached through examination of the materials characteristics. This course will provide introductory details of composites. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 27100 - Basic Mechanics I Prerequisite(s): ENGR 18100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 3.00. Loads; structural forms; analysis of axially loaded members, flexural members, torsional members; combined loading conditions; buckling. Basic behavioral characteristics of structural elements and systems illustrated by laboratory experiments. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 27101 - Basic Mechanics I (Statics) Prerequisite(s): MA 16300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 27100) Review of vector algebra and equilibrium. Hydrostatics, virtual work, static stability, friction. First and second moments of areas, volumes, and masses, center of gravity. Credit is not allowed for both CE 27101 and ME 27100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 27300 - Mechanics Of Materials Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND (ME 27100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR CE 27101 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of stress and strain, Mohr’s circle, equations of equilibium and compatibility; stres-strain laws; extension torsions, bending and deflection of beams, buckling of columns, elastic stability and strain energy, Castigliano’s Theorem, pressure vessels, selected topics. Typically offered Summer Fall. View Class Schedule
	CE 27301 - Mechanics Of Materials Laboratory Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 1.00. This lab will demonstrate the basic principles of strength of materials. Students will conduct tension tests, torsion tests, and learn to use strain gages with data acquisition systems to conduct experiments such as finding modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio, stress concentration, principal stress, and strain and deflection of beams. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 27500 - Basic Mechanics II (Dynamics) Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND (CE 27101 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ME 27100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 27500) Fundamental concepts, kinematics, translation and rotation. Kinetics impulse, momentum, work, energy. Rectilinear and curvilinear translation of point masses. Plane motion of rigid bodies and vibration. Credit is not allowed for both CE 27500 and ME 27500. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 30800 - Construction Engineering Management Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 20400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the construction industry, phases in construction projects, construction contracts and legal structures, construction planning and scheduling, construction estimation, project cash flow, labor relations, construction equipment management, quality management, and construction safety. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 31200 - Fluid Mechanics Prerequisite(s): MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND (CE 27500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ME 27500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) AND ME 30500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 31200) Continuum, velocity field, fluid statics, basic conservation laws for systems and control volumes, dimensional analysis, Euler and Bernoulli equations, viscous flows, boundary layer flow in channels and around submerged bodies, one-dimensional gas dynamics. Credit is not allowed for both CE 31200 and ME 31200. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 32300 - Soil Engineering Prerequisite(s): CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to soil engineering and testing. Identification and classification tests, soil water systems, settlement principles, soil stresses, and shear strength testing.. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 32401 - Mechanics Of Materials Prerequisite(s): ME 27400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 32401) Integrated approach to mechanics of materials emphasizing mechanics fundamentals as applied to machine design applications. Stress and strain in machine elements, mechanical properties of materials; extension, torsion, and bending of members; thermal stress; pressure vessels; static indeterminacy, stress transformation, Mohr’s circle. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 33001 - Structure And Properties Of Materials Prerequisite(s): (ME 32401 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR CE 32401 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-) Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 33001) The relationship between the structure of materials and the resulting mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties. Atomic structure, bonding, atomic arrangement, crystal symmetry, crystal structure, habit, lattices, defects, and the use of X-ray diffraction. Phase equilibria and microstructural development. Applications to design. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 33400 - Structural Analysis I Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Loads, shear, moment, and deflected shape diagrams for beams and framed structures. Approximate methods. Calculations of deformations. Using flexibility methods to analyze frames and continuous beams. Using moment distribution and stiffness methods to analyze continuous beams and braced frames. Influence lines for determinate and indeterminate beams using Muller-Breslau principle. Computer applications to analyze beams and frames.. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 34200 - Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics Prerequisite(s): CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ME 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory concepts, precipitation. Evaporation and transpiration. Interception and infiltration. Surface runoff, groundwater, and streamflow. Hydrograph analysis. Applied hydraulics including pipe and channel flow with design applications in culverts, pumping, water distribution, storm and sanitary sewer systems.. Typically offered Fall Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	CE 35100 - Introduction To Transportation Engineering Prerequisite(s): STAT 34500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND (ME 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) OR CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) ) Credit Hours: 3.00. Planning and operations of transportation facilities. Vehicle, operation, and infrastructure characteristics. Technological, economic, and environmental factors. Travel demand modeling and capacity analysis.. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 35400 - Introduction To Environmental Engineering Prerequisite(s): CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) OR ME 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to air and water pollution, noise, and hazardous and sold wastes; consideration of treatment and management issues. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 40400 - Finite Element Analysis Prerequisite(s): MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 26500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 40400) Brief history of finite element method and ANSYS; direct formulation; minimum total potential energy formulation; verification of results; trusses. Examples using ANSYS, one-dimensional elements. Numerical integration, Gauss Quadrature. Examples of one-dimensional elements in ANSYS; heat transfer problems; solid mechanics problems; two-dimensional elements. Pre-processing with ANSYS; boundary conditions; applications; heat conduction problems; torsion problems; beams and frames. Credit is not allowed for both CE 40400 and ME 40400. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 41000 - Fluid Mechanics And Hydraulics Prerequisite(s): ME 31001 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 4.00. (ME 41000) This course is a continuation of Fluid Mechanics. Topics will include hydraulics, external boundary layer flow, and introduction to fluid power and gas dynamics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 41100 - Building Design Prerequisite(s): CE 33400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Structural steel and reinforced concrete building design. Analysis of structural behavior of frameworks. Systems that resist lateral loads. Use of current building codes and design specifications. Review of building designs. Preliminary and final designs including analysis of alternative structural systems, and preparation of design sketches and calculations.. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 42900 - Senior Engineering Design I Prerequisite(s): ENGL 30700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR COM 30700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. (ME 42900, ECE 42900). The senior engineering design courses I and II constitute a two-semester sequence of an interdisciplinary activity. The objective of these courses is to provide engineering students with supervised experience in the process and practice of engineering design. Projects are chosen by the students or the faculty. Students working in teams pursue an idea from conception to realistic design. The course concludes with a substantial written and oral design review before a faculty team. Class discussions will include the ethical responsibility of engineers, impact of engineering solution in a global/societal context, and small-group interactions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	CE 43900 - Senior Engineering Design II Prerequisite(s): ME 42900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR CE 42900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The senior engineering design courses I and II constitute a two-semester sequence of an interdisciplinary activity. The objective of these courses is to provide engineering students with supervised experience in the process and practice of engineering design. Projects are chosen by the students or the faculty. Students working in teams pursue an idea from conception to realistic design. The course is climaxed by the presentation of a substantial written report and a formal oral presentation before faculty and students. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	CE 47100 - Reinforced Concrete Design Prerequisite(s): CE 33400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis and design of beams, one-way slabs, and columns. Design of building frames using pattern loading and moment coefficients. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CE 48900 - Civil Engineering Projects Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Projects or special topics of contemporary importance or of special interest that are outside the scope of the standard undergraduate curriculum can be studied. Interested students should seek a faculty advisor who works in the area of special interest and prepare a brief description of the work to be undertaken in cooperation with the advisor. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 50910 - Watershed Management Credit Hours: 3.00. Watershed - Systems approach, delineation, hydrology, soil erosion, socio-economic criterion and water quality modeling, point and non-point sources, EPA and State Regulations, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), Watershed management plans, rainfall runoff modeling with GIS applications, Best management practices. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 53210 - Fundamentals Of Design Of Steel Girder Bridges Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will present a modern approach to highway bridge analysis and design based on the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 53410 - Geographic Information System (GIS) And Remote Sensing Applications In Civil Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00. GIS – Historic Development, Data Models, Geodesy, Datum, Map Projections and Coordinate Systems Review, Maps Data entry and editing, Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Coordinate Surveying, Aerial and Satellite Images, Digital Data, Spatial Analysis, Raster Analysis, Terrain Analysis, Spatial Estimation, Spatial Models and Modeling, Data Standards, and Quality, New developments in GIS, real world GIS project for decision making, Remote Sensing, Data Analysis, Radiation and Sensor systems in Remote Sensing, Pattern Recognition, Data Analysis and Noise in Remote Sensing system. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 53430 - Advanced Civil Engineering Projects I Credit Hours: 0.00 to 12.00. Formal classroom instruction on special topics of contemporary importance of special interest or topics of current interest. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 53610 - Behavior Of Reinforced Concrete And Composite Structures Prerequisite(s): CE 47100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces advanced topics related to behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) and composite structures with emphasis on ductility of members and reinforcement detailing for seismic loads. Topics that are introduced in this course include flexural behavior of RC beams, design of two-way slabs using the direct design method and equivalent frame method, analysis and design concrete encased composite members including both beams and columns, axial behavior of concrete filled box columns, and the strut-and-tie model. View Class Schedule
	CE 53710 - Optimization And Simulation Models Credit Hours: 3.00. Problem Formulation and solution for a variety of complex engineering problems, using Optimization methods, including linear programming, nonlinear programming, dynamic programming and artificial intelligence based optimization. Use of analytical techniques and computer software to solve formulated real world problems using simulation models. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 53910 - Advanced Hydraulics Credit Hours: 3.00. Course focuses on applied concepts in Pipe distribution networks (with real world examples), network analysis, transients, Surge analysis, and open channel hydraulics – floods, channel design, sanitary sewer and storm sewer design and analysis using SWMM – water security. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CE 57000 - Advanced Structural Mechanics Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies of stress and strain, failure theories, and yield criteria; flexure and torsion theories for solid and thin-walled members; and energy methods. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	CE 59701 - Selected Topics In Civil Engineering Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00. Formal classroom instruction on special topics of contemporary importance of special interest or topics of current interest. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Civil Engineering Technology
	CET 10000 - Technical Computations Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of elements from algebra and trigonometry appropriate to surveying, estimating, statics, and other construction-related courses. Graphs and reports are included. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 10800 - Route Surveying And Design Credit Hours: 3.00. Preliminary and construction surveys for route locations Calculation and field work for simple and easement curves grade lines, and slope stakes. Preparation of plans, profiles, and cross-sections from field survey data earthwork estimates. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CET 20800 - Route Surveying Prerequisite(s): CET 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Preliminary and construction surveys for highways and railroads, including calculation and field work for simple, compound, reverse, and easement curves, grade lines and slope stakes and the superelevation of curves. Preparation of plans, profiles and cross-sections from field survey data. Earth-work estimates. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	CET 21000 - Surveying Computations Prerequisite(s): CET 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of errors in surveying measurements. Adjustments to surveying measurements, including an introduction to the least squares adjustment method. Computations using rectangular coordinates including intersectons and coordinate transformationss. Computations associated with horizontal and vertical control networks. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	CET 29900 - Civil Engineering Technology Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This is a variable course. Subject matter to be assigned by the staff. Primarily for third and fourth semester students. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 30300 - Land Survey Systems Prerequisite(s): CET 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of ancient land survey systems which affected surveying in the United States, including metes and bounds systems. History and use of the United States Public Land Systems, including subdivision of sections, restoration of lost or obliterated corners, original surveys and retracement surveys. The study of other land system topics such as State Plane Coordinate systems. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	CET 30400 - Legal Descriptions For Survey Prerequisite(s): CET 30300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the writing and interpretation of legeal descriptions as they pertain to the conveying of land. Types of legal descriptions. Easment descriptions. Rights associated with written descriptions versus unwritten rights Other special topics in legal descriptions. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 32200 - Astronomic And Geodetic Surveying Prerequisite(s): CET 21000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Determination of directions based on astronomic observations. Computations associated with geodetic surveying and geodetic control surveys. Associations of geodetic locations and plane coordinate locations. Introduction to surveying by use of GPS methods. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 38600 - Reinforced Concrete Construction Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of concrete as both a construction and structural material. Field methods and practices used in concrete construction. Fundamentals of reinforced concrete design as applied to beams, slabs, columns, walls and footings. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 40200 - Surveying Law Prerequisite(s): CET 30400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- Credit Hours: 3.00. The ownership and transfer of real property; land descriptions, statute law and common law; sequential and simulataneous conveyances; easements and reversions; riparian rights; the public land system; Rule 13. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	CET 40400 - Property Surveying Prerequisite(s): CET 40200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. The Land Surveyor in the context of real estate development and transfer. The rules and classification of evidence and their use. Transfers of real estate role of title companies. The process for a Legal Survey. Retracement survey on such survey. Plats and Reports. Case studies. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 40800 - Construction Of Highways Credit Hours: 3.00. Materials, design and methods used by flexible and rigid pavement construction. Topics include preliminary layout and design of intersections and highways, soil requirements, drainage requirements, construction procedures and maintenance. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 40900 - Property Surveying Credit Hours: 3.00. Office and field work asociated with land surveying. Laws of land surveying and public records of real property. Metes and bounds, federal subdivision, and state plane coordinate descriptions. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 43200 - Foundation Construction Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the design principles, construction methods equipment and construction procedures used in constructing shallow and deep foundations. Excavation procedures temporary bracing, construction site dewatering, and loads on underground structures will also be studied. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	CET 49900 - Civil Engineering Technology Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This is an independent study course. Hours, subject matter and credit to be arranged by staff. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
College of Humanities, Education & Social Sciences
	CHSS 10000 - Topics In Self & World Credit Hours: 3.00. In a vast, sometimes perplexing, world people seek to define a unique identity. This course examines the big picture of reality and analyzes various ways individuals develop a sense of self. Students will apply their understanding of who they are to the context of higher education and the world-at-large. View Class Schedule
	CHSS 20000 - Topics In Knowledge Credit Hours: 3.00. Knowledge brings power. Society requires power. But what is knowledge? What is its role in society and what is society’s impact on it? This course examines the relationships between knowledge and society from a variety of perspectives. Students will critique the sources of information available to them and consider how access to, and interpretation of, information can lead to group cohesion or division. View Class Schedule
	CHSS 30000 - Topics In Individual & Society Credit Hours: 3.00. People are social beings pulled simultaneously towards individuality and collectivity. This course examines how people interact individually and as community members by analyzing the values and ethics on which we rely in social engagements. Students will articulate and assess their own values in light of the communities to which they belong. View Class Schedule
	CHSS 40000 - Topics In Happiness Credit Hours: 3.00. Happiness seems to be a universal goal. However, the definition of happiness varies across cultures, backgrounds, and historical times, and differs from individual to individual. This course examines multiple approaches to the concept of happiness and encourages students to develop and reflect on their own understanding of the good life. View Class Schedule
Communication
	COM 10300 - The Freshman Seminar In Communication Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. This course provides entry-level Communication majors with skills and materials deemed important to their ultimate success in Communications. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. General Education: First Year Experience View Class Schedule
	COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of communication theories as applied to speech; practical communicative experiences ranging from interpersonal communication and small group process through problem identification and solution in discussion to informative and persuasive speaking in standard speaker-audience situations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:ICM 1103 Fundamentals Of Public Speaking General Education: Oral Communication View Class Schedule
	COM 20400 - Critical Perspectives On Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to critical thinking and writing about communication. Draws on humanistic and qualitative traditions to help students learn and apply critical approaches to understanding communication.. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. General Education: Social Sciences View Class Schedule
	COM 21000 - Debating Public Issues Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of argumentation as applied to public discourse. Lectures on logic and reasoning, library research methods and bibliography, identification and analysis of issues, construction and organization of cases, refutation and rebuttal, and the phrasing and delivery of the argumentative speech. Preparation of debate cases. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 21200 - Approaches To The Study Of Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the contemporary theories of interpersonal communication, with particular focus on the practical implications of the theories for the process of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 21300 - Voice And Diction Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the contemporary theories of interpersonal communication, with particular focus on the implications of the theories for the process of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication. Investigation and comparative analysis of rhetorical theories, linguistic theories, behavioral theories, quantitative theories and psychological theories will be emphasized, as will be construction and analysis of models of communication. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 21400 - Comparative Theories Of Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the contemporary theories of interpersonal communication, with particular focus on the implications of the theories for the process of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication. Investigation and comparative analysis of rhetorical theories, linguistic theories and psychological theories will be emphasized, as will be construction and analysis of models of communications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 22500 - Introduction To Rhetoric And Social Influence Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of rhetoric as an agent of social change. Analysis of strategies and techniques of non-oratorical as well as oratorical forms of contemporary rhetorical situations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 22800 - Introduction To Communication Studies Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to Communication Studies will introduce students to the various fields in the Communication discipline including (but not limited to) Interpersonal Communication, Marketing Communication, Organizational Communication, Performance Studies, Public Relations, Rhetoric, and Small Group Communication. This course will survey the basic principles, theories, and processes of each specialized area. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 24000 - Introduction To Oral Interpretation Credit Hours: 3.00. The study and application of basic theories of oral interpretation including the analysis and presentation of literature. Focus will be placed on the study of meaning and emotional content. Typically offered Spring. General Education: Humanities View Class Schedule
	COM 25000 - Mass Communication And Society Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of the print, broadcast, and film media in their relationship and influence on society. Study topics include: mass communication theories, documentaries, commercialism, news media, media effects and control, feedback, educational broadcasting, and audience analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring. General Education: Social Sciences, Technology View Class Schedule
	COM 25200 - Writing For Mass Media Credit Hours: 3.00. Labor intensive course teaches basics of newspaper writing, broadcast writing, news releases, and online journalism. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 25300 - Introduction To Public Relations Credit Hours: 3.00. An analysis of public relations theories, methods, and practices. The course examines public relations environments, audiences, and message strategies in industrial, governmental, educational, social agencies, and other institutional contexts. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	COM 25500 - Introduction To News Reporting And Writing Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamentals of journalistic writing for the mass media. Emphasis is on style, news reporting, news values, and story construction. Extensive practice in reporting and writing various types of news stories. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 25600 - Introduction To Advertising Credit Hours: 3.00. An analysis of commercial persuasion from colonial times to the era of mass communication. The course examines the structure of advertising messages, how they are adapted to specific audiences, and the social settings in which they occur. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 26100 - Introduction To Digital Video Production Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic production principles and practices. Emphasis on preplanning and conceptualizing skills in addition to practical production techniques. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	COM 26400 - Cinematography Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will learn the technical and aesthetic aspects of camera operation. Typically offered Fall Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 29000 - Special Topics In Communication Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics will vary.. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 30000 - Introduction To Communication Research Methods Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the development and application of historical, critical, and empirical research methods pertinent to communication problems. Fundamental concepts of problem identification, sampling, surveys, historical sources, critical models, reliability and validity of both measurement and research design in communication research. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 30101 - Political Economy Of Global Media Credit Hours: 3.00. Political economy of global media studies the structures and practices of media and the functions and uses of the global culture. Media structures, production and programming norms, and diverse regional and international soci-cultural trends and identified. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 30200 - Publications Design Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the design, layout and production of various documents using personal computers. Emphasis is given to principles of publication design and page makeup, typography, and the use of personal computers in business publishing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 30500 - News Editing Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of, and practice in, the fundamentals of editing copy for and display of news in the mass media. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 30600 - Advanced News Reporting And Writing Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of, and practice in, methods of journalistic research and presentation; preparation of in-depth news stories based on student research. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 30700 - Written And Oral Communication For Engineers Credit Hours: 3.00. Course focuses on written and oral communication specifically for the environment, with special attention given to purpose, organization, audience analysis, and appropriate situational protocol. Written work emphasizes technical reports, technical descriptions, research skills, principles of document design, collaborative writing, and routine correspondence. Oral work emphasizes project presentations, conference planning and leadership, and small group dynamics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 30900 - Visual Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. Visual language is universal. This course will allow students to define visual language through investigating various visual mediums such as still images, film and television. Art elements of color, texture, space, composition, and design will be addressed. Various symbols and visual cues used to communicate messages will also be discussed. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 31400 - Advanced Presentational Speaking Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of a marked degree of skill in the composition and delivery of various types of speeches including presentations in corporate board rooms, orientation meetings, banquet halls, public forms. Special emphasis on speeches related to the student’s major vocational area. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 31500 - Speech Communication Of Technical Information Credit Hours: 3.00. The organization and presentation of information of a practical technical nature. Emphasis is placed upon the study, preparation, and use of audiovisual materials in such presentations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 31800 - Principles Of Persuasion Credit Hours: 3.00. Persuasion and its effects on behavior, ranging from individual influences to societal impacts. Various perspectives and models of persuasion are examined, including classical and modern approaches. Both theoretical and pragmatic considerations are introduced and a focus as well on effective composition of persuasive discourse. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	COM 31900 - The Rhetorical Tradition Credit Hours: 3.00. A historical survey of major rhetorical theory as it relates to the development of Western civilization, with major emphasis on Aristotle and the New Rhetoric. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 32000 - Small Group Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of group thinking and problem-solving methods; participation in, and evaluation of, committee, and informal discussion groups. Focus on the roles, networks, and messages employed by small group communicators. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 32200 - Leadership In Organization Credit Hours: 3.00. This program serves as the foundation for developing core leadership skills. Focusing on the dynamics of leadership development within a personal, academic, community, and organizational context, students will learn to apply basic leadership skills through a series of experiential learning sessions and lectures. These core skill areas include written, oral and inter personal communication; processiong experiences into practical application; understanding leadership styles and roles; human behavior; on-going self-assessment; diversity as a value; basic technical competencies; and effective life/time management. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 32300 - Business And Professional Speaking Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of oral communication problems and responsibilities in the business-organizational environment. Participation in problem-solving from investigation and informative speaking to advocacy and parliamentary debate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 32400 - Introduction To Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to fundamental concepts and basic research related to communication behavior in organizational settings. Formal and informal channels will be analyzed on the basis of use, source content, potency and trustworthiness. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	COM 32500 - Interviewing: Principles And Practice Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and practice of methods in selected interview settings: informational, employment, and persuasive. Emphasis on communication between two persons, questioning techniques, and the logical and psychological bases of interpersonal persuasion. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 32600 - Speechwriting Credit Hours: 3.00. By studying the rhetorical and performative elements for creating a successful speech, students will learn various speechwriting strategies that can be applied in political or organizational contexts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 32700 - International Communications Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the historical development of international communication for trade and diplomacy to the globalization of media markets and media models in news and entertainment. Modernization, developmental, dependency, hegemony, free flow of information, political economy, and other historical, administrative, and critical perspectives will also be discussed. Contemporary international media practices, including foreign direct investment, cultural hybridity, and contraflow. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 33000 - Theories Of Mass Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of mass communication theories and theorists. Readings and discussion of McLuhan, Lippman, De Fleur, Lazarsfeld, Schramm, Stephenson, and other significant contributors. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 33100 - Audio Production Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic principles of producing, directing, and writing for radio. Treats program types, production methods, techniques of the sound studio, principles of directing radio programs, and laboratory practice in production and direction. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 33200 - Television Production Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic principles of producing, writing, and directing for television. Treats program types and television criticism, and explores creative treatment of visual, artistic, and nonverbal elements of communication in television. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring Fall. View Class Schedule
	COM 33400 - Journalism For The Electronic Mass Media Credit Hours: 3.00. The development and practice of electronic journalism with projects relating to straight news, feature reports, commentary, editorial, interview, and documentary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 34300 - Fundamentals Of Oral Interpretation Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of basic theories of oral interpretation including the analysis and presentation of literature. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 34700 - Radio And Television Performance Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses the relationship between the producer, the director, and the talent in a production situation. Practice in performing for radio and television, as well as auditioning talent is the focus of this class. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 34800 - Social Media And Public Relations Credit Hours: 3.00. Course will introduce students to the management of social media for business. Students will incorporate practices learned in COM 25300, including the four-step process, systems theory and the ethics of a professional public relations practitioner, to manage the social media accounts of a local business and create new campaigns. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 34900 - Media And Culture Credit Hours: 3.00. This course surveys film, music, art, popular magazines, television, and other media in terms of their symbolic relationship to diverse cultural practices including among others, religion, romance, dance, sport, recreation, hobbies, and cuisine, and their connection to broader ethic, gender, and class cultural expressions. To understand how media represent, express, and contribute to contemporary culture practices, students will consider mass market novels, professional sports, museums, music videos, talk radio, Hollywood and independent film, narrowcast cable television, websites, and other mass media genre. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. General Education: Social Sciences View Class Schedule
	COM 35200 - Mass Communication Law Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of Anglo-American traditions and trends as well as current American conditions of the laws of libel, privacy, fair comment and criticism, privilege, property rights, and copyright as such factors affect the print journalist and the broadcaster. Emphasis is on existing state and federal regulations and precedents. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 35300 - Problems In Public Relations Prerequisite(s): COM 25300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C Credit Hours: 3.00. Approaches to problems in public relations as they occur in industry, government, education, social agencies, and other institutions. Typically offered Fall Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	COM 35400 - Introduction To Health Communication Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of theory and research in health communication, including interaction between patients and providers, communication in health care organizations, health care campaigns, and cultural meanings of health and illness. Exploration of the communication competencies needed by health care professionals (doctors, dentists, nurses, social workers, therapists, etc.) in the performance of their health care tasks. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	COM 36500 - Communication And Aging Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of communication with and among the elderly, within the contexts of family, social networks, and social and health providers. Effects of communication on the aged and the perception of aging will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	COM 37000 - Writing For Media Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to present and practice writing for multiple media, including print, broadcasting and digital platforms in a variety of social and professional settings, including public, organizational, and interpersonal communication. Students will learn and apply appropriate and effective modes of written communication across the media technological and organizational spectrum. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule

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Schedule Type Classifications

CE 20100 - Surveying And GIS

CE 20400 - Civil Engineering Materials

CE 27100 - Basic Mechanics I

CE 27101 - Basic Mechanics I (Statics)

CE 27300 - Mechanics Of Materials

CE 27301 - Mechanics Of Materials Laboratory

CE 27500 - Basic Mechanics II (Dynamics)

CE 30800 - Construction Engineering Management

CE 31200 - Fluid Mechanics

CE 32300 - Soil Engineering

CE 32401 - Mechanics Of Materials

CE 33001 - Structure And Properties Of Materials

CE 33400 - Structural Analysis I

CE 34200 - Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics

CE 35100 - Introduction To Transportation Engineering

CE 35400 - Introduction To Environmental Engineering

CE 40400 - Finite Element Analysis

CE 41000 - Fluid Mechanics And Hydraulics

CE 41100 - Building Design

CE 42900 - Senior Engineering Design I

CE 43900 - Senior Engineering Design II

CE 47100 - Reinforced Concrete Design

CE 48900 - Civil Engineering Projects

CE 50910 - Watershed Management

CE 53210 - Fundamentals Of Design Of Steel Girder Bridges

CE 53410 - Geographic Information System (GIS) And Remote Sensing Applications In Civil Engineering

CE 53430 - Advanced Civil Engineering Projects I

CE 53610 - Behavior Of Reinforced Concrete And Composite Structures

CE 53710 - Optimization And Simulation Models

CE 53910 - Advanced Hydraulics

CE 57000 - Advanced Structural Mechanics

CE 59701 - Selected Topics In Civil Engineering

CET 10000 - Technical Computations

CET 10800 - Route Surveying And Design

CET 20800 - Route Surveying

CET 21000 - Surveying Computations

CET 29900 - Civil Engineering Technology

CET 30300 - Land Survey Systems

CET 30400 - Legal Descriptions For Survey

CET 32200 - Astronomic And Geodetic Surveying

CET 38600 - Reinforced Concrete Construction

CET 40200 - Surveying Law

CET 40400 - Property Surveying

CET 40800 - Construction Of Highways

CET 40900 - Property Surveying

CET 43200 - Foundation Construction

CET 49900 - Civil Engineering Technology

CHSS 10000 - Topics In Self & World

CHSS 20000 - Topics In Knowledge

CHSS 30000 - Topics In Individual & Society

CHSS 40000 - Topics In Happiness

COM 10300 - The Freshman Seminar In Communication

COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication

COM 20400 - Critical Perspectives On Communication

COM 21000 - Debating Public Issues

COM 21200 - Approaches To The Study Of Interpersonal Communication

COM 21300 - Voice And Diction

COM 21400 - Comparative Theories Of Interpersonal Communication

COM 22500 - Introduction To Rhetoric And Social Influence

COM 22800 - Introduction To Communication Studies

COM 24000 - Introduction To Oral Interpretation

COM 25000 - Mass Communication And Society

COM 25200 - Writing For Mass Media

COM 25300 - Introduction To Public Relations

COM 25500 - Introduction To News Reporting And Writing

COM 25600 - Introduction To Advertising

COM 26100 - Introduction To Digital Video Production

COM 26400 - Cinematography

COM 29000 - Special Topics In Communication

COM 30000 - Introduction To Communication Research Methods

COM 30101 - Political Economy Of Global Media

COM 30200 - Publications Design

COM 30500 - News Editing

COM 30600 - Advanced News Reporting And Writing

COM 30700 - Written And Oral Communication For Engineers

COM 30900 - Visual Communication

COM 31400 - Advanced Presentational Speaking

COM 31500 - Speech Communication Of Technical Information