2018-19 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-19 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
 

Chemistry

  
  • CHM 48900 - Structural Biochemistry And Bioinformatics


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 33300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the fundamental theories and practices of computational biological chemistry and bioinformatics. Topics covered include: molecular modeling, database design and theory, accessing genomic and proteomic information, data sources and tools for data mining, identifying protein and DNA informational patterns, and methods linking genome data to gene function. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CHM 49000 - Selected Topics In Chemistry For Upper-Division Students


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CHM 49400 - Junior-Senior Chemistry Seminar


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 29400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND CHM 49800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Major emphasis on developing skills in oral and written presentations by students. The subject matter can be library material and/or accomplishments in undergraduate or co-op research. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CHM 49800 - Research In Chemistry


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 5.00. Undergraduate research, which will qualify as an Experiential Learning experience. Admission by special permission. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • CHM 49900 - Special Assignments


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Undergraduate research. Individual research projects undertaken under faculty direction. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CHM 50200 - Modern Chemistry In The High School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical discussion of the means by which the fundamentals of modern chemistry can best be introduced at the high school level. The laboratory will deal with the manufacture and use of lecture demonstration equipment, the use of films and film strips, and the problems involved in organizing and running a high school chemical laboratory. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CHM 51300 - Chemical Literature


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 25600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) AND CHM 32100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Types of information in technical publications; exercises in finding, assembling, and using such data. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CHM 53300 - Introductory Biochemistry


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A rigorous one-semester introduction to biochemistry. Typically offered Fall.


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  • CHM 53400 - Introductory Biochemistry


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 53300 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of CHM 53300 with emphasis on enzymatic catalysis and metabolic transformations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CHM 53500 - Biochemistry Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory component for Biochemistry. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CHM 54800 - Radiochemistry


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 37400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Nuclear properties, structure, and reactions; radioactive decay; interaction of radiation with matter; radioactivity in the environment; nuclear applications in chemistry. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CHM 56100 - Fundamental Organic Chemistry


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A general survey of synthetic organic chemistry including some discussion of current organic theory. Should be preceded by elementary organic chemistry. Typically offered Fall.


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  • CHM 56300 - Organic Chemistry


    Prerequisite(s): CHM 26200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Ionic and free radical reactions are discussed critically with emphasis on the synthetic and mechanistic aspects of the reactions studies. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CHM 59900 - Special Assignments


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Directed reading or special work not included in other courses. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Child Development and Family Studies

  
  • CDFS 21100 - Development And Growth Of Children


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the growth and development of children from birth through adolescence. Emphasis on physical growth, emotional and social behavior, cognitive and language development within contexts of family, school, and peer groups. Focus on observational methods. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 25500 - Introduction To Couple And Family Relationships


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides further understanding of family relations for those unmarried, those contemplating marriage, or for those married, and for prospective marriage counselors. A functional approach to the interpersonal relationships of courtship, marriage, and family. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 31200 - Adult Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An in-depth study of developmental processes from the transition to adulthood through old age. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the influence of contexts on adult development. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 31300 - Adolescent Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the normative developmental issues and concerns of the adolescent, with some attention given to problem behavior. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 33200 - Stress Points In Contemporary Families


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines theoretical perspectives related to family stress and resilience and connects these perspectives to empirical work on family dynamics and dysfunction across the lifespan. Problems associated with family formation, parent-child relations, family care giving, and families in remarriage as well as contemporary family relations thought to be challenges themselves such as divorce, incest, and family violence are explored. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 33400 - Aging And The Family


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Aging in the family context: roles, relationships, and conditions of life in the family during later stages; intergenerational relations; policy and practice issues. Typically offered Fall.


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  • CDFS 39000 - Special Topics In CDFS


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Supervised readings, discussion, lectures and/or research on special topics in family and individual development. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 58600 - Seminar In Human Development And Disability


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The Seminar on Human Development and Disability will expose students to multiple perspectives related to the issues in human development and disability related issues. The purpose of the course is to provide an interdisciplinary experience for students preparing for work in the human services. Each class has a variety of professionals present on a topic they have expertise in (i.e. Autism, diagnostics, speech disabilities) and allows students to gain more in-depth knowledge about each topic and ask questions. There will be three scheduled field trips to allow students field experience in a human service agency including Riley Child Development Center in Indianapolis, IN., First Steps in Crown Point, IN., and Opportunity Enterprises in Valparaiso, IN will be visited during the afternoon hours for two of the scheduled meeting days. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • CDFS 59000 - Special Problems


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 5.00. Special subjects for investigation and experiment according to the individual student’s interest and need. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 60100 - Advanced Child Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of foundational and current developmental research on changes that occur within the individual throughout infancy, childhood, and early adolescence. Emphasis is given to processes and mechanisms that have been proposed to explain developmental changes. This course includes attention to social and cultural contexts within which individuals develop. Prerequisite: Graduate level course work in Child Development or Psychology. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 60200 - Advanced Family Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Integrative and comprehensive assessment of both classic and recent contributions in the field of family studies. Other topics include major theory and research, historical, current, and future critical issues in family studies. Prerequisite: 12 hours of social sciences including six hours of advanced undergraduate courses preparing student for the study of the family. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 60300 - Theories Of Family Therapy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the history of family therapy, major family therapy theorists, and therapy treatment modalities. Prerequisite: Graduate level course work in Child Development. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 61500 - Research Methods In Child And Family Study


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Basic research methods employed in the study of children and families are examined, including quantitative and qualitative designs, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. In the laboratory component, students are afforded supervised practice in the application of various methods using selected statistical analysis programs. Prerequisite: Graduate course in Statistics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 61800 - Program Development And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course will acquaint students with the life cycle of interventions deployed by a variety of organizations including human services, public administration, and non-profits. Program development emphases include needs assessment, the replication of evidence-based practice, theory of change and the use of logic methods, and grant writing. Program evaluation emphases include theoretical approaches to evaluation, the use of data and measures, and exposure to both formative and summative approaches to program evaluation . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CDFS 64100 - Trauma And Recovery In Family Therapy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In this course graduate students will critically examine theories and research on the manifestations of trauma on the individual and the family. Systemic and relational influences on recovery from trauma will be highlighted. Family therapy interventions for trauma treatment will be presented. Typically offered Summer.


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  • CDFS 64300 - Children In Family Therapy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the graduate student to the professional clinical skills and techniques utilized when working with children and adolescents in the context of family therapy. Graduate Student standing required. Typically offered Summer.


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  • CDFS 65700 - Social Constructionist Family Therapies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigation of theory, research, and practice of constructivist and social constructionist family therapies. Readings include a wide range of original work by major theorists, such as White, deShazer, and Anderson & Goolishian. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 66000 - Family Therapy Skills


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Training of basic family therapy skills. Procedures are applied in practice groups and analogue situations. Typically offered Fall.


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  • CDFS 66300 - Structural And Strategic Family Therapies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigation of theory, research, and practice of structural and strategic family therapies. Readings will include a wide range of the original works of major theorists such as Erickson, Minuchin, Haley, Watzlawick, and Palazzoli. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CDFS 66500 - Transgenerational And Specialized Family Therapies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigation of theory, research, and practice of transgenerational and specialized family therapies. Readings will include a wide range of original works of the major theorists. Prerequisite: CDFS 60300. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CDFS 66700 - Practicum In Marriage Counseling


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Supervised counseling experience in working with premarital and marital problems. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CDFS 66900 - Practicum In Family Therapy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Supervised counseling experience in family therapy. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CDFS 67100 - Sex Therapy


    Prerequisite(s): CDFS 67000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the literature, research, and theories related to therapeutic interventions for sexual concerns in relationships. Particular attention is given to systemic approaches and to the relationship between marital and sex therapy. Prerequisite: CDFS 67000. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 67800 - Externship In Marriage And Family Therapy


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 to 9.00 (Calumet) Supervised clinical experience in marriage and family therapy at an approved externship site. Depending on the number of credit hours for which one is registered, will require 8-24 clinic hours and 3-9 experiential hours per week. Prerequisite: CDFS 66700, 66900. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CDFS 68000 - Professional Issues For Child And Family Specialists


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Professional issues involved in working with children and families. Questions of ethics, legal relationships, and value problems may be pursued, as may such pragmatic inquiries as the role of professional organizations and labor unions in these fields. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CDFS 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Chinese

  
  • CHNS 10100 - Chinese Level I


    Credit Hours: 4.00. A comprehensive course in elementary Mandarin, designed to develop basic proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Systematic coverage of syntactical patterns. After oral foundation work, 20 characters are introduced each lesson in unsimplified and simplified forms. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • CHNS 10200 - Chinese Level II


    Prerequisite(s): CHNS 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 4.00. A continuation of the study of elementary Mandarin. Students will complete study of basic syntactical patterns. Character recognition will be built to 500. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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Civil Engineering

  
  • CE 11500 - Engineering Drawing I


    Credit Hours: 1.00. (ME 11500) A technical drawing course covering engineering geometry, orthographic projection, auxiliary views, dimensioning, and tolerance using sketching techniques, and 2-D CAD. Credit is not allowed for both CE 11500 and ME 11500. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • CE 11600 - Engineering Drawing II


    Prerequisite(s): CE 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ME 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 1.00. (ME 11600) A continuation of the technical drawing course covering 3-D parametric modeling, part assembly modeling, and detail and assembly drawings. Credit is not allowed for both CE 11600 and ME 11600. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 20100 - Surveying And GIS


    Prerequisite(s): (MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 16900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    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.


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  • CE 20400 - Civil Engineering Materials


    Prerequisite(s): (MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085) AND CHM 11500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    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.


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  • CE 23200 - Engineering Geology


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 18100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Methods of surface and subsurface exploration for site characterization; engineering properties of rocks and soil in practices. Topics include structural failures in rock and soils, ground water, land subsidence, earthquakes, weathering, civil, mining and petroleum engineering related design and environmental problems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • CE 27300 - Mechanics Of Materials


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND (ME 27100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR CE 27101 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-)

    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.


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  • CE 27301 - Mechanics Of Materials Laboratory


    Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    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.


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  • CE 27500 - Basic Mechanics II (Dynamics)


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND (CE 27101 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ME 27100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-)

    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.


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  • CE 30300 - Engineering Surveying


    Prerequisite(s): CE 27100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ME 27000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Horizontal and vertical control surveys on site and route projects for engineering design and construction layout. Geometric design of horizontal circular curves, spiral easement curves, and vertical parabolic curves. Earthwork volume computation and balancing. Use of coordinate geometry (COGO) design software including terrain and design surface modeling. Methods and tools used for construction layout, as-built surveys, and industrial measurements. Typically offered Spring.


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  • CE 30800 - Construction Engineering Management


    Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND CE 20400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    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.


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  • CE 31200 - Fluid Mechanics


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND (CE 27500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ME 27500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) 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.


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  • CE 31300 - Fluid Mechanics Lab


    Prerequisite(s): CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 1.00. (ME 31300) Introduction to fluid mechanics laboratory, experiments on flow patterns, velocity profile in an air pipe, wind tunnel calibration, draining of a tank, pipe friction, boundary layer studies, falling ball experiments, and viscosity measurements. Credit is not allowed for both CE 31300 and ME 31300. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 32200 - Introduction To Construction Engineering


    Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND ME 31100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to project planning and management – U.S. construction industry practice, organization of construction firms, cost of construction projects, cost estimating, quantity takeoff. Topics will include equivalence, present worth, uniform annual cost, depreciation, documents, contracts, and management project scheduling inspection. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • CE 32500 - Elementary Structural Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): ME 27000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate systems, including beams, trusses, frames, and arches by classical methods. Energy theorems and the beam theory are used to find out the displacement at a specific point in the system. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 32800 - Mechanics Of Materials Lab


    Prerequisite(s): ME 27400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 1.00. (ME 32800) Experimental approach to mechanics of materials emphasizing mechanics fundamentals as applied to machine design applications. Experiments cover 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.


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  • 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.


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  • CE 33400 - Structural Analysis I


    Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    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.


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  • 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


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  • CE 35100 - Introduction To Transportation Engineering


    Prerequisite(s): STAT 34500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C (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.


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  • CE 35400 - Introduction To Environmental Engineering


    Prerequisite(s): CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) OR ME 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- (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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • CE 41100 - Building Design


    Prerequisite(s): CE 11600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND CE 32300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND 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.


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  • CE 41200 - Groundwater Hydrology


    Prerequisite(s): ME 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 34200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Flow through porous media, occurrence of ground water, well hydraulics, flow nets. Ground water contamination, pollutant movement and unsaturated flow, Case studies. Numerical modeling techniques for ground water modeling, groundwater flow, and groundwater pollution problems in steady state conditions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 42800 - Traffic Management


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Driver, pedestrian, and vehicular characteristics. Traffic characteristics; study of highway capacity; analyses of traffic patterns. Principles of traffic control for improved highway traffic service. Use intersection, corridor or network analysis, computer evaluation, and optimization tools. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 42900 - Senior Engineering Design I


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 30700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 20400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND CE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 33400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 35100 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


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  • CE 43000 - Transportation Policy


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Current concepts, theories, and issues in managing transportation organizations. Study of transportation logistics and engineering systems with an overview of the operating context, leadership challenges, strategies, and management tools that are used in today’s public and private transportation organizations. Analyze alternative models of decision-making, strategic planning, stakeholder valuation and analysis, government-based regulation and cooperation within the transportation enterprise, disaster communications, systems safety, change management, and the impact of globalization.. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 43300 - Structural Dynamics I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to structural dynamics, single-degree-of-freedom (SDF) systems, free vibration of SDF systems, response of SDF to time-varying forces (harmonic, periodic, step, pulse general), numerical evaluation of dynamic response of SDF systems, earthquake response of linear and inelastic systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 43600 - Urban Transportation Planning and Modeling


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Transportation data sources and cost analysis; management of transportation systems; transport legislation, transport financing; intelligent transportation systems planning; sustainable transportation concepts. Use of popular travel demand software and applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS).. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • 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


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  • CE 44500 - Water Resources System Design


    Prerequisite(s): ME 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 34200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of principles of hydrology, hydraulics, and environmental engineering in the planning, design, and analysis of a comprehensive water resource project. The application of engineering concepts to the practical design of water supply, distribution, collection, and treatment facilities will be emphasized. Written and oral presentation of student projects will be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 44600 - Water and Wastewater Treatment


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of engineering approaches to protect water quality with an emphasis on fundamental principles. Theory and conceptual design of systems for treating municipal wastewater and drinking water. Reactor theory, process kinetics, and models. Physical, chemical, and biological processes, including sedimentation, filtration, biological treatment, disinfection, and sludge processing. Engineered and natural processes for wastewater treatment.. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 45200 - Air Pollution


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of air pollution sources. Effects of air pollutants on human health and environment. Technologies and methods used to control air pollution. Regional and global issues such as acid rain, ozone depletion, and global climate change.. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 45301 - Engineering Rock Mechanics


    Prerequisite(s): ME 27400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 41000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. State of stress in rock, rock dynamics, rock mechanics model, finite element model, fracturing, rock mechanics design and instrumentation, introduction to rock testing method. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 45501 - Design Of Earth Structures


    Prerequisite(s): CE 32100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 36700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Design of earth structures: dam, highway fills, cofferdams, etc. Embankment construction techniques, quality control, embankment analysis, instrumentation, foundation soil stabilization, seepage analysis and control. Design problems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 45800 - Solid Waste Management


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Planning and design of solid waste management systems; includes characterization and collection of domestic, commercial, and industrial solid wastes, waste minimization and recycling, energy and materials recovery, composting, incineration, and landfill design.. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 46200 - Highway Design


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND CE 33400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to traffic engineering and highway planning. Design, construction, and maintenance of highway facilities; earthwork, drainage structures; pavements. Preparation of environmental impact statement. This course has computer applications and will include completing a design project. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • 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.


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  • CE 47600 - Reinforced Concrete And Steel Structures


    Prerequisite(s): CE 27300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND CE 33400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Concrete design - beams, slabs, girders, columns, and footings for building frames and bridges. Introduction to pre-stressed concrete, ultimate strength design, basic design criteria. Design of structural steel beams, columns, beam-columns, and bolted and welded connections. Introduction to design aspects of composite steel/concrete beams. Design of continuous structures. Plastic analysis. Training in computerized structural analysis and design. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 48100 - Foundation Engineering


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The Foundation Engineering course focuses on geotechnical design of shallow and deep foundations and includes review of geotechnical properties of soil, subsurface exploration, seepage, bearing capacity of shallow foundations, lateral earth pressure theories, retaining walls, and deep foundations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • CE 48200 - Engineering Risk Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Decision making in the presence of uncertainty: reliability and probabilistic risk assessment (RPRA), decision analysis (DA), and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Balancing risks and benefits in situations that involve human safety, potential environmental effects, and large financial and technological uncertainties. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • CE 48500 - Environmental Law And Public Policy


    Prerequisite(s): CE 35400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Review and analyze federal and state regulation of air and water pollution and hazardous wastes. Analyze pollution as an economic problem and the failure of markets. Emphasize use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (such as economic incentives and voluntary approaches) to control pollution and to encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focus on the major federal legislation, the underlying administrative system, and the common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and the role of the courts. Discuss classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Also provides an introduction to basic legal skills.. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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  • 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.


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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.


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  • CET 10400 - Elementary Surveying


    Prerequisite(s): MA 14700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Measurement of distances, directions, and angles using tape, level, theodolite, and total station. Computation of areas and traverses, lines and grades. Also, topographic surveys, an introduction to construction surveys, and an introduction to GPS measurement. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • 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.


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