Course Offerings: A-D

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The University does not offer all of the courses listed in the catalog each year. Consult the Schedule of Classes to determine which courses are offered each semester.

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Financial and Managerial Accounting Concepts: PR: Acceptance into the graduate program. (Not open to Accounting majors.) The conceptual background for understanding financial statements and management accounting reports.

ACG 5206 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Financial Reporting: PR: Acceptance for graduate study and all accounting foundation courses. An in-depth study of advanced financial reports.

ACG 5346 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Cost Accounting II: PR: Acceptance for graduate study. ACG 3361, ACG 3111, FIN 3403, ECO 3411. Continuation of ACG 3361. Overhead and joint cost allocation, capital budgeting and analysis. EOQ analysis, decentralization, and quantitative decision analysis.

ACG 5506 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Accounting for Governmental and Nonbusiness Organizations: PR: Acceptance for graduate study. ACG 3501, ACG 311. Study of problems and methods of applying managerial accounting concepts in a nonprofit environment.

ACG 5625 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Auditing and EDP: PR: Acceptance for graduate study, ACG 3111, ACG 4401, and ACG 4651. An examination of auditing procedures followed when a company uses a computer to process financial records.

ACG 5636 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Advanced Auditing Topics: PR: Acceptance for graduate study and ACG 4651, ECO 3401. Special topics relative to the standards, practices, and procedures followed in the audit function. Includes statistical sampling, advanced computer systems, advanced applications, and reporting problems.

ACG 5675 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Operational Auditing: PR: Acceptance for graduate study and ACG 3111, ACG 4651. The standards, principles, practices, and procedures followed in the internal audit function.

ACG 6255 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

International and Multinational Accounting: PR: Graduate standing and ACG 3111. An examination of the environmental factors affecting international accounting concepts and standards. Cross-country differences in accounting treatments are compared.

ACG 6356 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Cost Accounting: PR: ACG 5346, graduate standing, and all foundation courses for the accounting program or equivalents. A study of current selected topics in cost accounting and management accounting.

ACG 6405 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Accounting Information Systems II: PR: Graduate standing and all foundation courses for the accounting program or equivalents. Design and analysis of information systems and special auditing topics.

ACG 6425 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Managerial Accounting Analysis: PR: Graduate standing and ACG 5005, or one year of accounting, and ECO 5415. (Not open to accounting majors.) Accounting as an information measurement system for internal planning and control.

ACG 6519 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Governmental and Nonbusiness Accounting and Auditing: PR: Graduate standing and all foundation courses for the accounting program or equivalents. Examination of current issues and topics with emphasis on current and future developments.

ACG 6696 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Auditing: PR: ACG 5636, graduate standing, and all foundation courses for the accounting program or equivalents. A study of current auditing topics.

ACG 6805 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Accounting Theory: PR: Graduate standing and all foundation courses for the accounting program or equivalents. An examination of the evolution of contemporary accounting theory with emphasis on current and future developments.

ACG 6806 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Professional Accounting Issues: PR: Graduate standing and all foundation courses for the accounting program or equivalents. An examination of current issues confronting the accounting profession.

ACG 7157 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Financial Accounting Research: PR: Admission to doctoral program, equivalent of master's degree in accounting or taxation, QMB 7565, and GEB 7910; and C.I. Extensive coverage of empirical literature dealing with bankruptcy prediction, earnings forecasting, income smoothing, information content, analytical review, and related financial accounting research.

ACG 7399 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Behavioral Accounting Research: PR: Admission to doctoral program, ACG 7157, and C.I. Extensive study of the theoretical aspects and empirical literature related to accounting-based judgement/decision processes and the behavioral implications of accounting.

ACG 7698 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Directed Research Project in Auditing: PR: Admission to doctoral program and ACG 7699, or C.I. Highly individualized research project on a specific auditing research issue. Includes proposals development, methodology, data gathering, analysis, and reporting results.

ACG 7699 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Auditing Research: PR: Admission to doctoral program, ACG 7157, and C.I. A thorough review and critical analysis of auditing research literature, with emphasis on emerging research issues and methods.

ACG 7887 BA-ACCT 1(1,0)

Accounting Research Forum: PR: Admission to doctoral program. Research and pedagogical issues in accounting, including research presentations by faculty, doctoral students, and invited scholars. May be taken for 4 hours credit.

ACG 7915 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Directed Research in Accounting: PR: GEB 7910 and C.I. Advanced study in specialized areas of accounting research. Study designed to lead toward publishable research or student's dissertation. By definition, topical areas will vary.

ACG 7917 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Seminar in Research Methods in Accounting: PR: Admission to doctoral program or C.I. Extensive coverage and critical analysis of accounting theory literature and research methods in accounting.

NOTE: All AMH graduate colloquia listed below require intensive reading in the literature of a given field, class discussions, and the preparation of papers. The prerequisites for 5000-level courses are senior standing and the consent of the instructor. All seminars listed below involve supervised research and the writing of term papers. The consent of the instructor is required for every seminar.

AMH 5116 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S. Colonial History: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Reading and discussion of the literature on selected topics in U.S. history.

AMH 5137 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S. Revolutionary Period: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Reading and class discussion of the literature on selected topics in the Revolutionary Era, 1763-1789.

AMH 5149 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in Early U.S. History, 1789-1815: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Reading and class discussion of the literature on selected topics of the early national period.

AMH 5169 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium Age of Jackson: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Intensive reading and class discussion on selected topics of the Jacksonian age.

AMH 5176 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in Civil War and Reconstruction: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Intensive reading and class discussion on selected topics of the Civil War and Reconstruction era.

AMH 5219 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in Late 19th Century U.S.: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Reading and class discussion of the literature on selected topics of late 19th-century U.S.

AMH 5296 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in 20th Century U.S.: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Reading and class discussion on selected topics in 20th-century U.S.

AMH 5391 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S. Cultural History: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Students will read and discuss a common or diverse body of the significant literature in the field.

AMH 5407 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in American South: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Intensive reading and class discussion on selected topics of Southern history from colonial origins to the present.

AMH 5446 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S. Frontier: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. Reading and class discussion of the literature on selected topics of frontier history.

AMH 5515 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S. Diplomatic History: PR: Senior Standing or C.I. A survey of the historical literature of American foreign policy. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

AMH 5566 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium: Women in American History: Intensive reading and class discussion on selected topics of Women in American History from colonial time to the present.

AMH 5937 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

AP American History: Participants will enhance their knowledge of weighing evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship with respect to the social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and political-diplomatic history of the U.S.

AMH 6939 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Seminar in U.S. History: May be repeated for credit when content is different.

AML 5156 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Modern American Poetry: Study of trends, modes, major figures (Eliot, Pound, H.D., Lawrence, Stevens, Hart, Crane, Moore, W.C. Williams, etc.) within the Modernist movement in American poetry.

ANT 5479 AS-SOC/AN 3(3,0)

Comparative Cultural Analysis: The dynamics of cultural processes in a multi-ethnic setting.

ARE 5251 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Art for Exceptionalities: Concepts, principles, and methods of integrating art processes into the education of the physically, emotionally, and mentally handicapped.

ARE 5255 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Arts in Recreation: Art activities and experiences appropriate for use in playground, leisure services, occupational orientation and other recreational areas.

ARE 5454 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Found Arts: PR: C.I. Materials available for instruction in the public schools will be explored in depth in relation to their appropriateness and productive qualities.

ARE 5648 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Contemporary Visual Arts Education: PR: ARE 4443 or C.I. Continued study of current programs and innovations in public school Visual Arts Programs.

ARE 6195 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Teaching Art Appreciation with Interdisciplinary Strategies: PR: Graduate status and public school teaching experience. Focuses on the examination of art appreciation examples and concepts toward planning curriculum (interdisciplinary for the study of art history, criticism, and aesthetics).

ARE 6666 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Arts Advocacy: The study and development of plans to produce arts advocacy programs for the public school system.

ARH 5451 AS-ART 3(3,0)

Artistic World Views: PR: Post-Baccalaureate status, 9 hours of art courses, or C.I. Art from individuals and cultural perspectives of varying ethnic, religious, occupational, regional, and generational groups.

ARH 5454 AS-ART 3(3,0)

Found Arts: PR: C.I. Materials available for instruction in the public schools will be explored in depth in relation to their appropriateness and productive qualities.

ARH 5478 AS-ART 3(3,0)

Contemporary Women Artists: PR: 6 credits of art courses or C.I. An in-depth study on contemporary women artists from a feminist perspective.

ARH 5933 AS-ART 3(3,0)

Seminar in African and African-American Arts: PR: ARH 3520. Research on questions regarding continuities between African and African-American (including Latin-American) arts. Themes include signs and scripts, charms, and textiles.

ARH 5934 AS-ART 3(3,0)

Orlando Art Exhibition: PR: Graduate Standing or C.I. A partnership class which focuses on the study of an Art Exhibition in an Orlando art or history museum. May be repeated for credit.

ART 5109C AS-ART 3(2,1)

Multi-Cultural Crafts Design: The content of this course will include an appreciation for and the production of Western and Non-Western art forms.

BOT 5495C AS-BIOL 3(2,3)

Bryology: PR: BOT 4303C or C.I. A lecture-laboratory survey course on the diversity and classification of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, with special emphasis on those found in Florida.

BOT 5623C AS-BIOL 4(3,3)

Plant Geography and Ecology: PR: PCB 3043 or C.I. The study of the abiotic and biotic processes that control the distribution of terrestrial flora at local, landscape, and global scales.

BOT 5705C AS-BIOL 4(3,2)

Plant Biosystematics: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Evolutionary processes among plant taxa and populations utilizing cytology, morphology, biochemistry, breeding systems and co-evolution.

BOT 6146C AS-BIOL 4(2,6)

Terrestrial Vegetation: PR: 8 hours in biological sciences or science teaching experience or C.l. Classification and identification among terrestrial plant groups and their natural association in the field. Major reference sources reviewed.

BSC 5034 AS-BIOL 3(3,0)

Biology and Society: PR: C.I. Biological concepts applied to current human problems food production, pollution, diseases, energy, life support systems, and natural ecosystems. Designed for teachers.

BSC 5408L AS-BIOL 3(0,9)

Advanced Biology Laboratory Techniques: PR: BS degree, C.I. This course will emphasize those biological techniques and resources necessary for students about to begin thesis research. Individual and small group instruction in current laboratory techniques, literature searches, and hands-on practice of techniques will be stressed. May not be repeated for credit.

BSC 5939 AS-BIOL 3(3,0)

Biology for AP Teachers: Participants will perform and evaluate the 12 required labs, analyze the design and grading of the Exam, and develop a representative program.

BSC 6950 AS-BIOL 3(3,0)

Biological Research Resources: PR: Graduate status. Research methodology including literature resources, problem conceptualization, research proposals, data collection, and analysis and presentation of findings.

BTE 6171 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Business Education Curriculum: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. Curriculum planning and development; objectives, innovations, problems, and issues in contemporary business programs.

BTE 6425 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Advanced Business Instruction Techniques: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Research, methods, and materials related to current practices in business education.

BTE 6426 ED-IP 3(3,4)

Office Simulation Techniques: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. Methods of office simulation for teachers at the developmental and performance levels.

BTE 6935 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Seminar in Business Education: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Current problems, issues, and trends in business education.

BTE 6946 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Practicum Business Education: PR: Graduate standing. Techniques, materials, and instructional media; evaluation and new trends of instruction in all areas of business education.

BUL 5125 BA-ACCT 3(3,0)

Legal and Social Environment of Business: PR: Admission to graduate program. Analysis of the legal and ethical environment of business, the effects of legislation and regulation on business activity, and the role of law and ethics in the decision-making process.

CAP 5415 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Vision: PR: COP 3530C. Image formation, binary vision, region growing and edge detection, shape representation, dynamic scene analysis, texture, stereo and range images, and knowledge representation.

CAP 5610 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Machine Learning: PR: CAP 4630 or C.I. Origin/evaluation of machine intelligence; machine learning concepts and their applications in problem solving, planning and "expert systems"; symbolic role of human and computers.

CAP 5636 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Advanced Artificial Intelligence: PR: CAP 4630. Al theory of knowledge representation, "expert systems," memory organization, problem solving, learning, planning, vision, and natural language.

CAP 5725 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Graphics Systems I: PR: COP 3530C or equivalent. Architecture of graphics processors; display hardware; principles of programming and display software; problems and applications of graphic systems.

CAP 6411 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Vision Systems: PR: CAP 5410. Recent systems contributing toward recognition, reasoning, knowledge representation, navigation, and dynamic scene analysis. Comparisons, enhancements, and integrations of such systems.

CAP 6412 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Advanced Computer Vision: PR: CAP 5410. Computational theories of perception, shape from IX' techniques, multi-resolution image analysis, 3-D model based vision, perceptual organization, spatiotemporal model, knowledge-based vision systems.

CAP 6613 ED-IP 3(0)

Utilizing Microcomputers in Education: Instruction in microcomputers emphasizing applications of software in the classroom and for school recordkeeping.

CAP 6640 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Understanding of Natural Language: PR: CAP 5601. A study of the different approaches to build programs to "understand" natural language. The theory of parsing, knowledge representation, memory, and inference will be studied.

CAP 6671 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Intelligent Systems: PR: CAP 5610. Study of computer systems exhibiting intelligent attributes, particularly learning; basic concepts related to characteristics, capabilities, design, and principles of operation; discussion of relevant philosophical/social issues.

CAP 6676 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Knowledge Representation: PR: CAP 5636. Topics covered include terminological languages, logicist approaches, ontologies, ontological and conceptual relativity, processes, intangibles, time, building large knowledge bases, and complexity analysis.

CAP 6701 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Graphic Systems ll: PR: CAP 5725. Modeling design and analysis of graphics systems; data structures, numerical techniques, algorithms, and optimum seeking methods for various problems in computer graphics.

CCJ 5015 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

The Nature of Crime: This course provides an overview of major dimensions of crime in the U.S.; epidemiology of crime, costs of crime, and typologies of crime and criminals.

CCJ 5105 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Foundations of Law Enforcement: PR: C.I. Examines police role in modern society and law enforcement policy.

CCJ 5305 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Foundations of Corrections: PR: C.I. Provides an overview of correctional process in U.S., including philosophical foundations and contemporary practices.

CCJ 5406 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Research and Technology Implementation: Changing roles of social and physical sciences as related to the objectives and administration of public safety agencies.

CCJ 5456 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

The Administration of Justice: This course provides an overview of the criminal justice system and a critical analysis of formal and informal processing of offenders by criminal justice agencies.

CCJ 5467 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Justice and Safety System Manpower: Processes essentials to administration to human resources in criminal justice and public safety agencies; structure and processes for acquisition, training, and maintenance of personnel.

CCJ 5704 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Research Methods in Criminal Justice: An examination of the philosophy and techniques of research as applied in the Criminal Justice field.

CCJ 6106 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice: This course is designed to familiarize students with the causes and consequences of public policy with an emphasis on criminal justice policy.

CCJ 6217 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Law and Social Control: This course will examine the types of behavior the state has sought to control and the means employed to exert such control.

CCJ 6485 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Issues in Justice Policy: Examination of selected issues of public policy regarding the functions and roles of criminal justice agencies vis-a-vis other government departments or agencies and public purposes.

CCJ 6505 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

The Juvenile Justice System: This course will focus on the development and philosophy of the Juvenile Justice System; the measurement of delinquency, theories and correlates of delinquency and prevention.

CCJ 6705 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Applied Criminal Justice Research: Upon successful completion of this course the student will gain an understanding of the major philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual approaches to evaluation research.

CCJ 6706 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Quantitative Methods and Computer Utilization in Criminal Justice: Application of statistical software to quantitative and qualitative methods in Criminal Justice.

CCJ 6730 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Planned Change and Innovation in Criminal Justice: This course will provide participants with an understanding of planned individual and organizational change so that they may become successful agents of such change.

CCJ 6934 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Criminal Justice, Crime, and Popular Culture: PR: Graduate standing, CCJ 5456, or C.I. Explore how Criminal Justice System, Criminals, and Crime are portrayed in entertainment and news media and the effects portrayals have on society and Criminal Justice.

CCJ 6938 HPA-CJ Variable

Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Students are exposed to in-depth coverage of a particular contemporary problem in criminal justice, for example, the death penalty or the influence of the media on crime and punishment.

CCJ 6946 HPA-CJ Variable

Criminal Justice Practicum: Students will undertake a significant research project in a criminal justice agency.

CCJ 7457 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Seminar in Criminal Justice Theory: PR: Admission to Ph.D. program or C.I. Examination of the theoretical basis of criminal justice policies. Focus on retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration.

CCJ 7930 HPA-CJ 3(3,0)

Seminar in Criminal Justice Policy Analysis: PR: Admission to Ph.D. program or C.I. Criminal justice policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, with special emphasis on problems of conceptualization and methodology.

CDA 5106 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Advanced Computer Architecture I: PR: CDA 4150. Instruction set architectures, processor implementation, memory hierarchy, pipelining, computer arithmetic, vector processing, and I/O.

CDA 5110 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Parallel Architecture and Algorithms: PR: COT 4210, CDA 5106. General-purpose vs. special-purpose parallel computers; arrays, message-passing; shared-memory; Taxonomy; parallization techniques; communication synchronization and granularity; parallel data structures; automatic program restructuring.

CDA 5215 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Architecture and Design of VLSI: PR: CDA 4150 or equivalent. Overview of VLSI technology. Logical design of basic subsystems; integrated system design tools; design of a VLSI computer system.

CDA 5501 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Communication Networks Architecture: PR: CDA 4150. Computer networks, layers, protocols and interfaces, local area networks, internetworking.

CDA 6107 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Advanced Computer Architecture ll: PR: CDA 5106. Multiprocessor systems; interconnection network; stack architectures; high-level language architecture; design languages; performance evaluation.

CDA 6108 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Selected Topics in Computer Architecture: PR: CDA 5106. Selected research papers on multiprocessors, database machines, virtual machines, ultra-computer, connection machine, MPP, Butterfly flow architectures, object-based architectures, fault tolerant architectures.

CDA 6211 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

VLSI Algorithms and Architecture: PR: CDA 5210. VLSI algorithms, algorithms on regular geometries, hierarchically organized machines; illustrative algorithms: Matrix, DFT, recurrence evaluation, pattern matching, searching, sorting, graph, etc.; area-time complexity issues.

CDA 6520 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computer Networks Design and Distributive Processing: PR: CDA 5501 and COP 5611. Computer communications networks design considerations, network operating system, distributive processing.

CEG 5015 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Geotechnical Engineering II: PR: CEG 4101C. Continuation of CEG 4101C with emphasis on shear strength and design factors for earth pressures, bearing capacity, and slope stability.

CEG 5700 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Geo-Environmental Engineering: PR: CEG 4101C. Geotechnical applications to environmental problems, groundwater flow, soil contamination and groundwater contaminate transport, geosynthetics and stability of landfill design, control of contaminated sites.

CEG 6065 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Soil Dynamics: PR: CEG 4101C. Comprehensive coverage in calculating the dynamic response of foundations, presenting a variety of contemporary techniques for fields and laboratory.

CEG 6115 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Foundation Engineering: PR: CEG 5015. Analysis and design of spread footings, mat foundations, retaining walls, sheeting and bracing systems and pile foundations.

CEG 6317 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Advanced Geotechnical Engineering: PR: CEG 5015. Mechanics of soils and models; elasticity and plasticity of soil bodies; strength of soils and stability of soil structures.

CEN 5016 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Software Engineering: PR: COP 4020 and knowledge of Ada. Study of design techniques for large software systems, modularization, task assignment, management techniques, implementation techniques, testing, quality control, documentation, and maintenance.

CES 5325 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Bridge Engineering: PR: CES 4605; CES 4702. Structural systems for bridges, loading, analysis by influence lines, slab and girder bridges, composite design, prestressed concrete, rating of existing bridges, specifications and economic factors.

CES 5606 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Advanced Steel Structures: PR: CES 4605. Behavior and design of steel buildings; emphasis on AISC-LRFD building code; complex connections, tension members, stability of compression members, laterally unsupported beams, frames, and beam columns.

CES 5706 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Advanced Reinforced Concrete: PR: CES 4702 or C.I. Design of frames, two-way floor systems, shear walls; shear and torsion; compression field theory; inelastic analysis; wind and seismic design; introduction to prestressed concrete.

CES 5821 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Masonry and Timber Design: PR: C.I. Structural properties of masonry and timber; design loads-codes and standards; analysis for axial loads, flexure and shear.

CES 6116 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Finite Element Structural Analysis: PR: CES 4101 or C.I. Concept, theory, and application of the finite element method; analysis of one-, two-, and three-dimensional structural components and systems; stability and dynamics; applications.

CES 6129 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Analysis of Plates and Shells: PR: EML 5237 or equivalent. Theory of bending of thin plates. Energy and approximation techniques. Non-linear behavior of plates. Theory of thin shells with small deformations.

CES 6170 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Boundary Element Methods in Civil Engineering: PR: C.I. Green's theorems; integral formulations for two- and three-dimensional and axisymmetric problems of solid mechanics; applications to structural and geomechanics problems; programming.

CES 6209 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Dynamics of Structures: PR: C.I. Response analysis of single and multi-degree-of-freedom systems to periodic and non-periodic excitations; continuous systems; response spectra; applications in structural engineering.

CES 6218 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Structural Stability: PR: EML 5237 or equivalent. Analysis of structural elements, columns, frameworks, lateral stability. Introduction to the stability of plates. Energy and approximate methods.

CES 6220 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Wind and Earthquake Engineering: PR: CES 6209 or C.I. Wind characteristics; wind effects on structures; dynamic analysis for wind loads; nature of earthquake forces; response spectra and seismic design; wind and seismic codes.

CES 6230 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Advanced Structural Mechanics: PR: C.I. Review of biaxial bending and torsion; plate bending; theory of elasticity, visco-elasticity and plasticity; anisotropic elasticity and stability.

CES 6715 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Prestressed Concrete Structures: PR: CES 4702 and CES 5706 or C.I. Prestressed concrete behavior and design; applications in building and bridge design including pre- and post-tensioned girders, floors, roofs, and walls.

CES 6840 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Composite Steel Concrete Structures: PR: CES 5606 and CES 5706 or C.I. Fundamentals of composite action; high performance materials, design of composite beams, slabs, beam-columns, joints; applications of prestressing; composite buildings and bridges; construction methods.

CES 6910 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Research in Structural Engineering: PR: C.I. Behavior and design of steel, concrete, or composite structures under cyclic, wind, earthquake, impact, or blast loading.

CGN 5320C EN-CEE 3(2,2)

Geographic Information systems: Programming theory and application of Geographic Information Systems to Civil Engineering projects.

CGN 5504C EN-CEE 3(2,2)

Civil Engineering Materials: PR: EGN 3365C, EGN 3331, or C.I. Structure, properties, and applications of materials used in civil engineering including concrete, steel, asphalt, wood, soils, and composite materials.

CGN 5506C EN-CEE 3(2,2)

Asphalt Concrete Mix Design: PR: CEG 4101C. Properties of asphalt, aggregate and asphalt mixtures, Marshall mix design, Hveem mix design, pavement rehabilitation.

CGN 6655 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Regional Planning, Design, and Development: PR: ENV 4651. Project course dealing with planning, design, and development of regional systems, including projections, case studies, design alternatives, environmental impact, etc.

CGS 5310 ED-E PE 3(3,0)

Computer-Based Educational Systems: PR: COP 4020 or equivalent. The design and implementation of computer-based educational systems. Selected projects using high-level programming languages.

CHM 5225 AS-CHEM 3(3,0)

Advanced Organic Chemistry I: PR: CHM 2211. Theoretical and physical organic concepts of organic systems from the perspective of modern structural theory, thermodynamics, and kinetics.

CHM 5235 AS-CHEM 3(3,0)

Applied Molecular Spectroscopy: PR: CHM 3120C and CHM 2211. Determination of chemical structure through interpretation of UV, IR, NMR, and Mass Spectra.

CHM 5305 AS-CHEM 3(3,0)

Applied Biological Chemistry: PR: CHM 2211. The identification from plants, synthesis, assessment of bioactivity, and design of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, as well as the impact of biotechnology in the chemical industry.

CHM 5450 AS-CHEM 3(3,0)

Polymer Chemistry: PR: CHM 2211. An introduction to the chemistry of synthetic polymers. Synthetic methods, polymerization mechanisms, characterization techniques, and polymer properties will be considered.

CHM 5451L AS-CHEM 2(0,6)

Polymer Chemistry Laboratory: PR: CHM 2211 AND CHM 3410. A laboratory course designed to introduce students to the major polymerization mechanisms. Polymer synthesized in the laboratory will be characterized using modern instrumental methods.

CHM 5580 AS-CHEM 3(3,0)

Advanced Physical Chemistry: CR: 3411 and PR: MAC 2313. Selected topics of thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and structure.

CHM 5711 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

The Chemistry of Materials: PR: CHM 2211, CHM 4130C, and CHM 3411. Structure and properties of chemical products, with an emphasis on the correlation between molecular form and the functional properties deemed desirable for the product.

CHM 6440 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Kinetics and Catalysis: PR: CHM 3411 or equivalent. Classical kinetics with an emphasis on industrial applications and current catalysis methodologies.

CHM 6710 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Applied Analytical Chemistry: PR: CHM 3211, CHM 4130C, and CHM 3411 or equivalent. Concepts in molecular structure that integrate structural, physical, and chemical properties with aspects of industrial and analytical chemistry.

CHM 6938 AS-CHEM 1(1,0)

Graduate Seminar: PR: C.I. A topic of current chemical interest will be presented by students at a regularly scheduled departmental seminar. May be repeated for credit.

CHS 5241 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Chemical Dynamics II: PR: CHS 5240. Continuation of CHS 5240.

CHS 5250 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Chemical Synthesis I: PR: CHM 2211, and 3411; or equivalent. Survey of chemical synthesis from the standpoint of planning a synthesis, intermediates, special techniques, protection of functional groups, experimental design and optimization of reaction conditions.

CHS 5262 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Industrial Chemical Processes: PR: CHM 3211 and 3411. Familiarization with basic considerations of large-scale inorganic and organic chemical manufacturing techniques, raw materials, and the petrochemical industry.

CHS 6240 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Chemical Thermodynamics: PR: CHM 3411 or equivalent. Classical and statistical thermodynamics with emphasis on industrial applications and estimation methods.

CHS 6251 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Applied Organic Synthesis: PR: CHM 3211 and CHM 3411. A survey of chemical syntheses from both a product-oriented standpoint and a process-oriented standpoint. Relevant examples from the pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical industries.

CHS 6260 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Chemical Unit Operations and Separations: PR: C.l. A study of the elements and dynamics that are fundamental to industrial separation methods and transport processes.

CHS 6261 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Chemical Process and Product Development: PR: C.I. Development of chemical products and processes including the determination of technical economic feasibility; use of experiment design in the optimization of variables and scale-up methods.

CHS 6513 AS-CHEM 3(3,0)

Quality Assurance and Bioinformation: PR: C.I. and satisfaction of statistics and biology requirements. Principles of Quality Assurance, a description of current industrywide standards and procedures for locating, evaluating, and processing information about DNA.

CHS 6535 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Forensic Analysis of Biological Materials: PR: PCB 4524, C.I., and satisfaction of statistics and biology requirements. A lecture course for forensic biologists covering the procedures for recovering and typing DNA from evidentiary materials and the interpretation of data.

CHS 6535L AS-CHEM 3(1,6)

Forensic Analysis of Biological Materials Laboratory: PR: CHS 6535, PCB 4524, C.I. and satisfaction of biology requirements. A laboratory course for forensic molecular biologists covering the procedures for recovering and typing DNA from evidentiary materials.

CHS 6536 AS-CHEM 2(2,0)

Forensic Analysis of DNA Data: PR: C.I. and satisfaction of statistics and biology requirements. A lecture course for forensic scientists covering the analysis of laboratory derived DNA data and how they can be applied in an occupational context.

CIS 5101 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computational Techniques in Management Information Systems: PR: COP 4710. Computers in management information systems; analysis, design approaches, processing methods and data management; use of state-of-the-art software in design and development.

CLP 5004 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Psychology of Adult Adjustment: PR: C.I. A survey of situations encountered during adulthood, including marriage, birth, parenthood, trauma, illness, death, etc. Effective adjustment.

CLP 5166 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Advanced Abnormal Psychology: Consideration of classification, causation, management and treatment of emotional disorders. Review of theories and research in the field. Lecture/Laboratory.

CLP 6441 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Introduction to Individual Psychological Assessment: PR: Graduate admission and C.I. Theory and techniques of psychological assessment with emphasis on intake interviewing, cognitive and personality assessment, and report writing. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6441L.

CLP 6441L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab - Individual Assessment: PR: C.I. Practice in specific techniques in individual assessment. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6441.

CLP 6445 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Psychological Theory and Assessment: PR: CLP 6441, Graduate admission and C.I. Theories of personality and techniques of personality assessment with primary emphasis on interviewing skills, objective and projective techniques, and report writing. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6445L.

CLP 6445L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab - Personality Assessment: PR: C.I. Practice in specific techniques in personality assessment. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6445.

CLP 6456 AS-PSYCH 3(2,2)

Individual Counseling - Theory and Practice: PR: Graduate admission and C.I. Introduction to counseling theory. Experiential laboratory. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6456L.

CLP 6456L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab - Counseling: PR: C.I. Practice in specific techniques in counseling. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6456.

CLP 6457 AS-PSYCH 3(2,2)

Group Psychotherapy: PR: CLP 6456, Graduate admission and C.I. Group counseling: theory and process. Experiential group laboratory. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6457L.

CLP 6457L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab - Group Therapy: Practice in group counseling. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6457.

CLP 6458 AS-PSYCH 3(2,2)

Behavior Therapy: PR: CLP 6456, graduate admission, and C.I. Introduction to the principles and procedures of behavior modification as a clinical intervention technique. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6458L.

CLP 6458L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab: Behavior Therapy: PR: C.I. Practice in specific techniques in behavior therapy. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6458.

CLP 6459 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Sex Therapies: PR: CLP 6456, graduate admission, and C.I. A survey of human sexuality, theory and practice of marriage and sex therapy. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6459L.

CLP 6459L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab - Marriage and Sex Therapy: PR: CLP 6456, CLP 6456L, graduate admission, and C.I. Practice in specific techniques in marriage and sex therapy. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6459.

CLP 6460 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Introduction to Child, Adolescent, and Family Therapies: PR: CLP 6456; CLP 6456L, graduate admission, and C.I. A survey of theories and practices of child, adolescent and family therapies. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6460L.

CLP 6460L AS-PSYCH 1(0,2)

Clinical Lab, Child, Adolescent, and Family Therapies: PR: CLP 6456; CLP 6456L, graduate admission, C.I. Practice in specific techniques in child, adolescent and family therapies. To be taken concurrently with CLP 6460.

CLP 6932 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Ethical and Professional Issues in Mental Health Practices: PR: Graduate admission, C.I. Examination of codes of ethics, laws, and professional standards in the mental health field.

COM 6121 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Communication Management: Analysis and development with reference to particular media. Organizational theory, structure, and behavior. Management principles and operations.

COM 6303 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Communication Research I: Analysis of theory and methodology in communication research, with emphasis on persuasion, nonverbal communication, and interpersonal communication.

COM 6304 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Communication Research ll: PR: Statistics and COM 6303. Planning and implementation of research in persuasion, nonverbal communication, and interpersonal communication.

COM 6468 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Communication and Conflict: Research seminar in the study of communication and conflict.

COM 6XXX AS-COMM 3(3,0)

International Communication: Case studies on global communication, coping with cultures, communicating across cultures, global media, global news flow, and persuasive communication.

COP 5021 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Program Analysis: PR: COP 4020 and COT 4210. Syntactic and semantic analysis of programs. Theoretical and practical limitations, attribute evaluation, data flow analysis, program optimization, intermediate representations code generation. Tools to automate analysis.

COP 5570 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Software Tools: PR: COP 4600 and COP 5021. Systems programming languages, concurrent programming, design and implementation of software development/maintenance tools. A large programming project is required.

COP 5611 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Operating Systems Design Principles: PR: COP 4600. Structure and functions of operating systems, process communication techniques, high-level concurrent programming, virtual memory systems, elementary queuing theory, security, distributed systems, case studies.

COP 5711 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Parallel and Distributed Database Systems: PR: COP 4710. Storage manager, implementation techniques for parallel DBMSs, distributed DBMS architectures, distributed database design, query processing, multidatabase systems.

COP 6614 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Operating Systems Techniques: PR: COP 5611. Techniques in the design and implementation of operating systems. Case studies of several experimental and commercial operating systems.

COP 6615 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Operating Systems Theory: PR: COP 5611. Scheduling and queuing theory, simulation, and performance evaluation of computer systems.

COP 6621 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Compiler Construction: PR: COP 5021, COT 5310. Techniques in the design and implementation of compilers. Optimization, code generation, error recovery, attributed grammars. A project is required.

COP 6730 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Transaction Processing: PR: COP 4710. Transaction models, transaction monitors, isolation concepts and lock manager implementation, log manager, transaction manager, file and buffer management, client-server computing.

COP 6731 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Advanced Database Systems: PR: COP 5711. Selected topics concerning object-oriented databases, multimedia databases, active databases, temporal databases, spatial databases, and information systems.

COT 5310 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Formal Languages and Automata Theory: PR: COP 4020 and COT 4210. Classes of formal grammars and their relation to automata, normal forms, closure properties, decision problems. LR(K) grammars.

COT 5405 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Design and Analysis of Algorithms: PR: COT 4210 and COT 4110. Classification of algorithms, e.g., recursive, divide-and-conquer, greedy, etc. Data structures and algorithm design and performance. Time and space complexity analysis.

COT 5507 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computational Methods/Applications: PR: COT 4500. Computational solution techniques for algebraic equations, ODE and PDE Models of applications selected from science, engineering, applied mathematics, and computer science.

COT 5510 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computational Methods/Linear Systems: PR: COT 4500 and MAS 3113. Mathematical models for linear systems, linear programming, the simplex method, integer and mixed-integer programming, introduction to nonlinear optimization and linearization.

COT 5520 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computational Geometry: CR: COT 5405. Geometric searching, point location, convex hulls, proximity problems, Vononoi diagrams, spanning trees, triangulation, intersection arrangement applications.

COT 6300 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

The Theory of Parsing and Translation: PR: COT 5310. Methods of top-down and bottom-up parsing, LL(k), recursive descent, precedence, bounded-context, SR(s,k), SLR(k), LALR(k), LR(k), parser compression and generation.

COT 6410 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computational Complexity: PR: COT 5405. Properties of algorithms, computational equivalence of machines, time-space complexity measures, examples of algorithms of different complexity, classification of algorithms, classes P and NP.

COT 6415 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Complexity of Parallel Computation: PR: CDA 5110, COT 6410. Theoretical models - justification and buildability inherent parallelism and communication costs. Lower and upper complexity bounds. Parallel computation thesis. NC, SC classes; paradigms of parallel algorithms.

COT 6505 AS-COMP 3(3,0)

Computational Methods/Analysis I: PR: COT 5515. Analysis of direct and iterative solutions of systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and vectors and roots of nonlinear equations, error analysis.

CPO 6091 AS-POLS 3(3,0)

Seminar in Comparative Politics: Introduction to the theory and methodology of comparative politics, institutions, and contextual factors of selected political systems such as Canada, European, and Third World nations.

CRW 5020 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Graduate Writers' Workshop: Student writers present their own work, receiving detailed analysis of its strengths and weaknesses from their fellow writers and from the teacher.

CRW 5932 AS-ENG 3(2,1)

Teaching Creative Writing: PR: C.I. Creative writing practicum. May be repeated for credit.

CRW 6025 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Graduate Writing Workshop: PR: Admission to the Creative Writing Specialization of the English M.A. program. Writing and revising in one established form. Graduate Writing Workshop must be taken three times (for a total of 9 hours) in order to produce a book-length manuscript (fiction, poetry, or other genre). May be repeated for credit.

CWR 5205 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Hydraulic Engineering: PR: CWR 4101C and CWR 4203C. Concepts of fluid mechanics and hydrodynamics applied to natural and man-made flow of intent to civil and environmental engineering.

CWR 5545 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Water Resources Engineering: PR: CWR 4101C, CWR 4203C. Systems identification and solution to complex water allocation problems, and other hydraulic engineering designs and operations using economic analysis and operations research techniques.

CWR 6102 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Advanced Hydrology: PR: CWR 4101 or C.I. Single site and regional frequency analysis; modeling hydrologic systems; lumped and distributed event models for urban and natural drainage basins; continuous simulation; real-time forecasting.

CWR 6125 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Groundwater Hydrology: PR: CWR 4203C or equivalent. Theories of groundwater movement, geological factors, analysis and design techniques, etc. Emphasis on practical considerations.

CWR 6126 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Groundwater Modeling: PR: CWR 6125. Review of contemporary computer-based groundwater flow models and their application to environmental engineering problems.

CWR 6235 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Open Channel Hydraulics: PR: CWR 4203C or C.I. Free surface flow studies by empirical and theoretical methods for the design, operation, and management of open channels.

CWR 6236 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

River Engineering and Sediment Transport: PR: CWR 4203C and CWR 4101C. River morphology and regime with stabilization and modification of river courses. Sediment transport including control methods and modeling.

CWR 6535 EN-CEE 3(3,0)

Modeling Water Resources Systems: PR: CWR 4101C and CWR 4203C. Contemporary mathematical models for water quality and quantity considerations including computer-based hydraulic and hydrologic models.

CYP 6948 AS-PSYCH 3(2,20)

Psychology Internship: PR: Graduate admission, second-year status, and C.I. Supervised placement in community setting for 8-20 hours per week. May be repeated for credit.

DEP 5057 AS-PSYCH 3(3,0)

Developmental Psychology: PR: Graduate admission or C.I. Psychological aspects of development including intellectual, social, and personality factors.

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