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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • MC 382 - Public Relations Case Studies

    Credits: (3)
    Study of historic and contemporary public relations situations using a case-method approach. The course focuses on strategic planning and implementation by public relations managers. Students learn to assess and establish criteria for public relations programs under a variety of conditions.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 180 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 385 - Media Practicum

    Credits: (1)
    Practical work in student media operations of the school under supervision of an instructor, preparing students for work in the various media industries. Topics include newspaper, radio, yearbook, and video.

    Note
    One hour of credit per semester, which equals a total of 120 work hours supervised by the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of four hours. Enrollment requires a study and work plan approved by the instructor of record.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • MC 396 - Mass Communication Research

    Credits: (3)
    Formulation of mass communication research and design. Appropriate methods of data collection and data analysis.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 110, a 2.5 GPA upon completion of 30 or more hours, and completion of a mathematics or statistics course.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 399 - Honors Seminar in Mass Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Honors students only.

    UGE course
    UGE




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  • MC 404 - Public Affairs Reporting

    Credits: (3)
    Investigative reporting of local, state and national affairs.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 303 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 406 - Advanced Digital News

    Credits: (3)
    Advanced techniques of reporting, writing, and producing news for audio, video, and Web-related media.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 251 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 408 - Producing Digital News

    Credits: (3)
    An advanced production course that emphasizes producing and directing techniques for video news and other information-oriented programming.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 406 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 411 - Yearbook Editing and Management

    Credits: (2)
    Planning, editing, layout, writing, and financing a publication. 

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 416 - Photojournalism

    Credits: (3)
    The materials, principles, and processes of photography directed toward visual reporting in newspapers, magazines and other media.

    Note
    Lectures, demonstrations and laboratory.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 200 and MC 331 with grades of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 421 - Advertising Sales

    Credits: (3)
    Advertising sales applied to print and electronic media. Includes designing and writing retail ads, campaign development, production and sales techniques. Legal, ethical, and regulatory issues covered.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 120 or MKTG 400 with a grade of C or better and a 2.5 GPA upon completion of 30 or more hours.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 423 - Global Advertising

    Credits: (3)
    Issues associated with advertising in a global environment, including cultural impact, international media, regulation, ethics and digital media technologies.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 120 with a grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 426 - Magazine and Feature Writing

    Credits: (3)
    Preparation of feature stories and articles; techniques of market analysis, and marketing of articles written in course.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 200.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 436 - Magazine Production

    Credits: (3)
    The practical application of theory to writing, editing, graphic reproduction, layout and management of magazines.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 303.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 446 - Advertising Media Planning

    Credits: (3)
    The selecting, scheduling, selling and buying of the various advertising media.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 221 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 456 - Advertising Techniques

    Credits: (3)
    The planning, creation, and production of advertising messages for the various mass communications media.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 221 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 460 - KSDB Participation

    Credits: (1-3)
    Supervised participation in the university’s student FM radio station, emphasizing music announcing, board production, recorded production, news and sports play-by-play, and FCC operating regulations.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 165.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • MC 461 - Web Techniques

    Credits: (3)
    Develop expertise in the construction of web sites with a solid emphasis on the appropriateness, integrity and quality of the content provided.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 200, MC 211 or MC 221 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 466 - Law of Mass Communications

    Credits: (3)
    A study of the legal issues relating to mass communication. Emphasis on defamation, privacy, copyright, administrative controls and other areas related to the mass media.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • MC 471 - Audio and Video Production

    Credits: (3)
    Emphasis on aesthetics of audio and video writing, producing, directing, sound recording, lighting, camera work, editing, and mixing. 

    Note
    Field and studio assignments.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 251 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 480 - Public Relations Techniques

    Credits: (3)
    Focuses on the use of communications techniques in achieving organizational goals. Includes planning, application and ethics of messages for print, electronic and on-line media, and for special events.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 280 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 481 - Video Techniques

    Credits: (3)
    Theory and practice of field and studio production, video editing and using video for Web-based applications.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 276 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 491 - Mass Communication Internship

    Credits: (1-3)
    The student works in a professional capacity under proper professional and faculty supervision with reports from student and supervisor required.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Twelve specified semester hours of MC courses and consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • MC 499 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credits: (2)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Honors students only.


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  • MC 501 - Advanced Web Communication

    Credits: (3)
    Management of websites with a focus on solutions to the problems generated by vast quantities of information.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 531 - Communication, Diversity, and Social Change

    Credits: (3)
    Media-related social issues including race, sexuality, disability and class that reflect diversity in the U.S. and global societies, and the role of media and other communication strategies in enabling and facilitating social change.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.


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  • MC 535 - Community Media

    Credits: (3)
    Challenges facing smaller-market news media, including rural and small-town economics, technological issues, local audience composition, access and accountability, community involvement, and job prospects in community media.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 539 - Fund Raising in Non-Profit Organizations

    Credits: (3)
    Theory and practice of public relations in non-profit organizations. Focuses on why and how people give to philanthropic causes.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 280 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, in alternate years


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  • MC 557 - Advanced Advertising and Public Relations Techniques

    Credits: (3)
    Emphasis on individual enhancement of creative concept development, advanced technical skills, and portfolio development. Self-directed projects allow in-depth knowledge, understanding and practice of advertising and public relations production methods.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 456 or MC 480 with grade of B or better.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 561 - Global Culture and the Internet

    Credits: (3)
    Examination of the impact of Western influences through Internet communication and technology on the shaping of a global culture; includes issues of commercialism, capitalism, colonialism and tribalism and conflicts created by cultural classes.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 110 or instructor permission.

    When Offered
    Intersession only


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  • MC 564 - History of Mass Communication

    Credits: (3)
    Growth and development of media and media technology in the United States and their economic, political and social significance.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 572 - Global Mass Communication

    Credits: (3)
    Comparative study of world media systems and the role of mass communication in national development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 573 - Ethics in Mass Communication

    Credits: (3)
    Making ethical decisions in mass media fields and the principles on which those decisions are based.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 575 - Multimedia Techniques

    Credits: (3)
    Theory and practice of creating cross-platform multimedia productions, utilizing computer-based audio, video and graphics. Special emphasis on working with clients and preplanning.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Any of the following: MC 276, MC 303, MC 456 or MC 480 with a C or better, or instructor permission.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 576 - Mass Communications and Political Campaigns

    Credits: (3)
    The roles of journalism, advertising and public relations in political campaigns.  Examines campaign communication strategies, staffing, and the role of political consultants.  Analyzes how voter decision making is affected by mass communications and how voters develop attitudes about candidates and issues.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 110 and either MC 200, MC 211, MC 221, or MC 280.

    When Offered
    Fall, in election years


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  • MC 580 - Convergence Reporting

    Credits: (3)
    Reporting, writing, and producing across multi-media platforms. Students produce stories for submission in multiple formats to be submitted to campus media outlets, including the Collegian, the e-Collegian, the Royal Purple yearbook, KSDB-FM and the Cable Channel 8 newscast.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 303 or MC 406, senior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • MC 589 - Issues in Mass Communication

    Credits: (1-3)
    Advanced topics in mass communication practices and principles.

    Note
    May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 593 - Producing and Directing for Video

    Credits: (3)
    Practice experience in planning, producing, directing, and posting studio and field video productions. Special emphasis on advanced production techniques and managing project development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 276 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 600 - Economics of Mass Communication

    Credits: (3)
    Study of the various economic models applicable to the media industries and application of basic economic concepts and analytical tools to explain media industry behaviors, evaluate business strategies of media firms and assess the merits of public policies toward the media industries.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 605 - Supervision of School Publications

    Credits: (3)
    A methods course for those planning to teach secondary or community college journalism courses and advise high school or community college publications.


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  • MC 612 - Gender Issues and the Media

    Credits: (3)
    The portrayal of women and men by the media, and media employment issues based on gender.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing and one course in MC or Women’s Studies.


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  • MC 625 - Media Relations

    Credits: (3)
    Examines management skills necessary for establishing, maintaining and evaluating a media relations program. Discussion includes working with journalists, conducting media events, preparing spokespersons and developing crisis communications.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 280 with a grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Spring, in alternate years


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  • MC 640 - Advertising Campaigns

    Credits: (3)
    The managerial development and execution of consumer, industrial, and institutional advertising campaigns.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 396, MC 446, and MC 456 with grades of C or better, senior standing.


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  • MC 645 - Public Relations Campaigns

    Credits: (3)
    Advanced study of an organization’s public relations needs. Includes researching the situation, analyzing audiences, and preparing strategic plans for approved clients.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 396 and MC 480 with grades of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 655 - Electronic Media Programming

    Credits: (3)
    The principles, planning, and development of radio-television-cable programs, schedules and related regulation.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 410.


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  • MC 662 - International and Intercultural Public Relations

    Credits: (3)
    Global diversity in business, governmental, and charitable organizations and the demographic changes within countries and across communities that affect the role and practice of public relations worldwide.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 280 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Spring, in alternate years


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  • MC 665 - Managing Integrated Strategic Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Investigation of managerial decision making in advertising and public relation programs. Emphasizes strategic and logical thinking in the decision-making process. Theories and practices from media management, social/cognitive psychology and integrated communication.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 120 or MC 180 with grade of C or better.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
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  • MC 670 - Advertising and Social Responsibility

    Credits: (3)
    Examines social, ethical and legal issues and problems facing the advertising industry, and its relationship with the consumer.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing with a 2.5 GPA and completion of MC 120.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 675 - International Advertising

    Credits: (3)
    Overview of issues and challenges associated with advertising in a global environment, including cultural and economic differences, regulatory issues, and ethical and social responsibilities.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 110 or instructor permission.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 680 - Readings in Mass Communications

    Credits: (1-3)
    Investigation of the literature of mass communications.

    Note
    Three significant books per credit hour with written analysis and oral presentation.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing and consent of supervisory instructor.


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  • MC 682 - Seminar in Public Relations

    Credits: (3)
    Contemporary topics in public relations practice, theory, and research.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MC 280, MC 380, MC 382 with grades of C or better.

    When Offered
    Fall, in alternate years


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  • MC 685 - Media Management

    Credits: (3)
    Issues, ethics and practices in managing media companies, with special emphasis on problems and practices, in converged media operations.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 690 - Problems in Mass Communications

    Credits: (1-4)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Background of courses needed for problem undertaken.


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  • MC 710 - History of Mass Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Growth and development of the news media and mass communication media and systems in the United States and their economic, political, and social significance.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or instructor permission with a 2.5 GPA and completion of a U.S. History course.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 712 - Environmental Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Combines theoretical discussions with practical experience regarding communications about environmental issues and provides introduction to natural and applied science topics related to the communications plan.

    Note
    Three hours lecture per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Senior standing.

    When Offered
    Spring, even years

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  • MC 720 - Ethics in Mass Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Moral analysis, argument, and decision-making by the mass communicator.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or instructor permission with a 2.5 GPA and completion of a philosophy course.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • MC 725 - International Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Comparative study of world media systems and the role of mass communications in national development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or instructor permission with a 2.5 GPA.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 730 - Seminar on Issues of the Media

    Credits: (3)
    A study of philosophical and technological advances in mass communications with emphasis on projected patterns of future growth and development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission with a 2.5 GPA.


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  • MC 740 - Colloquium in Mass Communications

    Credits: (1-3)
    Discussion of selected topics in mass communications research and practice.

    Note
    May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.


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  • MC 745 - Seminar in Mass Communication Law

    Credits: (3)
    Analysis of mass communication freedoms and limitations in such areas as defamation, privacy, copyright, censorship, obscenity, and advertising and electronic media regulation.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MC 765 - Communication Theory

    Credits: (3)
    An examination of major communication theories as they relate to mass communications.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or instructor permission with 2.5 GPA.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • MC 770 - Professional Journalism Practicum

    Credits: (1-4)
    Supervised practical work in professional journalism and mass communications. Includes laboratory investigation, field work, and internships.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: For graduate students.


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  • MC 780 - Research Methods in Mass Communications

    Credits: (3)
    Survey of research methods used in the study of the mass media.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: For graduate students.


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  • ME 101 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (2)
    Introduction to the mechanical engineering curriculum and profession. Orientation for successful transition of new students to college life. Engineering approach to problem solving and computer use in all areas of mechanical engineering. Exchange of information regarding academic, technical, social, ethical, and professional matters between students, faculty, and practicing professionals.

    Note
    Must be taken during the student’s first fall semester in mechanical engineering.

    Two hours recitation a week.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 212 - Engineering Graphics

    Credits: (2)
    Technical sketching, study of basic principles of projective geometry, multiview drawings, pictorials, reading and interpreting drawings, introduction to CAD, sectioning, dimensioning.

    Note
    Six hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Plane geometry.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 390 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (Variable)
    Topics selected in consultation with instructor. Intended for interdisciplinary studies or innovative studies in mechanical engineering.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 400 - Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    The development and application of computer techniques to the problems of design and analysis in mechanical engineering, including computer programming (abstraction and problem solving; algorithms; control structures; input/output; functions; arrays and array processing).

    Note
    Two hours lecture a week and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite or concurrent: MATH 551.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 499 - Honors Research in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (Variable)
    Individual research problem selected with approval of faculty advisor.

    Note
    Open to students in the College of Engineering honors program. A report is presented orally and in writing during the last semester.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 512 - Dynamics

    Credits: (3)
    Vector treatment of kinematics, Newton’s Laws, work and energy, impulse and momentum, with applications to problems of particle and rigid body motion.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 333. Prerequisite or concurrent: MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 513 - Thermodynamics I

    Credits: (3)
    Properties of the pure substance. The first and second laws of thermodynamics. Gas mixtures and psychrometry.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: PHYS 213; MATH 222.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 523 - Thermodynamics II

    Credits: (3)
    Continuation of Thermodynamics I. Energy analysis, thermodynamic cycles, generalized thermodynamic relations, and reactive systems.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 513.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 533 - Machine Design I

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to the design and analysis of machine elements. Emphasis on materials, loads, stress, strain, deflection, failure theories, and finite element analysis. Applications include design and analysis of shafts, gears, and fasteners, weldments, springs, bearings.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 533 and ME 512.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 535 - Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory

    Credits: (3)
    Theory and application of mechanical engineering measurements, instrumentation, and computer-based data acquisition.

    Note
    One hour recitation and six hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 400, ME 513, and ECE 519.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 563 - Machine Design II

    Credits: (3)
    Design and analysis of machine elements. Applications include design and analysis of bearings, gears, shafts, clutches, brakes, belt and chain drives, and hydraulic fluid power.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 533.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 570 - Control of Mechanical Systems I

    Credits: (4)
    Introduction to modeling and control of dynamic systems encountered by mechanical engineers. Topics include basic linear systems modeling and analysis; feedback control; time response and stability of dynamic systems; introduction to root locus and frequency response design.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 240, ME 400, and ME 512. Prerequisite or concurrent: ME 535.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 571 - Fluid Mechanics

    Credits: (3)
    Physical properties; fluid statics; dynamics of ideal and real fluids (for incompressible and compressible flow); impulse and momentum; laws of similitude; dimensional analysis; flow in pipes; flow in open channels; flow about immersed objects.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 512. Prerequisite or concurrent: ME 513.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 573 - Heat Transfer

    Credits: (3)
    Fundamentals of conduction, convection, and radiation; principles of heat exchanger design and dimensional analysis.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 400, ME 571, MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 574 - Interdisciplinary Industrial Design Projects I

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to design theory, project management, team dynamics and socio-economic context of design, etc.; application of design principles, engineering analysis and experimental methods to an industrial interdisciplinary design project involving design, analysis, fabrication and testing.

    Note
    One hour recitation and six hours lab per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 535, ME 571. Prerequisite or concurrent: ENGL 415, or instructor approval.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 575 - Interdisciplinary Industrial Design Projects II

    Credits: (3)
    Continuation of ME 574 with emphasis on in-depth project experience.  Also, discussion of career planning, graduate school, ethics, technical/professional societies, and engineering licensing.

    Note
    One hour lecture and five hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 574 or instructor approval.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ME 610 - Finite Element Applications in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    The application of the finite element method to the solution of engineering problems. Topics include introductions to the methods, linear elastic stress analysis, thermal analysis, and modeling limitations and errors. Commercial computer codes are used in the applications.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 533. Prerequisite or concurrent: ME 573.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 620 - Internal Combustion Engines

    Credits: (3)
    Analysis of cycles, design and performance characteristics.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 523.

    When Offered
    Fall, even years


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  • ME 622 - Indoor Environmental Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Ventilation, heating and cooling system design for buildings. Application of thermodynamic, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics principles for determination of building heating and cooling loads. Determination of ventilation requirements. Sizing, design and integration of environmental control systems.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite or concurrent: ME 573.

    When Offered
    Spring, even years


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  • ME 628 - Aerodynamics

    Credits: (3)
    A general introduction to aerodynamics including the analysis of lift, drag, thrust, and performance for subsonic aircraft, and the application of aerodynamic principles to design.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 571, MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 631 - Aircraft and Missile Propulsion

    Credits: (3)
    Mechanics and thermodynamics of aircraft and missile propulsion systems; combustion; air breathing jet engines; rockets; applied compressible flow; propellants; performance and design of propulsion systems.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 523, 571, MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Spring, odd years


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  • ME 633 - Thermodynamics of Modern Power Cycles

    Credits: (3)
    The first and second law analysis of modern steam cycles for both fossil-fuel and nuclear-fuel installations, Cycle efficiency and factors affecting performance, such as cycle design, load factor, and auxiliaries. Thermal pollution resulting from steam cycles.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 513.

    When Offered
    Fall, odd years


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  • ME 635 - Dynamics of Flight-Stability and Control

    Credits: (3)
    Development of the general dynamic equations of motion for six-degree-of-freedom aircraft. Aerodynamic and propulsion force and moment models, linear and flat earth approximations, static and dynamic stability and control analysis. Longitudinal and lateral normal modes, stability augmentation and automatic control design and simulation.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite or concurrent: ME 570.

    When Offered
    Spring, odd years


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  • ME 640 - Control of Mechanical Systems II

    Credits: (3)
    Design and analysis of control systems. Topics include linear and nonlinear systems modeling; parameter estimation/system identification; steady state errors; advanced root locus and frequency response design; controller implementation.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 570 and MATH 551.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 651 - Introduction to Composites

    Credits: (3)
    Design, fabrication and testing of various composite materials. Analysis of mechanical properties of laminated composites.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and 3 hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 533 and senior standing in engineering.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • ME 656 - Machine Vibrations I

    Credits: (3)
    A general consideration of free and forced vibration in machines for various degrees of freedom; critical speed; vibration isolation.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 512 and MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 699 - Problems in Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (Variable)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • ME 701 - Development of Computer Applications In Mechanical Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Nature of design, graphical user interface development to support computer-aided design, algorithms and computer graphics in computer applications, feature-based design, applications to design problems.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 400.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 716 - Intermediate Dynamics

    Credits: (3)
    General vector principles of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies; applications to orbital calculations, gyrodynamics, and rocket performance; introduction to the energy methods of advanced dynamics.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 512, MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 720 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

    Credits: (3)
    A continuation of ME 571 in the study of general topics in fluid mechanics. Conservation of mass and momentum principles with particular emphasis on analysis of inviscid (potential) flows, compressible flows, and more advanced viscous flows including boundary layers. Numerous applications utilizing numerical methods.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 571, MATH 240.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 721 - Thermal Systems Design

    Credits: (3)
    Thermal systems design including economics, simulation, and optimization. Includes heating, ventilating and air conditioning design and control.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    When Offered
    Spring, odd years


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  • ME 722 - Human Thermal Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Application of thermodynamic, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics principles of the thermal analysis of the human body. Mathematical analysis and computer modeling of human response to the thermal environment. Evaluation of heat stress and cold stress. Protection from heat and cold. Requirements for thermal comfort and impact on human performance..

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    When Offered
    Fall, odd years


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  • ME 728 - Computer Control of ElectroMechanical Systems

    Credits: (3)
    Discrete modeling and analysis of dynamic physical systems in mechanical engineering. Sampling and data conversion and reconstruction. Real time implementation of control on a computer. Digital controller design and implementation. Laboratory exercises in control applications and design.

    Note
    Two hours of recitation and three hours of laboratory per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 570.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • ME 730 - Control Systems Analysis and Design

    Credits: (3)
    Use of classical analysis techniques for control system compensation. State space-control theory fundamentals are presented in addition to an introductory treatment of several major systems areas.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECE 530 or ME 640.

    When Offered
    Spring

    Cross-listed
    ECE 730


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  • ME 738 - Experimental Stress Analysis

    Credits: (3)
    Experimental methods of investigating stress distributions. Photoelastic models, photoelastic coatings, brittle coatings, and resistance strain gauges applied to static and dynamic problems.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite or concurrent: CE 533.

    When Offered
    Fall, even years


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  • ME 760 - Engineering Analysis I

    Credits: (3)
    Methods of analysis employed in the solution of problems selected from various branches of engineering. Emphasis is on discrete systems.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 240 and senior standing.

    When Offered
    Fall


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  • ME 773 - Intermediate Heat Transfer

    Credits: (3)
    Conduction, convection and radiation, mass transfer, phase change, heat exchangers, introductory numerical methods.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 573.

    When Offered
    Spring


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  • MET 111 - Technical Graphics

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to computer aided design and drafting for learning and applying technical graphics concepts and techniques to produce finished drawings. National and international standards. Theory and applications of orthographic projection and pictorial drawings. Standards for symbols, section views, and dimensioning included. Descriptive geometry, including, orthographic solutions involving the point, line and plane projections, intersections as well as surface development of solids, bearings, slope, true length, and true size determination.

    Note
    One hour lecture and four hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: MATH 100 or consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring


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