Jun 23, 2024  
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • BIOL 696 - Fisheries Management and Techniques

    Credits: (4)
    Historical and contemporary issues in the management and conservation of exploited fishes. Methods for managing fisheries resources in streams, lakes, and ponds including estimating abundances, quantifying age and growth, manipulating populations, modeling population dynamics, culturing fishes, and improving aquatic habitat.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and three hours lab per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 201.

    When Offered
    Fall, even years

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 697 - Topics in Biology

    Credits: (1-6)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 698 - Problems in Biology

    Credits: (1-8)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 699 - Undergraduate Seminar in Biology

    Credits: (1)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 702 - Radiation Safety in the Research Laboratory

    Credits: (1)
    Principles of radioactive safety and isotope handling, licensing procedures, and laboratory techniques.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 198 or 455; and CHM 210 or PHYS 113.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 705 - Eukaryotic Genetics

    Credits: (3)
    An integrated exploration of transmission genetics and molecular genetics of eukaryotic organisms. The focus will be on genetic model organisms and their contributions to our understanding of mechanisms of genetic transmission and exchange, mutagenesis, gene expression, and regulation of cell division and development. Modern approaches to genomic analysis will be discussed.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 450 and BIOCH 521.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 707 - Advanced Cell Biology

    Credits: (3)
    Selected current topics in cell biology which reflect recent advances in the field. Major topics include membranes and transport, protein sorting, signal transduction, cell adhesion and motility, cell cycle, apoptosis, and specialized cell functions.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 541.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 710 - Endocrinology

    Credits: (3)
    A survey of the glands of internal secretion in vertebrates with emphasis on mechanisms of control of hormone secretion and mechanisms of hormone action.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 198; and a course in organic chemistry or biochemistry.

    When Offered
    Spring, even years

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 720 - Anaerobic Bacteriology

    Credits: (2)
    Study of anaerobic bacteria, anaerobiosis, description of anaerobic techniques, and physiology and biochemistry of anaerobes of the natural environment, including the gastrointestinal tract, and of veterinary, medical and industrial importance.

    Note
    Two hours of lecture a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 455 and BIOCH 521.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    Cross-listed
    ASI 720

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 730 - General Virology

    Credits: (3)
    Theoretical and experimental basis of virology, with emphasis on how viruses manipulate cells to insure their own survival, mechanisms of virus replication, principles of virus host interactions including how viruses cause disease, and selected medically relevant viruses.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Twelve hours of biological sciences, including BIOL 450 and 455; and BIOCH 521 or equivalent; consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 731 - Virology Laboratory

    Credits: (2)
    An introduction to the techniques used in virus propagation, detection, and quantification. Emphasis will be placed on the methodology used to study virus replication and virus-host cell interactions.

    Note
    One-hour lecture and three-hour lab.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 730 or concurrent enrollment.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 734 - Introduction to Genomics and Bioinformatics

    Credits: (4)
    A problem solving approach to understanding genomics and bioinformatics. Practical use of databases and web-based tools used to study biological problems. Introduction to the algorithms behind these tools.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 450 or CIS 575.

    When Offered
    Spring, in alternate years

    Cross-listed
    CIS 734

    UGE course
    No




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  • BIOL 736 - Cancer Therapy

    Credits: (3)
    Current methods of cancer management with emphasis on the kinetic principles of chemotherapy and radiation therapy; diagnosis; surgical oncology; oncologic emergencies; adverse effects of cancer therapy; and the new therapies.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BIOL 540 and BIOCH 521.

    When Offered
    Spring, even years

    UGE course
    No




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  • BUS 110 - Introduction to Business

    Credits: (3)
    This course surveys the objectives, decisions, and activities within a business organization. Topics include a study of management responsibilities and controls, organizational structures, and marketing activities.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • BUS 251 - Financial Accounting

    Credits: (3)
    Study of business topics such as alternative forms of business organizations; typical business practices; legal instruments such as notes, bonds, and stocks; and financial statements and analysis. The main objective is to develop the ability to provide information to stockholders, creditors, and others who are outside an organization.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    Yes




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  • BUS 252 - Managerial Accounting

    Credits: (3)
    This course outlines the use of internal accounting data by managers in directing the affairs of business and non-business organizations.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: BUS 251.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    Yes




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  • BUS 315 - Supervisory Management

    Credits: (3)
    An analysis of the responsibilities and work environment of a supervisor, with an examination of skills, practices, and concepts helpful in developing effective relations with people in today’s changing environment.

    Note
    The course includes an international emphasis using South Asia as a case study.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ENGL 100; and COMM 105 or COMM 106.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    Yes




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  • BUS 320 - Total Quality Management for Technology

    Credits: (3)
    This course addresses the commitment of management and the organization as a whole to the cultural changes necessary to implement quality improvements throughout the organization. Topics include quality organization and philosophy, quality audit and ISO 9000 series, integration of functional areas, team building, management principles, quality costs, and other associated interactive facets of Total Quality Management. The main concern is to provide the student with a working knowledge of conventional TQM tools.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 601 - Orientation to Community Development

    Credits: (1)
    An Introduction to the Community Development program. Focus is on on-line delivery methods, graduate level research and writing, and technology skills necessary for student success in the program.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 610 - Introduction to Native Community Development

    Credits: (3)
    This course is a base knowledge course for students currently working with native communities. Students taking this course will develop a basic understanding within the context of community development of the diversity of tribal structures and cultures and the unique history and jurisdictional considerations of these nations.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 611 - Building Native Communities and Economic Capacity

    Credits: (3)
    This course will focus on non-western approaches to helping native communities build their capacity. Students will learn to take a participatory, culture-centered, and strength-based approach to development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CDPLN 610.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 612 - Indian Country Agriculture and Natural Resources

    Credits: (3)
    An introduction to the historical and contemporary issues related to natural resource management on Native American lands. Study will include a variety of ecological settings across Native American lands, along with an analysis of tribal sovereignty as it relates to land tenure and water rights. Arguments concerning natural resource conservation, preservation and extraction will be explored.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CDPLN 610.

    When Offered
    Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 613 - Youth Development in Native Communities

    Credits: (1)
    Focus on contemporary issues impacting native youth including: Demographics (Criminal justice, early parenting, poverty, education, suicide and morbidity), identity formation (risky behavior and achievement opportunities), health care (diabetes, obesity, fetal alcohol), prevention activities (4H, BGC, horse clubs, running strong), and influx of youth leadership (youth-elder connections).

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CDPLN 610.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 614 - Wellness in Native Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

    Credits: (1)
    Healthcare issues challenging Native communities, and strategies and practices to address those challenges. Focus on the impact of the Indian Health System, other bureaucratic systems, and current consumer practices that impact healthcare for Native peoples and the ways tribes are working to create healthier communities and improve the lifestyle of Indian people.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CDPLN 610.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 615 - Role of Tribal Colleges in Economic Development

    Credits: (1)
    Focus: the role of tribally-chartered colleges/universities in economic development within Native communities. Topics include the use of bonding/bridging social capital, the historical and contemporary case for tribally-chartered higher education, the economic impact of tribal colleges on their local economies, and opportunities/challenges of broad and diverse collaborative networks.

    When Offered
    Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 620 - Ecological Economics

    Credits: (3)
    Synthesis across the notion of “utility” as represented in environmental/natural resource economics, as well as the notion of “ecology” in ecological economics. Focus will be on the influence the community and ecosystem have on one another, and the potential for complementarity between the two.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 621 - Sustainable Communities

    Credits: (3)
    The management of natural capital as linked to other community-based actions around resource allocation and the impacts on quality of life. The literature on community-based natural resource management will be examined and alternative ways of valuing natural capital will be assessed. Contrasting theories of the role of natural capital in communities.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 622 - Impact Analysis

    Credits: (1)
    The basics of economics and fiscal impact analysis are explored, including the scenario construction, basics of input-output analysis, careful use of multipliers, estimations of local revenues and expenditures and discounting.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 623 - Local Economic Analysis

    Credits: (1)
    This course teaches economic base theory, a theory of regional economics, multipliers and how local economics are affected by external events. Basic methods for the analysis of a local economy are covered, including trend analysis, location quotients, shift share analysis and retail trade analysis.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 630 - Governance and the Community Development Process

    Credits: (3)
    Course focus is on the understanding of the various levels of government and the diversity of governmental forms across the states, reservations, and among nations. Students will compare roles of governments in international settings in relation to community development, and study strategies of evaluating policies that impact community development opportunities.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 631 - Leadership for Change

    Credits: (3)
    Course focus is on the role of leadership in community development and change, including situating leadership in the community development process, reviewing the effectiveness of different leadership styles, and relating leadership to community. Skills and processes that facilitate effective shared leadership, including facilitation, conflict resolution, use of participatory techniques, etc, are explained.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 632 - Nonprofit Management

    Credits: (3)
    Managing nonprofits including the role of nonprofit organizations in addressing various social problems. Focus: growth of the nonprofit sector and impact on the community as a source of citizen empowerment. Topics include individual giving/volunteering, board and executive leadership, government and nonprofit relationship, ethics and accountability, and issues and challenges in nonprofit management.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 633 - Grantwriting

    Credits: (3)
    The intricacies of grantsmanship provide the focus of this course. Topics covered will include identification of fund sources, procedures for proposal preparation, composition of grants, and the effects of organizational and personal linkages. Students will prepare a grant application based upon an RFP or to a continuous funding source.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 635 - Community Leadership and Capacity Building

    Credits: (3)
    Explorations of the various approaches to leadership and leadership development, evaluation of leadership projects and the relationship of leadership to community capacity building. Topics include defining leadership and applying it to the workplace, and understanding the potential link between leadership and community capacity, as well as identifying strategies for leadership development in communities.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 640 - Immigrants in Communities

    Credits: (3)
    International migration has historically impacted rural and urban communities around the world. Taking a comparative approach, this course examines community-immigrant interactions and influences on community development and immigrant inclusion. Readings relate theories of immigrant and community change to case studies. Students will gather primary data to assess the capacity of communities to include new international immigrants.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 650 - Community Economic Development for the 21st Century

    Credits: (3)
    Study of the basic theories, concepts, and skills necessary to be a part of a productive community economic development team. Focus is on the importance of organizational values, mission and vision, as well as six approaches to development. The course will cover the five community functions, development strategies, action planning, and organizing for action.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 651 - Economic Development Strategies and Programs

    Credits: (3)
    Course explores theories of local economic development and addresses the development issues faced by communities in the 21st century. Students will understand and apply concepts from economic development planning, economic analysis, business development, human resource development, community-based development, and high-technology development.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 655 - Land Development Planning

    Credits: (3)
    An examination of the process of land development in the United States, and its impacts from the perspective of developers, financial institutions, community planners, and city administrators. Focus is on the understanding of the land development process in meeting community goals, and shaping land development to meet community expectations for the improvement of the community.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 660 - Policy and Politics of Coastal Areas

    Credits: (3)
    One half of the world’s population lives on a coast and two-thirds of the world’s largest cities are located on a coast. This course addresses the environmental, land use, and other critical issues affecting these areas worldwide.

    When Offered
    Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 699 - Special Studies in Community Development

    Credits: (1-3)
    Independent study on special topics of interest in community development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of fifteen (15) credit hours in the Community Development program and proposal acceptance by their academic advisor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 705 - Organizing for Community Change

    Credits: (3)
    Examination of the role of society in community planning efforts. Focus on change within communities and the roles of government, planners, and citizens in reacting to or shaping change. Dimensions of social capital and the context of change and the implications of economic and demographic shifts on strategies and tactics for change will be explored.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 710 - Community Analysis

    Credits: (3)
    An introduction to research methods relevant to community development. Topics include how to formulate and begin a research effort, methods of data collection and how conceptual frameworks are used to develop the questions and analyze data. Also included are strategies for reporting findings and applying findings in community action.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CDPLN 705 or concurrent enrollment, access to and proficiency in using an office productivity suite of software, including word processing and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office XP).

    When Offered
    Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 715 - Principles and Strategies of Community Change

    Credits: (3)
    An analysis of the principles and practices of community change and development, using case studies and the students’ communities of reference. the course will relate Community Development approaches to conceptual models from diverse disciplines. Conceptual models include conflict, neo-classical economic growth, participatory democracy, and others.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CDPLN 705 and CDPLN 710.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 720 - Community and Regional Economic Analysis

    Credits: (3)
    The course introduces concepts of communities and regions, theories of economic growth, drivers of economic growth, the economic base of a community, sources of growth or decline in the community, roles of local government and institutions, analytical tools, and strategies for local economic development.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 721 - Community and Regional Economic Analysis II

    Credits: (3)
    This course will develop a substantive grounding in the theories and practice of measuring community economic dynamics plus build solid foundation skills for applied community economic analysis. Elements include basic descriptive tools of community economic analysis, such as economic base evaluation, industrial mix analysis, trade area assessment, and industrial and occupational composition analysis, input-output industrial accounting for economic impact analysis and the development of fiscal impact assessment techniques, and measures of public policy effectiveness.

    When Offered
    Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 725 - Community and Natural Resource Management

    Credits: (3)
    An introduction to the breadth of consideration involved in community resource management. Included are theoretical frameworks, methodological investigation and applied practices to enhance the ability of community development professionals to work with their communities to plan, develop, and monitor the conversion and development of natural resources with multiple functions.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 880 - Topics in Community Development

    Credits: (1)
    Independent study of selected concepts and trends in community development. Students electing this course offering will be preparing a specialization paper as their final project.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of twenty (20) credit hours in the Community Development program, and proposal acceptance by their academic advisor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CDPLN 899 - Research in Community Development

    Credits: (2)
    Original research and advanced study in community development, and related fields for the master’s report.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of twenty (20) credit hours in the Community Development program and proposal acceptance by their academic advisor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 015 - Engineering Assembly

    Credits: (0)
    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 101 - Introduction to Civil Engineering

    Credits: (1)
    Introduction to careers in civil engineering (environmental, geotechnical, structures, transportation, and water resources). Overview of CE educational requirements. History of the CE profession. Engineering ethics.

    Note
    One hour recitation a week.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 212 - Elementary Surveying Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Coordinates, directions, distances, and elevation. transverses. boundary surveys. Leveling, national rectangular coordinate systems. property descriptions: public land subdivision and metes and bounds. Topographic surveys. surveying, planning, and estimating.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 150.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

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    No




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  • CE 322 - Soil and Foundation Construction

    Credits: (3)
    The origin, distribution, and predictable variation of soil; soil testing and mechanics as applied to practical problems; soil investigations; foundation types, application, and construction; ground water, drainage, and dewatering; earth moving including stable cuts in embankments.

    Note
    Not open to engineering students.

    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 331.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 331 - Strength of Materials A

    Credits: (3)
    Behavior of materials subjected to tension, compression, shear, and bending; design of beams and columns.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CNS 231.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

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    No




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  • CE 332 - Strength of Materials A Laboratory

    Credits: (1)
    Tests to determine the physical properties of various structural materials. Analysis and interpretation of test data.

    Note
    Three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ENGL 120 or 100 with grade of A or B, and one course in graphics. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 331.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 333 - Statics

    Credits: (3)
    Composition and resolution of forces; equilibrium of force systems; application of general laws of statics to engineering problems, including use of vector algebra, friction and force analyses of simple structures, cables, and machine elements; center of gravity; moments of inertia.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 221 and PHYS 213.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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    No




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  • CE 411 - Route Location and Design

    Credits: (3)
    Highway location and the geometric design of highways considering the driver-vehicle-roadway system characteristics; curves and earthwork; and surveying pertaining to the alignment of highways.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 212, MATH 221, and PHYS 213.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 499 - Honors Research in Civil Engineering

    Credits: (Variable)
    Individual research problem selected with approval of faculty advisor. A report is presented orally and in writing during the last semester.

    Note
    Open to students in the College of Engineering honors program.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 522 - Soil Mechanics I

    Credits: (3)
    Identification, classification, and engineering properties of soils; theory and application of consolidation, compressibility, and strength of soils; ground water retention and movement; slope stability and lateral earth pressures; stress distribution in soil.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 533.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 528 - Foundation Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Prediction of soil variation, soil investigations; stress distribution and bearing capacity; dewatering analysis and procedures; retaining structures and lateral earth pressures; shallow foundations, pile foundations; underpinning and grouting.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 522. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 544.

    When Offered
    Fall

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    No




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  • CE 530 - Statics and Dynamics

    Credits: (3)
    A shortened combined course in (1) statics, including a study of force systems, free-body diagrams, and problems in equilibrium, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia; and (2) dynamics, including a study of the kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies using the method of force-mass acceleration.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 222 and PHYS 213.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

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    No




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  • CE 533 - Mechanics of Materials

    Credits: (3)
    Elementary theories of stress and strain, behavior of materials, and applications of these theories and their generalizations to the study of stress distribution, deformation, and instability in the simple structural forms which occur most frequently in engineering practice.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 333 or CE 530. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 222.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 534 - Mechanics of Materials Laboratory

    Credits: (1)
    Determination of selected mechanical properties of several engineering materials, including iron-carbon alloys, aluminum alloys, concrete, wood, and plastics; relationship between structure and mechanical properties of these materials; elementary problems in experimental stress analysis and structural behavior; test procedures, instrumentation, and interpretation of results.

    Note
    One hour lab instruction and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 533.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 537 - Introduction to Structural Analysis

    Credits: (3)
    Elastic analysis of determinate and indeterminate beams, frames, and trusses; construction of shear and moment diagrams and influence lines; calculation of deflections using conjugate beam and virtual work; solution of indeterminate structures by slope-deflection, moment distribution, and matrix stiffness method; with microcomputer applications.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 533. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 380.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

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    No




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  • CE 542 - Structural Engineering in Steel

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to design of steel structures. Theoretical, experimental and practical bases for proportioning members and their connections.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 537.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 544 - Structural Engineering in Concrete

    Credits: (3)
    A study of the theories of reinforced concrete and of its characteristics as a construction material; design of reinforced concrete structures.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 537.

    When Offered
    Fall

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    No




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  • CE 550 - Water Resources Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to: surface water hydrology, design of water handling structures, flood protection, pipe flow hydraulics, pump selection, and flow in soils.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week. Not available for students with credit for BAE 530.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: STAT 490 and PHYS 213.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 552 - Hydraulic Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Applications of the principles of fluid mechanics to control and use of water; reservoir, dam, and spillway design; enclosed conduit and open-channel design; hydraulic machinery and hydro-power development; principles of fluid measurement; laboratory-flow and velocity metering, hydraulic models, pipe losses, open-channel flow.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 571. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 550.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 560 - Activity Center Traffic

    Credits: (3)
    The planning and design of any activity center (shopping mall, business center, sports stadium) must consider vehicular access/egress and parking. If not properly planned and designed, the impact on the surrounding streets and the center can be chaotic. The course will cover techniques of determining parking needs, parking layout, internal and external circulation design, and design of access/egress and the adjacent street system to minimize the impact on the surrounding street network.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.

    When Offered
    Intersession

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 563 - Environmental Engineering Fundamentals

    Credits: (3)
    Basic physical, chemical, and biological concepts and the applications to the protection of the environment with emphasis on techniques used in water and wastewater treatment.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CHM 230 and MATH 222.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 565 - Water and Wastewater Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Design of municipal water and wastewater treatment systems.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 550, CE 563, PHYS 214 and ME 571.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 570 - Transportation Planning

    Credits: (3)
    Fundamentals of transportation planning. Historical development and current status of techniques used in travel demand forecasting; trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment. Current microcomputer models and applications.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 380 or equivalent and junior standing.

    When Offered
    Intersession

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 572 - Highway Engineering, Planning and Management

    Credits: (3)
    Applications of the principles of traffic engineering and capacity analysis techniques to analyze, design and maintain street and highway systems. Fundamentals of transportation planning; site planning and design; traffic impact studies; fundamentals of pavement design and management.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 411 and 522 or consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 580 - AI Applications in Civil Engineering

    Credits: (2)
    A review of the available techniques in artificial intelligence and a survey of applications in the different areas of civil engineering (structures, transportation/materials, geotechnical, hydraulics/water resources, and environmental engineering). Knowledge representation, inference mechanisms, system development and evaluation, object-oriented programming. Use of expert system shells, neural networks and fuzzy logic. Hands on applications on microcomputers in the MS-Windows environment.

    Note
    Three hours recitation for 10 days. Afternoon lab hours additional in computer lab.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 380.

    When Offered
    Intersession


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  • CE 585 - Civil Engineering Project

    Credits: (1-3)
    A comprehensive civil engineering project, to be taken in the last semester of the B.S. program. Requires integration of skills acquired in civil engineering elective courses. Students must prepare and present written and oral design reports.

    Note
    One hour recitation and two three-hour labs a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ENGL 415 and 6 hours of CE electives. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: 6 additional credit hours of CE electives.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 625 - Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to soil formation, structure, flow and mass transport in soils, mass transfer principles, waste containment and isolation, and physical, chemical, and biological remediation principles.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 522.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 641 - Civil Engineering Materials I

    Credits: (3)
    Properties and behavior of structural metals, timber, portland cement concrete, and bituminous concrete; standard specification and methods of test; inspection and control; long-term protection and durability.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 534 and ENGL 415. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: Either CE 528 or 542 or 544.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 654 - Design of Groundwater Flow Systems

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to fundamental, mathematical and physical concepts of groundwater flow; application of simple analytic models; introduction to field methods; application of computer modeling tools to address design with practical significance.

    Note
    Three hours recitation per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ME 571.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 663 - Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering

    Credits: (2)
    A laboratory study of various physical, chemical and biological operations and processes used in the professional practice of environmental engineering. Topics covered will be selected from reactor hydrodynamics, oxidation-reduction, coagulation-flocculation, chemical precipitation, ion exchange, adsorption processes, biological oxidation, anaerobic digestion and the activated-sludge process.

    Note
    Six hours lab per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CE 565 and CE 552.

    When Offered
    Spring, even years

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 680 - Economics of Design and Construction

    Credits: (3)
    Selection of alternative engineering design and construction solutions through study of unit cost determination, cost estimating, and financing procedures. Introduction to construction scheduling.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering or graduate standing for non-engineering majors.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 690 - Selected Topics in Civil Engineering

    Credits: (Variable)
    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 703 - Responsibility in Engineering: Codes & Professionalism

    Credits: (3)
    Course designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical managers to: understand fundamental “canons” of professional societies, establish or revitalize personal ethical standards using these canons, realize when situations are ethical dilemmas, and to develop a process to solving dilemmas. Key activities are: interviewing peers, analyzing current environment for potential challenges, developing ethics workshops, and writing individual code of ethics.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or senior with instructor approval.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 704 - Responsibility in Engineering: Leadership & Diversity

    Credits: (3)
    Course designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical managers to: understand leadership approaches that promote high ethical conduct, and to understand the ethical value and challenges associated with a diverse workplace. Key activities are: interviewing peers; analyzing current environment for potential challenges; developing a workshop related to ethics, leadership and diversity; and writing individual code of ethics.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor approval.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 718 - Engineering Photo Interpretation

    Credits: (3)
    Photo interpretation techniques, types of aerial photographic film and their uses; application in land use studies, land surveying, site selection, rainfall runoff and stream flow, location of construction materials, and in the determination of soil properties; other applications.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Senior standing and consent of instruction.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 723 - Designing with Geosynthetics

    Credits: (3)
    History of geosynthetics; overview of geosynthetic functions, applications and properties; relationship between testing and applications. Designing with geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners and geocomposites.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 522.

    When Offered
    Spring, in alternate years

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 725 - Seepage in Permeable Materials

    Credits: (3)
    Analysis of seepage; groundwater movement in slopes, embankments, dams, and earth-supporting structures; construction of flow nets; dewatering systems; filter and drain design.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 522 and CE 552.

    When Offered
    Fall, in alternate years

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 728 - Advanced Geotechnical Design

    Credits: (3)
    Advanced studies of soil investigations; design of retaining structures and reinforced earth walls, sheet piles, anchored bulkheads, underground conduits and tunnels; analysis and repair of failed structures.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 528.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 732 - Advanced Structural Analysis I

    Credits: (3)
    Plane truss and frame analysis by direct stiffness method; equivalent nodal forces; thermal and settlement effects; stiffness by energy methods; analysis of space frames and trusses; grid structures; advanced topics.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 537.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 741 - Civil Engineering Materials II

    Credits: (3)
    Advanced study of civil engineering materials including concrete, steel and bituminous concrete.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 641 or CHE 350.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 742 - Advanced Steel Design

    Credits: (3)
    Plastic design of steel structures; stability problems in plastic design; design of complex steel structures.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 542.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 743 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Theory

    Credits: (3)
    Advanced theories and methods of design and analysis of reinforced concrete structures.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 544.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 745 - Structural Dynamics

    Credits: (3)
    Introduction to fundamental concepts in structural dynamics; free and forced vibration of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems with and without damping, numerical methods for linear and non-linear dynamic analysis, and basics of the earthquake response and design of structures.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 240, ME 512, CE 537 or equivalent.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 751 - Hydraulics of Open Channels

    Credits: (3)
    Properties of open-channel flow; types of open channels; conservation of mass, momentum, and energy; critical, uniform, and gradually varied flow; design of erodible channels; rapidly varied flow.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 552.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 752 - Advanced Hydrology

    Credits: (3)
    Review of basic principles; point and regional rainfall and flood frequency analyses; hydrologic and hydraulic flood routing; drainage and flood control facilities design; hydrologic modeling and simulation flood plain analysis and planning.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 550.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 760 - Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Credits: (0)
    Discussion of current advances in research and practice of environmental engineering.

    Note
    One hour seminar biweekly.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: None.

    When Offered
    Fall, Spring

    Cross-listed
    BAE 760

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 762 - Water Treatment Processes

    Credits: (3)
    Physical and chemical process principles and their application to water treatment plant design.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 565.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 766 - Wastewater Engineering: Biological Processes

    Credits: (3)
    Biological process principles and their application to the design of wastewater treatment plants.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 565.

    When Offered
    Fall

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 768 - Geoenvironmental Engineering Design

    Credits: (3)
    A team design project in geoenvironmental engineering focused on resolving interdisciplinary issues related to containment of pollutants and remediation of soil and groundwater.

    Note
    Three hours recitation a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: One of the following: AGRON 605, AGRON 746, BAE 690, CE 625, CE 654, CHE 531 or GEOL 611.

    When Offered
    Spring

    Cross-listed
    BAE 768, CHE 768

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 771 - Travel Demand Modeling

    Credits: (3)
    Historical development and current status of techniques used in urban transportation planning and travel demand forecasting; trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 572 or consent of instructor.

    When Offered
    Spring

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 773 - Hot Mix Asphalt Mixture Design and Construction

    Credits: (3)
    An in-depth study of the properties of constituent materials for asphalt concrete mixtures. Marshall and Superpave methods for hot-mix asphalt design. Theory and practice of asphalt concrete mix for pavements, including specifications and construction methods for hot-mixes and surface treatments. Maintenance and rehabilitation of flexible pavement. Relationships of material engineering properties to pavement design and performance.

    Note
    One two-hour lecture and one three-hour lab session per week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 641.

    When Offered
    Spring, in alternate years

    UGE course
    No




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  • CE 774 - Pavement Design

    Credits: (3)
    Methods of evaluating the load-carrying capacity of soil subgrade, subbase, and base courses; critical analysis of the methods of design for flexible and rigid pavements; methods of increasing the load-carrying capacity of highway and airport pavements.

    Note
    Two hours recitation and three hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: CE 522.

    When Offered
    Fall, on sufficient demand

    UGE course
    No




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