Jul 03, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • ECED 312 - Infant Observation Lab

    Credits: 1

    Observation of the behavior and development of children from infancy through toddlerhood.

    Note
    Prior or concurrent enrollment with ECED 310.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 313 - Pre-Professional Experiences in Early Childhood Unified

    Credits: 1

    Observation and participation in diverse early childhood settings serving children with and without disabilities, aged birth through kindergarten. 

    Note
    Restricted to Early Childhood Education and FCSED majors only.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: ECED 310.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 410 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the diversity in contemporary early childhood roles and settings, awareness of professional competencies and standards of practice, and recognition of philosophical and historical foundations of the profession.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310 and 313.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
    Historical Perspectives


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  • ECED 420 - Interaction Techniques with Young Children

    Credits: 3

    A developmental approach to the acquisition of interaction techniques conducive to healthy emotional and self-concept growth in the child from birth through kindergarten.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and one hour lab.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310 and ECED 313. Early Childhood Education majors only or instructor permission.

    Typically Offered
    Spring, Summer

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 428 - Exceptional Development in Early Childhood

    Credits: 3

    Exceptional development in early childhood (birth through kindergarten), including developmental delays, physical and sensory impairments, communication disorders, mental retardation, learning and behavioral disorders, and health related concerns: emphasis on IEPs and IFSPs and the family’s role in the assessment/referral/intervention process.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Human Diversity within the U.S.


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  • ECED 450 - Environments in Early Childhood

    Credits: 3

    Planning, promoting, and maintaining physically and psychologically safe and healthy learning environments for young children. Fostering active, healthy lifestyles and enhanced quality of life for young children through understanding major concepts for nutrition and health education, human movement and physical activity.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 466 - Language Development

    Credits: 3

    Survey of the development of speech and language skills in children.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
    Social Sciences


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  • ECED 524 - Professional Seminar in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 3

    Examination of programs for young children, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. Implementation and evaluation of program models and related issues and research.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310 or PSYCH 280.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 528 - Research and Inquiry in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 3

    Study and application of fundamental concepts, principles, and methods of educational research in early childhood education with focus on preparing students to become reflective practitioners of action research and critical consumers of research.

    Requisites
    Corequisites: ECED 553 or ECED 554.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ECED 530 - Teaching & Learning in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 3

    Application of developmental and educational theories to teaching and learning in early childhood education programs serving children aged birth through kindergarten, including children with special needs.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 310 and ECED 313. Corequisite: ECED 531.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ECED 531 - Developmental Curriculum in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 3

    The planning and application of developmental curriculum across the content areas to enhance the development and learning of young children.

    Requisites
    Prerequisites: ECED 310 and ECED 313. Corequisite: ECED 530.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring


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  • ECED 543 - Reflective Practice: Infants and Toddlers

    Credits: 3

    Application of developmental principles and evidenced-based practice to the diverse learning environments for infants and toddlers with and without special needs across content areas including the integration of the family and community and public policies that affect programs for young children.

    Note
    Admission to teacher education required.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 544 - Reflective Practice: Preschoolers and Kindergartners

    Credits: 3

    Application of developmental principles and evidenced-based practice to the diverse learning environments for preschoolers and kindergarteners with and without special needs across content areas including the integration of the family and community and public policies that affect programs for young children.

    Note
    Admission to teacher education required.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 554 and 555 required.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 546 - Early Childhood Program Lab II

    Credits: 2

    Advanced application of principles and techniques for developmentally-appropriate programs for young children. Planning, implementing, and evaluating activities in a supervised lab setting. 

    Requisites
    Corequisite: FSHS 545 and admission into teacher education.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 553 - Early Childhood Practicum I: Infants and Toddlers

    Credits: 1

    Development and implementation of developmentally and functionally appropriate learning experiences, in a variety of formats, addressing content in the areas of early language and literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, and technology for infants and toddlers.

    Note
    Admission to teacher education required.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: ECED 543.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 554 - Early Childhood Practicum II: Preschoolers

    Credits: 1

    Development and implementation of developmentally and functionally appropriate learning experiences, in a variety of formats, addressing content in the areas of early language and literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, and technology for the preschool child.

    Note
    Admission to teacher education required.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: ECED 544.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 555 - Early Childhood Practicum III: Kindergartners

    Credits: 1

    Development and implementation of developmentally and functionally appropriate learning experiences, in a variety of formats, addressing content in the areas of early language and literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, and technology for the kindergarten child.

    Note
    Admission to teacher education required.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: ECED 544.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 556 - Early Childhood Practicum 4: Home Visiting

    Credits: 1

    Development and implementation of developmentally and functionally appropriate experiences, within the context of an individualized family plan, addressing development and content in the areas of early language and literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, and technology for infants and toddlers in home based settings.  Admission to teacher education required.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 543.
    Admission to Teacher Education required.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ECED 566 - Emergent Literacy

    Credits: 3

    Exploration of literacy development from birth through kindergarten, including concepts relevant to pre-emergent, emergent, and developing literacy; procedures for designing developmentally and culturally appropriate experiences; factors impacting literacy acquisition and assessment; and intervention procedures for children at-risk for reading and writing problems.

    Note
    Restricted to Early Childhood Education majors only.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 466.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
    Social Sciences


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  • ECED 597 - Home, School, and Community Partnerships

    Credits: 3

    Strategies to enhance home-school communication with specific focus on families as the primary decision-makers for young children, with or without special needs. Emphasis on the development of family focused and culturally sensitive collaborations involving parents, schools, and the community to support child development, learning, and well-being.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: FSHS 350 and ECED 428 or permission of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Global Issues and Perspectives
    Human Diversity within the U.S.


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  • ECED 598 - Student Teaching in Early Childhood Unified

    Credits: 9

    Design, implementation, assessment of developmentally and individually appropriate evidence-based curriculum for children with and without disabilities birth through kindergarten.

    Note
    Prearrangement and consent of instructor required.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 543, 544, 553, 554, 555 and admission to teacher education.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility


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  • ECED 700 - Problems in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 1-6

    Independent study of relevant aspects of early childhood development and education.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 704 - Seminar in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 1-6

    Interpretation and evaluation of information on varied topics relating to early childhood education and development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 708 - Topics in Early Childhood Education

    Credits: 1-3

    Review of recent research and theory related to early childhood education and development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 710 - Child Care: Components and Issues

    Credits: 3

    Professional development and leadership; skills, services, and resources supporting quality early childhood care and education.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Fifteen (15) credit hours of either social science and/or FSHS.

    Typically Offered
    Summer

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 720 - Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood

    Credits: 3

    The application of developmental principles and evidence-based practices to design and implement a positive learning environment for young children, including children with disabilities. Creating an environment that supports young children’s social emotional competence, teaches social skills, and promotes self-regulation is emphasized.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECED 428.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 728 - Assessment of Young Children

    Credits: 3

    Theory and practice of individual assessment of handicapped and normal children, infancy to age eight, including cognitive, language, fine and gross motor, social, and self-help skills. Focus on selection, administration, interpretation, and evaluation of screening and comprehensive evaluation instruments for assessment and individual program planning.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: FSHS 310, FSHS 428, and FSHS 540.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 730 - Early Childhood Program Administration

    Credits: 3

    Professional practice and organizational management of early childhood care and education programs; financial and personnel management, program development, and community relations.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: FSHS 450 or consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Summer

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 740 - Play Facilitation

    Credits: 3

    The emphasis of this course is the empirical study and practice of play as an educational, evaluative, and therapeutic intervention with young children.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: FSHS 540 or consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECED 797 - Home Visiting Programs for Young Children and Families

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the empirical literature that supports the provision of early intervention and education services to families with young children through a home visitation model; focus on programs that use home visitation; an understanding of the key principles in early intervention; and the development of skills necessary to implement a coaching model of service delivery to enhance family and child outcomes.

    Requisites
    Prerequisites: ECED 543.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ECET 100 - Basic Electronics

    Credits: 4

    A survey course designed to provide an overview of basic direct and alternating current circuits and an introduction to linear and digital electronics. Laboratory exercises reinforce circuit theory and provide skills in the use of common electronic instruments.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: MATH 100 or consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 101 - Direct Current Circuits

    Credits: 3

    An introductory course in basic circuit theory emphasizing the analysis of passive circuit networks containing resistance, capacitance, and inductance operating in direct current conditions. Topics include equivalent circuits, network theorems, capacitance, RC-circuit response, inductance, RL-circuit response, and computer simulation.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 100.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 110 - Semiconductor Electronics

    Credits: 4

    An introductory course in electronic devices. Topics include PN-junction theory, diodes, transistors, transistor biasing, transistor modeling, operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, and field-effect transistors (FET).

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 100.

    Corequisite: ECET 101, and MATH 150.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 201 - Alternating Current Circuits

    Credits: 4

    Analysis of passive networks containing resistance, capacitance, and inductance operating in alternating current conditions. Includes sinusoidal waveforms, polar and rectangular complex algebra, inductive and capacitive reactance, impedance networks, power factor correction, resonance, magnetic circuits, and an introduction to three-phase power distribution.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 100 and MATH 150.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 210 - Linear Circuit Applications

    Credits: 4

    Analysis and design of analog circuits including differential amplifiers, oscillators, linear and switching power amplifiers, applications of operational amplifiers, advanced semiconductor devices, and heat sinks.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 110. Corequisite: ECET 201.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 240 - Electronic Manufacturing

    Credits: 3

    A practical course in the details of electronic system design and fabrication. Topics include 2D CAD; printed-circuit board design, layout, and fabrication; electronic-system design principles; fabrication, packaging and assembly techniques for electronic systems; and through-hole and surface-mount technologies.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 110.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 250 - Digital Logic

    Credits: 3

    Study of basic logic elements including gates, flip-flops, counters, and registers. Includes Boolean algebra, logic reduction methods, and digital logic applications. Emphasis on computer simulation and PLD implementation of logic circuits.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: ECET 100.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning


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  • ECET 299 - Topics in Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology

    Credits: 1-18

    Provides an opportunity for faculty to present electronic and computer engineering technology topics.

    Note
    Repeatable.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning


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  • ECET 304 - Electric Power and Devices

    Credits: 3

    Industrial applications of direct and alternating power, devices, and systems. Topics include electrical and electronic power devices, controllers, servomechanisms, and actuators; DC and AC motors and generators, motor speed control and drive systems; electrical power distribution, and industrial electronics applications.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 100 and MATH 150.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 320 - Electronic Communication Systems

    Credits: 4

    A survey of analog and digital communication techniques and systems including modulation, transmission line concepts, radio-wave propagation, antenna theory, and the effects of noise.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 110, ECET 201, and MATH 220.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 330 - Industrial Controls

    Credits: 4

    A study of electronic circuits and systems encountered in industrial environments. Topics include power control devices and applications, power system design, sensors, transducers, PLCs, computer-based data acquisition, and automatic control concepts.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Corequisite: ECET 350.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
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    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 335 - Industrial Control Topics

    Credits: 1

    Study of the applications of electronic circuits and systems in industrial environments. Topics include control systems and devices, control system modeling and simulation.

    Note
    Two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 100.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    None


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  • ECET 350 - Microprocessor Fundamentals

    Credits: 4

    Concepts of microprocessor architecture, programming, and interfacing. Topics include assembly language programming, data conversion methods, and microprocessor-based system development tools.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 250.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
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  • ECET 352 - Digital Circuits and Systems

    Credits: 4

    Study of digital circuits and systems, i.e., systems controlled by microprocessors and microcontrollers. Students design and build digital circuits for the solution of engineering problems. Digital circuit design, interfacing techniques, and embedded systems programming are emphasized.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 350.
    Corequisite: CMST 302.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECET 385 - Programmable Logic Controllers

    Credits: 3

    Study of the applications of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in industrial environments. Topics include hardware, wiring, configurations, programming, documentation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of PLC systems.

    Note
    Two hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 100 and ECET 335 or MET 230.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECET 414 - Electromagnetic Applications

    Credits: 4

    Emphasizes the physical understanding and visualization of Maxwell’s Equations leading to the design of linear bilateral circuit components, waveguides and passive sensors for use in the radio-frequency (RF) regime.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 320 and MATH 220.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 420 - Communication Circuits Design

    Credits: 4

    An introduction to the theory and design of electronic circuits for communications emphasizing the implementation and analysis of common radio-frequency (RF) building blocks. Topics include s-parameters, the Smith chart, component behavior, RF test equipment, computer simulation, filter design, impedance matching, amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and demodulators.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 320.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    K-State 8
    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 421 - Telecommunication Systems

    Credits: 4

    An introduction to data communications and a survey of modern communication systems. Topics include Fourier analysis, data encoding, data link control, fiber-optic systems, cellular systems, satellite systems, and the modern telephone system.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 320, CMST 250, and MATH 221.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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    Natural and Physical Sciences


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  • ECET 430 - Signals and Systems

    Credits: 3

    A study of various network topics including Laplace transforms, signal flow graph models, transfer functions, network response, and differential equations and linear approximations of physical systems. The theory of control systems and their applications are discussed.

    Note
    Three hours lecture a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 330 or MET 382.
    Corequisite: MATH 221.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECET 450 - Digital Systems and Computer Architecture

    Credits: 4

    Development of advanced digital design techniques. Topics include VHDL-based design, simulation, and synthesis; testing and validation; system-level interfacing; and computer architecture.

    Note
    Three hours lecture and two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 350.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECET 480 - Electronic Design I

    Credits: 1

    Application of electronic principles and the design methodology to solving a significant design problem in a team context. Includes determining customer requirements, exploring and choosing design alternatives, scheduling, and project management. Significant milestones are the project’s conceptual, preliminary, and critical design reviews, which require written and oral presentations.

    Note
    Two hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 320 and ECET 352 and ENGL 302.
    Corequisite: ECET 430.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECET 481 - Electronic Design II

    Credits: 2

    A continuation of ECET 480. Includes the implementation, testing, and delivery of the project initiated in ECET 480 Electronic Design I. Significant milestones are the project prototype, design report, and final presentation.

    Note
    Four hours lab a week.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECET 480.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECET 499 - Advanced Topics in Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology

    Credits: 1-18

    Provides an opportunity for faculty to present advanced electronic and computer engineering technology topics.

    Note
    Repeatable.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning


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  • ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    Credits: 3

    Basic facts, principles, and problems of economics; determination of the level of output, employment, and the price level; the monetary and banking system; problems and policies of economic instability, inflation, and growth; principles of economic development; other economics systems.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Probability of a grade of C or higher (PROB ≥ C) of at least 40 percent according to the economics component if the ACT Student Profile, a score of 18 or higher on the Math placement exam, or a Grade of B or higher in MATH 010.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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    Global Issues and Perspectives
    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 111 - Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors

    Credits: 3

    Basic facts, principles, and problems of economics; determination of the level of output, employment, and the price level; the monetary and banking system; problems and policies of economic instability, inflation, and growth; principles of economic development; other economics systems.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Participation in honors program and consent of instructor.

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    Global Issues and Perspectives
    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics

    Credits: 3

    Basic facts, principles, and problems of economics including study of the determination of prices; the determination of wages, rent, interest, and profit; theory of the firm; monopoly and government regulation; international economic relations.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Probability of a grade of C or higher (PROB ≥ C) of at least 40 percent according to the economics component of the ACT Student Profile, a score of 18 or higher on the Math Placement Exam, or a grade of B or higher in MATH 010.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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  • ECON 399 - Honors Seminar in Economics

    Credits: 3

    For sophomores in honors program-scheduled irregularly. Readings and discussions.

    Note
    Open to students in the honors program not majoring in economics.

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    Global Issues and Perspectives
    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 401 - Sophomore/Junior Seminar in Economics

    Credits: 1

    An introduction to economics as a science and a profession. The course introduces students to the skills and tools that make economics an attractive and enjoyable field as well as an overview of economic data and current debates.

    Note
    Open only to economics majors and those contemplating an economics major.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110 and ECON 120.

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    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 499 - Honors Project

    Credits: 3

    Open only to Arts and Sciences students who are active members of the University Honors Program.

    Note
    May be repeated.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 505 - South Asian Civilizations

    Credits: 3

    Interdisciplinary survey of the development of civilization in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, including geography, history, religion, culture, language, literature, current economy, and significant social movements.

    Note
    May not be counted toward economics major or minor.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Three hours of social science or junior standing.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

    Cross-listed
    ANTH 505, GEOG 505, HIST 505, POLSC 505, SOCIO 505



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    Global Issues and Perspectives
    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 507 - The Japanese Economy

    Credits: 3

    Analyzes Japan’s growth, productivity change, income distribution, government policies, agriculture, industrial structure, labor relations education and technology, and international trade and finance. Emphases will be on U.S.-Japanese competition and comparisons.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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    Social Sciences


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  • ECON 510 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

    Credits: 3

    An examination of the behavior of the economy as a whole, including an analysis of the national income account, consumption, investment, money, interest, the price, level, the level of employment, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic growth.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110, and one of the following, ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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    Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
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  • ECON 520 - Intermediate Microeconomics

    Credits: 3

    An examination of the theories of consumer behavior and demand, and the theories of production, cost, and supply. The determination of product prices and output in various market structures, and an analysis of factor pricing. Introduction to welfare economics.

    Note
    Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 520 and ECON 521.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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  • ECON 521 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

    Credits: 3

    A mathematical approach to intermediate microeconomics. Emphasis is placed on the use of optimization techniques to examine consumer demand, production and cost, behavior of the firm, market structure and welfare.

    Note
    Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 520 and ECON 521.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121; and MATH 205 or 220.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 523 - Human Resource Economics

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to the economic forces influencing wage and employment determination, income differentials, unemployment, and the production and acquisition of human capital. Emphasis on public policy, labor unions, and other relevant institutions.

    Note
    May not be counted toward economics major.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECON 524 - Sports Economics

    Credits: 3

    An economic analysis of professional and amateur sports. Pay determination of professional athletes, monopsony power of owners, discrimination, the importance of leagues, competitive balance, antitrust issues, collective bargaining, the financing of sports stadiums, and current economic issues in sports.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

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  • ECON 527 - Environmental Economics

    Credits: 3

    Economics of environmental market failure and the efficient use of exhaustible and renewable resources. Topics include the application of markets and government policies to greenhouse warming, air and water pollution, and recycling.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

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  • ECON 530 - Money and Banking

    Credits: 3

    Nature, principles, and functions of money; development and operation of financial institutions in the American monetary system, with emphasis on processes, problems, and policies of commercial banks in the United States.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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  • ECON 532 - Fiscal Operation of State and Local Government

    Credits: 3

    Designed for students who plan careers related to state or local government. Selected topics in state and local taxation and expenditure.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110 and permission of instructor.

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  • ECON 536 - Comparative Economics

    Credits: 3

    The transition by Russia, Ukraine, Eastern and Central Europe, and Central Asia to market economics; economic reform in China, India, and other countries; and Marxian critiques of capitalism.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110 or ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 540 - Managerial Economics

    Credits: 3

    Microeconomic topics applicable to understanding and analyzing firm behavior: optimization, demand, estimation, production, and cost theory. Applications to business problems.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121; and an introductory-level statistics course (STAT 325, STAT 340, or STAT 350); and MATH 205 or MATH 220.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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  • ECON 555 - Urban and Regional Economics

    Credits: 3

    An examination of the determinants of the economic performance of urban and regional economies, including theory, problems, and policy.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 580 - Senior Seminar in Economics

    Credits: 3

    Topics for class discussion include history of economic thought, research methods in economics, and current economic issues. Students will prepare and present papers written with faculty guidance.

    Note
    Required of all economics majors.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 510; and ECON 520 or ECON 521; and STAT 351, or STAT 511 or STAT 705 or concurrent enrollment in one of the three. ECON majors only.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

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  • ECON 595 - Problems in Economics

    Credits: 1-18

    Individual study is offered in international trade, labor relations, money and banking, public finance, transportation, general economics.

    Note
    May be repeated.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring, Summer

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  • ECON 599 - Topics in Economics

    Credits: 1-3

    Courses on special topics to be taught on demand.

    Note
    Repeatable.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: To be set for each topic.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

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  • ECON 605 - Economic Applications of Game Theory and Strategic Behavior

    Credits: 3

    Basic principles of game theory including Nash equilibria, repeated games, and strategy with incomplete information.

    Note
    Lecture course.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 520 or 521; and MATH 205 or MATH 220.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

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  • ECON 620 - Labor Economics

    Credits: 3

    Economics of the labor market–theory and empirical evidence. Labor force composition and trends, labor supply, labor demand, human capital, wage differentials, migration, trade unions, and current issues.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 520 or ECON 521.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 627 - Contemporary Labor Problems

    Credits: 3

    Emphasis on current research and public policies dealing with such matters as full employment, poverty, discrimination, social security, unemployment insurance, health care, minimum wages, training, and education.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 620 or consent of instructor.

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  • ECON 630 - Introduction to Econometrics

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to the analytical and quantitative methods used in economics. Applications to specific problems with an emphasis on computer analyses.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121; and MATH 205 or 220; and STAT 351 or AGEC 501 or STAT 511 or STAT 705.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECON 631 - Principles of Transportation

    Credits: 3

    Examines the transportation market from the shippers’ point of view by examining the impact of transportation on business firm decisions such as location, markets, and prices. Also covers the costs, prices, and service characteristics of railroads, motor carriers, water carriers, oil pipelines and airlines. The role and impact of government in the transportation market is examined from both a promotion and regulation perspective.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

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  • ECON 633 - Public Finance

    Credits: 3

    Course seeks answers to questions such as: Which goods should be provided by the private sector and which by the public sector (government)? With what criteria are public expenditures evaluated? What is an equitable and efficient tax system? Who bears the tax burden? What aspects of existing taxes need reform?

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110, and ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECON 640 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy

    Credits: 3

    An examination of measures and determinants of industrial concentration, and an analysis of market structure, conduct, and performance, and policies related to performance.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Some Spring

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  • ECON 681 - International Trade

    Credits: 3

    Principles of international trade, determinants of the value of trade between any pair of countries, sources of gains from trade, main factors determining the pattern of trade, commercial policy, the political economy of trade and strategic trade policy.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110 and one of the following: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

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  • ECON 682 - Development Economics

    Credits: 3

    Factors affecting the economic modernization of the less-developed countries. Emphasis on capital formation, human capital, investment allocation, technical progress, income distribution, population growth, and the international economics of development.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 684 - International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to international finance and open-economy macroeconomics, including the foreign exchange market, the balance of payments, international financial markets, and recent and ongoing financial crises. Covers core theoretical material, the course will examine current policy issues.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110; and ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121; and ECON 510.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECON 686 - Economics Forecasting

    Credits: 3

    Focus on forecasting macroeconomic variables such as sales activity, tax revenues and other important variables. Techniques of forecasting using econometrics.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110; and ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Spring

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  • ECON 688 - Health Economics

    Credits: 3

    This course applies the tools of microeconomics to the health-care sector. It analyzes the behavior of consumers and providers of medical care, the functioning of insurance markets, and the roles of government and the private sector. International comparisons are made.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, odd years

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  • ECON 690 - Monetary, Credit, and Fiscal Policies

    Credits: 3

    Goals of aggregative economic policy, conflicts among goals, and measures to resolve conflicts; money markets; targets of central bank control; the relative strength of monetary and fiscal policies; rational expectations hypothesis and policy ineffectiveness debate; terms structure of interest rates.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 530.

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  • ECON 695 - Undergraduate Research Methods in Economics

    Credits: 3

    Development of a research proposal and completion of a research project under the guidance of a faculty member. Instruction in research design, methods and data. The independent-work phase of the course will be structured with weekly targets for completing economic theory, data/case study description, methods description and analysis and interpretation.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 110; and ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121; and ECON 630.
    Some prerequisites may be waived with instructor consent.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 699 - Seminar in Economics

    Credits: 1-3

    Seminars of special interest will be offered on demand.

    Note
    May be repeated.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 120 or AGEC 120 or AGEC 121.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

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  • ECON 710 - History of Economic Thought

    Credits: 3

    Development of economic ideas and doctrines and the relation of these to conditions existing when they were formulated.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 510.

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  • ECON 720 - Microeconomic Theory

    Credits: 3

    Demand, cost, and production theories; price and output determination in different market structures; the theory of factor market pricing; an introduction to general equilibrium and welfare analysis.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 520 or ECON 521; and MATH 205 or MATH 220.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • ECON 730 - Applied Econometrics

    Credits: 3

    Emphasis on applied econometrics methods. Topics include simple and multiple linear regression as well as other econometric models used in economics. Diagnosis and remedies of potential problems with linear models and data, leading to quantitative answers to empirical questions.

    Typically Offered
    Spring


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  • ECON 735 - Mathematical Economics

    Credits: 3

    Application of mathematical tools of concrete problems in micro- and macro-economics; mathematical treatment of models of consumption, production, market equilibrium, and aggregate growth.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: ECON 520; and MATH 205 or MATH 220.

    Typically Offered
    Fall

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  • EDACE 502 - Independent Study in Adult Learning and Leadership

    Credits: 1-3

    Selected topics in professional education.

    Note
    Maximum of 3 hours applicable toward degree requirements.

    Repeatable.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.

    Typically Offered
    Fall, Spring

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  • EDACE 714 - International Education

    Credits: 3

    Contemporary overview of the field of international education and an introduction to three of its parts. Comparative education, intercultural education, and development education.

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  • EDACE 725 - Adult Basic Education Techniques

    Credits: 3

    Emphasis on providing students with an understanding of the selection, utilization, and development of adult basic education reference, resources, and other materials.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

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  • EDACE 733 - Practicum in Adult Learning and Leadership

    Credits: 1-6

    Related occupational or professional experiences in approved industry, school, Cooperative Extension Service, or similar agency setting under faculty supervision.

    Note
    Repeatable.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Typically Offered
    On sufficient demand

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  • EDACE 750 - Women, Education, Leadership, and Work

    Credits: 3

    Emphasizes the collective and individual educational needs of women in and out of the work force and the part that occupational/educational preparation contributes to their participation in the work force.

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  • EDACE 754 - Adult Basic Education

    Credits: 3

    Evolving adult basic and high school equivalency education concepts will be examined. Program implementation, supervision, methods, and materials are emphasized.

    Requisites
    Prerequisite: Adult teaching experience or consent of instructor.

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