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BUSI 4330 - Employment Law
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): BUSI 3312 . Provides an in-depth understanding of the employment laws that most commonly affect the workplace. Topics may include the employment relationship, the employer-employee contract, anti-discrimination laws, sexual harassment, drug testing and privacy, regulatory agencies, workers compensation, statutory rights, and affirmative action.
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BUSI 4331 - Gift and Estate Planning Cross-listed with .
3 3 0
Study of efficient accumulation, conservation and distribution of acquired property. Topics covered include estate planning techniques, identification and use of appropriate forms of wills and trusts, techniques for reducing tax obligations, legal issues associated with transferring wealth, and post-mortem planning techniques.
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BUSI 4333 - Cross-Cultural Issues in Business Communication
3 3 0
Studies business communication variables as they function in varied cultures and subcultures. Consider problems, barriers, and patterns of communication that occur across cultural boundaries applied to managerial situations. The specific communicative contexts and settings include conflicts, business, identity management, interpersonal communication, language perspectives, and nonverbal communication.
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BUSI 4341 - International Business Law
3 3 0
Case driven study and analysis of the legal frameworks related to international business. Focus on the nature and development of international business law in areas such as environmental regulation, dispute settlement, services, trade in goods, foreign investment, and intellectual property.
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BUSI 4350 - Current Issues in Management Communication
3 3 0
Content varies but may cover topics such as corporate communication, intercultural communication, digital communication, health/risk communication, communications in team building, managerial communications, business communication ethics, communication strategy, and other topics, depending on instruction and semester. May be repeated when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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BUSI 4370 - Legal Aspects of Health Care
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): and junior standing. Health-care law course designed for health care and research-related business administrators and executives who do not have a background in law. Topics include the U.S. legal system, government regulation, privacy, insurance and government payments, fraud and abuse, antitrust, intellectual property, torts and malpractice, and business organization.
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BUSI 4371 - Accounting & Financial Services Law Cross-listed with ACCT 4371 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): BUSI 3312 . Study of the laws and regulations governing the accounting and financial services industries. Topics covered include securities regulation and financial reporting laws; laws governing secured transactions, bankruptcy, corporate governance, and negotiable instruments; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; and other topics.
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BUSI 4375 - Healthcare Communication for the Business Environment
3 3 0
Identify, analyze, and apply concepts, theories and methodologies related to health communication for the business environment. Emphasis on conducting health communication campaigns including planning, initiation, and assessment. Applications include the use of various contexts of health communication including interpersonal, small group, mass media, and organizational templates for message generation.
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BUSI 4380 - Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Cross-listed with MGT 4380 .
3 3 0
Study of conflict resolution and negotiation tactics employed in an organizational setting. Course coverage includes management theories applied to conflict resolution and the use of communication tools relevant to resolution and negotiations.
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BUSI 4382 - Emerging Media Law
3 3 0
Application of emerging media legal concepts of intellectual property, copyright, digital marketing rules and regulations to explain legal and regulatory rules, social conventions, emerging media platforms, marketing legal issues in a digital world, as related to other media institutions. An efficiency-based perspective on major areas of the law, including entertainment contracts media mergers and acquisitions, and first amendment law as related to emerging media and privacy.
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BUSI 4398 - Supervised Internship
3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): junior standing and approval of department head. One semester of prearranged work in Department of Management, Marketing and General Business operational activities in a designated enterprise cooperating with the College of Business. Students will obtain comprehensive work experience and be responsible for periodic reports and appraisals as required by the instructor. No class hours are to be met; conferences are arranged. Maximum of six credits, total, may be taken in BUSI 4398, MGT 4398 and MKT 4398 .
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Chemistry (Offered through the Department of Chemistry and Physics.)
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CHEM 1320 - Introduction to Fermentation
3 3 0
This course is the introductory course for a five course certificate program in Fermentation Sciences. It is intended to provide students with preliminary knowledge of fermentation and will cover selected methods of fermentation.
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 CHEM 1405 - General Chemistry I (HAZ)
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 , MATH 1324 or MATH 1332 or a mathematics course for which one of these courses is a prerequisite. Introductory course for non-chemistry majors. Fundamental concepts of chemistry, including atomic structure, chemical bonding, chemical reactions and states of matter. Selected laboratory experiments. Course is not open to students who have credit in CHEM 1411 and does not count as a prerequisite for CHEM 1412 . Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 1411 - Chemistry I (HAZ)
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 or MATH 1324 . Chemical laws and theory for science, engineering and pre-professional majors. Selected laboratory experiments. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 1412 - Chemistry II (HAZ)
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1411 Continuation of CHEM 1411 . Solutions, chemical equilibrium, ionic equilibria, acids and bases, thermodynamics and chemistry of selected elements. Selected laboratory experiments. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 2321 - Fermentation Biochemistry
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1320 . This course will cover the biochemistry of fermentation and will include aspects of microbiology and cell culture concepts and methods related to the biochemistry of fermentation. Yeast will be the primary organism of study though bacteria will also be covered.
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CHEM 2422 - Fermentation Product Analysis
4 3 3
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2321 , CHEM 1411 recommended. This course is a lab and lecture based course which will cover the characterization of fermentation products.
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CHEM 2423 - Organic Chemistry I (HAZ) [CHEM 2423]
4 3 3
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1412 Comprehensive study of carbon compounds, including discussion of properties, stereochemistry, resonance, and reactions and preparations of hydrocarbons. Laboratory techniques of organic chemistry; methods of purification and more important reactions; reactions used to classify organic compounds. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 2425 - Organic Chemistry II (HAZ) [CHEM 2425]
4 3 3
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2423 . Continuation of CHEM 2423 . Halides, alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids and functional derivatives, aldehydes, ketones, amines and sugars are discussed. Selected laboratory experiments. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 2533 - Elementary Organic Chemistry (HAZ) [CHEM 1419]
5 3 4
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1412 Fundamental concepts of organic chemistry, including bonding and electronic structure, nomenclature, stereochemistry and reactions and preparations of organic compounds. Not open to students who have credit in CHEM 2423 . Selected experiments in organic chemistry, including techniques of crystallization, distillation, extraction and organic reactions. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 3201 - Chemical Literature
2 2 0
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry major. CHEM 2425 and CHEM 3511 . This course is an introduction to the use of chemical literature to conduct academic and industrial research. The use of Chemical Abstracts, Spectral Databases and Scientific Databases will be covered in this course.
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CHEM 3323 - Industrial Fermentation Practices
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2422 . A lecture course covering industrial fermentation design, usage and general procedures.
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CHEM 3421 - Physical Chemistry I (HAZ)
4 3 3
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1412 and MATH 2414 . Eight hours of and or and . Quantum theory, atomic structure and molecular structure. Selected laboratory experiments. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 3422 - Physical Chemistry II (HAZ)
4 3 3
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3421 . Continuation of CHEM 3421 . Molecular symmetry, rotational and vibrational spectroscopy, electronic transitions, magnetic resonance, and electric and magnetic properties of molecules. Selected laboratory experiments. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 3425 - Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry (HAZ)
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2425 . Principles of modern medicinal chemistry, including drug design and theory. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 3511 - Analytical Chemistry (HAZ) [CHEM 2401]
5 3 4
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1412 Principles and methods of quantitative chemical analysis, dealing with volumetric, gravimetric and selected instrumental methods of analysis. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 4094 - Directed Studies
1-6 0 0
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and consent of instructor. Individualized studies on current topics in chemistry. May be repeated for for a maximum of six credit hours.
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CHEM 4095 - Problems in Chemistry
1-6 0 0
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and consent of instructor. Selected individual problems to be focused on a specific area in chemistry. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.
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CHEM 4098 - Chemistry Internship
1-6 0 0
Prerequisite(s): or CHEM 3323 , instructor or department head approval. Supervised internship in an approved discipline of chemistry. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.
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CHEM 4103 - Seminar in Chemistry
1 1 1
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing. Chemistry major. Provides chemistry majors with experience in professional presentations. Group discussion and oral and written presentations on current topics in chemistry or a related field. Completion of career orientation and development of professional resume.
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CHEM 4223L - Biochemistry I Laboratory (HAZ)
2 0 4
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 4323 or concurrent enrollment. Current methods in biochemistry using modern equipment for spetrophotometry, chromatography, electrophoresis and immunology. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 4224L - Biochemistry II Laboratory (HAZ)
2 0 4
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 4324 or current enrollment. Continuation of CHEM 4223L . Selected experiments to compliment lectures. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 4323 - Biochemistry I
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2425 (or CHEM 2533 and permission of instructor). Chemical structures and reactions that occur in living systems: amino acids, lipids and membranes, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, enzymes, mechanisms of enzymes, coenzymes and vitamins.
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CHEM 4324 - Biochemistry II
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 4323 . Continuation of CHEM 4323 . Metabolic pathways (such as glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and urea cycle), bioenergetics, electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis and biological information flow.
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CHEM 4333 - Biophysical Chemistry
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): MATH 2413 ; CHEM 4323 or BIOL 3402 . Introductory physical chemistry course with applications in the area of biochemistry. Application may include kinetics, thermodynamics and transport theory. Experimental methods in biophysical chemistry will also be presented which may include spectroscopy, electrophoresis and structural analysis.
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CHEM 4335 - Industrial Laboratory Procedures and Techniques (HAZ)
3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3511 and consent of instructor prior to registration. Introduction to industrial laboratory procedures and techniques.
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CHEM 4370 - Senior Investigations
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Senior status and consent of instructor. Advanced work in the student’s major area, including exposure to research, literature and senior presentation.
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CHEM 4397 - Undergraduate Research (HAZ)
3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3511 and consent of instructor prior to registration. Selected individual research problems in chemistry. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.
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CHEM 4410 - Environmental Analytical Chemistry (HAZ)
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1411 , CHEM 1412 , CHEM 2533 , ENVR 4404 . Principles of chemical and instrumental methods for quantitative chemical analysis of environmental samples with U.S. EPA/USDA standard methods as examples, statistical data treatment of analytical results, and applications of analytical technologies for solving problems in environmental/agricultural science and engineering.
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CHEM 4411 - Instrumental Analysis (HAZ)
4 3 4
Prerequisite or concurrent: CHEM 3511 . Introduction to theory of instrumental methods of chemical analysis. Infrared, visible ultraviolet, atomic absorption, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography and electroanalytical methods. Lab fee $30.
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CHEM 4412 - Bioanalytical Chemistry (HAZ)
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): , (or 16 hours of biology courses). Principles and applications of modern separation and detection technologies, including but not limited to liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, fluorescence spectrometry, molecular recognition, immunoassays, biosensors, DNA and protein sequencing, for analysis of biological/agricultural systems.
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CHEM 4431 - Inorganic Chemistry (HAZ)
4 3 4
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3422 . Modern theories of chemical bonding and molecular structures of inorganic compounds, including elementary concepts of molecular orbital, valence bond, crystal field and ligand field theories. Use of physical measurements to solve current problems in inorganic chemistry. Lab fee $30.
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CENG 2331 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Cross-listed with .
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): , . Prerequisite or concurrent: CHEM 1412 . Introduction to environmental problems, water quality indicators and requirements, potable water quality and quantity objectives, water sources and treatment methods, water pollution control objectives and treatment methods; solid waste management and introduction to air pollution control.
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CENG 2361 - Surveying
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 and ENGR 1304 . Engineering principles and practices of plane surveying, taping, leveling, traversing, surveying errors and error theory, introduction to photogrammetry, earthwork including mass diagrams, road/highway curves and construction surveys.
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CENG 3311 - Water Resources Engineering (HAZ) Cross-listed with EVEG 3311 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3404 /EVEG 3404 . Prerequisite or concurrent: CENG 2331 /EVEG 2331 . The hydrologic cycle: precipitation, infiltration, runoff, evapotranspiration, groundwater and stream flow. Hydrograph analysis, flood routing, frequency analysis and urban hydrology. Hydraulics including pipe and channel flow with design applications in culverts, pumping, water distribution, storm and sanitary sewer systems.
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CENG 3321 - Civil Construction Materials (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): and . Evaluation of material performance under applied loads for engineering applications. Physical properties of concrete, metals, plastics and wood. Related ASTM test specifications of construction materials.
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CENG 3341 - Geotechnical Engineering
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2332 . Introduction to geotechnical engineering and testing. Identification and classification tests, flow net, principles of settlement, stresses in soils and shear strength testing; slope stability, retaining walls, bearing capacity.
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CENG 3342 - Water and Wastewater Treatment
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): EVEG 2331 Physical, chemical and biological processes for the treatment of water and wastewater including air stripping, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, chemical oxidation/disinfection, fixed film and suspended growth biological processes, and sludge management.
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CENG 3351 - Structural Analysis I
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2332 . Statically determinate/indeterminate structures by consistent deformation. Loads, shear, moment, and deflected shape diagrams for beams and framed structures. Deformation calculations. Application of flexibility methods to frames and continuous beams. Application of moment distribution and stiffness methods to continuous beams and braced frames. Influence lines for determinate and indeterminate beams.
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CENG 3352 - Concrete Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3351 , CENG 3321 or ET 2371 . Analysis and design of beams, one-way slabs and columns. Mechanics, behavior and design of reinforced concrete members subject to axial loads, bending and shear with ACI specifications.
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CENG 3353 - Steel Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3351 , CENG 3321 or ET 2371 . Design and behavior of the elements of steel structures with AISC specifications, proportioning members and connections using load and resistance factor design.
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CENG 3354 - Advanced Structural Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3321 or ET 2371 ; CENG 3352 or CENG 3353 . Analysis and design of structural members and systems using prestressed concrete, timber, masonry, or other materials.
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CENG 3362 - Transportation Engineering
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): and . Introduction to planning and operations of transportation facilities, vehicle/operation/infrastructure characteristics, technological, economic and environmental factors. Introduction to traffic engineering and road/highway planning. Emphasis on design, construction and maintenance, earthwork, drainage structures, pavements, safety features, and sustainability.
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CENG 3371 - Engineering Applications in GIS Cross-listed with EVEG 3371 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 1301 , MATH 2413 , permission from instructor. The combination of mapping and databases to provide combinations of spatial information and modeling capabilities for engineering applications. Introduction of basic concepts and data sources, including global positioning systems and basic output products.
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CENG 3404 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineers (HAZ) Cross-listed with .
4 3 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2302 , MATH 2414 , / . Introduction of properties of fluids, conservation of mass, energy and momentum with applications to internal and external flows. Laboratory collection and analysis of data from experiments to determine fluid and flow field properties with emphasis on conservation principles.
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CENG 4097 - Civil Engineering Research
1-3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent. Selected individual research topics in civil engineering to accommodate more substantial research than can be encountered in normal course work. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours. For junior and senior level civil engineering undergraduate students only.
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CENG 4098 - Civil Engineering Internship
1-3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent. Opportunity for students to apply engineering knowledge and skills in the workplace. For junior and senior level civil engineering undergraduate students only. May be repeated for a maximum of three credit hours.
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CENG 4322 - Pavement Analysis and Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3362 , CENG 3321 , and ENGR 2332 . Serviceability concept, design factors, pavement types, basic differences between pavement types, basic differences between airport and highway pavements, stresses in flexible pavement, traffic considerations, materials and material characterization for different pavement layers, variability in pavement materials, methods of pavement design.
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CENG 4342 - Foundation Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): . Application of principles of classical soil mechanics to the design and analysis of shallow and deep foundations and retaining structures.
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CENG 4354 - Structural Analysis II
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3351 and CS 1315 or CS 1337 . Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures using approximation methods, energy, and/or matrix methods. Direct stiffness and flexibility methods are addressed using computational and computer applications.
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CENG 4355 - Structural Dynamics
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3351 , ENGR 2302 , and MATH 3342 . Elementary vibration analysis, single and multiple degrees of freedom, free and forced vibrations, viscous damping, modal analysis.
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CENG 4356 - Bridge Design
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3351 and CENG 3352 or CENG 3353 . Bridge design in structural steel and reinforced concrete using AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications. Preliminary designs include investigating alternative structural systems and materials. Final designs include preparation of design calculations and sketches.
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CENG 4357 - Wind Engineering
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): ENGR 2332 ; CENG 3404 /EVEG 3404 or MENG 4304 . Atmospheric circulations, atmospheric boundary layer wind, bluff-body aerodynamics, aeroelastic phenomena, wind-tunnel and full-scale testing, wind-load code and standards, effect of tornado and thunderstorm winds, design applications.
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CENG 4358 - Finite Element Analysis
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): CENG 3351 , CS 1315 or CS 1337 , MATH 3342 . Theory of the finite element method for common structural elements including trusses, beams, plates, shells, and solids. Computer applications are included.
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CENG 4380 - Civil Engineering Senior Design (HAZ)
3 2 2
Prerequisite(s): senior standing, CENG 3352 or CENG 3353 , and instructor approval. A student group project is required, subject to faculty approval. Engineering concepts integrated from topics taught in sequences of upper-division courses to produce practical, efficient and feasible solutions of civil engineering projects. Computer applications are included. Final oral and written reports are required. Capstone course is intended to be taken in the next-to-last or final semester.
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CENG 4392 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): instructor consent. Current topics or topics of special interest to civil engineering. May be repeated when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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CD 2370 - Phonetics
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Program approval. An introduction to English phonetics.
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CD 2372 - Language Development
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Program approval. Speech and language development in the normally developing child.
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CD 2373 - Survey of Communication Disorders
3 3 0
Survey of human communication and disorders in children and adults.
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CD 2374 - Clinical Observation and Professional Writing in Communication Disorders
3 2 1
Enable students (1) to complete observations of evaluation and treatments in speech-language pathology and audiology and (2) to demonstrate improvement in professional writing skills. A total of 25 hours of observations is required by ASHA to earn the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC). Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class observations. All days and times for out-of-class observations are scheduled through the course at the direction of the instructor. A report is written for each observation.
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CD 3094 - Advanced Individual Problems in Communication Disorders
1-3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): consent of program director. Advanced individual study designed to meet needs and interests of student. May be repeated when topics vary for a maximum of six credit hours.
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CD 3340 - Speech Sound Disorders in Children
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. The nature of speech sound disorders in preschool and school-aged children with a focus on assessment and intervention.
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CD 3345 - Introduction to Fluency Disorders
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Etiology, characteristics, assessment, treatment and prevention of fluency disorders.
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CD 3355 - Introduction to Audiological Assessment
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1314 , program approval. Physical characteristics of sound and the structure and function of the human auditory system. Pathologies of the ear and disorders of hearing. Measurement of basic audiologic test battery, including audiograms, masking, speech recognition and immittance.
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CD 3356 - Aural Rehabilitation
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Approaches to aural rehabilitation in children and adults. Introduction to educational audiology and assistive listening devices.
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CD 3365 - Introduction to Voice Disorders
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Etiology, characteristics, assessment, treatment and prevention of voice disorders. Communication disorders related to anomalies of craniofacial structures, including orofacial clefting of lips and palate.
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CD 3370 - Diagnosis and Counseling in Communication Disorders
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Overview of general procedures in diagnosis and counseling techniques in communication disorders.
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CD 3392 - Special Topics
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): CD 3471 . Intensive exploration of a selected topic in communication disorders. Topic to be determined each semester course is offered.
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CD 3471 - Anatomy and Physiology in Communication Disorders
4 3 2
Prerequisite(s): Program approval. Anatomical and physiological systems that underlie speech and the ability to hear.
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CD 4360 - Speech and Hearing Science
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Normal process of speech production from anatomic, physiologic, kinematic, aerodynamic, acoustic and perceptual perspective. Emphasis on measurement and analysis techniques, instrumentation and experimental paradigms used to study speech production and perception.
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CD 4381 - Neural Basis of Communication Disorders
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Neuroscience and its application to aspects of normal and disordered communication.
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CD 4386 - Acquired Speech and Language Disorders
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Introduction to acquired speech and language disorders across the life span.
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CD 4390 - Clinical Professional Issues in Communication Disorders
3 0 0
Prerequisite(s): CD 3340 . Senior-level introduction to clinical professional practices in communication disorders relating to professional ethics and scope of practice. Coverage of cultural diversity as it applies to characteristics, assessment, treatment and prevention of communication disorders.
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CD 4472 - Child Language and Literacy Disorders
4 4 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. Theoretical models and current best evidence concerning the relationships among language disorders, learning disabilities and dyslexia literacy; definitional and diagnostic issues and treatment approaches. Interventions aimed at improving phonological processing, fluency, comprehension, compensatory strategies and social skills will be emphasized.
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CD 4480 - Applications of Research in Communication Disorders
4 4 0
Prerequisite(s): Department consent-2nd Admissions required. This course will provide students training in research terminology and methodology common to the field of speech-language pathology. From this foundation, students will practice appraising research articles to become better consumers of research. Students will also review writing resources and concepts, then apply them during academic and professional writing assignments.
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COMM 1315 - Basic Speech Communication [SPCH 1315]
3 3 0
Application of communication theory and practice to the public speaking context, with emphasis on audience analysis, speaker delivery, ethics of communication, cultural diversity, and speech organizational techniques to develop students’ speaking abilities.
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COMM 1318 - Interpersonal Communication [SPCH 1318]
3 3 0
Application of communication theory to interpersonal relationship development, maintenance, and termination in relationship contexts including friendships, romantic partners, families, and relationships with co-workers and supervisors.
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COMM 1321 - Business and Professional Communication [SPCH 1321]
3 3 0
Study and application of communication within the business and professional context. Special emphasis will be given to communication competencies in presentations, dyads, teams and technologically mediated formats.
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COMM 2074 - Individual Problems
1-3 0 0
Individual study designed to allow for projects that are not covered within the existing curriculum. Individual study is limited and competitively selected. Students who are interested in completing an individual study must first visit with a faculty member to see if the individual study project has merit. If the faculty member approves the proposal, the student must submit a written request to the department head which details the project and includes the signature of the faculty member who will be directing the project. This process should occur before the last class day of the semester prior to taking the course. A departmental committee will review the submitted proposals and make decisions during finals week. May be repeated up to a maximum of three credit hours.
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COMM 2178 - Forensics
1 0 2
Participation in intercollegiate debate and contest activities. Any combination of COMM 2178 and COMM 4278 may be repeated for a total of eight semester hours credit. Only four hours of Forensics (COMM 2178 or COMM 4278) can count toward Comm. Studies major.
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COMM 2335 - Argumentation
3 3 0
Skills necessary for persuasive speech development. Basic argument formation, speaker credibility and research concerns. Practice critical-thinking skills and persuasive techniques through class presentations.
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COMM 2341 - Basic Performance of Literature [SPCH 2341]
3 3 0
Emphasis on oral interpretation of prose, poetry and drama with an understanding of textural analysis, character placement and characterization.
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COMM 2376 - Communication Theory
3 3 0
Wide variety of communication theories as a foundation for better understanding of the field of communication. Theories will be applied to communication experiences students encounter daily.
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COMM 2377 - Intercultural Communication
3 3 0
Investigates relationship between culture and communication, and strategies to overcome barriers in the communication process created by diverse social forms and belief systems. Cultural patterns and assumptions and how they relate to intracultural, cross-cultural, interethnic and international communication.
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COMM 3094 - Individual Problems
1-3 0 0
Individual study designed to allow for projects that are not covered within the existing curriculum. Individual study is limited and competitively selected. Students who are interested in completing an individual study must first visit with a faculty member to see if the individual study project has merit. If the faculty member approves the proposal, the student must submit a written request to the department head which details the project and includes the signature of the faculty member who will be directing the project. This process should occur before the last class day of the semester prior to taking the course. A departmental committee will review the submitted proposals and make decisions during finals week. May be repeated up to a maximum of six credit hours when topics vary.
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COMM 3301 - Advanced Public Speaking
3 3 0
Development of a marked degree of skill in composition and delivery of various types of communication, including interviewing and public address.
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COMM 3302 - Advanced Performance of Literature
3 3 0
Oral interpretation of literature with emphasis on experimental forms, character delineation, use of dialect and duo performance.
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COMM 3304 - Introduction to Buffalo Advertising Cross-listed with MCOM 3304 .
3 3 0
This course serves as an introduction on how to create an integrated marketing communications plan for a national client.
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COMM 3315 - Research Methods
3 3 0
Prerequisite(s): COMM 2376 or MCOM 2376 . Introduction to research methods in communication. Designed to improve students’ ability to understand and critique communication research and to understand a variety of research techniques.
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COMM 3320 - Nonverbal Communication
3 3 0
Analysis of fundamentals and forms of nonverbal communication. Focus on use of the body in conscious and unconscious gestures, proxemics, kinesics and effects of these elements on the environment and culture of the individual.
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