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BUA 507 - Advanced Accounting
Theory and procedures of accounting for mergers and consolidations and preparing financial statements for consolidated entities in periods following consolidation. Related financial reporting issues, ethical issues and international aspects.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 301, BUA 302.
Credits: 3
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BUA 515 - Federal Taxation of Business Entities
Studies the federal taxation of corporations, partnerships and estates and trusts. Includes study of tax research and tax planning.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 312.
Credits: 3
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BUA 602 - Managerial Accounting
Development, analysis and interpretation of accounting data and financial statements for managerial control, coordination, decision making, with emphasis on accounting as a tool of management. Includes use of case studies, problems, and reference material.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 201, BUA 202 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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BUA 608 - Accounting Theory and International Accounting
Covers recent pronouncements of the FASB and other authoritative groups affecting current accounting practice, the theoretical foundations of modern accounting, significant differences between U.S. GAAP and the standards of other countries, consolidation of foreign subsidiaries and accounting for transactions in foreign currencies.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 301, BUA 302 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 620 - Law, Business and Society
Introduces managers to current U.S. laws and regulations that impact on the operations of business. Employs an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, utilizing elements of political economy, international business, ethics, social responsibility and management theory.
Credits: 3
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BUA 622 - Business Law for CPA’s
In-depth study of legal issues and topics relevant to practicing CPA’s professional responsibilities, business organizations, contracts, debtor-creditor relationships, government regulation of business, the Uniform Commercial Code, and property transactions. Emphasizes professional and legal standards regarding practice, performance, and ethical behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 220 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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BUA 626 - Behavioral Analysis for Administrative Decisions
Explores analytical perspectives to understand how individuals organize themselves in accomplishing organizational goals. Applies a managerial approach with a focus on real-life contemporary organizations. Topics include organizational structure and culture, teamwork and diversity, the organization and its environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 325 or equivalent, or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 630 - Industrial Relations and Personnel Management
Comprehensive investigation of changing patterns of industrial relations in the United States. Major emphasis on the human, social, and economic aspects of employer-employee relationship in both union and non-union settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 325 or equivalent, or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 631 - Collective Bargaining
Provides the manager with knowledge of sound collective bargaining attitudes and techniques necessary to achieve a responsible and mature attitude toward his/her employee representatives. Focus on development of the union movement, the changing nature of public policy toward collective bargaining and the public responsibility of both unions and management.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 325 or equivalent, or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 636 - Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
Explores quantitative methods and models used to support business decision making. Emphasis on computer-based data analysis and model building using multivariate methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 115, MAT 215 and a 200 level COS course.
Credits: 3
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BUA 637 - Production Management
Decision models introduced with emphasis on statistical inference and decision theory, queuing theory, inventory theory, simulation, game theory, and Markovian decision models. Topics include Product R and D, capacity investment decision models, facility design models, line-balancing models, system maintenance models, and production system operating models.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 636 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 639 - Contemporary Issues in International Business
Discussion of international business policies, strategies, and operations with emphasis on the interplay between business and different cultural, economic, and political-legal environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 325 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 645 - Selected Advanced Topics in Business Administration
Advanced study in various aspects of functional areas of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and management information systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 649 - Management Policy
Study of administrative practices at the strategic level of business management. Develops administrative competence in the formulation of business policy at the decision-making level through case study.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 651, BUA 678, plus 6 credits of other MBA required courses or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 651 - Financial Management
A study of management decisions in administration of corporate funds including capital budgeting, inventory control, working capital management, cost of capital. Side effects of taxation, depreciation methods, and earnings retention policies are noted.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 350 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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BUA 652 - Management of Financial Institutions
Approaches management of financial institutions through readings, cases and guest speakers. Emphasizes recognition, analysis and management of major risks faced by financial intermediaries in a global environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 350 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 653 - Investment Management
Analysis and valuation procedures to determine the investment quality of specific securities. Sets criteria for formulation of a sound investment policy and selection of investment media to implement it. Develops techniques of portfolio management and periodic reappraisal.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 350 or equivalent and permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 654 - Futures and Options Markets
Examines the practices of futures and options markets, particularly the economic function of these markets, and their application in banking, portfolio management, international finance, and individual investment programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 653 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 661 - Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems
Designed to facilitate understanding of knowledge management, decision support systems and how they are integrated to support decision making at the corporate level. Includes the theory and components of the knowledge spiral, mathematical decision models, applicable artificial intelligence, applicable cognitive theories and integrative architectures.
Credits: 3
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BUA 664 - Databases and Data Mining in Industry
Provides a fundamental understanding of relational databases and the concepts of data mining, with emphasis on database design, database queries, market/profit segmentation, data warehousing and data mining approaches. Includes a comprehensive case study that integrates the concepts of the course as well as general business principles.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 335 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 676 - Market Research and Analysis
Study of procedures and applications of market research. Considers organization and operation of a research department, survey methods, experimentation, measurement of potential demand, analysis of distribution costs.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 678, BUA 636 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 678 - Marketing Management
Develops the ability to analyze marketing problems in overall business strategy. Emphasis on the building of integrated marketing systems designed to implement long-term objectives of a business organization.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 370 or equivalent, or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 680 - Consumer Behavior for Managerial Decision Making
Provides a detailed review of consumer behavior findings and decision processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 678 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BUA 690 - Advanced Auditing
Auditing with computers, statistical analysis and auditing, governmental and international auditing standards, in-depth analysis of exposure drafts and recent pronouncements of the auditing standards board.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 310.
Credits: 3
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BUA 697 - Field Experience in Accounting
Field experience in accounting relevant to the student’s educational development and career goals. Neither past work experience nor field experience courses taken at other campuses or universities will be permitted as substitutes.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission; only open to students in the Master of Science in Accounting program.
Credits: 1-3
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CAN 401 - Readings in Canadian Studies
An independent reading course examining issues and problems not studied in regular offerings. The course is arranged between the student and a Canadian Studies faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
CAN 101 plus 6 hours of core courses in Canadian Studies or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHE 410 - Advanced Materials
Covers the basic structure, processing and properties of metals, polymers and ceramics and stresses the application of chemical engineering principles to the problems of materials fabrication with emphasis on emerging technologies such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission
Credits: 3
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CHE 420 - Colloid Technology
Designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals of colloid and surface chemistry from various types of colloids and colloidal phenomena, commonly encountered in chemical process industry and classical and modern measurement techniques to applications of colloids and surface chemistry. Lec 3. (Offered every other year, spring only.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 430 - Introduction to Polymer Science and Technology
Concept of macromolecules and synthesis of polymers from monomers. Step-growth and addition polymerization. Polymer structure, molecular size and shape and characterization techniques. Polymer solutions and phase equilibria. Solid state properties. Polymer morphology and transitional phenomena. Crystalline and amorphous states. Glassy, rubbery and viscous behavior. Rheological aspects. Viscoelasticity. Survey of commodity thermoplastics, engineering polymers and uses. Polymer additives and blends. Basic processing techniques. Lec 3. (Spring.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 454 - Introduction to Digital Computer Process Control
Real-time process programming concepts, the z transformation and design of digital controllers. Advanced control schemes. Dynamic considerations and control of unit operations. Includes laboratory project. Lec 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHE 352.
Credits: 3
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CHE 477 - Elements of Chemical Process Design
Introduction to chemical process design and engineering economics. Considers principles of design, complex process flow diagrams, heat and material balances, rate equations, and cost estimating techniques as well as principles of engineering economics involving time value of money, taxes, depreciation, profitability indicators, alternative investment and optimization. The nature of failure of process equipment will be discussed including explosion, corrosion, stress corrosion and cracking. Selection of materials for chemical process and equipment will be discussed.
Together with CBE 111, CHE 479 and CHE 493 satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement. Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHE 360, CHE 362 and CHE 386 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHE 478 - Analysis, Simulation and Synthesis of Chemical Processes
Covers three areas: process analysis, steady state process simulation and process synthesis. Analysis of process flowsheets to understand material flows, unit operation function and interactions between units. Simulation and design of unit operations and complete chemical processes using process simulation software. Synthesis of chemical processes including chemical reactor and separation system configuration based on heuristic methods. Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHE 360, CHE 362, CHE 368 and CHE 386. Corequisite: CHE 477.
Credits: 3
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CHE 479 - Process Design Projects
Application of chemical engineering principles to the solution of complex, open-ended, design problems involving feasibility, analysis, design and optimization of chemical processes. Review of methods for estimating thermodynamic and transport properties required in process design. Emphasis on oral and written communications and working in small design groups.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement and together with CBE 111, CHE 477 and CBE 493 Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement. Rec 1, Lab 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHE 477.
Credits: 4
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CHE 480 - Pollution Prevention in Industrial Ecology
Provides a basic background in pollution science while exploring the engineer’s role in solving pollution problems with an emphasis on pollution prevention and industrial ecology, which works toward integrating industrial operations into natural systems and examining the whole life cycle of a product.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
senior status in Chemical Engineering or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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CHE 494 - Chemical Engineering Practice
A cooperative work experience in a commercial operation of the chemical process industry. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 credit hours. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.) (Offered by arrangement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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CHE 497 - Independent Study
Individual, independent study of a specialized topic under supervision of an advisor and at least one other faculty member. A formal report is required upon completion of the study. Maximum of 3 accumulated credit hours. (Fall, Spring and Summer.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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CHE 498 - Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Class work in selected subjects in the field of chemical engineering, or related areas of science and technology, not covered in other courses. May be repeated for credit. (Offered by arrangement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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CHE 510 - Introduction to Transport Phenomena
A study of principles of momentum, energy and mass transport including mathematical modeling of transport processes by exact and approximate techniques. (Fall.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 511 - Fluid Dynamics
The use of fundamental fluid flow equations will be covered. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids are examined. The concepts of modeling of industrial processes in terms of fluid dynamic concepts are included. (Offered by arrangement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHE 510 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHE 512 - Mass Transfer
The fundamentals principles of diffusion are reviewed and extended to multicomponent and heterogeneous systems using the Stefan-Maxwell approach. Appropriate models for mass transfer processes are developed and applied to the analysis and design of selected separation processes including adsorption and membrane systems. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 533 - Introduction to Polymer Processing
The application of engineering principles to polymer processing with particular emphasis on applied rheology, extruder design, die design, spinning, molding, and sheet fabrication. Emphasis on mathematical modeling of processes and the effects of processing on the products formed. Lec 3. (Offered by arrangement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHE 362, CHE 372, CHY 386 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHE 540 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Studies of phase and reaction equilibria in multi-component, non-ideal, and complex systems. Flow and non-flow systems. Application of general thermodynamic methods to problems in chemical engineering.Lec 3. (Fall.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 561 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Examines theory of homophase and heterophase catalysis and chemical transformation as a base for process design. Includes chain reactions, acid-base catalysis, enzymes, and commercial case studies such as hydrocarbon synthesis, organic oxidations, cracking, and platforming. . Lec 3. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 575 - Paper Surface Science
Deals with the fundamentals of paper surface treatment such as sizing, printing and glueing, with emphasis on paper coating. Issues such as adhesion, light scattering, rheology, fluid dynamics and film formation will be covered. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 580 - Chemical Engineering Analysis
Modeling and simulation of chemical engineering processes. Emphasis on the formation of a model using ordinary and partial differential equations, and on the solution of the model using numerical methods. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 585 - Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering
Solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations encountered in transport phenomena, chemical kinetics and process control. Series solutions involving Bessel functions, Legendre functions and Gamma functions. Use of Laplace transforms and approximate methods. Solution of difference equations for discrete systems. Application of vectors and tensors. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 598 - Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Special topics presented as need and interest require. Topics will include studies relevant to fields of application, such as pulp and paper, polymers, process control, materials conversion, and surface properties. (Offered by arrangement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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CHE 695 - Graduate Seminar I
Reports and discussion of recent developments in chemical engineering and related fields, based on the literature or current investigations. Required of all graduate students.
Credits: 1
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CHE 696 - Graduate Seminar II
Reports and discussion of recent developments in chemical engineering and related fields, based on the literature or current investigations. Required of all graduate students.
Credits: 1
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CHE 699 - Graduate Thesis
Varies.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 431 - Structure and Mechanism in Biological Chemistry
Examination of biosynthetic pathways, structure and function of enzymes (including metalloenzymes) and other important biomolecules, methods of structure determination and synthetic pathway elucidation and mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252, CHY 254.
Credits: 3
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CHY 443 - Instrumental Analysis
Modern tools for acquiring qualitative and quantitative data about the composition and structure of matter. A blend of theoretical and experimental/hands on approaches to investigate modern spectroscopic and separation techniques for solving “real world” bioanalytical and environmental problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 242 and CHY 371.
Credits: 3
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CHY 453 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Qualitative organic analysis by chemical and instrumental methods. Lec 2, Rec 1, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252; CHY 254.
Credits: 4
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CHY 461 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
Advanced theoretical and descriptive inorganic chemistry emphasizing periodic relationships. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite CHY 371 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 462 - Organometallic Chemistry
Principles and applications of organotransition metal chemistry. Topics include coordination chemistry, group theory, organometallic reaction mechanisms, electrochemistry, photochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis and applications to organic synthesis. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252. Corequisite: CHY 371.
Credits: 3
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CHY 475 - Physical Chemistry III
An introduction to quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and chemical bonding. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 122, MAT 228 and MAT 258 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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CHY 483 - Introductory Wood Chemistry
Emphasis on the chemical and physical properties of cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and extractives. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 491 - Advanced Integrated Laboratory I
An advanced laboratory environment integrating inorganic, instrumental and physical chemistry concepts. Synthetic techniques, instrumental methods, reaction kinetics, thermodynamics and spectroscopy will be included. Lab 8.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 242, CHY 254, CHY 371 (or concurrently).
Credits: 3
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CHY 492 - Advanced Integrated Laboratory II
A continuation of the methods and concepts outlined in CHY 491. Advanced experiments and projects in physical, inorganic and analytical chemistry. Lab 8.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 491.
Credits: 3
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CHY 541 - Topics in Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Topics may include advanced techniques in bioanalytical separation, Fourier transform, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and other vacuum technologies. Influence of hard- and software components such as analyzers, detectors, sources and digital/electronic filters for noise removal and improved detection limits. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 550 - Introduction to Molecular Modeling
An introduction to the computational investigation of molecular structure and properties. Operation of UNIX workstations and nature and applications of molecular mechanics, semi-empirical molecular orbital calculations and ab initio molecular orbital calculations. Completion of a significant research project is required. Lec 2, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 556 and CHY 575.
Credits: 3
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CHY 551 - Topics in Advanced Organic Chemistry
Recent advances in stereo chemistry, heterocyclic compounds, natural products, and other graduate level topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 555.
Credits: Ar.
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CHY 553 - Organic Qualitative Analysis
The isolation and identification of organic compounds. Lab 8.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252.
Credits: 4
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CHY 555 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry
Detailed study of preparation of complex organic compounds and newer synthetic methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252.
Credits: 3
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CHY 556 - Theoretical Organic Chemistry
Includes topics in electronic theory and reaction mechanisms.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252.
Credits: 3
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CHY 558 - Problem Solving in Organic Chemistry
Discussion and solution of problems in mechanism, synthesis, and structure determination from current chemical literature. Required of all graduate students in organic chemistry once each year for a maximum of four credits. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252 or equivalent.
Credits: 1
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CHY 560 - Physical Methods of Inorganic Chemistry
Applications of the principles of group theory and modern spectroscopic techniques, including x-ray diffraction and photoelectron, infrared and Raman vibrational, electronic and magnetic resonance spectroscopies in inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 461 or CHY 575 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 561 - Topics in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Advanced level topics such as chemistry of the representative elements, transition metals, organometallic compounds, group theory and chemical bonding in inorganic compounds.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 461, CHY 575 or permission.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 562 - Advanced Organometallic Chemistry
An introductory course for graduate students covering the principles and applications of organotransition metal chemistry. Topics include coordination chemistry, group theory, organometallic reaction mechanisms, electrochemistry, photochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, and applications to organic synthesis. . Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: CHY 252 and CHY 372 or equivalents.
Credits: 3-4
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CHY 563 - Inorganic Chemical Kinetics and Mechanisms
Fundamentals of inorganic chemical kinetics and reaction mechanisms. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 571 - Topics in Advanced Physical Chemistry
Advanced level subjects such as quantum chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, theory of solutions, statistical mechanics of mixtures, applied group theory, structure and bonding.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 572 - Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics
Theoretical foundations of spectroscopy including time-dependent perturbation theory, interaction of light with matter. Topics may include NMR, Fourier transform methods, laser spectroscopy, Ramand and other scattering techniques. The use of spectroscopy to study molecular dynamics emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 575 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 573 - Computer Simulation Methods
Computer simulation using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics techniques with applications in chemistry, physics, materials science and molecular biology.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 371 or PHY 236 and knowledge of FORTRAN.
Credits: 3
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CHY 575 - Intermediate Physical Chemistry I
Introduction to the foundations of quantum theory and molecular quantum mechanics.
Credits: 3
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CHY 583 - Advanced Wood Chemistry
Fundamental chemistry of carbohydrates, lignin, and extractives.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 252 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 661 - Topics in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Varies.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 673 - Statistical Thermodynamics
Introduction to methods of statistical mechanics and applications to theoretical calculations of equilibrium constants and other thermodynamic quantities. (Offered on sufficient demand.)
Credits: 3
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CHY 693 - Graduate Seminar
Reports and discussion of recent developments in chemistry and related fields based on the literature or on current laboratory investigations. Required of all graduate students every year after the first year.
Credits: 1
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CHY 698 - Graduate Research
Varies.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 699 - Graduate Thesis
Varies.
Credits: Ar
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CHF 401 - Peer Education
Students are trained in the realities and consequences of critical social issues college students face and provide workshops on responsible behavior to campus and community groups.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 351 and permission.
Credits: 3
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CHF 404 - Selected Topics in Child Development and Family Life
Review of specific subject areas in the field. Subject areas vary by semester. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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CHF 406 - Introduction to Research Methods in Child Development and Family Relations
An overview of research methods applicable to the study of children and families. An in-class research project is completed.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 200, CHF 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHF 409 - Special Problems in Child Development and Family Life
Varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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CHF 430 - Applied Self-Control
Students will learn and practice several approaches to self-directed behavior change. The goal is to enhance their understanding of individual development by systematically observing their own behavior.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHF 431 - Parenting
Parent behavior and the dynamics of parenthood are studied. Emphasis on interpersonal, familial, and societal roles of parents, and factors influencing role behaviors and expectations.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 200, CHF 201.
Credits: 3
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CHF 433 - Adolescence
Growth and development during the adolescent years. Conceptual models and recent research are discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 201 or PSY 100 and sophomore standing.
Credits: 3
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CHF 434 - Adult Development and Aging
Developmental processes and transitions from the early to later years of adulthood. Social, physical, cognitive, and familial aspects of adult growth and aging are examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 201 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHF 441 - Family Life Education Methods
Provides students with an overview of the knowledge, skills, methods, current materials and resources to plan, implement and evaluate family life education programs for diverse learners including K-12 students, parents, community members, educators and other professionals. Students will practice developing and presenting educational programs.
Credits: 3
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CHF 442 - Helping Skills
Examines the nature of helping relationships including descriptions, characteristics, stages and ethics of effective helpers and helping relationships. Considerable attention will be focused on learning the nonverbal and verbal responses used in helping interactions. To assist in the development of these helping skills, students can expect to be engaged in extensive practice sessions with classmates.
Credits: 3
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CHF 451 - Family Relationships
The study of traditional and non-traditional family units as a system of interactions between individuals.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 200.
Credits: 3
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CHF 452 - Violence in the Family
Major forms of family violence, including child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, and spouse abuse, are examined to provide students with an understanding of the development of dysfunctional forms of family interaction, descriptive knowledge on the prevalence of violent relationships at the national and local level, the necessary skills for identifying victims of abuse and the services available to them, and a preliminary understanding of the challenge of designing intervention strategies.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior standing, CHF 200 or SOC 318 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHF 488 - Family Legal Issues
Issues of legal interest to consumers. Social and economic effects on families will be emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
junior standing
Credits: 3
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CHF 496 - Field Experience in Human Development and Family Studies
An approved program of work experience for department majors that involves the application of theory and research in applied settings. Requires a written proposal outlining the proposed experience, its relation to the student’s program of study, plan for faculty supervision and a final written report. No more than 6 credits may be used toward the departmental major and not more than 12 credits may be used toward the graduation requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-6
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CIE 412 - Engineering Decisions
Application of various analysis methods to engineering design decisions. Evaluation of economic, financial, legal, and ethical factors affecting engineering design. Topics include: engineering economy, consideration of risk and uncertainty, and evaluation of ambiguous and intangible factors in engineering design. Lec 2. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
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CIE 424 - Urban Transportation Planning
Basic concepts and practices in the field of transportation planning, including the process and policy surrounding urban transportation planning, characteristics of urban travel, air quality - noise, energy - land use, the elements of decision making, data management and diagnosis, demand and supply analysis, project evaluation and implementation. A transportation demand management study constitutes a major part of the course. (2.0 ED/1.0 ES) Lec 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 225.
Credits: 3
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CIE 425 - Transportation Safety
Fundamental theory on transportation safety processes and evaluation methodology. Topics: vehicle/road/driver interaction, countermeasure effectiveness, enforcement, education and engineering measures. (1.0 ED/2.0 ES) Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 225.
Credits: 3
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CIE 426 - Advanced Roadway Design
Principles of highway location, design of vertical and horizontal alignment, design and construction of surface treatments, pavement structures and roadway drainage systems. Student project preparing necessary plan-profile and cross section drawings required to construct a 3,000 foot section of roadway, which is evaluated with respect to road-user travel time, comfort and safety; impact on surrounding environment including aesthetical aspects; and construction cost. (3.0 ED/0.0 ES). Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 225 and SIE 211.
Credits: 3
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CIE 431 - Pollutant Fate and Transport
Introduction to environmental transformation processes which controls the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment and in engineered systems. Topics include reaction energetics and kinetics, reactor engineering concepts, interphase mass transfer and phase partitioning. (3.0 ED/1.0 ES). Lec 3, Lab 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 231 and MAT 258 or permission.
Credits: 4
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CIE 432 - Water and Wastewater Process Design
Theory and design of water supply and wastewater treatment facilities. Design projects cover processes such as sedimentation, coagulation and filtration, biological treatment and disinfection. (4.0 ED/0.0 ES) Lec 3, Lab 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 231 and CIE 350.
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