May 13, 2024

2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog

2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Computer Science
	CSCI 4160 - Compiler Design and Software Development 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3080 , CSCI 3110 , and either CSCI 3130 or CSCI 3160 . The various phases of a compiler along with grammars, finite automata, regular expressions, LR parsing, error recovery, backward and forward flow analysis, and code optimization. A term project consisting of the design and construction of a functional complier required. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4250 - Computer Graphics 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3110 and CSCI 3080 or consent of instructor. Topics include vector drawing displays, raster scan displays, input devices and techniques, graphics software, transformations, projections, interpolation, and approximation. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4280 - Undergraduate Research 1 to 4 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and department. Independent investigation of a selected research problem under the guidance of a faculty member resulting in an oral and written report of results. Does not count toward a minor in Computer Science. May be repeated for a maximum of four credits. A maximum of three credits in the major may come from CSCI 3970 , 4280, CSCI 4600 , and CSCI 4910 . Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4300 - Data Communication and Networks 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CSCI 3240 or CSCI 3250 . Computer network architectures, protocol hierarchies, and the open systems interconnection model. Modeling, analysis, design, and management of hardware and software on a computer network. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4330 - Parallel Processing Concepts 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3130 and CSCI 3240 or CSCI 3250 . Basic concepts in parallel processing and programming in a parallel environment. Topics include classification of parallel architectures, study of actual parallel architectures, design and implementation of parallel programs, parallel software engineering. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4350 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3110 and CSCI 3080 or equivalent. Principles include search strategies, knowledge representation, reasoning, and machine learning. Applications include expert systems and natural language understanding. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4360 - Intelligent Robot System 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3110 and CSCI 3080 . Principles and applications of intelligent mobile robotics. Various architectures used in the basic AI robotics development paradigms and basic techniques used for robot navigation. Strong emphasis on hands-on mobile robot design, construction, programming, and experimentation using a variety of robot building platforms. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4410 - Web Technologies 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3080 and CSCI 3110 . An intensive introduction into current Web technologies including basic HTML, tools for Web page design, XML, client-side methods, and server-side methods. Students will be required to implement several Web-based projects. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4560 - Database Management Systems 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3080 and CSCI 3110 . The relational and object models of database design along with relational algebras, data independence, functional dependencies, inference rules, normal forms, schema design, modeling languages, query languages, and current literature. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4600 - Independent Study in Computer Science 1 to 6 credit hours Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of instructor. Students wishing to enroll must submit a written course/topic proposal to the department prior to the semester in which CSCI 4600 is taken. Proposal must be approved prior to taking the course. At the course conclusion, each enrollee must submit a written report to the department. May count up to 3 hours toward Computer Science major. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4700 - Software Engineering 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 3080 , CSCI 3110 , and COMM 2200 . Consists of a theoretical component and a practical component. Topics include the history of software engineering, software development paradigms and life cycles, and computer-aided software engineering (CASE). Team project developed in parallel with the theory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4800 - Software Testing 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 2170 and CSCI 3080 . Integrates theory and applications of software testing techniques. Provides actual hands-on testing experience. Considers multiple testing paradigms. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4850 - Neural Nets 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CSCI 3080 . Various neural net architectures, theory, and applications including models such as Perceptron, back propagation, Kohonen, ART, and associative memory. Learning and conditioning methods also studied. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4900 - Selected Topics in Computer Science 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CSCI 2170 . Advanced topics in computer science to be selected and announced at time of class scheduling. May be repeated for up to six credits total. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CSCI 4910 - Computer Science Internship 1 to 6 credit hours Prerequisite: CSCI 3110 . Must have completed at least 30 semester hours with two semesters at MTSU; must have taken at least two computer science courses at MTSU; minimum overall average of 2.75 and 3.00 in computer science. Employment experience in a computer-related function in a firm, governmental agency, etc. Must be approved by the department. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Concrete and Construction Management
	CCM 1010 - Introduction to the Concrete and Construction Industry 1 credit hour Overview of the history, career opportunities, job functions, and professional organizations in the concrete and construction industries. Serves as an introduction to the majors within the School of Concrete and Construction Management. Seminar style to include student research and internship presentations, guest lecturers, and potential site visits. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CCM 2050 - Plan Reading 2 credit hours Provides a broad-based background in reading structural, steel, and design plans. Typical plans for residential and commercial buildings reviewed along with shop drawings and specific concrete applications. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CCM 3200 - Project Estimating 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CCM 2050 and General Education Math requirement. Project drawings to prepare both basic and detailed estimates. Activities include practice implementing the print reading, estimating, and other skills acquired using actual sets of finished drawings. Projects will become more complicated as the semester progresses and will include introduction to estimating software. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CCM 3500 - Land Surveying 3 credit hours Prerequisite: General Education Math requirement. Basic surveying operations such as chaining, differential leveling, transverse methods and calculations, structural layout, topographic mapping, and slope staking for road and utilities in subdivisions. Basic surveying instruments used include the chain, automatic level, transit, and theodolite. Environmental issues relating to land and land development covered. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CCM 4010 - Concrete and Construction Law 3 credit hours Practical approach to the legal system in construction. Topics include licensing requirements, business associations, hiring professionals, employment issues, insurance, worker’s comp, tort liability, contracts, financing, sale of property, title issues, liens, land use, bankruptcy, and warranties. Involves a case study approach to critically analyzing historical and current events in the concrete and construction industry. Particular emphasis on developing a managerial decision-making process incorporating ethical, legal, financial, and other business perspectives. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Concrete Industry Management
	CIM 1050 - Blueprint Reading 1 credit hour Provides a broad-based background in interpreting blueprints. Typical plans for both residential and commercial building reviewed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 1500 - Basic Road Construction Safety 2 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. The study of best-known safe work practices in the road construction industry. Upon successful completion of the course, student will have a working knowledge of how to be safe as well as maintain a safe work environment. Offers preparation for the MSHA and OSHA certification exams. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 2500 - Road Construction Problem Solving and Decision Making 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Study of various problem solving and decision making methodologies as well as best-known customer service practices. Upon successful completion of this course, student will have a working knowledge of how to quickly analyze the situation and resolve it by using superior communication and negotiation skills. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 2510 - Fundamentals of Road Construction 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Develops fundamental skills in the areas of construction science, building and construction design, material resources, technical writing, applied math, and basic computer skills. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 2520 - Advanced Road Construction 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Further develops skills acquired from CIM 2510 in the areas of construction science, building and construction design, material resources, technical writing, applied math, and computer skills. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3000 - Fundamentals of Concrete: Properties and Testing 4 credit hours Prerequisites: CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 or CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 ; CCM 1010 . Concrete testing, admixtures, placing, and finishing. Effects of concrete-making materials on properties of fresh and hardened concrete materials. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3050 - Concrete Construction Methods 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3000 . Forming and shoring, placing and reinforcing; transporting, placing, consolidating, finishing, jointing, and curing concrete for cast-in-place foundations, pavements, slabs on ground, structural frames, and other structural members; erecting precast concrete members; waterproofing concrete foundations. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3060 - Understanding the Concrete Construction System 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3000 . Detailed look at how the concrete construction industry works. Includes review of model building codes, building officials and their function, concrete industry codes and standards, concrete construction processes, quality assurance systems, contract documents, and concrete construction markets. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3070 - Site Planning, Layout, and Preparation 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CCM 1010 and General Education Math requirement. Activities required to successfully prepare a site for concrete work. Includes initial site investigation, surveying, groundwork, subbase preparation, and elevations. Exposes students to modern technological tools and methods such the use of GPS, EDM, and lasers. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3080 - Formwork Design and Computerized Drafting 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3050 . Overview of costs and safety with regard to formwork selection, design, and construction. Reviews the various forming systems available and how they may be integrated for use in specific project circumstances. Includes a basic review of CAD drafting techniques and their applications. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3090 - Computer Applications in Concrete and Construction Industries 3 credit hours Studies most commonly used computer software applications being used by the concrete and construction industries. Upon completion students will have working knowledge of the software in the advanced CIM classes as well as the industry. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3100 - Applications of Concrete Construction 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3050 . Details many uses of concrete in the construction of buildings, pavements, and other facilities. Emphasis on the advantages, disadvantages, and unique problems faced by materials suppliers, contractors, and design professionals when concrete is chosen for specific applications. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3300 - Concrete Industry Internship 1 to 9 credit hours Opportunity for students to gain supervised, practical work experience in their particular field of interest within the concrete industry. The student will be evaluated by his/her supervisor, and a final report will be submitted by the student detailing the internship experience. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3310 - Road Construction Internship I 2 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. This 400-hour, hands-on training will consist of working with earth moving equipment, pavers, compaction equipment, milling and cutting equipment, crushing equipment, recycling/stabilizing equipment, below grade construction. Trained MTSU faculty and industry professionals will lead this effort and put the interns through highly structured training program. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3320 - Road Construction Internship II 2 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. This 400-hour, hands-on training will further enhance the training received in CIM 3310 . It will consist of working with earth moving equipment, pavers, compaction equipment, milling and cutting equipment, crushing equipment, recycling/stabilizing equipment, below grade construction. Trained industry professionals will lead this effort and put the interns through highly structured training program. This training will take place at the participant’s dealer location. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 3600 - Advanced Concrete Project Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3060 . A continuation of the construction management concepts taught in CIM 3060 . Emphasis on application of advanced project management concepts. A group activity involving management of a complex concrete construction project. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4010 - Design and Construction Issues 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CCM 3200 . A review of concrete construction materials and their physical and mechanical properties. Special emphasis placed on the concepts of mechanics of materials and resolving design/construction mismatches. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4030 - Issues in the Concrete and Construction Industry: A Legal and Ethical Perspective 1 credit hour Prerequisite: CIM 3050 . Involves a case study approach to critically analyzing historical and current events in the concrete and construction industry. Particular emphasis on developing a managerial decision-making process incorporating ethical, legal, financial, and other business perspectives. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4050 - Management of Concrete Products: Ordering and Delivering 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3100 . Provides student with basic understanding on managing order and delivery processes common to all concrete products. Emphasis on planning, organizing, and controlling at both the first-line supervisory and managerial levels. Key differences in the order and delivery functions of ready mix concrete, concrete masonry, pre-cast concrete, pre-stress concrete, and concrete pipe supplemented by product-specific guest lectures and plant tours. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4060 - Management of Concrete Products: Production Facilities 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3100 . Provides student with basic understanding of managing the manufacturing process common to all concrete products production facilities. Emphasis on planning, organizing, and controlling at both the first-line supervisory and managerial levels. Review of key differences in manufacturing process of ready mix concrete, concrete masonry, precast concrete, pre-stress concrete, and concrete pipe explained through product-specific guest lectures and plant tours. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4070 - Concrete Contracting Personnel Management 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CIM declared major and senior standing. Application of personnel management techniques in the contracting business. Emphasis on adapting management styles to various employee personality traits, training techniques, personal management, effective and efficient management of equipment and other resources, and leadership development. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4100 - Field Management and Supervision 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Senior standing; CCM 1010 . Offers knowledge and skills to effectively manage concrete construction jobsite activities. Emphasis on safety, equipment identification and use, maintenance, contingency plans, and worksite productivity. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4150 - Concrete Problems: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Dispute Resolution 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3100 . Diagnosing and preventing problems related to concrete production, testing, construction, and performance. Identifying causes of fresh and hardened concrete problems such as fast and slow setting, air content variations, low strength, cracking, and scaling. Pre-job conferences and dispute resolution methods. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4200 - Senior Concrete Lab 2 credit hours Prerequisites: CIM 3000 and senior standing. Opportunity for students to gain in-depth knowledge of the technical aspects of concrete and cement chemistry in a laboratory environment. The student will be evaluated by his/her ability to investigate a concrete situation and resolve the issue with a laboratory project. Graded activities include in-class exercises, written reports, and oral presentations. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4300 - Concrete Mixture Design 2 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3100 . A detailed study on the standard practices of designing and proportioning various types of concrete mixtures. Addresses the basic principles that govern the use of different types of cements, aggregates, supplementary cementitious materials, and chemical admixtures in concrete mixture design. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4400 - Decorative Concrete 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3000 . Understanding and utilizing decorative concrete design applications, production, stamping, staining, and sealing. Manufacturing of concrete countertops, as well as vertical, flooring, and ornamental applications. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4500 - Masonry 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3000 . Use, types, and manufacture of concrete masonry units. Discusses common techniques and technical considerations relating to construction using concrete masonry. Reviews typical laboratory testing procedures used for very specific compliance of concrete masonry units for use in construction. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4600 - Design, Production, and Manufacture of Precast Concrete 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CIM 3050 . Covers all relevant topics within the precast concrete industry including design, manufacture, handling, transportation, safety, quality, and erection of precast concrete productions. Helps minimize learning curve as a new professional in the precast industry. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4700 - Global Concrete Production and Construction Technologies 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. EXL course that includes a detailed look and hands-on experience in the concrete and construction industries in another part of the world. Classroom lectures include theoretical concepts and cultural expectations during travel; training portion allows students to apply the knowledge while working in a different culture and part of the world. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4800 - Special Problems in Concrete Industry Management 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Permission of department and declared CIM major. Opportunity to pursue projects of individual interest in concrete industry management. Projects may be technical and/or managerial in nature and may require any combination of literature reviews, lab work, field studies, and other research methods. A faculty member will approve a formally submitted proposal for the study, supervise progress, and grade a report and a presentation which are required upon completion of the project. May be repeated for up to 6 hours of undergraduate credit. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CIM 4910 - Capstone 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CIM 3300 and senior standing; to be taken last semester. Intensive study of a problem(s) appropriate to the major and the student’s career interest. Solution(s) for problem(s) presented to a committee of concrete industry representatives. Presentation must emphasize depth of analysis, completeness and effectiveness of solution, and presentation skills. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Construction Management Technology
	CMT 1100 - Introduction to Construction Systems 3 credit hours Introduces the major systems encountered when managing construction. Includes those operations of the residential and commercial construction industry, their similarities and how they differ in scope and daily practice. Basic entry-level plan reading skills, specifications, estimating and scheduling concepts incorporated as part of the business management functions pertaining to the construction industry. Seminar style to include student research, guest lecturers, and potential site visits. Required for graduation in Construction Management and should be taken prior to beginning CM upper-division coursework. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3000 - Commercial Construction and Materials 3 credit hours Blueprint reading, commercial construction materials and equipment, commercial construction systems, new materials and procedures, and fundamentals essential to knowledge of the commercial construction field. Lecture, field observations, and site/or plant visits required. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3150 - Residential Building Construction and Materials I 3 credit hours Introduces the residential construction industry. Includes basic fundamentals, terminology, materials, current methods, techniques, and associated problems. Recommended for those desiring general knowledge of residential construction or who plan to work in the construction industry. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3155 - Land Development and Residential Building 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of department. Online course for land development and infrastructure layout. House plans, methods, and techniques used in building conventional structure. Recommended for those desiring general knowledge as a consumer of residential construction. (Required for Electrical Construction Management concentration. Land Development/Residential Building Construction Management major or minor students cannot use this course to replace CMT 3150 .) Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3160 - Cost Estimating I 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CMT 1100 or CMT 3150 . Principles and practices involved in the preparation of a cost estimate for a residential home. Topics include introduction to cost estimating, materials, and labor costs for residential building. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3180 - Construction and Materials II 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. A continuation of CMT 3150 with emphasis on new building materials and various types of construction. Light commercial construction included. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3190 - Construction Land Development Operations 3 credit hours Topics include contractor procedures in land development, land development infrastructure, and management methods. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3195 - Sustainable Construction 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Introduces current green building technologies and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) Green Building Guidelines and other green build programs. Also covers the impact of the building industry on the environment and how that impact can be minimized by the use of green technology. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3210 - Residential Codes, Regulations, Specifications, and Plan Reading 3 credit hours The residential and subdivision infrastructure construction language for plan reading, codes, regulations, and specifications. Lectures and hands-on activities. Industry will provide guest lecturers and show examples of some of their work in the field. Students will be required to visit architects, city and county codes department representatives, and contractors during the semester. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3300 - Construction Management Internship 1 to 9 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Opportunity for students to gain supervised, practical work experience in their particular field of interest within the construction industry. Student will be evaluated by his/her supervisor, and a final report/presentation will be submitted by the student to the faculty member detailing the internship experience. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 3320 - Architectural Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Using computers to model a residential structure through Building Information Modeling (BIM). Students will also analyze the model for constructability, create various construction documents, and perform a material takeoff from the data. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4000 - Soils, Foundations and Earth Moving Equipment 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior or senior status. Properties and testing of soils on a job site, different kinds of foundations used, and an overview of the different kinds and costs of earth moving equipment used in the commercial construction industry. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4100 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Fundamentals and computer design of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems used in the residential and light commercial building construction industry. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4110 - Cost Estimating II 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CCM 3200 . Use of computer to estimate total cost of land development and housing costs for capstone project. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4120 - Scheduling 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CMT 3300 . Flow of labor and material toward specified goal, weather, trade characteristics, and material availability in work scheduling shown by graphs. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4130 - Construction Administration 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Senior standing; CMT 3190 ; ACTG 2110 and ACTG 2120 or ACTG 3000 . Management and administration of construction to include contracts, office, and field work. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4140 - Construction Management Principles 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Detailed look at how the construction industry works. Includes review of model building codes, building officials and their functions, construction industry codes and standards, quality assurance systems, contract documents, and principles of managing construction contracts. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4170 - Capstone-LDRB Construction Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Final preparation of development plans, etc., for subdivision. Basic principles of presentations. Presentation of capstone project to Building Construction Technical Committee. To be taken last semester. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4172 - Capstone for Electrical Construction Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Senior status; permission of department. Taken during the last semester of coursework at MTSU. Student will develop a project(s) that relates to the material covered in concentration courses. Proposed outline(s) required and must be approved by the Electrical Construction Management advisor before starting. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4200 - Commercial Cost Estimating and Bidding 3 credit hours Commercial estimating including take-offs from blueprints, using preferred computer estimating programs, educational trips to Dodge Room in Nashville, actually seeing a job being estimated and bid. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CMT 4280 - Commercial Construction Capstone 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Construction portfolio presented to subcommittee of advisory committee. Pictures and/or projects developed in junior- and senior-level commercial construction classes included; all facets of a commercial construction project from inception to completion. To be taken last semester. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Cooperative Education
	COED 2930 - Cooperative Education 3 credit hours Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the director of Cooperative Education. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	COED 2940 - Cooperative Education 3 credit hours Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the director of Cooperative Education. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	COED 3970 - Cooperative Education 3 credit hours Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the director of Cooperative Education. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	COED 3980 - Cooperative Education 3 credit hours Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the director of Cooperative Education. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Criminal Justice Administration
	CJA 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Administration 3 credit hours Survey of the criminal justice system; philosophy and history of criminal justice agencies; analysis of the problems and needs of agencies involved in the criminal justice process; survey of professional career opportunities. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2100 - Criminal Theory 3 credit hours Introduction to crime theory and criminal justice policies. Topics include biological, psychological, and sociological studies of crime and policies adopted by the criminal justice system in response to crime theory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2200 - Prevention and Control of Crime 3 credit hours The police function; an analysis of crime prevention and control; major problems and needs of the law enforcement segment of the criminal justice system. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2400 - The Judicial Process 3 credit hours (Same as FSCJ 2400 .) The structure and function of the judicial system; the major problems and needs of the judicial segment of the criminal justice system; major emphasis on the basic concepts of criminal law and administration. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2600 - Corrections 3 credit hours History of the development of corrections in Europe and America; survey of current prison conditions and operations, including pre-release, probation, and parole. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2900 - Practicum in Law Enforcement 6 credit hours Practicum. (Specialized Instruction, Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy, Donelson.) In addition to normal tuition and fees, students will also be required to pay room and board costs at the Academy. Open only to pre-service seniors. Arrangements to take this course should be made with the department chair at least one semester in advance so that the student can be enrolled in the academy. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2910 - Practicum: Patrol Operations I 3 credit hours Graduates of a Basic Police School as certified by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission with a minimum of 55 hours of coursework and training with topics identified as ethics and patrol. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2920 - Practicum: Patrol Operations II 3 credit hours Graduates of a Basic Police School as certified by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission with a minimum of 55 hours of coursework and training with topics identified as emergency vehicle operation, firearms, and patrol. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 2930 - Practicum: Police Interpersonal Communication and Human Relations 3 credit hours Graduates of a Basic Police School as certified by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission with a minimum of 55 hours of coursework and training with topics identified as interpersonal communication, human relations, and written communication. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3130 - Victimology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 or SOC 2010 . Explores the prevalence of crime victimization in the United States and globally, the impact of victimization, treatment of victims by criminal justice and other social service agencies, theoretical explanations for victimization, the victims’ rights, and successful approaches to working with crime victims. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3190 - Disasters and Criminal Justice 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 . A comprehensive review of responsibilities of criminal justice agents in disasters. Familiarizes students with the different types of disasters, the role of criminal justice agents in disasters, crime within disasters, and preparation for disasters by emergency management and criminal justice personnel. Students will conduct a disaster preparedness evaluation for a specific geographic area in which they will evaluate assets and deficits that will need to be utilized and accommodated throughout a disaster. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3200 - Research Methods with Computer Technology 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CJA 1100 CJA 2200 , CJA 2400 , and CJA 2600 or permission of instructor; junior or senior standing. Overview of scientific research methods in criminal justice with emphasis on computer technology to conduct research and interpretation and analysis on various statistical data. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3220 - Ethics in Criminal Justice 3 credit hours Principles of justice and ethics. Covers ethics and law, police and ethical standards, ethics and the courts, and correctional ethics. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3230 - Police Organization and Administration 3 credit hours Principles of organization and personnel management, line staff and auxiliary functions; the police organization and the individual; planning, research, and development; political controls on authority and jurisdiction; professionalization of the police. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3250 - Criminal Law 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 . Theories and principles of the body of substantive criminal law. Covers the elements of the range of criminal law offenses. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3400 - Constitutional Issues and Criminal Justice 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CJA 1100 CJA 2200 , CJA 2400 , and CJA 2600 or permission of instructor; junior or senior standing. Development of Constitutional and procedural controls of the administration of criminal justice. Constitutional limits on law enforcement agencies including the laws of arrest, search and seizure, admissions and confessions, and eavesdropping; on pre-trial and trial procedures, on past conviction processes. Emphasis on current U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3411 - Intelligence Analysis 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 ; junior or senior standing. Demonstrates the use of intelligence analysis to support criminal justice, homeland security, and private security missions. Provides an overview of the Intelligence Planning Cycle and various iterations of intelligence connected to contemporary intelligence strategies. Examines role of intelligence in terrorist, cyber, disaster, and policing missions as well as intelligence gathering from government, corporate, and international perspectives. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3450 - Legal Issues in Corrections 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 or permission of instructor. Legal issues concerning the constitutional rights of convicted offenders. Topics include impact of court decisions upon correctional personnel and administration; use of force; rights of visitation; use of mail, solitary confinement, religion, legal services; probation and parole regulations; right to treatment; and civil liabilities of correctional officials. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3500 - Criminal Courts: Structure, Personnel, and Processes 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CJA 1100 and CJA 2400 . Role of the criminal courts in our criminal justice system with a focus on structures, personnel, and processes. Various job opportunities and placement qualifications discussed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3630 - Probation and Parole 3 credit hours An analysis of the history, theory, philosophy, and function of probation, parole, and pardon; evaluation of the effectiveness of the individual in the community; usage of pre-sentence investigation; selection, supervision, and release of probationers and parolees. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3650 - Correctional Management 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CJA 1100 and CJA 2600 or permission of instructor. Comprehensive overview of management issues in both institutional and community corrections. Topics include organizational theory; planning, programming, and budgeting; policy analysis, program evaluation, information systems and technology; facilities management; offender classification systems; treatment programs; management of special offender populations; personnel issues. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3700 - Women, Crime, and Justice Administration 3 credit hours Explores the experience of women in the criminal justice system as victims of violence and as criminal justice employees and prisoners. Focus on gender-based differences in the experience of criminal justice from historical, economic, and professional perspectives. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3750 - Terrorism and Criminal Justice 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 or permission of instructor. Meaning, history, purposes, and incidents of terrorism. Emphasis on terrorist acts as crimes along with the unique role of law enforcement in the detection, prevention, investigation, and prosecution of the crimes. Legislative, constitutional, and legal issues surrounding law enforcement, courts, and corrections explored. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	CJA 3800 - Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: CJA 1100 . Introduces students to the growing field of emergency management specifically as applied to disasters and other hazards. Focuses on the most common types of hazards posed to first responders and the four disciplines necessary in preparing for and responding to hazards/disasters and prevention efforts applicable to these same events. Students will critically assess the roles of different agencies in the overall emergency response protocol and strengths and weaknesses of the response of emergency management teams. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

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CSCI 4160 - Compiler Design and Software Development

CSCI 4250 - Computer Graphics

CSCI 4280 - Undergraduate Research

CSCI 4300 - Data Communication and Networks

CSCI 4330 - Parallel Processing Concepts

CSCI 4350 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

CSCI 4360 - Intelligent Robot System

CSCI 4410 - Web Technologies

CSCI 4560 - Database Management Systems

CSCI 4600 - Independent Study in Computer Science

CSCI 4700 - Software Engineering

CSCI 4800 - Software Testing

CSCI 4850 - Neural Nets

CSCI 4900 - Selected Topics in Computer Science

CSCI 4910 - Computer Science Internship

CCM 1010 - Introduction to the Concrete and Construction Industry

CCM 2050 - Plan Reading

CCM 3200 - Project Estimating

CCM 3500 - Land Surveying

CCM 4010 - Concrete and Construction Law

CIM 1050 - Blueprint Reading

CIM 1500 - Basic Road Construction Safety

CIM 2500 - Road Construction Problem Solving and Decision Making

CIM 2510 - Fundamentals of Road Construction

CIM 2520 - Advanced Road Construction

CIM 3000 - Fundamentals of Concrete: Properties and Testing

CIM 3050 - Concrete Construction Methods

CIM 3060 - Understanding the Concrete Construction System

CIM 3070 - Site Planning, Layout, and Preparation

CIM 3080 - Formwork Design and Computerized Drafting

CIM 3090 - Computer Applications in Concrete and Construction Industries

CIM 3100 - Applications of Concrete Construction

CIM 3300 - Concrete Industry Internship

CIM 3310 - Road Construction Internship I

CIM 3320 - Road Construction Internship II

CIM 3600 - Advanced Concrete Project Management

CIM 4010 - Design and Construction Issues

CIM 4030 - Issues in the Concrete and Construction Industry: A Legal and Ethical Perspective

CIM 4050 - Management of Concrete Products: Ordering and Delivering

CIM 4060 - Management of Concrete Products: Production Facilities

CIM 4070 - Concrete Contracting Personnel Management

CIM 4100 - Field Management and Supervision

CIM 4150 - Concrete Problems: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Dispute Resolution

CIM 4200 - Senior Concrete Lab

CIM 4300 - Concrete Mixture Design

CIM 4400 - Decorative Concrete

CIM 4500 - Masonry

CIM 4600 - Design, Production, and Manufacture of Precast Concrete

CIM 4700 - Global Concrete Production and Construction Technologies

CIM 4800 - Special Problems in Concrete Industry Management

CIM 4910 - Capstone

CMT 1100 - Introduction to Construction Systems

CMT 3000 - Commercial Construction and Materials

CMT 3150 - Residential Building Construction and Materials I

CMT 3155 - Land Development and Residential Building

CMT 3160 - Cost Estimating I

CMT 3180 - Construction and Materials II

CMT 3190 - Construction Land Development Operations

CMT 3195 - Sustainable Construction

CMT 3210 - Residential Codes, Regulations, Specifications, and Plan Reading

CMT 3300 - Construction Management Internship

CMT 3320 - Architectural Computer-Aided Drafting and Design

CMT 4000 - Soils, Foundations and Earth Moving Equipment

CMT 4100 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems

CMT 4110 - Cost Estimating II

CMT 4120 - Scheduling

CMT 4130 - Construction Administration

CMT 4140 - Construction Management Principles

CMT 4170 - Capstone-LDRB Construction Management

CMT 4172 - Capstone for Electrical Construction Management

CMT 4200 - Commercial Cost Estimating and Bidding

CMT 4280 - Commercial Construction Capstone

COED 2930 - Cooperative Education

COED 2940 - Cooperative Education

COED 3970 - Cooperative Education

COED 3980 - Cooperative Education

CJA 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Administration

CJA 2100 - Criminal Theory

CJA 2200 - Prevention and Control of Crime