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2011-12 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Economics
  

  • ECON 7520 - Advanced Labor Economics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Second half of an introduction of the leading theories in labor economics including unemployment and inflation, employment allocation and job loss, technological progress, globalization, inequalities, labor market policies, and institutions and labor market performance. Frequent use of multivariate regression analysis and other modern econometric techniques allows students to enhance skills necessary to conduct independent research in the field.


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  • ECON 7530 - International Trade

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ECON 5440  or equivalent background recommended. Advanced study of the key topics covered and introduction to other topics not covered in ECON 5440 . Critical examination of major issues and evaluation of latest theories in international trade and monetary relations.


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  • ECON 7550 - Quantitative Policy Analysis in International Economics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 6530 , ECON 7120 , and ECON 7630 . Applications-oriented course emphasizing quantitative tools to analyze policy issues related to international trade, exchange rates, sectoral resource allocation, and growth. Topics include an extended introduction to trade policy analysis using a general equilibrium modeling framework. Practical aspects of general equilibrium modeling emphasized and applied to a particular issue of interest, such as the impact of trade liberalization on labor markets and growth or the impact of trade and exchange rate distortions on resource allocation and growth.


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  • ECON 7570 - Industrial Organization and Strategy

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 6120  and ECON 6620  (or equivalent) or permission of the instructor. Historical overview of the development of industrial organization as a field, followed by intensive review of the recent theoretical and empirical literature on industry behavior and strategy. Behavior of firms in oligopoly markets emphasized. Topics include basic theory of non-cooperative games, welfare effects of non-competitive behavior, and antitrust and regulatory policy toward such behaviors.


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  • ECON 7600 - Instructional Development and Practice in Economics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Workshop environment where students present key economic concepts, use new technology, organize and structure courses and individual classes, use assessment tools, and deal with conflict in the classroom. Offers preparation to teach undergraduate classes in economics.


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  • ECON 7630 - Econometrics III

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 6620  and ECON 6630 ; student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Third course in the econometrics sequence with an emphasis on nonlinear estimation methodology for cross section and panel data. Includes discussion of various qualitative and limited dependent variable models, including those for discrete responses, censored and truncated data, sample selection problems, treatment effects, and duration analysis. Incorporates practical applications in SAS, STATA, and other computing environments.


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  • ECON 7640 - Dissertation Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of dissertation. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of doctoral research each semester until completion. S/U grading.


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  • ECON 7660 - History of Economic Thought

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate status and proficiency in reading and writing English. Examines the history of Western economics beginning with the ancient Greeks, including the medieval scholastics, the early modern mercantilists, and selected thinkers from classical liberal economics, socialism, the historical and institutionalist schools of economics, neoclassical economics, and contemporary economics.


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  • ECON 7710 - Advanced Monetary Economics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Provides an integrated treatment of a variety of dynamic optimization and dynamic equilibrium models and examines their empirical implications for individual choices and, in particular, savings and asset prices. Three frameworks studied: infinitely lived representative agent models, heterogenous agent models, and representative and heterogenous agent models with financial frictions. Advanced numerical solution methods and panel data estimation techniques also incorporated.


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  • ECON 7720 - Advanced Monetary Economics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Introduction to leading theories in monetary economics including measurement of the empirical impact of monetary shocks on real activity, money in the utility function and cash-in-advance models, and New Keynesian models featuring sluggish price and wage adjustment. Emphasis on the analysis of interest rate rules and the conduct of optimal monetary policy under commitment and discretion. Frequent use of numerical dynamic programming and empirical estimation of monetary models allows students to enhance skills necessary to conduct independent research in the field.


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  • ECON 7900 - Research Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 7630 ; student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students practice writing academic papers, critiques, and monographs in economics and finance with some emphasis on developing a viable dissertation proposal. Incorporates a detailed discussion of essential steps in the publication process such as identifying a topic, fitting it into the literature, developing a theoretical background, preparing the data, choosing an appropriate methodology, and presenting the results, as well as pitfalls to avoid in working on dissertations and academic papers.


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  • ECON 7999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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Elementary Education
  

  • ELED 5201 - Observation and Participation: Grades 1-6

    3 credit hours
    Directed laboratory experiences for teachers desiring to add an endorsement to their certificates. Includes language arts, math, science, social studies, art, and music.


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  • ELED 5260 - Problems in Elementary Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    A problem-oriented course, on or off campus, planned and designed for individuals, school faculty, school systems, or other professional groups that will provide opportunities for in-service education related to assessed needs. Credit toward a degree limited to six semester hours.


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  • ELED 5510 - The Teaching Internship, Grades 1-8

    9 credit hours
    A supervised internship available only to those with at least one year of paid teaching experience in the major in which endorsement is sought. Applicants must meet all prerequisites for student teaching.


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  • ELED 6000 - Teaching Writing

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth exploration of students’ efforts to become writers. Presents theoretical and practical strategies for establishing an effective writing environment based on current research.


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  • ELED 6010 - The Teacher as Reflective Practitioner

    3 credit hours
    Articulates the role of and explores the varied dimensions of the process of reflective teaching as it may be utilized by the elementary, special education, reading, or secondary teacher. Prerequisite for all Curriculum and Instruction (Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Education, and Middle School Education) candidates.


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  • ELED 6090 - Creating Learning Environments for Young Children

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . In-depth analysis of social, emotional, language, and cognitive variables that impact young children’s learning and allow teachers to plan and maintain proactive environments. Required for those students wishing to concentrate in Early Childhood Education.


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  • ELED 6100 - The Early Adolescent Learner

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Reflects on the early adolescent while focusing on the student-centered school environment and the appropriately well-balanced curriculum. Required for those students wishing to concentrate in Middle School Education.


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  • ELED 6180 - Research and Advanced Methods in Elementary School Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Explores knowledge and methods needed to effectively teach elementary school mathematics in relation to current research on mathematical pedagogy. Reflects upon teaching in comparison to the current literature on best practices in order to effectively implement these strategies.


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  • ELED 6200 - The Classroom as Community

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Explores the classroom community with respect to definitions and practice. Teachers will reflect on how their beliefs and attitudes influence practice. Required for all students.


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  • ELED 6250 - Technological Tools for Thinking and Learning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Learning environments supported by computer technology that promote knowledge construction. Special emphasis on use of the Internet and the design and development of a hypermedia learning environment.


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  • ELED 6252 - Technologies that Invite and Adapt: Teaching and Learning in a Media World

    3 credit hours
    Explores content and technologies available to teachers of elementary and middle school children. Focuses on the adaptation of existing technologies to enhance student learning


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  • ELED 6253 - Web-Based Multimedia Development for Elementary and Middle School

    3 credit hours
    The design, development, and implementation of knowledge-based multimedia learning environments for elementary and middle school students.


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  • ELED 6260 - Problems in Elementary Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    A problems course offering an opportunity to study, discuss, and evaluate current problems in elementary education from a K-6 perspective.


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  • ELED 6290 - Inquiry in the Classroom

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth study of the inquiry process as it relates to teachers in the classroom. Theory and practice combine as teachers engage in their own research to improve classroom instruction.


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  • ELED 6340 - Introduction to Educational Research

    3 credit hours
    Research methodologies in education. Rationalistic and naturalistic paradigms explored with respect to problem statements and literature reviews. At the 7000 level, students will broaden the scope of their research to include original data collection, analysis, and interpretation.


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  • ELED 6370 - Education and Ethno-Cultural Diversity

    3 credit hours
    Explores the ethno-cultural issues, concepts, and theories that impact teaching practice. Course content linked to students’ (anticipated) professional needs and interests. Prior professional, cross-cultural, or international experience welcomed. Exposes participants to social dimensions of ethno-cultural diversity that increasingly impact pedagogy.


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  • ELED 6380 - Empowerment Through Literacy

    3 credit hours
    Introduction of power structures in the country as a whole and in schools. Language structures; how language and literacy play a role in defining identities of power.


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  • ELED 6390 - STEM Education in the Elementary School

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Explores research and current trends in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the elementary school classroom. Reflection upon the importance of teaching and integrating the STEM disciplines.


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  • ELED 6400 - Teaching the Special Needs Learner in the Heterogeneous Classroom

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010  (prerequisite requirement for elementary education majors only). Helps develop skills, beliefs, and attitudes necessary for effectively incorporating and teaching special needs learners in a heterogeneous classroom.


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  • ELED 6450 - Current Trends and Issues in the Elementary School

    3 credit hours
    Explores current issues and trends in the elementary school. Reflection upon the impact for teachers, students, and learning outcomes.


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  • ELED 6500 - Learning and Teaching

    3 credit hours
    Promotes understanding of human learning and development necessary to engender competent, caring professionals by providing opportunities to describe, compare, and contrast various theories in order to create appropriate learning environments.


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  • ELED 6510 - Language Arts

    3 credit hours
    Explores language learning and teaching. Introduces various theories about cognition, language, and language learning, including second language acquisition and various strategies for teaching language arts. Public school practicum required.


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  • ELED 6530 - Teaching Social Studies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Valid teaching licence or acceptance into the teacher education program. Introduces students to philosophy and need for teaching social studies in the K-6 classroom and to a variety of instructional strategies for teaching social studies.


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  • ELED 6540 - Teaching Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to the teacher education program; ELED 6500 . Introduces students to various philosophies for teaching science in the K-6 classroom and to a variety of instructional strategies for teaching science.


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  • ELED 6550 - Teaching Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program or a valid teaching license; ELED 6500 . Orientation to the teaching strategies and materials appropriate for teaching mathematics in grades K-6. Emphasis on using a constructivist approach.


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  • ELED 6620 - Assessment of Teaching and Learning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010  (or taken concurrently with ELED 6010  by Elementary Education major only). Familiarizes teachers with assessment techniques that focus on the complex relationship between learning and instruction. Required for all students.


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  • ELED 6640 - Thesis: Elementary Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Six semester hours of 7000-level courses in elementary education. Supervised in-depth study on an individual basis of an area of elementary education.


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  • ELED 6999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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  • ELED 7220 - Seminar in Elementary Education

    3 credit hours
    Explores contemporary issues in education as they relate to the individual teacher, the school as an institution, the school clientele, and the community. Allows the student to adjust individual educational philosophy to a changing society and schools; gives contiguity to other educational experiences.


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  • ELED 7250 - From Policy to Practice in American Public Schools

    3 credit hours
    The effect of public policy on educational practices. Emphasis on exploring policy variations within the educational practices in the U.S. and around the world with a particular emphasis on elementary education.


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  • ELED 7290 - Inquiry and Problem-Based Learning

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth study of the inquiry process as it relates to teachers in the classroom. Theory and practice combine as teachers engage in their own research to improve classroom instruction.


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  • ELED 7340 - Introduction to Educational Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Six semester hours of 7000-level courses in elementary education. Supervised in-depth study on an individual basis of an area of elementary education.


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  • ELED 7350 - Introduction to Qualitative Methods

    3 credit hours
    An overview of qualitative research methods in the field of education. ELED 7350 offers candidates field experience to collect data for analysis and interpretation.


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  • ELED 7380 - Internship

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Enrollment in Ed.S. Curriculum and Instruction program; good academic standing; completion of at least 12 hours of coursework. Field-based experience selected by student in collaboration with program advisor. Purpose is to expand the student’s world view of a career connected to curriculum and instruction issues across a spectrum of disciplines.


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  • ELED 7640 - Ed.S. Thesis Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Six semester hours of 7000-level courses in elementary education. Supervised, in-depth study on an individual or group basis of an area of elementary education. Student may register two semesters for three hours credit each semester or for six hours credit one semester. Open only to post-master’s degree students.


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Engineering Technology
  

  • ET 5220 - Advanced Metalwork

    3 credit hours
    Techniques, equipment and procedures, advantages and disadvantages of current metal-casting processes used in industry. Laboratory exercises in sand molding and casting, the full mold process, investment casting, and permanent mold casting including pattern design and construction, mold making, metal melting and handling. Guest lecturer(s). Plant tour(s). Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5230 - Advanced Machine Tool Technology

    3 credit hours
    Taper turning, boring and thread chasing, and calculations of screw threads and other operations. Gear terminology and calculations, practice gear cutting on the milling machine, use of index head. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5280 - Computer-Aided Manufacturing: Numerical Control (NC)

    3 credit hours
    Role of NC in today’s manufacturing environment; machines and machine control systems of a typical installation; justification. Emphasis on writing and debugging programs for a three-axis milling machine and a two-axis turning machine utilizing CNC and computer-aided part programming. For those with little or no experience with NC or those seeking to broaden their knowledge of NC. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5330 - Advanced Computer-Aided Drafting

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 3360 or CMT 3320. Interactive computer drafting and design using advanced AutoCAD software and add-ons. Primarily for students who want to increase their capabilities using CAD software and hardware. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5340 - Design of Machine Elements

    3 credit hours
    Analytical design methods of machine elements. Stress analysis, working stress, combined stresses, failure theories, fatigue failure. Design techniques for shafts, fasteners, gears, bearings, and belt and chain drives. Includes a design project. Lecture.


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  • ET 5360 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ET 2310 or CMT 3320. Utilizes AutoCAD software to develop skills in the creation and analysis of mechanical and architectural solid models for design and production purposes. Includes the use of shading and rendering to enhance three-dimensional model display and the extraction of two-dimensional engineering drawings. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5370 - Tool Design

    3 credit hours
    Design of tools, fixtures, gauges, and dies. Translates product drawing specifications to tooling concepts. Utilizes computer drafting. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5420 - Industrial Safety

    3 credit hours
    Safety and health problems in the manufacturing, construction, and utilities industries, including pertinent laws, codes, regulations, standards, and liability considerations. Organizational and administrative principles and practices for safety engineering, accident investigation and recording, safety education, and safety enforcement.


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  • ET 5590 - Manufacturing Automation Systems

    3 credit hours
    Provides technical, human, and business aspects of modern automation systems. Includes automation controls, levels of control and major components/subsystems, object-based software components, intelligent actuators and sensors, emerging trends, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), industrial systems and supply chain applications, organizational approaches, and automation justification.


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  • ET 5600 - Programmable Logic Controllers

    2 credit hours
    Introduces programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Selection, operation, and troubleshooting. Ladder diagrams and programming of PLCs emphasized. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5610 - Instrumentation and Controls

    3 credit hours
    Devices and techniques used in the measurement of physical parameters. Consideration of accurates and sources of error, identification of typical measurements, sensors and transducers, control stability, and response. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5630 - Local Area Networks

    3 credit hours
    Foundation and experience to understand the design, implementation, and management strategies of local area networks (LAN). Data communications standards and protocol fundamentals included. Lecture, laboratory activities, and a LAN design requirement. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5640 - Industrial Electricity

    3 credit hours
    AC power theory and circuits for industrial applications, polyphase systems, power factor correction, and transformers. Theory, applications, and selection of motors and generators. Control subsystems with emphasis on power electronics. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5650 - Introduction to Microprocessors

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 3620. Introductory course in microprocessor-based systems and their related components. Machine language programming extensively used to solve problems and to demonstrate the relationship of the microprocessor to its supporting peripherals. Basic microcomputer architecture also emphasized. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5660 - Microprocessor Interfacing

    3 credit hours
    Analog and digital conversion devices and their related systems. Introduction to individual subsystems; A/D and D/A data conversion. Organization and design of individual digital systems emphasized. Includes data transfer, conversion, storage, input and output with principal focus on systems external to computer systems. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5670 - Microprocessor Design

    3 credit hours
    Advanced course in design and application of microprocessor-based microcomputers for measurement and control systems. In-depth analysis of software and hardware in the design process. Design, develop, and test an operating system for a microprocessor-based computer. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5680 - Electronic Fabrication

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 3610 or equivalent. Planning and designing electronic packaging, including printed circuit board design, component selection criteria, and construction techniques. Conventional and computer-aided printed circuit board design techniques used. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5700 - Transform Circuit Analysis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ET 3601 and MATH 1910 or permission of instructor. An advanced course in network analysis that stresses network theorems and solutions of time and frequency-domain problems with the use of Laplace Transforms.


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  • ET 5710 - Industrial Seminar

    1 credit hours
    Orientation to industrial job opportunities, placement practices, interview techniques, and preparation of application materials (resume, cover letter). Guest lectures, films, and student and faculty presentations.


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  • ET 5850 - Fluid Power

    3 credit hours
    Systems and the basic components that make up these systems, including hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluidic. Emphasis on understanding the language and graphic symbols associated with fluid power and the performance characteristics of system components. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5860 - Robotics

    3 credit hours
    Introduces the fundamentals of robots. Types of robots and controls, the prime movers, and the application of robots in the industrial environment. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5900 - Productivity Strategies

    3 credit hours
    Analysis, design, and implementation of productivity strategies and improvement programs for a wide variety of organizations. Touches a wide spectrum of disciplines such as work design, quality, design engineering, and employee involvement.


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  • ET 5915 - Technical Project Management and Soft Skills

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Project management as sanctioned by the International Project Management Institute and how to assess and boost emotional intelligence or soft skills. Student successfully completing course will earn 20 Professional Development Units (PDUs) issued by the International Project Management Institute.


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  • ET 5920 - Plant Layout and Materials Handling

    3 credit hours
    An overview of facility planning including equipment selection, work flow analysis, activity relationship analysis, and plant layout for product, process, and JIT requirements. Teams assigned actual projects in industry. CAD layout presentations to industry management required.


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  • ET 5970 - Engineering Economy

    3 credit hours
    Development of capital budgets; justification of capital projects using time value of money concepts; replacement analysis. Review of justification of actual capital projects and computer applications.


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  • ET 5980 - Federal and State Safety Legislation

    3 credit hours
    The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Act (TOSHA); Environmental Protection Agency; rules and regulations and how they apply to industry.


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  • ET 5990 - Industrial Engineering Systems

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 3910 or equivalent. System design of work tasks including establishing time standards by time and motion study and work sampling; ergonomic design for integration of the human into the work task environment. Scientific methods supplemented by quality considerations with emphasis on statistical quality control (SQC). Computer software used for design and analyses. Graduate students will lead an industry design project team of students.


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  • ET 6010 - Safety Planning

    3 credit hours
    Advanced study of planning in occupational safety and health management, including program planning and development methods and techniques as well as various systems approaches to hazard control.


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  • ET 6020 - Safety Technology and Engineering

    3 credit hours
    Advanced study of the technical components of occupational workplace hazards, hazards analysis, workplace design, current regulatory requirements, engineering techniques for hazard control, personal protective systems, equipment and techniques. Includes a practical application problem of hazard analysis and control.


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  • ET 6040 - Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

    3 credit hours
    An advanced quantitative study of occupational and environmental health principles, practices, and sampling techniques as required by either consensus or regulatory standards and their specific protocols to protect both workers and the public.


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  • ET 6070 - Anthropometric Factors in Accident Prevention

    3 credit hours
    The necessity and desirability of a thorough consideration of anthropometric factors when designing facilities and equipment and recognition of those factors most prevalent in accidents.


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  • ET 6110 - Design for Economical Production

    3 credit hours
    Factors determining the acceptability of a product from a producibility point of view. Includes an analysis of function and cost, relative machining cost, material cost, manufacturing method, cost of tolerances, and surface finishes for the selected manufacturing methods.


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  • ET 6180 - Seminar in Industrial Quality Developments

    3 credit hours
    Review of current quality control practices. Investigation of new concepts and literature in the discipline. Examinations of vendor/customer relationships in quality.


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  • ET 6190 - Six Sigma

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1530 or equivalent or consent of instructor. The Six Sigma methodology is defined as a comprehensive and flexible system for achieving, sustaining, and maximizing business success. Through class instruction, simulations, and hands-on projects, students will be able to identify and focus on customers’ critical-to-quality (CTQ) characteristics and solve problems using the define, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC) process and its associated tools. A Green Belt certification will be awarded upon successful completion of an industry/business Green Belt project.


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  • ET 6230 - Advanced Technical Drafting

    3 credit hours
    Current trends and techniques such as using computers to solve design problems and the use of group suggestions (brainstorming) in solving design problems.


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  • ET 6240 - Advanced Technical Problems in Metal

    3 credit hours
    In-depth insight into the use of metal in industry. Emphasis on industrial research and development techniques and their application in industry.


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  • ET 6260 - Advanced Technical Problems in Electricity and Electronics

    3 credit hours
    In-depth insight into the practical applications of electronic theory. Students required to design and develop electrical/electronic applications of an advanced nature.


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  • ET 6300 - PMI Project Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Project management processes and knowledge areas as sanctioned by the International Project Management Institute (PMI). Successful completion of the course will earn 23 contact hours/professional development units (PDUs) issued by PMI.


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