Jun 26, 2024

2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog

2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Electronic Media Communication
	EMC 3460 - Media and Messages 3 credit hours Prerequisites: EMC 2500 and EMC 3060 . Analysis of communication objectives, audience needs, and appropriate media in solving communication problems. Involves theoretical and practical application of mass communication theories. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 3510 - Mass Media and American Culture 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 3510 .) Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Development of American journalism and the mass media from Colonial times to the present, including the role and influence of mass media on American culture, technical advances, and contributions of individual personalities. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 3570 - Broadcast Announcing and Performance 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 3570 .) Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy. Responsibilities and skills required of the individual performer in preparing, announcing, and narrating of various types of materials for television and radio. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 3580 - Broadcast Practicum 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; junior standing; permission of instructor. Practical experience in an on-campus mass communication setting within the College of Mass Communication. A minimum of 75 hours of work will be required for each hour of credit. Note: Total university credit for practicum and internship courses cannot exceed 6 credits. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 3600 - Digital and Media Literacy 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 3600). Prerequisite: EMC 1020 / JOUR 1020 / RIM 1020 . Enables students to develop an informed and critical understanding of media messages and media culture as well as their social, cultural, and political contexts and implications. Students develop the critical thinking skills and methods of analysis necessary to interpret media content in a digital age. Offers ways to think critically about media as they relate to citizenship and democracy. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 3650 - Free Expression, Mass Media, and the American Public 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 3650 /RIM 3650 .) A general introduction to the issues surrounding free expression and its relationship to mass media in contemporary America. A comprehensive analysis of the history, philosophies, cases, and controls associated with freedom of expression. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4000 - Media Internship 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; senior standing; permission of sequence internship coordinator or instructor. Practical experience for advanced students in a professional setting. A minimum of 75 hours of work per credit hour plus other assignments is required. Note: Total university credit for internship and practicum courses cannot exceed 6 credits. Pass/Fail. Can be repeated with different employer for one to three credits with permission of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4010 - Electronic Media Sales 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EMC 2410 . Theories of marketing and selling the intangible products of the electronic media industries. The fundamentals of positioning, theory and use of ratings, and local, regional, and national buying and selling strategies presented. Offered Spring only. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4020 - Screenwriting II 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EMC 3020 ; permission of department for non-majors. Techniques of creating and writing for film and video production in both the studio and field environment. Scriptwriting guidelines, character development, plot design, and creation of storylines for contemporary screen-based media with emphasis on television genre programs or film scripts. Writing of original scripts conforming to the genre with emphasis on longer form teleplays and film scripts. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4040 - Motion Graphics II 3 credit hours (Same as ANIM 4040 .) Prerequisite: ANIM 3040 . Aesthetics, advanced principles, and processes of designing motion graphics for video production, broadcast television, film, and the Internet. Emphasizes freedom of expression while respecting diversity of media audiences. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4060 - Photojournalism 3 credit hours (Same as PHOT 4060.) Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; PHOT 3120 and PHOT 3810 ; EMC 3200 /PHOT 3200 ; or consent of instructor. Principles and practices of photography, including documentary, news and feature portraiture, photo stories, photo essays, and photo layout. Emphasis on newspaper assignments, participation in campus publications, portfolio editing and production, and internship preparation. SLR or DSLR camera required. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Normally offered Fall only Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4130 - Post Production II 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; EMC 1080 and EMC 2130 . Methods of editing for narrative and non-narrative forms of media along with theory. Hands-on exercises in class with exploration of color correction, motion, filters, text and audio editing for video and digital film. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4140 - Electronic Media Programming 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EMC 2410 . Development of techniques, program organization, audience analysis, recording, and directing through projects. Provides practical conceptual knowledge of the problems and procedures followed in planning and producing programming. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4150 - Video Series Production 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; EMC 3140 or permission of instructor. Preparation and development of scripted and unscripted video programming; principles and aesthetics of production and directing. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4210 - Mass Communication and Society 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 4210 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Theories of the process of mass communication, how media affect society, the evolution within a social and cultural context, ethical and social dimensions. Extensive reading in theory, history, and research. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4250 - Mass Media Law 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 4250.) Prerequisites: EMC 1020 ; junior standing. Examines legal guarantees and restrictions on the flow of information using the case study method. Focuses on libel, privacy, obscenity, and the special restrictions placed on advertising, broadcasting, cable television, and the Internet. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4430 - Electronic Media Management 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; EMC 2410 . An analysis of the problems involved in operating an electronic media facility including personnel, internal control systems, business ethics, community relations, sales, and promotion. Involves case study method. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4460 - New Media Capstone 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Candidacy and EMC 3060 . Solving communication problems through digital communication applications. Students use skills and concepts and apply them in the creation of a capstone project of their own design. Involves working with outside clients, forming media companies, and the production of mediated materials within a production company model. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4500 - International Cinema 3 credit hours Explores how culture and the contours of history influence filmmaking. Illustrates how foreign filmmakers both emulate and challenge mainstream U.S. fare. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4660 - Scientific Approaches to Media 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior standing. Provides a critical overview off the historical, intellectual, and theoretical foundations of scientific inquiry with specific emphasis on quantitative research methods. Introduces major theories and methods of scientific inquiry in the field of communication including psychological and sociological perspectives, survey research, content analysis, experiments, observational research, and statistical analysis. Explores audience analysis, media effects, message testing, campaign evaluation, political communication, public opinion, and new media technologies. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4790 - Global News and World Media Cultures 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 4790 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Systems and philosophies associated with gathering international news and news coverage in different regions. Looks at global communication systems and ownership; examines how cultures shape news and the role of the individual in reporting news internationally. Includes discussion of development issues and role of global advertising and public relations. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4800 - Seminar in Media Issues 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior standing. Examination and critical evaluation of issues relevant to the operation and functions of mass media including their relationships to each other and to government, advertisers, consumers, and other “publics.” Can repeat for 6 hours with different topic. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4810 - Global Comparative Media Systems 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 4810.) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and junior standing. A close comparative study of chosen media systems in regions of the world. Examines print, broadcast, entertainment, and new media in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim Region, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Media interactions with an influence on the geographic, demographic, linguistic, cultural, economic, and political structures of countries. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4820 - Race, Gender, and Class in Media 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 4820 .) Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. Critical examination of diversity in mass communication with particular emphasis on media representations of race, gender, and class. Also examines audience interpretations of media texts. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4850 - Ethics and Mass Communication 3 credit hours (Same as JOUR 4850 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Examines ethical concerns of media practitioners, illuminated by study of selected current ethical issues and an overview of the cultural and philosophical bases of a socially responsive mass media. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4900 - Independent Problems in Mass Communication 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy and permission of department. Provides opportunities for individually designed problems, work experiences, or research projects related to the development of professional competencies in a major field of study. Requires approval of instructor. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4910 - Advanced Seminar-Digital Imaging 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; permission of department only. Practical experience in the conceptualization, pre-production preparation, and production of digital imaging materials. Integration of theory and skills from other EMC/RIM courses. Advanced compositing techniques, particle generation, and advanced modeling techniques are probable topics. Can be repeated with different topics; topics will vary by semester offering. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4920 - Advanced Seminar-Electronic Media Journalism 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; permission of department only. Practical experience in the conceptualization, preparation, and production of a specific news program format. Integration of theory and skills from other EMC/RIM courses. Documentary, political analysis, sports, and newscasting are probable topics. Topics will vary by semester offering. Can be repeated with different topics. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4930 - Advanced Seminar-Electronic Media Management 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; permission of department only. Practical experience in the conceptualization, preparation, and management of a specific program format. Integration of theory and skills from other EMC/RIM courses. Programming, station operations, and sales are probable topics. Topics will vary by semester offering. Can be repeated with different topics. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4940 - Advanced Seminar-Electronic Media Production 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to candidacy; permission of department only. Practical experience in the conceptualization, pre-production preparation, and production of a specific program format. Integration of theory and skills from other EMC/RIM courses. Sports, music, drama, and editing are probable topics. Topics will vary by semester offering. Can be repeated with different topics. Can be repeated for 9 credit hours with different topics. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EMC 4950 - Advanced Seminar-New Media 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Candidacy; permission of department. Provides practical experience in the conceptualization, design, and production of new media oriented projects as well as integration of theory and skills from other EMC courses. Topics will vary by semester offering but may include content management systems; e-books; web and mobile applications; digital signs, etc. Can be repeated for 6 credit hours with different topics. Three-hour lecture plus up to three-hour lab per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
Elementary Education
	ELED 1001 - Becoming a Paraprofessional Literacy Tutor 1 credit hour Overview of the effective components of literacy tutoring. Six modules cover the important aspects of literacy instruction as defined by the Common Core Standards. Modules will be delivered in an online format while instructional practice will take place in onsite sessions. Offers preparation to individuals without an educational background to deliver high quality literacy instruction. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 3150 - Mathematics Methodology 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program; MATH 1010 , MATH 1530 , MATH 1630 , MATH 1710 , MATH 1720 , MATH 1730 , MATH 1810 , or MATH 1910 ; MATH 1410 and MATH 1420 . Offers preparation to pre-service elementary and middle school teachers for teaching mathematics. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 3300 - Digital Learning in the Elementary Classroom, K-8 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education program. Develops an understanding of the digital landscape and implications for the future of education. Explores the characteristics of a digital learner and how teaching strategies can be enhanced to support their learning experiences. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 4070 - Writing to Learn 2 credit hours Corequisites: ELED 4350 and READ 4130 . Familiarizes teacher candidates with writing-to-learn techniques that can be used across the curriculum to assist students in thinking and processing new and existing knowledge. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 4110 - Directed Teaching, Grades K-8 12 credit hours Full-day supervised teaching experience of 15 weeks duration in a public school classroom. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 4260 - Problems in Elementary Education 1 to 3 credit hours A problem-oriented course, on or off campus, planned and designed for individuals, a school faculty, school system, or other professional groups, which will provide opportunities for in-service education related to assessed needs. Credit toward an undergraduate degree will be limited to six semester hours. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 4340 - Managing Learning Environments 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. Familiarizes teacher candidates with classroom management strategies. NOTE: Students must select a specific Residency I section and sign up for all corresponding classes in that particular section. Classes may not be selected from multiple sections. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 4350 - Theory to Practice 6 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. Strategies and techniques for guiding the learning of elementary school children. Development and use of materials in elementary classrooms with emphasis on explanation and experimentation. Laboratory work and weekly seminar. NOTE: Students must select a specific Residency I section and sign up for all corresponding classes in that particular section. Classes may not be selected from multiple sections. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ELED 4410 - Effective Instruction: Integrating Social Studies and Assessment 4 credit hours Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. Familiarizes teacher candidates with classroom management strategies:4-8, best practices of social studies instruction, and the integration of both with classroom and standardized assessments to enable the planning, design, and implementation of a standards-based social studies curriculum. NOTE: Students must select a specific Residency I section and sign up for all corresponding classes in that particular section. Classes may not be selected from multiple sections. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
Elementary, Early, and Special Education
	EESE 1010 - Overview of Education 2 credit hours Introduces teaching as a profession using field experience and problem-based learning. Three contact hours per week. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EESE 1011 - Overview of Education II 2 credit hours Prerequisite: EESE 1010 ; cannot be taken concurrently with EESE 1010. Designed to build knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with teaching as a profession contained in EESE 1010. Field experiences and problem-based learning to enhance and support the acquisition of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with this class. Three contact hours. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
Engineering
	ENGR 1100 - Engineering Fundamentals 3 credit hours Prerequisite: MATH 1630 or MATH 1730 . Introduces various engineering fields. Emphasis on problem-solving techniques and the use of mathematics in analyzing technical problems. Topics such as graphical representation of data, estimation, dimensions, units, error estimates, statistics, and team work addressed. Engineering ethics and impact of engineering solutions on society and the environment. NOTE: This was formerly ET 1840. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 1210 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 . Origin and behavior of materials. Classifications of materials. Physical metallurgy-mechanical and physical properties, crystalline structure, imperfections in solids, phase diagrams, failure mechanisms in materials, hardening and tempering, isothermal diagrams. Involves hands-on experiences through lab sessions in the use of metallurgical and mechanical testing equipment. Lecture and laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 2100 - Introduction to Engineering Design 3 credit hours Introduction to computer-aided design (CAD) for product design, modeling, and prototyping. Individual use and team-based environment to design and prototype a functional and manufacturable marketable product. Application to design, manufacturing, and analysis using geometric tolerancing and dimensioning. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 2110 - Statics 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 1100 and MATH 1910 . Corequisite: PHYS 2011 or PHYS 2111 . Mechatronics Engineering majors must complete PHYS 2111. Fundamental concepts and conditions of static equilibrium; their application to systems of forces and couples acting on rigid bodies; and the calculation of centers of gravity, centroids, and moments of inertia. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 2120 - Dynamics 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 2110 and MATH 1920 . Kinematics of particles in rectilinear and curvilinear motions. Kinetics of particles, Newton’s second law, energy and momentum methods. Systems of particles, Kinematics and plane motion of rigid bodies, forces and accelerations, energy and momentum methods. Introduction to mechanical vibrations. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 2130 - Electrical Circuit Analysis I 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 1100 and MATH 1910 . Fundamentals of electrical circuits. Volt-ampere characteristics for circuit elements; independent and dependent sources; Kirchhoff’s laws and circuit equations. Source transformations; Thevenlin’s and Norton’s theorems; superposition. Phasor analysis, impedance calculations, and computation of sinusoidal steady state responses. AC power, maximum power transfer, and three-phase circuits. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3510 - Electrical Circuit Analysis II 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 2130 and MATH 3120 . Analysis of the RC and RL first-order circuits. Use of Laplace Transform techniques to analyze linear circuits with and without initial conditions. Characterization of circuits based upon impedance, admittance, and transfer function parameters. Fourier series, circuit analysis with Fourier transform, determination of frequency response of circuits, filter design. Lecture. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3520 - Digital Circuits Fundamentals 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 2130 . Introduces logic design with emphasis on practical design techniques and circuit implementation. Topics include Boolean algebra; theory of logic functions; mapping techniques and function minimization; logic equivalent circuits and symbol transformations; transistor-transistor-logic (TTL)/metal oxide semi-conductor (MOS) logic into gate implementations; electrical characteristics; propagation delays; signed number notations and arithmetic. Digital design using random logic and programmable logic devices (FPGAs and CPLDs). Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3530 - Electronics and Instrumentation 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 2130 . Introduces use and analysis of electronic circuits and input mechanism of various sensors, design of analog signal conditioning systems based on the system requirement, as well as understanding the theory and the art of modern instrumentation and measurements (I&M) systems. Topics include BJT and MOSFET circuit model and analysis; operational amplifier; instrumentation amplifier; survey of sensor input mechanisms; analog signal conditioning and sensor application; measurement system architecture; errors in measurement; standard used in measurement. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3550 - Fluid Mechanics 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 2120 and MATH 3110 . Continuum, velocity field, fluid statics, manometers, basic conservation laws for systems and control volumes, dimensional analysis. Euler and Bernoulli equations, viscous flows, boundary layers, flow in channels and around submerged bodies, one-dimensional gas dynamics, turbo-machinery. Applications in hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluidics discussed. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3560 - Mechanics of Materials 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 1210 , ENGR 2110 , and MATH 1920 . Plane stress, plane strain, and stress-strain laws. Application of stress and deformation analysis to members subjected to centric, torsional, flexural, and combined loading. Introduces theories of failure, buckling, and energy methods. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3570 - Machine Design 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 2100 , ENGR 2120 , and ENGR 3560 . Analytical design methods. 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. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3590 - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 2120 . The kinematics and dynamics of machinery and its applications to mechatronic systems. Analysis of motion translation/rotation in machinery, energy of machine mechanisms. Involves projects, seminars, and workshops regarding graphical, analytical, and numerical techniques for dynamic analysis and synthesis of machines. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3915 - Technical Project Management and Soft Skills 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. 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. NOTE: This was formerly ET 4915. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3920 - Engineering Safety 3 credit hours Safety and health in the manufacturing, construction, and utilities industries, including pertinent laws, codes, regulations, standards, and product liability considerations. Organizational and administrative principles and practices for safety management and safety engineering, accident investigation, safety education, and safety enforcement. NOTE: This was formerly ET 4420 - Industrial Safety. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3930 - Systems Engineering 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 2100 , ENGR 3915 , and ENGR 3970 . An interdisciplinary course with both technical and management aspects of large, multifaceted engineering projects. Special emphasis placed on design, implementation, and improvement of mechatronic systems. Topics include systems engineering, engineering management, economics, quality control and engineering, project management, production systems planning and operations, and human factors. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 3970 - Engineering Economy 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. 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. Introduces economic risk assessment and Lean Six Sigma from an economic viewpoint. NOTE: This was formerly ET 4970. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4500 - FE Exam Preparation 1 credit hour Prerequisite: Senior standing or completion of all 3000-level courses. Review of topics covered on the general session of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Covers all aspects of engineering curriculum including mathematics, engineering probability and statistics, chemistry, computers, ethics and business practices, engineering economics, engineering mechanics (statics and dynamics), strength of materials, material properties, fluid mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and thermodynamics. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4501 - Topics in Mechatronics Engineering 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Introduces new topics in various areas of advancement in engineering as related to mechatronics, automation, and robotics. Content varies depending on topics addressed. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4510 - Programmable Logic Controllers and Networks 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 3520 and ENGR 3530 . Introduces programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Emphasizes ladder diagrams and programming of PLC. Introduces network systems such as DeviceNet, ProfiNet, and ProfiBus. Emphasizes the integration of PLCs in automation systems. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4520 - Electrical Power and Machinery 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 3510 . Single- and three-phase power circuit calculations with phasor diagrams and electromagnetic laws. Magnetic field and circuit analysis. Variable frequency drives. Electromechanical energy conversion and rotating machinery modeling and analysis. Construction, equivalent circuit, and performance analysis of three-phase transformers and DC, induction, and synchronous motors. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4530 - Controls and Optimization 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 3520 . Theories and applications of control systems, optimization of mechatronic systems, feedback controls, root-locus, digital controls, PID, frequency response, and pole positions. Introduces microcontrollers. Systems approach implemented. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4580 - Mechatronic System Design 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 3550 and ENGR 3590 . Presents specifics in the mechanical design of mechatronic systems. Includes problem analysis, conceptualization, design/material selection, and performance analysis. Addresses mechanical subsystems, bill of materials, and economic analysis of the system. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGR 4590 - Automation System Design 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Completion of all 3000-level courses and ENGR 4580 . Corequisite: ENGR 4530 . Capstone design project. Design and analysis of a complete mechatronic system using controllers, sensors, and actuators. Advance systems programming with current industrial network programs and GUIs. Implementation of project and process management principles as well as professional documentation and presentation. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
Engineering Technology
	ET 2310 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design I 3 credit hours Covers basic technical drawing/sketching and drafting concepts using personal computers, plotters, and appropriate CAD software. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 2920 - Industrial Orientation Internship 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Provides industrial exposure for students with little or no industrial work experience. Students will be placed in an acceptable company for introductory industrial experiences. Arrangement for this course must be made in advance. Students may take from one to three credit hours; may be repeated for up to a maximum of three credit hours. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 2930 - Cooperative Education Experience I 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of department. Provides students with opportunity for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Students will participate in professional growth seminars. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 2940 - Cooperative Education Experience II 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 2930 ; permission of department. Continuation of ET 2930 . Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3210 - Machine Tool Technology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 1210 or ET 1210 . Metals, their sources, manufacture, and properties; basic metalworking hand tools, measurements; layout; drawing and safety. Exercises in the use of the basic machine tools in machine shop work. Lecture and laboratory. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3260 - Manufacturing Processes and Materials 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 1210 . An analysis of machines, tools, processes, and materials used in production. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3360 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design II 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CMT 3320 or ET 2310 . Utilizes PC and CAD software to develop skills in the creation and analysis of mechanical 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. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3601 - Electrical Circuit Analysis I 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 1100 . Corequisite: MATH 1910 . Fundamentals of electrical circuits. Addresses basic circuit components and quantities. Emphasis on DC circuit calculations and theorems. Uses lab equipment to build and test DC circuits. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3602 - Electrical Circuit Analysis II 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3601 and MATH 1910 . Addresses basic circuit components and quantities of AC circuits. Introduces three-phase circuits and transformers. Emphasis on AC circuit calculations and theorems. Uses lab equipment to build and test AC circuits. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3610 - Introduction to Electricity and Electronics 4 credit hours Prerequisite: MATH 1710 or MATH 1730 . Orientation to direct current, alternating current, magnetism, filters, and semiconductor devices. Rectifier-filters and basic transistor amplifiers are also examined as representative electronic circuits. Use of meters, oscilloscopes, and other test instruments are stressed in the laboratory. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3615 - Principles of Electricity 3 credit hours Prerequisite: MATH 1710 or MATH 1730 . An overview of basic electrical circuits and systems, direct current circuits, alternating current circuits, and electrical devices and control schemes. Electrical motors, relays, solenoids, transformers, and power supplies examined. National Electric Code also examined. For students enrolled in Construction Management or Concrete Industry Management. Laboratory exercises stress the use of test instruments and the construction of basic electrical circuits. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3620 - Digital Circuits Fundamentals 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3601 or permission of instructor. Provides thorough coverage of basic digital electronic circuits analysis and design. TTL and CMOS families examined. Number systems, mapping, and minimization techniques covered. Digital design using random logic and programmable logic devices (FPGAs and CPLDs). Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3630 - Electronics 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3602 or permission of instructor. Introduction to analog electronics. Defines basic parameters and theory of operation of discrete semiconductor devices. Introduces fundamentals of electronic circuits analysis and design. Applications illustrate use and laboratory projects provide hands-on experience. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3640 - Digital Circuits Design 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3620 ; corequisite: ET 3630 or permission of instructor. In-depth study of sequential circuit analysis and design that includes sate machine design. Emphasis on the use of available development boards using both FPGAs and CPLDs and their respective CAD tools. PLDs programmed using latest relative CAD systems. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3650 - Introduction to Microprocessors 3 credit hours Prerequisites: CSCI 1170 and ET 3620 . Covers architecture of microcontrollers and microprocessor-based systems and their related components. Machine language programming extensively used to solve problems and demonstrate the relationship of the microprocessor and its supporting peripherals. Basic microcomputer architecture also emphasized. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3660 - Communication Electronics 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3630 or permission of instructor. Theory of electronic circuits as applied to communication; special electronics circuits required in communications systems. Testing theory and procedures. Various methods of electronic communications. Testing and evaluation of electronic circuits. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3670 - Computer-Assisted Printed Circuit Board Design 2 credit hours Prerequisites: ET 3620 and ET 3630 or permission of instructor. Utilizes computer software to develop skills in creating schematic and printed circuit board artwork for use in printed circuit board production. Includes plotting, printing, and generating all necessary documents required for fabrication. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3810 - Engineering Thermodynamics 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ENGR 1100 ; PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 or PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 ; MATH 1910 . Basic concepts of engineering thermodynamics, properties and thermodynamic states, work, heat, first law, second law, entropy, ideal gases, and analysis of conventional power and refrigeration systems. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3860 - Strength of Materials 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ENGR 2110 . The mechanics of materials emphasizing the analysis and design of statically determinate beams, columns, and structural members in torsion and application of the three moment equations to statically indeterminate beams. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3910 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. A foundation course in manufacturing and service operations management. Problem-solving applications emphasized. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3920 - Industrial Internship I 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Student is employed by an acceptable industry for industrial experience. Credit given for actual work with employer. Arrangement for this course must be made in advance. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3930 - Industrial Internship II 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3920 . A continuation of Internship I. Same stipulations apply. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3950 - Metrology 3 credit hours Overview of methods and procedures of precision measuring and gauging as used in inspection and quality control by industry. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3960 - Industrial Quality Technology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Covers breadth and some depth in quality technology. Explores history of quality, present techniques, and future predictions. Covers six-sigma methodology at the “greenbelt” level. Certification after industry project. Lecture. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3970 - Cooperative Education Experience III 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 2940 ; permission of department. Continuation of ET 2940 . Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 3980 - Cooperative Education Experience IV 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3970 ; permission of department. Continuation of ET 3970 . Pass/Fail. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4230 - Advanced Machine Tool Technology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3210 . 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. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4280 - Computer-Aided Manufacturing: Numerical Control (NC) 3 credit hours Prerequisites: ET 2310 and ET 3210 or consent of instructor. The role of NC in today’s manufacturing environment; machines and machine control systems of a typical installation. Justifying NC equipment. Emphasis on writing and debugging programs for a three-axis milling machine and a two-axis turning machine utilizing both computer numerical control and computer-aided part programming. For those with little experience or seeking to broaden their knowledge. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4330 - Advanced Computer-Aided Drafting 2 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3360 or permission of instructor. Topics include customizing menus, 3-D concepts and surface modeling, AutoLisp, rendering, and slide shows. Interactive computer drafting and design using advanced AutoCAD software and add-ons. Primarily for students who want to increase their capabilities using CAD. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4340 - Design of Machine Elements 3 credit hours Prerequisite: ET 3860 . Analytical design methods. 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. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4440 - Fire Safety 3 credit hours Fundamental methods of fire protection, prevention, and suppression. Includes characteristics and behavior of fire, fire hazards of materials and buildings, codes and standards for fire prevention and protection, fire protection equipment and systems, and fire fighting forces and how they operate. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4450 - Industrial Hygiene 3 credit hours Corequisite: ENGR 3920 or permission of instructor. An introduction to industrial or occupational hygiene–that science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of those environmental factors or stresses, arising in or from the workplace, which may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort and inefficiency among workers or citizens of the community. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4490 - Topics in Industrial Technology 1 to 6 credit hours Subject topics offered as required to meet the needs of the class. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ET 4590 - Manufacturing Automation Systems 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Junior status or consent of instructor. Technical, human, and business aspects of modern automation system. 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. Click here for the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes Click here for the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes

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Courses

EMC 3460 - Media and Messages

EMC 3510 - Mass Media and American Culture

EMC 3570 - Broadcast Announcing and Performance

EMC 3580 - Broadcast Practicum

EMC 3600 - Digital and Media Literacy

EMC 3650 - Free Expression, Mass Media, and the American Public

EMC 4000 - Media Internship

EMC 4010 - Electronic Media Sales

EMC 4020 - Screenwriting II

EMC 4040 - Motion Graphics II

EMC 4060 - Photojournalism

EMC 4130 - Post Production II

EMC 4140 - Electronic Media Programming

EMC 4150 - Video Series Production

EMC 4210 - Mass Communication and Society

EMC 4250 - Mass Media Law

EMC 4430 - Electronic Media Management

EMC 4460 - New Media Capstone

EMC 4500 - International Cinema

EMC 4660 - Scientific Approaches to Media

EMC 4790 - Global News and World Media Cultures

EMC 4800 - Seminar in Media Issues

EMC 4810 - Global Comparative Media Systems

EMC 4820 - Race, Gender, and Class in Media

EMC 4850 - Ethics and Mass Communication

EMC 4900 - Independent Problems in Mass Communication

EMC 4910 - Advanced Seminar-Digital Imaging

EMC 4920 - Advanced Seminar-Electronic Media Journalism

EMC 4930 - Advanced Seminar-Electronic Media Management

EMC 4940 - Advanced Seminar-Electronic Media Production

EMC 4950 - Advanced Seminar-New Media

ELED 1001 - Becoming a Paraprofessional Literacy Tutor

ELED 3150 - Mathematics Methodology

ELED 3300 - Digital Learning in the Elementary Classroom, K-8

ELED 4070 - Writing to Learn

ELED 4110 - Directed Teaching, Grades K-8

ELED 4260 - Problems in Elementary Education

ELED 4340 - Managing Learning Environments

ELED 4350 - Theory to Practice

ELED 4410 - Effective Instruction: Integrating Social Studies and Assessment

EESE 1010 - Overview of Education

EESE 1011 - Overview of Education II

ENGR 1100 - Engineering Fundamentals

ENGR 1210 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

ENGR 2100 - Introduction to Engineering Design

ENGR 2110 - Statics

ENGR 2120 - Dynamics

ENGR 2130 - Electrical Circuit Analysis I

ENGR 3510 - Electrical Circuit Analysis II

ENGR 3520 - Digital Circuits Fundamentals

ENGR 3530 - Electronics and Instrumentation

ENGR 3550 - Fluid Mechanics

ENGR 3560 - Mechanics of Materials

ENGR 3570 - Machine Design

ENGR 3590 - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery

ENGR 3915 - Technical Project Management and Soft Skills

ENGR 3920 - Engineering Safety

ENGR 3930 - Systems Engineering

ENGR 3970 - Engineering Economy

ENGR 4500 - FE Exam Preparation

ENGR 4501 - Topics in Mechatronics Engineering

ENGR 4510 - Programmable Logic Controllers and Networks

ENGR 4520 - Electrical Power and Machinery

ENGR 4530 - Controls and Optimization

ENGR 4580 - Mechatronic System Design

ENGR 4590 - Automation System Design

ET 2310 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design I

ET 2920 - Industrial Orientation Internship

ET 2930 - Cooperative Education Experience I

ET 2940 - Cooperative Education Experience II

ET 3210 - Machine Tool Technology

ET 3260 - Manufacturing Processes and Materials

ET 3360 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design II

ET 3601 - Electrical Circuit Analysis I

ET 3602 - Electrical Circuit Analysis II

ET 3610 - Introduction to Electricity and Electronics

ET 3615 - Principles of Electricity

ET 3620 - Digital Circuits Fundamentals

ET 3630 - Electronics