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CHEM 8698 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 6.0 (; )
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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CHEM 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 6.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CHEM 8998 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 9.0 (; )
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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CHEM 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 9.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CHNS 6301 - Speech & Rhetorical Studies Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Post Baccalaureate status.
Covers topics such as the history of verbal expression and the structure of an argument; contrastive and dialectical logics within Chinese rhetorical tradition; and function and purpose of language use.
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CHNS 6352 - Chinese Culture and Society through Modern Literature Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Post Baccalaureate status.
Analyzes important literary works from the 1919 May 4th Movement to the 1970s within historical and cultural contexts; examines the influence of tradition on Chinese literature in the early 20th century.
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CHNS 6364 - Issues in Chinese Language and Linguistics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Major issues of the Chinese language and linguistics. It is also intended to enhance student’s appreciation of the Chinese culture through discussions of language and linguistic analyses. It is taught in English.
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CHNS 6371 - Teaching Chinese as a second language Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Discussions and interactive activities about principles of teaching a foreign language. Hands-on opportunities to design a Chinese language course, a lesson plan, and instructional implementation in an interactive classroom. Taught in English. The same course title may be co-offered at the 4000 level but students enrolled in this course are required for more substantial readings and to submit a lengthier research paper.
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CHNS 6372 - Studies of Chinese language acquisition Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
This course focuses on Chinese language acquisition by English-speaking students in formal instructional settings. Readings include studies that investigate processes of acquiring Chinese as a second or a foreign language. Taught in English. The same course title may be co-offered at the 4000 level but students enrolled in this course are required for more substantial readings and to submit a lengthier research paper.
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CHNS 6397 - Special topics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Topics on Chinese culture, literature, or linguistics and major current issues. Taught in English. The same course title may be co-offered at the 4000 level but students enrolled in this course are required for more substantial readings and to submit a lengthier research paper.
May be repeated when topics vary.
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CHNS 6398 - Special problems Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Independent study. Topics on Chinese language, literature and culture. Taught in Chinese. The same course title may be co-offered at the 4000 level but students enrolled in this course are required for more substantial readings and to submit a lengthier research paper.
May be repeated when topics vary.
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CIVE 6111 - Graduate Seminar Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)
May be repeated for credit.
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CIVE 6198 - Research Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 6298 - Research Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 6319 - High Performance Materials Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6350 or consent of instructor.
Fracture mechanics of brittle solids; micromechanics of brittle solids and fibrous brittle-matrix composites; design for improved fracture energy; emerging materials; micromechanics-based modeling and engineering of high performance cementitious composite materials.
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CIVE 6320 - Constitutive Modeling of Materials Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Introduction to elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity and fracture mechanics; mathematical modeling of stress-strain relationships and failure theories for structural and geomaterials; use of rheological models.
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CIVE 6321 - Experimental Soil Mechanics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:3)
Prerequisite: CIVE 3339.
Determination, interpretation, significance, and application of engineering properties of soils, including laboratory testing, sample handling, reliability of results, and methods of evaluation; field instrumentation.
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CIVE 6322 - Storm Water Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 3434.
Detention pond analysis and design, storm water analysis and management alternatives, governmental criteria, and computer programs.
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CIVE 6323 - Advanced Foundation Design Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Prerequisite CIVE 4369.
Site characterization; in-site testing methods; reliability in foundation design; structural design of shallow and deep foundations.
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CIVE 6329 - Case Studies in Civil Engineering Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in civil or environmental engineering.
Technical presentations addressing lessons learned, designing and managing complex projects and maintenance of civil infrastructures. Topics in general areas of structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, transportation, environmental and natural disasters.
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CIVE 6330 - Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Introduction to mechanics of composites; fiber reinforced polymers for new concrete beams; retrofit of existing concrete slabs, beams, and columns; retrofit of existing steel beams.
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CIVE 6331 - Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 3434.
Flow in natural and artificial channels, flood routing, methods of characteristics, and diffusion analogy.
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CIVE 6335 - Advanced Concrete Design Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 4363.
Design of two-way slabs, long columns, and connections; deflection and cracking of beams and slabs; ACI design criteria
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CIVE 6337 - Matrix Analysis of Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 3337.
Systematic analysis of structures using computers; including stiffness equation formation, flexibility equation formulation, virtual work method, and special analysis methods.
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CIVE 6338 - Advanced Steel Design Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 4364.
Plastic analysis of indeterminate structures; design of beams, columns, and beam-columns using the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LFRD) method.
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CIVE 6341 - Bridge Design Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 4363 or equivalent and CIVE 4364 or equivalent and consent of instructor.
History, aesthetics, and classification of highway bridges. Bridge loads and load combinations. Design of deck slabs, concrete and steel girders.
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CIVE 6349 - Structural Reliability Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Formerly/Same as: CIVE 6349 - Reliability and Safety of Structures
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Review of probability theory; mathematical background of reliability theory; component and system structural reliability; reliability under model and statistical uncertainties; simulation methods and uncertainty quantification; applications.
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CIVE 6350 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 2332 and MATH 3331.
Stress and strain at a point; failure criteria; energy principles and their application in structural mechanics; theories of torsion, unsymmetrical bending, shear center, curved beams, and beams on elastic foundation.
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CIVE 6353 - Behavior and Design of Prestressed Concrete Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 4363 and consent of instructor.
Prestressing systems and materials; loss of prestress; analysis and design for flexure, shear, and bond; anchorage zone; continuous beams; columns.
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CIVE 6355 - Introduction to Dynamics of Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil engineering. Fundamentals of vibration; dynamic response of structures to periodic and general dynamic loading; analytical and computational techniques.
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CIVE 6361 - Engineering Hydrology Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil or environmental engineering.
Distribution and flow of water in the hydrosphere. Engineering methods to quantify and model rainfall, runoff, recharge, and groundwater flow. Conceptual models and application of computer methods for hydrological analysis and design problems.
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CIVE 6362 - Water Quality Engineering Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 3331 and 3434 or permission of instructor.
Environmental chemistry and biology applications and implications to engineered and natural waters. Emphasis on physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water and analytical methods for water quality management.
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CIVE 6363 - Evaluation of Water Quality in Natural Waters Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Water quality management planning for rivers, lakes, and tidal estuaries; mixing and diffusion phenomena; biologic productivity; mineral, chemical, and oxygen utilization and equilibria; photosynthetic light transfer and sediment transport.
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CIVE 6364 - Project Control for Construction Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in civil engineering.
Cost estimating fundamentals; cost control systems in construction; profitability analysis; management of construction equipment fleet; international and location factors; Lang factors and application; single and multi-project scheduling; safety and security issues related to construction; optimum scheduling; developing and budgeting a cohesive construction program.
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CIVE 6365 - Claims Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil engineering.
Definition and situation leading to claims; relationships among parties in construction projects; settlement of claims by alternate dispute resolution; court procedures to establish causes and determine damages; arbitration and litigation; mediation and negotiation; liens; international arbitration; case studies.
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CIVE 6366 - Construction Project Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil engineering.
Construction site organization-facilities design and control; fundamentals of planning and scheduling information for construction projects; control of activity sequence, time, resources and cost; the impact of quality, cost, schedule and productivity; coordination among stakeholders; international and large scale construction projects; construction interface; case studies in construction engineering.
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CIVE 6368 - Human Resources Management in Construction Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil engineering.
Decision making in construction industry; relationship between controls and behavior; construction productivity; corporate identity and reputation management; communication in construction engineering; client relationship marketing; span of control and liaison; reward policies, motivation and commitment; conflict management; job design, specialization and decentralization in construction engineering; managing international cultural differences.
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CIVE 6370 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 3434 (or equivalent) and consent of instructor.
Mechanics of fluid motion in natural systems such as rivers, estuaries, and turbidity currents; transport of scalar quantities in these settings.
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CIVE 6371 - River Mechanics and Sediment Transport Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Physical processes related to the dynamic feedback between flowing water and movable sediment in riverine and estuarine systems.
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CIVE 6372 - Hydrodynamics of Offshore Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Formerly/Same as: CIVE 7335 Coastal Hydrodynamics
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Analysis of motion of surface waves, including linear, nonlinear, and random waves; wave transformation; wave forces; wave structure interaction; rigid body dynamics; wave-induced motions of floating bodies and compliant structures.
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CIVE 6377 - Environmental Chemistry Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:3)
Prerequisite: CHEM 1331, CHEM 1332, CHEM 1111, and CHEM 1112; and graduate standing in civil engineering or graduate standing in environmental engineering.
Aqueous environmental chemistry in natural waters and wastewaters: ionic equilibria, solubility, hardness, alkalinity, buffering, and the carbonate system; theory and practice of quantitative water and wastewater analysis.
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CIVE 6378 - Principles of Environmental Modeling Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Introduction to momentum mass conservation and chemical transformations in natural and engineered systems. Applications to reactor engineering and environmental systems modeling with emphasis on water and wastewater systems.
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CIVE 6379 - Stochastic Hydrology Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 4332 and INDE 6361 .
Advanced hydrology oriented toward probabilistic computer applications of rainfall and runoff, including Stanford Watershed Model, single-multiple site streamflow generation, stochastic reservoir analyses.
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CIVE 6380 - Introduction to Geomatics and Geosensing Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Introduction to horizontal and vertical curves computation; Fundamentals of geodesy, geodetic reference systems and map projection; introduction to Global Positioning System (GPS); principles of LiDAR technology; digital imaging and mapping.
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CIVE 6381 - Biological Processes for Wastewater Treatment Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Prerequisite or corequisite: CIVE 6391 or CHEE 6360.
Theory and practice of biological wastewater treatment including aerobic and anaerobic processes in suspended and attached growth reactors, treatment models, advanced treatment, sludge handling, and treatment plant design.
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CIVE 6382 - LiDAR Systems and Applications Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Principles of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). Spaceborne LiDAR, airborne topographic, bathymetric, mobile terrestrial and static LiDAR systems. Full Waveform LiDAR. Boresight calibration. Filtering and Classification. Multi-Sensor Fusion.
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CIVE 6383 - Advanced Planning and Design of Water Resource Systems Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Conventional and computer solutions to the economical planning and design of single- and multiunit, multipurpose water resources systems.
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CIVE 6384 - Satellite Altimetry and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Formerly/Same as: CIVE 6384 - Satellite Altimetry and InSAR
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Radar measurement principles. Range estimation and corrections. Precise orbit determination. Applications in geodynamics, ocean and ice surface monitoring, and hydrology. Formation of SAR images. Procedures of InSAR.
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CIVE 6385 - Stability of Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: MATH 3363 and CIVE 4364.
Elastic and inelastic buckling of columns, beams, frames, and plates; classical and work-energy methods; background of AISC specifications.
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CIVE 6386 - Survey Measurements and Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Introduction to matrices; non-linear equations and Taylor’s theorem; random vs. systematic errors; propagation of errors; weights; principle of least squares, adjustment of a 1D, 2D, and 3D network; error ellipses; optimization.
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CIVE 6387 - Physicochemical Treatment Processes Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6377 and , or consent of instructor.
Theory and practice of physicochemical processes for water and wastewater treatment: reactors, membrane processes, adsorption, and disinfection.
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CIVE 6388 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Treatment Processes Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: 6361 or equivalent preferred and CIVE 6387 .
Physical and chemical principles of solid and hazardous waste treatment processes; mass conservation equations, transport phenomena, phase equilibria, fluid flow in porous media with applications to soil vapor extraction, soil vapor extraction, soil leaching/flushing, stabilization, and bioremediation processes.
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CIVE 6390 - Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6377 and , or consent of instructor.
Theory and design of unit processes used in conventional drinking water treatment: coagulation, rapid mix, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. Source water control and regulatory issues are also studied.
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CIVE 6391 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in environmental engineering.
Fundamental aspects of microbiology and biochemistry as related to environmental pollution and water quality processes, engineering energetics and kinetics of microbial growth, and biological fate of pollutants.
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CIVE 6392 - Mass Transfer in Environmental Systems Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and/or consent of instructor.
Principles of mass transfer; mass conservation equations, diffusivities, mass transfer coefficients, mass transfer with chemical reaction with applications to multi-phase chemical transport, water and wastewater treatment, and soil remediation.
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CIVE 6393 - Geostatistics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Characterization of spatial and spatiotemporal datasets. Random variables, probability and statistics, parameter estimation, inferential statistics, time series analysis and kriging.
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CIVE 6398 - Research Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 6399 - Master’s Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CIVE 6498 - Research Credit Hours: 4.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 6598 - Research Credit Hours: 5.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 7332 - Ground Water Contaminant Transport Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6361 or equivalent and graduate standing in civil engineering, environmental engineering or consent of instructor.
Principles of contaminant transport in soils and aquifers. Mathematical modeling of underground contaminant transport. Numerical modeling using existing and student developed computer software.
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CIVE 7336 - Finite Element Methods Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6377 or consent of instructor.
Elasticity and energy principles; shape functions; isoparametric elements; nonconforming elements; plate elements; hybrid formulation.
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CIVE 7337 - Advanced Environmental Engineering Microbiology Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:1)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6391 .
Theory and practice of key biotechnological techniques for environmental research, including PCR-based techniques for the identification of mixed microbial communities, microbial abundance, and gene expression.
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CIVE 7338 - Dynamics of Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CIVE 7340 - Earthquake Engineering Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 6355 or consent of instructor.
Characteristics of earthquake waves and ground motion; review of structural dynamics; building responses; inelastic spectrum; foundation effect; various support motions; hazard analysis; design procedure and seismic codes.
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CIVE 7342 - Engineering Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:2)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil or environmental engineering or graduate standing in geosciences or consent of instructor.
Use of GIS in Engineering applications including hydrology, hydrogeology, water quality and environmental resources.
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CIVE 7352 - Unified Theory of Concrete Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 4363 or equivalent and/or consent of instructor.
Unified theory applicable to the four basic actions in members and structures: bending, axial load, shear and torsion, rational models based on stress equilibrium, strain compatibility and constitutive laws of materials.
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CIVE 7365 - Design of Offshore Structures Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: CIVE 7364.
Design of fixed, floating and compliant offshore structures; environmental loading; dynamic analysis; finite element applications; design of structural systems and components; fatigue analysis; safety and reliability analysis.
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CIVE 7380 - GNSS/INS and Augmented Systems for Positioning and Navigation Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:2)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Modeling INS errors by linear state equations. Multisensor integration of NGSS, INS and alternative aiding sensors. Practical aspects of inertial positioning and inertial error models. Navigation system fault detection and integrity monitoring.
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CIVE 7397 - Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CIVE 7399 - Master’s Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CIVE 8198 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 8298 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 8311 - Organized Graduate Research Discussions (also ECE, INDE, MECE) Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: doctoral standing.
Group research discussions with the intent of broadening the education and background of the student by exposure to the related research activities in his/her field.
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CIVE 8398 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CIVE 8498 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 4.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 8598 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 5.0 (; )
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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CIVE 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 6.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CIVE 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 9.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CNST 6100 - Construction Management Seminar Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: None.
This course covers areas of interests in construction management. Students are introduced to research methods and fields available in the MS program.
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CNST 6199 - Thesis Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)
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CNST 6305 - Construction Management Principles Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Principles common to construction management processes. Basic techniques for project control skills.
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CNST 6306 - Construction Safety Credit Hours: 0.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
A study of hazards, applicable regulations, and safe work procedures relating to construction activities.
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CNST 6310 - Construction Contract Administration Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Issues of administering construction contracts including: purpose of contract documents, legal hierarchy, interrelationships, liabilities, communications challenges, establishing chain of commands, warranties, and progress/final payments.
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CNST 6320 - Cost Analysis and Bidding Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Preparation of parametric and definitive estimates, cost forecasts and variances, bid analysis, and use of estimating software.
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CNST 6330 - Project Planning and Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Planning and scheduling techniques, including: bar charts, CPM network, resource loading and leveling, cost and schedule integration, time-cost tradeoff, schedule reduction, probabilistic scheduling, PERT and Monte-Carlo simulation.
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CNST 6335 - Introduction to the Oil and Gas Industry Credit Hours: 0.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
A comprehensive overview of the oil and gas industry, including production process and upstream, midstream, and downstream facilities.
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CNST 6340 - Best Practices in the Construction Industry Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Current issues in the construction industry, including best practices developed at the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and critical issues facing the construction industry.
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CNST 6350 - Decision Making and Risk Management in Construction Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Decision making, risk analysis, quantitative analysis applicable to construction projects.
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CNST 6355 - Quality Assurance in Industrial Construction Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Concepts and structure of quality assurance, quality management systems, and statistical methods used in industrial construction projects.
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CNST 6360 - Computer Applications in Construction Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Applications of software and Information Technology in the planning, organization, and control of construction projects.
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CNST 6365 - Quality Control in Industrial Construction Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Concepts and applications of various quality control methods, design codes, and specifications used in industrial construction.
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CNST 6370 - Quality Management and Six Sigma in Construction Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Concepts, standards, and tools of quality management with emphasis on the Six Sigma methodology for construction projects.
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CNST 6380 - LEED and Green Construction Principles in Construction Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Green construction methods and benefits in applying the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) principles.
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CNST 6390 - Leadership for Construction Managers Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Leadership theories and styles, motivation and management of a diverse construction workforce, and ability to succeed in a global/international market.
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CNST 6396 - Master’s Project Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Master’s project.
May be repeated for six semester hour credits.
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CNST 6397 - Selected Topics in Construction Management Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of department chair.
Selected Topics in Construction Management
May be repeated with approval of the department chair.
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CNST 6398 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of department chair.
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CNST 6399 - Thesis Research Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)
May be repeated for six semester hours credit.
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| 9
| 10
| 11
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