May 09, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

World Cultures and Literatures

  
  • WCL 6358 - Studies in Asian Cinema

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or P.B.

    Analysis of Asian national and transnational cinematic schools, genres and trends, from Mid-Asia to East-Asia, also in their impact on Western cinema.
  
  • WCL 6359 - World Film, Gender, and Sexuality

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or P.B.

    How issues of gender and sexuality have been addressed in Western and non-Western cinema and how they have been theoretically framed according to the different hermeneutics of gender theory, LGBTQ studies, psychoanalysis, embodiment, and postcolonial studies.
  
  • WCL 6362 - Latin American & Latino Literatures

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Works of Latino Literature in English and Latin American Literature in translation in relation to other U.S. and worldwide literary works as well as different theoretical frames.
  
  • WCL 6363 - Drama of North-Central Europe

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    A historical and critical analysis of European theater from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Readings include dramas and theoretical essays as a means for understanding and representing cultural norms.
  
  • WCL 6364 - Holocaust Representations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Comparative analysis of representations and conceptualizations of the Holocaust in literature, autobiography, film, architecture, and art. Taught in English.
  
  • WCL 6365 - World Documentary Film

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or post-baccalaureate status.

    Explores the history, theory, and evolution of documentary film in a global perspective, and through the examination of significant filmmakers from all parts of the world.
  
  • WCL 6366 - Latin American & Latino Film Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Latin American and Latino films and film industries: telenovelas and TV documentaries. Issues regarding immigration, urban/rural, ethnic, gender and class, border and transnational, poverty, violence, and aesthetics. Taught in English.
  
  • WCL 6367 - 20th Century German Narrative

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: N/A.

    Fiction and non-fiction literature, film, visual arts, and works of critical theory that provide a narrative of German history in the 20th century.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: N
  
  • WCL 6368 - Paris-Berlin

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Cultural, historical, and literary impact of urbanization in nineteenth and twentieth century France and Germany, with focus on Paris and Berlin.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: N
  
  • WCL 6370 - Comparative Epic

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Examination of epic poetry from ancient Greece and Rome with a comparative approach drawing on other cultures, which may include the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, medieval Europe, and/or modern oral epic traditions. Taught in English.
  
  • WCL 6373 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Completion of B.A. or equivalent.

    Second Language Acquisition theories via examining critical issues such as learning processes, comprehensible input, and learning through interactions, authentic materials, and task-based instruction. The course introduces research-based language instruction and helps students understand the theoretical background of interactive teaching approaches.
  
  • WCL 6379 - Critical Theory & Globalization

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Intense study of critical theory in light of globalization, migration shifts, and late capitalism.
  
  • WCL 6380 - Jewish Expulsion From Spain

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Study of events leading to the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 and its consequences.
  
  • WCL 6385 - Sem in Latin American-Latino Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theoretical backgrounds, key themes and debates over Latin American/ Latino cultural processes. Modernity/postmodernity, coloniality/postcoloniality, globalization, urban, border, transnational, ethnic, gender and subalternist perspectives. In English.
  
  • WCL 6395 - Sexuality in Latino Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Sexual relationships in Latino culture and literature: gender theory, art, politics, everyday life. Theoretical and transnational perspectives.
  
  • WCL 6397 - Selected Topics in WCL

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Advanced topics in cultural and literary theory, criticism, and history; major trends in postmodernity and globalization.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • WCL 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status or consent of instructor.

    Independent graduate-level study focused on special research projects.
  
  • WCL 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in WCL.

    Master’s Thesis.
    Repeatability: Y

    Note: May be repeated for credit.
    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N

Special Populations

  
  • PHLS 8369 - Program Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: PHLS 8300 Advanced Educational and Psychological Measurement or equivalent (to be determined by instructor).

    Program evaluation class covers planning and implementing evaluation process, learning of key evaluation skills, stakeholder engagement, identifying key evaluation questions, establishing focus with client, posing evaluation questions, overview of methods to collect data, designing logic models; performance assessment skills, designing for internal validity, data aggregation, contents of evaluation plan, contracting for evaluation.
    Repeatability: N

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 6327 - Introduction to Educational and Psychological Measurement

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Formerly/Same as: ELCS 6327
    Prerequisite: None.

    A survey of research based approaches to educational measurement and assessment to include measurement and scaling, reliability and validity, and traditional and alternatives assessment methods.
  
  • SPEC 6340 - Learning and Education Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: ELCS 6340 Learning and Education Sciences
    Prerequisite: None.

    An introduction to the learning process; principles considered include acquisition and transfer, retention, motivation, and mediation and the relation to the school environment.
  
  • SPEC 6349 - Introduction to the Education of Students with Gifts and Talents

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: CUIN 6349 Intro To Edu/Gift & Tal
    Prerequisite: None.

    Perspectives and identification of instructional approaches in the education of students with gifts and talents.
  
  • SPEC 6350 - Nature of Needs of Students with Gifts and Talents

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: CUIN 6350 Nature and Needs of Gifted/Talented Students
    Prerequisite: SPEC 6349 .

    Course introduces students to issues surrounding identification of students with high ability. The aim is to help prepare teachers (and parents) to better understand, work with, and advocate for children and teens with high ability.
  
  • SPEC 6353 - Technology in Special Populations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 6353 Technology in Special Populations
    Prerequisite: SPEC 6360  .

    Knowledge and skills of professionals working in special education to support students with special needs with classroom technology and assistive technology.
  
  • SPEC 6355 - Creative & Productive Thinking for Students with Gifts and Talents

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: CUIN 6355 Creative and Productive Thinking for Gifted and Talented Students
    Prerequisite: SPEC 6349 .

    Curricular options in intellectual, creative and artistic areas; leadership; and specific academic fields provided for gifted/talented students, including opportunities to develop sophisticated products and performances.
  
  • SPEC 6360 - Individuals with Disabilities

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 6360 Individuals with Disabilities
    Prerequisite: None.

    Provides an overview of disabilities and disability law for educational and professional settings. Characteristics, assessments, eligibility requirements, interventions, and services for individuals with disabilities.
  
  • SPEC 6361 - Behavior: Interventions

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: Admission to the master’s degree program or the graduate certification program.

    A process approach to behavioral planning for individuals and groups. Extensive use of case studies to address needs of diverse populations.
  
  • SPEC 6362 - Behavior: Evidence-Based Decisions

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Behavioral observation, assessment, data collection tools, interventions, and evidenced-based decisions are presented and practiced. Theory and principles of behavioral analysis in a variety of school and professional settings.
  
  • SPEC 6363 - Instructional Interventions

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: Admission to the master’s degree program or the graduate certification program.

    Process approach to instructional planning for individuals/groups with learning difficulties. Overview of ARD process, IEP development, and designing explicit instruction with extensive use of case studies to address diverse learners.
  
  • SPEC 6365 - Data-Based Individualization of Instruction

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Examination and application of evidence-based instructional strategies for addressing the learning needs of students with disabilities. Specifically, the course focuses on data-based individualization of intervention in the areas of reading, written language, and mathematics. Tools for progress monitoring and making educational decisions are discussed.
  
  • SPEC 6367 - Special Education for School Leaders

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to MEd in Administration & Supervision, M.Ed. in Special Populations (Special Education Supervision emphasis), or Principal certification program, or consent of instructor.

    Examine and discuss the functions and underlying principles of the administration of special education services in the public school setting. The role of the administrator in the development of IEPs, student placement, student discipline, child find, fiscal management, transportation, and legal implications of decisions.
    Repeatability: N

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 6390 - Supervised Experience in Special Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 6390 Supervised Experience in Special Education
    Prerequisite: CUIN 6301 and formal admission to Teacher Education program.

    Taken during Developing Teaching, coursework builds on initial learning in Pre-Teaching, and candidates spend significant time in a school working with a cooperating teacher. Fifty (50) observations hours are required.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: Y
  
  • SPEC 6393 - Internship & Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Internship & Practicum
  
  • SPEC 6395 - Clinical Teaching I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 12
    Prerequisite: CUIN 6301, SPEC 6390, and approval of teacher education advisor.

    Supervised observation and student teaching in general and/or special education assignments.
    Additional Fee: Yes
  
  • SPEC 6396 - Clinical Teaching II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 12
    Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in SPEC 6395, and approval of teacher education advisor.

    Supervised observation and student teaching in general and special education assignments.
    Additional Fee: No
  
  • SPEC 6397 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Selected Topics
  
  • SPEC 7340 - Assessment of Academic Achievement

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 7340 Assessment of Academic Achievement
    Prerequisite: Approved course in measurement.

    Standardized, norm-referenced assessment of academic achievement, including test administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing, and linking results to interventions.
  
  • SPEC 7341 - Assessment of Learning Difficulties

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 7341 Assessment of Learning Difficulties
    Prerequisite: Approved course in measurement.

    Characteristics of learning difficulties; assessment and linking assessment to intervention. A study of legal issues related to assessment and eligibility.
  
  • SPEC 7342 - Formative Assessment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Approved course in measurement.

    An in-depth overview and advanced study of formative assessment. Includes examination of a wide variety of methods that instructors use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, course, or professional development workshop.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: N
  
  • SPEC 7343 - Psychological Processes of Reading

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 7343 Psychological Processes of Reading
    Prerequisite: None.

    Students learn the research and theories related to the process of reading with an emphasis on the cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual aspects as related to growth and development.
  
  • SPEC 7391 - Collaborative Consultation and Coaching

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 7391 Collaborative Consultation and Coaching
    Prerequisite: Admission to graduate/certification program in special populations.

    Collaborative consultation and coaching is applied within the context of effective schools research. Focus on effective tools for working with parents, teachers, administrators, and other education professionals within the community to support student success.
  
  • SPEC 7392 - Assessment of Intellectual Abilities

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 7392 Assessment of Intellectual Abilities
    Prerequisite: SPEC 7340  and SPEC 7341 .

    Standardized, norm-referenced assessment of intellectual/cognitive abilities, including test administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing, and linking results to interventions. This course also reviews determination of learning disabilities.
  
  • SPEC 7393 - Internship & Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Internship & Practicum
  
  • SPEC 7394 - Educational Diagnostician Practicum I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Corequisite: SPEC 7340 or SPEC 7392 if not previously completed.

    This course is required for Educational Diagnostician certification and addresses TAC 239.83. Standards Required for the Educational Diagnostician Certificate. Candidates must obtain 60 hours. Primary activities for Practicum I should include observations, file reviews, professional development, and work on the portfolio. Candidates may administer, score, and interpret norm-referenced tests once they have reached proficiency on the specified instrument in either SPEC 7340 or SPEC 7392.
    Additional Fee: No Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 7395 - Educational Diagnostician Practicum II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: SPEC 7394 and consent of instructor.

    This course is required for Educational Diagnostician certification and addresses TAC 239.83. Standards Required for the Educational Diagnostician Certificate. Candidates must obtain 100 hours (with a total of 160 hours between SPEC 7394 and SPEC 7395. Primary activities for Practicum II should include administration, scoring, and interpretation of norm-referenced tests.
    Additional Fee: No Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 8298 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Special Problems
  
  • SPEC 8301 - Professional Writing for Special Populations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to the EdD Professional Leadership - Special Populations; or, Consent of Instructor.

    This course develops student self-sufficiency for continuously improving their communication abilities. Students explore how to improve written, oral, and visual communication skills; practice editing their work; adjust their messaging; give feedback to others; and engage in improving communication. Students practice writing to learn and to effectively communicate. While the primary emphasis is on writing, students also practice speaking their message and arguments, as well as visually presenting information.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: N
  
  • SPEC 8341 - Seminar in Learning Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to doctoral program.

    Students apply major issues from learning theories and development to problems of practice.
  
  • SPEC 8360 - Instructional Problems in Special Populations

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Advanced study of instructional problems/issues for special populations.
  
  • SPEC 8365 - Administration and Supervision of Special Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 8365 Administration and Supervision of Special Education
    Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program.

    The course provides a policy and theoretical understanding of supervision models, the research literature related to educational supervision, and application of supervision in diverse educational contexts.
  
  • SPEC 8375 - Research for Special Populations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 8375 Research in Special Education
    Prerequisite: Admissions to Doctoral Program.

    Advanced course of the application of research in Special Populations.
  
  • SPEC 8376 - Research Methods for Low Incidence Populations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PHLS 8376 Research Methods for Low Incidence Populations
    Prerequisite: Admission in Doctoral Program.

    Describes and applies single case research procedures for use in clinical and educational settings with low incidence populations. Various design options, assessment procedures, data evaluation procedures, and social validity issues are covered.
  
  • SPEC 8391 - Leadership Coaching

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Leadership Coaching prepares personnel who lead teams to engage in collaborative consultation and coaching from an Improvement Science perspective. To that end, context, content, practices, processes, measures, and support for consultation and coaching in educational arenas are addressed. Analyses of research literature is conducted to determine the quality of the knowledge base and experiential opportunities help participants to enhance their skills.
    Repeatability: N

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 8394 - University Teaching Practicum in Special Populations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Teaching practicum provides the opportunity develop and advance competencies for teaching in higher education. Relate course content to real-life settings and situations, thereby strengthening and deepening learning as well as providing opportunities to explore teaching as a profession before committing to a career. The experience assists in developing a network of professional contacts and possible mentors while providing practical experience. Finally, the practicum serves to evaluate professionalism and potential as a future teacher.
  
  • SPEC 8395 - Doctoral Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of advisor.

    Doctoral Thesis
  
  • SPEC 8397 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Selected Topics
  
  • SPEC 8398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Special Problems
  
  • SPEC 8399 - Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Dissertation.
    Repeatability: Y

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 8695 - Doctoral Thesis

    Credit Hours: 6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of advisor.

    Doctoral Thesis.
    Repeatability: Y

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
  
  • SPEC 8699 - Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Dissertation.
    Repeatability: Y

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N

Engineering Management

  
  • IEEM 6330 - Managing Engineering Functions

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    Introduction to systems engineering and management and steps required for systematic transition from an engineer to engineer manager. It covers the fundamental steps within engineering management functions including organization, supervision, cost analysis, planning and control of engineering projects. Case studies will be utilized.
  
  • IEEM 6331 - Quantitative Methods for Engineering Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    Application of mathematical and stochastic methods to analyze and assist in decision making for complex problems. The course discusses tools and techniques for solving managerial decision problems of a quantitative nature.
  
  • IEEM 6335 - Engineering Management of Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: INDE 6335 Egr Administration
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    Scientific management relating to functioning and operation of engineering activities within the framework of the organization. Problems and cases with emphasis on human relations.
  
  • IEEM 6360 - Data Analytics for Engr. Mgt

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    As the pace of business continues to accelerate, forward-looking engineering managers are beginning to realize that leveraging analytics in their daily work will help them make better decisions and increase their confidence in those decisions. This course helps the engineering managers understanding the fundamentals of data analytics and in turn making them more effective in managing their engineering teams. It covers overview of data analytics and sources of data for business, engineering, and management, descriptive analytics, diagnostic analytics, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, optimization, simulation, and artificial intelligence.
    Repeatability: Y

    Additional Fee: N Fee Type N

Global Climate, Energy & Environment

  
  • GCEE 6310 - Global Climate: Energy, Environment, and Economy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or approval of instructor.

    The course provides comprehensive information about the status of the environment in the context of climate patterns.
  
  • GCEE 6320 - Global Climate: Physical Models

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    The course provides scientific analysis of global climate patterns using mathematical and statistical models.
  
  • GCEE 6330 - Global Climate: Economic Models

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor. The course provides an analysis of climate patterns based on economic conditions in the world.

Engineering Data Science

  
  • EDS 6333 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Probability triplet, fundamental laws, conditioning probability, discrete and continuous random variables, point estimation, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: No
  
  • EDS 6340 - Introduction to Data Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    Introduction; R Programming; Practical Statistics using R; Python Programming; Structured Data, Relational Databases & Unstructured data; Basic data patterns & data-driven modeling; Classification & Supervised modeling; Clustering & Unsupervised modeling; Regression Fundamentals; Basics of Prediction; Neural Networks.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: No
  
  • EDS 6342 - Introduction to Machine Learning

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    Concept learning, hypothesis spaces, decision trees, neural networks, Bayesian learning, computational learning theory, instance-based learning, genetic algorithms, rule-based learning, analytical learning, and reinforcement learning.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: No
  
  • EDS 6344 - Artificial Intelligence for Engineers

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

    A survey of broad areas in artificial intelligence, emphasizing areas of current interest.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: No
  
  • EDS 6346 - Data Mining for Engineers

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or consent of instructor.

    Data mining, data preprocessing, OLAP and data warehousing, exploratory data analysis, classification and prediction, cluster and outlier analysis, association analysis, data mining methods, and case studies.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: No
  
  • EDS 6348 - Introduction to Cloud Computing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or consent of instructor.

    Exploration in distributed data crunching with MapReduce, cloud and datacenter file systems, virtualization, cloud security and privacy, Amazon Web services and interactive web-based applications.
    Repeatability: No

    Additional Fee: No
 

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