Apr 29, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Economics

  
  • ECON 4375 - Market Regulations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECON 3332  or consent of instructor.

    Regulation of markets by competition and by governmental agencies. Antitrust laws and their enforcement to support competition, the structuring of competition in specific regulated industries, and regulation of pollution and other market failures.

  
  • ECON 4376 - Industrial Organization

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ECON 3376

    Prerequisite: ECON 3332  and ECON 2370  or consent of instructor.

    This course will cover the basic tools and issues in the field of industrial organization. Prominent topics will include oligopoly, cartel behavior, anti-competitive practices, anti-trust and regulation.

  
  • ECON 4377 - Urban Economics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECON 3332  or consent of instructor.

    Analysis of the American city’s economic structure; its causes, location of residential and production activities, income disparities and implications for urban development and how the public sector affects the urban economy.

  
  • ECON 4378 - Chinese Economy

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECON 3332  and ECON 2370  or consent of instructor.

    This course provides an introduction to the recent development of Chinese economy. The course has an emphasis on the microeconomic literature, covering topics including fertility policy, inequality, environment and migration.

  
  • ECON 4389 - Topics in Contemporary Economics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A survey of contemporary economic theory and problems. This course can be repeated for credit.

  
  • ECON 4390 - Economics Internship

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECON 3332  and ECON 3334  and consent of instructor.

    Work with practicing economists in selected private industry, federal, state and local government offices. Correlated readings. May be repeated once for credit. Only three hours may apply toward the ECON major requirements.

  
  • ECON 4391 - Economics and the Real World

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECON 3332  or consent of instructor; recommended for seniors.

    Application of economic analysis to contemporary issues and current social policy. Topics rotate weekly. Recent topics include the age of limits, global warming, government land use control, gun control, and the economics of crime.

  
  • ECON 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECON 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECON 3399  and approval of department chair.


Education

  
  • EDUC 3301 - Introduction to Teaching

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education.

    Introduction to teaching profession, including theories and principles of teaching; professional and pedagogical knowledge and skills; legal and ethical aspects; structure, organization, and management of schools; and field-based experiences.

  
  • EDUC 4304 - Seminar in Teaching

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: admission to Teaching Internship.

    Advanced study of design and implementation of instruction and assessment; classroom management; legal, political, and ethical concerns in education; and teacher inquiry.

  
  • EDUC 4311 - Student Teaching and Integrated Technology: Elementary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 12
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4312 - Student Teaching and Integrated Technology: Elementary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4313 - Student Teaching: Early Childhood Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4314 - Student Teaching: Secondary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4315 - Student Teaching: Secondary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4316 - Student Teaching: Art - Elementary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4317 - Student Teaching: Art - Secondary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4318 - Student Teaching: Music - Elementary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4319 - Student Teaching: Music - Secondary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4320 - Student Teaching: PE - Elementary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4321 - Student Teaching: PE - Secondary

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4324 - Student Teaching and Integrated Technology: Middle School

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 12
    Prerequisite: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching.

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting, including technology integration, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4325 - Student Teaching 4-8 2Nd 7 Wks

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Middle School Prerequisites: completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching. 

    Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting, including technology integration, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.

  
  • EDUC 4394 - Practicum for First-Year Teachers

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: admission to Teaching Internship.

    Advanced practicum of design and implementation of instruction and assessment; classroom management; legal, political, and ethical concerns in education; and teacher inquiry.


Educational Psychology

  
  • EPSY 3300 - Introduction to Educational Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    [TCCN-TECA 1311]

    Prerequisite: HDFS 2317  or PSYC 2350 

    Educational psychology emphasizing human development and learning, motivation, instructional applications, individual differences, tests and measurement.

  
  • EPSY 3360 - Individuals with Disabilities

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly EPSY 3360 Education of Children with Disabilities

    Prerequisite: none

    Disabilities and disability law for educational and professional settings. Characteristics, intervention strategies, and services for individuals with disabilities.

  
  • EPSY 3361 - Behavioral Interventions: Introduction

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education program.

    Process approach to behavioral planning for individuals and groups. Extensive use of case studies to address needs of diverse populations.

  
  • EPSY 4353 - Technology in Special Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: EPSY 3360 .

    Knowledge and skills of professionals working in special education to support students with special needs with classroom technology and assistive technology.

  
  • EPSY 4362 - Behavioral Interventions: Evidence-Based Decisions

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly EPSY 4362 Behavior Modification in Special Education

    Prerequisite: EPSY 3360  and EPSY 3361 

    Behavioral observation, assessment, data collection tools, interventions, and evidence-based decisions are presented and practiced. Theory and principles of behavioral analysis in a variety of school and professional settings.

  
  • EPSY 4363 - Instructional Interventions: Introduction

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly EPSY 4363 Individualized Educational Programming

    Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education program.

    Process approach to instructional planning for individuals/groups. Assessment, accommodations, modifications, IEP development, ARD process, and lesson design/development. Extensive use of case studies to address the needs of diverse populations.

  
  • EPSY 4365 - Instructional Interventions: Evidence-Based Decisions

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly EPSY 4365 Principles of Diagnostic Teaching in Special Education

    Prerequisite: EPSY 3360  and EPSY 4363 

    Instructional observation, assessment, data collection tools, interventions, and evidence-based decisions are presented and practiced. Theory and principles of diagnostic teaching in a variety of school and professional settings.

  
  • EPSY 4367 - Consultation Strategies

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly EPSY 4367 Consultation Strategies for Special Education

    Prerequisite: EPSY 3360 .

    Theories and strategies for use with individuals, children, parents, teachers, administrators, and others are presented and practiced. Focus on application of skill sets that address the needs of diverse populations.

  
  • EPSY 4391 - Student Teaching in Special Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education program and approval of advisor.

    Supervised observation and student teaching in general and special education assignments.

  
  • EPSY 4392 - Student Teaching in Special Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education program and approval of advisor.

    Supervised observation and student teaching in general and special education assignments.

  
  • EPSY 4397 - Selected Topics in Educational Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Selected topics in educational psychology. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • HDFS 3310 - Introduction to Child Life

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDFS 2317 .

    Examines the role of child life specialists in meeting children’s psychosocial needs. Students explore the intersection of human development, family systems, the healthcare environment, illness, and therapeutic play.

  
  • HLT 3325 - Medical Terminology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing.

    Learning the vocabulary of medical, dental and other allied health/medical fields.


Electrical and Computer Engineering

  
  • ECE 1100 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1431 .

     An overview of electrical and computer engineering and the professional opportunities available.

    Note: Should be taken by Electrical and Computer Engineering students in the first semester in which the prerequisite is satisfied.
  
  • ECE 1121 - Electrical Engineering Workshop

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Principles of laboratory-based design using basic digital logic. Boolean algebra; truth tables; logic circuit design. Credit may not be applied toward a degree in engineering.

  
  • ECE 1331 - Computers and Problems Solving

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1431  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 1100 .

    Introduction to personal computers and engineering workstations; techniques and standards for networked computers; computer-based tools for engineering problem-solving; programming constructs, algorithms, and applications.

  
  • ECE 2100 - Circuit Analysis Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 2300 .

    Introduction to the electronics laboratory equipment. Introductory experiments in circuit analysis. Formal report writing. This laboratory course is a prerequisite for all other ECE laboratory courses.

  
  • ECE 2300 - Circuit Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 1100 , ECE 1331 , ENGL 1304 , MATH 1432 , PHYS 1321 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2433 , MATH 3321 , and PHYS 1322 .

    Electric circuit analysis techniques. Inductors, capacitors, first order circuits. Sinusoidal analysis.

  
  • ECE 2317 - Applied Electricity and Magnetism

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1117  and CHEM 1372 , ECE 1100  and ECE 1331 , MATH 2433 , PHYS 1322 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3321 .

    Fundamentals of electricity and magnetism, vector calculus, Maxwell’s equations, Kirchhoff’s laws, static electric and magnetic fields, resistance, capacitance, inductance, magnetic circuits, and transformers.

  
  • ECE 2331 - Numerical Methods for Electrical and Computer Engineers

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 1100 , ECE 1331  and MATH 1432 .

    Basic linear algebra and numerical analysis with engineering applications. Emphasis on use of computer-based solution techniques.

  
  • ECE 2355 - Honors Circuits and Electronics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGI 1331 , MATH 1432 , PHYS 1321 , credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2433  and PHYS 1322  and membership in the Honors Engineering Program.

    Electric circuit analysis, inductors, capacitors, first order circuits. Sinusoidal analysis, complex power and frequency response. Transformers, ac power an power distribution. Diodes and op-amps.

  
  
  • ECE 3317 - Applied Electromagnetic Waves

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 2300 , ECE 2317 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 3337 .

    Maxwell’s equations in time and frequency domains, Poynting’s theorem, plane wave propagation, reflection and transmission in lossless and lossy media, transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas.

  
  • ECE 3331 - Programming Applications in Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 1331 , ECE 2300 , and MATH 3321 .

    Procedural programming in C and C++, with applications in electrical and computer engineering. Introduction to FORTRAN.

  
  • ECE 3336 - Introduction to Circuits and Electronics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1322  and MATH 2433 , and either CIVE 1331  or INDE 1331  or MECE 1331  or CHEE 1331 .

    For BSIE, BSCE, BSME, BSPetE majors only. Electric circuit analysis, ac circuits and frequency response, transformers, power supplies, ac power and power distribution, diodes, op amps and solid state devices.

  
  • ECE 3337 - Signals and Systems Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ECE 3337 Electrical Engineering Analysis

    Prerequisite: MATH 3321 , ECE 1331 , ECE 2300 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 2317 .

    Time and frequency domain techniques for signals and systems analysis. Engineering applications of the convolution sum and integral, Fourier series and transforms, and Laplace transforms.

  
  • ECE 3355 - Electronics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100 , ECE 2300 , ECE 2317 , ECE 3337 , ENGI 2304 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 3155 .

    Signal and amplifier concepts; operational amplifiers; diodes and nonlinear circuits; Bipolar junction transistors; biasing, small and large signal analysis; Transistor amplifiers; two-port networks.

  
  • ECE 3364 - Circuits and Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 2300 ECE 3337 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 2317 

    Balanced three-phase circuits, mutual inductance and transformers, Laplace transform and circuit analysis, frequency-selective circuits, control system characteristics and stability.

  
  • ECE 3366 - Introduction to Digital Signal Processing

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3337 .

    Credit may not be received for more than one of ECE 3366 and BIOE 3366 . Discrete-time signals and systems, discrete Fourier methods, sampling, z-transform, modulation, synthesis of discrete-time filters using digital signal processors. Examples will be taken from bioelectrical signals.

  
  • ECE 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 3441 - Digital Logic Design

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100 , ECE 2300 , and ECE 2317 .

    Initial course in Boolean algebra, combinational logic, sequential machine analysis and synthesis.

  
  • ECE 3455 - Electronics

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: ECE 2300 , ECE 2100 , ECE 2317 , approved technical communications course, and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 3337 .

    Signal and amplifier concepts. Operational amplifiers. Diodes and nonlinear circuits. Bipolar junction transistors. Biasing, small and large signal analysis. Transistor amplifiers. Two-port networks. Concepts of logic circuits. TTL circuits.

  
  • ECE 3456 - Analog Electronics

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 3155 , ECE 3355 , and ECE 3337 .

    Bipolar MOS and JFET transistors; Multistage amplifier design; Frequency response and feedback concepts; Operational amplifiers; Analysis and design using discreet and integrated devices.

  
  • ECE 3457 - Digital Electronics

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 3155 , ECE 3337 , and ECE 3355 .

    Analysis of discrete and integrated digital electronic devices and components and their use in the design and implementation of digital circuits.

  
  • ECE 4113 - Energy Conversion Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4363 .

    Selected experiments in electromechanical energy conversion devices.

  
  • ECE 4115 - Control Systems Laboratory I

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100 , ECE 3337 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4375 .

    Introductory experiments in automatic control systems.

  
  • ECE 4117 - Telecommunications Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4371 .

    Selected experiments in telecommunications.

  
  • ECE 4119 - Solid State Devices Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4339 .

    Introduction to the methods of solid state device characterization and the use of CAD tools in the design of discrete devices.

  
  • ECE 4198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 4298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 4334 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Systems Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly (also INDE 4334, MECE 4334)

    Prerequisite: ECE 3455 , ECE 3337 , ECE 3441 , INDE 2333 , approved technical communications course, a core approved economics elective, and graduating senior standing.

    Credit may not be applied for more than one of ECE 4334, INDE 4334  and MECE 4334 . Applications of analytical, experimental, and computational techniques in open-ended problems supplied by industry and faculty.

  
  • ECE 4335 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Design I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ENGI 2304 , INDE 2333 , all required ECE 3000 level courses in the degree plan, credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4436 , and a core approved economics elective.

    Propose and begin team projects involving open-ended design problems supplied by industry and faculty. Professionalism, research methodologies, design tools, and technical communication.

  
  • ECE 4336 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Design II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 4335  and graduating senior standing.

    Complete, construct, demonstrate, and defend team projects begun in ECE 4335 .

  
  • ECE 4339 - Physical Principles of Solid State Devices

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3155 , ECE 3355 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4119 .

    Electronics, modern physics, and electromagnetism used to develop fundamental understanding of bipolar, Schottky, and MOS solid state device operation.

  
  • ECE 4363 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3364  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4113 .

    Electromechanical energy conversion principles, transformers, rotating machines, and solid-state motor control.

  
  • ECE 4371 - Introduction to Telecommunications Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3337  and INDE 2333 .

    Linear systems, filters, convolution, spectra, random processes, noise, baseband transmission, amplitude modulation and angle modulation, baseband digital communication and digital modulation.

  
  • ECE 4375 - Automatic Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 2300 , ECE 3337 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4115 .

    Automatic Control System: mathematical modeling, block diagram, transfer function, system response, stability, root-locus, Bode analysis, Nyquist analysis, Nichols analysis, compensator design.

  
  • ECE 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 4436 - Microprocessor Systems

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 3331  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 3441 . Memory devices, microcomputer architecture, assembly language programming, I/O programming, I/O interface design, data communications, and data acquisition systems. Laboratory exercises in assembly language and C.

  
  • ECE 4437 - Embedded Microcomputer Systems

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 3155 , ECE 3355 , and ECE 4436 .

    Hardware and software components of real-time embedded microcomputer systems; programming and interfacing to real-time external devices.

  
  • ECE 4458 - Instrumentation Electronics

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 3155 , ECE 3337 , and ECE 3355 .

    BJT review; FETs; differential amplifiers; op-amp non-ideal characteristics; measurements with low signal-to-noise ratio and high source impedance such as bioelectrical signals; electrical safety; electrodes; transducers.

  
  • ECE 4498 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 4.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 4598 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 5.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  
  • ECE 5113 - Microwave Engineering Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 5317 .

    Selected topics in microwave engineering.

  
  • ECE 5114 - Antenna Engineering Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 5318 .

    Selected topics in antenna engineering.

  
  • ECE 5115 - Control Systems Laboratory II

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100 , ECE 4375 , and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 5335 .

    Computer simulations and computer-aided control system design.

  
  • ECE 5119 - Nanotechnology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: ECE 2317 , credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 3337  and ECE 5319 .

    Introduction to nanotechnology, metrology and fabrication methods.

  
  • ECE 5120 - Nanomaterials Engineering Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: ECE 5119  or CHEE 5119  or MECE 5119 , concurrent enrollment in ECE 5320  and instructor permission.

    Introduction to engineering of nanomaterials with emphasis on structural, optical, photonic, magnetic and electronic materials. Experimental design, synthetic and analytical characterization will be emphasized.

  
  • ECE 5121 - Nanofabrication Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: ECE 5120  or CHEE 5120  or MECE 5121 , enrollment in ECE 5321  and consent of instructor.

    Design, fabrication, and metrology of nanoscale devices.

  
  • ECE 5127 - Power Transmission and Distribution Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ECE 2100  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 5377 .

    Real and reactive power, power flow and voltage regulation, parallel lines and transformers, series and parallel network compensation, phase shift transformers, protection.

  
  • ECE 5197 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ECE 5197 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - ;
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ECE 5317 - Microwave Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3317 .

    Transmission lines, waveguides, microstrip circuits, microwave circuit theory, scattering matrices, impedance transformers, passive microwave devices, resonators, microwave tubes, and solid state active devices.

  
  • ECE 5318 - Antenna Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3317 .

    Antenna concepts, linear wire antennas, linear arrays, aperture and horn antennas, printed-circuit radiators, frequency-independent antennas, and measurement techniques.

  
  • ECE 5319 - Introduction to Nanotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 2317 , credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 3337 , and ECE 5119 , and instructor permission.

    Fundamental concepts underlying various nanotechnologies.

  
  • ECE 5320 - Introduction to Nanomaterials Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 5319  or CHEE 5319  or MECE 5319 , concurrent enrollment in ECE 5120 , or consent of instructor.

    Engineering of nanomaterials with emphasis on structural, optical, photonic, magnetic and electronic materials. Synthetic methods and analytical characterization with design for applications will be emphasized.

  
  • ECE 5321 - Design and Fabrication of Nanoscale Devices

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 5320  or CHEE 5320  or MECE 5320 , concurrent enrollment in ECE 5121  or consent of instructor.

    Design and fabrication at the nanoscale. Effects of nanoscale phenomena on device scaling: technological advantages and challenges. Design, fabrication, metrology and device integration at nanoscale.

  
  • ECE 5322 - Nanoengineering Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Prerequisite: ECE 5119 , ECE 5120 , ECE 5319 , ECE 5320 , and instructor permission.

    Guided research in nanoengineering technology.

  
  • ECE 5335 - State-Space Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 4375 .

    State-space modeling, matrix algebra, system response, coordinate transformation, stability, controllability, observability, realization, state-feedback design and observers, nonlinear systems, Lyapunov functions, and optimal control.

  
  • ECE 5340 - Introduction to Well-Logging Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3317  or GEOL 4330  or PHYS 4321  or consent of instructor.

    Logging tools, including electrical resistivity, induction, acoustic, dielectric, natural gamma ray, neutron density, pulse neutron, NMR, and dipmeter. Production tools, along with well log data transmission, processing, and recording.

  
  • ECE 5344 - Signal Integrity

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3317 , ECE 3355  and instructor permission.

    Introduction to signal integrity for high-speed digital system.

  
  • ECE 5346 - VLSI Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3456  or ECE 3457 .

    Integrated circuit design using computer-aided design methods; MOS, GaAs and bipolar techniques; standard cells, digital subcircuit and memory layout and design. Includes project requiring students to design and to have fabricated a functional integrated circuit.

  
  • ECE 5354 - Digital Video

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3337  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 4436 .

    Concepts, theory, and applications of digital video compression. Sampling and quantization, data compression, adaptive coding, BMP and JPEG image standards, H.261 video-conferencing, MPEG codecs, mathematical animation techniques.

  
  • ECE 5356 - CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ECE 3456 .

    Analysis and design of CMOS analog integrated circuits at the transistor level, single-stage and multistage amplifiers, differential pairs, current source biasing circuits, current mirrors, and operational amplifier circuit design.

 

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