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Biotechnology

  • BTEC 1322 - Introduction to Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Review of techniques used in food, agricultural, pharmaceutical, industrial, and environmental biotechnology; guest presentations in biotechnology.

  • BTEC 2320 - Biotechnology Regulatory Environment

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in BTEC 1322 .

    Role of regulatory agencies during the discovery, development, and manufacture of new medical devices, biotechnology, biomedical, and pharmaceutical products.

  • BTEC 3100 - Biotechnology Research Methods and Applications

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3332  and BIOL 3132 .

    Interdisciplinary research-based and hands-on experiences with techniques used in modern biotechnology labs.

  • BTEC 3301 - Principles of Genomics/Proteomics and Bioinformatics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3301  and MATH 2311  or equivalent.

    Overview of the fields of bioinformatics and genomics. Topics, tools, issues and current trends in these and related fields.

  • BTEC 3320 - Introduction to Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly BTEC 3320 Introduction to Quality Control/Quality Assurance in Biotechnology

    Prerequisite: BTEC 3321 

    Quality control techniques, assurance issues, and management methods. Quality in design and planning in the constructed project, and in production of goods and services.

  • BTEC 3321 - Current Good Manufacturing Practices in Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly BTEC 2321; also formerly BTEC 3321 Good Manufacturing Practices in Biotechnology

    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in BTEC 2320 .

    Current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) in the biotechnology workplace. History, rationale, purpose, and GMP requirements applicable to the manufacturing, packaging, labeling, testing, and control of pharmaceutical products; and consequences of inaction.

  • BTEC 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

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

    May be repeated for credit.

  • BTEC 4101 - Principles of Bioprocessing Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: BTEC 3100  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in BTEC 4301 .

    Cell culture techniques, purification techniques, principles of bioreactor operations and calibration, and environmental monitoring.

  • BTEC 4198 - Independent Study in Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 1 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • BTEC 4300 - Principles of Bioinformatics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BTEC 3301  and ELET 2300 .

    Principles and practical application of bioinformatics tools in molecular biology and genetics.

  • BTEC 4301 - Principles of Bioprocessing

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BTEC 2321, BCHS 3304 , BCHS 3201 , BIOL 3332 , and  .

    Cell culture techniques, principles of bioreactor operation and purification, documentation procedures, important tasks for clean room operations, including sanitization, sterilization, cleaning procedures, calibration, and environmental monitoring.

  • BTEC 4319 - Microbial Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BTEC 3100 . Microbial use in biotechnological applications.

    Traditional and modern biotechnology processes including strain selection and development of recombinant microbes for industrial, commercial, medical, environmental, and pharmaceutical applications.

  • BTEC 4350 - Biotechnology Capstone Experience

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: BTEC 3100 , 3100  and 3301  and senior standing.

    Independent research project under the guidance of a faculty or industry mentor. Projects must be preapproved.

  • BTEC 4394 - Selected Topics in Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • BTEC 4397 - Selected Topics in Biotechnology

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

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • BTEC 4398 - Independent Study

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

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • BTEC 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

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

    May be repeated for credit.

Computer Information Systems

  • CIS 1300 - Computers in Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 1300

    Prerequisite: MATH 1310 .

    Introduction to computers and their application to various technologies. Hardware, software, number systems, basic computer organization, and structured programming

  • CIS 2332 - Information Technology Hardware and Systems Software

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ITEC 1301 .

    A conceptual and technological survey of the structure of distributed information systems architectures, operating systems, network operating systems, data management systems, application development environments, peripheral technology, and user interfaces.

  • CIS 2334 - Information Systems Applications

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ITEC 1301  or ELET 2300  or equivalent.

    Concepts and production skills relating to information systems technologies, procedures, and resources.

  • CIS 2336 - Internet Application Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ELET 2300  or equivalent and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1431 .

    Internet and World Wide Web Technologies. Development and maintenance of Web sites and Web applications.

  • CIS 2337 - Fundamentals of Information Security

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ITEC 1301  or equivalent, or consent of department chair.

    Information security, including technical security issues, people security issues, policy issues, privacy, and ethics.

  • CIS 2348 - Information Systems Application Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ELET 2300  or equivalent and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1431 .

    Development of information systems applications using modern application development technologies.

  • CIS 3337 - Secure Application Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 2337 , CIS 2348 , and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Designing applications using a secure design life cycle process, including common causes of errors and current tools to improve code.

  • CIS 3343 - Information Systems Analysis and Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 2334  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in TMTH 3360  or equivalent.

    Development and evaluation of information systems with relation to efficiency and cost.

  • CIS 3347 - Information Systems Infrastructure and Networks

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 2332 , credit for or concurrent enrollment in TMTH 3360 , and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Data communications standards, protocols, models, architectures, internet topics, and ethics. Components of industry infrastructure with business justification. Study of emerging technologies and trends related to software/hardware components.

  • CIS 3351 - Intrusion Detection and Incident Response

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 2337  and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Intrusion detection and incident response for enterprise level computer systems, including technical, policy, and legal issues.

  • CIS 3355 - Integrated Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 3355

    Prerequisite: CIS 2336 , CIS 2348 , CIS 3347 , and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or consent of program coordinator.

    Evaluation of integrated information systems.

  • CIS 3358 - Information Media for Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 2332  or CIS 2334  or CIS 2337 .

    Use of Web-based tools and technologies for information sharing and management within and across organizations.

  • CIS 3365 - Database Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 3343 .

    Applications of hierarchical and relational database systems.

  • CIS 3368 - Advanced Internet Application Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 3368

    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in CIS 3365 .

    Use of Web development tools for Web site development. Architectural planning, technology selection, and Web site programming tasks. Internet applications using COM components on both the client and server.

  • CIS 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Formerly ITEC 3399

    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    Independent work in information systems technology under the supervision of a faculty member. Both must be completed for credit.

  • CIS 4198 - Independent Study

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

    Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.

  • CIS 4298 - Independent Study

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

    Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.

  • CIS 4320 - Decision Informatics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 4397 Data Mining with Applications to Health Care

    Prerequisite: TMTH 3360  or equivalent, CIS 3365  or equivalent.

    Computer information systems that support organizational decision making processes.

  • CIS 4337 - Advanced Information Systems Applications

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 4337

    Prerequisite: CIS 3348  and CIS 3365 , Computer Information Systems major or minor, and senior standing.

    Advanced concepts and computer-based applications integral to office information systems.

  • CIS 4338 - Database Administration and Implementation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 3355 , CIS 3365  and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Database implementation for a multi-user environment, including usage analysis, database application development, and query optimization.

  • CIS 4339 - Enterprise Applications Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 3355  and credit for or concurrent enrollment in CIS 4338 , and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Advanced n-tier client/server application development for an enterprise-wide setting.

  • CIS 4357 - Digital Forensics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 2337 , CIS 3365 , and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Digital forensics, including media analysis, data reconstruction, network forensics, and the legal issues surrounding the use of forensic data.

  • CIS 4367 - Advanced Digital Forensics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CIS 4397 Special Topics Advanced: Digital Forensics

    Prerequisite: CIS 4357 

    Advanced digital forensics; e-discovery, media analysis, data reconstruction, reporting and legal issues surrounding digital data in criminal and civil litigation.

  • CIS 4375 - Project Management & Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CIS 4338 , CIS 4339 , and Computer Information Systems major or minor, or consent of program manager or program coordinator.

    Directed individual study in information systems technology. Instructor-led discussion of research methods and class presentations by students.

  • CIS 4390 - Current Issues in Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 4390

    Prerequisite: Computer Information Systems major or minor and senior standing.

    Current issues and topics in information systems.

  • CIS 4396 - Internship: Computer Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 4396

    Prerequisite: consent of department.

    Internship in Computer Information Systems under the supervision of faculty.

  • CIS 4397 - Selected Topics in Computer Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ITEC 4397

    Prerequisite: approval of department.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • CIS 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Formerly ITEC 4398

    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.

  • CIS 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - ;
    Formerly ITEC 4399

    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    Independent work in information systems technology under the supervision of a faculty member. Both must be completed for credit.

Construction Management

  • CNST 1301 - Construction Materials and Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in CNST 1361  and CNST 1330  or CNST 1315 .

    Basic building materials and systems used in constructing buildings, bridges, and infrastructure projects.

  • CNST 1315 - Project Drawings & Graphics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Reading drawings and graphics for process and industrial type projects.

  • CNST 1325 - Process and Industrial Construction

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in CNST 1361  and CNST 1315  or CNST 1330 .

    Construction materials and methods common to installation process and industrial projects.

  • CNST 1330 - Graphics I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Lettering, geometric construction, multi-view and auxiliary projections, sections, and connections, dimensioning, and isometric and oblique pictorials. Manual and computer aided drawing techniques.

  • CNST 1361 - Construction Management I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Overview of the construction industry, job market, roles and responsibilities, and common project management tools.

  • CNST 2321 - Mechanical and Electrical Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 1301  or CNST 1325 .

    Planning and construction of mechanical and electrical systems common to construction projects.

  • CNST 2325 - Process and Industrial Subsystems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 1325  or consent of instructor.

    Mechanical and electrical systems common in process and industrial projects.

  • CNST 2341 - Construction Documents

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2321 .
    Students from the College of Architecture have consent of instructor to take CNST 2341 once they have completed any of the following: ARCH 2325, ARCH 2326, ARCH 2327 

    Bidding documents and contract documents commonly used in construction projects and an understanding of the hierarchy/relationships among these documents.

  • CNST 2345 - Contract Documents for Capital Projects

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2325  or consent of instructor.

    Contract administration and legal documents common in process and industrial projects.

  • CNST 2351 - Construction Estimating I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in CNST 2321  or CNST 2325  or consent of instructor.
    Students from the College of Architecture have consent of instructor to take CNST 2351 once they have completed any of the following: ARCH 2325, ARCH 2326, ARCH 2327 .

    Skills and tools necessary to prepare cost estimates for construction projects, focus on the blueprint reading and material quantity takeoff.

  • CNST 3155 - Construction Materials and Testing

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1301  and MATH 1431 .

    Properties and testing methods for common construction materials (wood, steel, and concrete).

  • CNST 3185 - Construction Experience

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2351 .

    Students will fulfill 400 hours of work experience to gain practical experience and professional skills prior to graduation. Includes an intensive writing experience in the form of a formal technical report describing the experience.

  • CNST 3205 - Construction Safety Management

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 3301 .

    OSHA regulations and industry practices related to creating and maintaining safe construction sites. Students will be eligible to sit for the 10-hour OSHA safety certification exam.

  • CNST 3210 - Safety for Industrial Projects

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 3301 .

    Industry practices related to creating and maintaining safe construction sites for process and industrial projects.

  • CNST 3301 - Construction Equipment and Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2351 .

    Construction equipment and selected construction methods including economy, selection, productivity of common construction equipment and construction procedures for industrial and heavy civil construction.

  • CNST 3331 - Construction Planning and Scheduling

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2351 .

    Planning, scheduling principles, and techniques common to construction projects utilizing industry standard scheduling software packages.

  • CNST 3351 - Construction Estimating II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2351 .

    Skills and tools necessary to prepare formal bids for construction projects, pricing, indirect costs, bid analysis, and use of computer aided software.

  • CNST 3355 - Strength of Construction Materials

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1301  and MATH 1431 .

    Construction engineering with respect to stress, strains, and deflection of structural components of buildings.

  • CNST 3365 - Cost Estimating for Capital Projects

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 2351 .

    Cost estimating of process and industrial projects including FEED and definitive estimates.

  • CNST 3372 - Soil Mechanics and Foundations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CNST 4372

    Prerequisite: CNST 3355 .

    Aspects of soils essential to construction, including soil classifications, methods of soil exploration, standard laboratory tests, and basic design and installation for shallow and deep foundation systems.

  • CNST 4190 - Current Issues in Construction Management

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: senior standing.

    Contemporary topics and developments in the field of construction engineering and management.

  • CNST 4265 - Construction Layout and Site Development

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1330 .

    Basic surveying techniques, construction, layouts, and fundamental requirements and regulations related to land development.

  • CNST 4290 - Current Issues in Construction Management

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: senior standing. Contemporary topics and developments in the field of construction engineering and management.

  • CNST 4302 - Construction Law and Ethics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CNST 3402

    Prerequisite: CNST 2341  or CNST 2345 .

    United States legal system and contractual issues that are significant to construction managers, addresses ethics in the construction industry.

  • CNST 4311 - Structural Steel and Timber Construction

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CNST 3311

    Prerequisite: CNST 3355 .

    Design aspects of selected structures using steel and timber standard shapes/components; involving the application of the AISC Code; design of wood formwork systems.

  • CNST 4315 - Steel Construction

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CNST 3315

    Prerequisite: CNST 3355 .

    Steel properties, standard shapes, design, and installation of steel elements common to process and industrial projects such as tanks, pipes, and pipe supports.

  • CNST 4331 - Construction Management II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 3205 , CNST 3331  and CNST 3351 .

    Capstone course to develop a formal construction proposal for an industrial construction project. The American Institute of Constructors (AIC) Level 1 Associate Constructors (AC) exam is required. Students are responsible for the AIC exam fees.

  • CNST 4335 - Capital Projects Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 3210 , CNST 3331  and CNST 3365 .

    Capstone course to develop a formal proposal for an industrial construction project. The American Institute of Constructors (AIC) Level 1 Associate Constructors (AC) exam is required. Students are responsible for the AIC exam fees.

  • CNST 4341 - Project Controls

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 4331 .

    Integrates skills and knowledge taught in the program including the crucial construction management activities that take place from the time a contract is awarded until the contract is closed out.

  • CNST 4345 - Reinforced Concrete Structures

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 3355 .

    Design and installation of concrete elements common to process and industrial projects such as slabs, beams, heavy concrete pours, short columns, and pedestals.

  • CNST 4381 - Reinforced Concrete and Building Codes

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 3355 .

    Application of the ACI 318 Building Code for construction, analysis, and inspection of reinforced concrete members and formwork.

  • CNST 4385 - Field Operations for Capital Projects

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CNST 4335 .

    Site utilization, project execution plans, progress measurements, analyzing field data, and close-out of process and industrial projects.

  • CNST 4390 - Current Issues in Construction Management

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

    Contemporary topics and developments in the field of construction engineering and management.

  • CNST 4394 - Selected Topics in Construction Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary

  • CNST 4397 - Selected Topics in Construction Management

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

    Special topics in Construction Management. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • CNST 4398 - Independent Study

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

    Individual projects on a to-be-arranged basis under faculty sponsorship.

Digital Media

  • DIGM 2350 - Graphics for Digital Media

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 2350

    Prerequisite: demonstrated computer proficiency or ITEC 1301 .

    Pixel-based and vector graphics for use in print and digital media.

  • DIGM 2351 - Web Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 2351

    Prerequisite: DIGM 2350  or approved equivalent and Digital Media major or Computer Graphics minor status

    Web page design, site planning, interface design, and site implementation.

    Note: Students must pass a Photoshop pretest during the first week of class to continue.
  • DIGM 2352 - Digital Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 2352

    Prerequisite: DIGM 2350 .

    Digital cameras; photographic principles; image organization, metadata, evaluation, and correction; digital asset management; creating image portfolios for the Web; use of color management to soft/hard-proof finished photographs.

  • DIGM 2353 - Page Layout and Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: DIGM 2350 

    Using page layout software to create effective static and personalized documents that follow established principles of design, typography, color, photography, and ethics.

  • DIGM 3152 - Graphic Production Process Control II Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 0 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in DIGM 3252 .

    Laboratory activities and experiments related to graphic communications production control.

  • DIGM 3252 - Graphic Production Process Control II

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly DIGM 3352

    Prerequisite: DIGM 3351 .

    Using graphic communication production control techniques to produce single- and multi-page documents. In-depth study of page layout, imposition, and static and variable-data printing technologies.

  • DIGM 3350 - Digital Media Materials and Processes

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly GRTC 3350

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303  or ENGL 1304 .

    Digital media processes and ancillary operations. Materials used in digital media production.

  • DIGM 3351 - Graphic Production Process Control I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 3351

    Graphic communication production control emphasizing job engineering; techniques used to reproduce varying types of original images; tone capture and correction; proofing; platesetting; and final output.

  • DIGM 3353 - Visual Communications Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 3353

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303  or ENGL 1304 .

    Use of technological systems in visual communications including design principles, typography, use of color, photography, pixel- and vector-based graphics, print and electronic delivery, and ethical considerations.

  • DIGM 3354 - Video Production I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 3354

    Prerequisite: DIGM 2352  or approved equivalent.

    Introduction to digital film and video production from concept development and planning through post-production to delivery.

    Note: Students must pass a digital photography pretest during the first week of class to continue.
  • DIGM 3356 - ePublishing

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: DIGM 2351 , DIGM 2352 , DIGM 2353 , or DIGM 3353 .

    Design for tablet and mobile device delivery; information technologies for eMedia workflows; use of XML for ePublishing; digital asset management. Technologies to facilitate print-to-web, social media, and personalized internet experiences.

  • DIGM 3370 - Two Dimensional Computer Generated Imagery Animation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: DIGM 3354.

    Two-dimensional (2D) computer-generated imagery (CGI), including drawing, coloring, and animating objects and characters; phonemes for character dialog; and object-oriented programming.

  • DIGM 3374 - Video Production 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly DIGM 4374

    Prerequisite: DIGM 3354 .

    Advanced techniques of digital video production from concept to delivery.

  • DIGM 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 3 ; Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly GRTC 3399

    Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Independent work in digital media with faculty supervision.

    May be repeated for credit.

  • DIGM 4198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0 - ;
    Formerly GRTC 4198

    Prerequisite: approval of department chair. Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.

    May be repeated for credit.

  • DIGM 4298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0 - ;
    Formerly GRTC 4298

    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    Individual projects under faculty sponsorship. May be repeated for credit.

  • DIGM 4372 - Costing in Digital Media

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 4372

    Prerequisite: DIGM 2351 , DIGM 3351 , and DIGM 3354  (DIGM 2351  and DIGM 3354  waived for Graphic Communications Technology Minors).

    Principles and techniques of cost estimation for digital media production.

  • DIGM 4373 - Graphic Production Process Control III

    Credit Hours: 3.0 - Lecture Contact Hours: 2 ; Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly GRTC 4373

    Prerequisite: DIGM 3252 .

    Using graphic communication production control techniques to produce full-color documents. Includes an in-depth study of color theory, measurement, correction, modification, management, and separation techniques.

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