Graduate Catalog | 2021-2022 Previous Edition
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CEGR 6161 - Traffic Control and Operation
Traffic control theory and application; traffic regulation, laws and ordinances; speed control, intersection control, flow control and parking control; design and application of control devices, investigation, evaluation techniques; statistical analysis; administration.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 5161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8161
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6162 - Computer Applications for Transportation Engineers
Apply analytical techniques using traffic simulation and transportation planning software to evaluate various transportation facilities; Emphasis on computer applications and software packages such as HCS, SYNCHRO/SimTraffic, and VISSIM; 4-Step planning process using TransCAD; Build mathematical models.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8162
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6163 - GIS for Civil Engineers
Apply Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to solve Civil Engineering problems: add layers, label, and symbolize features, create maps in ArcMap, generate tables and spatial databases, address matching, query and join tables, perform spatial overlays, generate buffers, and conduct spatial analysis. Civil Engineering case studies.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 2101 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8163
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6164 - Traffic Safety
Crash data elements and source of data; Crash site reconstruction; Quantifying risk; Safety evaluation process: Problem definition, high crash locations, ranking and prioritization, understanding causal factors, countermeasure selection, before-after evaluation; Crash prediction Modeling; Economic appraisal; Safety conscious planning.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8164
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6165 - Urban Systems Engineering
Survey of economic, political, sociological and technological factors affecting modern growth; a planning process and its role in solving selected urban problems with emphasis on engineering contributions.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3202 and permission of department.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6166 - Urban Transportation Networks: Operations and Optimization
Introduction to planning and optimization techniques for the analysis of transportation networks. Principles of precise algorithms for finding transport network equilibrium flows and applications that relate to these flows. Topics include: basic optimization skills, shortest path algorithms, user equilibrium, system optimal, elastic demand, OD matrix estimation, network design, congestion pricing, and stochastic user equilibrium.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department and graduate standing.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8166
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6167 - Discrete Choice Modeling
Introduction to elements of the choice process; utility-based choice theory; principles of binary choice models; multinomial logit models; nested logit models; and ordered response models.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department and graduate standing.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8167
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6171 - Air Quality Control
Study of various types of air pollutants, their sources, nature and effects. Examination of air quality criteria, standards and monitoring. Analysis of feasibility, applicability and efficiency of diverse systems of control. Evaluation of goal and research needs in the future.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6172 - Air Dispersion Modeling
Atmospheric pollution problems, federal regulations, boundary layer meteorology, dispersion theory, Gaussian model, plume rise formulas, air toxics, and computer modeling of point area, line and mobile sources.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6173 - Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
Concepts of chemical equilibrium applied to natural aquatic systems. Topics include: acid-base reactions, buffer systems, mineral precipitation, coordinate chemistry, redox reactions, adsorption phenomena and chemical-equilibria computer programs.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3111, CEGR 3141, or equivalent; and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8173
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6181 - Traffic Flow Theory
Logical foundations and mathematical representation of traffic flow; interrelation between microscopic and macroscopic equations of motion for highway traffic; stochastic properties of traffic at low and moderate densities. Car-following theories of traffic flow at high densities. Applications of queuing theory.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 5161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8181
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6182 - Transportation Systems Analysis
Issues, concepts and methods of transportation systems engineering and planning. Decision making in transportation management. The application of analytical methods to the development and evaluation of transport systems.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 5161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8182
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6183 - Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
An introduction and overview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), ITS architecture, advanced technologies for data collection and transportation system management, advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), advanced public transportation systems (APTS), commercial vehicle operations (CVO), electronic toll operations, ITS models and evaluation methods, advanced rural transportation systems (ARTS), and connected / autonomous / driverless vehicles.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8183
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6222 - Experimental Structural Mechanics and Nondestructive Evaluation
A comprehensive overview of experimental techniques used to develop phenomenological understanding of and characterization of solid mechanics, stress analysis, and fracture mechanics problems. Additionally presented are experimental methods routinely employed for nondestructive evaluation of in-service structures, structural components, and structural materials. Students are expected to develop a familiarity with and ability to conduct data acquisition, signal processing, and data interpretation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of instructor and graduate standing.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8222
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2020
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CEGR 6243 - Physical Processes in Environmental Systems
Physical processes that describe the behavior of materials in natural and engineered environmental systems including transport, diffusion/dispersion, volatilization, sorption/desorption, flocculation, filtration, and sedimentation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3141, CEGR 3143, MATH 2171, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8243
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6244 - Chemical Fate and Transport
Fate of chemicals in the environment and transport processes within and between phases; Environmental chemo-dynamics; Volatilization, dissolution and adsorption from an equilibrium perspective; Evaluation of mass transfer kinetics across environmental compartments.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3141 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8244
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6245 - Chemical and Biological Processes in Environmental Systems
Chemical and biological processes that describe the behavior of materials in natural and engineered environmental systems. Chemical processes to be covered may include acid-base reactions, equilibrium partitioning, pH buffering, precipitation/dissolution, complex formation, adsorption, oxidation-reduction, coagulation, and adsorption. Fundamentals of biological theories to be covered may include kinetics, bioenergetics, genetics, and cellular functions.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1251, CEGR 3141, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8245
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6251 - Foundation Engineering
Methodologies for analysis and design of deep foundations including different construction layouts and configurations (e.g., single and group piles), different installation techniques (e.g., driven, drilled, ACIP, etc.), different loading conditions (e.g., axial compression, axial tension, lateral, general loading, etc), different design approaches (e.g., allowable stress design - ASD, and load and resistance factor design - LRFD), among other topics; New emerging technologies, construction and inspection aspects and their implications on deep foundation design, and other topics.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3278
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8251
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
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CEGR 6252 - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Review of the dynamics of single and multi-degree of freedom systems. Earthquake mechanism, distribution, magnitude, intensity, ground shaking, site effects, prediction, and response spectra. Soil liquefaction; aseismic design of foundations; seismic codes; and machine foundation design.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3122, CEGR 3278, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8252
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6254 - Experimental Soil Mechanics
Experimental methods, with emphasis on laboratory tests, to determine engineering soil properties and investigate soil behavior; 1) classification tests (i.e., used to identify soil classification and identify general engineering behavior type); and 2) assessment of engineering properties, such as permeability, shear strength, stiffness, and compressibility. Primary lab tests to be covered in this course are: consolidation, direct shear, static tri-axial, cyclic tri-axial, cyclic simple shear, resonant column, and other advanced geotechnical laboratory tests. Also includes discussion on field sampling and testing, reconstituted samples, laboratory instrumentation, and measurement techniques.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3278 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8254
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6255 - Slope Stability and Earth Structures
Soil and rock slope stability including the aspects of analysis, design, and stabilization within a geotechnical framework; Concepts related to seepage analysis of isotropic and anisotropic soil structures to relate the influence of groundwater conditions in slope stability problems; Presentation of slope stability analysis procedures based on limit equilibrium principles and stress-deformation analyses; Stability considerations of natural slopes and human-made soil structures. Computer software for seepage and slope stability analysis is explained.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3278 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8255
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6261 - Traffic Signal Control Systems
Study of control systems for isolated intersections, arterial streets, closed networks, and freeways. Emphasis on computer models; state-of-the-art detection, control, and communications equipment and software; and intelligent vehicle/highway systems.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 6161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8261
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6268 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
One and two-dimensional consolidation, layered strata effects, and creep; seepage in layered strata, flow net, and seepage forces; shear strength parameters, effective and total stress paths, and application for slope stability evaluation; principles of critical state soil mechanics; computer applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3258, CEGR 3278, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 8268
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6891 - Graduate Master Project
Individual investigation or exposition of results for the 3-hour Master project.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6892 - Individualized Study
Individual investigation or exposition of results for the 3-hour study.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6990 - Industrial Internship
Full- or part-time academic year internship in engineering complementary to the major course of studies and designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied in a supervised industrial experience. Each student’s program must be approved by their graduate program director and requires a mid-term report and final report to be graded by the supervising faculty. Credit hours gained from Internship shall not be part of the minimum credit hours requirement for graduation.
Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
Restriction(s): Completion of 9 credit hours of graduate coursework.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6991 - Graduate Master Thesis
Individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a thesis.
Credit Hours: (1 to 6)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Grading Method: Graded on a Satisfactory Progress/Unsatisfactory Progress or Standard Letter Grade basis each term.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 6999 - Graduate Master Additional Work
Each student initiates or continues an individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a deliverable (could be part of Master Thesis or Project), upon meeting the 30-credit hour degree requirement.
Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory or IP basis.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8090 - Special Topics
Directed study of current topics of special interest. (See the Infrastructure and Environmental Systems heading for details.)
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2021
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CEGR 8124 - Masonry Design
Introduction of masonry materials and systems, engineering and materials properties and testing procedures. Design of reinforced and unreinforced masonry (clay and concrete) walls, beams, and columns for vertical, wind, and seismic loads. Analysis and design of masonry structures and introduction to computer applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3225 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6124
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8125 - Structural Strengthening
Code requirements for the evaluation of existing structures; analysis of existing structures; performance based design of buildings and bridges; strengthening/retrofit techniques for concrete, structural steel, masonry and timber elements, such as beams, columns, shear/bearing/retaining walls, and slabs; studies of actual strengthening projects using innovative techniques and materials.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3221, CEGR 3225, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6125
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8126 - Analysis of Plates and Shells
Analysis of rectangular and circular plates using classical as well as numerical methods; orthotropic and continuous plates and plate buckling. Analysis of thin shells and shells of revolution with and without bending; membrane theory of cylindrical shells; symmetric and unsymmetric loading; pipes, tanks, and pressure vessels; computer applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 4224 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6126
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8127 - Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue
Introduction to fracture mechanics and fatigue, including Griffith Theory, plane strain-stress conditions, critical stress intensity factors, factors influencing fracture toughness, fracture mechanics design principles, fatigue performance, and fatigue initiation and propagation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3221 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6127
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8128 - Structural Optimization
Introduction to optimization concepts; reformulation of common structural analysis and design problems to an optimization format; optimization of constrained, unconstrained, linear, and nonlinear problems by classical and numerical techniques; and computer applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 4224 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6128
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8129 - Structural Dynamics
Methods for dynamic analysis of single and multiple degree of freedom systems. Topics include: free vibrations, dynamic response of simple structures under time dependent loads (e.g., harmonic, periodic, impulsive, general dynamic loading), support motion, frequency domain analysis, response spectra, earthquake engineering.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3122 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6129
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8141 - Water Quality Modeling
Mathematical modeling of water quality in receiving streams including: generation of point and nonpoint sources of pollution; formulation of transport equations for contaminants in stream and estuarine water; and prediction of the fate, persistence and transformation of chemical pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. Computer model simulation and case studies.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6141
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2021
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CEGR 8142 - Bioenvironmental Engineering
Theoretical principles and design of aerobic and anaerobic biological unit processes for renovating waters and wastewaters. Activated sludge, aerated and facultative lagoons, rotating biological contractors, trickling and anaerobic filters.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3141
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6142
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8144 - Environmental Biotechnology
Application of biotechnology to the management of environmental problems. Study of bioprocess principles, bioremediation of waste disposal sites, cell immobilization technology and innovative biotechnologies.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6144
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8146 - Advanced Groundwater Analysis
Modeling of groundwater flow in saturated and unsaturated zones. Contaminant transport including advection, dispersion and numerical modeling. Groundwater remediation technology.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6146
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8161 - Traffic Control and Operation
Traffic control theory and application; traffic regulation, laws and ordinances; speed control, intersection control, flow control and parking control; design and application of control devices, investigation, evaluation techniques; statistical analysis; administration.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 5161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6161
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8162 - Computer Applications for Transportation Engineers
Apply analytical techniques using traffic simulation and transportation planning software to evaluate various transportation facilities; Emphasis on computer applications and software packages such as HCS, SYNCHRO/SimTraffic, and VISSIM; 4-Step planning process using TransCAD; Build mathematical models.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6162
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8163 - GIS for Civil Engineers
Apply Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to solve Civil Engineering problems: add layers, label, and symbolize features, create maps in ArcMap, generate tables and spatial databases, address matching, query and join tables, perform spatial overlays, generate buffers, and conduct spatial analysis. Civil Engineering case studies.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 2101 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6163
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8164 - Traffic Safety
Crash data elements and source of data; Crash site reconstruction; Quantifying risk; Safety evaluation process: Problem definition, high crash locations, ranking and prioritization, understanding causal factors, countermeasure selection, before-after evaluation; Crash prediction Modeling; Economic appraisal; Safety conscious planning.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6164
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8166 - Urban Transportation Networks: Operations and Optimization
Introduction to planning and optimization techniques for the analysis of transportation networks. Principles of precise algorithms for finding transport network equilibrium flows and applications that relate to these flows. Topics include: basic optimization skills, shortest path algorithms, user equilibrium, system optimal, elastic demand, OD matrix estimation, network design, congestion pricing, and stochastic user equilibrium.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department and graduate standing.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6166
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8167 - Discrete Choice Modeling
Introduction to elements of the choice process; utility-based choice theory; principles of binary choice models; multinomial logit models; nested logit models; and ordered response models.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department and graduate standing.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6167
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8173 - Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
Concepts of chemical equilibrium applied to natural aquatic systems. Topics include: acid-base reactions, buffer systems, mineral precipitation, coordinate chemistry, redox reactions, adsorption phenomena and chemical-equilibria computer programs.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3111, CEGR 3141, or equivalent; and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6173
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8181 - Traffic Flow Theory
Logical foundations and mathematical representation of traffic flow; interrelation between microscopic and macroscopic equations of motion for highway traffic; stochastic properties of traffic at low and moderate densities. Car-following theories of traffic flow at high densities. Applications of queuing theory.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 5161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6181
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8182 - Transportation Systems Analysis
Issues, concepts and methods of transportation systems engineering and planning. Decision making in transportation management. The application of analytical methods to the development and evaluation of transport systems.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 5161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6182
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8183 - Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
An introduction and overview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), ITS architecture, advanced technologies for data collection and transportation system management, advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), advanced public transportation systems (APTS), commercial vehicle operations (CVO), electronic toll operations, ITS models and evaluation methods, advanced rural transportation systems (ARTS), and connected / autonomous / driverless vehicles.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of deparment
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3161
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6183
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8222 - Experimental Structural Mechanics and Nondestructive Evaluation
A comprehensive overview of experimental techniques used to develop phenomenological understanding of and characterization of solid mechanics, stress analysis, and fracture mechanics problems. Additionally presented are experimental methods routinely employed for nondestructive evaluation of in-service structures, structural components, and structural materials. Students are expected to develop a familiarity with and ability to conduct data acquisition, signal processing, and data interpretation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of instructor and graduate standing.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6222
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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CEGR 8243 - Physical Processes in Environmental Systems
Physical processes that describe the behavior of materials in natural and engineered environmental systems including transport, diffusion/dispersion, volatilization, sorption/desorption, flocculation, filtration, and sedimentation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3141, CEGR 3143, MATH 2171, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6243
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CEGR 8244 - Chemical Fate and Transport
Fate of chemicals in the environment and transport processes within and between phases; Environmental chemo-dynamics; Volatilization, dissolution and adsorption from an equilibrium perspective; Evaluation of mass transfer kinetics across environmental compartments.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3141 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6244
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CEGR 8245 - Chemical and Biological Processes in Environmental Systems
Chemical and biological processes that describe the behavior of materials in natural and engineered environmental systems. Chemical processes to be covered may include acid-base reactions, equilibrium partitioning, pH buffering, precipitation/dissolution, complex formation, adsorption, oxidation-reduction, coagulation, and adsorption. Fundamentals of biological theories to be covered may include kinetics, bioenergetics, genetics, and cellular functions.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1251, CEGR 3141, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6245
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CEGR 8251 - Foundation Engineering
Methodologies for analysis and design of deep foundations including different construction layouts and configurations (e.g., single and group piles), different installation techniques (e.g., driven, drilled, ACIP, etc.), different loading conditions (e.g., axial compression, axial tension, lateral, general loading, etc), different design approaches (e.g., allowable stress design - ASD, and load and resistance factor design - LRFD), among other topics; New emerging technologies, construction and inspection aspects and their implications on deep foundation design, and other topics.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of department.
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3278
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6251
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CEGR 8252 - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Review of the dynamics of single and multi-degree of freedom systems. Earthquake mechanism, distribution, magnitude, intensity, ground shaking, site effects, prediction, and response spectra. Soil liquefaction; aseismic design of foundations; seismic codes; and machine foundation design.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3122, CEGR 3278, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6252
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CEGR 8254 - Experimental Soil Mechanics
Experimental methods, with emphasis on laboratory tests, to determine engineering soil properties and investigate soil behavior; 1) classification tests (i.e., used to identify soil classification and identify general engineering behavior type); and 2) assessment of engineering properties, such as permeability, shear strength, stiffness, and compressibility. Primary lab tests to be covered in this course are: consolidation, direct shear, static tri-axial, cyclic tri-axial, cyclic simple shear, resonant column, and other advanced geotechnical laboratory tests. Also includes discussion on field sampling and testing, reconstituted samples, laboratory instrumentation, and measurement techniques.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3278 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6254
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CEGR 8255 - Slope Stability and Earth Structures
Soil and rock slope stability including the aspects of analysis, design, and stabilization within a geotechnical framework; Concepts related to seepage analysis of isotropic and anisotropic soil structures to relate the influence of groundwater conditions in slope stability problems; Presentation of slope stability analysis procedures based on limit equilibrium principles and stress-deformation analyses; Stability considerations of natural slopes and human-made soil structures. Computer software for seepage and slope stability analysis is explained.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3278 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6255
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CEGR 8261 - Traffic Signal Control Systems
Study of control systems for isolated intersections, arterial streets, closed networks, and freeways. Emphasis on computer models; state-of-the-art detection, control, and communications equipment and software; and intelligent vehicle/highway systems.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 6161 and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6261
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CEGR 8268 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
One and two-dimensional consolidation, layered strata effects, and creep; seepage in layered strata, flow net, and seepage forces; shear strength parameters, effective and total stress paths, and application for slope stability evaluation; principles of critical state soil mechanics; computer applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): CEGR 3258, CEGR 3278, and permission of department.
Cross-listed Course(s): CEGR 6268
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CEGR 8892 - Individualized Study
Individual investigation or exposition of results for the 3-hour study. Each doctoral student with Advanced Standing is limited to one individual study class within the 42-credit hour requirement, while each regular doctoral student is limited to two individual study classes within the 72-credit hour requirement.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in Ph.D. in Civil Engineering program and permission of department.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic or project, and not part of dissertation research.
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CEGR 8893 - Research Methods
Prepares graduate students for conducting research in academic and non-academic settings. Teaches students how to find and critically evaluate resources, how to build and test research hypothesis, and how to communicate research results to a variety of audiences in oral and written format.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in Ph.D. in Civil Engineering program and permission of department.
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CEGR 8990 - Industrial Internship
Full- or part-time academic year internship in engineering complementary to the major course of studies and designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied in a supervised industrial experience. Each student’s program must be approved by their graduate program director and requires a mid-term report and final report to be graded by the supervising faculty. Credit hours gained from Internship shall not be part of the minimum credit hours requirement for graduation.
Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in Ph.D. in Civil Engineering program and permission of department.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis.
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CEGR 8991 - Doctoral Dissertation
Individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a dissertation.
Credit Hours: (1 to 6)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in Ph.D. in Civil Engineering program and permission of department.
Grading Method: Graded on a Satisfactory Progress/Unsatisfactory Progress basis each term.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit. CE Ph.D. students are required to complete 18 credit hours of dissertation research.
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CEGR 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Additional Work
Students initiate or continue an individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a deliverable (could be part of doctoral dissertation), upon meeting the 42-credit hour degree requirement.
Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in Ph.D. in Civil Engineering program and permission of department.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory or IP basis.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit. CE Ph.D. students are required to successfully complete their Dissertation research to graduate with their Ph.D. degree. However, they can only take a maximum of 18 CEGR 8891 credit hours.
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COMM 5115 - Seminar in Health Communication
Course provides in-depth examination of a major area of health communication utilizing extensive readings, discussion and written work.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 5141 - Advanced Organizational Communication
Critical examination of the communication practices of organizations which accomplish such tasks as establishing organizational identification, influencing organizational members, and making decisions. Includes application of research methods to assess and analyze an organization’s communication practices.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 5147 - International Public Relations
Examines the complexities of public relations practice in an international setting. Includes overview of the factors that complicate communication across cultures and borders and an examination of the effect those factors have on public relations practice in specific global regions.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6000 - Topics in Communication Studies
Intensive investigation of a timely and important topic in communication studies. The topic of investigation may vary from semester to semester. Topics courses include: Public Relations Issues Management, Public Relations Theory, Facilitating Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Communication, Sports & Rhetoric, and Fundraising.
Credit Hours: (3)
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of graduate advisor.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
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COMM 6011 - Topics in Communication Research Methods
Focused and advanced instruction on a specific data analytic methodology relevant to communication studies. Sample foci may include-but are not limited to-focus groups, textual analysis, regression, interviewing, structural equation modeling, ethnographic analysis, hierarchical linear modeling.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): COMM 6100 or permission of instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of graduate advisor.
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Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
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COMM 6100 - Communication Research Methods
Methods for systematic investigation of communication behavior. Theoretical and practical applications of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies are utilized for completion of original projects.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6101 - Contemporary Viewpoints in Communication Theory
A survey of the leading theoretical traditions in communication studies. Covers both qualitative and quantitative approaches to conceptualizing communication practices.
Credit Hours: (3)
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Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
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COMM 6102 - Professional Seminar in Communication
Examination of the academic study of communication. Investigates the role of paradigms and use of the scholarly method. Students develop a scholarly project through a seminar approach.
Credit Hours: (3)
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Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
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COMM 6103 - Communication Ethics
Discussion and analysis of inherently ethical elements of communication praxis in public, community, institutional and organizational domains. Exploration of practical, philosophical and theoretical concerns that affect everyday matters of moral choice and judgment.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6110 - Advanced Persuasion
Analysis of theories of persuasion as a mode of social influence. Focus on the understanding and analysis of how persuasion works in various communicative contexts including mass-mediated, public relations, organizations and public advocacy.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6120 - Communication and Network Society
Examines the social dynamics arising from the global embrace of revolutionary communication technologies. Topics include: the forces that shape new information flows and the effects emergent technologies exert across nations, local communities and individuals.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6121 - Communication and the Internet
Considers the Internet as a social, cultural and political phenomenon. Studies and debates the competing visions of how the Internet does, can and should play a role in reshaping society. Explores how the computer and network technologies shape communities as well as individual identities. Addresses questions of law and public policy connected to issues of access, intellectual property and censorship.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6130 - Rhetorical Criticism
The application of qualitative methods of language and rhetorical analysis to communication artifacts. A seminar approach to learn close textual analysis. Methodologies include dramatism, situational analysis, genre, metaphor, perspectival and postmodern paradigms.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6141 - Organizational Communication Case Studies
Communication theories are applied to real and fictional organizational cases. Topics such as culture, diversity, change, networks, and diffusion of innovations are examined from a communication perspective.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6142 - Seminar in Organizational Communication
Using a seminar approach, this course surveys the theoretical approaches to the study of organizational behavior from a communication perspective. Focuses on issues of communication, roles and leadership.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6143 - Organizations and Communication Technology
The theories and concepts of how communication and technologies interact to shape organizational structures and communication processes.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6145 - Communication Campaign Management
A blending of theory and application to public relations/communication campaigns. The application dimension stresses mastery of the technical aspects of the campaign: research, problem-solving, planning, evaluation, and teamwork. The theoretical dimension stresses the study of actual campaigns and formulating generalizations regarding their successes or shortcomings. Class members serve on account teams with the instructor as manager. Account teams represent real-world clients and prepare a campaign book for the client’s later implementation.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6146 - Media Relations
Draws on academic and professional research to study the communication strategies and tactics associated with establishing and maintaining effective relations between public relations practitioners and the media.
Credit Hours: (3)
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COMM 6410 - Professional Communication Studies Internship
Students work 10 hours per week for 3 credit hours, or 20 hours per week for 6 credit hours in an approved placement. Does not count toward the required 30 credit hours of graduate work for the M.A. degree or graduate certificate.
Credit Hours: (3 or 6)
Restriction(s): Enrollment in M.A. or Graduate Certificate in Communication Studies program.
Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit in the same or a different internship placement with permission of Graduate Program Director.
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COMM 6880 - Independent Study
Area of study beyond the scope of current offerings to be devised by student and faculty member.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of instructor and Graduate Program Director.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
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COMM 6995 - Directed Project in Communication
Design, implementation, presentation and evaluation of an approved applied research project in student’s specialty area. The Directed Project is of the student’s own design under the supervision of a research advisory committee. Six hours of Directed Project may be taken during a single semester.
Credit Hours: (3 or 6)
Repeatability: May be repeated with permission of Graduate Program Director, if taken for three hours credit.
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COMM 6999 - M.A. Thesis
Appropriate research and written exposition of that research is required. The Thesis is proposed and defended under the supervision of a research advisory committee. Six hours of Thesis may be taken during a single semester.
Credit Hours: (3 or 6)
Grading Method: Graded on a Satisfactory Progress/Unsatisfactory Progress or Standard Letter Grade basis each term.
Repeatability: May be repeated by permission of Graduate Program Director, if taken for three hours credit.
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ITCS 5010 - Topics in Computer Science
Topics in computer science selected to supplement the regular course offerings. A student may register for multiple sections of the course with different topics in the same semester or in different semesters.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Fall 2021
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ITCS 5102 - Survey of Programming Languages
Study of the concepts underlying various computer languages, and comparing and evaluating various language features. History and development of various languages, such as FORTRAN, ALGOL, PASCAL, MODULA-2, C, C++, Ada, Lisp, Smalltalk, Prolog.; evaluation and comparison of various algorithms and language suitability. Selection of languages for problems/environments. Overview of various languages.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
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Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
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ITCS 5111 - Introduction to Natural Language Processing
The practical methods and techniques of natural language processing and text mining. These techniques, mainly the techniques of syntactic and semantic processing, are illustrated with specific tasks (such as: Information Extraction, Dialogue Systems, Information Retrieval, etc.). Most programming assignments are for the laptop. Selected ones could be done in the cloud (e.g., using AlchemyAPI and/or IBM Bluemix). Students are expected to bring their laptops to each class.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
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ITCS 5121 - Information Visualization
Information visualization concepts, theories, design principles, popular techniques, evaluation methods, and information visualization applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed Course(s): DSBA 5121 and HCIP 5121
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Spring 2021
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ITCS 5122 - Visual Analytics
Introduces the new field of visual analytics, which integrates interactive analytical methods and visualization. Topics include: critical thinking, visual reasoning, perception/cognition, statistical and other analysis techniques, principles of interaction, and applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Full CCI graduate standing.
Prerequisite(s): STAT 1220, STAT 1221, STAT 1222, STAT 2122, STAT 2223, or approval of the instructor.
Cross-listed Course(s): DSBA 5122 and HCIP 5122
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021
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ITCS 5123 - Visualization and Visual Communication
Understanding the relatively technical field of visualization from the point of view of visual communication, this course draws connections with photography, design, illustration, aesthetics, and art. Both technical and theoretical aspects of the various fields are covered, and the connections between them are investigated.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2019
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ITCS 5128 - Programming Languages and Compilers
Introduction to the concepts and techniques used in describing, defining, and implementing programming languages and their compilers. Introduction to parsing and parser construction; LL and LR grammars; syntax directed translation; data object representations; run time structures; intermediate languages; code optimization.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
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ITCS 5133 - Numerical Computation Methods and Analysis
Introduction to principles and techniques behind numerical methods and algorithms that underlie modern scientific and engineering applications. Roots of equations; linear systems (direct methods, LU/QR factorization, iterative methods); Eigen values and vectors; Interpolation, Approximation; Numerical Differentiation/Integration, ODEs and PDEs.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
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ITCS 5141 - Computer Organization and Architecture
Fundamentals of computer design; instruction set design, basic processor implementation techniques; pipelining; memory hierarchy; input/output. Cost/performance and hardware/software trade-offs.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing and undergraduate computer architecture course, or permission of instructor.
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ITCS 5145 - Parallel Computing
Types of parallel computers, programming techniques for multiprocessor and multicomputer systems, parallel strategies, algorithms, and languages.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021
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ITCS 5146 - Grid Computing
Grid computing software components, standards, web services, security mechanisms, schedulers and resource brokers, workflow editors, grid portals, grid computing applications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor.
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ITCS 5152 - Computer Vision
General introduction to Computer Vision and its application. Topics include: low-level vision, 2D and 3D segmentation, 2D description, 2D recognition, 3D description and model-based recognition, and interpretation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing and undergraduate course in linear algebra, or permission of instructor.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
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ITCS 5153 - Applied Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to fundamental concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI), while focusing on the practical application of AI algorithms and technologies to the solution of real-world problems. Students work with state-of-the-art libraries and frameworks, such as OpenAI, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Azure AI, and OpenCV. Topics include: pathfinding, adversarial search, deep reinforcement learning, using neural networks to solve classification problems, speech recognition, language translation, object identification, and image manipulation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): CCI graduate standing or permission of instructor
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ITCS 5156 - Applied Machine Learning
Explores the components of machine learning prediction functions for classification and regression with an emphasis on practical applications. Topics include: fundamental concepts, such as training, validation, overfitting, and error rates. Also introduces commonly-used machine learning algorithms, such as decision trees, naive Bayes, neural networks and random forests. Covers the complete machine learning pipeline, including data collection, feature creation, algorithms, and evaluation.
Credit Hours: (3)
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