2013-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Course descriptions are arranged alphabetically by the course prefix code letters, as listed here. For the purpose of brevity, course descriptions may consist of sentence fragments. Unless otherwise specified, graduate courses carry three credits. |
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EDUC 6650 - Law for Teachers
The primary focus of this online course is current legal cases and statutes, which impact teachers and students today in schools and classrooms. Includes a brief look at the historical context in which these laws evolved as well as current federal and state mandates.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6651 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics Secondary
Introduction to current concepts and trends in the field of mathematics instruction with particular focus on new materials, methods, and teaching strategies that will assist prospective teachers as they plan, present, and evaluate mathematics education.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6652 - Teaching Strategies in Science Secondary
Introduction to current concepts and instructional techniques in the field of science teaching; focuses on providing teachers with the skills, knowledge, and methodologies for teaching science.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6653 - Reading and Adolescent Literature
Provides knowledge of children's and young adults' publications; introduces students to the weath of literature available for young readers and its potential for enhancing classroom instruction. Selection of interesting and well-written materials based on knowledge of human development to motivate, expand, and diversify instruction.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6655 - Teaching the Millennial Student
Explores the issues and trends in teaching in the millennium. Discusses strategies for engaging digital-age students in real-world and technology-based learning experiences. Includes topics related to preparing students for success in the millennium, such as media literacy and popular culture, information and communication technologies, and critical thinking.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6656 - Adaptive Teaching
Introduces teachers to theory and practices in adaptive teaching; includes both tailoring instruction to individual differences and teaching learners motivational and self-regulated learning strategies that enable learners to benefit from the range of instruction commonly implemented in group settings. Current instructional practices, such differentiation, dynamic assessment, and response to intervention are discussed.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6657 - Instructional Technology for Today's Classroom
This course is designed as a hands-on introduction to contemporary technological Web platforms with emphasis on technology, information, media, and visual literacy. By exploring various technological platforms, teachers will be able to examine their current teaching practices and incorporate various tools into their curriculum and instruction, such as Web 2.0 tools, Wikis, iGoogle, Nings, Animoto, Web design, and much more.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6658 - Teaching Strategies in Children's Literature and Language Arts/Elementary
Introduction to materials and methodologies used to develop the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills of students with special emphasis on the wealth of literature available for elementary school students.
2 credit hours.
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EDUC 6661 - Job Readiness and the Labor Market for Secondary School
This course introduces educators to the theories and principles of cooperative work education. It will discuss the implementation of a cooperative work experience for high school students.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6670 - Selected Topics
A study of selected issues of particular interest to students and instructor. May be taken more than once.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6680 - Contemporary Issues
Seminar course on current issues relating to American education and the differing viewpoints expressed. While the exact content is expected to vary from year to year, in accordance with the varied interests of educators and the general public, the basic theme is the exposition of the fundamental and present concerns in education.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6681 - Principles of Classroom Management
No prerequisite course is required. This course introduces students to the basic principles of effective classroom and behavior management. The course examines historical and contemporary theories, classroom models, and case study analyses. The importance of contexual variables such as instructional goals, socioeconomic levels, cultural imperatives, and students' cognitive skills are also examined.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6682 - Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation
Considering assessment as an essential part of the instructional process, this class emphasizes the important link between teaching, learning, and assessment. Participants will identify and develop strategies for the integration of assessment into planning and teaching across fields.
Emphasis will be on general concepts about assessment, testing, and measurement, including but not limited to: 1) developing instructional objectives and aligning them with various assessment measures; 2) developing, selecting, and evaluating a variety of assessment methods, including traditional tests, performance assessments, and formative assessment; 3) using assessments to evaluate instructional effectiveness and learning; and 4) understanding basic statistical properties of tests and measurements. 2-3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6683 - Computer Applications for Teachers
This online course provides or enhances a working knowledge of educational computing in order to evaluate educational software and create new instructional materials for the classroom. Relates students' knowledge of pedagogy and curriculum to the creative use of instructional technology. 1-3 credits ONLINE
0 credit hours.
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EDUC 6685 - Teacher Research
An introduction to the research methods used in educational research, including how to read and critique research reports. Intended to prepare students to conduct action research projects in their own teaching situations.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6687 - Field Project I
An individualized, mentored project related to the classroom, to the curriculum, or to the particular setting in which the teacher works. Students may take this course over three terms to accommodate planning, implementation, and report preparation. It is suggested that students take this course over three terms in three phases: (1) proposal development, including securing approval by advisor, and permissions of officials in the educational setting, and IRB as applicable; (2) project implementation; and (3) project report. The completed project, including the report, will serve as the culminating project for the degree.
1 - 3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6688 - Field Project II
An individualized project related to the classroom, to the curriculum, or to school methodology. 1-3 credits
0 credit hours.
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EDUC 6689 - Research Design
This course introduces students to the techniques of educational research. Students will learn how to design a research project, how to read and critique professional journal articles, and how to design a research project appropriate for elementary, middle, or secondary students.
2 credit hours.
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EDUC 6690 - Research Project
Prerequisite: ED 689 Independent study under the supervision of an advisor for completion of a significant school-based project designed in ED 689 which satisfies the requirement of a final project for obtaining the graduate degree.
1-3 credits
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EDUC 6692 - Field Experience I
INTERNSHIP I
1 credit hours.
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EDUC 6693 - Field Experience II
INTERNSHIP II
1 credit hours.
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EDUC 6694 - Field Experience III
Prerequisites: EDUC 6692 AND EDUC 6693 INTERNSHIP III
2 credit hours.
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EDUC 6695 - Independent Study I
A planned program of individual study under the supervision of a member of the faculty. 1-3 credits
0 credit hours.
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EDUC 6696 - Independent Study II
A continuation of Independent Study I.
0 credit hours.
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EDUC 6698 - Thesis I
Prerequisite: 15 graduate hours. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 6699 - Thesis II
A continuation of Thesis I
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7710 - Foundations in Media Literacy
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. Students in this course will consider the Internet and other communication technologies (ICTs) as they shape social and educational systems. This examination will be guided by critical foundational theories to include a focused study of traditional and new media, including social media that attempts to account for the feedback loops among institutions, audiences, and technology. The class will examine foundational research across various media to evaluate how media is used in K-12 instruction, with an awareness of how these skills will play out in higher education, or in individuals' lives. Students will also investigate how critical thinking and the Internet shape how we learn. The class will consider the distinct contours of media and information technologies and how these influence current students' perceptions of theirs and others' realities. Media literacy means not just accepting what is presented, but being an active user, a critical media evaluator, understanding content, systems, application, and effect, to be a better informed decisions maker.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7714 - Media, Technology and Learning Across the Curriculum
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. Educational technology is moving classroom instruction beyond its oral and print-based tradition to embrace online and electronic texts as well as multimedia. ICT tools have created opportunities for reading, writing, and collaboration beyond the traditional classroom walls and practices. However, with all of these changes taking place, there is debate as to how to provide authentic and effective educative experiences for students. In this course, students will investigate the organizing and integrating of media in school curricula and other educational programs. Students will explore theories of media technology and identify instructional purposes and defining roles for technologies and media in learning and teaching, as well as examine and compare curricular designs for their concordance with the procedures of technology in education. Students will also investigate current school criteria for selection and evaluation of materials.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7716 - Global Literacy in the Twenty-First Century
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. This course allows students to explore literacy practices in their classrooms and districts from a world perspective. Nealy a quarter of 16 to 65-year-olds in the world's richest countries are functionally illiterate; students will explore American schools' roles in perpetuating this figure, investigating adult illiteracy as well as youth illiteracy. Students will also examine how literacy practices differ throughout the world and whether a monolithic definition of what it means to be literate may be expanding through technological connections.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7718 - Critical Literacy Praxis
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. Beginning with the critical approach that views illiteracy as a consequence of unequal social environments that limit access to economic and educational opportunities, this course investigates how learning to read and write - with all kinds of technologies and tools - is part of the process of becoming conscious as historically constructed within specific power relations. Students will reexamine what they know about literacy in their own instructional practices and institutional contexts; they will identify ways in which they can use required instructional materials as well as challenge standard school literacy practices. They will also investigate how current technologies reify and challenge particular notions of literacy and power.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7720 - Central Issues in Research in New Literacies
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. This course is designed to provide a context in which pre-service and in-service teachers can explore the research and practice in the rapidly emerging area of the new literacies of the Internet and other communication technologies (ICTs). This course comprises a theoretical dimension that focuses on literacy as a social practice and a practical dimension that includes hands-on use of a range of new digital technologies and new literacy practices. Attention will be paid to developing effective ways of taking up new literacies in classroom contexts.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7722 - Distance Learning
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. This course presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary distance-learning technologies, both in the sense of a product and a process. The course deals with a number of theoretical issues and practical considerations for practicing educators and for K-12 students.
Students will explore conceptual frameworks, guiding principles, critical steps, current technologies, and future trends in their respective subject areas and curricula. Students will also use case studies that will contribute to the development of an in-depth understanding of the important issues by relating theoretical explanations to practical challenges in order to create strong distance-learning alternatives.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7724 - Adaptive Technologies for the Inclusive Classroom
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. The course is designed to provide educators with an understanding of how to use technology as a seamless part of the teaching-and-learning experience for students with disabilities in inclusive settings. Two main purposes for students with disabilities will be emphasized. Teachers will learn how to provide access to the curriculum for students with disabilities by using the principles of Universal Design for Learning as a framework for the curriculum design. Teachers will learn how to utilize technology to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities in order for them to attain maximum independence and participation in all environments.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7726 - Current Issues in Technology and Education
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. This course is designed to provide students with the theories and pedagogies necessary to understand, develop, and administer valid and reliable assessments of student literacy learning using the Internet other communication technologies. Understanding your students' content knowledge forms the basis for ongoing instructional decisions and planning, and forms a critical link in the teaching cycle. Understanding of students content knowledge is gained through assessment as we observe, interact, and measure gains as students engage in a lesson. Content for the course will include a wide variety of materials that will provide educators with a working knowledge of the psychological and sociological forces that affect adolescent readers and writers. Experiences int this class will range from online/offline discussion, in-school fieldwork, to planning for classroom lessons.
3 credit hours.
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EDUC 7730 - Digital Portfolio
Prerequisite: admission to the Sixth Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. This course will serve as a capstone or culminating course for the Sixth-Year Certificate in Instructional Technologies & Digital Media Literacy. Students will develop digital portfolios, defined as a purposeful collection of student work that illustrates efforts, progress, and achievement in the program objectives. Students will be expected to demonstrate mastery of instructional technological tools as well as mastery of the pedagogical and intellectual content, synthesizing them into a portfolio that demonstrates their significant mastery of instructional technologies and media literacies.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6600 - Electromagnetic Waves
Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate Program Coordinator. Basic electromagnetic theory including static fields of electric charges and the magnetic fields of steady electric currents. Fundamental field laws including Coulomb's Law, Gauss's Law, Biot Savart's Law and Ampere's Law. Maxwell's Equations, scalar and vector potentials, Laplace's equation and boundary conditions. Magnetization, polarization. This course is intended for those students whose undergraduate background did not emphasize this content.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6601 - Digital Systems
Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate Program Coordinator. Course focuses on sequential logic design. Both synchronous and asynchronous techniques are covered with an emphasis on controller-based modular design. Design with a hardware description language. Advanced topics will be covered as time permits. Course includes laboratory activity. This course is intended for those students whose undergraduate background did not emphasize this content.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6602 - Embedded Systems
Prerequisite: Permission of program coordinator. Introduction to the architecture of digital computers, stored program concept, instruction processing, memory organization, instruction formats, addressing modes, instruction sets, assembler and machine language programming, direct memory access, bus structure and control signals. Course includes laboratory activities, and is intended for those students whose undergraduate background did not emphasize this content.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6603 - Discrete and Continuous Systems I
Prerequisite: Linear system Analysis. This course exposes the students to the tools and mathematical techniques used in the analysis of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems. Topics include a thorough coverage of Fourier series, Fourier Transform, Hilbert transform, Laplace transform, Z transform, discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT), discrete Fourier transform (DFT), fast Fourier transform (FFT), and state-space analysis.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6604 - Discrete and Continuous Systems II
Prerequisites: ELEC 6603 and MATH 6611 or consent of instructor. Proficiency in Mathematica, or MATLAB is desirable. Mathematical review: Quadratic forms, convergence, matrix calculus, solutions to systems of linear equations. Nonlinear state equation representation of physical systems: linearization of nonlinear state equations about trajectories, time-varying state equation solutions, Peano-Baker series, existence, uniqueness, complete solution, time-varying state transition matrix properties, time-invariant case. Stability: uniform stability, uniform exponential stability, Lyapunov stability criteria.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6605 - Computer Controlled Systems
Prerequisites: ELEC 6604 and ELEC 6650 . Disturbance models, design, analog design, state space design methods, pole placement design based on input-output models, optimal design methods (state space approach), optimal design methods (input-output approach), identification, adaptive control, implementation of digital controllers, reduction of the effects of disturbances, stochastic models of distrubances, continuous time stochastic differential equaltion.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6606 - Robot Control
Prerequisite: ELEC 6605 Orientation coordinate transformations, configuration coordinate transformations, Denavit-Hartenberg coordinate transformation, D-H matrix composition, inverse configuration kinematics, motion kinematics, force and torque relationships, force and moment translation, trajectories, coordinated motion, inverse dynamics, position control, feedback systems, performance measures, PID control, inverse dynamic feedforward control, nonlinear control.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6607 - Adaptive Control
Prerequisites: ELEC 6605 and ELEC 6650 , or concent of instructor. An introduction to adaptive control methods and their application. The identification and control of linear deterministic time-invariant dynamical systems with parametric uncertainty are emphasized. Topics such as real time parameter estimation, model reference adaptive systems, robust adaptive control, and implementation issues are covered.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6610 - Networking I
Discussion of TCP/IP and OSI reference models, LANS and WANS, different topologies, the internet structure, Data and signals, sampling, bandwidth, transmission, impairment, digital and analog transmission, multiplexing and spreading, guided and unguided media. Switching and virtual circuit networks, telephone networks, DSL, Cable moderm. Error detection and correction, hamming codes, CRC, checksums, lab experiments.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6611 - Networking II
Prerequisite: ELEC 6610 . Network layer design, routing algorithms, congestion control algorithms, transport layer issues, application layer, network security, lab experiments.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6615 - Introduction to Computer Logic
Prerequisite: any one of CS 604 through CS 610 (or equivalent). Introduction to logic elements and to their application in digital networks for processing numerical data. The course deals with analysis and design techniques of combinational and sequential networks and includes a discussion of logic variables, switching functions, optimal realizations, multivariable systems. Design examples will include logic circuits for addition, multiplication, counting, parity generation, and detection.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6620 - Fuzzy Logic and Control
Prerequisites: basic linear algebra, probability, systems theory. Introduction to fuzzy logic and fuzzy control systems. Basic fuzzy logic concepts will be covered, followed by a selection of fuzzy applications from the literature. Topics include fuzzy sets, fuzzy numbers, fuzzy relations, fuzzy logic and appropriate reasoning, fuzzy rule-based systems, fuzzy control, fuzzy classification, fuzzy pattern recognition. Homework will consist of computer exercises and simulations; a final project is required.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6634 - Digital Signal Processing I
Prerequisite: ELEC 6603 A study of the theories of digital signal processing and their applications. Topics include discrete time signals, the Z-transform, the discrete Fourier transform, the FFT, homomorphic signal processing, and applications of digital signal processing.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6635 - Digital Signal Processing II
Prerequisites: ELEC 6634 and knowledge of programming in MAT-LAB or other high-level language. Wiener filter theory, linear prediction, adaptive linear filters using gradient estimation, Least Mean Squares (LMS) algorithm, least squares formulation and the Recursive Least Squares (RLS) algorithm, fast implementations, recursive adaptive filters, lattice structures, eigenstructure methods for spectral estimation elements of adaptive nonlinear filtering, and applications.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6637 - Power Systems Engineering
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Changing power systems landscape, electric energy sources including renewable and various distributed generation (DG), environmental consequences of the electrical energy, AC transmission lines and cables, power flow in transmission networks, loadability of transmission lines, transformers, High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission lines, power electronics devices and their applications, power quality and power factor, synchronous generators, voltage regulation and stability, peak load issues, ways to prevent voltage collapses, dynamic stability, automatic generation control (AGC). To reinforce the concepts, the course will utilize a number of tools such as PSCAD, POWER WORLD, EMTDC, MATLAB.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6638 - Power Systems Engineering II
Prerequisite: EE 637 Prerequisite: EE 637 or equivalent.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6639 - Electric Power Distribution
Prerequisite: ELEC 6637 or equivalent. Structure of electric power distribution, distribution transformers, subtransmission lines, substations, bus schemes, primary and secondary systems, radial and loop feeder designs, voltage drop and regulation, capacitors, power factor correction and voltage regulation, protection, buses, automatic reclosures, and coordination.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6640 - Power Electronics
Switch-mode power electronics, switch-mode DC power supplies, switch-mode converters for DC and AC motor drives, wind/photovoltaic inverters, interfacing power electronics equipment with utility system, power semiconductor devices, magnetic design, electro-magnetic interference (EMI).
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6641 - Electric Drives
AC/DC electric-machine drives for speed/;position control, integrated discussion of electric machines, power electronics and control systems. Applications in electric transportation, robotics, process control, and energy conservation, computer simulations.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6642 - Power Electronics Laboratory
Corequisite: ELEC 6640 Laboratory to accompany ELEC 6640 . PSpice/Simulink-based simulations of converters, topologies, and control in switch-mode dc power supplies, motor drives for motion control, and inverters for interfacing renewable energy sources to utility grid.
1 credit hours.
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ELEC 6643 - Electric Drives Labaoratory
Corequisite: ELEC 6641 . To reinforce various concepts from Electric Drives course (ELEC
6641 ) through hands-on experiments. The Electric Drives laboratory is build around DSP-based electric-drives systems.
1 credit hours.
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ELEC 6645 - Introduction to Communication Systems
The anlysis and design of communication systems. Includes analog and digital signals, sampling, quantization, signal representation. Analog and digital modulation, pulse code modulation, delta modulation, time and frequency muliplexing. Noise in communication systems.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6646 - Digital Communications
Prerequisite: ELEC 6645 Formatting and baseband transmission, bandpass modulation and demodulation, communication link analysis, channel coding synchronization.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6647 - Digital Communications II
Prerequisite: ELEC 6646 Multi-plexing and multiple access, spread spectrum techniques, source coding and encoding, encryption and decryption.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6648 - Microwave Engineering
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Electromagnetics; programming experience, preferably in MATLAB; Graduate standing or permission of instructor. This course is designed to familiarize the students with microwave components and their operating principles. This course covers transmission line, including microstrip and coplanar waveguides, impedance matching, S parameters, Smith chart, couplers/dividers, waveguides, EM simulators, and antennas. Some homework assignments may require use of computer-aided design software.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6649 - Wireless Communications
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Electromagnetics; programming experience, preferably in MATLAB; Graduate standing or permission of instructor. This course is designed to introduce the fundamental concepts and applications of wireless communications. Topics: Path Loss and fading, Mobile radio channel, channel capacity, Digital modulation scheme, coding, and multiple access.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6650 - Random Signal Analysis
A study of the theory of random signals and processes. Includes correlations, spectra, stationarity, ergodicity, and systems with random inputs. Hilbert's transforms, shot noise, thermal noise, Markoff processes, mean square estimation, spectral estimation, and entropy.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6652 - Design of Digital Filters
Techniques in the analysis and design of digital filters. Digital filter terminology and frequency responses, FIR filter design, IIR digital filter design including Butterworth and Chebyshev lowpass, highpass, bandpass, and bandstop filters. The DFT and IDFT; FFT algorithms
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6653 - Digital Image Processing
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of signal analysis and linear algebra; programming experience, (languages such as MATLAB, C.net, java, C++); or permission of instructor. Fundamental concepts and applications of image processing and analysis. Topics include image formation, imaging geometrics, image transform theory and restoration, encoding and compression.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6656 - Hardware Description Language
General structure of VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language (VHDL) code; entities and architecture in VHDL; signals, variables, data types; concurrent signal assignment statements; processes; if, case, and loop statements; components; package; functions and procedures; slices; attributes; generate statements; blocks; projects on design of combinational and sequential circuits using VHDL.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6657 - VLSI Design
Complex logic gates, flip-flop, cascade voltage switch logic, differential split level logic, Schmitt trigger, dynamic logic gates, clocked CMOS logic, Domino logic, SRAM and DRAM, VCO, Voltage generator, lab activities.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6658 - Embedded Applications
Design of advanced embedded microcontroller applications. Interface and control of several devices and buses. Classwork will focus on laboratory exercises and projects.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6659 - System on Chip
Prerequisite: CS 610 Prerequisite: CS 610 or equivalent and basic knowledge of hardware description language or consent of instructor. Design of system-on-chip embedded systems using reconfigurable devices; embedded programming principles for real-time execution; exploring the use of Linux in embedded systems; interfacing custom HDL designs with software; multi-core programming and interaction (if time permits).
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6667 - Power Systems Laboratory
Prerequisite: ELEC 6637 (can be taken concurrently). This lab is designed to reinforce the concepts learned in the associated course. Concepts include AC transmission lines and cables, power flow in transmission networks, loadability of transmission lines, transformers, High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission lines, power quality and power factor, synchronous generators, voltage regulation and stability, peak load issues, ways to prevent voltage collapses, and dynamic stability. Experiments are designed to show the usage of the following software tools in power systems: PSCAD-EMTDC, PowerWorld, and MATLAB.
1 credit hours.
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ELEC 6670 - Selected Topics
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. A study of selected topics of particular interest to students and instructor. Course may be taken more than once.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6680 - Fiber Optic Communications
The fundamentals of fiber optics technology and optical systems, light emission and detection. Single and multi-mode fibers, LED and semiconductor lasers, optical detectors, signal degradation, power launching and coupling, connectors, and splicers, geometric optics, ray tracing, system requirements for point to point link analysis. Includes selected laboratory experiments.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6681 - Lightwave Technology
Prerequisite: ELEC 6680 . Advanced topics in lightwave technology. Optical fiber waveguides, transmission characteristics of optical fibers, ray theory, and electromagnetic mode theories are considered. Forms of communication systems and distribution networks. Optical sources, detectors, and receivers are discussed in conjunction with modulation formats and system design.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6682 - Computer Architecture
Review of design of large systems, arithmetic and logical operations, design of ALU, design of control unit, microprogramming, RISC architecture, memory organization, design of cache memory, system organization, design of a processor using bit-slice ALU.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6685 - Optimization of Engineering Systems
Prerequisite: ELEC 6604 The calculus of variations, functionals, linearity of functionals, closeness of functions, the increment of a functional, maxima and minima of functionals, the fundamental theorem of the calculus of variations, the variational problem, Euler-Lagrange equations, boundary conditions, the transversality conditions, piece-wise-smooth extremals, the first and second carrier conditions, Lagrange multiples, the Hamiltonian canonical equations, the control problem, the problems of Lagrange and Mayer, Strong's variation, Legendre conditions, Weierstrass excess function, Pontryagin's minimal principle.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6690 - Research Project
Prerequisites: 15 graduate hours and written permission of program coordinator. Independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor, such study terminating in a technical report of academic merit. Research may constitute a survey of a technical area in electrical engineering or involve the solution of an actual or hypothetical technical problem.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6695 - Independent Study I
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. A planned program of individual study or research under supervision of a faculty member.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6696 - Independent Study II
Prerequisite: ELEC 6695 A continuation of Independent Study I.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6697 - Thesis I
Prerequisites: completion of 15 credits of graduate work; student must have submitted a thesis proposal and performed a literature search in the preceding trimester. Periodic meetings and discussions of the individual student's progress in the preparation of a thesis.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6698 - Thesis II
A continuation of Thesis I.
3 credit hours.
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ELEC 6699 - Thesis III
A continuation of thesis II.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6604 - Concepts of Engineering & Quality Management
Introduction to contemporary engineering management concepts as they appear in organizations. Review of the challenges faced by such organizations, and the various methodologies in use to meet these challenges. Review of the complex and dominant role that quality plays in creating excellent customer-supplier relationships. Discussion of quality goals and management strategies to achieve them.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6607 - Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Concepts of probability and applications of probability theory for dealing with uncertain situations in engineering and technology management. Topics include random variables, probability functions, expectations, discrete and continuous distributions, probability computation, summary measure, data presentation schemes and their applications in process control, forecasting, lead time estimation, queues and customer demand functions. Excel and other software will be used.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6609 - Applied Statistics for Quality&Engineering Management
Comprehensive survey of the many roles of statistics in TQM, quality assurance, simulation, experimentation, risk assessment and performance evaluation. Topics include confidence intervals, statistical process control, analysis of variance, regression, and nonparametric methods and their applications in engineering management. Excel and other software will be used. Deming, Juran, Taguchi and ASQ contributions are presented as engineering management resources.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6613 - Organizational Change & Development
The course is targeted towards managers and other change agents within organizations. Organizational Change fosters the development of competency in skills necessary during all phases of the planned change process--from diagnosis, to interventions, through evaluation. Organizational change issues are critically examined, and case studies, exercises, and assessments are utilized to better understand change from organizational, group, and individual levels.
2 credit hours.
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EGRM 6615 - Applied Marketing for Engineers&Operations Managers
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing. An intensive study of modern marketing fundamentals in a diverse, global economy; a study of the decision-making problems encountered by marketing managers, using lectures and case studies.
2 credit hours.
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EGRM 6617 - Engineering Economics and Cost Estimating
Prerequisites: INDE 6607 and INDE 6609 , or equivalent. This course introduces engineering students to the fundamental concepts, methods, and tools of economic analysis and managerial decision-making from a cash flow perspective. Emphasis will be on the time value of money, present worth analysis, annual equivalent worth, rate of return, depreciation, and inflation analyses; evaluation of projects, and comparison and selection among alternatives will also be covered. General accounting principles and basic financial analysis will also be introduced.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6627 - Value Engineering and Design
Prerequisite: EGRM 6609 or equivalent. A framework for optimal design based on internal and external issues related to value-added criteria is provided. Topics to be covered include: function analysis and costing, the technology roadmap, and techniques involving customer-oriented product concepts in the areas of performance, maintenance/service, user friendliness, and quality. Case studies and real-world situations are presented.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6628 - Six Sigma Quality Planning
Prerequisite: EGRM 6609 or equivalent. Review of Six Sigma and its role in managing quality at all levels of an organization, including its relationship to lean initiatives. Presentation of Six Sigma history, philosophy, tools, processes, and significant case studies. Projects utilize the techniques to generate "hands-on" experience.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6630 - Project Management
Prerequisite: EGRM 6609 or equivalent. Review of CPM-PERT methodologies and use in managing complex engineering related projects. Analysis of bias in estimating and in forecast preparation. Strategies for achieving on-time task completion and minimizing critical chains.
2 credit hours.
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EGRM 6639 - Achieving Optimal Operations
Prequisite: EGRM 6609 and EGRM 6604 or equivalent. Concepts of lean production, Japanese production systems, push vs. pull production systems, benchmarking and evaluation schemes, schedule management, overcoming bottlenecks, and performance and productivity improvement techniques applicable to service and manufacturing systems. Workforce issues (affairs) including union acceptance, productivity, and workforce education, training and compensation.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6641 - Supply Chain Management
Introduction to global supply chain management in support of manufacturing and technical services, with emphasis on procurement, use of web-based information technology, logistics, and integration with JIT scheduling at the customer level.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6673 - Special Topics in Engineering Management
Prerequisite: Permission of the program coordinator. Current topics relevant to engineering management but focusing on specific themes including but not limited to technology leadership & entrepreneurship, conflict management & negotiation techniques, safety organization and management, corporate law (contracts and patents), and environmental laws and regulations.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6681 - Simulation Techniques and Applications
Prerequisite: EGRM 6609 and EGRM 6639 or equivalent. Review of the role of computer simulation in analyzing complex systems and operations. Emphasis on problem formulation, model building, input and output data analysis, experimentation and evaluation of alternative designs/processes in complex systems/operations. Case studies of successful implementations are reviewed together with guidelines for using state-of-the -art simulation software (currently ARENA in use) to solve system problems.
3 credit hours.
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EGRM 6690 - Research Project
Prerequisite: 15 graduate credits hours or permission of the program coordinator. Independent study and research focused on a problem of interest in either a work environment or in a community or non-profit organization. Guided by a faculty advisor, a project report is written that describes the problem, outlines the scope of work and presents recommendations and solutions in a professional manner. An oral presentation is made to program colleagues, a capstone experience ending the program of study
3 credit hours.
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EMGT 6601 - Principles of Emergency Management
This course focuses on the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of the emergency management profession and the principles that define effective practice. The starting points are current definitions of emergency management, the mission and vision of the profession, and "The Principles of Emergency Management" developed by the Emergency Management Roundtable in 2007. The objective is to stimulate discussion of the core values that underlie emergency management practice in a democratic society and that are essential elements in emergency management professional education. Case studies, exercises, and discussions will be used to encourage critical review of the philosophy and principles of emergency management.
3 credit hours.
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EMGT 6602 - Principles and Practices of Hazard Mitigation
Prerequisite: EMGT 6601 This course will provide the student with an understanding of the principles and practice of hazard mitigation in the United States at the local, state, regional, and federal levels of governance, emphasizing the importance of avoiding or preventing future and recurring losses of life and damage to public and private property. Based on this understanding, a further objective of the course is to familiarize students with the tools, techniques, resources, programs, intergovernmental relationships, and broader social context involved in planning for and implementing hazard mitigation. Case studies, exercises, and discussions will be used to encourage critical review of the philosophy and principles of emergency management.
3 credit hours.
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EMGT 6603 - Catastrophe Readiness and Response
Prerequisite: EMGT 6602 Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to describe and discuss the characteristics of catastrophic events and the differences in strategies, techniques, and tools that are needed to prepare for and coordinate the response to catastrophes as compared to the disasters that form the core assumption of most modern emergency management work. This course is designed to help students step into a leadership role in catastrophe readiness and response. Case studies, exercises, and discussions will be used to encourage critical review of the philosophy and principles of emergency management.
3 credit hours.
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EMGT 6604 - Holistic Disaster Recovery: Creating a More Sustainable Future
Prerequisite: EMGT 6603 Educate students about sustainable disaster recovery, including the principles, concepts, processes and practice currently used in the United States. The course is designed to rely heavily on the use of case studies to clarify course objectives and explain recovery topics. Case studies, taken from across the country and addressing different hazards, will emphasize both examples of effective and ineffective recovery strategies. Course work will include examples that have occurred in New England and surrounding regions. This may facilitate additional student involvement.
3 credit hours.
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EMGT 6624 - Social Dimensions of Disaster
Prerequisites: EMGT 6601 , EMGT 6602 , EMGT 6603 , EMGT 6604 . This course will provide an overview of empirical vs. theoretical approaches; human behavior in disaster, myths and reality; group disaster behavior; community social systems and disaster; cultures, demographics, and disaster behavior distinctions, and model-building in sociological disaster research.
3 credit hours.
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EMGT 6628 - Emergency Incident Management
Prerequisites: EMGT 6601 , EMGT 6602 , EMGT 6603 , EMGT 6604 . This course will provide a study of the effective organization and management of emergency resources at various fire and large-scale emergency incidents. Includes a review of national standards and federal regulations impacting emergency incident management.
3 credit hours.
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