2019-2020 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Jun 30, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Education (General)

  
  • EDU 465 - Literacy, Inclusion, and Diversity in Italy

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Double Numbered with: EDU 665
    Three-week study abroad immersion course; literacy, inclusion, and diversity in Italian schools and communities through language study, school-based literacy projects, lectures, school and museum visits, readings, and discussions.  Additional work for graduate students.
  
  • EDU 470 - Experience Credit

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s)
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • EDU 490 - Independent Study

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • EDU 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    School of Education
    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • EDU 508 - Student Teaching

    School of Education
    2-15 credit(s) Every semester
    Supervised teaching experience in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade settings, with required seminars and conferences. Matriculated teacher preparation students only. Repeated as program requires. Variable length experiences earn V-grade until complete, leading to P or F grade. Prerequisites and credits vary by program. Offerings may vary each semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • EDU 522 - Social Studies and Democracy: The Reconstruction of Education

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Relationship of social studies education to US democracy. Forces shaping our thinking about and understanding of history, politics, social issues, etc. Civic education’s role in creating an active citizenry. Critical social theory around social studies related issues; current issues in the field of social studies.
  
  • EDU 535 - Quality Infant Care Giving

    School of Education
    2-3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Crosslisted with: HFS 535 
    Workshop. Research theories and demonstrations of infant/toddler care, development, and assessment; group care, legal and budgeting issues, and work with parents.

Elementary Education

  
  • EED 270 - Experience Credit

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s)
    Repeatable
  
  • EED 290 - Independent Study

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s)
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • EED 300 - Selected Topics: Elementary Education

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • EED 314 - Teaching Strategies for Inclusive Education

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Creating cooperative, inclusive classroom communities with a focus on community building, classroom climate, interactive large and small group teaching strategies and positive responses to classroom and family diversity. Implementation during field experience. Effective spring 2009
  
  • EED 323 - Primary Grade Mathematics Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Integration of theory, research, and practice in teaching and learning of mathematics in grades 1-3. Examination of programs’ scope, sequence, and materials. Designing, teaching and assessing inclusive lessons and units, including differentiated instruction and adaptations. Admission to block II is required.
    COREQ: EED 328  AND EED 336  AND EED 362  AND SPE 324 
  
  • EED 325 - Primary Grade Literacy Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Methods and curriculum for literacy instruction in grades 1-3, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Lesson planning for children with diverse needs and disabilities. Effective spring 2009
    COREQ: EED 361 
  
  • EED 328 - Block II Field Experience

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Six week, 4.5 days per week classroom experience in grades 1-3. Student must be admitted to Block II.
    COREQ: EED 323  AND EED 336  AND EED 362  AND SPE 324 
  
  • EED 336 - Elementary Social Studies Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: EED 626
    Formulation and teaching of thematic unit plans to children with and without disabilities. Incorporates children’s multicultural literature, inquiry-based curriculum materials, primary source documents, and activity-based instruction. Decisions based on concepts and values.
    COREQ: EED 323  AND EED 328  AND EED 362  AND SPE 324  
  
  • EED 337 - Elementary Science Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: EED 627
    Formulation and teaching of unit plans to children with and without handicaps. Decisions based on concepts and thinking skills. Reviews of curriculum materials and student- centered activities. Fostering inquiry.
    COREQ: EED 363  AND EED 423  AND EED 425  AND EED 438  
  
  • EED 361 - Block I Field Experience and Seminar

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Seminar for students to critically reflect upon their field experiences. Professionalism, collaborative problem solving (including classroom management), and understanding and positively contributing to the school community. Six week, 2.5 hours per day classroom experience (grades 1-3). Must have been admitted to first professional block.
    COREQ: EED 325 
  
  • EED 362 - Block II Field Seminar

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Opportunities for students to critically reflect upon and understand their field experiences. Emphasis on professionalism, collaborative problem solving (including classroom management) and becoming a productive school change agent.. Student must be admitted to Block II.
    COREQ: EED 323  AND EED 328  AND EED 336  AND SPE 324 
  
  • EED 363 - Block III Field Seminar

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Opportunities for students to critically reflect upon and understand their field experiences. Emphasis on professionalism, collaborative problem solving (including classroom management) and becoming a productive school change agent. Admission to Block III is required.
    COREQ: EED 337 AND EED 438  AND EED 423  AND EED 425  
  
  • EED 400 - Selected Topics

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • EED 423 - Intermediate Grade Mathematics Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Integration of theory, research, and practice in teaching and learning of mathematics in grades 4-6. Examination of programs’ scope, sequence, and materials. Designing, teaching and assessing inclusive lessons and units, including differentiated instruction and adaptations. Admission to Block II is required.
    PREREQ: EED 323 
    COREQ: EED 337  AND EED 363  AND EED 425  AND EED 438 
  
  • EED 425 - Intermediate Grade Literacy Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Methods and curriculum for literacy instruction in grades 4-6, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Lesson and unit planning for children with diverse needs and disabilities. Student must be admitted to Block III.
    PREREQ: EED 325  
    COREQ: EED 337  AND EED 363  AND EED 423  AND EED 438  
  
  • EED 432 - Teaching Number Ideas, K-6

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: MTD 432 
    Double Numbered with: EED 632
    Numeration, operations, number theory, and rational number concepts and processes as foundational components of the elementary mathematics curriculum. Development of instructional methods and curriculum. Research on learning and teaching mathematics. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • EED 433 - Teaching Geometry and Measurement, K-6

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: MTD 433 
    Double Numbered with: EED 633
    Geometry and measurement concepts and processes as foundational components of the elementary mathematics curriculum. Development of instructional methods and curriculum. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • EED 438 - Block III Field Experience

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Six week, 4.5 days per week classroom experience in grades 4-6.
    COREQ: EED 423  AND EED 425  AND EED 337  AND EED 363 
  
  • EED 445 - Inclusive Early Childhood Education Integrated Methods and Curriculum

    School of Education
    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Integrated whole-child approach to early childhood pedagogy, research, methods and curriculum. Working from young children’s interests and developmentally appropriate practices, integrating language, literacy, math, science, social studies and early childhood special education.
    PREREQ: EED 336
    COREQ: EED 446
  
  • EED 446 - Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education PreK Field Experience

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Full-day practicum field experience (25 or more days) in a pre-school setting. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate teaching-learning experiences for children with diverse needs, integrating literacy, math, science and social studies. Approval for Block 3 required.
    COREQ: EED 445
  
  • EED 464 - Student Teaching Seminar/Inclusive Education

    School of Education
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Opportunities for student teachers in the Inclusive Elementary and Early Childhood Programs to critically reflect upon and understand their field experience. Emphasis on professionalism, collaborative problem solving (including classroom management) and becoming a productive school change agent.
    COREQ: EDU 508 
  
  • EED 470 - Experience Credit

    School of Education
    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable

Engineering Physics

  
  • ENP 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum

Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises

  
  • EEE 110 - Discovering the Entrepreneur Within

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Self-exploration of issues surrounding creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship (CIE) as they apply in all facets of life. Students apply their creative potential in various contexts, including a community-based social entrepreneurship project. Students must be enrolled in the Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Learning Community.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • EEE 200 - Selected Topics

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • EEE 370 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Course focuses on what it takes to start, grow, and sustain new ventures. Topics include: understanding entrepreneurs and their teams, evaluating opportunities, creating a venture plan, securing resources. Readings and guest lecturers emphasized.
  
  • EEE 375 - Entrepreneurial Family Business Management

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: EEE 675
    Examines family business issues, such as managing relationships, communication and conflict, ownership and governance, strategy, and succession. Focus is entrepreneurial management of family firms, including maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the firm and across generations. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • EEE 378 - Imagination, Entrepreneurship and Creative Problem Solving

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Creativity and ideation as they relate to entrepreneurship. Perspectives on opportunity discovery and assessment are examined. Theoretical and conceptual foundations for the application of creativity to business problem solving are investigated.
    PREREQ: EEE 370 
  
  • EEE 382 - Entrepreneurial Marketing

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: EEE 682
    The interface between entrepreneurship and marketing, including both the role of entrepreneurial thinking in marketing practice, and the marketing issues in new ventures. Exploration of emerging marketing forms, including guerilla, viral, and buzz marketing. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • EEE 400 - Selected Topics

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    1-6 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • EEE 420 - Corporate Entrepreneurship

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: EEE 621
    Examination of the application of entrepreneurship concepts and behaviors within established organizations, assessment of factors contributing to a company’s entrepreneurial orientation, and identification of ways to foster higher levels of entrepreneurship within firms.
    PREREQ: EEE 370 
  
  • EEE 439 - Entrepreneurship and Digital Commerce

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    The role of emerging digital technologies and the internet in creating entrepreneurial opportunities.
    PREREQ: EEE 370 
  
  • EEE 440 - Social Entrepreneurship in Action

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Opportunities and challenges associated with using entrepreneurial solutions to address social problems. Applications include analyzing, launching, and operating social purpose organizations.
  
  • EEE 442 - Emerging Enterprise Law

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Law as regulator of emerging enterprises: formation, financing, siting the enterprise, intellectual property, debtor-creditor relations, global markets. Law as opportunity: in emerging fields such as pollution prevention, sustainable development, and international treaties.
    PREREQ: LPP 255 
  
  • EEE 443 - Emerging Enterprise Consulting

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students nearing the completion of their studies work in consulting teams to assist local small firms and entrepreneurs. Problems are isolated and solutions are then developed and implemented. A team consultant’s report is then prepared.
  
  • EEE 444 - Dilemmas and Debates in Entrepreneurship

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: EEE 644
    Designed around a series of critical dilemmas confronted by entrepreneurs when creating and growing a venture. Entrepreneurs explore with students the issues surrounding these dilemmas in a structured format. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • EEE 446 - Minority and Woman’s Entrepreneurship: Race, Gender, and Entrepreneurial Opportunity

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Topics covered include: race, gender, and ethnicity as factors that impact entrepreneurship. The theoretical underpinnings of minority and women’s entrepreneurship and their opportunities, challenges, and strategies to venture formation.
  
  • EEE 450 - Sustainable Enterprise

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainability and their interdependence. Influences on organizations to adopt sustainable approaches to operations and activities. Tools to promote and validate organizational sustainability. Transdisciplinary emphasis.
  
  • EEE 451 - Finance for Emerging Enterprises

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A hands-on case course on raising and managing working capital in the emerging enterprise. Topics include: factoring, venture capital, receivables and payables management, planning for sustainable growth, etc. Course requires use of computer spreadsheets.
    PREREQ: EEE 370 
  
  • EEE 452 - International Entrepreneurship

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: INB 452 
    Double Numbered with: EEE 652
    A fusion of two areas of study: global business and entrepreneurship. The theories, concepts, and tools of international business are discussed from the perspective of the entrepreneur. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • EEE 457 - Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    The capstone integrative experience for management majors culminating in the development of a comprehensive plan for a new business venture or a nonprofit organization.
    PREREQ: SCM 265  
  
  • EEE 458 - Business Plan Laboratory

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Applied discussions regarding research, data collection, analysis, debate, insight, and writing skills required to create quality plans for original new venture concepts. Attention is devoted to business plan logic, structure and audiences.
  
  • EEE 464 - Entrepreneurial Empowerment

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s)
    Double Numbered with: EEE 664
    Hands-on course that introduces students to the South African context, township entrepreneurship, the basics of the consulting process, the Supporting Emerging Enterprise consulting model, and approaches to managerial issues in emerging enterprises. Offered in South Africa only.
  
  • EEE 470 - Experience Credit

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • EEE 476 - Advanced Topics in Family Business Management

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: EEE 676
    Covers advanced topics in family business management, such as taxation, establishment of trusts and estates, legal transfer of ownership, legal forms and valuation. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: EEE 370
  
  • EEE 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum

Electrical Engineering

  
  • ELE 231 - Electrical Engineering Fundamentals

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Analysis of electric circuits. Resistive, reactive circuits. Independent, dependent sources. Network theorems, circuit reduction, op amps. Elements of transient and steady state circuit analysis. Power and energy considerations.
    PREREQ: MAT 295
  
  • ELE 232 - Electrical Engineering Fundamentals II

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Frequency response, filters. Second order circuits. Semiconductors, diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors, models, circuits. Operational amplifiers, models, circuits. Transformers, rotating machines. DC generators and motors. Alternators. AC motors.
    PREREQ: ELE 231 
  
  • ELE 251 - Fundamentals of Linear Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Linear time invariant analogous systems.  Step, Impulse, response in both time and frequency domain using the Laplace transform. The s-plane.  Steady state AC response.  Discrete time sampling, Nyquist limits, z-transform, z-plane.  Simple digital filters.
    PREREQ: MAT 295
  
  • ELE 280 - International Course

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • ELE 291 - Electrical Engineering Laboratory I

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Electrical-instrumentation and measurement. Experimental methods in linear and nonlinear devices and circuits. One hour of recitation and one three hour laboratory a week.
    COREQ: ELE 231 
  
  • ELE 292 - Linear Systems Laboratory

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Electrical-instrumentation, measurement and data-logging.  Experimental methods in linear systems.  Computer computations for analysis and modelling.  One three hour laboratory per week.
    COREQ: ELE 251  
  
  • ELE 312 - Control Systems for MAE

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MAE 322  
    Review of Laplace transforms and z-transforms, system modeling, transfer functions, feedback, stability. Analysis and design using computer tools. Applications of controls to mechanical systems.
  
  • ELE 314 - Power Engineering

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Phasors; complex power; single phase systems; three-phase systems; electromagnetic fundamentals of power systems; transformers; transmission line parameters; power flow analysis.
    PREREQ: ELE 231
  
  • ELE 324 - Electromagnetics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Vector analysis, electrostatics, dielectrics, magnetostatics, magnetic materials, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, wave propagation, reflection and transmission. 
    PREREQ: MAT 397 AND PHY 216
  
  • ELE 325 - Electromagnetics II

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Faraday’s Law, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations, plane waves, power flow in waves, reflection and transmission of waves, wave-guides, radiation, and antennas.
    PREREQ: ELE 324  
  
  • ELE 331 - Digital Circuits and Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Basic switching circuits and systems using diodes, bipolar and field-effect transistors. Integrated-circuit implementation of gates and counters.
    PREREQ: ELE 232 
  
  • ELE 333 - Analog Electronics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introductory semi-conductors; non-linear electronic circuits and devices including operational amplifiers, diodes and MOSFETs; Integrated electronics
    PREREQ: ELE 231
  
  • ELE 346 - Semiconductor Devices

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Physics of semiconductor devices. Energy bands. Electrons and holes. PN and metal semiconductor diodes. Characteristics, operation, properties and limitations of bipolar transistors, JFETS and MOSFETS. PNPN devices. Optoelectronic devices.
    PREREQ: PHY 212  OR PHY 216 
  
  • ELE 351 - System and Signal Analysis

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Signal and system analysis in continuous-time, discrete-time, and frequency domains. Fourier series, continuous and discrete Fourier transforms, z-transform, LaPlace transform. Engineering applications.
    PREREQ: ELE 232  AND MAT 296 
  
  • ELE 352 - Digital Signal Processing

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Discrete time sequences and systems. Sampling. Discrete Fourier transform. z-transform. Finite impulse response (FIR) filters. Infinite impulse response (IIR) filters.
    PREREQ: ELE 351 
  
  • ELE 354 - Communication Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Time and frequency domain representation of signals, LTI systems, analog modulation and demodulation, random processes, digital modulation schemes, geometric representation of signal waveforms, optimal receiver design.
    PREREQ: ELE 351 and CIS 321
  
  • ELE 391 - Digital Circuits Laboratory

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Digital circuit analysis and design using discrete and integrated components. Extensive half-semester design project. Circuit simulation. One hour of recitation and two three-hour laboratories a week.
    PREREQ: ELE 292 
    COREQ: ELE 331 
  
  • ELE 392 - Digital Signal Processing and Control Systems Laboratory

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    A hands-on introduction to basics and applications of digital signal processing and feedback control. Simulations using MATLAB/Simulink and experiments using microcontrollers will cover structured lab exercises that lead to a final multi-week design project.
    PREREQ: ELE 251
  
  • ELE 400 - Selected Topics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • ELE 414 - Power System Analysis and Control

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: ELE 614
    Three phase power systems, Power flow analysis, Symmetrical components, Fault analysis, Power system stability, Power system controls, Fundamentals of economic dispatch. Additional work required for graduate students. 
    PREREQ: ELE 314
  
  • ELE 415 - Microgrids

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Double Numbered with: ELE 615
    Challenges and opportunities in smart microgrids. Distributed energy resources in microgrids. Grid-connected and islanding mode of microgrid operation. Microgrid monitoring and protection. Control technology requirements and solutions. Additional work required for graduate students. 
    PREREQ: ELE 314
  
  • ELE 416 - Electromechanical Devices

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Principles of energy conversion that provide the basis of operation for electrical machinery, meters, and other transducers. Rotating DC and AC machines.
    PREREQ: ELE 232 
  
  • ELE 417 - Power Electronics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: ELE 617
    Semiconductor devices, switching power poles, switching analysis, topology selection and design, single phase and three phase rectifiers, inverters, and converters, feedback controllers and power supply. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ELE 314 
  
  • ELE 418 - Sensors & Measurements

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: ELE 618
    Sensor signal domains, sensor classifications and architecture, sensor types, data acquisition methods, signal conversion methods, standards, introduction to metrology, measurement result processing, synchrophasor technology and applications. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ELE 424 - Applied Electromagnetics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Electromagnetic Waves.  Waveguides, coaxial cables, and optical fibers. Resonators, Transmission lines. Antennas and antenna systems
    PREREQ: ELE 324
  
  • ELE 425 - Microwave Engineering

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Microwave engineering including transmission line theory, impedance matching techniques, and microwave network analysis.  Applications to coaxial, strip, microstrip, coupled lines and devices.  Experimental illustration using network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and computer based electromagnetic modeling tools.
    PREREQ: ELE 324
  
  • ELE 431 - Analog Circuits and Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Amplifiers using bipolar and field-effect tran-sistors. Low- and high-frequency small-signal models. Multistage amplifiers, stabilization and noise considerations.
    PREREQ: ELE 333 
  
  • ELE 452 - Digital Audio Signal Processing

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: ELE 652
    Course combines classroom theory with hands-on lab. Covers digital audio fundamentals, filter-design, DSP architecture, parallel assembly programming, circular buffers, processing music signals. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ELE 458 - Data Networks: Basic Principles

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CIS 458 , CSE 458 
    Data communication networks, multilayer network architecture, data transmission fundamentals, network protocols, local and wide area networks, transport and application protocols.
  
  • ELE 464 - Introduction to VLSI Design

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CSE 464 
    MOS VLSI technologies. CMOS digital circuits. Layout design. Simulation. Realization of digital subsystems-adders, memory, etc. Opportunities for chip fabrication and testing.
    PREREQ: CSE 261 
  
  • ELE 470 - Experience Credit

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • ELE 490 - Independent Study

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ELE 491 - Senior Design Project I

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Design methodology and presentation techniques for one extensive team project to be completed in the follow-up course. Focus on design processes and associated technical documentation. Must be taken in sequence with ELE 492.
    PREREQ: ELE 392  or CSE 398  
  
  • ELE 492 - Senior Design Project II

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Prototyping, construction, and demonstration skills for one extensive project created by a team of students. Must be taken in sequence with ELE 491 
    PREREQ: ELE 491 
  
  • ELE 499 - Honors Capstone Project

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • ELE 512 - Linear Control Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    System representation, time and frequency domain analysis of linear systems, stability. Effects of feedback on system Performance. Controller design using root locus, Nyquist, and Bode methods.
    PREREQ: ELE 351 
  
  • ELE 514 - Electric Power Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Equivalent circuits for the components of a power system. Analysis of balanced and unbalanced polyphase systems. Symmetrical components and sequence networks. Fault studies, load-flow analysis, stability considerations.
  
  • ELE 516 - Control of Robots

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CIS 543 
    Kinematics, dynamics, and control of mobile and/or manipulator robots. Path planning, actuators, sensors, human/machine interface. Two hours lecture and two hours laboratory weekly. Design project.
  
  • ELE 524 - Introduction to Applied Optics

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Geometrical optics, two-dimensional Fourier transforms and wave propagation, optical fibers, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, interferometry, imaging and Fourier transforming properties of lenses, image processing, complex filters and holography. Includes laboratory: design and experiment.
    PREREQ: ELE 324 
  
  • ELE 525 - Elctromgetc Compatability

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Introduction to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). EMC requirements for electron systems. Nonideal behavior of circuit components. Signal spectra. Maxwell equations. Antenna theory. Control of radiated and conducted emissions.
    PREREQ: ELE 324  AND ELE 351 
  
  • ELE 530 - Electric Power Generation and Distribution

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: NUC 530 
    Fundamental principles governing the electro-mechanical power conversion; transformer; generators; introduction to power distribution systems; reliability and safety issues related to power generation and delivery, particularly in nuclear power plants.3
  
  • ELE 541 - Integrated Circuits

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Principles of design and processing of monolithic and hybrid integrated circuits. Current technology and its scientific basis.
  
  • ELE 551 - Communication Systems

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Communications systems. Amplitude modulation techniques. Angle modulation or frequency modulation. Sampling and quantization of analog signals. Basic digital modulation techniques. Introduction to noise. System modeling evaluating performance using industry tools.
    PREREQ: ELE 351 
  
  • ELE 553 - Communications Engineering

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Integration of networks and electronic devices into apparatus and systems for communications. Transmitters, receivers, antennas, modulation, noise, propagation.
  
  • ELE 561 - Digital Machine Design

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CSE 561
    Behavioral and structural design methods and examples using a hardware description language (VHDL). Control, arithmetic, bus systems, memory systems. Logic synthesis from hardware language descriptions.
  
  • ELE 591 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    1-4 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Students work on special projects. Instructors present new or special material.
    Repeatable
  
  • ELE 599 - Electrical Engineering Laboratory IV

    College of Engineering and Computer Science
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Comprehensive projects selected from the student’s area of interest. One hour of consultation and six hours of laboratory a week. May be repeat for credit.
    PREREQ: ELE 391 
    Repeatable
 

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