University of Switzerland DEGREES
Community Health/CMH
Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information.
601 BIOSTATISTICS I (3)
Presents basic statistical measures with emphasis on biomedical problems. Includes sampling techniques, making valid inferences and estimations, and testing hypotheses. Practice in use of calculations and preparation of data for machine analysis.
602 BIOSTATISTICS II (3)
Studies advanced statistical methods for analysis of variance, multiple regression, survey methods, design of experimental investigations, vital statistics, bioassays, and sequential analysis.
PREREQUISITE: CMH 601.
621 EPIDEMIOLOGY I (3)
Nature of epidemiological studies; descriptive epidemiology; experimental and observational investigations; cross-sections; prospective and retrospective studies; mortality and morbidity measurements and factors affecting comparison; life tables; and introduction to demographic measurements.
622 EPIDEMIOLOGY II (3)
Advanced techniques of epidemiological investigation. Epidemiology of specific chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and mental disorders. Introduction to environmental and occupational epidemiology. Students prepare research protocol on a given specific problem.
PREREQUISITE: EPIDEMIOLOGY I.
641 ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE I (3)
Interaction of humans with special environments. Section one is an intensive study of respiration, the cardiovascular system, and the physics and physiology of gaseous environments.
PREREQUISITE: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY.
642 ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE II (3)
Interaction of humans with special environments. Section two covers mineral, chemical, and drug metabolism; function of sensory systems; and the physics and physiological stresses of heat and cold, sound, and electromagnetic and ionizing radiation.
PREREQUISITE: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY.
643 ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE III (3)
Interaction of humans with special environments. Section three studies effects of dynamic forces, biomechanics of the body, physiology of physical exercises, and engineering machines to improve human performance.
PREREQUISITE: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY.
651 AEROSPACE MEDICINE I (2)
General review, discussions of research projects, guest presentations, and selected advanced topics dealing with aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, and public health. Presentation and discussion of problem clinical cases related to aerospace medicine.
652 AEROSPACE MEDICINE II (2)
Covers civil pilot medical case histories including presentation of the medical condition that the pilot experienced, the implications by medical certification, and the proper steps in denying or certifying the pilot. M.D. degree required. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.
PREREQUISITE: CME 651.
654 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY MEDICINE (2)
Familiarization with activities and services encompassed by community medicine, including public health, preventive medicine, prospective medicine, occupational medicine, geriatric health, handicapped services, and health promotion. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.
655 HYPERBARIC MEDICINE (3)
Mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, equipment, safety considerations, and limitations. Conditions particularly amenable to this therapy are explored: decompression sickness, air embolism, gas gangrene, CO poisoning, and elective indications. May be taken for letter grade of pass/unsatisfactory.
656 CLINICAL AEROSPACE MEDICINE (4)
Introduction to and familiarization with clinical activities and operational experiences in Aeromedical Services (Flight Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Environmental Health, Bioenvironmental Surveillance, and Physiological Training).Enrollment in Aerospace Medicine Residency program or department approval required.
671 PRINCIPLES OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (3)
Presents the medical department in industry: its role, functions, administration, physical facilities, personnel, equipment, records, costs, benefits, intramural relationships and extramural relationships with professional societies, official agencies, organized labor, and paramedical occupations.
672 CLINICAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (3)
Principles of physical examination and diagnosis are applied to selection, placement, and return to work of industrial employees. Surveys of a variety of work environments are conducted with emphasis on potential health hazards. Course includes field experience.
700 AEROMEDICAL ASPECTS OF AEROSPACE ACCIDENTS (4)
Overview of aerospace accident investigation procedures, concerned regulations, and interdisciplinary management from an aeromedical perspective. Selected advance topics include the analyses of relevant aerospace accident reports, post-crash survivability, and future directions.
701 SPEC TOPICS:COMM MED AERO (3)
Provides the philosophy underlying each major aerospace medicine standard. It also explores the aerospace medical factors that convert safe flight into hazardous flight. M.D. degree and departmental approval required. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.
721 AEROMED CON&OP FLT ENVIR (3)
Builds on the basics of the aeromedical concerns to advance the understanding of the relevant aeromedical aspects related to the operational flight environment. Practical experiences in the hypobaric chamber, acceleration, and life support facilities supplement course work.
731 HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (3 TO 5)
(Also listed as MGT 755.) Overview of total health care system including public and private institutions and agencies, federal and state regulations, and methods of financing. Directed study of major contemporary forces affecting the health care delivery system. Class includes seminars and on-site experiences.
PREREQUISITE: MGT 621.
899 AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH (3)
Under supervision of an advisor, students choose research problems, prepare bibliographical searches, plan experimental protocol, and conduct experimentation. A full report, constituting a thesis, is written and defended before a graduate committee.
Computer Engineering/CEG
Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information.
CS/CEG 500-level courses, CS 600, and CEG 633 are considered background for entering students and are not counted in the 45 credit hours required for the degree.
505 FUNDAMENTALS OF EXPERT SYSTEMS (4)
Covers definitions of AI, discusses the different technologies that comprise the field, introduces the fundamental concepts and methodologies of expert systems, and provides hands-on experience developing small expert system applications.
PREREQUISITE: ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: CS 141, CS 220, CS 240, EGR 153.
520 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING (4)
Terminology and understanding of functional organizations and sequential operation of a digital computer. Program structure, and machine and assembly language topics including addressing, stacks, argument passing, arithmetic operations, traps, and input/output. Macros, modularization, linkers, and debuggers are used. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CS 242, CEG 260.
530 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING IN C++ (4)
Introduces object-oriented programming and the C++ language. Topics include functions, pointers, structures, classes, function/operator overloading, inheritance and virtual functions, template, exceptions, and file input and output.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 220 OR CS 240 OR EQUIVALENT.
560 DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN (4)
(Also listed as EE 651.) Topics include flip-flops, registers, counters, programmable logic devices, memory devices, register-level design, and microcomputer system organization. Students must show competency in the design of digital systems. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 260.
602 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER COMMUNICATION DESIGN (4)
Survey of modern digital communications techniques. Specific focus is on serial transmission over public communication channels. Topics include information content and coding, asynchronous and synchronous formats, concentrating and multiplexing, channel properties, modulation techniques, common carrier services, error sources and control, regulatory policies, networks, and their analyses. Students design both hardware and software components of computer communications systems. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab. Knowledge of a higher-order language required.
PREREQUISITE: CS 600.
611 MICROPROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM DESIGN (4)
Introduces the design and development of software and computer interfacing hardware for effective use of microprocessors in process control, data collecting, and other special purpose computing systems. Software topics include assembly language programming, input/output, interrupts, direct memory access, and timing problems. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 260/EE 260, EE 501, EE 502.
616 MATRIX COMPUTATIONS (4)
(Also listed as MTH 616.) Survey of numerical methods in linear algebra emphasizing practice with high-level computer tools. Topics include Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition, numerical eigenvalue problems, QR factorization, least squares, singular value decompositions, and iterative methods.
PREREQUISITE: MTH 253 OR 355; AND CS 142 OR 241.
619 INTRODUCTION TO FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL (4)
(Also listed as EE 619.) Foundations and philosophy of fuzzy logic and applications to control theory. Relationship between classical PID control and fuzzy rule-based control. Techniques for rule construction and adaptive fuzzy logic controllers. Case studies of applications.
PREREQUISITE: EE 613 AND 614.
620 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (4)
Introduction to Computer Architecture, computer system analysis and design, performance and cost, instruction set architecture, processor implementation techniques, pipelining, memory-hierarchy design, input/output and contemporary architectures.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 320, CEG 360.
621 MICROCOMPUTER DESIGN PROJECTS (4)
In-depth study of the design and use of microcomputer systems. The computer organization and interface facilities are examined. Hardware/software projects are required to develop techniques for hardware and software design of open-ended projects. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 520, 560.
625 VHISC HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE (VHDL) (4)
Rapidly being embraced as the universal communication medium of design, VHDL is an industry standard language used to describe hardware from the abstract to the concrete level.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 360 AND CS 400.
628 LINEAR OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING (4)
Introduction to linear optical systems, transformation properties of optical systems, correlation, convolution, diffraction, applications related to optical computers, such as beam steering for optical interconnection and parallel optical algorithm for pattern search, neural network.
PREREQUISITE: EE 522.
629 INTERNET SECURITY (4)
Authentication, address spoofing, hijacking, SYN floods, smurfing, sniffing, routing tricks, and privacy of data en-route.Buffer overruns and other exploitations of software development errors.Hardening of operating systems.Intrusion detection.Firewalls.Ethics.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 402.
633 OPERATING SYSTEMS (4)
Management of resources in multi-user computer systems. Emphasis is on problems of file-system design, process scheduling, memory allocation, protection, and tools needed for solutions. Course projects use the C/C++ language and include the design of portions of an operating system. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 520, CS 600.
634 CONCURRENT SOFTWARE DESIGN (4)
Classical problems of synchronization and concurrency and their solutions are examined through course projects and through readings on operating system design. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 633.
635 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (4)
Covers issues such as process coordination, client-server computing, network and distributed operating systems, network and distributed file systems, concurrency control and recovery of distributed transactions, and fault-tolerant computing.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 634 OR EQUIVALENT.
653 DESIGN OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS (4)
Projects in the laboratory that combine engineering hardware and computer science software concepts in the design and implementation of small special-purpose computer systems. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 520, 560.
654 VLSI DESIGN (4)
(Also listed as EE 654.) Introduction to VLSI system design. Topics include CMOS devices and circuit design techniques, basic building blocks for CMOS design, fabrication processing and design rules, chip planning and layout, system timing and power dissipation, simulation for VLSI design, and signal processing with VLSI.
PREREQUISITE: EE 631, EE 632 AND EE 651.
656 INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS (4)
(Also listed as EE 656 and ME 656.) Introduction to the mathematics, programming, and control of robots. Topics covered include coordinate systems and transformations, manipulator kinematics and inverse kinematics, trajectory planning, Jacobians, and control.
PREREQUISITE: MTH 253; PROFICIENCY IN PASCAL, C OR FORTRAN PROGRAMMING.
658 DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN WITH PLDS AND FPGAS (4)
(Also listed as EE 658.) Design and application of digital integrated circuits using programmable logic devices (PLDs) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). A commercial set of CAD tools (Mentor Graphics and Xilinx) will be used in the lab portion of the course.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 560/EE 651.
659 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN SYNTHESIS WITH VHDL (4)
(Also listed as EE 659.) Application of VHSIC hardware description language (VHDL) to the design, analysis, multi-level simulation, and synthesis of digital integrated circuits. A commercial set of CAD tools (Mentor Graphics) will be used in the lab portion of the course.
PREREQUISITE: CS 220, C PROGRAMMING OR EQUIVALENT AND CEG 260.
660 INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (4)
Concepts of software engineering including analysis, design, and implementation of software engineering concepts that comprise structured programming and design. Case studies serve as examples illustrating the software life-cycle model.
PREREQUISITE: CS 600.
661 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING & DESIGN (4)
Topics emphasize the core concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and dynamic binding. Additional topics include class organization, software maintenance, and design of reusable components.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 660.
663 PERSONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (4)
Discusses software development as it relates to the individual, software process measurement, design and code reviews, software quality measurement, design and design verification. Each student will participate in the development of a software project. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 660 OR EQUIVALENT.
665 INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND DESIGN (4)
(Also listed as HFE 665.) Provides experience in interactive real-time simulation and design, implementation and evaluation of interfaces to simulations. The relevant topics are explored through application in supervisory control of complex, dynamic systems.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 220 OR ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: CEG 221, CS 241, 242 OR INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION.
668 MANAGING THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (4)
Discusses software development processes, models, and techniques necessary to successfully develop large-scale software and presents the Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Students will participate in the development of a software project. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 660.
676 COMPUTER GRAPHICS (4)
Covers raster graphics algorithms, geometric primitives and their attributes, clipping, antialiasing, geometric transformations, structures and hierarchical models, input devices, and interactive techniques. Students develop interrelated programs to design a 3-D hierarchical model, manipulate, and view it.
PREREQUISITE: CS 600, MTH 253 OR 255.
677 COMPUTER GRAPHICS II (4)
Continuation of CEG 676. Covers surface rendering, hidden line and surface removal, illumination models, texture mapping, color models, advanced modeling, and interface design. Students develop programs and a final project.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 676.
678 CODING THEORY (3)
(Also listed as MTH 656/EE 678.) Introduction to the essentials of error-correcting codes, the study of methods for efficient and accurate transfer of information. Topics include basic concepts, perfect and related codes, cyclis codes, and BCH codes.
PREREQUISITE: MTH 253 OR MTH 355 (OR EQUIVALENT).
699 SELECTED TOPICS (1 TO 5)
Selected topics in computer engineering. Topics vary. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.
700 PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUCTION IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING (3)
Survey of available instructional materials and discussions of educational theory and techniques leading to more effective instruction. For graduate teaching assistants only.
702 ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS (4)
This course provides an in-depth examination of the fundamental concepts and principles in communications and computer networks.Topics include:queuing analysis, ATM, frame relay, performance analysis of routings, and flow and congestion controls.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 602 AND CEG 634.
720 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (4)
Review of sequential computer architecture and study of parallel computers. Topics include memory hierarchy, reduced instruction set computer, pipeline processing, multiprocessing, various parallel computers, interconnection networks, and fault-tolerant computing. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 633; OR CEG520 AND CEG 611.
724 COMPUTER VISION I (4)
Study of the image formation process, binary images, edge detection and image segmentation, representation of 2-D and 3-D shapes, image features, image matching, object recognition, texture analysis, line-drawing interpretation, and model-based vision.
PREREQUISITE: CS 600, MTH 230, 253.
725 COMPUTER VISION II (4)
Study of: stereo vision; shape from shading and photometric stereo; shape from texture; motion analysis and optical flow; camera calibration; projective geometry; geometric invariance; dynamic vision; analysis of multispectral images; analysis of volumetric images.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 724.
728 INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL COMPUTING (4)
Introduction to optical computing algorithms and architecture, optical logic, optical computing modules, optical CPUs, memory, interconnection, and optical devices.
PREREQUISITE: EE 628 OR EE 522.
729 OPTICAL COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES (4)
Optics provides for new high-performance architectures including hardware and software methodologies. Optical architectures considered include: sequential, dataflow, cellular automatic, and neural networks.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 720 OR CEG 728.
730 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING PRINCIPLES (4)
Communicating sequential processes, clients and servers, remote procedure calls, stub generation, weak and strong semaphores, split-binary semaphores, and distributed termination. Example languages: [sc sr|, [sl Linda /]. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 634.
750 MICROPROCESSORS (4)
Study of microprocessors and the use of microprocessors in digital systems. Fundamentals of microprocessor software, assembly-level programming for micro-processor applications, memory and interface considerations, and systems employing microprocessors. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 653.
751 MICROPROCESSORS II (4)
Interaction of microprocessors and the outside world. Data acquisition and real-time control. Bus interfacing and direct memory access. Multiple processor environment and distributed processing. Small real-time operating systems. Project management. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 750.
752 VLSI SUBSYSTEM DESIGN (4)
(Also listed as EE 752.) CMOS VLSI subsystems including data path operators, counters, multipliers, memory elements, and programmable logic arrays. VLSI circuits for FIR and IIR filters. VLSI circuits for digital data exchange systems. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: EE 654 OR CEG 654.
753 VLSI DESIGN SYNTHESIS AND OPTIMIZATION (4)
(Also listed as EE 753.) VLSI architectural-level synthesis and optimization including data-path synthesis, control-units synthesis, scheduling, and resource sharing. Logic-level synthesis and optimization including two-level and multi-level combinational logic optimization, and sequential logic optimization. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: EE 654 OR CEG 654.
754 VLSI TESTING AND DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY (4)
(Also listed as EE 754.) Design for testability of VLSI circuits. Topics include importance of testing, conventional test methods, built-in test, CAD tools for evaluation testability, test pattern generators, and compressors.
PREREQUISITE: EE/CEG 654 OR EE/CEG 752.
756 ROBOTICS I (4)
(Also listed as EE 756 and ME 756.) Detailed study of the dynamics and control of robotic systems and robot programming languages and systems. Material covered includes rigid-body dynamics; linear, nonlinear, adaptive, and force control of manipulators; and robot programming languages.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 656.
757 ROBOTICS II (4)
An introduction to sensing, vision, and robot intelligence and task planning.Material covered includes sensors, low-level and higher level vision techniques, task planning including obstacle avoidance and artificial intelligence and expert systems as applied to robotic systems.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 656.
758 CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN (4)
(Also listed as EE 758.) Introduction to techniques, limitations, and problems in the design of CMOS analog integrated circuits. Topics include CMOS analog circuit modeling and device characterization, analog CMOS subcircuits, CMOS amplifiers, comparators, CMOS Op Amps. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
PREREQUISITE: EE 631 AND EE 634.
759 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ROBOTICS (4)
Introduction to robot intelligence and task planning. Material includes obstacle avoidance, robot planning, robotics computations, neural network computing, robot learning, and expert systems.
PREREQUISITE: CS 600.
760 ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (4)
Introduction to software engineering. Fundamentals of problem specification, program design, verification, and evaluation are explored. Students participate in team projects to apply the methods introduced.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 660.
763 FORMAL METHODS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (4)
Introduction to formal methods in the specification, design, construction, and verification of software systems. Discrete mathematics and logic for software engineering. Formal specification and design methods; design specification languages.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 760.
770 COMPUTER ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (4)
Introduction to computer arithmetic algorithms, systems theory, linear and nonlinear programming, and optimization theory for computer engineering applications. In addition to mathematical theory, appropriate engineering applications are presented.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 616, CS 600.
776 ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS (4)
Covers curves, surfaces, solids, animation, motion specification, morphing, image-based rendering, and volume visualization. Students develop three programs and a final project on geometric modeling and animation.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 476/676.
789 CONTINUING REGISTRATION (1)
A student must be registered at the graduate level in the quarter in which the degree is granted, or in any quarter in which the program is affording some service, such as giving an examination, reading a thesis, or giving advise on the thesis after completion of all other requirements of coursework and research.
790 SELECTED TOPICS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING (4)
Lectures on and study of selected topics in current research and recent developments in computer engineering. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory. Titles vary.
795 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1 TO 4)
Special problems in advanced computer engineering topics. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
799 THESIS (1 TO 
Grade pass/unsatisfactory.
820 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE II (4)
Study of parallel architectures and parallel processing. Topics include multiprocessors, cache coherence, synchronization mechanisms, scalable architectures, and vectorization and parallelization.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 720.
830 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS (4)
Example languages and packages: SR and PVM, file servers, semantics of file sharing, caches and replication, log-structured file systems, remote evaluation, process migration, mobile projects, checkpointing and rollback-recovery.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 730.
860 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (4)
Course covers data abstraction, overloading, polymorphism, inheritance binding, delegation and prototypes, and languages such as C++, Ada 95, Eiffel, and Self from a software engineering point of view.
PREREQUISITE: CEG 760.
890 SELECTED TOPICS (1 TO 4)
Selected topics in computer science and engineering.
892 PHD QUALIFYING EXAM (1 TO
Examination that tests understanding of the fundamentals necessary to begin concentrated study in a chosen Ph.D. research area. Composed of written tests and an oral exam. Must be passed within two attempts. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
894 CANDIDACY EXAM (1)
Examination that tests for depth and understanding in a chosen computer science and computer engineering research area. Includes a written proposal for a Ph.D. topic and an oral examination that is open to the public. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
895 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1 TO
Independent study in a chosen area for Ph.D. research. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
896 DISSERTATION DEFENSE (1)
Examination on the Ph.D. dissertation. The written dissertation is submitted and must be successfully defended in the oral exam conducted by the dissertation committee. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
897 RESIDENCY RESEARCH (1 TO 12)
Research on the Ph.D. dissertation topic taken in residence. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
898 DISSERTATION RESEARCH (1 TO 12)
Research on the Ph.D. dissertation topic not taken in residence. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
Counseling/CNL
Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information.
661 PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING (4)
Overview of major counseling theories and techniques and review of historical foundations of the mental health movement. Social, psychological, and philosophical influences are considered.
662 PROBLEMS IN STUDENT PERSONALITY AND DEVELOPMENT (4)
Considers physical, psychological, and personality development of students in terms of the interrelationship of these factors and their effects on student functioning. Family, school, and other social-psychological environments are studied in terms of their effect on behavior.
663 MENTAL HEALTH I (4)
Factors influencing the behavior of individuals; methods a counselor may use in observing, analyzing, and improving attitudes and behavior.
664 CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELING (1 TO 4)
Introduces students to the background, theory, practice, and needs of crisis intervention within the helping professions. A variety of crisis intervention models are explored, as are the various community resources available to the crisis intervention worker. Graduate standing required.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 461 OR RHB 701 OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
667 GROUP BACKGROUND AND THEORY (4)
Surveys the background, theory, patterns of function, techniques of facilitating, and the uses of small groups in counseling.
PREREQUISITE: PRE- OR COREQUISITE: RHB 701.
670 COUNSELING WORKSHOP (1 TO 6)
Selected topics in the human services area on a workshop or a one-time class basis are considered. Topics and titles vary.
700 INTRODUCTION TO STUDENT AFFAIRS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (4)
(Also listed as EDL 760.) Overview of the history, philosophy, organization, and structure of student personnel services. Various student affairs functions, current and future trends, and issues in student affairs are considered.
751 COUNSELING SKILLS FOR EDUCATORS (3)
Assists teachers in developing an understanding of the counseling needs of children. Teachers develop counseling skills needed to assist students in the classroom. Appropriate referrals to other school professionals are discussed.
755 CAMPUS ECOLOGY (4)
(Also listed as EDL 763.) Studies of campus ecology and the changing demography and developmental issues facing college students. Studies the impact of the college environment on student development and student interaction on the environment.
761 PSYCHOMETRICS (4)
Surveys psychological tests and measurements with emphasis on attitude, interest, and personality tests. Understanding of basic principles and their applications to counseling are stressed.
PREREQUISITE: ED 751.
762 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION SERVICES (4)
Presents career development as a series of vocational/avocational choices in the process of self-realization and considers the effect of rapid social and technological change on this process.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701.
763 THEORIES OF COUNSELING (4)
Investigation of the theoretical models that are basic to counseling function and practice as applied to the therapeutic situation.
765 PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES IN THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES (4)
Presents theoretical aspects concerning the organization and administration of guidance services; practical application of principles to schools and other organizations. Surveys social agencies, both public and private, that counselors should be familiar with. An analysis of the referral process and the methods of interagency cooperation.
766 OCCUPATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION (3)
Considers the development of an educational/occupational library for students; the classification of the world of work and its implications for vocational counselors; the evaluation of vocational and scholarship materials; and the use of occupational data in career counseling.
767 GROUP PROCESSES IN COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE (4)
Serves as an introduction to group counseling practice. Considers interaction patterns and dynamics within small groups, and focuses on understanding of individual and group behavior as they relate to the individuals taking the course. Evaluation and research of group processes are also considered. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.
768 COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE (3)
Surveys social agencies, both public and private, that counselors should be familiar with. An analysis of the referral process and the methods of interagency cooperation and actual on-the-site visitation. Voids in services and areas of unmet human needs are outlined, and the methods of social action essential to changing old agencies are developed.
769 TECHNIQUES OF CHILD COUNSELING (4)
Stresses the theories and techniques of counseling children. Discusses the differences between counseling with adults and counseling with children. Specific aspects considered are role and function of a child counselor, group and individual counseling with children, vocational information for children, scholastic and personality testing of children, and treatment methodology (including play therapy, family counseling, and teacher collaboration).
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701.
770 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND MINOR PROBLEMS (1 TO 3)
Planned reading and/or project under the guidance of a counselor education program faculty member. May be taken for a letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.
773 MENTAL HEALTH II (4)
Acquaints students with preventive mental health, advocacy roles, legal and ethical issues, and interdisciplinary approaches to community mental health.
778 TECHNIQUES OF PLAY THERAPY (4)
Investigation of the techniques of play therapy for children ages 3 to 12. An advanced seminar for students interested in individual and group play and its therapeutic implications for schools and agencies.
PREREQUISITE: ED 863, CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.
779 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING (4)
Considers principles and techniques of marriage and family counseling from a variety of theoretical orientations. Laboratory and/or field experience may be required.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701.
780 SYSTEMS THEORY AND FAMILY COUNSELING (4)
Introduces family systems counseling. Covers three interacting components: systems theory, Buckley’s sociocultural analysis of systems theory, and the application of a systems analysis to the major views of family counseling.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701, CNL 863, CNL 779 OR INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION.
781 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES OF FAMILY COUNSELING (4)
Advanced technique and intervention course that focuses on family systems interventions. Emphasis on applications of family counseling, providing in-depth treatment of the major approaches to family counseling.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701, CNL 863, CNL 779, CNL 780 OR INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION.
782 TECHNIQUES OF MARITAL COUNSELING (4)
In-depth overview of marital counseling. Focuses on techniques and interventions that emphasize the application of the major schools of marital counseling. Course is experientially and performance focused; student participation is encouraged and expected in a variety of role-playing situations.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 780, 779, RHB 701, CNL 863 OR WITH INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION.
854 INTELLECTUAL ASSESSMENT FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS (4)
Introduction to theoretical aspects of individual intelligence testing. Supervised clinical practice in the administration of the Stanford-Binet-R and the Wechsler intelligence scales. For school psychology majors only.
855 INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH (4)
Supervised clinical practice in the administration of standardized and criterion-referenced tests used in the assessment of various exceptional populations, birth to adulthood. For school psychology majors only.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 854 OR PERMISSION OF THE INSTRUCTOR.
856 INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS (4)
Introduction to the characteristics of children with behavior and personality disorders. Supervised clinical practice in the application of behavioral management techniques and selected projective tests. For school psychology majors only.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 854 AND PERMISSION OF THE INSTRUCTOR.
857 PRACTICUM IN SCH PSY (4)
Application of assessment, consultation, and team planning skills in a school setting under the supervision of a certified school psychologist.
860 ADV SEMINAR IN COUNSELING (1 TO 6)
Provides an opportunity for students to further develop skills in counseling, appraisal, research, or other related areas under faculty direction.
861 INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTING I (3)
Focuses upon theories and techniques of individual intellectual appraisal.The student learns to administer, score, and interpret the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale.Form L-M for individuals of varying age levels.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 705.
862 INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTING II (3)
Focuses upon the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.The student studies the background and learns to administer, score, and interpret the Wechsler tests for individuals of varying ages.
864 PRACTICUM I: INDIVIDUAL (1 TO 4)
Provides an experience in counseling and guidance in which students, under supervision, actually counsel individuals in educational, vocational, and personal areas. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
865 INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PRACTICUM (4)
Provides an experience in counseling and guidance in which students, under supervision, actually counsel individuals in educational, vocational, and personal areas. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 863, 860 AND/OR PERMISSION OF DEPARTMENT.
866 ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PRACTICUM (4)
Provides an experience in counseling and guidance in which students, under supervision, actually counsel individuals and groups in educational, vocational, and personal areas. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 865, 667 OR 767.
867 INTERNSHIP: (1 TO 12)
This field-based experience provides human services master’s degree students with advanced clinical practice and supervision in their major specialty areas. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 865, 866 OR RHB 801, 802 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
868 THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST (1 TO 4)
Overview of the school psychologist’s role and function. Considers the history and ethical and legal issues of the profession. Emphasizes the consultation, teaming, assessment, in-service, and counseling aspects of the role. Course is taken concurrently with the assessment sequence and internship in the school psychology program.
869 STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION (4)
(Also listed as EDL 762.) Surveys student personnel services in colleges and universities. Consideration is given to the organization, administration, and rationale of these services.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 700.
870 PRAC STU PERS SER HI ED (4)
Provides opportunity to work in an area of student personnel services under supervision. Includes weekly seminar. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.
871 INTERN STU PERS SER H ED (1 TO 12)
This field-based experience provides human services master’s degree students with advanced training, supervision, and experience in student personnel services in higher education.
880 PROCESS CONSULTATION IN STUDENT AFFAIRS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (4)
(Also listed as EDL 764.) Studies theories, models, and process techniques for collaborative consultation with other university personnel, student organizations, and community agencies. Focuses on a systems approach of consultative interaction and collaborative relationships that foster college students’ development.
PREREQUISITE: CNL 700, CNL 863, CNL 870, EDL 869.
950 PERSONALITY THEORY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (4)
Focuses on the development of personality throughout the life span and associated difficulties that can occur for individuals. Additional emphasis will be given to adaptation and the coping process.
PREREQUISITE: MASTERS DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
951 CLINICAL ASSESSMENT IN COUNSELING PRACTICE (4)
Supervised clinical practice in the administration of mental health assessment instruments. Emphasizes advanced methods of administering and interpreting standardized tests. Includes use of assessment procedures in diagnosis and treatment planning.
PREREQUISITE: MASTERS DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
952 DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL COUNSELING PRACTICE (4)
Clinical course designed to introduce students to comprehensive diagnostic evaluation. Students gain familiarity with the Current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and International Classification of Disease via lecture as well as case formulations.
PREREQUISITE: MASTERS DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
953 CASE FORMULATION AND CLINICAL INTERVENTION (4)
Focuses on treatment planning for clients. A variety of different treatment approaches will be discussed for DSM III-R disorders, syndromes, and other client problems.
PREREQUISITE: MASTERS DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
954 INTERNSHIP: ADVANCED CLINICAL COUNSELING (1 TO 6)
This field-based experience provides practicing master’s level counselors with the opportunity for supervised advanced clinical counseling practice.
PREREQUISITE: MASTERS DEGREE IN COUNSELING.
960 ADVANCED INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES PERSONNEL (1 TO 4)
Individual and group study of current problems and issues for counselors. Also provides a focus on the development of new skills related to counseling interventions. Topics might include professional ethics and responsibilities, crisis intervention and human sexuality. Topics vary.
961 COUNSELING THE GIFTED (3)
Overviews the special social/emotional needs of gifted children and youth. Focuses on techniques to help gifted children experience their emotions, and to develop awareness and understanding of themselves.
PREREQUISITE: ED 722 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
971 COUNSELING FOR LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT (4)
Developmental factors influencing the behavior of individuals across the life-span and the unique counseling strategies that are employed with clients in the human services at different points on the life-span continuum.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701, CNL 863, ED 751.
972 LEGAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES (4)
Surveys the various legal, professional, and ethical concerns most often encountered by human service providers.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701.
973 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS IN COUNSELING (4)
Focuses on studies of change, ethnic groups, subcultures, changing roles of women, sexism, urban and rural populations, and differing life patterns. Involves experiential and didactic material and looks at individual attitudes and beliefs.
PREREQUISITE: RHB 701.
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University of Switzerland’s CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS |
| CHE 401 Mass Transfer II | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 305 | |
| Quantitative treatment and design considerations of mass transfer operations such as humidification, liquid extraction, leaching, drying, multicomponent distillation, adsorption and membrane operation. |
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| CHE 402 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I | |
| Credits: 1, Class Hours:0, Lab Hours: 3, Offered: spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 202, CHE 414 | |
| Principles underlying momentum, mass and energy transfer and the applications of equipment used to accomplish such transfer. Written and oral reports are required. | |
| CHE 403 Chemical engineering Laboratory II | |
| Credits: 2, Class Hours:0, Lab Hours: 8, Offered: fall quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 305, CHE 402 | |
| Continuation of CHE 402. | |
| CHE 404 Kinetics and Reactor Design | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHEM 360 and CHE 304 | |
| Homogeneous kinetics, differential and integral data analysis, batch, mixed, and plug flow reactors, systems with multiple reactions and reactors, temperature and pressure effects. |
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| CHE 406 Chemical Engineering Design I | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 303, CHE 305 | |
| Generalized design calculations for chemical plants. Estimates of capital investment, operating costs, depreciation, taxes, alternative investments and optimization are covered. |
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| CHE 407 Chemical Engineering Design II | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 401, CHE 404, CHE 406, CHE 440 | |
| A major design problem is assigned so that each student may undertake the design of a chemical operation. The use of computer-aided equipment design and process simulation is introduced. |
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| CHE 408 Chemical Engineering Laboratory III | |
| Credits: 2, Class Hours:0, Lab Hours: 8, Offered: winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 403 | |
| Continuation of CHE 403 with emphasis on process control and kinetics. | |
| CHE 409 Professional Practice | |
| Credits: 1, Class Hours:1, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: spring quarter | |
| Topics on professional practice, project management, contemporary and global issues in the profession are discussed by students, faculty and outside speakers. | |
| CHE 414 Heat Transfer | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 202, CHE 301 | |
| Modes of heat transfer. Steady and unsteady state conduction. Solution of equations by computer methods. Principles of convective heat transfer. Forced convection inside tubes and ducts, across cylinders and spheres. Free convection from plates and cylinders. Condensation and boiling heat transfer. Heat exchangers. Introduction to radiation heat transfer. |
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| CHE 415 Materials Science and Engineering | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHEM 113 | |
| Introduces properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Atomic structure, crystal structure, and microstructure are used to explain observed chemical, and mechanical properties. Various classes of corrosion and methods of mitigating corrosion will be presented. Composite materials will be introduced. |
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| CHE 420 Consulting Engineering Seminar | |
| Credits: 2, Class Hours:2, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall quarter | |
| Prerequisite: Junior class standing | |
| Discusses problems in the field of consulting engineering. Seminars presented by practicing consulting engineers. | |
| CHE 440 Process Control | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 202 | |
| The mathematics of process dynamics, control system design, Laplace transforms, feedback control theory, characteristics of control elements, stability criteria, and frequency response. The course at times uses a personalized system of instruction format. |
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| CHE 441 Polymer Engineering | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, spring quarter | |
| Interrelation of polymer structure, properties and processing. Polymerization kinetics. Methods for molecular weight determination. Fabrication and processing of thermoplastic and thermosetting materials. Student projects. |
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| CHE 450 Air Pollution Control | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing | |
| An introduction to air pollution and its control with special emphasis on the engineering aspects. Discussions of meteorology, health effects, sources and types of pollution, industrial control technology. Student projects. |
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| CHE 461 Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: EM 301 or CHE 301 | |
| Physical-chemical unit operations pertinent to wastewater treatment such as membrane separations, filtration, coagulation, flocculation, ion exchange, carbon adsorption. Applications for unit operations from the chemical process industries are also covered. |
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| CHE 470 Safety, Health, and Loss Prevention | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: Junior or Senior | |
| Understanding Fundamentals of chemical process safety including toxicology, industrial hygiene, toxic release and dispersion models, fires and explosions, HAZOP analysis. Design of equipment to prevent fires and explosions. Risk assessment, including event and fault trees. |
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| CHE 490 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter, spring quarter | |
| Topics of current interest in chemical engineering. | |
| CHE 499 Directed Research | |
| Offered: fall, winter, spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: Permission of professor | |
| A special project is assigned to or selected by the student. The publication of research is encouraged. Variable credit. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credits. |
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| CHE 502 Transport Phenomena I | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0 | |
| Momentum Transport: viscosity; velocity distributions in laminar flow, the equations of change for isothermal systems, unsteady flow, turbulent flow, friction factors, macroscopic balances for isothermal systems. Energy Transport: thermal conductivity, temperature distributions in solids and in laminar flow, the equations of change for nonisothermal systems. |
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| CHE 503 Transport Phenomena II | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0 | |
| Energy Transport: multidimensional systems; macroscopic balances for nonisothermal systems. Mass Transport: fundamentals of ordinary diffusion, multicomponent diffusion, pressure and thermal diffusion, coupled heat and mass transfer, boundary layer analysis, turbulent transport, mass transfer coefficients, macroscopic balances. |
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| CHE 504 Advanced Reactor Design | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 404 | |
| Non-ideal flow, distribution functions, dispersion model, tanks in series model, noncatalytic fluid-solid reactions, heterogeneous fluid-fluid reactions, solid catalyzed fluid reactions. |
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| CHE 512 Petrochemical Processes | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 305 or consent of professor | |
| Multicomponent separation of petroleum by flash vaporization and by distillation. Catalytic processes for production of light petroleum products from heavier derivatives. Production of petrochemicals such as ethylene, methanol, and ammonia from natural gas. Group projects on refinery and petrochemical processes. Material balances and economic evaluations. Application of computer design packages and spreadsheets. |
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| CHE 513 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0 | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 304 | |
| Review of thermodynamic principles, thermodynamics of mixtures, phase equilibria, thermodynamics of chemical change, and thermodynamic analysis of physical and chemical processes. |
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| CHE 521 Advanced Chemical Engineering Computation | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0 | |
| The application of advanced mathematics to chemical engineering problems. The topics include: the formulation of the partial differential equations of kinetics and heat, mass and momentum transfer problems; series solution techniques (Frobenius, Bessel, Legendre); transform solution techniques (Laplace, Fourier); vector formulation of transport equations. |
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| CHE 540 Advanced Process Control | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0 | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 440 and consent of professor | |
| Control topics beyond those covered in CH 440. Topics will be selected from among the following: optimization, nonlinear control, adaptive control, multivariable systems, process dynamics, digital systems, system design. |
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| CHE 545 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall quarter | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 404 or consent of professor | |
| Survey course introducing biochemical terminology and processes. Review of microbiology and biochemistry. Enzyme kinetics, cellular genetics, biochemical transport phenomena, and design and operation of biochemical reactors. Emphasis on applying engineering principles to biochemical situations. |
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| CHE 546 Bioseparations | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0 | |
| Prerequisite: CHE 401 or consent of professor | |
| An introduction to biochemistry and microbiology will be followed by analysis of bioseparation processes. Filtration, centrifugation, adsorption, electrophoresis, and chromatography are the primary topics of the University of Switzerland’s course. Applications are emphasized. |
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| CHE 590 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering | |
| Credits: 4, Class Hours:4, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter, spring quarter | |
| Topics of current interest in chemical engineering. May be repeated. | |
| CHE 597 Special Projects in Chemical engineering | |
| Offered: fall, winter, spring quarter | |
| Prerequisite: Permission of professor | |
| A special project, or series of problems, or research problem is assigned to or selected by the student. A comprehensive report must be submitted at the conclusion of the project. Not to be used as a substitute for Ch 599, Thesis Research. Variable credit. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credits. |
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| CHE 598 Graduate Seminar | |
| Credits: 0, Class Hours:1, Lab Hours: 0, Offered: fall, winter, spring quarter | |
| Selected topics in chemical engineering are discussed by graduate students, faculty, and guest speakers. | |
| CHE 599 Thesis Research F, W, S | |
| Offered: fall, winter, spring quarter | |
| Graduate students only. Credits as assigned; however, not more than 12 credits will be applied toward the requirements of the M.S. degree. | |
Chemistry Graduate Courses
Each course description is followed by three numbers in parentheses representing Lecture Hours, Laboratory Hours, and Course Credits, respectively.
Regional and City Planning (RCPL)
2113 Introduction to the City (Crosslisted with Geography 2113). Cities and regions; cities and suburbs; housing for rich and poor; industry and commerce; transportation; public policies and urban politics; planning responses to urban problems. (Irreg.)
4003 The Global City and Planning Issues (Crosslisted with Geography 4003; Slashlisted with 5003). Prerequisite: English 1213 and junior standing. An introduction to the concept of globalization and its effects on cities, and the city planning issues related to those effects. Characteristics, theories, and strategies of city development are reviewed. Cities are observed from several perspectives: natural and built environment, governance, society, economics, and history. No student may earn credit for both 4003 and 5003. (Sp)
G4863 Environmental Impact Assessment (Crosslisted with Environmental Science 4863). Prerequisite: Environmental Science 3603 or graduate standing. Implementation of NEPA; description of environmental setting; prediction and assessment of impacts on physical-chemical, biological, cultural and socioeconomic environments; impact assessment methodologies; public participation; writing environmental impact statements. (Sp)
G5003 The Global City and Planning Issues (Crosslisted with Geography 5003; Slashlisted with 4003). Prerequisite: graduate standing. An introduction to the concept of globalization and its effects on cities, and the city planning issues related to those effects. Characteristics, theories, and strategies of city development are reviewed. Cities are observed from several perspectives: natural and built environment, governance, society, economics, and history. No student may earn credit for both 4003 and 5003. (Sp)
G5013 History and Theory of Urban Planning (Crosslisted with Political Science, Sociology 5013). Prerequisite: open to seniors in social science departments, civil engineering and architecture, and to graduate students in regional and city planning. An introductory course on the history and theory of contemporary planning, focusing on the physical, social, institutional and economic structure and dynamics of human settlements, and on the role and responsibilities of the professional planner. (F)
G5033 Sociology of Housing (Crosslisted with Sociology 5033). Prerequisite: 12 hours of sociology and graduate standing; open to graduate students in regional and city planning. A study of major developments in housing in the U.S. since 1860, including housing reform agitation, sociological problems, ecological patterns of housing areas, minimum standards for healthful housing, government intervention and its current role, and problems of providing adequate housing for different social groups. (F)
G5052 Planning Management. Prerequisite: 5013. Introduces concepts and techniques of effective planning management, and addresses the factors that affect planning such as politics, organizations, and ethics. (Irreg.)
G5113 Urban Planning Research Methods. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of professor. Introduces the basic research and statistical methods used by urban planners and related professions. The course emphasizes application of statistical methods to urban planning problems. (F)
G5173 Urban and Regional Analysis (Crosslisted with Economics 5173). Prerequisite: 5113 or equivalent. A lecture-seminar-problems-oriented course designed to acquaint the student with the scientific techniques used to analyze urban and regional social, economic, political and environmental problems. Oriented to reflect requirements for studies leading to the preparation of goals, policies and plans for urban and regional scale development. (Sp)
G5203 Urban Land Use Controls (Crosslisted with Political Science, Sociology 5203). Prerequisite: open to seniors in social sciences, architecture and civil engineering, and to graduate students in regional and city planning. A study of the historical development of property systems; of zoning law, ordinance preparation, and administrative procedures; of subdivision regulations and other codes used in the regulation and control of land use. (Sp)
G5213 Principles and Practice of Urban Planning (Crosslisted with Geography 5213). Prerequisite: open to seniors in social science departments, architecture and civil engineering, and to graduate students in regional and city planning. Examines the physical, social, economic, and public interest determinants of land use; the economic, population, and land use studies required to provide the basis for planning; space and location requirements and design characteristics for residential, commercial, industrial, and public uses of land; and the study of urban traffic as a function of land use in terms of structure and systems of movement. (Irreg.)
G5343 Urban Facilities Planning (Crosslisted with Architecture 5343). Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing. Long- and short-term considerations in urban facilities planning. Tactical facility planning and management in organizational environment; site, layout, economic criteria, human factors, facility planning-programming standards.
G5353 State and Local Public Finance and Budgeting Systems (Crosslisted with Political Science 5353). Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. An overview of the process and methods for local capital improvement programs and capital budget preparation, and an examination of the relationships between local development policies and fiscal decision making, including revenue potential. (Irreg.)
G5373 Transportation Economics (Crosslisted with Civil Engineering 5373). Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. Financial and economic aspects of transportation planning, with emphasis on highway and public mass transportation systems. Federal, state, and local financing and administration; practical analysis techniques; and related issues such as government policy and transit productivity. (Irreg.)
G5453 Public Mass Transportation Systems (Crosslisted with Regional and City Planning 5453). Prerequisite: 3884 or permission of professor. Service characteristics of the principal modes of public mass transportation with emphasis on urban transit (fixed-route bus, light rail, subways, commuter rail, paratransit, taxi); legislation and regulations; institutional structures; financing; need and demand studies; planning strategies; management; operations and record keeping; case studies of leading systems. (Irreg.)
G5463 Computer Mapping and GIS in Planning. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of professor. Introduces students to the regional and city planning application of microcomputer-based mapping and geographic information systems (G.I.S.) Laboratory (Irreg.)
G5483 Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (Crosslisted with Civil Engineering 5483). Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. Characteristics of urban and regional passenger and freight demand; travel demand forecasting methodologies; long- and short-range planning strategies; role of governments; characteristics of major modes of transport; decision-making strategies; case studies. (Sp)
G5493 Transportation and Land Development (Crosslisted with Civil Engineering 5493). Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. Study of interactions between land development activity and the transportation network. Application of planning and design techniques to manage the impacts of development upon the transportation system.
G5513 Subdivision and Planned Unit Development Planning. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Theories, concepts, and methods used to plan and assess the subdivision of land based on typical legal code requirements. Topics include legal requirements, human settlement issues, economic aspects, environmental analysis, infrastructure systems, land use, and city planning requirements of preliminary and final plats. (Sp)
G5515 Urban Planning Laboratory (Crosslisted with Landscape Architecture 5515). Prerequisite: 5213, 5613, enrollment in regional and city planning or permission of faculty. A laboratory course, using the problems system, designed to indicate both theoretical and practical solutions to planning problems, and to demonstrate some of the methodology, techniques, basic studies and skills which are employed in urban planning. Laboratory (Sp)
G5525 Comprehensive Regional and City Planning Project. Prerequisite: 5513 or 5515. Theories, concepts, and methods used to develop and implement a comprehensive regional or city plan. Topics include the methods to assess, analyze, plan and implement the elements of a comprehensive plan such as citizen participation, human settlement issues, demographics and economics, environmental factors, infrastructure systems, transportation systems, land use, community facilities, and typical legally mandated city planning processes. Laboratory (F)
G5596 Urban Planning Professional Project. Prerequisite: 5013, 5123, 5353, 5525. A terminal professional design or research project demonstrating comprehensive understanding and integrative capabilities in urban planning. Emphasis is placed on the elective concentration area. (F, Sp)
G5633 Urban Environmental Systems (Crosslisted with Civil Engineering 5633). Prerequisite: senior standing in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science or permission; for professional elective, graduate standing. Designed to bring together all of the physical elements of the urban system treated separately in civil engineering and environmental science such as water, sewage, watersheds, etc., into an organized system. The model and parameter of the elements are first described and then followed by the whole system, its goals, alternatives, components, arrangement, model of effectiveness and methods of forecasting. (Irreg.)
G5713 Urban Economic Development Planning. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of professor. An introductory course on planning for economic development in the United States at the local, substate and state level. Topics include organizing the economic development planning process, identifying appropriate development strategies, the role of different community components, business attraction and retention, infrastructure issues, industrial parks, financing, training, and programmatic assistance currently available. (Sp)
G5723 Community Development and Revitalization. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. An overview of community development, revitalization and preservation programs, their historical context, principles and procedures, current approaches and function in the planning process. Topics also include housing, public/private cooperation, financing methods, historic issues, legal context and case studies. Laboratory (F, Sp)
G5733 Real Estate Development in Urban Planning. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. A survey of the real estate development process that introduces the urban planner and other professions to the concepts and terminology of essential topics, beginning with site selection and including financing, zoning, forms of ownership, market feasibility, information resources, working with related professions, marketing and transferring ownership of property.
G5743 Urban Economics in Planning. Prerequisite: macro and micro economics or permission of professor. Characteristics of urban economics for planning and related professions with emphasis on factors influencing land values, growth in employment and income, and urban form and physical development. (Sp)
G5803 Solid Wastes Systems Planning (Crosslisted with Civil Engineering, Environmental Science 5803). Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing. Sorting and classification of solid wastes; size reduction; engineering aspects of solid waste disposal by sanitary landfills; composting and combustion; systems planning on solid waste management; industrial solid waste management. (Sp)
G5813 Environmental Planning Methods. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission. An introduction to the use of environment factors in the urban planning process. Current methodologies for minimizing detrimental environmental impacts are introduced and applied to case study examples. Alternative approaches are compared and contrasted.
G5823 Rural and Regional Planning. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of professor. Examines regional planning and the methods it utilizes. Explores issues of land use competition, federal and state land utilization policies, and other matters pertaining to rural regional environmental planning process. (Sp)
G5853 World Economic Development (Crosslisted with Economics 5853). Prerequisite: graduate standing. The economics of the developing nations; a review and analysis of common problems and issues. (Irreg.)
G5960 Directed Readings. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: enrollment in regional and city planning. Designed to permit the individual student to read extensively in one or more phases of urban or regional planning. (F, Sp, Su)
G5980 Research for Master’s Thesis. Variable enrollment, two to nine hours; maximum credit applicable toward degree, four hours. (F, Sp, Su)
G5990 Special Studies in Urban and Regional Planning. 2 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: enrollment in regional and city planning. May be repeated with change of subject matter; maximum credit 15 hours. A research problems course designed for the specific needs of students desiring intensive study in a specialized phase of urban or regional planning. Studies are provided in urban and regional analysis, community organization and action programs, and similar areas of concern. Laboratory (F, Sp, Su)
G6520 Field Studies. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: 5213, 5613, enrollment in regional and city planning or permission of faculty. Provides the individual student with practical experience in working on a professional faculty on a specific planning project. The design of the project and the faculty situation under which the student will work is carefully controlled to provide opportunity for significant and meaningful experience. (F, Sp, Su)
G6643 Urban Design Theory (Crosslisted with Architecture and Landscape Architecture 6643). Prerequisite: graduate standing. A survey of theory relevant to the urban design process, including social and behavioral concepts, visual and aesthetic theory, spatial and geographic factors of urban form. (Sp)
G6652 Urban Design Seminar (Crosslisted with Architecture 6652). Prerequisite: permission of professor. An advanced seminar in urban design problems through the means of an in-depth and on-site investigation and evaluation of significant national and international urban development projects. (Sp)
5344. CONSTRUCTION METHODS: FIELD OPERATIONS (3-0). Introduction to the methods, equipment, and management techniques used in the construction industry. Topics include equipment operating characteristics, job site safety, and field management. Prerequisites: consent of professor and IE 3312 or equivalent.
5345. INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION, MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION (3-0). This course is designed for engineers and managers involved in infrastructure development, sustainability, and replacement. Topics include inspection, evaluation, maintenance and rehabilitation alternatives for water distribution, waste and water collection, surface and sub-surface drainage, pavements, bridges and culverts.
Structures and Applied Mechanics
5301. ENERGY METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS (3-0). Minimum potential energy, principle of complementary energy. Castigliano’s Theorem, and variational principles. Also Hamilton’s principles and Lagrange’s equations. Credit not granted for both CE 5301 and EM 5324. Prerequisite: consent of professor.
5303. MATRIX METHODS FOR STRUCTURES (3-0). Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis by using matrix algebra. Credit not granted for both CE 4308 and CE 5303. Prerequisite: CE 3341.
5304. STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN LIGHT GAGE STEEL (3-0). Design course for cold formed steel structures. Includes post buckling, plate behavior of stiffened and unstiffened elements, columns, braced and unbraced beams, connectors, and shear diaphragms. Building Codes and related recommended practice documents. Prerequisite: CE 4348.
5305. COMPOSITE STRUCTURES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (3-0). A design synthesis course for fiber reinforced plastics in civil engineering structures. Topics include types of plastics and composites, structural behavior, analysis and design of flat sandwich structures, axially loaded members, beam-columns, and building connections. Building codes and related recommended practice documents. Prerequisite: CE 3341.
5306. STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN (3-0). The basic design course for steel structures emphasizing Load Resistant Factor Design Method. Topics include tension members, compression members, flexural members, and simple connections. Building Codes and related documents. Credit not granted for both CE 5306 and CE 4348. Prerequisite: CE 3341.
5307. STRUCTURAL TIMBER DESIGN (3-0). Covers grade and design properties of structural lumber; design criteria using timber; design of bending and compression members; connectors design; design of glued laminated timber, box beams, stressed-skin panels, shear walls, and trusses. Prerequisite: CE 3341.
5308. MASONRY STRUCTURES (3-0). Includes masonry unit types and grades, mortar types, reinforcing and connectors, and beam, column, arch, bearing wall design. Structural behavior and standard construction practices. Plain and reinforced masonry, building codes and recommended practice documents. Prerequisite: CE 3341.
5309. PRESTRESSED CONCRETE (3-0). Discussions concerning materials and methods used in prestressing; design of sections for flexure, shear, anchorage, and torsion; camber, deflections and cable layouts, simple spans, continuous beams, and prestressed tanks. Prerequisite: CE 4347.
5311. ADVANCED STEEL DESIGN (3-0). A design synthesis course for metal structures. Topics include beam columns, building connections, plastic design, rigid frame, and multistory building design. Building codes and related documents. Prerequisite: CE 4348.
5312. ADVANCED CONCRETE DESIGN (3-0). Includes structural components such as beams, columns, footings and walls using the ultimate strength method; truss model for shear and torsion, development and anchorage; structural systems such as continuous beams, slabs, slender columns, two-way slabs, yield-line theory and shear friction. Prerequisite: CE 4347.
5314. STEEL DESIGN II (3-0). Covers torsional design of beams, beams with web holes, composite design of beams, lateral-torsional buckling of beams, plate buckling, column design and behavior, frame stability, bracing requirements for compression members. Prerequisite: CE 4348.
5315. ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3-0). Analysis of stresses and strains at a point, stress-strain relationships, stresses due to various leading conditions, theories of failure, energy methods, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, torsion and buckling problems. Credit not granted for both CE 5315 and CE 4324. Prerequisite: CE 3311.
6351. ADVANCED THEORY OF STRUCTURES (3-0). Continuation of Theory of Structures I. Study of the theory of arches, rings, tanks, and other circular structures, cable supported systems,
and long span continuous structures, classical methods, and energy methods. Prerequisite: CE 5302 or consent of professor.
6352. FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR STRUCTURES (3-0). Structural stiffness, finite elements of a continuum, plane stress and strain, axi-symmetric stress analysis, element shape functions, and various applications. Prerequisite: CE 5303.
6353. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (3-0). Equation of motion, free vibration of structural systems, structural response to forcing functions, numerical evaluation of dynamic responses for single and multi degree of freedom systems, dynamic response of linear, nonlinear, and inelastic multi degree of freedom structural systems. Prerequisite: CE 5303 or consent of professor.
Transportation
5330. CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAFFIC (3-0). The fundamental elements of trafficthe driver, the vehicle, and the roadwayare considered and then extended into studies of streams of traffic flow. Techniques of conducting traffic engineering studies, including methods of measuring speed, volume, and density, are covered along with methods for the determination of capacity on freeways and rural highways (uninterrupted flow facilities). Parking and accident studies are also included. Prerequisite: CE 3302.
5331. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING OPERATIONS (3-0). Methods of traffic regulation and control optimization. Traffic laws, motorist communication by means of traffic control devices, and the design
and operation of both fixed time and actuated traffic signals at intersections. Analysis and design techniques for intersections using capacity and level of service concepts. Credit will not be granted for both CE 4313 and 5331. Prerequisite: CE 3302.
5332. HIGHWAY DESIGN (3-0). Geometric considerations necessary for the design of city streets, highways, and freeways such as the cross sections, vertical and horizontal alignment, sight distances and stopping distances. Includes the design of maneuver areas, channelization, ramps, intersections, and interchanges. Credit will not be granted for both CE 4312 and 5332. Prerequisite: CE 3302.
5333. TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (3-0). Control algorithms and optimization of splits, offsets, and cycle lengths for arterial progression and traffic signals in networks; computer simulation techniques; problem solving with computer simulation and optimization packages; freeway control using ramp meters and dynamic motorist communications. Prerequisites: CE 5331.
5335. AIRPORT ENGINEERING (3-0). Airport master planning, for forecasting air travel demand, airside capacity, passenger terminal design, air traffic control, land access planning and design, landside operations, air cargo facility design. Prerequisite: CE 3302.
5336. PAVEMENT DESIGN (3-0). Principles and theoretical concepts of rigid and flexible pavements for highways and airfields; effects of traffic loads, natural forces, and material quality; current design practices (including bituminous mixture design and pavement foundation design); and pavement management systems. Prerequisites: CE 3302, 3261, and 3343.
5337. URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (3-0). Theory and application of a comprehensive urban transportation planning methodology. Basic studies of population dynamics, urban growth, land use, forecasting trip generation and distribution, traffic assignment, mode split, evaluation, simulation models, characteristics of mass transit and other non-auto modes, and system design and evaluation. Credit will not be granted for both CE 4311 and 5337. Prerequisite: CE 3302 or consent of professor.
6306. PUBLIC TRANSIT PLANNING AND OPERATION (3-0). Theory and application of technologies used for transit demand analysis, routing, scheduling, evaluation, crew assignment, maintenance strategies, and management. Land-use impact on public transit policy and operation is also introduced. Prerequisite: consent of professor.
6308. ANALYTICAL MODELS IN TRANSPORTATION (3-0). Development and analysis of mathematical models in transportation. Topics include travel demand, trip generation, distribution, mode choice, assignment, plan evaluation, spatial distribution, traffic control and flow models; principles of behavioral, econometric, deterministic, probabilistic, and chaotic simulation models, and their applications. Prerequisite: CE 5337 or consent of professor.
6309. TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY (3-0). Speed, density relationships of vehicular traffic flow; statistical aspects of traffic events and queuing processes; deterministic models and simulation models of traffic flow behavior; applications of flow theory to traffic problem solutions. Prerequisite: consent of professor.
Environmental
5316. WATER SUPPLY AND TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN (3-0). Theory and design of community water supply systems. Design of treatment facilities, equipment selection and distribution network, and cost estimates. Credit not granted for both CE 4356 and CE 5316. Prerequisites: CE 3131 and 3334.
5317. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN (3-0). Effluent quality standards, and theory and design of wastewater treatment plants. Design and layout of wastewater treatment systems using manufacturers’ catalogs, and cost estimates. Credit not granted for both CE 4357 and CE 5317. Prerequisites: CE 3131 and 3334.
5318. PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSES I (3-0). Principles of unit process modeling using reactor and kinetic theory, and theory and design of mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, gas transfer, adsorption, ion exchange, and disinfection. Prerequisites: CE 3131 and 3334 or consent of professor.
5319. PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSES II (3-0). Principles of water chemistry applied to the theory and design of unit processes including coagulation, precipitation, corrosion, oxidation-reduction, and membrane processes. Prerequisite: CE 3131 and CE 3334 or consent of professor.
5320. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (3-0). Technical aspects of current practices and new developments in the management of solid waste facilities. Theory and design of solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recovery, and reuse systems. Prerequisite: CE 3131 and CE 3334 or consent of professor.
5321. ENGINEERING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS (3-0). Fundamental principles of engineering science applicable to the comprehension and design of engineered environmental systems. Includes water and air quality indices; kinetic and reactor theory; mass and energy balances; fluid system theory; and applications of physical, chemical and biological processes in the design of engineered environmental systems. May not be used to satisfy any of the requirements for a graduate degree in Civil Engineering. Prerequisites: PHYS 1442, CHEM 1302, 1284, MATH 2325.
5325. BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES (3-0). Biological processes used in water quality control. Includes principles from microbiology and biochemistry applied to suspended and attached growth systems. Prerequisite: CE 5318.
5328. AIR POLLUTION (3-0). Introduction to the field of air pollution, including air pollution law and types, sources, and effects of air pollutants. The ideal gas law and the atmosphere; properties of atmospheric particulates and gases. Emphasis on design of gaseous and particulate collection systems, including cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, scrubbers, incinerators, adsorption and absorption systems. Introduction to air pollutant dispersion modeling. Credit not granted for both CE 5328 and CE 4350. Prerequisite: CE 3131 and CE 3334 or consent of professor.
5329. ENVIRONMENTAL RISK BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION (3-0). Process for the assessment and response to contamination; integrating risk and exposure practices to ensure protection of human health and environment. Includes characterization, EPA tier approach, general aspects of toxicology, dose exposure, pathways, receptors, migration and risk assessment. Prerequisite: Consent of professor.
6323. HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (3-0). Sources, chemistry, monitoring, and classifications of hazardous wastes. Discussion of environmental hazards, legal aspects, transportation, detoxification, storage, and disposal and incineration. Prerequisite: CE 5318 or consent of professor.
6324. DISPERSION MODELING (3-0). Review of air pollution meteorology; pollutant dispersion calculations; utilizing Gaussian dispersion models; point, line, and area source dispersion calculations; multipoint source dispersion models utilizing computerized models; modeling results application to federal and state regulations. Prerequisite: CE 5328 or consent of professor.
6326. INDUSTRIAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE (3-0). Specialized physical, chemical, and biological treatment schemes required to treat specific industrial and hazardous wastes. Pretreatment regulations, individual industries, and combined municipal and industrial waste treatment. Prerequisites: CE 5325 or consent of professor.
6328. MODELING OF NATURAL WATER SYSTEMS (3-0). Ecological response of lakes, reservoirs, streams, estuaries, and wetlands from point and nonpoint discharges. Mathematical models for water quality prediction and planning examined and developed. Prerequisites: CE 5319 unless waived by professor, and CE 5325.
6329. ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONTROL PROCESSES (2-3). Standard laboratory techniques for unit operations and processes in environmental engineering. Advanced environmental engineering theories and practices, research topics, and methods. Prerequisites: CE 5325 or consent of professor.
Geotechnical
5363. CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF SOILS (3-0). Fundamental aspects of elasto-plastic behavior of soils along axisymmetric stress paths, shear strength of soils in light of critical state soil mechanics, and constitutive models to predict soil response under saturated and partially saturated conditions, including Cam Clay and modified Cam Clay models. Prerequisites: CE 3343 or consent of professor.
5364. FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (3-0). The design, construction, and performance of footings, rafts, and piles founded on or in sands, clays, silts, stratified soils, and weak rock. Includes the influence of various geologic terrain on selecting foundation type and constructability, in-situ investigations to determine material design parameters, bearing capacity, and settlement of foundations. Credit not granted for both CE 5364 and CE 4321. Prerequisite: CE 3343 or consent of professor.
5365. THEORETICAL SOIL MECHANICS (3-0). Theory of consolidation, magnitude, time rate, pore pressure dissipation with variable construction rate and layered soils. Secondary compression, preconsolidation, and preloading. Shear strength of soil. Critical state soil mechanics, dilation and strain-softening in drained shear, pore pressure response in undrained shear, including static liquefaction. Prerequisite: CE 3343 or consent of professor.
5366. SOIL DYNAMICS (3-0). Fundamental aspects of mechanical behavior and characterization of soils and earth structures subjected to dynamic loads, including wave propagation in soils, dynamic soil properties, liquefaction of soils, dynamic bearing capacity of shallow foundations, seismic design of retaining walls, and seismic slope stability. Prerequisites: CE 2312 and CE 3343, or consent of professor.
5367. DESIGN OF EARTH STRUCTURES (3-0). Study of the states of stress and analysis techniques associated with cuts, fills, and retaining structures. Includes slope stability, embankment reinforcement, conventional and reinforced earth retaining walls, excavation bracing, and sheetpile wharf structures. Prerequisite: CE 5365 or consent of professor.
5368. UNSATURATED SOIL MECHANICS (3-0). Fundamental aspects of the mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils, including stress and volumetric state variables, matrix suction measurements and soil-water characteristic curves, shear-strain-strength and volume change responses, and suction-controlled laboratory testing techniques. Prerequisites: CE 3343 or consent of professor.
5370. EXPERIMENTAL SOIL MECHANICS (2-3). Experimental studies of soil behavior, soil properties and their test methods which include consolidation, direct shear, static triaxial, and other advanced geotechnical laboratory tests, instrumentation and measurement techniques, design of laboratory experiments and introduction to in situ test methods. Prerequisites: CE 3343 or consent of professor.
5371. SOIL BEHAVIOR (3-0). Fundamental aspects of soil behavior, bonding, crystal structure, surface characteristics, clay mineralogy, soil-water movement, fabric, effective stress concepts,
conduction phenomena, consolidation, and shear strength. Prerequisite: consent of professor.
5372. GEOSYNTHETICS (3-0). Geosynthetics properties and testing, design of geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, and geomembranes for applications in separation, pavement, embankment and retaining wall reinforcement, soil stabilization, filtration, drainage and liquid barrier, construction guidelines and case histories. Prerequisites: CE 3343 or consent of professor.
5373. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY (3-0). Physical and chemical principles of clays, clay mineralogy, coupled flow, hydraulic conductivity, in situ and laboratory tests, chemical transport, adsorption of chemicals, compacted soil liners, geomembrane liners, leachate collection and removal systems, cover systems, other soil remediation methods. Prerequisites: CE 5371 or consent of professor.
5374. EXPANSIVE SOILS (3-0). Study of expansive soils, classification, site characterization, identification tests, soil classification methods, heave prediction, shallow and deep foundations design on expansive soils, treatment methods, remedial measures. Prerequisites: CE 5365 or consent of professor.
6311. ADVANCED FOUNDATION DESIGN (3-0). Subsurface investigations; advanced design of mat foundations, retaining walls, reinforced retaining walls, anchor tie-backs, driven piles, and piers; destructive and non-destructive tests on deep foundations; group piles, laterally loaded piles, and design of foundations in expansive soils. Prerequisites: CE 4321 or consent of professor.
6312. IN-SITU TESTING (3-0). Site characterization, in-situ testing procedures and soil property interpretation methods for standard penetration tests, cone penetration tests utilizing friction cone, piezocone, and seismic cone, dilatometer, vane shear, pressure meter, and bore hole shear tests, non-destructive tests for pavement subgrade characterization. Prerequisite: CE 5370 or consent of professor.
Water Resources
5347. SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY (3-0). Elements of hydrometeorology, infiltration, soil moisture, hydrographs, rainfall runoff relationships, and effects of these factors with regard to water resources, urban watersheds, flood control, and environmental issues. Prerequisite: CE 4331 or consent of professor. 5348. GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY (3-0). Hydrology and hydrogeology of groundwater to include aquifer and vadose properties and measurements, basic flow systems and solutions, well systems, elementary contaminate transport, water quality, recharge, subsidence, flow system analysis, flow nets, and leaky aquifers. Prerequisite: CE 4331 or consent of professor. 5352. WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN (3-0). Water supply, distribution and drainage infrastructure design for urban, transportation, airport and agricultural uses. Topics include inlet/outlet structures, culverts, retention and detention storage, soil loss, pump stations, etc. Credit not granted for both CE 4359 and CE 5352. Prerequisites: CE 4331 or consent of professor. 6314. STORMWATER MODELING (3-0). Hydrologic modeling methods and issues, urban watershed modeling, methods of system analysis; analysis of hydrologic components as linear and nonlinear systems, watershed response, kinematic wave; and model parameters optimization. Prerequisites: CE 5346 and 5347.
Infrastructure
5344. CONSTRUCTION METHODS: FIELD OPERATIONS (3-0). Introduction to the methods, equipment, and management techniques used in the construction industry. Topics include equipment operating characteristics, job site safety, and field management. Credit not granted for both CE 5344 and CE 4332. Prerequisites: consent of professor and IE 3312 or equivalent. 5345. INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION, MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION (3-0). This course is designed for engineers and managers involved in infrastructure development, sustainability, and replacement. Topics include inspection, evaluation, maintenance and rehabilitation alternatives for water distribution, waste and water collection, surface and sub-surface drainage, pavements, bridges and culverts.
Directed Studies in Civil Engineering
5191, 5391. ADVANCED STUDIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. Individual studies of advanced topics under the supervision of a professor or professors. Prerequisite: consent of professor. Graded P/F/R.
5193. MASTER’S COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION (1-0). Directed study, consultation, and comprehensive examination over coursework leading to the Master of Engineering degree in civil engineering. Required of all Master of Engineering students in the semester they plan to graduate. Graded P/F/R.
5300. TOPICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (3-0). Topics of current interest in the field of civil engineering. The subject title is listed in the class schedule and in the student’s record. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit when topic changes. Prerequisite: consent of professor.
5395, 5695. MASTER’S PROJECT. Non-thesis master’s degree candidates with approval to include a project in their program. Graded P/F/R. Prerequisite: consent of professor and approval of Civil Engineering Graduate Advisor.
5398, 5698. THESIS. Research and preparation pertaining to the master’s thesis. 5398 graded R/F only; 5698 graded P/F/R.
6197, 6297, 6397, 6697, 6997. RESEARCH IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. Individual supervised research projects. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: consent of professor and approval of Civil Engineering Graduate Advisor. Graded P/F/R.
6300. ADVANCED TOPICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (3-0). Topics of current interest in the field of civil engineering. The subject title is listed in the class schedule and in the student’s record. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit when topic changes. Prerequisite: consent of professor.
6391. ADVANCED PROJECTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. Projects using and developing emerging technology. Prerequisite: consent of professor and approval of Civil Engineering graduate advisor. Graded P/F/R.
6399,6699,6999. DISSERTATION. Preparation of a doctoral dissertation in civil engineering. Prerequisite: admission to candidacy for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. 6399 and 6699 graded R/F only; 6999 graded P/F/R.
A limited number (not to exceed a total of nine semester hours) of the following courses may be applicable toward a graduate degree if approved in advance by the Civil Engineering Graduate Advisor.
4311. URBAN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
4312. STREET AND HIGHWAY DESIGN
4313. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
4321. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
4324. MECHANICS OF MATERIALS II
4332. CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND MANAGEMENT
4348. STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN METALS
4350. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
4356. DESIGN OF MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
4357. DESIGN OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
4358. OPEN CONDUIT SYSTEMS
4359. WATER RESOURCES DESIGN
Course Descriptions
Note or equivalent are prerequisite for all advanced courses.
BIOL 501 – (4) (Y)
Biochemistry
Prerequisite: permission of professor
Study of the structure and function of the major chemical constituents of cells—proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and carbohydrates—and their relationship to cellular metabolism and self-replication. Lectures and discussion.
BIOL 504 – (4) (IR)
Advanced Cell Biology
Prerequisites:or BIOL 501 and permission of professor
Study of the structure, development, and function of plant and animal cells as demonstrated by modern studies in molecular biology, cell fine structure, and genetics. Lectures and discussion.
BIOL 505 – (3) (IR)
Temporal Organization of Living Systems
Prerequisites: or graduate standing
Study of biological cycles at several levels of organization. Explores both the adaptive significance of biological cycles and the mechanisms that generate them, emphasizing unanswered questions and unresolved issues.
BIOL 508 – (4) (Y)
Developmental Mechanisms
Prerequisites: permission of professor
An analysis of the cellular and molecular basis of developmental phenomena, reviewing both classical foundations and recent discoveries. Lectures focus on the major developmental systems used for analysis of embryogenesis (for example, mouse, frog and fly) and concentrate on several themes that pervade modern research in this area (e.g., signal transduction mechanisms). Readings are mainly from the primary research literature, but are supplemented by textbook assignments as well. Lectures and discussion.
BIOL 509 – (2) (SI)
Current Topics in Plant Molecular Biology
Prerequisites: permission of professor
A discussion of current literature and selected topics on the biochemical and molecular genetic basis for plant cellular growth and differentiation. Weekly readings and student presentations.
BIOL 512 – (3) (Y)
Comparative Biochemistry
Prerequisites: Organic chemistry, permission of professor
Examination of the biochemical adaptations which have arisen in organisms in response to physiological demands. Topics drawn from recent advances made in elucidating molecular mechanisms of metabolic regulation.
BIOL 517 – (3) (SI)
Electronics for Biologists
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
Consideration of electronics and electronic design for the biologist. Covers both analog and digital circuits, emphasizing the design of equipment useful for the biological laboratory. One class hour, five laboratory hours.
BIOL 536 – (3) (Y)
Techniques in Light and Electron Microscopy
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
Topics include elementary theory of light and electron optics, theory and practice of specimen preparation, interpretation of micrographs, scientific photography, and use of specialized techniques such as tracer methods, immunocytochemistry, morphometric analysis, and image enhancement techniques. Laboratory sessions demonstrate techniques and instruments available in the department.
BIOL 540 – (3) (IR)
Sensory Neurobiology
Prerequisite
In-depth examination of the organization and physiology of the diverse sensory systems found in vertebrate and non-vertebrate animals. Focuses on the functional rationale for receptor organization and the manner in which the central nervous system processes incoming sensory information. Emphasizes visual, auditory, somatosensory, and electrosensory information processing, primarily in vertebrates.
BIOL 701 – (3) (Y)
Evolutionary Biology
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
Exploration of an evolutionary approach to population ecology and ecological genetics. Topics include the principles of natural selection and the evolution of the phenotype, population regulation and life history evolution, mating systems, speciation, and phylogeny reconstruction.
BIOL 711, 712 – (1-4) (Y)
Independent Study in Biology
A member of the biology faculty must supervise and approve all components of this course. The student must take and pass one or more courses offered by the Department of Biology at the 300 level or above. In addition, for each course taken, the student writes at least a 10-page paper on a topic relevant to the University of Switzerland’s course. Prior approval of the topic must be obtained from the faculty advisor. The number of credits to be earned is designated by the faculty advisor prior to enrollment.
BIOL 714 – (4) (IR)
Plant Cell Physiology
Prerequisites:or permission of professor
An in-depth analysis of cell structure and metabolic activity during plant cell growth and differentiation. Emphasizes understanding the biochemical and molecular genetic factors regulating important plant and cellular physiological activities.
BIOL 723 – (3) (Y)
Animal Physiology
A diversity of examples are used to identify general principles in physiological adaptation of animals to environmental challenges.
BIOL 747 – (3) (IR)
Light in Biological Systems
Advanced laboratory course providing upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate students with an intensive examination of the role light plays in controlling diverse biological activities. Through a series of laboratory exercises students receive instruction on the theories and principles underlying the detection and measurement of light quality and quantity, and the analytical instruments and procedures used to probe structure-function relationships in macromolecules, the effects of light on cellular physiology, and light as a stimulus in controlling behavior. Topics includes absorption and difference spectroscopy, structure and biology of mammalian photoreceptors, action spectra of photoreceptors, UV sensitivity and repair mechanisms, and chromatic adaptation. In addition to preset laboratory exercises, students design and implement their own experiments examining some aspect of photobiology. Additional reading and papers are required for the graduate-level course.
BIOL 801 – (2) (Y)
Colloquium in Developmental Biology
Prerequisite: Permission of faculty
Student reports covering various aspects of development are presented for discussion. The direction taken by the University of Switzerland’s course changes each year so that this course may be taken repeatedly for credit. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 802 – (2) (Y)
Colloquium in Physiology
Prerequisite: Permission of faculty
Student reports covering various aspects of physiology are presented for discussion. The direction taken by the University of Switzerland’s course changes each year so that this course may be taken repeatedly for credit. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 803 – (2) (Y)
Colloquium in Genetics
Prerequisite: Permission of faculty
Student reports covering various aspects of genetics are presented for discussion. The direction taken by the University of Switzerland’s course changes each year so that this course may be taken repeatedly for credit. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 804 – (2) (Y)
Colloquium in Biology
Prerequisite: Permission of faculty
In this interdisciplinary course student reports covering various topics that cross development, genetics, and physiology are presented for discussion. Direction taken by this course changes each year so this course may be taken repeatedly for credit. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 805 – (4) (Y)
General and Molecular Genetics
Study of the organization, transmission, function, and regulation of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes. (This course is cross-listed as MICR 805 and is cooperatively taught with microbiology faculty members.)
BIOL 806 – (2) (IR)
Colloquium in Neurobiology
Prerequisite: or permission of professor
Readings and student seminar preparations in neurobiology, usually organized around one coherent topic, which changes from year to year. Examine topics of timely experimental and theoretical importance in the areas of membrane physiology, synaptology, simpler neuronal networks, cellular basis of behavior, sensory physiology, and developmental neurobiology. Two hours of seminar presentations.
BIOL 807 – (2) (IR)
Colloquium in Population Biology
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
The colloquium is arranged around a current topic in population biology. The direction taken by this course changes each year so that this course may be taken repeatedly for credit. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 811 – (5) (Y)
Gene Structure, Expression, and Regulation
A study of the molecular biology of bacterial and eukaryotic cells, emphasizing the application of recombinant DNA for elucidation of gene structure, the mechanism of gene expression, and its regulation. (Course is cross-listed asand is cooperatively taught with microbiology faculty members.)
BIOL 814 – (2) (SI)
Developmental Genetics
An analysis of the role of genes in development and an examination of the idea of differential gene action during development. Discussion sessions.
BIOL 817 – (4) (Y)
Neurophysiology
Analysis of nerve and muscle function. Topics include Nernst and Goldman theories of biological membrane potentials; Hodgkin-Huxley theory of the nerve impulse; passive electrical properties of nerve and muscle membranes; analysis of function in restricted neural networks; and mechanisms in neuronal development. Lectures and discussions.
BIOL 820 – (3) (Y)
Structure and Regulation of Eukaryotic Genes
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
An in-depth discussion of the structure, regulation, and evolution of eukaryotic genes including a review of current literature and ideas in this field.
BIOL 825, 826 – (1) (Y)
Analysis of Current Biological Literature
Oral presentation and analysis of research articles. Required of all first-year graduate students in biology. Includes presentations.
BIOL 841 – (4) (Y)
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Prerequisite:
The structure and regulation of prokaryotic, eukaryotic and viral genes are examined at the molecular level. Experimental approaches in molecular biology that address mechanisms of replication, transcription, RNA processing and translation are emphasized. Discussion of current advances in genetic research. Three lecture hours and one hour discussion section.
BIOL 849 – (2) (IR)
Advanced Drosophila Genetics
Prerequisite: or equivalent
Examines the repertoire of sophisticated genetic techniques available in Drosophila. Topics include segregation and use of translocation heterozygotes in the generation of segmental anueploids; segregation and use of compound chromosomes including their use in the half-tetrad analysis of gene conversion events; a survey of the large variety of methods for making mosaics; methods for P-element induced mutagenesis including site directed mutagenesis; P-element mediated transformation; the use of enhancer traps.
BIOL 880 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Genetics
Reports from the recent literature on the nature of the gene and gene action. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 881 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Evolution
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
A study of current problems in the evolution of living organisms with reviews of the recent literature. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 882 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Developmental Biology
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
A discussion of current problems.
BIOL 884 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Physiology
A discussion of current problems.
BIOL 885 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Molecular Genetics
A seminar on current problems in molecular genetics with reports from the recent literature. Conference one day a week.
BIOL 886 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Cell Biology
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
A discussion of current problems.
BIOL 887 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Developmental Genetics
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
A discussion of current problems.
BIOL 888 – (2) (SI)
Selected Topics in Biochemistry
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
A discussion of current problems.
BIOL 890 – (3) (SI)
Selected Topics in Developmental Botany
Prerequisite: Permission of professor
A discussion of current problems.
BIOL 897 – (3-12) (S)
Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
BIOL 898 – (3-12) (S)
Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
BIOL 901, 902 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Genetic Development
BIOL 903, 904 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Yeast Genetics
BIOL 907, 908 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Molecular Genetics
BIOL 909, 910 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Developmental Biology
BIOL 911, 912 – (1-12) (S)
Research on Protein Structure
BIOL 915, 916 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Biochemistry
BIOL 923, 924 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Neuroethology of Electric Fish
BIOL 925, 926 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Population Biology
BIOL 927, 928 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Plant Physiology
BIOL 929, 930 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Plant Biology
BIOL 933, 934 – (1-12) (S)
Research in the Circadian Organization of Vertebrates
BIOL 935, 936 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Cell Structure and Function
BIOL 937, 938 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Gene Expression During Development
BIOL 939, 940 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Behavior Neuroendocrinology
BIOL 945, 946 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Evolutionary Biology
BIOL 947, 948 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Neurophysiology and Developmental Neurobiology
BIOL 951, 952 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Cell Structure and Function
BIOL 963, 964 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Drosophila Neurobiology
BIOL 965, 966 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Ecological Genetics
BIOL 967, 968 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Animal Cell Growth
BIOL 977, 978 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Molecular Aspects of Development
BIOL 979, 980 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Development and Function of Neuronal Networks
BIOL 981, 982 – (1-12) (S)
Research in Developmental Genetics and Morphogenesis
BIOL 983, 984 – (1-12) (S)
Research in the Neurophysiological Basis of Circadian Rhythms
BIOL 991, 992 – (4) (Y)
Rotation Research
Required of all first-year graduate students in biology.
BIOL 996 – (1-12) (S)
Research
BIOL 997 – (1-12) (S)
Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
BIOL 999 – (1-12) (S)
Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Each course states the number of semester credits assigned to the University of Switzerland’s course, preceded in parentheses by the number of hours in class (contact hours) expected of the student. The first of the two contact-hour numbers indicates the number of lecture or recitation class hours per week for the semester. The second is the number of laboratory or studio hours required per week. Within each course description may be found one or more of the following letters: F. S. SS., indicating which term — fall, spring, summer session — of the academic year the University of Switzerland’s course is offered. All 600 level Com S courses (excluding Com S 610) will be offered on an alternate year basis. A course number followed by a “DL” means the University of Switzerland’s course is dual listed with the indicated course. Com S 610 Seminar. Cr. arr. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. Com S 611 Advanced Topics in Analysis of Algorithms. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S, offered 1999. Prereq: 511, 531. Advanced algorithm analysis and design techniques. Graph algorithms, algebraic algorithms, NP-completeness, probabilistic and parallel algorithms, intractable problems. Com S 612 Parallel and Distributed Algorithms. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S, offered 2000. Prereq: 511 or 531. An advanced course in the theory of parallel and distributed computation. Models of computation, Algorithm paradigms and analysis, Lower Bounds and Impossibility results. Parallel Sorting, Graph, Geometric, Algebraic, and Number-theoretic Algorithms. The Parallel Computation Thesis. P-Complete Problems and the class NC. Synchronous, asynchronous, and Partially Timed Distributed Systems. Consensus, Mutual Exclusion, and Resource Allocation. Wait-free Register Implementations. Shared Memory and Network models. Fault-tolerance. Randomized Computation.
Com S 624 Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S, offered 2000. Prereq: 524. Current topics in computer architecture design and implementation. Advanced pipelining, cache and memory design techniques. Interaction of algorithms with architecture models and implementations. Tradeoffs in architecture models and implementations. Com S 625 Issues in Parallel Programming and Performance. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S, offered 1999. Prereq: 511, 524. Parallel solutions of numerical and non-numerical problems, implementation of parallel programs on parallel machines, performance and other computational issues in parallel programming. Com S 631 Computational Complexity. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 531. Advanced study in the quantitative theory of computation. Time and space complexity of algorithmic problems. The structure of P, NP, PH, PSPACE, and other complexity classes, especially with respect to resource-bounded reducibilities and complete problems. Complexity relative to auxiliary information, including oracle computation and relativized classes, randomized algorithms, advice machines, Boolean circuits. Kolmogorov complexity and randomness. Com S 632 Circuit Complexity and Parallel Complexity. (3-0) Cr. 3 Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 531. An advanced course in the complexity of Boolean functions and parallel computation. General circuits, bounded-depth circuits, threshold circuits, and monotone circuits. Parallel complexity, including uniform circuits, alternating Turing machines, and parallel RAMs. Additional topics chosen from communication and sorting networks, communication complexity, VLSI complexity, cellular automata, neural networks, and general purpose parallel architectures. Com S 633 Randomness in Computation. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 531. Advanced study of the role of randomness in computation. Randomized algorithms, random oracles, and probabilistic complexity classes. One-way functions and pseudorandom generators. Kolmolgorov complexity, algorithmic information theory, and algorithmic randomness. Applications chosen from cryptography, interactive proof systems, computational learning, lower bound arguments, mathematical logic, and the organization of complex systems. Com S 641 Semantic Models for Programming Languages. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 531, 541. Interpretive, denotational, and logically based models of semantics; application of semantics to program correctness, language specification, and translation. Com S 652 Topics in Distributed Operating Systems. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. Prereq: 552. Concepts and techniques for network operating systems: high-level languages and communication protocols, name and object management, concurrency control for consistent distributed data, design of reliable software, protection, performance analysis. Com S 661 Advanced Topics in Database Systems. (3.0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1998. Prereq: 561. Advanced topics chosen from the following list: Data dependencies. Data models. Query systems. Query optimization. Null values, partial information and database semantics. Acyclic database schemes. Concurrency control mechanisms. Distributed database systems. Logic and databases. Com S 672 Computational (Neural, Statistical, and Algorithmic) Models of Learning. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: ComS 572 or 472 or 474. Advanced study of artificial intelligence, neural, statistical, syntactic, evolutionary models and algorithms for machine learning. Inductive learning, classification, grammar induction, function approximation, program induction, inductive logic programming. Computational learning theory (PAC, maximum likelihood, minimum description length and related frameworks). Deductive learning, reinforcement learning, discovery and data mining. Selected applications.
Com S 673 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Modeling. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1999. Prereq: 572 or 472 or 474. Advanced study of selected topics from among the following: machine learning; neural networks; genetic algorithms, genetic programming, artificial life; intelligent agent architectures and robotics; cognitive modeling; computational learning theory; parallel and distributed architectures and algorithms for artificial intelligence.
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