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BA 3600 - Quality Management
Current quality control and management philosophy, concepts, and tools: strategic importance, philosophies of leading sages, practices (including ISO9000 standards and Baldrige award requirements), process-focused and result-focused tools as well as statistical process control.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Pre-Requisite(s): BA 2100 or MA 2710 or MA 2720 or MA 3710


BA 3620 - Project Management
Focuses on application of systems analysis to project definition and selection. Covers project teams, their structures, and interactions; cross-functional communication in technological project management; project management planning, scheduling, and control tools; project monitoring, evaluation, and termination; multiple project management and inter-project relations. Case study of new product process development. Requires case study reports.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore

BA 3700 - Organizational Behavior
Covers concepts of human relations and organizational behavior through the study of people's behavior at work. Develop understanding, attitudes, and skills leading to increased personal effectiveness.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman

EC 3400 - Economic Decision Analysis
Covers interest rate calculations, loan repayments, and decision making tools including rate of return, present annual worth, and benefit/cost ratio. Discusses project evaluation including depreciation, taxes and cash flows. Provides an understanding of the setting in which effective decisions are made: covers business organization, financial statements, risk and uncertainty, project and business financing, and capital budgeting.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following College(s): School of Business & Economics; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
Pre-Requisite(s): UN 2002

HU 3120 - Technical and Scientific Communication
A study of written and oral communication in technical and scientific environments; emphasizes audience, writing processes, genres of scientific and technical discourse, visual communication, collaboration, professional responsibility, clear and correct expression. Students write and revise several documents and give oral report(s). Computer Intensive.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
Pre-Requisite(s): UN 1002 or UN 1003

MET 4200 - Design of Experiments
This course provides basic knowledge required to develop statistical experiments to improve quality of process and products. The student will begin designing simple experiments and expand to apply advance principles to study interaction between variables. A strong foundation will be provided allowing the student to progress to Taguchi experimental design techniques.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
Pre-Requisite(s): MA 2720

MET 4460 - Product Design and Development
A treatment of design and development issues such as design for manufacturing, prototyping, industrial design, and customer needs. Presents integrated methodologies that examine marketing, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams. Includes concurrent engineering and projects utilizing CAD systems.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-2)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Pre-Requisite(s): MET 3450

MET 4500 - Lean Manufacturing, Principles, Concepts and Applications
Provides an understanding of current concepts required to implement lean manufacturing in various manufacturing and service sectors. Focus is on the essentials required to provide products and services that meet customer demand with reduced lead times, elimination of waste and safety improvements.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (2-0-2)
Semesters Offered: Spring - Offered alternate years beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Junior, Senior

MET 4580 - Facilities Planning, Layout and Process Flow
Course works through the basics of site selection, plant layout, disaster control, energy conservation, and pollution abatement. Attention will be given to equipment selection, strategy and material flow.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-1)
Semesters Offered: On Demand
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Senior

MET 4590 - Production Planning and Control
Course includes essential activities associated with both service sector and manufacturing activities required to forecast, schedule and determine functional requirements to produce a product or service.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: On Demand
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Senior

PH 1110 - College Physics I
An overview of basic principles of kinematics, dynamics, elasticity, fluids, heat, thermodynamics, mechanical waves, and interference and diffraction of mechanical waves.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering; May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Applied Physics, Physics
Pre-Requisite(s): (PH 1100(C) or PH 1161(C)) and (MA 1032 or MA 1031 or MA 1135(C) or MA 1140(C) or MA 1150(C) or MA 1160(C) or MA 1161(C))

PH 1111 - College Physics I Laboratory
Experiments covering kinematics, forces, conservation of momentum and energy, waves, and thermodynamics are explored through guided construction. The course provides inquiry-based laboratory experiences for concepts explored in PH1110.
Credits: 1.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-2)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering; May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Applied Physics, Physics
Co-Requisite(s): PH 1110

PH 1200 - Physics by Inquiry II
Experiments covering Coulomb's law, electric and magnetic fields, circuits, induction, and geometric optics are explored through guided construction. The course emphasizes understanding physical concepts through inquiry and the scientific method.
Credits: 1.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-2)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Pre-Requisite(s): PH 1100 or PH 1111 or PH 1161

PH 1210 - College Physics II
An overview of basic principles of static and dynamic electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves, reflection and refraction of light, interference and diffraction of light, special theory of relativity, wave theory of matter, particle theory of electromagnetic waves, theory of the atom, the nucleus, and elementary particles.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering; May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Applied Physics, Physics
Pre-Requisite(s): PH 1200(C) and PH 1110

MA 1032 - Data, Functions, & Graphs Plus
Review of algebra and trigonometry covering roots, radicals, factoring polynomial and rational expressions, equations and inequalities, functions and graphs, trigonometric graphs, identities and equations and inverse trigonometric functions.
Credits: 4.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-2)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

MA 2720 - Statistical Methods
Introduction to the design and analysis of statistical studies. Topics include methods of data collection, descriptive and graphical methods, probability, statistical inference on means, regression and correlation, and single variable ANOVA. Not open to students with credit in MA3710.
Credits: 4.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-4-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Mathematics
Pre-Requisite(s): MA 1020 or MA 1032 or MA 1031

TE 3956 - Industrial Safety Mangement
Occupational safety and health standards and codes. Hazard recognition, accident costs, accident prevention, ethics and administration.
Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Junior, Senior