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2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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ECE 336 - Electromagnetic Theory II Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 335
Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves, propagation, and radiation as a continuation of ECE 335. The course reviews general Maxwell’s equations in integral and differential form, and electromagnetic boundary conditions. Poynting’s theorem and Lorentz potentials are studied. Topics include the propagation of uniform plane electromagnetic waves in free space and in various media (including wave reflection and refraction, and skin effect), transmission-line theory using frequency- and time-domain analysis, analysis of waveguides and electromagnetic resonators, and fundamentals of radiation and antennas. Numerical techniques for radiation and scattering are introduced. Two laboratory experiments on transmission lines and waveguides are performed.
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ECE 350 - Algorithms Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 161; MTH 154 or MTH152; and ECE 355 or MTH 350
Computer algorithm design concepts, computational complexity, NP-completeness, and the design and analysis for efficient algorithms. Topics include data structures, sorting, graph, shortest path, depth first search, breadth first search, and network flow networks, computational geometry, dynamic programming, linear programming, parallel and distributed, and other state-of-the-art algorithms. The course includes group projects and presentations requiring students to design experiments to determine algorithms’ complexity as well as to design algorithms for problem solving.
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ECE 355 - Applied Discrete Structures Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: MTH 152 or MTH 154
Discrete mathematics useful to the computer engineer. Topics covered include Boolean algebra and sets, functions and relations, logic, mathematical reasoning and induction, counting, recursion, graphs, and trees. Applications in computer engineering are emphasized.
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ECE 367 - Operating Systems Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 161, ECE 257, and ECE 260
Operating system design and implementation using the specifics of current operating systems. The course covers file, process, memory and Input/Output management; multitasking, synchronization, and deadlocks; scheduling, and inter-process communication. Projects include team system’s programming assignments to investigate the kernel interface, files, processes, and inter-process communication for a current operating system. Cross-listed with ECE 565
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ECE 368 - Digital Design Credits 3
Lecture / 5 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 263
Synthesis of state machines including design, applications and implementation. Register transfer languages and ASM chart design methodologies. PLA, ROM-centered, and FPGA implementations. Specific applications to controllers and interface devices will be discussed. An FPGA based laboratory experience is included.
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ECE 369 - Computer Networks Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 201 and CIS 370 (or ECE 367)
Introduction to current networking methodologies. Backbone design, layered architecture, protocols, local and wide area networks, internetworking, broadband, electrical interface, and data transmission. Projects are included.
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ECE 370 - Design and Implementation of Real-Time Embedded Resource Management System Credits 3
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Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 161 and ECE 263
Principles of real-time and embedded systems operations and control applied to modern hardware platforms such as mobile and internet-of-things systems. As part of this course, embedded real-time design principles are introduced and linked to real-time resource management service issues impacting performance. Students construct real-time embedded resource management components and applications on representative platforms (e.g. handheld and mobile computers, autonomous systems, smart sensors, and others). An embedded real-time hardware/firmware laboratory experience is included.
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ECE 384 - Random Signals & Noise Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 320
Concepts of probability and statistics as they apply to random signals and their effect on system analysis and design. Topics covered include basic probability, random variables, probability density and distribution functions, joint distributions, conditional distributions, functions of a random variable, mean, variance, covariance, characteristic functions, random processes, correlation functions, power spectral density, linear systems, linear filters, systems that maximize signal-to-noise ratio, and selected applications and designs from communication theory, sonar and radar, and control theory.
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ECE 388 - Embedded Systems Design Project Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 263, computer engineering or electrical engineering majors
Provides students with a complete design experience from initial concept development through finished product, expanding on topics taught in ECE 202, ECE 260, ECE 263 and ECE 368. The course format is a hands on laboratory format (3 credits) with 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of lab. Students will develop their own designs, fabricate the design and formulate and carry out test strategies to validate design.
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ECE 396 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Requires the submission and approval of a detailed proposal that will become part of the student’s file. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECE 400 - Engineering Internship Credits 3
Practicum
Requirements: Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing; Submission of a detailed project proposal approved by the appropriate curriculum committee.
An electrical or computer engineering project performed under the joint supervision of an industrial or governmental sponsor and a faculty advisor. ECE 400 is an approved technical elective and may not be substituted for ECE 457/458 - Design Project I/II.
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ECE 401 - Undergrad Research I Credits 3
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: Senior ECE Standing
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature intended to develop research techniques, initiative, and self-reliance. Also, studies are conducted in areas not included in the formal course offerings. Admission to the course is based on a formal proposal endorsed by an advising professor. On the recommendation of the advising professor, the course may be extended for another three credits.
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ECE 403 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Topics of timely interest in electrical and computer engineering. Course content may change from year to year according to instructor’s preferences.
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ECE 413 - Introduction to VLSI Design Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 311
Introduction to design of Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (VLSI), taught at the transistor level. Computer tools are used to create and simulate integrated circuit layouts. Levels of design automation covered include Full Custom layout, Schematic Driven layout, Standard Cells and fully automated synthesis of HDL code. Students are required to complete a project that can be submitted for fabrication.
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ECE 414 - Introduction to Analog Integrated Circuit Design Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 413
Introduction to the design of CMOS analog integrated circuits (ICs), with occasional references to bipolar IC’s to make comparisons. Students are required to complete the design of a reasonably complex IC and make a class presentation of its design methodology and simulation results.
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ECE 424 - Introduction to Solid State Electronics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: PHY 112 or 114
Solid state device behavior. Among the topics covered are semiconductor fundamentals, p-n junction theory, and both the bipolar and the field effect transistor. Emphasis is placed on those transistor parameters that need to be considered in VLSI and microwave applications.
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ECE 431 - Antennas & Propagation Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 336
Solution of Maxwell's equations for radiation problems. Hertzian dipole as a fundamental radiation element is described. Radiation patterns, directivity, gain, antenna impedance, radiation efficiency, and antenna polarization are defined. The course reviews wire dipole antennas, loop antennas, antennas above ground plane, and corner reflector antennas. Topics include receiving antenna properties, antenna arrays, and microstrip patch and slot antennas. Rectangular horn antennas and parabolic reflector antennas are studied. Also discussed are ground-wave propagation and ionospheric propagation.
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ECE 432 - Wireless Communications Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 320
Introduction to the principles and practice of wireless communications. The course presents the concepts of frequency reuse and cellular structure and covers propagation effects, multipath fading, digital and analog modulation, diversity and equalization, multiple access, and wireless networks. The course also presents modern wireless systems and standards. The focus of the course is to understand wireless communications at a systems level and is designed as a senior elective for departmental majors. Basic understanding of electromagnetic wave propagation and communication theory is expected. The course includes a project related to new technological advances in wireless systems. Cross-listed with ECE 591
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ECE 433 - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 336
Vector analysis in a generalized orthogonal coordinate system. The course reviews basic electromagnetic-field theorems. Two- and three-dimensional boundary value problems are addressed and solution methods presented. Topics include wave propagation in multi-layer media and wave polarization. Waveguides with cylindrical conducting boundaries, special waveguide types, waveguide devices, cavity resonators, radiation, and scattering are also studied.
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ECE 435 - Microwave & RF Engineering Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 335
Review of transmission line theory. The concept of impedance transformation is presented. The characteristics of coaxial lines, waveguides, and microstrip lines are studied in detail. Propagation and impedance properties of these lines are derived. Smith charts are used for designing matching and tuning circuits. The use of S-parameters and the analysis of multi-port networks are presented. Passive multi-port devices such as microwave power couplers and dividers are described. The fundamentals of microwave and RF filters and resonators are discussed, and their implementation using microstrip lines and waveguides is also presented.
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ECE 436 - Wireless System Design Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 335
Design of microwave and RF wireless systems. Transmission line theory and network analysis are reviewed and the fundamentals of antenna theory are presented. Basic antennas such as dipoles, slots, and horns are covered. System noise and its description are discussed. Operational concepts of microwave detectors and mixers are presented. The design and analysis of detector and mixer circuits are covered. Operational concepts of microwave and RF amplifiers, oscillators, and frequency synthesizers are presented. the integration of components in microwave and RF receivers and their performance are covered. Microwave systems such as radar, remote sensors, and radiometers are also described.
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ECE 441 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 311
Transformers and rotating machines. Among the AC devices studied are three-phase transformers, induction motors, reluctance motors, stepper motors, and synchronous motors. DC motors and electric vehicle drive circuits are included.
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ECE 442 - Power Electronics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 311
Electronic circuit design techniques using power semiconductor devices for industrial and residential applications. Typical applications include switching DC power supplies, power conditioners, DC-to-AC inverters, DC-to-DC converters, motor controllers, AC-to-AC converters, and utility-intertie.
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ECE 443 - Power Systems I Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 335
First course of a two-semester sequence covering energy sources such as fossil-fuels, nuclear, hydro, photovoltaic, wind, and bio-mass; loads such as residential and commercial end-users; and the transmission-distribution networks that connect them.
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ECE 444 - Power Systems II Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 443
Second course of a two-semester sequence continuing with the modeling, analysis, and design of power generating plants, loads, and transmission-distribution networks.
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ECE 454 - Fault-Tolerant Computing Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequiste: ECE 260; MTH 212; and MTH 331 (or ECE 384)
Techniques for designing and analyzing dependable and fault-tolerant computer-based systems. Topics addressed include: fault, error, and failure cause-and-effect relationships; fault avoidance techniques; fault tolerance techniques, including hardware redundancy, software redundancy, information redundancy, and time redundancy; fault coverage; time-to-failure models and distributions; reliability modeling and evaluation techniques, including fault trees, cut-sets, reliability block diagrams, binary decision diagrams, and Markov models. In addition, availability modeling, safety modeling, and trade-off analysis are presented. Cross-listed with ECE 544
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ECE 455 - Computing Methods of Numerical Analysis Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 250; MTH 212; and MTH 213 or MTH211
Mathematical methods useful to the computer engineer, including topics from numerical analysis and linear algebra. Students learn how and when to apply a particular numerical analysis tool or method and how to analyze and interpret the results provided by the method. Emphasis is placed on selecting appropriate numerical tools for a variety of basic problems, applying them, and studying their reliability, efficiency, and computer implementation. A large number of problems are solved using the computer.
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ECE 456 - Computer Architecture Credits 3
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Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 161 and ECE 260
An examination of various components that make up a computer system, including CPU, input/output, and buses, as well as how they’ ll work together to form a functioning computer system. The major advances in the computer organization and architecture including von Neumann architecture, interrupts, the family concept, microprocessors, cache memory, virtual memory, virtual I/O, pipelining, RISC, superscalar processor, IA-64 (EPIC), microprogrammed control unit are also presented. This course includes team projects.
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ECE 457 - Design Project I Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Learning through Engagement
Lecture / 4 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Senior standing in ele egr or computer egr; for ele egr, two of the following three course sequences must be completed: ECE 311 and ECE 312; ECE 320 and ECE 321; ECE 335 and ECE 336; for computer engineering, three of the following four courses must be completed: ECE 311, ECE 368, ECE 369, ECE 388.
The goal of this course is to prepare the student to undertake and successfully complete the capstone design experience embodied in the subsequent course ECE 458 Design Project II. The objectives of this course include providing a firm basis in the methodology of planning and executing an engineering design project, exposing the student to real case studies involving engineering design, forming a design project group and developing group skills in executing design projects, preparing a design project plan, and having the student groups select a design project of appropriate complexity and their faculty advisor in preparation for the subsequent course ECE 458. Included in this course are major written report(s) and major oral presentation(s) as well as minor reports and presentations.
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ECE 458 - Design Project II Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Lecture / 7 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 457
Continuation of ECE 457. Goals of this course are for the student to conduct, successfully complete, and professionally present the results of his/her capstone design project under the oversight of his/her faculty advisor. The objectives of this course include executing the design project plan prepared in ECE 457, conducting group activities associated with the execution of the design project, participating in design reviews, preparing the project report, and presenting and demonstrating the results of the project activities to a group of faculty, students, and industry representatives. Included in this course are major written report(s) and major oral presentation(s) as well as minor reports and presentations.
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ECE 460 - Computer Systems Performance Evaluation Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite:CIS 370 or ECE 367; and MTH 331 or ECE 384
Probability and statistics with applications to principles of queuing theory, computer systems simulation, and empirical analysis techniques as applied to computer systems modeling. This course is oriented toward a practical application of theory and concepts to computer systems hardware and software performance.
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ECE 466 - Database Programming Credits 3
Lecture / 5 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 264, MTH 350, and MTH 331 (or ECE 384)
Database management system specification, design, implementation, operations and evaluation introduced using a current industrial grade database management system (Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL or Informix UDS). SQL language concepts including object-relational operations, object-language relational schema modeling using entity-relationship modeling concepts, data definition language, data manipulation language, data control language, persistent stored modules, triggers and assertions specification and use, applied within both ad-hoc and embedded systems environments are investigated in a studio classroom context. The laboratories include team database application development projects utilizing all major elements of contemporary object-relational database languages aimed at developing least cost solutions to contemporary information management problems.
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ECE 467 - Advanced Database Design Credits 3.5
Lecture / 5 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 466
Database management systems and operations. Students learn how to describe and design a database, how to describe and specify embedded and ad-hoc database applications, and how to develop least cost solutions to information management problems integrated through a series of database design exercises implemented within an industry grade database management system. Topics include database management systems architecture and operations, database applications specification, database stored procedure design, database embedded program design, and database ad-hoc specification and design.
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ECE 468 - Advanced Computer Architecture Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 456
Advanced computer design, emphasizing fundamental limitations and tradeoffs in designing high performance computer systems. Students develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations in both hardware and software by studying parallel computer models; program partitioning, granularity, and latency; processor architectures and interconnects; and memory hierarchy, interleaving and bandwidth. Specific architectures such as shared memory multi-processors, message passing multi-computers, and superscalar, supervector, VLIW and dataflow designs will be explored. Cross-listed with ECE 562
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ECE 469 - Advanced Computer Networks Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Advanced topics on the protocols, algorithms, and tools supporting the development and delivery of quality assured services over networks. The course covers capabilities provided by emerging ultra-fast network technologies, routers and routing functions. Emphasis on today’s de-facto Internet standards of TCP/IP protocol suite, recent developments and research issues for next generation internetworking driven by multimedia real-time distributed applications requiring quality of service guarantees. Cross-listed with ECE 569
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ECE 471 - Communication Theory Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 321 and ECE 384
Probability theory,Êsignals and linear networks, Fourier transforms, random processes and noise are reviewed.ÊAnalog communications including amplitude and frequency modulation with and without noise are studied. Digital communications including baseband pulse modulation, quantization, sampling theory,Êdigital pulse shaping, matched filter, Nyquist criterion and error rates due to noise are covered.
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ECE 473 - Wireless Sensor Networks Credits 3
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Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 469
Theory, programming and operation of wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks. This course covers the theory, design, implementations and limitations of state-of-the-art wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks. Additionally, students will develop specific hands-on skills in programming and using wireless sensor motes, associated middleware and a modern mote development environment. Cross-listed with ECE 570
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ECE 475 - Digital Signal Processing Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 320
Methods and techniques for digital signal processing, covering the basic principles governing the design and use of digital systems as signal processing devices. Review of discrete-time linear systems, Fourier transforms and z-transforms. Topics include allpass and minimum-phase systems, linear phase systems and group delay, sampling, decimation, interpolation, discrete-time filter design and implementation, discrete Fourier series, discrete Fourier transform, the fast Fourier transform, and basic spectral estimation. Applications to digital processing of real data are included.
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ECE 477 - Digital Processing of Speech Signals Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 384 and ECE 475
Applications of digital signal processing to speech signals. Course goals are to reinforce concepts learned in prerequisite courses, to introduce new tools needed to deal with time-varying signals and to have students apply what they have learned to their own voices. A semester design project is a large component of this course. Topics include a brief introduction to articulatory and acoustic phonetics, hearing and speech perception, time-domain methods for speech processing, short-time Fourier analysis, homomorphic speech processing, linear predictive coding of speech, and applications.
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ECE 481 - Control Theory I Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 321
Classical control of single-input single-output systems. Both time domain and frequency domain analysis and design techniques are presented. Subjects included are signal flowgraphs, control devices, electrical motors, root-locus, BodŽ plots, stability, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Nyquist stability, phase lead/lag controllers and PID controllers.
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ECE 482 - Control Theory II Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 481
Continuation of ECE 481. Control Theory II introduces control of discrete systems, modern control theory, and nonlinear control. Concepts of discrete systems, state variables, observability, controllability, phase plane and describing functions method are surveyed.
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ECE 485 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: MTH 212 and MTH 213 (or MTH 211)
Selective topics in advanced engineering mathematics. The mathematical areas considered are linear algebra, partial differential equations, complex analysis, and calculus of variations. Representative examples of the topics covered are real and complex matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, method of separating variables for solving partial differential equations, solution of partial differential equations by Fourier series and integrals, integration of complex functions, Taylor and Laurent series, conformal mapping, unconstrained and constrained optimization, and Lagrange multipliers.
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ECE 486 - Database Systems I Credits 3
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Requirements: Prerequisite: CIS 370 (or ECE 367)
Introduction to database systems from an architectural and functional perspective. The course provides an overview of database systems architecture, computer representation of information, computer data storage, properties of persistent data, database structuring models (relational, object, object-relational, and entity-relationship), transaction processing models, concurrency control techniques, database transaction recovery, and security. These concepts will then be explored by examining and comparing the architecture and operations of database systems such as conventional, real-time, temporal, fault-tolerant, distributed, heterogeneous, secure and others. Cross-listed with ECE 541
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ECE 488 - Cyber Threats and Security Management Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisites:CIS 370 or ECE 367
Fundamentals and practices in information assurance (IA) and cyber defense (CD). This course covers threats in the cyber realm, design principles to create trustworthy systems, and security lifecycle. Topics include threat models, attack surface, social engineering, vulnerability identification, risk assessment, and fail secure system design. Hands-on exercises will demonstrate the interaction between security and system usability as well as the effects of security mechanisms in specific scenarios. Cross-listed with ECE 548
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ECE 489 - Network Security Credits 3
Lecture / 4 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 369
Principles and practices of security in computer networks. This course covers the theoretical foundations of securing computer networks including cryptography and models. It steps through the practical process of defending networking resources. It also reveals various case studies, large and small, to familiarize the techniques that attackers use.
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ECE 490 - Fundamentals of Acoustics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Fundamentals of acoustics including vibration and wave propagation in solid and fluid media. Topics include: vibration and wave propagation in one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional media including lumped parameter systems, strings, bars, membranes, thin plates and fluids; mechanical and electrical equivalent circuit models, normal modes, linearized wave equation and solutions, reflection, transmission, refraction and attenuation phenomena in fluids, production and reception of sound, basic properties of transducers and arrays. Cross-listed with ECE 557
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ECE 491 - Introduction to Ocean Engineering Credits 3
Lecture / 5 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Senior Standing in the College of Engineering
Study of a range of ocean engineering topics to provide a basis for the design of systems, which must function in the ocean environment. Topics include ocean waves, water quality, ocean optics, vehicle dynamics, underwater structures, and ocean sensing systems. The course also includes laboratory experiments aboard the UMass Dartmouth research vessel Lucky Lady and experiments in the acousto-optic tank at the UMass Dartmouth Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology.
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ECE 493 - Principles of Underwater Systems Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECE 491
Principles that govern the design and operation of underwater systems, for engineering students. The student develops a broad understanding of underwater systems that will prepare him/her for more advanced studies and/or engineering projects in underwater systems. Topics include generation of sonar signals and sound propagation in the ocean. The course also includes laboratory experiments aboard the UMass Dartmouth research vessel Lucky Lady and experiments in the acousto-optic tank at the UMass Dartmouth Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology.
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ECE 495 - Independent Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: Senior standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Requires the submission and approval of a detailed proposal that will become part of the student’s file. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECE 496 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Requires the submission and approval of a detailed proposal that will become part of the student’s file. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECE 497 - Underwater Acoustics I Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Production, propagation, and reception of underwater sound. Topics include plane, spherical and cylindrical wave propagation, transmission loss, normal mode theory, waveguides, ray acoustics, active and passive sonar equations, properties of transducers and arrays including transmit and receive sensitivity, beam patterns, directivity, spatial aperture functions and their Fourier transform pairs, equivalent electrical circuits, and calibration of underwater projectors and hydrophones. Cross-listed with ECE 597
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ECE 499 - Introduction to Electroacoustic Transducers Credits 3
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Design, modeling, properties, and application of electromechanical piezoelectric transducers and arrays used for underwater acoustic sound, navigation, and ranging. The course focus is on piezoelectric ceramic devices and the use of lumped parameter equivalent electrical circuit analysis. This introductory course will require lectures, laboratory exercises, calibration experiments and class project. Cross-listed with ECE 558
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ECO 101 - Contemporary Issues Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: Freshmen only
Basic economics concepts are used to analyze issues of social responsibility at global and domestic levels. Topics such as national health, aging and care of the elderly, economics of professional sports, pollution, governmental control of prices, inflation unemployment, the national debt, and economic growth are covered.
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ECO 103 - Cities, Minorities, and Poverty Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Review and analysis of major social problems faced by cities. Emphasis is placed on origin, causes, and possible solutions for poverty and minority problems. Cross-listed with BLS 103, LST 103, WGS 103
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ECO 107 - Economics Of Pollution Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Nature of Global Society
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Basic economic analysis of pollution control. A growing concern of policy-makers is how to achieve both economic growth and a cleaner environment. We will examine issues such as how the EPA sets ambient air quality standards and how we can achieve those standards in a cost-effective way.
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ECO 196 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECO 231 - Principles Microeconomics Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Human Questions & Contexts Human Questions & Contexts Nature of US Society Nature of US Society
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Survey of the American economy focusing on markets, the price system, and resource allocation. Price determination in competitive and imperfectly-competitive markets. Applications in agricultural economics, legal prices, excise taxes, labor market issues, advertising, technological change, pollution and the environment, public goods, antitrust policy, international trade, and alternative economic systems. Cross-listed with POL 240
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ECO 232 - Principles Macroeconomics Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Nature of US Society
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Survey of introductory macroeconomics with focus on economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Topics covered include national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, fiscal policy, money, the banking system, and monetary policy. Balance of payments and currency exchange rate issues are analyzed. Cross-listed as PST 232
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ECO 250 - Topics in Economics Credits 3
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In depth focus on a topic not included in the regular offerings of the department. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. The course will require students to engage in reading & synthesizing existing research, or other authentic learning activities related to becoming a scholar in the field of economics.
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ECO 296 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECO 298 - Experience Program Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00Satisfies University Studies requirement: Learning through Engagement
Practicum / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalog on Other Learning Experiences. In this department, students may receive credit only for experiences in which they do not receive pay for the same work.
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ECO 300 - Mathematical Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Mathematical treatment of economic theory. Topics in microeconomics, macroeconomics, general equilibrium and welfare economics will be considered. Though most models will be deterministic, some stochastic models will be treated.
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ECO 301 - Intermediate Microeconomics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Contemporary intermediate treatment of microeconomic theory, applications, and price policy. Covers the theory of price determination, resource allocation, income distribution, and welfare economics. Perfectly competitive markets and models of imperfect competition are covered. Theory is integrated with public policy questions.
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ECO 311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
A one-semester course in contemporary intermediate macro theory. Covers issues in economic growth, unemployment, and inflation. Develops and contrasts the New Classical (equilibrium) and Neo-Keynesian (disequilibrium) models in the aggregate demand/aggregate supply framework for both closed and open economies. Policy implications of each model are discussed. Introduces students to sources of macroeconomic data.
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ECO 312 - Econ Growth & Stability Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Problems and policies in economic growth, the impact of government taxing, spending and monetary policies on economic stability: problems of inflation, debt management and international monetary stability.
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ECO 323 - American Economic History Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
A course in applied economic theory. Micro and Macro economic theories are used to “explain” or account for various historical events. The course surveys the economic development of the American economy through the 19th and 20th centuries to WW II.
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ECO 332 - Economic Statistics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisites: ECO 231, 232
Introduction to data and statistical methods used in economics. Descriptive statistics, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression including multiple regression are covered. Applications in economics with current economic data are emphasized.
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ECO 333 - Econometrics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 332; or permission of instructor
Introduction to econometrics including development of basic techniques of bivariate and multivariate linear regression analysis; use of lagged variable and dummy variables in model building; problems of multicollinearity, autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity.
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ECO 337 - Environmental Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231
This course will study the fascinating and growing field of environmental and natural resource economics. All the topics covered (e.g., property rights and externalities, regulation and pollution control) will be examined as part of the general focus on the problem of economic growth in the presence of limited environmental and natural resources. We will employ the tools from `basic’ microeconomic theory to study the relationship between the economy and the natural environment Cross-listed with POL 346
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ECO 338 - Health Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
Methodologies used by economists to study the economics of health. Topics covered include market for health care, demand for insurance, demography and health, and cross-national comparisons of medical care systems.
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ECO 340 - Behavioral and Experimental Economics Credits 3
Lecture
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
Behavioral and experimental economics, an emerging subfield which incorporates insights from other disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and neuroscience, into economic models of behavior. At its core, this field attempts to modify and extend neoclassical economic theory so that the predictions of neoclassical models more closely resemble observed behavior.
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ECO 342 - Labor Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
The labor force. Wages in competitive and non-competitive markets. Wage structures. Inequalities and discrimination. Impacts of unions and social standards. Indexation, inflation and unemployment. Cross-listed as LST 342. Cross-listed with LST 342
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ECO 343 - The Economics of Sex and Race Discrimination Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
The theory of labor markets and the problem of discrimination. Current problems facing women and minorities will be examined. Existing programs and trends will be explored. Cross-listed with BLS 343, LST 343, WGS 344
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ECO 344 - Work, Jobs, and Income Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Study of changes in the labor force, the impact of labor market processes and how they effect work motivation, job performance and income distribution. Formerly ECO 453, and may not be repeated under this new number Cross-listed with LST 344
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ECO 350 - Intermediate Writing in Economics Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Intermediate Writing
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
Intermediate writing in economics with variable content. The economic issues covered vary by instructor and semester, but the course focuses on the tools and practice of professional writing in economics. Students engage in low and high stakes writing assignments with a focus on research writing, integration, and synthesis of knowledge from diverse sources, policy analysis and proper citation and formatting.
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ECO 355 - Antitrust Law and Economic Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
The main antitrust laws and the rich variety of court decisions that have influenced decades of economic activity. The arguments of the plaintiffs and prosecution are discussed and evaluated as well as the majority and minority opinions of the Court. Economic analysis is employed to view the economic motives of the firms involved. Students learn about monopolization cases from the famous ALCOA case (1945) to the Microsoft antitrust case. Precedent-setting cases involving “price fixing,” exchange of price information, exclusive dealing, tying contracts, price discrimination and mergers are analyzed.
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ECO 360 - Cost Benefit Analysis Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Principles and practice of cost-benefit analysis. Students will learn how to develop and apply cost-benefit techniques to evaluate public policies and specific projects.Topics include accounting for incomplete markets, long-term discounting, analysis in the presence of uncertainty and distributional concerns.
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ECO 362 - Monetary Theory and Policy Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisites: ECO 231, 232
Structure of the American monetary and banking system. Monetary theory is developed and monetary policies are considered. Cross-listed with POL 347
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ECO 363 - Financial Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
Economic analysis of the operation of financial markets and their function. Topics covered include intertemporal decision making, asset pricing, risk management, portfolio theory, arbitrage theory, and market efficiency. Emphasis is on implications of financial decisions of consumers and firms for the economy and economic policy.
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ECO 371 - International Trade Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
Examination of international trade theory and policy. The course develops the theoretical framework for analyzing the potential gains from, direction of, and distributional effects of international trade as well as the potential impacts of tariffs and other policies affecting trade. Among other topics, the course will examine free trade versus protectionism, governmental promotion of competitiveness and the growing importance of trading blocs.
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ECO 372 - International Finance Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
Examination of international monetary theory and policy. The course develops the basic analytical tools for analyzing monetary relations among nations. The causes and effects of foreign exchange rate changes are explored. Macroeconomic interdependence among nations and its implications for policy are examined. The pros and cons of alternative international monetary systems are compared.
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ECO 396 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECO 401 - Industrial Organization and Antitrust Policy Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisites: ECO 231, 232, 301 or permission of instructor
Development of antitrust policy in the U.S. Discussion of tying arrangements, vertical integration, price discrimination, market structure and technological innovation, diversification, mergers, and patents. Theoretical and empirical discussion of barriers to new competition in American industries.
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ECO 416 - History of Economic Thought Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
The development of economic thought with emphasis on the period beginning with Adam Smith and ending with J.M. Keynes. Methodological issues in economics are also considered, and questions concerning the current status and the future directions of the profession are addressed. Cross-listed with LST 416
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ECO 433 - International Finance Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Analyzes the structure and operation of the international monetary system and the role of exchange rates in eliminating payments disequilibria. Evaluates the performance of flexible exchange rates, and the effects of exchange rate management. Describes the linkages between external credit markets (Euromarkets) and domestic money markets and the nature of public policy in the international money markets.
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ECO 441 - Public Economics I Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Learning through Engagement
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
First of a two semester inquiry into the role of government in a market economy. Topics include economic efficiency and the public interest, rationale for government intervention in the private sector and an economic model of the democratic process.
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ECO 443 - State & Local Public Econ Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Explores the major economic decisions of subnational governments - taxation and expenditures - and how these decisions affect the allocation of private resources. Specifically, the course focuses on the constraints imposed on state and local governments that are not placed on the federal government.
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ECO 445 - Economics of Education Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Pre-reqs: ECO 231, 232, and 332; or consent of instructor
Research topics in the Economics of Education. Topics to be discussed include but are not limited to: educational production theory and analyzing the various inputs in the production of education, investment in education, both private and public, and the impact of key educational reforms. Focus will be placed on analyzing current academic research in all of these topics.
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ECO 461 - Urban Economics Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Learning through Engagement
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
An examination of the economics of urban areas, with an emphasis on the location decision of individuals, firms, and industries. Urban problems and public policy decision-making are covered.
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ECO 472 - Coastal Resource Economics Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
An examination of the economic, public policy and regulatory issues affecting coastal zone resources. The focus will be on specific case studies with an emphasis on examining policy and environmental issues. Students will be involved in projects on specific cases.
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ECO 481 - Economics of Sports and Games Credits 3
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: PreReq: ECO 231, ECO 232 and one 300/400 ECO Course
In-depth study of the billion-dollar sports industry using economic and game theoretic analysis. Key topics for the course include sports revenue and maximizing profit in sports, wages, and player salaries, stadium deals, voting theory, and discrimination in sports.
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ECO 492 - Senior Seminar Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Seminar / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
In-depth coverage of an economic topic of contemporary interest; research paper required.
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ECO 495 - Independent Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged
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ECO 496 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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ECO 498 - Honors Thesis Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
Independent Study
Requirements: Prereqs: Jr. & Sr. ECO majors enrolled in the Economics Honors Major, and permission of the instructor
Research and preparation of an honors thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Economics Honors Major. May be taken for credit more than once, up to total 6 credits.
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EDU 196 - Directed Study Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Independent Study
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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EDU 207 - Perspectives on Education Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Critical examination of the field of education from multiple perspectives. This course provides a means for students to critically examine what it means to be a teacher beyond knowing their area’s content to engage creative, humanistic, philosophical, and aesthetic tenets of teaching. Outside speakers and experiential learning will provide opportunities integral to a broader understanding of the field of education.
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EDU 298 - Experience Program Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
Practicum / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Graded CR/NC. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences.
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EDU 326 - Contemporary High School Education Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Equity, diversity, motivation, alternative assessment, multicultural education, and the social problems of adolescents. The course covers provisions for the inclusion of special-needs students, as mandated by state and federal legislation, and addresses outcome-based education and open-ended assessment. Extensive reading assignments, written reporting, action research varied assessments, and a demonstration project will prepare future teachers to meet exacting certification requirements and gain teaching competencies. Cross-listed with EDU 526
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EDU 353 - Education:Admin & Superv Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
General introduction to contemporary practices and policies in educational administration and supervision. Instruction is by lecture, case studies and student reports. Topics covered include curriculum planning and design, staff organizations and relationships and student and community relationships.
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