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2014-2015 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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  • ART 697 - Clay and Glazes II

    Credits 3
    The physical properties of glaze materials used in the ceramic process. Through lectures and lab assignments, students will learn to translate technical information into visual and tactile objects while exploring glaze surface, color, and transparency. ATR 307
    Graded
  
  • ART 698 - Kiln Building

    Credits 3
    The information and skills necessary to design and build a variety of ceramic kilns. Discussion will include fuel sources, burner design, and combustion needs for these fuels, and how these factors affect kiln design. ATR 308
    Graded
  
  • BIO 500 - Teach Sci Elem&Mid Schl

    Credits 3
    Life, physical and earth sciences that are involved in the development of scientific concepts and processes for elementary school science. A variety of natural phenomena, such as the plant, Brassica rapa, will be used as models to develop an inquiry and standards approach to the learning and teaching of science.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 501 - Genomics

    Credits 4
    Content, organization, function, and evolution of whole genomes. The course examines familiar genetics concepts (e.g. inheritance, transcription, and translation) from the perspective of the entire genome. Students learn about recent advances in genome research, potential impacts on society, and case studies drawn from medicine, evolutionary biology, agriculture, and bioterrorism. BIO 401
    Graded
  
  • BIO 502 - Community Ecology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Pre-req: Graduate Standing
    Patterns and processes shaping distributions, abundance, and diversity of species. Topics include interactions between pairs of species, structuring of multispecies communities, and responses of species pairs and larger species networks to the physical environment. These questions are explored through conceptual frameworks of communities, mathematical models, foundational publications in the field, and current research. Plant, animal, and microbial communities are considered. BIO 402
    Graded
  
  • BIO 505 - Human Molecular Genetics

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    The molecular basis of human heredity. Topics include genome organization, gene expression, cell cycle regulation, and mutation as well as the genetic basis of human disease. BIO 405
    Graded
  
  • BIO 509 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    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.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 510 - Marine Biotechnology

    Credits 4
    Designed for persons who wish to participate in research and development within biotechnology. This course features extensive hands-on laboratory work with current techniques and experimental approaches, integrated with an exposition of the principles underlying the techniques.
  
  • BIO 511 - Graduate Seminar

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    Requirements: Prereq: Matriculated BIO Grad student
    One to four hours in varied formats Selected topics in Biology. In recent years these have included physiology and biochemistry of marine animals, evolutionary ecology, biology of marine mammals, morphometrics and phylogenetic systematics, and extremophiles.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 513 - Biology of Fishes

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    Field trips and extensive laboratory work are emphasized in this course. The life histories, ecology and classification of the fishes of the coastal and inland waters of the northeastern states are studied in detail. BIO 413
    Graded
  
  • BIO 514 - Biology of Marine Mammals

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    Biology of marine mammals, including cetaceans (whales and dolphins), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses), sirenians (dugongs and manatees), and sea otters. Fossil, anatomical, physiological, life history, behavioral, and ecological evidence is marshaled to explore marine mammal adaptations for reproduction, feeding, locomotion, diving, thermoregulation, communication, and sensing their environment. BIO 414
    Graded
  
  • BIO 516 - Biology of Algae

    Credits 4
    Course descriptions for the undergraduate biology courses are contained in the current edition of the university’s General Catalogue.
  
  • BIO 517 - Adv Bio Invertebrates

    Credits 4
    An advanced treatment of the taxonomy, morphology and function of invertebrate animals.
  
  • BIO 518 - Biogeography

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    The study of present and past global distributions of plant and animal taxa in terrestrial, marine and freshwater habitats. Distributional patterns will be considered in relation to changes of the physical environment over geological time, such as in global patterns of climate and resources. The evolution of recent association of organisms will also be examined in relation to ecological interactions between organisms, such as competition and predation.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 520 - Animal Behavior

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prereq: Matriculated BIO Grad student
    The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed. BIO 420
    Graded
  
  • BIO 521 - Developmental Biology

    Credits 4
    The molecular, cellular and morphogenetic aspects of embryology, organogenesis and other developmental phenomena of animals are considered in the lecture. Some aspects of plant development are discussed. The laboratory includes experiments that demonstrate the morphogenetic activities of the cell. Students are encouraged to design their own experiments.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 522 - Experimental Embryology

    Credits 3
    Reviews current concepts of development. The laboratory investigates classical and recent experiments and encourages individual projects in plant and animal development.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 523 - Immunology

    Credits 3
    Molecular and cellular basis of immune phenomena with emphasis on experimental foundations of current models. Differentiation of T and B lymphocytes, cell-cell interactions, antibody structure and function with underlying genetic rearrangements, mechanisms of resistance to disease and immune dysfunction, including AIDS. Understanding of research techniques and research process is promoted. BIO 422
    Graded
  
  • BIO 524 - Biology of Animal Parasites

    Credits 4
    An introductory course in parasitology emphasizing the more important protozoan, helminth, and arthropod parasites of medical, veterinary, and marine significance. Laboratory exercises include practical and experimental techniques.
  
  • BIO 525 - Graduate Student Seminar

    Credits 1
    Requirements: Prereq: Matriculated BIO Grad student
    Each student will present a seminar related to the current semester’s theme and based on several contemporary publications. Students are responsible for preparing a comprehensive bibliography, an abstract, and evaluations of peers’ seminars. (One semester required; maximum two credits towards MS degree.)
    GradedOne semester required; maximum two credits towards MS degree.
  
  • BIO 526 - Marine Benthic Ecology

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructorThree hours lecture, three hours laboratory
    An advanced overview of the structure and function of marine benthic communities from the intertidal zone to the deep sea, focusing on the power of experimental studies in elucidating ecological processes. Students will improve writing skills via preparation of short research proposals, a term paper, and through peer review of other students’ work. Students will also lead discussions of journal articles, and plan, undertake, and present the results of a field biofouling study.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 527 - Molecular Biology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    The methods and research that support models of cell function at the molecular level. This three credit lecture course will present current advanced research methods in molecular biology - those used to study the expression and regulation of genes, and the laboratory research on the macromolecules involved. Students will read and paraphrase current literature in the field of molecular biology. In addition, graduate students will present two typical reviews of current problems in molecular biology, both as written expositions and as interactive lecture presentations to other class members. Pre- and post-presentation interviews with the instructor are also required. BIO 427
    Graded
  
  • BIO 528 - Evolutionary Ecology

    Credits 3
    Natural selection theory applied to diverse problems in evolutionary biology including the levels of selection, adaptation and optimality models, kin selection, recognition systems, cooperation and altruism among non-relatives, co-evolution, mutualism and parasitism, specialization, sex ratio evolution, genetic conflicts, the evolution of sex, sexual selection, parental care, life history evolution, game theory and animal contests, group living and social organization in birds and mammals.
  
  • BIO 530 - Introduction to Biological Statistics

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    Statistical concepts for the planning of experiments and the summarization of numerical data. Lectures emphasize probability, testing of hypothesis and the application of different, statistical concepts and problems. BIO 430
    Graded
  
  • BIO 531 - Advanced Ichthyology

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    Studies of fish phylogeny and classification, physiological problems peculiarly faced by fish, and aspects of fisheries’ hydrography. The laboratory stresses independent work on the structure of fish populations, measurement of physiological parameters, and morphometric analysis.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 534 - Advanced Cell Biology

    Credits 3
    An advanced study of mechanisms of eukaryotic cell function for students interested in medical or research oriented careers. General areas of focus include internal cellular organization and interactions between cells and their environment. Lectures emphasize experimental perspectives and analysis of current literature in select topics
    Graded
  
  • BIO 535 - Analysis of Biological Data

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Introduction to biological statistics or equivalentThree hours lecture, two 1-1/2 hour laboratory meetings
    The processing and analysis of biological, and especially ecological data. Topics include problems encountered in processing and handling of data, distributions and transformations, associations, computer simulations, parametric and non-parametric methods, and usefulness and limitations of multivariate methods.
  
  • BIO 536 - Estuarine Ecology

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructorThree hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
    An overview of biological, geological, physical, and chemical factors and processes important for organisms in estuarine environments. Emphasis is on contemporary research areas, including human impacts in estuaries. Students will design, perform, analyze and present the results of semester-long field projects characterizing a local salt-marsh ecosystem.
  
  • BIO 537 - Evolutionary Biology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    An overview of contemporary evolutionary biology with an emphasis on evolutionary processes. A non-introductory study of the interplay in time and space of genetic variety, ecological opportunity, and chance resulting in the evolutionary change in groups of organisms. BIO 437
    Graded
  
  • BIO 538 - Evolutionary Biology Laboratory

    Credits 1
    Computer models of aspects of evolutionary processes will be designed. The models will selectively address problems in such areas as selection and polygenic inheritance, genetic drift, concerted evolution in multi-gene families, differentiation of protein-coding nucleotide sequences, molecular clocks, sex, stochastic processes in macroevolution and wild animal conservation genetics.
  
  • BIO 540 - Env Physio Marine Animal

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    Considers the physiological mechanisms of adaption to the variety of ecological parameters in the marine environment that result in stress in marine animals. The potential effect of environmental perturbations on these physiological adaptations will also be considered. The laboratory encourages independent projects leading to the preparation and presentation of a research paper.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 542 - Advanced Genetics

    Credits 3
  
  • BIO 545 - Biological Oceanography

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Pre-req: Graduate student status in Biology or SMAST, or permission of the instructorThree hours lecture, three hours laboratory
    The cycle of productivity in the marine environment and the physiological and morphological adaptations of plant, animal and bacterial populations within various oceanic regions. Interrelationships of the plankton, the nekton, and the benthos are stressed. MAR 545
    Graded
  
  • BIO 546 - Biology Of Marine Larvae

    Credits 4
    An analysis of factors important for animals with complex life cycles, focusing on marine benthic invertebrates. Larval stages will be examined from a wide range of perspectives: ecological, evolutionary, oceanography, behavioral, physiological and developmental. Students will hone verbal skills through presentations on species and topics of interest, and by leading class discussion. The laboratory will examine larval types and aquacultural techniques.
  
  • BIO 549 - Graduate Thesis

    Credits variable
  
  • BIO 552 - Virology

    Credits 3
    Nature of the virus as both an evolutionary entity and an obligatory cellular parasite. The structure and replicating strategies of representative viruses are studied. The approach is molecular and stresses the interaction of the viral genome with cytoplasmic and nuclear elements of the host cell.
  
  • BIO 554 - Biology Of Sharks

    Credits 3
    The morphology, physiology, behavior and evolutionary history of the most ancient group of living jawed fishes. The most unusual aspects of these fish, such as modes of reproduction, osmotic regulation, feeding mechanisms, and sensory physiology, will be stressed throughout.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 571 - Marine Microbiology

    Credits 4
    Taxonomy, physiology, and the role of heterotrophic microorganisms in the marine environment. The viruses will also be considered. Emphasis will be placed on the activities of the viruses, bacteria, and the fungi in the marine environment in the laboratory, exercises will be conducted on the methods of enumeration, detection of selected physiological groups, uptake and deputation of microorganisms by shellfish, marine Bo, and the influence of environmental parameters on the growth and activities of marine microorganisms. BIO 471
    Graded
  
  • BIO 590 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    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.
  
  • BIO 593 - Graduate Research

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
    Directed research for graduate students, hours by arrangement. Graded A-F.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • BIO 595 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Conditions and hours to be arranged
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Terms and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 596 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Conditions and hours to be arranged
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Terms and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • BIO 599 - Graduate Thesis

    Credits variable; .00 to 10.00
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
    Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • BIO 603 - Pre Dissertation Rsch

    Credits variable; .00 to 9.00
    Research for and preparation of doctoral dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must provide a thorough survey of the research activities in the research topic area and it must present original and innovative research ideas and preliminary results as well as a defined research scope and directions. PhD students must have passed this course before registering for doctoral dissertation research credits. Graded P/F. MAR 603
    Pass/Not Pass
  
  • BIO 635 - Methods and Materials for Secondary School Teachers of Biology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructorNot for credit in Biology MS program
    Modes of inquiry, methods of research and experimentation, and teaching strategies. This course is designed for future teachers of Biology. Graduate students enroll concurrently with students in BIO 435 but do additional work. BIO 435
    GradedNot for credit in Biology MS program
  
  • BIO 691 - Quantitative Population Modeling

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston BIOL 641
    Graded
  
  • BIO 701 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

    Credits variable; .00 to 9.00
    Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature representing an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of the field. PhD dissertations are often published in refereed journals or presented at major conferences. A written dissertation must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the School for Marine Science and Technology. Admission to the course is based on successful completion of the PhD comprehensive examination and submission of a formal proposal endorsed by the student’s graduate committee and submitted to the SMAST Graduate Program Director. MAR 701
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • BMB 510 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prereq: For Students in the BMB Graduate Program
    Team-taught introductory course that emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to current topics in the range of academic disciplines and gives students their first exposure to faculty research areas. The course, as much as possible, will involve faculty from all participating campuses, will involve outside industry speakers to present topics of contemporary importance, and will offer joint lectures from guest speakers. This course should be taken in a student’s first semester in the program if possible.
    GradedThis course should be taken in a student’s first semester in the program if possible.
  
  • BMB 520 - Quantitative Physiology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prereq: For Students in the BMB Graduate Program
    Graded
  
  • BMB 530 - Instrumentation & Lab Experience

    Credits 3
    A practical, hands-on lab rotation course giving students exposure to cutting-edge research methodology in a number of different areas, with a balance between biomedical engineering and biotechnology areas. A team approach is encouraged as students employ various laboratory techniques to carry out short-term projects. Students will either rotate through a number of different experimental procedures within a single investigator’s laboratory or rotate through multiple faculty laboratories, learning a particular type of methodology for which the laboratory may be noted and uses frequently. The course may also provide laboratory experiences/demonstrations at sister campuses and industrial sites where faculty members have affiliations.
    Graded
  
  • BMB 540 - Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology

    Credits 3
    Graded
  
  • BMB 550 - Current Lit in Biology

    Credits 1
  
  • BMB 570 - Applied Math for Life Scientists

    Credits 3
    This course provides an intense treatment of the subject matter designed to achieve applied math literacy for students with life science and related backgrounds.
  
  • BMB 571 - Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research

    Credits 1
    Graded
  
  • BMB 572 - Clinical App Molecular Genetics

    Credits 3
  
  • BMB 573 - Graduate Directed Study

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor, graduate director, and college dean
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
  
  • BMB 574 - Green Chemistry

    Credits 3
  
  • BMB 575 - Polymers in Medicine

    Credits 3
    Graded
  
  • BMB 576 - Engineering Project Management

    Credits 3
    Graded
  
  • BMB 577 - Human Development and Pathophysiology

    Credits 3
    UMass Lowell 30.550.031
    Graded
  
  • BMB 578 - Organic Synthesis

    Credits 3
    UMass Lowell 84.524.201
    Graded
  
  • BMB 579 - Polymer Structure Properties and Applications

    Credits 3
    UMass Lowell 26.506
    Graded
  
  • BMB 580 - Advanced Protein Chemistry

    Credits 3
    UMass Lowell 84.570.201
    Graded
  
  • BMB 582 - Cancer Biology

    Credits 3
  
  • BMB 584 - Environmental Microbiology

    Credits 3
  
  • BMB 585 - Biomedical Tracers

    Credits 4
    UMBoston BIOL 685
    Graded
  
  • BMB 587 - Advanced Topics in Bioinformatics

    Credits 2
    UMass Medical School BBS 741
    Graded
  
  • BMB 604 - Health Data Analysis

    Credits 3
    Health Data Analysis
  
  • BMB 620 - Capstone Project

    Credits 3
    A culminating experience in which the student synthesizes his/her course knowledge and experimental skills into a brief but detailed experimental study, which also involves cross-field interdisciplinary cooperation. Although in some cases this project may be done individually under the supervision of one faculty member, it is expected that students will join in a team-based, collaborative effort involving students from a number of different disciplines, post-doctoral fellows and industry representatives and with intercampus participation.
    Graded
  
  • BMB 630 - Independent Research

    Credits variable; .00 to 9.00
    Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature. Independent Research is often work on a future dissertation undertaken before the student has satisfied the qualification steps for BMB 720. With approval of student’s graduate committee, up to 15 credits of BMB 630 may be applied to the 30-credit requirement for dissertation research.
    Multi-Term Course: Not GradedWith approval of student’s graduate committee, up to 15 credits of BMB 630 may be applied to the 30-credit requirement for dissertation research.
  
  • BMB 710 - Doctoral Seminar

    Credits 1
    Requirements: Prereq: For Students in the BMB Graduate Program
    Doctoral students’ research in progress, emphasizing not only research but also communication and writing. Every active doctoral candidate will present her or his work in progress in the seminar, and in addition there will be at least two presentations from external speakers. Students will write summaries of each presentation. Students must complete this course in at least two different semesters. Course is graded pass-fail.
    Pass/Not PassStudents must complete this course in at least two different semesters.
  
  • BMB 720 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

    Credits variable; .00 to 12.00
    Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature representing an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of the field. PhD dissertations are often published in refereed journals or presented at major conferences. A written dissertation must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School. Admission to the course is based on successful completion of the PhD comprehensive examination and submission of a formal proposal endorsed by the student’s graduate committee and submitted to the appropriate BMEMT Graduate Program Director.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • BNG 512 - Molecular Bioengineering

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Pre-req: Graduate Standing
    This course is designed to provide an understanding of how molecules drive function in biological systems. Students will become proficient in cell biology and integrate that knowledge with the chemical nature of molecules. The students will utilize mathematics, science and engineering concepts to study how biological molecules interact. Examples of current day advances and discoveries will highlight contemporary issues facing the field of bioengineering and how the field has addressed those challenges. BNG 412
    Graded
  
  • BNG 515 - Biomedical Fibrous Materials and Composites

    Credits 3
    Structure and properties of functionally advanced and intelligent fibrous structures and polymeric fiber reinforced composites for biomedical applications. Also studied are polymeric material systems for coating, adhesives and polymeric matrices, and fibrous scaffold structures including nanofiber webs, and reinforcing performs for composites such as knitted or woven fabrics, 3-D fabrics, nonwovens, braided and knotted structures. Properties of the resulting structures and their application areas such as nanobiocomposites, biomedical fibrous composites, and other multifunctional products are considered. BNG 415
    Graded
  
  • BNG 516 - Biomedical Devices

    Credits 3
    Construction and functional principles of medical devices. An array of medical devices and implants will be reverse engineered to reveal their basic design, construction and operating principle. The final project will be to develop your own design for a device or implant. BNG 416
    Graded
  
  • BNG 517 - Nanotechnology in Bioengineering Systems

    Credits 3
    An introduction to the basic concepts of nanosciences and the application of nanotechnology in biology and medicine. Fundamentals of design in nanoscience and nanotechnology are explored. Ethical and environmental implications in the rapid development of nanotechnology and molecular probe engineering are also discussed. Methods used in the research and development of bioengineering are described. The interface between nanosized materials and biomolecules, the application of nanoparticles and nanoassemblies, modeling of interactions between nanoparticles and cells and tissues, and nanomedicine are covered. BNG 417
    Graded
  
  • BNG 518 - Biological Interactions on Material Surfaces

    Credits 3
    A discussion on the surface interactions between different biological tissues and biomaterials. Protein adsorption to biomaterials, selective protein surface binding, biomolecule-nanomaterial interactions, ligand-functionalized biomaterial surfaces, growth factors on biomaterial scaffolds, cell and tissue interactions with biomaterials, functionalization of materials to promote protein and cell interactions, hydrogel nanocomposites in biology and medicine, inflammatory response to implanted nanostructured materials, collagen-coated titanium surfaces, and prevention of postsurgical adhesions are the topics to be covered. This course will also focus on the principles of the surface interaction of implants in host environment. BNG 418
    Graded
  
  • BNG 519 - Biomimetics

    Credits 3
    Biomimetics - human-made processes, substances, devices or systems that imitate nature. This course focuses on substances prepared and engineered to meet biomedical uses. The biomimetic process of self-assembly; bioengineering of biological materials; structure hierarchy; imaging, identification and characterization of biological and biomimetic materials; biomimetic electronics, optics, actuation and sensing. BNG 419
    Graded
  
  • BNG 520 - Case Studies in Bioengineering

    Credits 3
    Research analysis and discussion of important developments in Bioengineering. The cases will be selected from a variety of sources-seminal legal cases, patents and inventions. BNG 420
    Graded
  
  • BNG 522 - Research in Bioengineering

    Credits 3
    Independent research in the broadly defined field of Bioengineering. The focus may be more on the underlying science that students typically experience in a BNG course. The research will be conducted as projects that are the exercise for students to be acquainted with the research tools and instruments used in bioengineering. Students will define a problem or explore an unfamiliar phenomenon, design the experiment, collect and analyze data, and use the results to solve the problem or explain the phenomenon under the guidance of faculty advisors. BNG 422
    Graded
  
  • BNG 523 - Biosystems Analysis and Design

    Credits 3
    Biomedical signal characteristics, properties of physiological systems, and mathematical modeling of signals from biosystems and biomedical instrumentation. Applied mathematical methods for describing and analyzing biomedical signals such as ECG, EEG, EMG, heart sounds, breath sounds, blood pressure, and tomographic images are considered. Computational, modeling and simulation tools (e.g., MatLab and LabView) are introduced for biomedical signal processing and systems analysis. A group computer project in bioengineering design will be assigned to enhance the proficiency in using the modeling and simulation tools. BNG 423
    Graded
  
  • BNG 524 - Human Organogenesis

    Credits 3
    Understanding development of the human body from gametogenesis through birth. Students will learn about totipotent, pluripotent and mutipotent cell populations, and how cells differentiate and adopt specific fates. They will learn how each major organ system develops throughout embryogenesis, and how this knowledge can be used as a template for tissue engineering applications. BNG 424
    Graded
  
  • BOS 601EEOS - Introduction to Probability and Applied Statistics

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston EEOS 601
    Graded
  
  • BOS 615CS - User Interface Design

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston CS615
    Graded
  
  • BOS 630EEOS - Biological Oceanographic Processes

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston EEOS 630
    Graded
  
  • BOS 636AF - Quantitative Analysis of Business Data

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston AF 636
    Graded
  
  • BOS 637NUR - Mental & Psychosocial Health of Urban Familty

    Credits 3
    Offered by UMass Boston NUR 637
    Graded
  
  • BOS 640EEOS - The Chemistry of Natural Waters

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston EEOS 640
    Graded
  
  • BOS 650EEOS - Physical Oceanography

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston EEOS 650 PHY 550
    Graded
  
  • BOS 651SOCIOL - Methods of Research II

    Credits 3
    Offered by UMass Boston
    Graded
  
  • BOS 655SOCIOL - Evaluation Research

    Credits 3
    Offered by UMass Boston
    Graded
  
  • BOS 680EEOS - Coastal and Ocean Law

    Credits 3
    UMass Boston EEOS 680
    Graded
  
  • BOS 733NUR - Scientific Basis for Cancer Nursing Research

    Credits 3
    Offered by UMass Boston NUR 733
    Graded
  
  • BOS 734NUR - Context of Cancer Nursing Care

    Credits 3
    Offered by UMass Boston NUR 734
    Graded
  
  • BOS 791EEOS - Seminar Environmental Sciences

    Credits 1
    UMass Boston EEOS 791
    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
  
  • CEN 501 - Orientation


  
  • CEN 502 - Advanced Hydrology

    Credits 3
    Requirements: CEN 325
    Graded
  
  • CEN 504 - Statistical Methods in Civil & Environmental Engineering

    Credits 3
    Concepts of the conduct of research in an empirical setting. Statistical modeling tools and techniques for handling empirical data. Dedicated software package will be used in class.
    Graded
  
  • CEN 505 - Finite Element Analysis

    Credits 3
    Requirements: Pre-reqs: MTH 212 and MTH 213 or 211
    Finite element method and its application to structural geotechnical, and water resource engineering. Students will apply analytical and computer techniques, including the use and modification of existing computer programs.
    Graded
  
  • CEN 512 - Advanced Structural Analysis

    Credits 3
    Advanced classical methods of structural analysis. Structures subjected to mechanical and thermal loads. Superposition principle. Generalized functions and their application for the analysis of structures. Influence line method. Introduction to plate and shell theory.
    Graded
 

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