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2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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  • MIS 461 - Management of Information Resources

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MIS 315
    Introduction to the strategy and theory of the design, development, adoption, and management of new information technologies. Managing the fast and ever changing IS environment will be a theme throughout this course. Effective technology management requires an understanding of the technology itself, the organizational environment in which it will be developed and applied, and the encompassing society’s overall technological flow and absorption processes. Students will also learn, through hands-on experience from an end-user perspective, how to use corporate data resources effectively through enterprise systems.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 462 - Advanced Information Systems

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Learning through Engagement
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MIS 322 & MIS 432 or MIS 481
    Capstone course in the Management Information Systems program. The course incorporates concepts and skills from throughout the MIS curriculum and introduces concepts in project management and teamwork. Students, working in teams, design and implement information technology-based solutions to real business problems in real companies. More specifically, the course assists the student in developing an understanding of the purpose and benefits of project management by examining the concepts, practices, processes, tools, techniques and resources used by the project manager throughout the project lifecycle. Students will also learn to use project management software.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 471 - Advanced Software Applications

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MIS 315
    Computer competency in the use of personal computers in the modern business environment. Personal productivity applications involving spreadsheet analysis, data base construction, advanced word processing, and web page design/construction are studied.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 475 - Business Intelligence and Analytics

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MIS 315
    Analytic component of Business Intelligence, especially real world deployment of BI. Course study includes SAP’s ERP application including reporting, monitoring, querying, dashboarding, in-memory analytics, Big Data, and predictive analytics. In addition, the Business Intelligence Lifecycle and Architecture will be introduced through the BI Development Phases and an Introduction to Data Warehousing.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 480 - Customer Relationship Management

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MIS 315; corequisite: MKT 311
    Theories and technological applications in customer relationship management. This course highlights the strategic and tactical aspects of customer management and stresses customer value for marketing decisions. Students will develop an understanding of effective CRM strategies and implementations through a series of discussions, cases, projects, and exams. Students will obtain hands-on experience in sales, marketing, and service management using current CRM applications.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 481 - Electronic Commerce/Electronic Business

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MIS 315
    Current technologies to design and construct an Internet-based e-business system as well as the management of e-business in modern organizations. Students learn to build a fully functional e-business application, such as traditional transaction-based systems and new applications for advertising, ordering, payment, customer relationship management and communication, etc. Work includes many small projects and a semester project.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 490 - Sp Topics in Info System

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Senior standing; Business majors only or by permission of the appropriate department chairperson
    Reserved for special topics in business information systems. May be repeated with change of content.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of instructor, department chair, or college dean
    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.
    Graded
  
  • MIS 496 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    Independent Study / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
    Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular 400 level course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 311 - Principles of Marketing

    Credits 3
    Lecture
    Requirements: Pre-req: Junior standing; Business Majors, Business Administration Minor, Finance Minor or Material & Textiles Majors.
    NOTE: Not open to students who have completed MKT 211.
    A basic understanding of the role and scope of responsibilities facing contemporary marketing management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of marketing principles into an organized approach for decision making.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 330 - Mktng Intell & Info Tech

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: MKT 311 or MKT 211; MKT Majors or Minors only; Junior standing or by permission of instructor
    Provides students a working knowledge of secondary data acquisition and analysis. This course places strong emphasis on written and oral communication skills.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 331 - Integrated Marketing Communication

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: MKT 311 or MKT 211; MKT Majors or Minors only; Junior standing or by permission of instructor
    Basic understanding of the factors affecting promotional decisions as well as the role of promotional effort in market strategy planning. The basic principles of advertising, sales promotion and personal selling are integrated.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 360 - Business-To-Business Mkt

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: MKT 311 or MKT 211, Jr. Standing, CCB Majors Only
    A study of contemporary market strategy techniques in industrial companies. Emphasis is placed on the case approach where students are provided an opportunity to develop strategies in response to given market opportunities and competitive behavior.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 362 - Global Marketing: An E.U. Perspective

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MKT 311 (MKT 211); Open to CCB Business Majors, Juniors and Seniors
    An exploration of the challenges of product development and marketing in the global marketplace. In addition to lessons with the primary instructor, students attend tours and lectures by a variety of professors in the consortium (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Ostfalia University, Germany; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa; University of South Dakota; and Northwood University (USA). This intensive, two-week experience satisfies the international experience required for the international Business minor.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 370 - Soc Issues In Marketing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-req: This course is open to matriculated Charlton College of Business Majors only; Junior standing
    An examination and appraisal of contemporary thought on the extent to which marketing activities influence the ethical and social values of society. Cross-listed with MKT 446
    Graded
  
  • MKT 390 - Sports Marketing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-req: This course is open to matriculated Charlton College of Business Majors only; Junior standing
    Provides both a practical and theoretical understanding of the growing sport industry, its vital place in society, and the key component that composes successful sport organizations. The course explores managerial and organizational leadership issues that have broad applications in any business career. Case studies are used to sharpen the students’ analytical ability, their decision-making skills, and their oral and written communication effectiveness.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 396 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    Independent Study / 3 hours per week
    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
  
  • MKT 398 - Management & Marketing Concepts for Career Planning

    Credits 3.00
    An application of management and marketing concepts to career planning and job hunting. Student assignments will build up a career portfolio that includes completed self-assessments, networking and informational interviews, lead generation, practice interviews, job fair preparation, company research, resumes, and cover letters. Recommended for those seeking an internship or job in the following semester.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 399 - Internship in Marketing

    Credits 3
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: At least Junior standing; Business majors only and permission of the internship director
    Work experience at a specialized level supervised for graded academic credit by a faculty member in the student’s major field. Terms and hours to be arranged. Students must register in advance to receive credit for an internship in the Business College. Deadline for registration and approval for internship contracts is the end of the add/drop period; no late contracts or registrations will be accepted. For specific procedures and regulations, see section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 420 - International Marketing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MKT 311 (MKT 211); Open to CCB Business Majors, Juniors and Seniors
    A systematic treatment of marketing and management on a global scale. Emphasis is placed on the study of the dimensions of foreign market environments, marketing across national boundaries and management and marketing simultaneously in two or more national environments.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 421 - Advertising

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MKT 311 (MKT 211); Open to CCB Business Majors, Juniors and Seniors
    Principal form and applications of advertising alternatives as a part of overall market strategy planning. Considerable emphasis is placed on applied problems which allow for student planning of advertising campaigns.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 425 - Product Strategy

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    The decision steps of the product development process: innovation strategy, opportunity identification, designing new products, testing and improving products, product introduction and profit management and implementing the new product development process.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 431 - Consumer Behavior

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-reqs: MKT 311 (or MKT 211), MKT 330 & MKT 331 Sr. Standing, Marketing Majors or Minors Only
    A study of consumer decision processes as a series of activities related to the purchase and consumption of goods. Emphasis is given to contemporary thought on the consumer problem-solving process, namely problem recognition, search, evaluation, commitment and post-purchase behavior.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 432 - Sales Management

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MKT 311 (or MKT 211); CCB Business Majors only;
    Sales programs are formulated and then implemented. This course deals with understanding the importance of these major responsibilities in an age of accelerating product complexity.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 441 - Marketing Management

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-reqs: MKT 311 (or MKT 211), MKT 330 & MKT 331 Sr. Standing, Marketing Majors or Minors Only
    A capstone course that integrates marketing and business principles learned in prior courses. Being decision-oriented and analytical it sets forth a definite way of surveying current developments in marketing practice, with the advantage of allowing the student freedom, via the case approach, in his or her choice of executive action. Students are required to complete a marketing plan.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 442 - Marketing Research

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MKT 311, POM 212, MKT 330; Senior Standing; Marketing Majors and Minors only or by permission of instructor
    An examination of the market research process as used in approaching contemporary marketing problems. Emphasis is placed on the current status of research techniques and their application.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 443 - Social Media Marketing

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Social Media Marketing essential for business today. This course reviews how social media tools are providing business communicators and brand managers with an instant feedback loop that links the customer to customer service. Those tools that allow firms to track compliments, complaints and even the competition as well as to develop new relationships with their customers will be covered. New tools (blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will be included as well as a review of business best practices with these tools.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 490 - Special Topics in Market

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: MKT 311 or MKT 211, Jr. Standing, CCB Majors Only
    An opportunity for the faculty to propose a course and teach it as an elective to students who express interest in a particular subject. Topics will vary and be announced before registration is completed in the previous semester, may be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed with MKT 690
    Graded
  
  • MKT 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 6.00
    Independent Study
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of instructor, department chair, or college dean
    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.
    Graded
  
  • MKT 496 - Directed Study

    Credits 3
    Independent Study / 3 hours per week
    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
  
  • MLS 105 - Cont Top Human Ecology I

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science of Natural World
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Medical-social problems as they relate to modern society. Contemporary topics such as over-the-counter drugs, eugenics, factors affecting I.Q., basic human physiology, and the disease state are discussed.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 106 - Cont Top Human Ecol II

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science in Engaged Community
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Medical-social problems as they relate to modern society. Contemporary topics such as stress, sexuality, inheritance, and aging are discussed.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 115 - Fund Of Med Lab Science

    Credits 1
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Specialty areas, professional issues, career mobility and an introduction to the university and its facilities presented in lectures, field trips and laboratory experiences. Student Resource Center facilities will be utilized during class time.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 116 - Fund Med Lab Sci Techniq

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS majors only
    An orientation to clinical laboratory techniques.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 121 - Human Genetics

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 116 C- or better MLSL majors only
    An intensive survey of genetic mechanisms emphasizing the effect on human inheritance and disease. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 122 - Human Genetics Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 116 C- or Better Corequisite: MLS 121
    Laboratory correlated with MLS 121. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 140 - Basic Principles of Emergency Medical Technology

    Credits 6
    Lecture
    Basic principles of training an emergency medical technician. Course content prepares students to be certified through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Topics include medico-legal and ethical issues, airways management and ventilation, patient assessment, general pharmacology, respiratory and cardiac emergencies and general knowledge of ambulance operations.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 150 - Advanced Principles of Emergency Medical Services

    Credits 6
    Lecture
    Graded
  
  • MLS 196 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    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.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 200 - Topics in Medical Laboratory Science

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
    Lecture
    Graded
  
  • MLS 211 - Fundamentals of Human Physiology

    Credits 4Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science of Natural World
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-req: Successful completion of MLS 121 C- or better or permission of instructor
    Introduction to the general physiological principles involved in human body functions with homeostasis as the unifying theme. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 221 - Pathophysiology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-req: MLS 211 or BIO 221 & 222 C- or better; MLSL Majors or permission of instructor
    The selection, generation, and translation of basic information for the diagnosis, prognosis and management of clinical samples. Health screen vs. diagnostic and prognostic profiles will be discussed. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 222 - Pathophysiology Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-req: MLS 116, MLS 122; C- or better MLSL majors only; MLS 221 as Pre- or Co-req; or permission of instructor
    Laboratory correlated with MLS 221. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 241 - Instrumentation Analysis

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-req: Successful completion of CHM 152/162; C- or better; MLSB or MLSL majors only
    Study of chemical and analytical techniques used in clinical laboratory analysis. Topics include photometric, electrochemical and immunochemical separation used in research, forensic and medical applications. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 242 - Cl Chm App Diag Tech Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 3 hours per week
    Laboratory correlated with MLS 241.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 296 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    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.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 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.
    Credit / No Credit
  
  • MLS 301 - Princ of Microbiology

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 241 & MLS 221; C- or Better MLSB or MLSC or MLSL majors only
    This course presents the basic concepts of physiology, genetics, morphology, ecology, systematics and control of microorganisms. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 303 - Princ Microbiology Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 6 hours per week
    Requirements: Corequisite: MLS 301
    Laboratory correlated with MLS 301. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 313 - Medical Microbiology

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science in Engaged Community
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 301 with a C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 314
    The theoretical basis for an in-depth understanding of organisms of medical importance. Stress shall be placed on bacterial physiology as it relates to disease. Quality control, statistical methods, and current literature shall be analyzed. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 314 - Medical Microbiology Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 303 with a C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 313
    Laboratory correlated with MLS 313. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 319 - Health Care Legislation

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Major, recent and pending health care legislation and its impact on the provider will be discussed. Possible topics include: Medicare, Medicaid, health manpower, accreditation, licensure, professional standards review, health systems agencies and national health insurance. Cross-listed with MLS 519
    Graded
  
  • MLS 325 - Clinical Immunobiology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 211 MLS 221 MLS 222; C- or Better
    The emerging concepts of immunobiology. Topics will include immunogens, immunoglobulins, autoimmunity, infection and immunity, immunohematology, and tumor biology. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 326 - Clin Immunobiology Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 222 C- or Better
    Laboratory correlated with MLS 325. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 331 - Fund Clinical Hematology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 221; C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 332;
    Introduction to the pathophysiology of anemias, leukocyte dyscrasias and disorders. Topics may include bone marrow activity, cell energetics, testing protocols and examples of various modalities of therapy. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 332 - Fund Clin Hematology Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: MLS 222 Coreq: MLS 331
    Introduction to the morphology and biochemical testing of cells involved in anemias, leukocyte dyscrasias and other disorders. Topics may include bone marrow morphology, peripheral blood morphology and cytochemical testing protocols. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 341 - Clinical Chemistry in Diagnostic Techniques

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 2 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 241, 301, and 325 with a C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 342
    Medically relevant carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, hormones, nonprotein nitrogenous substances, and enzymes will be discussed. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 342 - Clin Instrumnt Analy Lab

    Credits 1
    Laboratory / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 242, 303, and 326 with a C-or better; Corequisite: MLS 341
    Laboratory course correlated with MLS 341. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 352 - Med Lab Science Sem II

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
    Seminar / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Jr or Sr Standing, MLSC majors only
    Selected topics shall be presented by both faculty and students. Topics shall be submitted from affiliated hospitals.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 396 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    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.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 401 - Clinical Microbiology I

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 313, MLS 314, MLS 331, MLS 332, MLS 342, MLS 342: C- or Better; Corequisite; MLS 431, MLS 443, MLS 421, MLS 428
    The principles or practice of diagnostic microbiology such as specimen collection and handling, quality control, and laboratory safety. Clinical correlation, immunology and hospital surveillance will be included. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 411 - Clinical Microbiology II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 401, MLS 421, MLS 428; MLS 431, MLS 443; C- or better;MLSL Major Only: Corequisite: MLS 411, MLS 432, MLS 444 & MLS 450
    Continuation of MLS 401.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 421 - Immunohematology I

    Credits 2
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 313, MLS 314, MLS 331, MLS 332, MLS 341, MLS 342; C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 401, MLS 443, MLS 428 & MLS 431
    The principles of blood banking, including the preparation and storage of blood and its components, donor evaluation, transfusion, required record keeping, and processing of frozen blood. Clinical correlation, quality control and laboratory safety will be included. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 422 - Immunohematology II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 2 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 401, MLS 421, MLS 428, MLS 431 MLS 443; C- or better; MLSL majors only; Corequisite: MLS 411, MLS 432, MLS 444, MLS 450
    Continuation of MLS 421.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 431 - Hematology I

    Credits 2
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 313, MLS 314, MLS 331, MLS 332, MLS 341, MLS 342; C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 401, MLS 421, MLS 428, MLS 443
    Subjects include the analysis and clinical correlation of quantitative and qualitative variations in blood. Blood cell and other formed element morphology, the dynamics of coagulation, processing and evaluation of human bone marrow, quality control and laboratory safety will be studied. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 432 - Hematology II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 401, MLS 421, MLS 428, MLS 431, MLS 443; Corequisite: MLS 411, MLS 422, MLS 444, MLS 450
    Continuation of MLS 431.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 443 - Clinical Biochemistry I

    Credits 4
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 313,MLS 314, MLS 331, MLS 332, MLS 341, MLS 342; C- or Better; Corequisite: MLS 401, MLS 421, MLS 428, MLS 431
    Principles of the physical and chemical analysis of medically significant organic and inorganic substances found in human body fluids and tissues. Laboratory instrumentation and electronics, metabolic screening, specimen collection, clinical correlation, quality control and laboratory safety will be emphasized. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 444 - Clinical Biochemistry II

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 401, MLS 421, MLS 428, MLS 431, MLS 443; Coreq MLS 411, MLS 422, MLS 432, MLS 450
    Continuation of MLS 443.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 450 - Senior Seminar

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Capstone Study Learning through Engagement
    Seminar / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLS 411, MLS 422, MLS 432, MLS 444
    Intensive, integrated study of selected topics in clinical laboratory science including management. Enrollment requires a minimum grade of C- in all MLS courses.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 461 - Intro to Cytotechnology

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: for Medical Laboratory Science-Cytotechnology Seniors only or permission of Department
    A review of cell structure, principles of microscopy, and staining techniques. Anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system and study of the non-malignant cytology of the female genital tract will be covered.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 462 - Sp Top in Cytotechnology

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    Special projects in cytology, cytopathology or cytotechnology are investigated or reviewed and reported by the student. Written or oral presentation is required.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 463 - Cytopathology

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    Cytopathology and clinical aspects of cervical dysplasia, carcinoma-in-situ and invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Consideration of endometrial and endocervical carcinoma, other genital tract cancers and radiation effect.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 464 - Medical Cytology

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    Benign and malignant cytology of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts will be correlated with anatomy and physiology. Benign, a-typical, and malignant exfoliative cells from the urinary tracts, serous effusion, cerebrospinal fluid and breast secretions will be studied.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 465 - Cytotechnology Seminar

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
    Seminar / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    Presentation, discussion and interpretation of benign, suspicious, and hormonal conditions. The cytological diagnostic criteria of malignant tumors from various body sites and their histopathological correlation will be studied.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 466 - Applied Cytotechnology

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 3.00
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    The microscopic evaluation and screening of cytological smears from various body sites. Effects of radiation and of chemotherapy; diagnosis of suspicious and hormonal conditions; cytological observations in pregnancy. Cell research techniques. Epidemiology and current concepts related to cytotechnology.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 467 - Cytology Practicum I

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 8.00
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    The microscopic evaluation and screening of benign cytological smears and smears from cervical dysplasia; carcinoma-in-situ, and invasive malignant tumors of the female genital tract.
    Multi-Term Course: Not Graded
  
  • MLS 468 - Cytology Practicum II

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 8.00
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSC Seniors; MLS 352.
    The microscopic evaluation and screening of cytological smears from the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract and from body fluids. Continuing evaluation of cytological smears from the gynecological tract.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 471 - Intro to Biotechnology

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: for Medical Laboratory Science-Biotechnology Seniors only or permission of Department
    Basic concepts of biotechnology gene theory, application, and bioinformatics. A survey of genetic mechanisms of inheritance and disease and the use of bioinformatics as a research tool are included.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 472 - Topics in Biotechnology

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 4 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSB Seniors; MLS 401, MLS 428, MLS 431, MLS 443
    Integrated study of selected topics in biotechnology. Evolving concepts in biotechnology are investigated and presented. Written and oral presentations are required.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 473 - Biotechnology Pract I

    Credits variable; 2.00 to 5.00
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSB Seniors; MLS 401, MLS 428, MLS 431, MLS 443
    Principle and procedures in various aspects of biotechnology to include proteomics and bioinformatics. Laboratory and administrative issues appropriate to the practicum site are included.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 474 - Biotechnology Pract II

    Credits variable; 2.00 to 5.00
    Practicum / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MLSB Seniors; MLS 401, MLS 428, MLS 431, MLS 443
    Continuation of MLS 473.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 495 - Independent Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    Independent Study
    The student selects a topic for in-depth study. Readings and reports are supervised by a member of the faculty.
    Graded
  
  • MLS 496 - Directed Study

    Credits variable; 1.00 to 4.00
    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.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 101 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Corequisite or Prerequisite MTH 151 or 153
    Introduce students in freshmen year to the fundamental concepts of Mechanical Engineering, through design, product tear down, problem solving and seminars.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 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.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 220 - Engineering Thermodynamics I

    Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science in Engaged Community
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Pre-reqs: CHM 153 or CHM 151, and MTH 152 or MTH 154
    The fundamental concepts and basic principles of classical thermodynamics. The Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics are formulated with recourse to empirical observations and then expressed in precise mathematical language. These laws are applied to a wide range of engineering problems. The properties of pure substances are described using equations of state and surfaces of state. Reversible processes in gases are analyzed by means of the First and Second laws. A representative sampling of engineering applications is discussed and analyzed.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 231 - Material Science

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: CHM 151 or 153
    The relation between the atomic or micro structure of engineering materials and their properties. Structures of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites are introduced. Experiments on equilibrium diagrams, metallographic structures, property changes of metals are included.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 252 - Mechanics of Materials

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prereq: EGR 241
    Material behavior and the concepts of equilibrium and compatibility of deformation. Torsion of bars is discussed with application of problems of shaft design. Stress in beams of simple and composite shapes is considered as well as shear in beams and combined twisting and bending. Deflection of beams, shafts and structures are discussed using several calculation procedures. Stress and strain are considered in 3-dimensions with attention to principal directions. Buckling is considered and some attention is paid to plastic action in the various course topics. Both experimental and numerical laboratories will be conducted on various topics covered in the course.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 280 - Honors Enrichment

    Credits 1
    Other / 1 hours per week
    Honors enrichment course supplementing a required sophomore level course in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. This course is open to honors students who are enrolled in the affiliated required course in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The course provides coverage of more advanced topics and more in-depth analysis of concepts than are covered in the basic class. The course may include lecture and laboratory components at the instructor’s discretion.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 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.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 311 - Heat Transfer

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 332 and EGR 301: MNE Major Only
    Principles of heat conduction, forced and free convection and thermal radiation, and their application to various engineering problems. Mass transfer and its analogy to heat transfer phenomena are sketched. Special problems, such as boiling and condensation, heat transfer in high speed flow, and fire propagation are introduced. Mathematical analysis motivated by physical reasoning is emphasized.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 332 - Fluid Mechanics

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 220, MTH 211 or MTH 213; MNE Major Only
    Basic conservation equations in integral and differential forms. Eulerian and Lagrangian description of mass, momentum, and energy. Elements of potential flow. Analysis is primarily limited to inviscid and viscous incompressible fluids with applications to external and internal flows. Discussion of similarity and scaling. Both experimental and CFD laboratories and CFD project are integrated with the course.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 345 - Design for Manufacturing

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 231; MNE Major Only
    Discussion and comparison of manufacturing processes for economy of production; and modifications to proposed designs to suit existing equipment. Material selection to suit production and service requirements is covered along with economics of automation and inventory control. Basic principles of the statistics and probability theory as applied to quality control of manufacturing process are discussed. Machining operations using conventional and modern machine tools are covered in addition to other manufacturing demonstrations.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 380 - Honors Enrichment

    Credits 1
    Other / 1 hours per week
    Honors enrichment course supplementing a required junior level course in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. This course is open to honors students who are enrolled in the affiliated required course in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The course provides coverage of more advanced topics and more in-depth analysis of concepts than are covered in the basic class. The course may include lecture and laboratory components at the instructor’s discretion.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 381 - Design of Machine Elements

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 252 or CEN 202; MNE Major Only
    Comprehensive survey of the analytical design methods that are valuable to mechanical engineers. Some of the areas covered are: stress analysis, fatigue, design of gears and shifts, and selection of standardized elements. The objective of the course is to enable the student to handle design problems with confidence and assurance.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 391 - Systems Design and Control

    Credits 4
    Lecture / 5 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: EGR 242, 301 & ECE 211 Prerequisite or Co-requisite
    Design of mechanical systems. The complete design process is carried out from the conceptual stage through consideration of alternative designs to final creation of the device. Emphasis is placed on functional modeling, programmable logic controller, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, sensors and motors.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 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.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 400 - Engineering Internship

    Credits variable; 3.00 to 6.00
    Practicum
    Requirements: Prerequisite: Senior Standing
    Experiential learning in conjunction with an industrial or governmental agency project under the joint supervision of an outside sponsor and a faculty advisor. To be eligible, a student should have completed the junior-year courses. A detailed project proposal must be prepared by the student for departmental approval prior to the start of the project. Typically, three credits will be assigned. Based upon the determination of the advisor and sponsor, the learning component shall be at least 100 hours out of the total work hours. Up to six credits may be assigned for exceptional projects that extend over two semesters. MNE 400 may be used to satisfy one 3-credit technical elective course.
    Mandatory Pass/Fail & Excl Crd
  
  • MNE 421 - Thermal Systems Design

    Credits 4
    Lecture
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 311 & {MNE 252 or CEN 202}: MNE Major Only
    Mechanical Engineering applications of Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, and Heat Transfer. The design and operation of thermal engineering systems and components, including heat exchangers, thermal engines and refrigeration systems are considered from the combined mechanics of materials, heat transfer, fluid dynamic and thermodynamic point of view. Design optimization of components to minimize energy destruction/entropy generation are studied along with economic considerations. The course includes a thermal design project.
    Graded
  
  • MNE 422 - Energy Conversion

    Credits 3
    Lecture / 3 hours per week
    Requirements: Prerequisite: MNE 332
    An introduction to various energy resources, followed by a description of the use of chemical potential energy, nuclear energy and solar energy, the analysis and design criteria for various energy conversion devices, such as generators, transformers, motors, power distribution systems, solar cells, and so on. Understanding of working principles and essential design conditions is emphasized.
    Graded
 

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