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Graduate Record 2011-2012 
    
Graduate Record 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Chinese

  
  • CHIN 7559 - New Course in Chinese


    New course in the subject of Chinese.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • CHIN 7830 - Readings in Confucian Texts


    Introduces a broad range of Confucian texts. Prerequisite: CHIN 5830, 5840 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CHIN 8559 - New Course in Chinese


    New course in the subject of Chinese.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • CHIN 8993 - Independent Study in Chinese


    Independent Study in Chinese. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor



    Credits: 1 to 3

Chinese in Translation

  
  • CHTR 5010 - Introduction to Classical Chinese Literature


    Study of the literary heritage of China. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CHTR 5020 - Survey of Modern Chinese Literature


    A general introduction to modern Chinese literary culture. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CHTR 5559 - New Course in Chinese in Translation


    New course in the subject of Chinese literature in translation



    Credits: 3

Civil Engineering

  
  • CE 6000 - Forefronts of Civil Engineering


    This course is an introduction to major challenges facing civil engineering infrastructures and emerging solutions to these challenges. Innovative technologies and techniques will be presented. Topics will vary but may include sustainability, sensor technology, infrastructure security, and resiliency and design for natural disasters. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6010 - Computational Methods in Civil Engineering


    Studies CE problems and solutions in a numerical, computer-based context; formulation of these problems using various computational procedures; development of typical algorithms; utilization of microcomputers, including structured programming with graphics. Emphasizes construction of numerical models for applications and the solution of representative multi-dimensional problems from all areas of CE. Prerequisite: Graduate standing



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6020 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems


    Introduces engineering problem solving using geographic information systems (GIS). GIS has proven to be an effective tool in civil engineering applications that incluce a significant spatial component. The course addresses basic GIS concepts, and includes hands-on exercises using GIS software. Maybe taught concurrently with CE 4810.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6030 - Green Engineering and Sustainability


    This class provides an introductory survey to the engineering tools of industrial ecology including life cycle assessment, materials flows analysis, and green design. Particular case studies highlighting the power of these methodologies will be explored to demonstrate the importance of toxicity and benign alternatives, pollution prevention and source reduction, separations and disassembly, systems analysis, and biomimicry.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6040 - Infrastructure Management


    Studies the tools required to formulate a prioritization procedure that identifies candidate projects for programming at both the network and project level infrastructure management systems. Topics include methods for obtaining condition rating measurements and optimization procedures. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6100 - Concrete Materials


    Basic properties of hydraulic cements and mineral aggregates and their interactions in concrete; properties of plastic and hardened concrete. Modifications through admixtures; concrete test methods; behavior under various loads; durability and performance of concrete. Production, handling, and placement problems; lightweight, heavyweight, and other special concretes topics. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6110 - Asphalt Materials


    This course will cover the major types of bituminous materials: asphalt cements, cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions, and tars. The influence of chemical composition upon physical properties, desirable aggregate characteristics for bituminous mixtures, and asphalt mixtures and construction techniques are also covered. May be taught concurrently with CE 4710. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6120 - Pavement Analysis and Design


    Introduces the concepts of design, performance, and analysis of rigid and flexible pavements. Focuses on: review of engineering materials used for pavement construction, empirical and mechanistic design methodologies for pavement construction and rehabilitation, influence of traffic loading on pavement performance, life-cycle cost analysis techniques, and pavement management. Taught concurrently with CE 4020.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6130 - Advanced Geotechnical Engineering


    This course addresses advanced geotechnical engineering concepts, specifically as related to pavements. It covers stress-strain, shear strength, soil improvement techniques, and pavement foundation. It also provides introduction to subsurface investigation, lateral earth pressure, shallow foundation and slope stability analysis.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6140 - Advanced Foundations


    Subsurface investigation, control of groundwater, analysis of sheeting and bracing systems, shallow foundations, pile foundations, retaining walls, bridge abutments, caissons and cofferdams. Prerequisite: CE 3310 and CE 3710.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6200 - Fate and Transport Modeling of Ecosystems


    This is a first course in modeling surface water ecosystems, including watersheds. ‘..Ecosystems ranging from watersheds, rivers, reservoirs, estuaries, coastal waters and wetlands will be covered. Using actual field data, students are assigned modeling projects with currently used models for TMDLs. Prerequisite: Graduate Engineering or Instructor permission



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6210 - Wastewater Treatment


    Presents a concise summary of wastewater treatment processes, with emphasis on applications to municipal and industrial wastewaters. Physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes are discussed. Also covers practices of removing conventional and toxic pollutants in wastewaters. Prerequisites: CE 2210, CE 3200, and CE 4100 (concurrent) or Instructor Permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6220 - Water Chemistry for Environmental Engineering


    This course covers the basic principles of aquatic chemistry as applied to problems in natural and engineered waters relevant to environmental engineering. Four specific reaction types will be covered including 1) acid-base, 2) precipitation-dissolution, 3) complexation, and 4) oxidation-reduction. Problem solving skills will be developed using graphical, analytical and computer simulation techniques. Prerequisite: CHEM 1610 and 1611, and graduate standing.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6230 - Hydrology


    Stresses the quantitative description and the physical basis of hydrology. Both deterministic and stochastic methodology are applied to the analysis of the hydrologic cycle, namely, precipitation, evaporation, overland flow and stream flow, infiltration, and groundwater flow. The use of compute simulation models, especially microcomputer based models, is emphasized. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6240 - Ground-Water Hydrology and Contaminant Transport


    An introduction to ground-water hydrology and contaminant transport. Topics include Darcy’s Law, fluid potential, hydraulic conductivity, the unsaturated zone, the 3-D equation of ground-water flow, well hydraulics and pump tests, including the principle of superposition, the advection-dispersion-reaction equation, pollutant fate and transport processes, and numerical simulation of ground-water. Prerequisites: CE 2210, CE 3200 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6250 - Environmental Systems Modeling & Management


    The course emphasizes the formulation of environmental management issues as optimization problems. Simulation models will be presented and then combined with optimization algorithms. Environmental systems to be addressed may include stream quality, air quality, water supply, groundwater remediation, and reservoir operations. Optimization techniques presented include linear programming, dynamic programming, and genetic algorithms.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6260 - Environmental Microbiology


    General introduction to principles of applied and environmental microbiology for graduate students.Specifically, we will assess impacts of microbial systems on humans and vice versa via quantitative and qualitiative assessment of the ways in which microbes mediate cycling of organic materials (i.e. pollutants).The course will culminate in a small ecology simulation project and a term paper of the student’s choice.Taught concurrently w/CE 4160.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6270 - Hydraulics of Rivers, Streams, and Channels


    To provide students with a practical foundation in the hydraulics of open channel flow, so that they may apply their skills to design and analysis of man-made structures and natural rivers. To provide a theoretical underpinning on which students can develop research hypotheses related to open channel hydraulics. Prerequisites: CE 2200 and 2212 or equivalents.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6300 - Advanced Design of Metal Structures


    Behavior and design of structural elements and systems, including continuous beams, plate girders, composite steel-concrete members, members in combined bending and compression. Structural frames, framing systems, eccentric connections, and torsion and torsional stability are also studied. (Y) Prerequisites: CE 4300 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6310 - Prestressed Concrete Design


    Prestressing materials and concepts, working stress analysis and design for flexure, strength analysis and design for flexure, prestress losses, design for shear, composite prestressed beams, continuous prestressed beams, prestressed concrete systems concepts, load balancing, slab design. Prerequisite: CE 3310 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6320 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design


    Advanced topics in reinforced concrete design, including design of slender columns, deflections, torsion in reinforced concrete, design of continuous frames, and two-way floor systems. Introduction to design of tall structures in reinforced concrete, and design of shear walls. Prerequisite: CE 3310.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6330 - Introduction to Finite Element Methods


    Fundamental concepts of the finite element method; modeling and discretization; one dimensional problems; element characteristics; interpolation functions; plane stress and plane strain problems; isoparametric mappings and numerical quadrature; axisymmetry; three dimensional elasticity. Prerequisites: CE 4340, CE 4820 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6340 - Risk and Reliability in Structural Engineering


    Fundamental concepts of structural reliability; definitions of performance and safety, uncertainty in loadings, materials and modeling. Analysis of loadings and resistance. Evaluation of existing design codes. Development of member design criteria, including stability, fatigue and fracture criteria; and the reliability of structural systems. Prerequisite: APMA 3100 or APMA 3110 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6350 - Experimental Mechanics


    Analyzes the theories and techniques for the determination of static and dynamic stresses, strains, and deformations. Studies include photoelastic, electrical, mechanical, and optical methods and instruments. Both models and full-scale specimens will be used in experimental testing. Prerequisite: CE 3700 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6400 - Traffic Operations


    Covers the methods for evaluating the impact on the quality of traffic operations due to the interactions of the driver, the vehicles, and the road. Includes the collection and analysis of traffic operations data, fundamentals of traffic flow theory, analysis of capacity and level of service and accident analysis. Taught concurrently with CE 4400.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6410 - Introduction to Transportation Planning


    Introduces the legal requirements, framework, and principles of urban and statewide planning. Focuses on describing and applying the methodology of the forecasting system of the transportatoin planning process, including inventory, forecasts of population and economic activity, network analysis, and travel demand analysis.Taught concurrently with CE 4410.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6420 - Public Transportation


    Study of the applicatoin of transportation systems and technologies in an urban context. Focuses on the management and operation of public transit systems, and comparative costs and capabilities of transit modes.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6430 - Intermodal Transportation


    Studies the structure of domestic freight and passenger transportation in the United States. Focuses on the integration of modes, economic impacts, national transportation policy and advanced technology. Case studies of contemporary examples of intermodal integration are explored.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6440 - Intelligent Transportation Systems


    Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) can best be defined as the application of infomration technology to the surface transportation sytem. This technology, which includes communications, sensors, and computer hardware and software, supports both travelers and transportation providers in making more effective decisions. This course provides an introduction to the concepts of ITS, explores the supporting technology and includes case studies.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6450 - Transportation Safety Engineering


    A study of different transportation systems management strategies with specific emphasis on their impact on safety, including methods of obtaining and analyzing crash data. Emphasis is also placed on the interaction of human and vehiclecharacteristics and the road environment on safety.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6460 - Introduction to Integrated Transportation Systems Models


    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to core models that support transportation engineering. In addition, the course provides a background on fundamental mathematical and heuristic search methods, optimization theory, stochastic optimization, and graph theory that underpin the transportation models.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6470 - Financing Transportation Infrastructure


    The financing of transportation systems and services is an important element in the process of developing new or renovated facilities. This course develops familiarity with financing techniques that have been proposed or used by localities and state agencies. Consideration is given to advantages and disadvantages and the conditions appropriate to their application. Prerequisite: CE 6430.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6480 - Advanced Geometric Design


    This course covers advanced topics in geometric design of highways. Topics include highway functions and classification, characteristics, design control and criteria, and cross section elements. Other material covered includes local collectors, rural and urban arterials, freeways, at-grade intersections, grade separations, and interchanges. The topics covered parallel the AASHTO geometric design book, ‘The Green Book.’ Prerequisite: CE 3400.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6500 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering


    Detailed study of special topics in civil engineering. Master’s-level graduate students. Prerequisites: to be listed for each section as needed



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6555 - Special Topics in Distance Learning


    Special Topics in Distance Learning



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6700 - Energy Principles in Mechanics


    Introduction to calculus of variations. Derivation and application of the principles of virtual work and complementary virtual work. The principles of stationary total potential energy and complementary energy, Castigiliano’s Theorems. Introduction to mixed and hybrid principles. Variational approximation methods. Hamilton’s principle, Lagrange’s equations of motion. Corequisite: CE 6720 or equivalent. Taught concurrently w/ AM 6200 and MAE 6200



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6710 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials


    Reviews basic stress-strain concepts; constitutive relations. Studies unsymmetrical bending, shear center, and shear flow. Analyzes curved flexural members, beams on elastic foundation, torsion, bending, and twisting of thin walled sections. Taught concurrently w/ AM 6010. Prerequisite: Undergraduate mechanics and mathematics.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6720 - Continuum Mechanics


    Introduces continuum mechanics and mechanics of deformable solids. Vectors and cartesian tensors, stress, strain, deformation, equations of motion, constitutive laws, introduction to elasticity, thermal elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fluids. Taught concurrently with APMA 6020, AM 6020, MAE 6020. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6730 - Computational Solid Mechanics


    Analyzes the variational and computational mechanics of solids, potential energy, complementary energy, virtual work, Reissner’s principle, Ritz and Galerkin methods; displacement, force and mixed methods of analysis; finite element analysis, including shape functions, convergence and integration; and applications in solid mechanics. Cross-listed as AM 6030, MAE 6030. Corequisite: CE 6702.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6731 - Vibrations


    Free and forced vibration of undamped and damped single-degree-of-freedom systems and undamped multi-degree-of-freedom systems; use of Lagrange’s equations, Laplace transform, matrix formulation, and other solution methods; normal mode theory; introduction to vibration of continuous systems. Taught concurrently w/ AM 6230 and MAE 6230. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6740 - Plates and Shells


    Includes the classical analysis of plates and shells of various shapes; closed-form numerical and approximate methods of solution of governing partial differential equations; and advanced topics (large deflection theory, thermal stresses, orthotropic plates). Taught concurrently w/ AM 6040 and MAE 6040. Prerequisite: APMA 6410 and CE 6710 or 6720.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6750 - Mechanics of Composite Materials


    Analyzes the properties and mechanics of fibrous, laminated composites; stress, strain, equilibrium, and tensor notation; micromechanics, lamina, laminates, anisotropic materials, classical lamination theory, stiffness and strength, interlaminar stresses, fabrication, and test methods; thermal stresses, analysis, design and computerized implementation. Taught concurrently with AM 6650. Prerequisite: CE 2310 or equivalent and a computer language



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6760 - Stress Analysis of Composites


    Focuses on 3-D anisotropic constitutive theory, edge effects and interlaminar stresses, failure criteria, fracture, anisotropic elasticity, micromechanics, laminated plates, hygro-thermal effects, conduction and diffusion. Taught concurrently w/ AM 6660. Prerequisite: CE 6750 or AM 6650.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6770 - Theory of Elasticity


    Reviews concepts/stress, strain, equilibrium, compatibility;Hooke’s law;displacement & stress formulations of elasticity problems;plane stress and strain problems in rectangular coordinates;Airy’s stress function; plane stress and strain problems in polar coordinates,axisymmetric problems;torsion of prismatic bars (semi-inverse method using real functions);thermal stress;energy methods.Pre-requisites:CE 6720,AM/MAE 6020,or instructor permission



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6775 - Theory of Structural Stability


    Introduces the elastic stability of structural and mechanical systems. Studies classical stability theory and buckling of beams, trusses, frames, arches, rings and thin plates and shells. Also covers the derivation of design formulas, computational formulation and implementation. Taught concurrently with AM 6750. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 6993 - Independent Study


    Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. Master’s-level graduate students. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 6995 - Supervised Project Research


    Formal record of student commitment to project research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Registration may be repeated as necessary. Master’s-level graduate students. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 7001 - Graduate Seminar


    Weekly meeting of graduate students and faculty for presentation and discussion of contemporary research and practice in civil engineering. This seminar is offered every spring semester. Prerequisite: For students who have established resident credit.



    Credits: 0
  
  • CE 7120 - Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design


    This course covers advanced topics in the design and analysis of pavement structures for all types of pavements. Mechanistic-empirical design procedures are covered, and drainage layer design is discussed in detail. Actual pavement design programs are used and advanced design checks and analysis topics covered in detail. Stress, strain, deflection calculation, and back calculation procedures are also discussed. Prerequisite: CE 6120.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7200 - Environmental Hydraulics Modeling


    This course focuses on an advanced modeling topic - environmental hydraulics of contaminants in ecosystems. Major components covered in the course include mixing zone modeling analysis of near field and far field, hydrodynamic modeling of ecosystems such as reservoirs/lakes, estuaries/coastal waters, and wetlands. One of the key elements in the course is conducting a dye dispersion study in the receiving water to support a mixing zone modeling analysis. Finally, linking the watershed, hydrodynamic and receiving water fate and transport models is addressed. Prerequisite: CE 6200 or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7240 - Theory of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport


    Provides a theoretical framework for understanding fluid flow and contaminant transport in porous media. Topics include the properties of a porous medium, including types of phases, soil and clay mineralogy, surface tension and capillarity, soil surface area, and soil organic-matter composition; the derivation of the general equations for multi-phase fluid flow and multi-species solute transport; and the fundamentals of the fate and transport processes of organic pollutants in ground-water systems, including advection, dispersion, diffusion, sorption, hydrolysis, and volatilization. Prerequisite: CE 6240 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7300 - Optimum Structural Design


    Introduces the basic concepts, numerical methods, and applications of optimum design to civil engineering structures; formulation of the optimum design problems; development of analysis techniques including linear and nonlinear programming and optimality criteria; examples illustrating application to steel and concrete structures. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7310 - Non-Linear Structural Systems


    Discussion of deflection theory. Analysis of arches, suspension bridges, cable supported roof systems, guyed towers, lattice domes and space trusses. Focuses on wind-induced vibration, creep effects, and the visco-elastic behavior of structures. Prerequisite: CE 6330 or CE 6730, or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7320 - Design of Slab and Shell Structures


    Using both exact and simplified methods of thin shell theory, such structures as domes, cylindrical roofs, tanks, hyperbolic paraboloids, folder plate roofs, and suspension forms are analyzed and designed. Effects of stiffening beams and edge stress are studied. Considers erection, economy and aesthetics. Prerequisite: CE 6310 or CE 6320.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7330 - Advanced Finite Element Applications in Structural Engineering


    Development and application of two- and three-dimensional finite elements; plate bending; isoparametric formulation; solid elements; nonlinear element formulation with application to material and geometric nonlinearities; stability problems; formulation and solution of problems in structural dynamics; use of commercial computer codes. Prerequisite: CE 6330 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7340 - Dynamics of Structures


    Study of the dynamic behavior of such structures as beams, rigid frames, floors, bridges, and multi-story buildings under the action of various disturbing forces such as wind, blasts, earthquakes, vehicles, machinery, etc. Prerequisite: Concrete and metal structure design and CE 6731.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7400 - Traffic Flow Theory


    Analyzes theoretical and mathematical models of traffic flow; deterministic and stochastic traffic flow models, queueing theory and its application including cases where arrival rates exceed service rates; acceleration noise and traffic simulation. Prerequisite: CE 6400.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7410 - Transportation Impact Analysis


    Introduces the non-travel impacts of transportation systems and the methodologies used to capture them for project evaluation; to develop and illustrate methodologies used for evaluating the effectiveness of transportation system/projects including benefit-cost analysis and multi-objective decision models, and to illustrate the analysis of different alternatives. Prerequisites: CE 6400 and 6410.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7430 - Transportation Logistics


    This course covers logistics systems, with emphasis on the design and analysis of transportation and supply chain systems. Topics include transportation nnetwork design, scheduling, routing, contracting and pricing; interactions and trade-offs of these activities; and models and techniques for the analysis of logistics systems. Prerequisites: CE 6400, 6410.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7460 - Advanced Integrated Transportation Systems Models


    Introduces the current & advanced optimization and simulation computer models used in traffic operations.Covers the advantages and disadvantages of models considered and is project-oriented, with students spending a significant amount of time in selecting & using these models to solve “real world” problems. Prerequisite CE 6400.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7500 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering


    Detailed study of special topics in civil engineering. Doctoral-level graduate students. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 7555 - Advanced Topics in Distance Learning


    Advanced Topics in Distance Learning



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7750 - Random Vibrations


    Topics include a review of probability theory; stochastic processes, with an emphasis on continuous, continuously parametered processes; mean square calculus, Markov processes, diffusion equations, Gaussian processes, and Poisson processes; response of SDOF, MDOF, and continuous linear and nonlinear models to random excitation; upcrossings, first passage problems, fatigue and stability considerations; Monte Carlo simulation, analysis of digital time series data, and filtered excitation models. Cross-listed as AM 7250. Prerequisite: A background in probability theory and vibration analysis.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7770 - Micromechanics of Heterogeneous Media


    Analyzes averaging principles, equivalent homogeneity, effective moduli, bounding principles, self-consistent schemes, composite spheres, concentric cylinders, three phase model, repeating cell models, inelastic and nonlinear effects, thermal effects, isotropic and anisotropic media, strength and fracture. Crosslisted with APMA 7670 and AM 7670, Prerequisites: CE 6720.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 7993 - Independent Research in CE


    Detailed independent study of graduate course material under the guidance of a faculty member. Doctoral-level graduate students. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 7995 - Supervised Project Research


    Formal record of student commitment to project research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Registration may be repeated as necessary. Doctoral-level graduate student. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 8001 - Graduate Teaching Instruction


    For graduate students who will be GTA for a course taught by CE faculty who have granted Instructor Permission for that section. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 8240 - Groundwater Modeling


    Introduces the fundamentals of modeling groundwater systems. Emphasizes the evaluation, development, and application of computer models. Modeling techniques include analytical solutions, finite difference and finite element methods, particle tracking, and inverse modeling. Models are applied to flow and transport in saturated and unsaturated groundwater systems. Prerequisite: CE 6240 or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 8400 - Advanced Topics in Transportation


    Focuses on selected contemporary problems in transportation that are of interest to the students and faculty. Seminars, guest lecturers, projects.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CE 8999 - Thesis


    Formal record of student commitment to master’s thesis research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Registration may be repeated as necessary. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • CE 9999 - Dissertation


    Formal record of student commitment to doctoral research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Prerequisites: Instructor Permission



    Credits: 1 to 12

Classics

  
  • CLAS 5010 - Proseminar


    Introduction to Classical philology and its methods. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CLAS 5250 - Ancient Greek Religion


    An introduction to the religious beliefs, practices, and life of ancient Greeks of the classical period as they are found in literature, history, architecture, and art. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CLAS 5300 - Introduction to Indo-european Linguistics


    Languages as superficially different as English, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit in fact all developed from a single “proto-language,” called Proto-Indo-European. This course will explore the following questions: What was this proto-language like? How do we know what it was like? By what processes did it develop into the various daughter languages? How can we trace words as diverse as wit, idea, video, and Veda back to a common source?



    Credits: 3
  
  • CLAS 5559 - New Course in Classics


    New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • CLAS 6150 - World Mythology


    An introduction to those myths from Greece and Rome that have had the greatest importance for teachers of English. The emphasis will be on the structure and recurring images in important myths, with attention to specific ways in which those are processed in the originals and then reconsidered in subsequent texts. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • CLAS 6559 - New Course in Classics


    New course in the subject of classics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 4

Clinical Nurse Leader

  
  • GCNL 5100 - Health Assessment and Clinical Interventions


    This course focuses on acquiring, analyzing, and refining health assessment data as a basis for the development of an accurate nursing problem list. Normal variations and abnormalities characteristic of different developmental, cultural, and ethnic groups are considered throughout. This course serves as an introduction to therapeutic communication, psychomotor skills, and interpersonal skills used in providing patient care. The laboratory portion allows students to practice assessment and clinical intervention skills in a simulated patient care environment. Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Nurse Leader program.



    Credits: 4
  
  • GCNL 5110 - Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults


    This course provides the student with the theoretical knowledge necessary to provide basic safe and effective nursing care to adults and aging individuals. Clinical experiences focus on developing applying fundamental nursing skills. Prerequisite: GCNL 510.



    Credits: 4
  
  • GCNL 5120 - Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Children & Families


    This course provides opportunities for students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the unique biopsychosocial needs of growing children and adolescents, and their families. Clinical experiences in community-based and acute care settings focus on applying the principles of family-centered care and offer opportunities to provide nursing care to children and families that promotes health and prevents illness and injury. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010 and GCNL 5110.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5130 - Clin Prac & Decis-Making: Nursing Care of Adults w/ Common Health Problems


    This course provides students with opportunities to acquire the knowledge and clinical skills needed to provide safe and effective nursing care to adults experiencing acute illness. Clinical experiences in acute care settings focus on applying the principles of family-centered care and offer opportunities to provide nursing care focusing on health promotion as well as health protection and recovery from illness. Prerequisites: GNUR 584 and GCNL 511.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5140 - Clin Prac & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Women & Childbearing Families


    This course encompasses the care of women through the lifespan with an emphasis on the childbearing period, spanning preconception planning and care through pregnancy, birth and family integration. The course presents the management of normal and high-risk pregnancy and explores the social, cultural, economic and other factors that impact the changing individual and family dynamics. Prerequisites: NUIP 3020, GCNL 5120 and GCNL 5130.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5150 - Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Community Health Nursing


    The course emphasizes application of concepts, theories and competencies that are the foundation for population-focused nursing practice in a community setting. Students have opportunities to engage in direct and/or indirect care to culturally diverse individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Prerequisites: NUIP 3020, GCNL 5120 and GCNL 5130.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5160 - Clin Prac & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Persons w/ Psychiatric Illness


    The course provides an opportunity to learn and use bio-psychosocial concepts in the care of mentally ill of all ages and in a variety of hospital and community settings. The focus is on assessment strategies, plans of care, nursing interventions, medication management, and rehabilitative processes for individuals with a variety of acute and chronic mental health problems. Prerequisite: GCNL 515.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5170 - Clin Prac & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Ind w/ Complex Health Problems


    The course focuses on the use of the nursing process in the management of complex health problems, with particular emphasis on the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse in an intensive, specialty, and technologically advanced care environment. Prerequisite: GCNL 5130.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5180 - Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Synthesis Practicum


    This course provides students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses. Students refine clinical skills in group patient care delivery, priority setting and decision-making, explore the nurse’s role in the formal organization, the progression of leadership roles and responsibilities, and to begin the transition to leadership in professional nursing practice. Prerequisites: GNUR 545, GNUR 587, GCNL 516 and GCNL 517.



    Credits: 4
  
  • GCNL 5210 - Introduction to Nursing Leadership and the Healthcare System


    The course explores theories of change, complexity, horizontal leadership, Microsystems, and decision-making, and their relationship to nursing and the health care system. Students apply concepts of leadership theory to actual or simulated problems. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.



    Credits: 2
  
  • GCNL 5220 - Leading Teams


    This course introduces students to the nursing role in leading health care teams, and examines the principles of collaboration, coordination, and change. Students learn principles of delegation, interdisciplinary teams and group processes. Prerequisite: GCNL 501.



    Credits: 1
  
  • GCNL 5240 - Leadership Seminar


    This course builds upon leadership and team design to explore the context of contemporary nursing practice and issues that offer opportunities and challenges to the nursing profession. Students examine career and practice environment issues and the role of the CNL in actively promoting problem solving and solutions. Prerequisite: GCNL 5220.



    Credits: 2
  
  • GCNL 5250 - The Clinical Nurse Leader in the Healthcare System


    The course offers a framework for a conceptual analysis of the CNL role with advanced application of leadership skills to actual and/or simulated problems. Students explore the context of professional nursing in the health care system, standards of ethical nurse leadership and higher level theories involving lateral integration of care and organizational culture. Prerequisite: GCNL 5240.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GCNL 5991 - GCNL Capstone Practicum


    This course is an intensive clinical experience in an area selected by the student. The experience allows for full implementation of the clinical nurse leader competencies and includes a strong interdisciplinary practice focus. A capstone project is required and will be presented in a poster session at the end of the course. Prerequisites: GNUR 5220 and GCNL 5180.



    Credits: 5

Commerce

  
  • COMM 5100 - Accounting Information Systems


    This course is designed to achieve the following objectives: design and use accounting information systems; learn COSO, COBIT and the foundations for building business controls and managing business risk; understand IT governance in an organization and how IT controls and governance relate to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; understand how IT controls and risks must be integrated into a company’s overall risk profile; design and implement control systems.



    Credits: 3
  
  • COMM 5130 - Advanced Financial Accounting


    Covers accounting and financial reporting for business combinations (including consolidated financial statements), international accounting issues, foreign currency translation, reorganizations and liquidations, accounting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and accounting for partnerships. Emphasizes the conceptual understanding of major issues and technical accounting requirements. Prerequisite: COMM 311.



    Credits: 3
 

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