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ECE 696 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar
This one-hour weekly seminar course features presentations given by ECE faculty members, to introduce various research areas, topics, and advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering. It is a one-credit course required for all first-year ECE graduate students. (Y)
Credits: 1
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ECE 712 - Digital Communications
An in-depth treatment of digital communications techniques and performance. Topics include performance of uncoded systems such as Mary, PSK, FSK, and multi-level signaling; orthogonal and bi-orthogonal codes; block and convolutional coding with algebraic and maximum likelihood decoding; burst correcting codes; efficiency and bandwidth; synchronization for carrier reference and bit timing; baseband signaling techniques; intersymbol interference; and equalization. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 611.
Credits: 3
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ECE 715 - Performance Analysis of Communication Networks
Analyzes topologies arising in communication networks; queuing theory; Markov Chains and ergodicity conditions; theory of regenerative processes; routing algorithms; multiple-access and random-access transmission algorithms; mathematical methodologies for throughput and delay analyses and evaluations; performance evaluation; performance monitoring; local area networks (LANs); interactive LANs; multimedia and ATM networks. Cross-listed as CS 715. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE /CS 457, APMA 310, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 717 - Information Theory and Coding
A comprehensive treatment of information theory and its application to channel coding and source coding. Topics include the nature of information and its mathematical description for discrete and continuous sources; noiseless coding for a discrete source; channel capacity and channel coding theorems of Shannon; error correcting codes; introduction to rate distortion theory and practice of data compression; information and statistical measures. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 611 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 722 - Robotics
Analyzes kinematics of manipulator robots in terms of homogeneous matrices, solution of the kinematics equations; differential translations and rotations, the Jacobian and the inverse Jacobian; manipulator path control; manipulator dynamics, the Lagrange’s and Newton’s formulations; manipulator control; principles of machine vision applied to robots, sensors, edge and feature detection, object location and recognition; stereo vision and ranging; programming of robot tasks. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 525, 621, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 723 - Optimal Control Systems
Analyzes the development and utilization of Pontryagin’s maximum principle, the calculus of variations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory and dynamic programming in solving optimal control problems; performance criteria including time, fuel, and energy; optimal regulators and trackers for quadratic cost index designed via the Ricatti equation; introduction to numerical optimization techniques. Cross-listed as MAE 753. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 622 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 725 - Multivariable Robust Control Systems
Studies advanced topics in modern multivariable control theory; matrix fraction descriptions, state-space realizations, multivariable poles and zeroes; operator norms, singular value analysis; representation of unstructured and structured uncertainty, linear fractional transformation, stability robustness and performance robustness, parametrization of stabilizing controllers; approaches to controller synthesis; H2-optimal control and loop transfer recovery; H2-optimal control and state-space solution methods. Cross-listed as MAE 755. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 622 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 726 - Nonlinear Control Systems
Studies the dynamic response of nonlinear systems; analyzes nonlinear systems using approximate analytical methods; stability analysis using the second method of Liapunov, describing functions, and other methods. May include adaptive, neural, and switched systems. Cross-listed as MAE 756. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 621 and 622.
Credits: 3
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ECE 728 - Digital Control Systems
Includes sampling processes and theorems, z-transforms, modified transforms, transfer functions, and stability criteria; analysis in frequency and time domains; discrete state models of systems containing digital computers; and advanced discrete-time control techniques. Some in-class experiments using small computers to control dynamic processes. Cross-listed as MAE 758. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 412 and 621, APMA 615, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 735 - Digital and Computer System Design
Studies the design of the elements of special purpose and large scale digital processors using a hardware description language. Selected topics from the literature. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 435 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 736 - Advanced VLSI Systems Design
Includes structured VLSI design, special purpose VLSI architectures, and algorithms for VLSI computer-aided design. A major part of the class is devoted to the design and implementation of a large project. Uses papers from current literature as appropriate. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 563 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 738 - Computer System Reliability Engineering
A mathematical introduction to system reliability theory, emphasizing the analysis of digital computer systems. Includes time-to-failure models and distributions, fault tree analysis, Markov models and counting processes, failure and repair dependencies, sensitivity and importance analysis, hardware and software redundancy management, and dependability measurement. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ECE 741 - Fourier Optics
Presents the fundamental principles of optical signal processing. Begins with an introduction to two-dimensional spatial, linear systems analysis using Fourier techniques. Includes scalar diffraction theory, Fourier transforming and imaging properties of lenses and the theory optical coherence. Applications of Wavefront-reconstruction techniques in imaging. Applications of Fourier Optics to analog optical computing. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 324 and 541, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 753 - Electromagnetic Field Theory
Topics include techniques for solving and analyzing engineering electromagnetic systems; relation of fundamental concepts of electromagnetic field theory and circuit theory, including duality, equivalence principles, reciprocity, and Green’s functions; applications of electromagnetic principles to antennas, waveguide discontinuities, and equivalent impedance calculations. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 409 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 757 - Computer Networks
Analyzes network topologies; backbone design; performance and queuing theory; data-grams and virtual circuits; technology issues; layered architectures; standards; survey of commercial networks, local area networks, and contention-based communication protocols; encryption; and security. Cross-listed as CS 757. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 656 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 763 - Physics of Semiconductors
Analyzes semiconductor band theory; constant energy surfaces and effective mass concepts; statistics treating normal and degenerate materials; spin degeneracy in impurities; excited impurity states and impurity recombination; carrier transport; scattering mechanisms; and prediction techniques. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 663 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 768 - Semiconductor Materials and Characterization Techniques
Analyzes semiconductor growth and characterization methods applicable to III-V heteroepitaxial growth along with etching and contact formation mechanisms; and the physical, structural, and electrical characterization tools including X-ray diffraction, Auger, Hall and C(V). (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 663 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 774 - Adaptive and Statistical Signal Processing
Topics include a review of probability and stochastic processes, parametric and non-parametric spectral estimation, optimal filtering, linear prediction, methods of steepest descent, LMS filters, methods of least squares, RLS filters, Kalman filters, and array signal processing techniques. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 611, 576, or equivalent; corequisite: ECE 614.
Credits: 3
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ECE 776 - Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing
Provides the background of multi-dimensional digital signal processing, emphasizing the differences and similarities between the one-dimensional and multi-dimensional cases. Includes M-D Fourier transforms, M-D sampling and reconstruction, M-D DFT, M-D filtering, M-D spectral estimation, and inverse problems such as tomography, iterative signal reconstruction, and coherent imaging. Broad applications in radar, sonar, seismic, medical, and astronomical data processing are introduced. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 576 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 781 - Pattern Recognition
Studies feature extraction and classification concepts: analysis of decision surfaces, discriminant functions, potential functions, deterministic methods, automatic training of classifiers, analysis of training algorithms and classifier performance, statistical classification including optimality and design of optimal decision rules, clustering and non-supervised learning, feature selection and dimensionality reduction. Assignments include programming and analytical problem sets and a final computer project. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 611 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 782 - Advanced Computer Vision
Studies automated reconstruction of imaged objects and computer interpretation of imaged scenes; techniques for three-dimensional object reconstruction; computing motion parameters from sequences of images; computational frameworks for vision tasks such as regularization, and stochastic relaxation; approaches for autonomous navigation; depth image analysis; novel imaging techniques and applications; parallel architectures for computer vision. Cross-listed as CS 782. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 682.
Credits: 3
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ECE 786 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
A second level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. Topics usually reflect new developments in electrical and computer engineering and are based on student and faculty interests. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 787 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
A second level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. Topics usually reflect new developments in electrical and computer engineering and are based on student and faculty interests. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 793 - Independent Study
Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. (S)
Credits: 3
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ECE 814 - Advanced Detection and Estimation
Analyzes classical detection theory and hypothesis testing (Bayes, Neymon-Pearson, minimax); robust hypothesis testing; decision criteria; sequential and nonparametric detection; classical estimation theory (Bayes, minimax, maximum likelihood); performance bounds; robust-outlier resistant estimation of location parameters; stochastic distance measures; parametric and robust operations in time series (Prediction, interpolation, filtering). Applications to problems in communications, control, pattern recognition, signal processing. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 611 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 825 - Adaptive Control
Analyzes parametrized control system models, signal norms, Lyapunov stability, passivity, error models, gradient and least squares algorithms for parameter estimation, adaptive observers, direct adaptive control, indirect adaptive control, certainty equivalence principle, multivariable adaptive control, stability theory of adaptive control, and applications to robot control systems. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 621 and 622, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 862 - High Speed Transistors
Includes the principles of operation, device physics, basic technology, and modeling of high speed transistors. A brief review of material properties of most important compound semiconductors and heterostructure systems, followed by the discussion of high speed Bipolar Junction Transistor technology, Heterojuction Bipolar Transistors, and Tunneling Emitter Bipolar Transistors and by the theory and a comparative study of MESFETs, HFETs, and Variable-Threshold and Split-gate Field Effect Transistors. Also includes advanced transistor concepts based on ballistic and hot electron transport in semiconductors such as Ballistic Injection Transistors and Real Space Transfer Transistors (RSTs) concepts. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 663 or 768 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 863 - High Frequency Diodes
Lectures on the basic two terminal solid state devices that are still extensively used in high frequency microwave and millimeter-wave detector and oscillator circuits. Devices discussed are PIN Diode limiters and phase shifters; Schottky Diode mixers and varactors; Planar-Doped Barrier and Heterostructure Barrier mixer diodes; Superconducting-Insulating- Superconducting mixer devices; Metal-Semiconductor-Metal photodetectors; Transferred Electron Devices; IMPATT Diodes; and Resonant Tunelling Diodes. Basic concepts related to Noise in high frequency circuits, Mixers, Resonators, and Oscillators are reviewed. Emphasis on basic device theory, and device fabrication. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 556, 663, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 886 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
A third-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 887 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
A third-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 895 - Supervised Project Research
Formal record of student commitment to project research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Registration may be repeated as necessary. (S)
Credits: 3 to 6
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ECE 897 - Graduate Teaching Instruction
For master’s students. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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ECE 898 - Thesis
Formal record of student commitment to master’s thesis research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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ECE 997 - Graduate Teaching Instruction
For doctoral students. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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ECE 999 - Dissertation
Formal record of student commitment to doctoral research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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Engineering Physics |
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EP 693 - Independent Study
Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EP 695 - Supervised Project
Formal record of student commitment to project research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EP 700 - Graduate Seminar
Weekly seminars for graduate students in Engineering Physics offered every semester. All resident EP graduate students enroll each semester. (S)
Credits: 0
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EP 732 - Special Topics in Engineering Physics
Advanced-level study of selected problems in engineering physics. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EP 733 - Special Topics in Engineering Physics
Advanced-level study of selected problems in engineering physics. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EP 793 - Independent Study
Detailed study of graduate course material on an independent basis under the guidance of a faculty member. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EP 897 - Graduate Teaching Instruction
For master’s students. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EP 898 - Master’s Degree Research
Formal record of student commitment to master’s thesis research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EP 997 - Graduate Teaching Instruction
For doctoral students. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EP 999 - Ph.D. Dissertation Research
Formal record of commitment to doctoral research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary. (S)
Credits: As arranged
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EVGE 504 - Geochemistry
Studies the principles which govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CHEM 141, 142, EVSC 280, 480, two semesters calculus, MATH 131, 132 recommended; or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 507 - Aqueous Geochemistry
Studies the principals of thermodynamics as applied to mineral-water systems. Treatment includes mineral stability, phase diagrams, solution thermodynamics, electrolyte theory, aqueous complex and hydrolysis equilibria, and electrochemical equilibria. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry and calculus, and one mineralogy or petrology course.
Credits: 4
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EVGE 582 - Geomorphology
Studies the processes that shape the land surface and their relationship to human activity. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 280 or EVSC 340.
Credits: 4
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EVGE 584 - Sediment Processes and Environments
Studies the erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment; initial motion of sediment, bedload and suspended load transport and bedforms; and important sediment-transporting environments. Applies sediment transport theory to problems of geological and environmental interest. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: one year of calculus and physics, or instructor permission; corequisite: EVGE 584L.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 584L - Sediment Processes Laboratory
Laboratory and field investigations of sediment transport phenomena and readings of classic and current research. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite EVGE 584.
Credits: 1
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EVGE 780 - Engineering Geology and Soil Physics
Topics include the physics and mechanics of soils, measurement and mapping of soil properties, and implications for human activities and land use. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 280 and 340.
Credits: 4
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EVGE 781 - Geology of Virginia
An examination of the geological evolution of Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region in the context of plate tectonics, including stratigraphy, mountain building, metamorphism and deformation, and geomorphic processes. The human impact on this landscape through exploitation of mineral resources is considered. (O)
Credits: 3
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EVGE 793 - Independent Study-Geosciences
Individual or group study in developing or special areas of geosciences and interrelated areas, emphasizing earth-surface processes. (S)
Credits: 1 to 6
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EVGE 795 - Special Topics in Geosciences
Selected interdisciplinary areas which stress current problems and
research in earth-surface processes and their application to the
environments impacted by human activity. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 796 - Special Topics in Geosciences
Selected interdisciplinary areas which stress current problems and
research in earth-surface processes and their application to the
environments impacted by human activity. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 895 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Geology
Interdisciplinary study of the physical processes and responses which
modify environmental systems. Exhaustive treatments of the nature and
analysis of earth materials as environmental substrates and their
responses to stress are represented, as are other techniques in
geosciences focusing on earth-surface properties. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 896 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Geology
Interdisciplinary study of the physical processes and responses which
modify environmental systems. Exhaustive treatments of the nature and
analysis of earth materials as environmental substrates and their
responses to stress are represented, as are other techniques in
geosciences focusing on earth-surface properties. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 786 - Isotope Geochemistry
Investigates natural phenomena by means of stable and unstable isotopes and changes in their abundance, including isotope fractionation. Includes age dating, paleotemperature determination, and isotope tracers in natural systems. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 503 - Applied Statistics for Environmental Scientists
Provides a firm knowledge of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and using statistical methods of data analysis. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 111, STAT 112, or equivalent; corequisite: EVSC 503L.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 503L - Applied Statistics Laboratory
Use of computer laboratories in the analysis of quantitative data. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite EVSC 503.
Credits: 0
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EVSC 511 - Systems Analysis in Environmental Sciences
Applies a variety of systems analysis techniques to the environmental sciences, particularly ecology. Examines and uses simulation models of ecosystems, biological populations, and hydrological, atmospheric, and geological systems to address scientific questions in the environmental sciences. Student projects apply techniques to specific problems. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MATH 132 or equivalent; computer programming experience.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 515 - Advanced Oceanography
The principles of oceanography with views on real world applications, expecially to the teaching of this class at the high school level. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: At least one year of college-level chemistry or physics or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 544 - Physical Oceanography
Studies the physical properties, processes, and structure of the oceans; mass and energy budgets; methods of measurements; and the nature and theory of ocean currents, waves, and tides in the open sea, near shore and in estuaries. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PHYS 231, 232 or equivalent, two semesters calculus, MATH 131, 132 recommended, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 546 - Forest Hydrology
Study of hydrologic processes characteristic of forested regions. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: introductory hydrology or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 710 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: At least one year of college-level chemistry or physics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 760 - Microclimatology
Studies principles governing atmospheric processes occurring at small temporal and spatial scales near the Earth’s surface, including energy, mass and momentum transfer. Includes features of the atmospheric environment affecting plants and feedback mechanisms between plants and their local microclimates, trace gas exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere, energy budgets, evapotranspiration, and motions near the surface. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 350 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 778 - Quantitative Contaminant Hydrology
Provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to quantitative aspects of the physics, chemistry, and biology of groundwater systems. Focuses on problems involving contamination of groundwaters. Emphasizes numerical solutions of equations with digital computers. Laboratory exercises are heavily oriented toward computer modeling, but also involve laboratory and field work. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: A 500-level course in geology or hydrology.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 782 - Environmental Chemistry
Studies the natural and anthropogenic mechanisms that control the chemistry of the environment through biogeochemical cycling. Introduces more specialized topics, e.g., atmospheric chemistry and aqueous geochemistry. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry with laboratory, EVSC 386 or its equivalent.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 790 - Departmental Seminar
Studies current problems in environmental research management or public policy as presented by visiting speakers, faculty, or advanced graduate students. (S)
Credits: 1
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EVSC 791 - Departmental Seminar
Studies current problems in environmental research management or public policy as presented by visiting speakers, faculty, or advanced graduate students. (S)
Credits: 1
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EVSC 796 - Special Topics in Environmental Sciences
Interdisciplinary focus on current problems and research in integrated areas. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 890 - Seminar in Environmental Sciences
A central interdisciplinary research topic used as the focus of journal
papers to be summarized and discussed by the participants. Proposals
for original research within the selected area are also explored. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 891 - Seminar in Environmental Sciences
A central interdisciplinary research topic used as the focus of journal
papers to be summarized and discussed by the participants. Proposals
for original research within the selected area are also explored. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 895 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Sciences
Interdisciplinary treatments of environmental systems wherein the
interrelationships of hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and
lithosphere are explored and analyzed. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 896 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Sciences
Interdisciplinary treatments of environmental systems wherein the interrelationships of hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere are explored and analyzed. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 897 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. (S)
Credits: 3, 6, 9, 12
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EVSC 898 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. (S)
Credits: 3, 6, 9, 12
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EVSC 993 - Research Problems
Individual or group research on interdisciplinary problems in environmental sciences. (S)
Credits: 1 to 9
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EVSC 994 - Research Problems
Individual or group research on interdisciplinary problems in environmental sciences. (S)
Credits: 1 to 9
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EVSC 997 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. (S)
Credits: 3, 6, 9, 12
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EVSC 999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral research, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. (S)
Credits: 3, 6, 9, 12
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European History |
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HIEU 501 - Archaic Greece
Study of the rise of Greek civilization. Provides a political and constitutional history of the development of the Greek city-state, emphasizing classic Athens. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIEU 203 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 502 - Greece in the Fifth Century
Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIEU 203 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 503 - Greece in the Fourth Century
Advanced course in Greek history that examines in detail the social and economic history of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 b.c. to the defeat of the Greek City-states at Chaeronea in 338. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 504 - Roman Republic
Studies the expansion of Rome from city-state to world empire to the death of Caesar. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 505 - Roman Empire
Studies the founding and institutions of the Principate, the Dominate, and the decline of antiquity. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 506 - Roman Imperialism
Examines Roman transmarine expansion to determine how and why it happened, and what consequences it had, both in Rome and abroad. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 507 - Modern Theory
For students with previous knowledge of philosophy, political, or sociological theory, or religious studies. Discusses three or four major nineteenth- or twentieth-century theorists in depth. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One 300-level course in intellectual history.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 510 - Early Christian Thought
Intensive consideration of a selected issue, movement or figure in Christian thought of the second through fifth centuries. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELC 205 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 511 - Early Medieval England
A documentary history of English society from the late Saxon period to the reign of King John. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 512 - Later Medieval England
Documentary history of English society from the reign of King John to the death of Richard II. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 513 - Medieval France
Societies and governments in medieval Francia from the 11th century to the 14th. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 516 - The Medieval Church
Studies the history of the Western church within the development of medieval society, from the time of Constantine through the 13th century, based on a study of selected texts. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 517 - Medieval Society: Ways of Life and Thought in Western Europe
Introduces social and intellectual history from Charlemagne to Dante. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 518 - Historians in the Middle Ages
Discusses the ways important Latin writers of the medieval period looked at the past. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 519 - War and Society in the Middle Ages
A documentary history of warfare in Western Europe from the 9th century to the 16th with a discussion of its effect on the political, economic, social, and religious development of the emerging nation states. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 520 - The Culture of the Renaissance
Surveys the writing of humanists who lived between 1300 and 1600. Topics include the contributions of humanists to the history of education, political theory, religion, gender relations, and artistic theory. Authors include Petrarch, Machiavelli, Thomas More, and Erasmus. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Undergraduates require instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 521 - Early Modern Germany, 1350-1750
Studies late medieval politics, economy, and culture, including the Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and Wars of Religion; pietism and the baroque. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIEU 522 - English Social History, 1550-1800
Provides a survey of major themes in English social history, examining agriculture, rural community structures, demography, urban life, religious, political, and legal practices, popular culture, and relations between men and women. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: undergraduates by instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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HIEU 524 - The Carolingian World
Addresses the political, social and cultural history of continental Western Europe in the period c. 700 to 850. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: minimum of one course in pre-modern European history, preferably in medieval history, or instruction permission.
Credits: 3
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