Apr 25, 2024  
2021-2022 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Florida Tech Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Courses are listed alpha-numerically. The 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series are undergraduate courses. The 5000 series are graduate courses that can also be taken by undergraduates with cumulative grade point averages of 2.75 or higher, who have satisfied all listed prerequisites and whose registration is approved by the department head or program chair responsible for the course. The 6000 series courses are restricted to graduate students only. Courses below 1000 are developmental in nature, are not counted in GPA calculations and do not count toward any Florida Tech degree.

Courses that may be taken in fulfillment of Undergraduate Core Requirements are designated as follows: CL: computer literacy requirement, COM: communication elective, HU: humanities elective, LA: liberal arts elective, Q: scholarly inquiry requirement, SS: social science elective, CC: cross-cultural, Hon: course may include honors sections during some semesters. These designations follow the course descriptions. Other courses that satisfy Undergraduate Core Requirements are identified by the course prefix: any MTH course can be used toward meeting the mathematics requirement; and any AVS, BIO, CHM or PHY course, or EDS 1031  or EDS 1032 , toward meeting the physical/life sciences requirement.

 

Business

  
  • BUS 5450 Organizational Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents existing research, theories and models explaining how individual and group behavior and processes shape the internal dynamics of organizations. Provides the foundation to understand contemporary debates concerning alternative organizational designs and management practices.
  
  • BUS 5455 Personnel Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys personnel management practices and procedures, including wage and salary considerations, employee benefits and incentives, and labor-management relations. Emphasizes the individual within the organization and the development of the human resource.
  
  • BUS 5456 Employment Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines federal regulations governing the relationship between employees and employers, and emphasizes their respective rights and responsibilities. Includes discrimination, sexual harassment, affirmative action, privacy, terminating employees, compensation and benefit regulations, family leave, and safety and health.
  
  • BUS 5457 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the management of conflict in organizations at the level of the individual and the group. Provides a background in alternatives to litigation models including negotiation, mediation, peer-review systems and arbitration. Uses simulation exercises to develop the student’s skills in applying various forms of dispute resolution.
  
  • BUS 5458 Leadership Theory and Effective Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Teaches the leadership process and techniques used to train leaders by reading the literature, analyzing cases of corporate leadership and participation in experiential exercises that are used in leadership training. Also reinforces leadership skills of interpersonal interaction, written analysis and oral presentation.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5450  
  
  • BUS 5460 Management Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses policy and management issues surrounding information systems in today’s enterprises: strategic use, organizational impact, project management, human resource issues and other topics germane to understanding management information systems.
  
  • BUS 5461 Production and Operations Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the translation of product and service requirements into facilities, procedures and operating organizations. Includes product design, production alternatives, facilities location and layout, resource requirements planning, quality control and project management. Uses live case analyses.
  
  • BUS 5462 Information Security

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers information security techniques from a managerial perspective. Includes network and host security, cryptography, authentication, security policies, intrusion detection and forensics, and related managerial responsibilities. Prepares the student for the Center for Immigration and National Security (CINCS) Level-1 examination.
  
  • BUS 5465 Managing Information

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores how organizations gather, represent, process and distribute information and knowledge to employees and customers. Includes knowledge management, knowledge workers productivity, data and process modeling and data mining. Examines major issues relating to information processing and its management at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
  
  • BUS 5466 Managing Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides a foundation of critical issues in the design and implementation of business and information systems change. Focuses on the interdependence of information technologies and organizational characteristics by examining managing business redesign, IT leadership, managing projects and changes, and managing enterprise information systems.
  
  • BUS 5467 Managing Electronic Commerce

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the use of electronic commerce from business to consumer, business to business and intra-organizational perspectives to reflect the Internet and global communications networks that have emerged as powerful strategic assets, providing increased opportunity and uncertainty for business leaders.
  
  • BUS 5470 Marketing Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the tools and techniques of managing marketing activities as well as an analysis of the marketing process. Emphasizes decision-making, the refinement of skills needed to recognize and solve marketing problems, and effective communication of recommendations. Uses case analysis extensively.
  
  • BUS 5476 Strategic Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes strategic analysis of a firm’s activities from the marketer’s point of view. Gives attention to marketing strategy formulation, implementation and control. Assesses strategies for the functional areas of marketing (product, pricing, distribution and promotion) and their relevant application to e-commerce.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5470  
  
  • BUS 5480 Strategic Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    In-depth analysis of industries and competitors, and how to build and defend competitive advantages in forming a successful competitive strategy. Case analysis and management simulation convey the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level. Augmented by live-case analyses.
    Requirement(s): Must be taken in the final semester before graduation
  
  • BUS 5486 International Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes economic, social, cultural, legal and environmental influences on the formulation and execution of the business policy of firms engaged in multinational business. Students explore the functions, problems and decision-making processes of multinational business organizations.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5440  
  
  • BUS 5487 New Venture Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students examine the critical elements of creating and nurturing new business ventures; screen and evaluate ideas in the formulation phase, identify sources of funds and determine means to obtain financing; select a start-up activity and prepare a business plan that represents the basis for forming a company.
  
  • BUS 5488 Corporate Innovation and New Ventures

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the discovery and identification of new business opportunities, the process of creation within the context of a mature company, the processes of growth through acquisition, and the absorption, discontinuance or spinning out of businesses.
  
  • BUS 5499 Internship

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students must register with the director of industry/education programs in the College of Business at least two months before the start of the semester. Minimum requirements include formal written and oral presentations, weekly summary reports and a minimum of 120 hours working at a host employer’s location.
    Requirement(s): Associate dean approval
  
  • BUS 5601 Essentials of Business Development 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines necessary tools required to plan and run a successful business venture. Requires integration of concepts, methods and models from accounting, economics and marketing in forming a business plan for a product or service in a case study.
    Requirement(s): First of a two-course sequence
  
  • BUS 5602 Essentials of Business Development 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Builds on BUS 5601 .  Examines and uses concepts, methods and models from the functional business areas of statistics, finance, management and law. Requires students to integrate each component into a complete business plan.
    Requirement(s): Second of a two-course sequence
    Prerequisite: BUS 5601  
  
  • BUS 5610 Database Management Technology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces basic concepts of database management. Examines database systems from organization and management perspectives. Includes concepts, tools and techniques used to design, implement and use a database system. Also includes database architecture, conceptual and relational data models, structured query language (SQL), administration, concurrent processing, and data warehousing and mining.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5460  
  
  • BUS 5611 Global Information Technology Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the basic concepts of information technology and globalization. Identifies ethical, social and cultural considerations in the global marketplace. Includes the complexities of information security and privacy, and the importance of data management and retrieval systems. Also includes enterprise solutions, government policies and regulations, and emerging technologies.
  
  • BUS 5612 Cross-Cultural Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on methods and practices of managing in different cultures. Examines sources of management conflict due to differences in attitude, value and behavior. Develops intercultural awareness and effectiveness in the context of global business and successful implementation of strategy. Also examines corporate and personal ethical behavior.
  
  • BUS 5613 Global Accounting and Financial Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on accounting and financial techniques and practices from an international perspective. Covers the impact of contexts (different countries, industries, markets and regulatory regimes) on accounting and finance. Also focuses on analytical approaches to accounting and finance data as it affects organizations and stakeholders.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5602  
  
  • BUS 5614 Global Business Strategy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores business in the context of international competition. Examines the framework to formulate strategies in the global marketplace and international strategies and decisions based on sociocultural, political, economic, legal, technical and environmental similarities and differences.
    Requirement(s): Must be taken in the final semester before graduation
  
  • BUS 5618 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the basic concepts of information technology and innovation from a strategic management perspective. Covers strategic management of high technology companies, emerging technologies in a global marketplace, and aligning product development and system design. Identifies the creation of new products and services, and how new ventures are exploited.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5460  and BUS 5610  
  
  • BUS 5621 Internet Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces electronic commerce distribution channels, Web-based marketing and promotion, and online marketing strategies for customer acquisition and retention. Includes business models used for Internet marketing, and techniques and methods for online market research and Internet marketing strategies based on the marketing mix.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5460  
  
  • BUS 5622 Integrated Marketing Communication

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes communication strategies as an approach for implementing marketing decisions. Provides an understanding of traditional and new delivery modes in facilitating integrated marketing campaigns in changing social and technological environments. Examines the ethical, social and legal issues in marketing communication.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5460  
  
  • BUS 5623 Technologies of Internet Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers technologies used for Internet marketing strategies and business initiatives. Includes search engine optimization (SEO), Internet marketing tactics, social media, website usability and data analytics.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5621  
  
  • BUS 5629 Integrated Internet Strategies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Uses cases studies to integrate concepts, practices and technologies of Internet marketing. Demonstrates effective Internet marketing campaigns, building and promoting a Web presence, techniques for search engine optimization, and diagnostic and performance tracking using Web analytics. Focuses on the organizational perspective of global strategies.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5460  and BUS 5621  and BUS 5623  
  
  • BUS 5644 International Accounting and Reporting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides background in international accounting, reporting standards and business operations in a global environment. Includes international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Also includes a comparison of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and IFRS to develop and enhance critical thinking in financial accounting and reporting.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5431  
  
  • BUS 5646 Advanced Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the procedures of accounting, financial reporting and budgeting for governmental nonprofit entities. Covers the theories behind standards set by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and its integrated accounting and financial reporting model and introduces research concepts used in governmental and nonprofit accounting.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • BUS 5650 Strategic Cost Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Uses case studies to analyze approaches to managerial accounting. Covers the application of decision and control models, planning and control under conditions of uncertainty, ethics and current issues in the development and practice of managerial accounting.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BUS 5431  
  
  • BUS 5651 Healthcare Policy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes key contemporary issues in healthcare policy. Includes design and structure of the U.S. healthcare system, policy initiatives and the roles of government, the private sector, consumers and advocacy groups in setting policy agenda.
  
  • BUS 5653 Information Management in Healthcare

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses issues related to the management of information for healthcare practitioners and consumers. Provides insight and experience, and applications of information technology that improve the quality of healthcare communication and delivery, and facilitates healthcare research.
  
  • BUS 5654 Legal Aspects of Healthcare

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes healthcare business entities and the regulations with which they must comply. Discusses individual right to access, and malpractice and its defense. Examines legal perspectives to starting a new healthcare business venture, and information necessary before entering into a joint healthcare venture.
  
  • BUS 5656 Consumer Behavior Strategies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the consumer decision-making process and its societal, environmental, group and economic determinants. Includes research, analysis and strategy development in consumer motivations, values, wants, needs and behavior.
    Prerequisite: BUS 5470  
  
  • BUS 5657 Advanced Market Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the consumer decision-making processes and behavior through the application of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Includes problem identification, secondary research, data gathering, analysis, interpretation and report writing.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 5470
  
  • BUS 5658 Healthcare Planning and Marketing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses and applies the concepts of healthcare planning and marketing to healthcare delivery, assessment of community needs and resource planning in both ambulatory and clinical settings. Includes health services planning and trends, demand for and use of health services, research methods and sources of marketing and planning data.
  
  • BUS 5661 Strategic Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the role of project management in a business or corporate environment. Teaches how to achieve project goals and objectives within set constraints such as time and budget.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • BUS 5662 Project Tools and Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers tools and techniques used to plan and control projects and accomplish business objectives. Emphasizes how to determine which tool or technique to use during different phases of the project life cycle. Uses project management software in exercises.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 5661  or MGT 5113 
  
  • BUS 5668 Cases in Applied Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers planning and managing a project from initiation and execution to closeout, using learned project management concepts. Provides hands-on experience in planning and managing through a student project. Gives insight through case studies and real-world analyses.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech  Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 5662
  
  • BUS 5669 Mastering Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the generally accepted project management practices in industry (such as construction, software, engineering and automotive). Emphasizes the process-based approach (inputs, tools and technology, and outputs). Includes the nine knowledge areas of project management.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • BUS 5840 Financial Management Policy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the three primary areas of concern to financial policy makers (capital budgeting, capital structure and working capital) and integrates this framework with a range of international financial concepts. Also explores the profound effect that foreign operations can have on financial statements.
  
  • BUS 5858 Leading in the Technology-Oriented Enterprise

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the leadership challenges inherent in managing a technology-oriented enterprise. Presents various leadership approaches and describes their application in managing innovation and technology. Also addresses the role of leadership in system design and development in integrated product teams.
  
  • BUS 5870 Global Marketing Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes the global nature of marketing and the factors that shape it, including analysis of the multilateral environment in which firms operate, global marketing research and alternative strategies for market entry and development. Contemporary topics may include relationship marketing, sourcing strategy and business-to-business marketing.
  
  • BUS 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • BUS 5990 Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Offers master’s-level independent research or directed study under the direction of a member of the College of Business graduate faculty. May require deliverables such as a comprehensive paper.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval
  
  • BUS 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Students must register with the director of industry/education programs at least two months before the start of the semester. Minimum requirements include formal written and oral presentations, weekly summary reports and a minimum of 120 hours working at a host employer’s location.
    Requirement(s): Associate dean approval
  
  • BUS 6030 Doctor of Business Administration Introduction and Orientation

    Credit Hours: 0
    Introduces the doctoral program to each new cohort of students. Addresses curriculum, scheduling, research requirements and administrative aspects of the program. Also introduces faculty and staff before formal orientation.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6031 Issues in Strategic Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews strategic management of a business. Emphasizes the specific problems using case studies in accounting, finance, economics and marketing. Focuses on strategies across all aspects of a business and how to analyze business cases. Requires extensive, academic-style writing and case study analysis.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6032 Organizational Behavior, Ethics and Leadership in Business Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews strategic management of a business. Emphasizes specific problems using case studies in organizational behavior, ethics and social responsibility. Focuses on key areas of organizational behavior and managing change. Requires extensive, academic-style writing and case study analysis.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6033 Advanced Study of Human Resources in Modern Business Enterprises

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines all aspects of human resources management in global business enterprises. Requires extensive, academic-style writing and case study analysis.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6034 Advanced Study in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines innovation and entrepreneurship in modern society. Requires extensive, academic-style writing and case study analysis.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6036 Advanced Study in International Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines all aspects of business in a global context. Focuses on the challenges of business in international markets. Also examines the effects of global competition and currency fluctuations. Requires extensive, academic-style writing and case study analysis.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6037 Advanced Study in Financial Business Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines all aspects of financial management in a global modern business enterprise. Requires extensive, academic-style writing and case study analysis.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6038 Advanced Marketing Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes dual management and consumer perspectives on facilitation of the exchange across key marketing topics. Requires extensive reading, critical thinking, analysis, academic-style writing, and presentation skills, with an emphasis on primary marketing research. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062).
  
  • BUS 6990 Research Methods 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores qualitative, quantitative and mixed method modes of research design. Involves extensive writing and exploration of research methods in preparation for the dissertation proposal. Reviews chapters of individual dissertations. Also explores sample dissertation topics.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
  
  • BUS 6991 Research Methods 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores qualitative research methods. Involves extensive writing and exploration of quantitative research methods in preparation for the dissertation proposal. Reviews chapters of individual dissertations and sample dissertation topics emphasizing quantitative methods.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
    Prerequisite: BUS 6990   Corequisite: BUS 6990 
  
  • BUS 6992 Special Topics Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Addresses selected topics of special research interest of faculty. Advances critical issues within the business research community. Requires registration over three semesters with different topics.
    Must be enrolled in Doctor of Business Administration (9062)
    Must be repeated three times with different topics
  
  • BUS 6993 Introduction to Doctoral Writing and Business Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the nature, scope and significance of research methodologies. Exposes students to research through critical exploration of research language and approaches.
  
  • BUS 6999 Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3 - 9
    Research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
    Requirement(s): Successful completion of the doctoral comprehensive examination

Business Administration

  
  • EBA 3321 Essential Business Skills

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores the nature of the organization’s communications environments. Provides an understanding and practical experience about the various strategies and formats available when developing responsive communications in organizational situations. Includes oral and nonverbal communication and the composition of effective business documents.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: COM 1102  
  
  • EBA 3334 Applied Decision Methods for Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Uses quantitative techniques to aid in decision-making. Emphasizes problem identification and applies appropriate solution techniques for interpretation of results. Includes probability theory, decision-making under certainty, risk and uncertainty, inventory control, forecasting, PERT/CPM, utility theory and linear programming.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 2703  or EST 2703  or MTH 2401  
  
  • EBA 4498 Strategic Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Incorporates all functional business areas dealing with organizational challenges. Emphasizes decision-making processes related to strategy formulation and implementation in global settings.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: EAC 2212  and EMG 3225  and EMG 3301  and EMK 3601  

Chemical Engineering

  
  • CHE 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • CHE 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CHE 0002   Corequisite: CHE 0002  
  
  • CHE 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CHE 0003   Corequisite: CHE 0003  
  
  • CHE 1091 Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces science/engineering freshmen interested in careers in nanoscience research/nanotechnology to techniques of nanomaterial fabrication by thin film deposition and chemical synthesis, and sample characterization techniques like atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101  
  
  • CHE 1101 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces the chemical engineering profession. Discusses the role of an engineer as a problem solver dealing with multiple constraints. Covers process flowsheets, and piping and instrumentation diagrams in Microsoft® PowerPoint.®
    (CL)
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033)
  
  • CHE 1102 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 2

    Credit Hours: 1
    Applies the skills learned in CHE 1101  to a design problem presented in oral and written form. Presents statistics, plotting and spreadsheeting in Microsoft® Excel, ® and curve fitting using Oakdale Engineering DataFit.
    (CL)
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033)
  
  • CHE 2101 Chemical Process Principles 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering; application of physical and chemical principles to solutions of elementary engineering problems; steady- and unsteady-state material and energy balances; heats of formation, reaction and mixing; equilibrium process models.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101 , and (MTH 1001  or MTH 1010 )
  
  • CHE 2102 Chemical Process Principles 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering; application of physical and chemical principles to solutions of elementary engineering problems; steady- and unsteady-state material and energy balances; heats of formation, reaction and mixing; equilibrium process models.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2101  and CHM 1102 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ) Corequisite: CHM 1102  
  
  • CHE 3091 Nanotechnology Lab 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes self-assembly synthesis, microscopic/spectroscopic characterization, functional evaluation, and aggregation of nanoparticles, nanotubes, coating and nanocomposites; biocompatibility, hydrophobicity, photoluminescence, catalysis, magnetic and chemical sensing, and self-diagnosing structural applications.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Prerequisite: (BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002 ), and (CHE 1091  or CHM 1091  or PHY 1091 )
  
  • CHE 3101 Transport Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes models for molecular-level transport mechanisms; bulk transport of momentum; pipe flow and pipeline design and optimization; rheologic behavior and viscometry; compressible flow; pressure and flow measurement; flow through fixed and fluidized beds; two-phase flow; pumping; boundary-layer theory.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • CHE 3103 Heat Transfer Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Theory and applications of heat transfer; conduction, convection, radiation, condensation and evaporation; heat transfer in reaction vessels; humidification and water cooling; thermowell and heat exchanger design and optimization.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • CHE 3104 Mass Transfer Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes fundamental principles and applications of mass transfer and separation processes; diffusion and stagnant-layer approximation; two-film theory and surface renewal; flash and batch differential distillation; continuous binary and multicomponent rectification; and batch fractionation.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and CHE 3110  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: CHE 3110  
  
  • CHE 3110 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the thermodynamics of chemical solutions and reactions. Includes ideal and non-ideal solutions, phase equilibria, single- and two-phase reaction equilibria.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  
  
  • CHE 3115 Chemical Engineering Processes Lab 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Includes experimental demonstration of theory covered in CHE 3101  and CHE 3103 .
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and CHE 3103  
  
  • CHE 3170 Introduction to Environmental Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the field of environmental engineering that emphasizes the interrelationships among air, water and land pollution and the effect of ecological, economic and sociological constraints on the solution of environmental problems.
    Minimum student level - junior
  
  • CHE 3260 Materials Science and Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the relationships between materials processing, composition and structure, properties and performance. Includes electrical, mechanical and chemical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, electronic materials and composites, as well as coating and protection materials.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ), and PHY 1001   Corequisite: MTH 1002  or MTH 1020  
  
  • CHE 3265 Materials Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Complements CHE 3260 . Illustrates materials processing, measurement and analysis of materials properties.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3260 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ), and PHY 2091   Corequisite: CHE 3260  
  
  
  • CHE 4122 Chemical Process Control

    Credit Hours: 4
    Studies dynamic modeling and control of chemical processes. Includes transfer function development, synthesis and tuning of feedback controllers, closed-loop stability analysis, frequency response and advanced control techniques.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • CHE 4131 Separation Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Fundamental principles and design of separation processes; batch and continuous flow, concurrent and countercurrent cascade; plate and packed towers; distillation, absorption, extraction; distillation column design and optimization.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3103  and CHE 3104  and CHE 3110  and CHE 4240  
  
  • CHE 4151 Chemical Engineering Reactor Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the modeling and design of chemical reactors including development of rate expressions for chemical reactions and analysis of experimental kinetic data. Emphasizes the modeling of ideal mixed-flow and plug-flow reactors.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and CHE 3103  and CHE 4240  
  
  • CHE 4181 Chemical Engineering Plant Design 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Technical and economic analyses leading to the design of complete facilities for chemical production. Investigates process flow sheet and process integration, along with material and energy balances; process equipment selection and plant layout; use of computer-aided design software for process analysis; cost analysis; and a design report.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: CHE 3103  and CHE 4131   Corequisite: CHE 4131  
  
  • CHE 4182 Chemical Engineering Plant Design 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Technical and economic analyses leading to the design of complete facilities for chemical production. Process flow sheets and process integration are investigated, along with material and energy balances; process equipment selection and plant layout; use of computer-aided design software for process analysis; cost analysis; and a design report.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: CHE 4181  
  
  • CHE 4230 Special Topics in Separation Processes and Unit Operations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues CHE 4131 . Emphasizes the area of separation processes and unit operations. May include adsorption, drying, gas cleaning, cyclones, chromatography, membranes; particle filtration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis; heat tracing, mixing, cooling towers, gas compressors.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3104   Corequisite: CHE 3104  
  
  • CHE 4240 Advanced Computational Methods for Engineering Applications

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces numerical methods applied to engineering problems. Includes the use of selected mathematical software.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: CHE 2102  
  
  • CHE 4250 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces modeling and design of biochemical reactors, including development of rate expressions for biochemical (metabolic) reactions and cell growth. Separation and purification of reaction products; system optimization.
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033). Minimum student level - senior
  
  • CHE 4284 Industrial Safety

    Credit Hours: 3
    Safety considerations in design and operation of industrial and manufacturing facilities; toxicology, fire and explosion hazards; and OSHA standards.
    Minimum student level - junior
  
  • CHE 4288 Petroleum Processing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the properties of crude oil and each of a refinery’s products, the details of each refinery operation, and the effects of economic considerations on each refinery operation.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and CHM 2002  
  
  • CHE 4291 Independent Study in Chemical Engineering 1

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Individual projects under the direction of faculty member in the chemical engineering program. Projects include a literature review, project proposal, process design or research, and written and oral reports.
    Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Department head approval or senior standing
  
  • CHE 4292 Independent Study in Chemical Engineering 2

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Individual projects under the direction of faculty member in the chemical engineering program. Projects include a literature review, project proposal, process design or research, and written and oral reports.
    Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Department head approval or senior standing
    Prerequisite: CHE 4291  
  
  • CHE 4560 Polymeric Materials

    Credit Hours: 3
    General classes of polymers and their patterns of behavior; polymer synthesis and processing, polymer rheology and physical properties; and large-scale production problems.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3260  
  
  • CHE 4563 Materials Characterization Lab

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes characterization of nanomaterials using STM, AFM, SEM, TEM, confocal laser scanning microscopy, Raman spectroscopy/microscopy, pore size analysis and a variety of particle size distribution methods.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Prerequisite: (BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002 ), and (CHE 1091  or CHM 1091 )
  
  • CHE 4567 Nanotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies materials synthesis-structure-function relationships. Emphasizes bulk and surface analytical techniques, catalyst synthesis methods, nanoporous materials, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, nanowires, molecular self-assembly, molecular recognition, biologically inspired materials and nanomedicine.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BME 3260   or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002  
  
  • CHE 4568 The Basics of Making

    Credit Hours: 3
    Begins with a brief review of the basics of computer programming, CAD drawing, and circuit breadboard prototyping. Emphasizes the use of Arduino micro controllers and Lab View for sensors and data acquisition and controls, followed by 3D printing; culminates with a final project report and poster presentation on sensor/control assembly. 
    Minimum student level - junior.
    Prerequisite: MTH 1002  or MTH 1020  and BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CSE 2410  or ECE 3551   Corequisite: ECE 3551  
  
  • CHE 4569 Biomaterials Tissue Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the principles of materials science and cell biology underlying the design of medical implants, artificial organs and matrices for tissue engineering.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002  
 

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