Apr 18, 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.

 

Space Systems

  
  • SPC 5080 Space Missions

    Credit Hours: 3
    The competitive design, by student teams, of a space mission specified by the instructor. Candidate mission subjects include astronomy, communications, human space missions, planetary and interplanetary robotic exploration and remote sensing.
    Requirement(s): Satisfactory completion of six required Space Systems (SPC) courses with a GPA of at least 3.0. Must be taken during the last 12 credit hours of the program
  
  • SPC 5090 Special Topics in Space Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Individual study of specific problems in space systems.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval
  
  • SPC 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
  
  • SPC 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic in the field of space systems.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval and completion of 18 semester hours in Space Systems (8137 , 8315 )

Statistics

  
  • EST 2703 Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes mathematical concepts. Includes measures of central tendency and spread; probability; binomial, normal and t distributions; statistical inference; and linear regression and correlation.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: MTH 1000  or MTH 1001  or MTH 1701  or MTH 1702  

Sustainability

  
  • SUS 1500 Introduction to Sustainability

    Credit Hours: 3
    Uses lectures, reading and discussions to explore the biological, environmental, economic, technological, humanistic and social science aspects of sustainable resource use and development.
    Maximum student level - junior
  
  • SUS 3250 Systems, Governance and Sustainability

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines systems principles for sustainable governance from fields including complexity theory, cybernetics, social networks and risk communications. Covers such system attributes as feedback loops, response delays, traps, resilience, thresholds and system evolution. Also covers best practices for sustaining complex adaptive systems.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: ISC 1500 or SUS 1500  
  
  • SUS 3999 Sustainability Project Design

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Develops basic components of project and team management. Requires design of a sustainability project by a team or individual in preparation for the sustainability capstone project in SUS 4000 Applied Sustainability . Includes evaluation of multiple alternatives and presentation of a schedule and cost estimate.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval.
    Prerequisite: SUS 1500  
  
  • SUS 4000 Applied Sustainability

    Credit Hours: 3
    Requires the design, production and presentation of an individual or group project on improving the sustainable operation of some aspect of the Florida Tech main campus, Florida Tech satellite location or another approved location.
    (Q)
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: SUS 3999  
  
  • SUS 4350 Sustainability Economics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys emerging topics in sustainable business and ecological economics. Includes measurement of social and environmental capital via triple bottom-line accounting and other tools. Covers the economics of renewable and fossil energy and carbon accounting, and the behaviors of coupled systems when externalities are included.
    Prerequisite: BUS 4426 , and (MTH 1001  or MTH 1010  or MTH 1702 ) Corequisite: BUS 4426  
  
  • SUS 4991 Undergraduate Research in Sustainability

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Comprises research experience under the direction and supervision of a member of the faculty.
    Instructor approval
    May be repeated for up to a total of 12 credit hours.

Systems Engineering

  
  • SYS 0002 Final Program Examination

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

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

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: SYS 0003   Corequisite: SYS 0003  
  
  • SYS 4310 Systems Engineering Principles

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the principles in systems engineering (SE) that deal with system life cycle phases. Emphasizes requirements and design methodologies. Includes SE definition; life cycle methodologies, tools and techniques; evaluation of system and technology alternatives; reliability and maintainability; trade-off models; and management tools and techniques.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • SYS 4460 Systems Requirements Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an in-depth study of systems requirements processes and tools. Includes concepts such as capturing stakeholder requirements, the importance of the concept of operations and the system development life-cycle process.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • SYS 5310 Systems Engineering Principles

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the fundamental principles in systems engineering (SE) that deal with system life cycle phases with emphasis on requirement and design methodologies. Key topics include SE definition; life cycle methodologies, tools and techniques; evaluation of system and technology alternatives; reliability and maintainability; trade-off models; and SE management tools and techniques.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
  
  • SYS 5315 Model-Based Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the principles, methodologies and processes of the model-based systems engineering methodology. Covers the design, development and validation of complex systems for engineers and professionals. Focuses on system modeling language (SysML), incorporating flexibility, refinement and collaboration.
  
  • SYS 5350 Systems Modeling and Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    System simulation modeling and analysis tools and techniques, covering issues such as variability, covariance and correlation. Includes management of simulation and modeling projects, verification and validation techniques, variance reduction techniques, animation, continuous system simulation, and creativity and innovation through modeling.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
  
  • SYS 5360 Electrooptics/Infrared Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces optical systems engineering and associated principles, methods and techniques. Provides a systems engineering view of the optical system including source characterization, optical propagation, the effects of the atmosphere, optics and imaging, detectors, image and signal processing and displaying the resulting information.
  
  • SYS 5365 Decisions and Risk Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analytical methods to solve decision problems that involve uncertainties, opposing objectives and limited or excessive information. Key topics include structuring decision, expected opportunity loss, expected value of imperfect information, Bayesian Analysis, utility curves, decision trees, risk analysis/mitigation tools and techniques, and risk profiles.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
  
  • SYS 5370 Research Methods in Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Systematic measurement and analysis of data to improve decision accuracy. Key topics include scientific approach as in solving SE problems, hypothesis testing, data collection issues such as survey data, reliability, accuracy of measured data, data measurement tools and techniques, statistical process control, design of experiment methods, full and fractional designs, multiple regression analysis.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
  
  • SYS 5375 Military Operations Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Quantitative methods used in support of military decisions at strategic and tactical levels. Key topics include operations research concepts, quantitative evaluation of military alternatives, resource allocation models (linear and non-linear programming), assignment problems, transportation modeling (deployment, airlifting, mobility), inventory models and limited area/limited time operations.
  
  • SYS 5380 Systems Engineering Design Project

    Credit Hours: 3
    This team-oriented capstone course in the graduating semester enables the student to integrate learning from all MSSE courses in a real-life project setting. Day-to-day progress is monitored by a company supervisor with weekly status reports turned in to the supervisor and the instructor. Input from the company supervisor is a factor in the final grade.
  
  • SYS 5385 System Life Cycle Cost Estimation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes tools and techniques used in estimating cost of all phases of a system. Covers total system cost including research and development, investment and operation. Also includes the system life cycle (SLC) cost estimation process, SLC cost estimation models including discounted cash-flow analysis, activity-based costing, and cost-benefit calculations. Teaches cost scenario sensitivity analysis and design-to-cost concepts.
  
  • SYS 5420 System Architecture Fundamentals

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents a comprehensive, technical, systems-oriented approach to understanding contemporary issues in enterprise architecture (EA) systems. EA includes strategic planning, management and decision-making by presenting integrated and coordinated views of an enterprise.
  
  • SYS 5430 Enterprise Architecture Integration and Implementation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Looks at integration and implementation issues associated with enterprise architecture systems. Presents implementation methodologies and describes documentation frameworks. Exposes students to architecture components and artifacts.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • SYS 5440 Enterprise Architecture Project Planning, Management and Documentation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Looks at project planning and management functions such as project organization, planning and control, requirements analysis and risk management.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • SYS 5450 Service-oriented Architecture Concepts and Theory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Looks at service-oriented architecture concepts and theory. Presents the enterprise architecture perspective of service-oriented architectures. Introduces primary software service implementation technologies and overviews standards and languages.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • SYS 5460 Systems Requirements Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an in-depth study of systems requirements processes and tools. Includes concepts such as capturing stakeholder requirements, the importance of the concept of operations and the system development life-cycle process.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
  
  • SYS 5495 Special Topics in Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates special interest topics and novel applications or implementations of systems engineering principles under the guidance of graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • SYS 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
  
  • SYS 5999 Thesis Research in Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual research under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty in a selected systems engineering topic.
    Requirement(s): Thesis advisor approval
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits
  
  • SYS 6010 Advanced Topics in Decision and Risk Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses advanced analytical methods for complicated decisions involving uncertainties, opposing objectives, and limited or excessive information. Also discusses advanced analytical methods for dealing with strategic decisions.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
    Prerequisite: SYS 5365  
  
  • SYS 6020 Advanced Topics in Systems Modeling and Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Builds on material covered in SYS 5350 . Advances practical working knowledge of the systems analysis process, modeling and simulation technology. Includes advanced techniques related to decision and data analysis using discrete-event simulation.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
    Prerequisite: SYS 5350  
  
  • SYS 6030 Advanced Topics in Process Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Allows investigation of advanced topics, tools, principles and methodologies in process engineering. Also investigates advances in modeling standards, process metrics, system process modeling, business process modeling and workflow process modeling.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097, 9097)
    Prerequisite: SYS 5370  
  
  • SYS 6040 Seminar in Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers contemporary issues in systems engineering. Includes a wide range of advanced topics such as modern requirements analysis methods, process engineering, decision and risk analysis, engineering modeling and design, team dynamics and productivity, and system analysis and design.
    Must be enrolled in systems engineering (8075, 8097)
    Prerequisite: SYS 5310  and SYS 5385  
  
  • SYS 6899 Final Semester Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 0-2
    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted candidacy
  
  • SYS 6999 Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Preparation of doctoral dissertation.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval and admission to doctoral candidacy

Writing

  
  • WRI 0100 English Writing Review

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides instruction to students on the writing process with a focus on vocabulary development, sentence structure and paragraph construction. Includes how to develop full-length essays to prepare for higher-level courses. Required for students with writing samples graded three or below.
    Requirement(s): Credit cannot be applied toward any Florida Tech degree
  
  • WRI 0105 Sentences and Paragraphs

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews basic grammar and sentence structure. Teaches how to write effective sentences and paragraphs. Introduces essay writing.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online and credit cannot be applied to any Florida Tech degree
  
  • WRI 0110 College English Grammar

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides instruction to students on the writing process with a focus on grammar and syntax. Reviews grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation rules, and developing paragraphs into essays to prepare for higher-level courses. Required for students with placement test scores below 30.
    Requirement(s): Credit cannot be applied toward any Florida Tech degree
  
  • WRI 1000 First-Year Writing 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces rhetorical analysis, writing and critical thinking. Includes intensive reading of multiple genres and practice in writing and revising.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online. Passing score on placement exam or prerequisite course. First in a two-course sequence
    Prerequisite: WRI 0105  
  
  • WRI 1001 First-Year Writing 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues work begun in WRI 1000 First-Year Writing 1 . Includes study in rhetorical analysis and the conventions of various genres. Also includes intensive instruction in writing and revision of work that culminates in a research paper.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online. Passing score on placement exam or prerequisite course. Second in a two-course sequence
    Prerequisite: WRI 1000  
  
  • WRI 2150 Creative Writing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the techniques of writing fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and drama through a workshop structure. Focuses on production of texts, peer criticism, in-class and outside class exercises and analyses of published texts.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: COM 1102  
  
  • WRI 3150 Advanced Creative Writing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Builds upon the craft, technique and process learned in WRI 2150. Uses the workshop method and analysis of published texts to broaden and deepen understanding of creative writing genres, and develop individual voices. Sharpens writing skills through study of narrative and lyric structures and through revision.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: WRI 2150  
  
  • WRI 5003 Preparing Academic Docs

    Credit Hours: 3
    Facilitates graduate students’ production of conference and journal papers and initiating a thesis or dissertation. Employs modeling and group interaction to analyze advanced academic literature.
    Requirement(s): Noncredit for communication majors
 

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