Jun 25, 2024  
2018-2019 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2018-2019 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. 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.

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  
  • ECE 5311 Microelectronics Fabrication Lab

    Credit Hours: 3
    Hands-on fabrication and testing of integrated circuits including oxidation, diffusion, photolithography, metallization and etching. Students perform all process steps required, beginning with polished silicon wafers and ending with completed integrated circuits that are tested and characterized.
  
  • ECE 5331 IC Computer-Aided Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents the fundamentals of CAD techniques for the IC design verification including the hierarchy of simulation tools. Emphasizes the mathematical and numerical techniques used for circuit level simulation.
  
  • ECE 5350 Optical Electronics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Principles of stimulated emission; electromagnetic field modes in optical resonators; ray tracing techniques in laser resonators and beam delivery systems; Gaussian beam profiles and laser linewidths; noise in lasers and optical amplifiers; excitation methods; mode locking and Q-switching techniques; picosecond and femtosecond laser pulse generation; optical bistable devices.
  
  • ECE 5351 Fiber-Optic Communication Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes optical fiber links, comparison between optical and electronic communication links; data encoding and bit error rates; properties of single, multimode and polarization preserving optical fibers, including attenuation, pulse spreading, bandwidth and maximum bit rate; transmitter and receiver design considerations, link design.
  
  • ECE 5352 Fiber-Optic Sensor Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies fundamental theory and state-of-the-art fiber-optic sensor systems; comparison with conventional sensors for strain, temperature, electric and magnetic fields; specialized fiber-optic components; use of multimode, singlemode, polarization preserving and high birefringence optical fibers, interferometric- and intensity-based sensor architectures.
  
  • ECE 5354 Acoustooptic and Electrooptic Devices

    Credit Hours: 3
    Theory of operation and system applications, including optical wave propagation through an anisotropic medium, electrooptic and acoustooptic effects; Raman-Nath and Bragg regimes of operation, acoustooptic and electrooptic material properties and selection criteria, operation of laser modulators, deflectors and frequency.
  
  • ECE 5355 Electrooptics Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lectures and experiments in photonics with emphasis on fiber optics, and design, fabrication and testing of communications sensor systems.
  
  • ECE 5356 Optical Waveguides and Devices

    Credit Hours: 3
    Applications of Maxwell’s equations and time-harmonic electromagnetic waves to fiber-optical waveguides; ray trajectories; electromagnetic fields in single- and multimode fibers; attenuation and dispersion mechanisms; inelastic scattering and nonlinear propagation; erbium-doped ultra-broadband optical traveling wave amplifiers.
  
  • ECE 5370 Special Topics in Photonics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Topics of current interest in the technical literature on photonics.
  
  • ECE 5371 Special Topics in Microelectronics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Topics of current interest in the technical literature on microelectronics.
  
  • ECE 5410 Electrodynamics 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Electrostatics and boundary value problems; solutions of Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations in Cartesian, spherical and cylindrical coordinates; electrostatic multipole fields; fields in dielectrics; magnetostatics; Maxwell’s equations; plane electromagnetic waves; guided waves and resonant cavities; antennas and vector diffraction.
  
  • ECE 5418 Field Theory of Guided Waves 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Maxwell’s equations; time-harmonic electromagnetic waves; vector and scalar wave equations, analysis of electromagnetic field modes in rectangular and circular cylindrical waveguides using vector potential methods; phase and group velocity; transverse wave impedance; propagating waves and evanescent fields; resonant cavities.
  
  • ECE 5419 Field Theory of Guided Waves 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Hybrid field modes, longitudinal section electric (LSE) and magnetic (LSM) modes in partially filled waveguides; inhomogeneous boundary conditions and transcendental eigenvalue equations; dielectric waveguides and resonators; stripline and microstrip lines; ridged waveguides; spherical transmission lines and cavities.
  
  • ECE 5425 Antennas 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews basic electromagnetic principles; radiation from infinitesimal electric and magnetic dipoles; antenna directivity and gain; the one-way and radar range equations; array theory and phased arrays; and wire antennas and broadband antennas.
  
  • ECE 5426 Antennas 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Equivalence principles; vector diffraction and its application to horn and reflector antennas; antenna pattern synthesis.
  
  • ECE 5431 Computational Electromagnetics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Finite difference solutions of differential equations; moment method solutions of integral equations; FDTD, FEM and GTD in electrodynamics.
  
  • ECE 5470 Special Topics in Electromagnetics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Topics of current interest in the technical literature on electromagnetics.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • ECE 5495 Special Project in Electrical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Special graduate projects are undertaken on a cooperative basis between the student and a member of the graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • ECE 5520 Computer Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the evolution of computer architecture and the factors influencing the design of hardware and software elements of computer systems. Introduces several methods to build general-purpose processors and computer systems and analyze CPU performance to identify bottlenecks.
  
  • ECE 5525 Speech Processing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Fundamentals of digital speech processing, digital models for speech signals, acoustic theory of speech production, speech perception, speech analysis, homomorphic speech processing, coding of speech signals, linear predictive coding, methods for speech recognition and digital speech processing for man-machine communication by voice.
  
  • ECE 5526 Speech Recognition

    Credit Hours: 3
    Basic approaches in speech recognition, dynamic time warping, hidden Markov models and neural networks.
  
  • ECE 5527 Search and Decoding in Speech Recognition

    Credit Hours: 3
    Issues with searching for best answers from recognition hypotheses generated by the recognizer, including lattice networks, dictionaries, language modeling and its use in speech recognition, network search algorithms, word networks and standard lattice format, finite state grammars, Bi-grams, N-grams and other language modeling techniques.
  
  • ECE 5534 Computer Networks 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Theory, design and analysis of computer communications systems. Topics include TCP/IP, Internet, the World Wide Web, ISO-OSI network architecture, LANs (Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, etc.), ATM, SONET, wireless communications, satellite networks, network modeling and simulation.
  
  • ECE 5535 Computer Networks 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes computer and network design and analysis topics covering mathematical modeling, simulation techniques for performance evaluation, applied probability, stochastic processes, elementary queuing theory, discrete-event simulation, and simulation of data analysis.
  
  • ECE 5540 Cloud Computing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the fundamental principles, technology and current developments in cloud computing. Includes basic principles of emerging cloud computing paradigms, the history of cloud computing and how to implement algorithms in the cloud.
  
  • ECE 5550 High-Performance Computing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces fundamentals of parallel scientific computing. Includes CPU and GPU architectures, interconnects and forms of parallel memory. Addresses load balancing, communication and synchronization overhead, and studies established practices.
  
  • ECE 5560 Computer Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents advanced treatment of the enduring concepts underlying all computer (hardware/software) systems. Covers the fundamental concepts in hardware/software required to create systems that operate correctly across a wide range of operating conditions and run-time parameters. Emphasizes performance analysis.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to ECE 4551 Computer Architecture  
  
  • ECE 5565 Embedded and Real-Time Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces embedded and real-time systems including resource-constrained systems, real-time scheduling including multiprocessor scheduling, real-time operating systems (kernels), real-time communication, real-time programming languages, performance analysis, reliability and fault-tolerance, and real-time system requirements and design methods.
  
  • ECE 5570 Special Topics in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    State-of-the-art topics in the current literature in computer engineering.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • ECE 5575 Programmable Gate Arrays

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers digital design techniques using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that incorporate both hardware and software components. Covers FPGA architecture, digital design flow and other technologies associated with FPGAs. Includes laboratories for hands-on experience in designing digital systems on FPGA platforms.
  
  • ECE 5590 Android Embedded Application Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the fundamental principles of programming for Android. Discusses current technology and development practices for programming applications in the Android operating system.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to ECE 3551 Microcomputer Systems 1  
  
  • ECE 5595 Special Projects in Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Special graduate projects undertaken on a cooperative basis between the student and a member of the graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • ECE 5683 Power Systems Operation and Control

    Credit Hours: 3
    An in-depth analysis of computer methods for power systems. Topics include system matrices, power-flow studies, optimal dispatch, fault studies and stability analysis with programming considerations for each topic.
  
  • ECE 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
  
  • ECE 5961 Internship in Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1
    Provides an opportunity to gain practical experience in industries related to electrical or computer engineering. Students are placed in an industrial environment under the supervision of a practicing engineer.
  
  • ECE 5999 Thesis in Electrical or Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual work under the direction of a member or members of the graduate faculty on a selected topic.
  
  • ECE 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
  
  • ECE 6999 Research and Dissertation in Electrical or Computer Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Taken by appointment with members of the electrical engineering graduate faculty.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval

Education

  
  • EDS 0001 Teaching Assistant Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Allows recording of requirement satisfied (S) or requirement unsatisfied (U) for successful completion of mandatory Teaching Assistant Seminar as confirmed by the Office of Graduate Programs.
    S/U
  
  • EDS 0002 Final Program Examination

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

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

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: EDS 0003   Corequisite: EDS 0003  
  
  • EDS 1021 General Physical Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the concepts and applications of the physical sciences for non-science majors. Includes the processes and history of science, thermodynamics, electricity, waves, chemical reactions, nuclear energy, relativity and the formation of the Earth and the universe.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • EDS 1022 General Biological Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the concepts and applications of the biological sciences for non-science majors. Includes cell structure, function and reproduction, genetics and genetic engineering, evolution and the environment
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • EDS 1023 The Final Frontier

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers topics essential for understanding our universe in the 21st century. Introduces astronomy concepts for non-science majors. Includes principles that demonstrate the size of Earth and our solar system, the age of Earth, the origin of the elements, and the age of our universe. Also includes how humans may colonize off-Earth locations.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • EDS 1031 Survey of Science 1: Physical Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes a survey of physics, chemistry and astronomy including motion, forces, energy, electricity, waves, the metric system and the application of science and technology to everyday living.
  
  • EDS 1032 Survey of Science 2: Life Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Facilitates student understanding of laws, phenomena and processes of cellular and human biology, and to address selected current topics in ecology and environmental science.
  
  • EDS 1502 Inquiry Approaches to Teaching

    Credit Hours: 1
    Acts as the first step in exploring teaching in science or mathematics. Provides early field experience in teaching. Introduces the theory and practice necessary to design and deliver instruction. Requires student to teach at the elementary level in local public school and student teams to present lessons to grades three to five.
  
  • EDS 1503 Inquiry-Based Lesson Design

    Credit Hours: 1
    Acts as second step in exploring teaching in science or mathematics. Covers the middle school environment. Includes inquiry-based lesson analysis, design and assessment. Requires students to be assigned according to interest to a middle school mentor teacher. Includes observation and teaching three quest inquiry-based lessons as part of student team.
    Prerequisite: EDS 1502  
  
  • EDS 2501 Special Topics in Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Topics announced before each course offering.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval
  
  • EDS 2502 Knowing and Learning Mathematics and Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on science and mathematics as understood from multidisciplinary perspectives. Includes memory and structure of knowledge, problem solving and reasoning, early foundations of learning, regulatory processes and symbolic thinking. Also includes construction of models of knowing and learning that guide classroom practice.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval or co/prerequisite course
    Prerequisite: EDS 1502   Corequisite: EDS 1502  
  
  • EDS 2503 Classroom Interactions in Mathematics and Science Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an overview of principles for teaching middle and secondary school mathematics or science. Explores the roles of content, pedagogy, curriculum and technology. Continues the preparation of students to teach mathematics or science in upper elementary and secondary settings. Requires design and implementation of instructional activities.
    Prerequisite: EDS 2502  
  
  • EDS 3131 Perspectives on Science and Mathematics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores how scientific investigators explain the natural world. Provides an overview of the history of science and mathematics to broaden comprehension. Puts work in science and mathematics pedagogy in historical context. Improves writing, research and analysis skills.
    (HU/SS)
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval
    Prerequisite: COM 1102  
  
  • EDS 3701 Project-Based Instruction in Mathematics and Science Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers project-based instruction (PBI) as a mathematics and science teaching method. Requires teams to develop and teach a project-based unit of instruction in a secondary school setting. Focuses on the tenets, planning and implementation of PBI, national and state curriculum and instruction standards, and how children learn mathematics and science.
    Prerequisite: EDS 2502  
  
  • EDS 4060 Educational Strategies for ESOL

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides the requisite information and background needed to identify limited-English proficient (LEP) K-12 learners and equips them with appropriate instructional strategies to meet all student learning needs
    (SS)
    Prerequisite: EDS 1502   
  
  • EDS 4072 Methods and Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Math

    Credit Hours: 4
    Investigates the principles, skills and methods of teaching mathematics at the middle- and secondary-school level. Emphasizes application and practice with a hands-on, discovery approach.
    Prerequisite: EDS 4051  
  
  • EDS 4081 Content Area Reading

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides maximum interaction and strategies needed by teachers of grades 6-12 to teach their students how to succeed across the curriculum with reading.
    Prerequisite: EDS 1502   
  
  • EDS 4250 Science Education Case Study

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    In conjunction with advisor, student selects a single specific issue of topic in science education and performs an in-depth study of that area.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 4311 Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides the tools needed to solve scientific problems and the opportunity to use them in a laboratory setting. Covers how scientists communicate with each other through peer-reviewed literature. Includes how scientists develop new knowledge and insights such as those eventually used in textbooks and taught in conventional classes.
    (Q)
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval or prerequisite course
    Prerequisite: EDS 2502  
  
  • EDS 4503 Special Topics in Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Topics announced before each course offering.
    Prerequisite: EDS 2501   Corequisite: EDS 2501  
  
  • EDS 4900 Interdisciplinary Science Capstone Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    This seminar is part of the capstone experience for a B.S. degree in the interdisciplinary science program. It is taken during the final semester of the program. Students are required to write a paper and present it orally.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 4906 Apprenticeship in Secondary Mathematics and Science Teaching

    Credit Hours: 6
    Serves as the capstone course for students seeking teaching certification. Includes exposure and fieldwork in secondary school classrooms. Requires oversight by a school-based teach and intensive interaction with course instructor. Includes teaching responsibilities for three hours per day over term, using plan developed with teacher/mentor.
    Prerequisite: EDS 2502  
  
  • EDS 5051 Methods and Management of Middle and Secondary School Teaching

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students demonstrate methods of classroom management that constitute effective teaching practice as defined by the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices.
  
  • EDS 5055 Foundations and Management of Classroom Instruction

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the contemporary field and foundations of education and the teaching profession. Includes the dynamics of school life, effective teaching practices, classroom management, ethical and legal issues facing teachers, economic and political issues, the history of American education, and educational reform.
  
  • EDS 5060 ESOL Teaching Strategies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prepares future teachers with resources to promote cross-cultural awareness, language development and academic progress. Special attention to approaches, methodologies and techniques designed for limited English proficient children that help all students achieve success in content areas.
    Prerequisite: EDS 4071 or EDS 4072  
  
  • EDS 5067 Measurement and Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes the foundations of educational measurement and evaluation, the techniques of educational measurement, the presentation and analysis of data collected through measurement and the application of measurement and evaluation.
  
  • EDS 5070 Educational Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes sampling procedures, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, estimation of variability, the normal distribution, differences between two groups, analysis of variance and correlation. Also includes nonparametric techniques, multivariate techniques and computer analysis of educational data.
  
  • EDS 5071 Methods and Strategies of Teaching Middle and High School Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates the principles, skills and methods of teaching science at the middle and secondary school level. Emphasizes the laboratory-centered inquiry approach.
    Prerequisite: EDS 5051  
  
  • EDS 5072 Methods and Strategies of Teaching Middle and High School Mathematics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates the principles, skills and methods of teaching mathematics at the middle and secondary school level. Emphasizes application and practice with a hands-on discovery approach.
    Prerequisite: EDS 5051  
  
  • EDS 5073 Methods and Strategies for Teaching Specific Middle and High School Content

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates the principles, skills and methods of teaching specific secondary content at the middle and high school levels.
    Prerequisite: EDS 5051  
  
  • EDS 5081 Research 1

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Individual research work conducted under the supervision of a science education faculty member.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5095 Essentials of Educational Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes research skills and related competencies involved in the planning, conducting and reporting of applied research studies of the type required for a graduate degree.
  
  • EDS 5120 Content and Methods in Science Education for Lower-Level Elementary Grades

    Credit Hours: 4
    Examines the science content supporting the Sunshine State Standards for science applicable to early elementary grades. Emphasizes teaching approaches that incorporate hands-on inquiry experiences and computer technology.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5130 Content and Methods in Science Education for Upper-Level Elementary Grades

    Credit Hours: 4
    Examines the science content supporting the Sunshine State Standards for science applicable to upper elementary grades. Emphasizes teaching approaches that incorporate hands-on inquiry experiences and computer technology.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5135 Reading in the Content Area

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students develop strategies for designing lessons that will lead middle and high school students to become active readers, engaged in the process of learning with textbooks as well as supplemental materials. Explores how to create active learning environments in which students know how, when and why to use all modes of language to learn.
  
  • EDS 5203 Theories and Trends in Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an overview of human development and learning. Topics include behavioral, social and cognitive learning theories. Emphasizes the application and implications of these theories to educational practice. Includes student review of research articles and other publications that relate to human development and learning theories.
  
  • EDS 5226 Introduction to Computers in Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introductory review of various uses for microcomputers in schools. Includes a review of current hardware available, computer application software, use of the World Wide Web, computer assisted instruction software, networking and legal/ethical issues.
  
  • EDS 5227 Educational Software Evaluation and Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Proper design and appropriate evaluation of education software. Students write programs using established design techniques and procedures. Covers crash-proofing programs, user help menu methods, documentation techniques and screen formatting.
    Prerequisite: EDS 5226  
  
  • EDS 5250 Case Study: Science Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Involves an in-depth study of a specific issue or topic in science education. Allows a student with a special interest in science education to pursue guided study in that area.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5270 Informal Science Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the theory, practice, organization and research of informal science education. Includes classroom sessions, sessions in various science education venues and presentations by and discussions with informal science educators.
  
  • EDS 5272 Informal Science Education Internship

    Credit Hours: 3
    A minimum of 120 hours working at a host informal science education venue. Requires formal written and oral presentations.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5274 Informal Science Education Project

    Credit Hours: 3
    Planning, design and implementation of an informal science education project.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5298 Current Topics in Science Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Selected current topics in science education.
  
  • EDS 5299 Current Topics in Computer Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Current topics in the use of computers in the educational setting. Course content varies from year to year.
  
  • EDS 5350 Case Study: Mathematics Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Involves an in-depth study of a specific issue or topic in mathematics education. Allows a student with a special interest in mathematics education to pursue guided study in that area.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 5410 Foundations of Environmental Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces and overviews the field of environmental education. Includes an overview of the history and definition of EE, models of environmental literacy and behavior, and published needs assessments and status reports. Concludes with an analysis of current needs/problems and opportunities in Florida.
  
  • EDS 5420 Methods in Ecology and Environmental Science Content

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on concepts in ecology and environmental science, and principles for teaching and learning concepts. Introduces students to models for teaching/learning concepts and generating lessons using selected models. Concludes with an analysis of educational materials.
  
  • EDS 5430 Methods for Environmental Problems and Issue Investigation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on skills for analyzing, investigating and evaluating environmental problems and issues. Students practice these skills and apply them in an investigation on a selected problem/issue. Other topics include skill-based teaching strategies and emphasis on these skills in programs and print materials.
  
  • EDS 5440 Methods for Citizenship and Environmental Responsibility

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes rationales and strategies for teaching citizenship and environmental responsibility. Explores these topics from various perspectives, and develops and applies skills in these areas. Reviews pertinent guidelines and strategies in social studies, science and environmental education.
  
  • EDS 5450 Case Study: Environmental Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Involves an in-depth study of a specific issue or topic in environmental education. Allows a student with a special interest in environmental education to pursue guided study in that area.
  
  • EDS 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
  
  • EDS 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual research work under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 6000 Readings in Educational Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigation of relevant research in science, mathematics, environmental or computer education.
    Prerequisite: EDS 5070  and EDS 5095  and EDS 5203  
  
  • EDS 6010 Research Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3
    Creation of a pilot study in preparation for the doctoral dissertation.
    Requirement(s): Must be taken in the same semester in which comprehensive examinations are administered
  
  • EDS 6070 Statistics for Educational Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes multiple regression/correlation methods, multivariate techniques and computer analysis of educational data.
    Prerequisite: EDS 5070  and EDS 5095  
  
  • EDS 6095 Research-Science Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Research under the guidance of a member of the science education faculty in a selected area of science education.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • EDS 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
  
  • EDS 6999 Dissertation-Science Education

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval

Economics

  
  • EEC 2303 Introduction to Macroeconomics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the concepts that aid in understanding both aggregate economic conditions and the policy alternatives designed to stabilize national economies. Includes the determination of GDP and national income, inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, economic growth and exchange rates.
    (SS)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: MTH 1000  or MTH 1001  or MTH 1701  or MTH 1702  
  
  • EEC 2304 Introduction to Microeconomics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the neoclassical theory of price determination. Includes supply and demand analysis, production and cost theory, market structures, externalities and public goods, factor payments, income distribution and informational asymmetries.
    (SS)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: MTH 1000  or MTH 1001  or MTH 1010  or MTH 1701  or MTH 1702  
 

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