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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.
 

Marine Biology
  

  • MAR 1020 Biological Discovery 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the fundamental principles of evolution, biodiversity, physiology and ecology. Provides an integrated approach to the study of the hierarchal structure and function of living organisms and communities.
    (Hon)
    Recommended: High school biology and chemistry encouraged
  

  • MAR 1030 Introduction to Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces the fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular and cell biology through a hands-on approach. Complements MAR 1010 Biological Discovery 1 .
    Recommended: High School Biology and Chemistry encouraged
    Prerequisite: MAR 1010   Corequisite: MAR 1010  
  

  • MAR 1040 Introduction to Biodiversity and Physiology

    Credit Hours: 1
    Provides a hands-on approach to teaching concepts of biodiversity and physiology. Complements MAR 1020 Biological Discovery 2 . 
    Recommended: High School Biology and Chemistry encouraged
    Prerequisite: MAR 1020   Corequisite: MAR 1020  
  

  • MAR 1500 Introduction to Aquaculture

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces the basic concepts of aquaculture including examination of algal, invertebrate and fish systems. Includes several field trips to local aquaculture operations.
  

  • MAR 2110 General Genetics

    Credit Hours: 4
    The fundamentals of genetics from Mendel to modern day. Emphasizes the transmission of genetic material, the molecular nature of heredity and the heredity of populations. In the lab, students perform genetic analyses with online bioinformatics software and hands-on with DNA purified from several sources.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1010  
  

  • MAR 2332 Primer for Biomath

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces the separate languages of mathematics and biology such that students from the different disciplines can efficiently develop a biomath glossary to communicate with one another. Focuses on the current research projects in biology and ecology, and the relevant mathematical analysis.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: MTH 1000  
  

  • MAR 2801 Biometry

    Credit Hours: 4
    Experimental design and hypothesis testing in the biological sciences, and the analysis of biological data using descriptive statistics and applying parametric and non-parametric tests. Computer applications include statistical packages, spreadsheets, graphics preparation and word processing in the development of reports on modules of field-, clinic- and lab-based studies.
    (CL)
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 2925 Field Biology and Ecology/Africa

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students spend two weeks in Kenya, Africa, investigating patterns of abundance, distribution, habitat requirements and behavior common to vertebrate species of African savanna ecosystems. Begins with one week on the main campus in Melbourne.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 2935 Field Biology and Ecology/Smoky Mountains

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses field biology and ecology methodology and demonstrates them in the field to collect data for analysis. Conducts field studies in the Smoky Mountains.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 2955 Field Biology and Ecology/Coral Reefs

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses and demonstrates field biology and ecology methodology and applies them in the field to collect data for analysis. Conducts field studies in the Caribbean.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 3210 Mammalian Physiology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Introduces the study of bodily functions. Emphasizes biophysical principles and control systems to explain organ system function and the maintenance of homeostasis.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  and CHM 2001  
  

  • MAR 3410 General Ecology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Studies the distribution and abundance of organisms. Emphasizes the level of biological populations. Includes interaction of populations with the abiotic environment, energetics, population growth, reproduction, competition, predation, adaptation and evolution. Modular lab exercises stress the experimental design and conduct, and data analysis.
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  
  

  • MAR 3510 Invertebrate Zoology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Includes lectures and labs on the origins and adaptive radiation of the kingdom Metazoa, and comparative structure and function of living and extinct animal phyla, evolution of organ system, and comparative physiology and ecology.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 3601 Field Methods in Fisheries Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes lectures and intensive field/laboratory work covering the theory and practice of fisheries science techniques. Applies these techniques to development of fishery and habitat management strategies for fish populations. Includes field studies and examination of fisheries in the Indian River Lagoon and South Florida.
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  
  

  • MAR 3621 Marine Mammal Studies in the Pacific Northwest

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores the biology of marine mammals and how that biology has been shaped by the marine environment. Focuses on current techniques for collecting behavioral, spatial and physiological data in different habitats. Requires a field trip to the San Juan Islands, Washington. 
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 3625 Molluscan Aquaculture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the basic biology, life history and culture techniques of the major commercially important mollusks. Covers culture procedures for microalgae. Includes labs culturing selected microalgal species, and spawning and larviculture of selected bivalve species.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3510  
  

  • MAR 3701 Evolution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Describes the processes resulting in evolutionary change and the factors affecting those processes. Discusses evolution at all levels, from cell and molecular evolution to local populations to major groups, and covers time frames drawing on knowledge of many biological fields.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  and BIO 2110  
  

  • MAR 3935 Ecology of Tropical Ecosystems

    Credit Hours: 3
    A three-week field examination of the aspects of population and community ecology of tropical rainforest systems in Belize or Costa Rica, Central America. Familiarizes the student with ecological principles governing the abundance and distribution of species in different rainforest ecosystems.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 3940 Tropical Marine Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes intensive fieldwork focusing on tropical marine ecosystems and their biological communities. Emphasizes biodiversity, the ecology of dominant taxa, interactions between physical and biological processes, and the structure and function of representative communities.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 4030 Conservation Biology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies biodiversity and population responses to human activity. Highlights decision-making and the active management of populations and habitats. Investigates the science underlying conservation of plant and animal communities (terrestrial and marine) and ecosystems. Pays special attention to the need to develop conservation strategies that accommodate climate change.
    Prerequisite: MAR 4410  
  

  • MAR 4100 Special Topics in Marine Biology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers current or unifying topics in marine biology through lecture, reading of current and review literature, class discussions or student presentations.
    Minimum student level - junior
  

  • MAR 4209 Molecular Biology of Plants

    Credit Hours: 4
    Overviews the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the growth, development and functioning of plants through review of current literature. Uses labs to focus on gene transfer (transformation), identification of transgenic plants, phytohoromone detection, as well as cell and tissue culture.
    Prerequisite: BIO 4010   Corequisite: BIO 4010  
  

  • MAR 4210 Plant Physiology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Presents the physiological processes of plants and their interactions with their environment. Covers water relations, plant biochemistry, plant development and environmental physiology.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  and CHM 2002  
  

  • MAR 4410 Community Ecology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Studies the composition and distribution of biological communities and the community responses to wildlife management, changing climates and other abiotic factors. Includes ecosystems, biogeography, biodiversity, paleoecology, pollution, population manipulation and successions. Modular lab exercises stress experimental design and data analysis in studying communities.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  and MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 4411 Conservation Genetics

    Credit Hours: 4
    Introduces conservation genetics. Focuses on population genetic theory and emphasizes molecular methods for examining population differentiation, genetic diversity, the evolution of small populations, and the management of threatened populations. Lab includes experimental design, data collection and analysis.
    Prerequisite: BIO 2110  and MAR 3701  
  

  • MAR 4413 Applied Geographic Information Systems for Biological Research

    Credit Hours: 4
    Focuses on applying geographic information systems and relevant techniques to health sciences, ecology and conservation biology. Includes fundamentals of ArcGIS; database mining; GPS systems; spatial statistics; mapping and modeling disease risk and spread; and connectivity, species distribution and spatio-temporal modeling in a biological landscape.
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  
  

  • MAR 4420 Pre-Columbian Ecosystems

    Credit Hours: 1
    Investigates through ecology the extent to which pre-Columbian occupants of the Americas influenced ecosystems. Includes archaeological, anthropological and ecological data that contributes to understanding the key debates about what is natural in the Americas.
    (CC)
    Minimum student level - junior
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 4421 Neotropical Archeoecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the impact of human activities on past and present ecology. Integrates regional archaeology with modern ecology to compare sites with and without past human impacts. Uses field techniques that include forest census in megadiverse environments, sediment coring and curation of specimens.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: MAR 4420  
  

  • MAR 4515 Ecology of Coral Reefs

    Credit Hours: 3
    Broadly examines coral reefs from reef geology and geomorphology to conservation and management. Includes the physical environment, coral and symbiosis, reproduction, demography, community dynamics, diversity and function, biogeography and evolution, and natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: (BIO 3410 or MAR 3410 ) and (BIO 4410 or MAR 4410 )
  

  • MAR 4517 Introduction to Modeling for Ecology and Biology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Includes allometric principles, biological processes within organisms, population and metapopulation models, competition and symbiosis, predator-prey relations, community and diversity, and models in evolution, biogeography, ecosystems and conservation.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 4520 Invertebrate Aquaculture

    Credit Hours: 4
    Covers a diverse array of invertebrate species and their culture in laboratory or field settings. Includes the aquaculture technology and techniques for animals such as corals, mollusks and crustaceans cultured for human consumption, ornamental display or restoration of wild populations.
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  
  

  • MAR 4530 Biology of Fishes

    Credit Hours: 4
    Introduces the structure, evolution, behavior and ecology of freshwater and marine fishes. Labs examine the anatomy, physiology and ecology of fishes. Includes field collection trips to local marine and freshwater habitats.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 4550 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

    Credit Hours: 4
    Examines the comparative anatomy of higher animals through lectures and labs. Emphasizes the evolutionary trends of the vertebrates. 
    Minimum student level - junior
  

  • MAR 4620 Fish Aquaculture and Management

    Credit Hours: 4
    Surveys in depth the culture methods of freshwater and saltwater fish species including an introduction to the theory and techniques necessary for managing wild fisheries stocks. Labs focus on fish culturing methodology and analysis of wild fish populations. Includes several field studies.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 4621 Principles of Fisheries Management

    Credit Hours: 4
    Incorporates the theories and methods of fisheries science, marine ecology, ecosystem management and social/economic considerations into the development of sustainable management of finfish and invertebrate fishery resources.  
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  
  

  • MAR 4622 Principle and Practices in Fish Aquaculture

    Credit Hours: 4
    Addresses best practices in sustainable fish-culture systems rooted in the basic principles of reproductive biology and captive breeding, stress physiology, disease management and prevention, feeding and nutrition, and rearing and harvesting.
    Prerequisite: BIO 4550  or MAR 4550   Corequisite: BIO 4550  or MAR 4550  
  

  • MAR 4625 Crustacean Aquaculture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the basic biology, life history and culturing techniques of the major commercially important crustaceans. Labs culture selected decapod species.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3510  
  

  • MAR 4641 Biology of Marine Mammals

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the evolution, classification, ecology and general life history of marine mammals.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 4710 Marine Biology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Examines the nature of life in the ocean and in coastal environments through lectures and labs. Reviews taxonomic diversity, ecological roles and adaptations of the five kingdoms. Includes physiological mechanisms, locomotion and migrations, defenses against predation, sensory reception, productivity, feeding, reproduction and symbiosis.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3510  
  

  • MAR 4720 Marine Ecology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Covers the structure and function of marine biotic systems from the organism (life histories) to community and ecosystem.
    (Q)
    Minimum student level - senior
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  and MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 4904 Field Biology and Evolution of the Galapagos Islands

    Credit Hours: 3
    Field biology course in the Galapagos Islands. Emphasizes climate and evolution processes and patterns. Includes both terrestrial and marine investigations of the unique biota of the islands.
    (CC)
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 4990 Marine Biology Forum

    Credit Hours: 1
    Critical analysis of primary literature and review articles in biology by oral presentation and small group discussion.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  

  • MAR 4991 Undergraduate Research 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Research experience under the direction and supervision of a member of the faculty.
    (Q)
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  

  • MAR 4992 Undergraduate Research 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Research experience under the direction and supervision of a member of the faculty.
    (Q)
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  

  • MAR 4993 Undergraduate Research 3

    Credit Hours: 3
    Research experience under the direction and supervision of a member of the faculty.
    (Q)
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  

  • MAR 4994 Undergraduate Research 4

    Credit Hours: 3
    Research experience under the direction and supervision of a member of the faculty.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BIO 4993  or MAR 4993  
  

  • MAR 5005 Comparative Biology of Invertebrates

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces graduate students to the methods by which invertebrate metazoans perform life functions, and the similarity underlying these methods. Draws on the rich diversity of invertebrate body forms, and compares major and minor phyla.
  

  • MAR 5010 Ichthyology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides graduate students a background in ichthyology and fish biology. The first part follows classical ichthyology by covering systematics and evolution of fishes. The second part focuses on biological and ecological adaptation of fishes to different environments.
  

  • MAR 5020 Field Ecology 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Field course identifies the plant communities characteristic of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Examines the factors responsible for the control and dynamics of these community types in the field. The field trip is conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  

  • MAR 5022 Coral Reef Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Two-week field examination in the Caribbean. Familiarizes students with patterns of abundance and distribution of the common species of coral reef fishes. Emphasizes species identification and field methods of investigating reef fish ecology.
  

  • MAR 5024 Field Ecology 4

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students spend two weeks in Kenya, investigating patterns of abundance, distribution, habitat requirements and behavior common to vertebrate species of African savanna ecosystems. Begins with one week on the main campus in Melbourne.
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  
  

  • MAR 5025 Ecology of Salt Marsh and Mangrove

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses the ecology of salt marsh and mangrove systems. Emphasizes how organisms adapt to the alternating inundation and exposed environment, and how physical and biological factors interact to determine the population and community structures.
  

  • MAR 5028 Design and Analysis of Ecological Studies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Comprehensively reviews experimental and observational methods and analysis tools commonly encountered in ecology. Emphasizes the practical application of research designs to ecological problems and different fields of ecology.
  

  • MAR 5029 Chemical Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies how small molecules regulate interorganismal interactions. Focuses on the molecular components and downstream physiological responses of the organisms involved. Examples show the technologies and techniques available for research in this area along with potential applications.
  

  • MAR 5030 Conservation Biology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Demonstrates the synthetic nature of conservation biology drawing from the disciplines of genetics, population biology, biogeography, ecology, wildlife management, human ecology and natural resource management. Illustrates conservation issues using case studies from a wide variety of global ecosystems.
  

  • MAR 5031 Conservation Genetics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces conservation genetics. Focuses on population genetic theory. Emphasizes molecular methods to identify evolutionarily significant units, assess genetic diversity, understand the evolution of small populations and manage threatened populations.
  

  • MAR 5034 Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses how and why climate has changed, and how those changes have influenced ecosystems. Covers species migration, speciation, community change and biogeography. Provides tools to develop climatic and ecological histories.
  

  • MAR 5040 Marine Mammalogy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the evolution, classification, zoogeography, anatomy and general life history of marine mammals.
  

  • MAR 5045 Reproduction and Recruitment of Marine Fishes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses the processes of reproduction and recruitment of marine fishery species. Includes topics such as the physiological and behavioral characteristics of reproduction, the molecular events of fertilization, and the influences of oceanographic processes on larval and juvenile life stages.
  

  • MAR 5047 Ecological Physiology of Fishes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses how the physiology of fishes is affected and regulated in response to environmental changes. Includes how fishes inhabit a vast range of habitats that vary with respect to biotic and abiotic factors, and how successful maintenance of populations in challenging environments requires responsive adjustments in physiology.
  

  • MAR 5070 Physiological Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes lectures and discussions on the physiological adaptation of organisms to environment.
  

  • MAR 5080 Mechanisms of Biological Clocks

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the primary literature of processes underlying rhythmicity including neural, cellular and molecular mechanisms. Focuses on circadian rhythms in vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
  

  • MAR 5120 Ecology of Tropical Communities

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes lecture and field examination of aspects of the population and community ecology of tropical marine systems, especially coral reefs and mangroves. Emphasizes factors influencing community structure and the relationships between representative populations.
  

  • MAR 5140 Coral Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on both theoretical and practical aspects of coral ecology. Includes hands-on taxonomy and assessment of the functional response of coral reefs to environmental factors and thermal stress at a global scale. Emphasizes identification of processes and regulatory phenomena driving the dynamics of coral communities.
  

  • MAR 5150 Landscape Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Applies landscape ecology techniques (spatial sampling, patch dynamics, scale detection, landscape metrics, geographical information systems, time series, disturbance and pollution, organism response to landscape patterns) to landscape patterns, connectivity and metapopulations dynamics, reserve design and ecosystem processes.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 5413 Applied Geographic Information Systems for Biological Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on applying geographic information systems and relevant techniques to health sciences, ecology and conservation biology. Includes fundamentals of ArcGIS; datamining; GPS systems; spatial statistics; mapping and modeling disease risk and spread; and connectivity, species distribution and spatio-temporal modeling in a biological landscape.
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  
  

  • MAR 5420 Pre-Columbian Ecosystems

    Credit Hours: 0
    Investigates through ecology the extent to which pre-Columbian occupants of the Americas influenced ecosystems. Includes archaeological, anthropological and ecological data that contributes to understanding the key debates about what is natural in the Americas.
  

  • MAR 5421 Neotropical Archeoecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the impact of human activities on past and present ecology. Integrates regional archaeology with modern ecology to compare sites with and without past human impacts. Uses field techniques that include forest census in megadiverse environments, sediment coring and curation of specimens.
    Prerequisite: MAR 5420  
  

  • MAR 5510 Current Topics in Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Readings and discussions of recent advances and new concepts in ecological research.
  

  • MAR 5511 Topics in Evolution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores new advances in evolutionary theory and research through readings and discussion.
  

  • MAR 5517 Modeling for Ecology and Biology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents graduate-level modeling and applications for ecology and biology. Includes allometry, growth and healing of wounds, population dynamics, competition and symbiosis, predator-prey relations, community and diversity models, models in biogeography, evolution and conservation.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 5573 Scientific Analysis, Writing and Presentation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Gives in-depth consideration to recent literature related to various marine biology areas. Teaches how to critically read, evaluate, review and present marine science papers. Also teaches skills for writing abstracts, papers and grants, and for making professional presentations.
  

  • MAR 5621 Marine Mammal Studies in the Pacific Northwest

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores the biology of marine mammals and how that biology has been shaped by the marine environment. Focuses on current techniques for collecting behavioral, spatial and physiological data in different habitats. Requires a field trip to the San Juan Islands, Washington. Meets with MAR 3621 .
  

  • MAR 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0-2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs
  

  • MAR 5904 Field Biology and Evolution of the Galapagos Islands

    Credit Hours: 3
    Field biology course in the Galapagos Islands. Emphasizes climate and evolution processes and patterns. Includes both terrestrial and marine investigations of the unique biota of the islands.
    Prerequisite: MAR 3410  
  

  • MAR 5990 Biological Sciences Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Presents and discusses current research by visiting scientists, university faculty and graduate students.
  

  • MAR 5991 Biological Research Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
     Presents and discusses thesis or dissertation research.
  

  • MAR 5995 Biological Research

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Research under the guidance of a faculty member of the marine sciences in a selected area of biology.
  

  • MAR 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3-6
    Research and preparation for the master’s thesis.
  

  • MAR 6899 Final Semester Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 0-2

    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.

     
    Requirement(s): Accepted candidacy and approval by Office of Graduate Programs
  

  • MAR 6999 Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3-12
    Research and preparation for the doctoral dissertation.
    Requirement(s): Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree

Mechanical Engineering
  

  • MEE 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  

  • MEE 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: MEE 0002   Corequisite: MEE 0002  
  

  • MEE 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: MEE 0003   Corequisite: MEE 0003  
  

  • MEE 1024 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an overview of the engineering profession and the mechanical engineering discipline. Introduces students to engineering problem-solving methodologies and design theory and methodology. A competitive design project motivates the study of engineering graphics, computer-aided design, manufacturing techniques and software tools.
    (CL)
  

  • MEE 1025 Mechanical Engineering Practicum 1

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students support senior student engineering design team projects by helping to develop design concepts, formalize designs through sketches and drawings, fabricate mechanical components, test component performance and other activities related to the successful completion of design projects.
    Corequisite: MEE 1024  
  

  • MEE 2024 Solids Modeling and 3D Mechanical Design Principles

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students create geometries in isometric and perspective views, free-form solids and sectioned solids to produce layouts for dimensioning/tolerancing. Uses computer analysis to focus on determining inertial properties and interference checking.
    Prerequisite: MEE 1024  or AEE 1202  
  

  • MEE 2025 Mechanical Engineering Practicum 2

    Credit Hours: 1
    Continues MEE 1025  with a higher level of responsibility and more advanced requirements.
    Prerequisite: MEE 1025  
  

  • MEE 2081 Applied Mechanics: Statics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes the elements of statics in co-planar and three-dimensional systems; equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; simple structures, centroids and center of gravity; beam shear and bending moment; friction; and virtual work.
    Prerequisite: PHY 1001  
  

  • MEE 2082 Applied Mechanics: Dynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes kinematics and kinetics of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies. Discusses absolute and relative motion approaches. Employs force-mass-acceleration, work-energy and impulse-momentum methods.
    Prerequisite: MEE 2081  
  

  • MEE 3024 Computer-Aided Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students generate finite element models from solid geometries, defining load, boundary and constraint conditions, characterizing material properties and optimizing performance. Uses computer models to perform stress, stability and dynamic analysis of mechanical components and assemblies.
    Prerequisite: MEE 2024  and AEE 3083  
  

  • MEE 3025 Mechanical Engineering Practicum 3

    Credit Hours: 1
    Continues MEE 2025  with a higher level of responsibility and more advanced requirements.
    Prerequisite: MEE 2025  
  

  • MEE 3090 Design of Machine Elements

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the design of basic machine elements. Emphasizes failure prevention. Includes screws, fasteners, connections, welded/brazed joints, springs, bearings, gears, clutches, brakes, couplings, flywheels, flexible mechanical elements and shafts.
    Prerequisite: MEE 2024  and AEE 3083  
  

  • MEE 3091 Theory of Machines

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms, including structural and mobility considerations; graphical, analytical and computer methods for velocities and accelerations in constrained motion; cams and gears; analysis of combined static and dynamic forces arising from uniform and accelerated motion; and dynamic balancing.
    Prerequisite: MEE 2082  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  

  • MEE 3191 Engineering Thermodynamics 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the conservation of energy and mass in closed- and open-flow systems. Includes the physical properties and equations of state for pure substances; the first and second laws of thermodynamics; and reversible processes and Carnot cycle.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101  and (MTH 2001  or MTH 2010 ) and PHY 1001  
  

  • MEE 3192 Engineering Thermodynamics 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes practical problems involving power and refrigeration cycles and chemical thermodynamics, the combustion process and compressible flows as examined in applications involving nozzles and blade passages.
    Prerequisite: MEE 3191  
  

  • MEE 4014 Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Stresses both classical and modern control methodologies. Includes frequency and time-domain representation of linear systems, stability analysis and design techniques.
    Prerequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  

  • MEE 4024 Mechanical Vibrations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on both discrete and continuous systems. Includes free and forced vibration of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems, and vibration control techniques.
    Prerequisite: AEE 3083  and MEE 2082  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  

  • MEE 4071 Thermal Systems Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers radiative heat transfer applications in thermal systems. Includes elementary methods of optimization for design; and application of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Also includes equipment fundamentals, emphasizing heat exchanger design and analysis; and design projects involving use of software and laboratory experiments. 
    Prerequisite: MEE 4171  
  

  • MEE 4074 Heat Transfer Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Reinforces the activities associated with MEE 4071  and MEE 4171 . Investigates the physics of heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation) through the use of modern experimental techniques.
    Prerequisite: MEE 4171  
 

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