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2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

Course Descriptions

Many course descriptions include a designation of Term(s) Offered: with one or more of the following: Fall, Spring, Summer. This indicates the term(s) in which the course is typically offered and is intended to aid students in planning their programs of study. Departments reserve the right to change the term(s) in which a course is offered.
 

Engineering
  

  • ENGR 265 - Energy Systems and Sustainable Design

    Credits: 3

    ENGR 265 will include a survey of energy systems, energy production, and efficiencies of the various systems that are currently in use and/or are under development.  It will also cover topics of energy usage, such as building systems and sustainable building design.  The production, transportation and consumption of energy are some of the more important topics facing the human race, because energy touches on every facet of human existence.  This course will prepare engineering students to contribute to the complex societal nature of energy production, usage, and conservation in a quantitative way.

    Term(s) Offered: Fall


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  • ENGR 277 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

    Credits: 3

    This course is designed to introduce students to the diverse areas of biomedical engineering.  It will be taught from an interdisciplinary perspective to create synergies between students majoring in engineering and those majoring in the sciences.  Students will use their respective knowledge collectively to research scholarly articles, understand how biomedical engineering is implemented into commercial capabilities, and present their findings.  Students will be immersed into areas of biomedical engineering such as biomechanics, bioelectricity, bioinstrumentation, biological engineering, and tissue engineering.  Students will also learn how many other facets of engineering (mechanical, chemical, electrical, material, and computer) are integrated into the field in order to solve tough biomedical problems. 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 107  or BIOL 141  

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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  • ENGR 417 - Project Management

    Credits: 3

    This course provides students with a broad overview of the techniques of project management from an engineering perspective. Topics will include a structured approach to project management, project life cycle, project selection and evaluation, organizational concepts in project management, project planning, conflict and negotiation, budgeting and cost estimation, scheduling, resource allocation, monitoring, project control and project termination. The objective is to gain insight into organizational issues and learn quantitative methods that are necessary for successful project management. The course has a strong emphasis on team work and student project presentations. Special purpose software such as Microsoft Project will be utilized.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (3-0)
    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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  • ENGR 477 - Biomedical Engineering Design

    Credits: 3

    This course is aimed as a precursor to a biomedical related senior design course.  Students will be introduced to engineering design with respect to biomedical applications.  Students will be immersed into the medical field visiting hospitals, clinics, or other medically relevant facilities to engage with doctors, physicians, and healthcare professions to understand the problems they face in their selected fields.  Following the immersion into the medical field; students will determine a need, assess that need, and develop an idea from concept to prototype. The second half of the semester, the students will work toward design requirements regarding their senior design capstone while garnering professional development and ethical considerations faced by engineers in the healthcare industry.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 277 ; senior standing and consent of instructor

    Term(s) Offered: Fall


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English
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • ENG 205 - Introduction to English Studies and Ways of Reading

    Credits: 3

    ENG 205 introduces students to the major literary genres (lyric poetry, drama, and prose fiction), to significant theoretical orientations (such as formalism, reader-response, Marxism, and feminism) that establish particular ways of reading any text, and to the range of disciplines included within the study of English (including linguistics, rhetoric, writing, and the teaching of English). This course is intended to help students become more critical and informed readers, more comfortable with the terminology used across the broad spectrum of English courses, and more able to marshal technical information and apply theoretical concepts in their literary interpretations.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 201  or equivalent

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • ENG 224 - Social Change in American Culture

    Credits: 3

    U.S. literature has a long history of imagining and advocating for a more ethical world, and writing, especially African American writing, has been a tool for making that world a reality. This course acts as an introduction to Black literary writings from the nineteenth century to the present, with special focus on dueling definition of freedom, citizenship, and justice. Students will analyze texts to understand their moral and philosophical perspectives, think through various strategies for achieving social change, and learn about the role of popular culture in creating an ethical society.

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  

    Term(s) Offered: Fall


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  • ENG 255 - Introduction to British Literary History

    Credits: 3

    This course examines the historical development of British literature, from the Anglo-Saxon invasions that catalyzed the birth of a British national identity and brought Beowulf into the literature of England, through the contentious development of this national identity into a global power, to Britain’s 20th century post-colonial status. By concentrating on representative or “canonical” works as well as those conventionally underrepresented, the course will provide students with the background necessary to understand British literary works in their social, political, and cultural contexts.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  or equivalent

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • ENG 265 - Introduction to American Literary History

    Credits: 3

    ENG 265 provides an overview of the main currents in the development of American literature, from its beginnings in pre-colonial times through its reliance on and then struggle against British and European themes and forms, to its 20th-century development into the many voices of an uneasily multi-ethnic world power. By historically situating representative works from within the canon as well as from voices traditionally excluded or under-represented, the course will provide students with the background necessary to understand literature as the product of and often as challenging this background.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  or equivalent

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • ENG 331 - African American Literature

    Credits: 3

    This course serves as examination of the writing of Black writers from the 18th-century to the present across a range of genres, including novels, poetry, drama, and autobiography. We will examine the specific interests of individual authors, the influence of historical moments like Emancipation and the Civil Rights Movement, and the persistent themes like freedom, justice, and joy that have connected writers across time. Along with studying the artistry and history of these works, you’ll be an active analyst working on your critical thinking, reasoning, and writing.

    USI Core 39: Embedded experience - Diversity

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 201  

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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  • ENG 419 - Advanced Grant Writing

    Credits: 3

    This course applies the fundamentals and theory of grant writing to a client-based project with non-profit or not-for-profit local organizations in a service-learning environment. Students will work with the client to locate sources of funding, prepare the grant proposal, and submit the grant application to the appropriate agency. Classroom instruction will include rhetorical analysis of the grant-writing situation broadly allowing them to apply principles of effective grant writing to a specific client and grant situation. This course also emphasizes the effective management of collaborative writing and client-based projects.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 319  or permission of instructor

    Repeatability: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours
    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered


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Exercise Science
  

  • EXSC 225 - Fundamentals of Strength Training Techniques

    Credits: 3

    This course is designed to provide students with the basic fundamentals of strength training exercise technique. Students will examine both free weight and machine modalities and will be instructed on how to identify and categorize exercises. Emphasis will be placed on the students’ ability to teach and demonstrate basic strength training exercises to a novice client/athlete and provide corrective feedback on performance. Students will be exposed to the components of a training session and the manipulation of program variables that dictate the specific adaptations made to the training regimen. Students will also be instructed on weight room etiquette, safety protocols, and spotting procedures to ensure safe and effective practices.

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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