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EE (Electrical Engineering)
	EE 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	EE 592L - Topics in Laboratory Experience (COM) Credits: 1 This course provides opportunities for students to engage in hands-on experience in subject material that does not already have a laboratory component. Check Course Availability
	EE 691 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	EE 692 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	EE 716 - Digital Fabrication: Materials and Processes (COM) Credits: 3 The principles of interfacial phenomenon, solution thermodynamics, and colloid chemistry will be used in illuminated process by which metallic nanoparticulates can be formed and incorporated into inks for use in manufacturing of a variety of products. Students will learn 1) the methods and science behind the manufacture of a variety of functional nanoparticles, 2) the methods of incorporating these particles into inks and the printing of these inks for digital fabrication applications, and 3) the interfacial processes involved in line spreading and curing of the printed traces. Cross-Listed: MES 677 and NANO 677 at SDSM&T; CHEM 716 at USD. Check Course Availability
	EE 722 - Advanced Statistical Communications (COM) Credits: 3 Advanced concepts of probability and random processes; linear systems and random processes; performance of amplitude angle and pulse modulation systems in noisy environments; digital data transmission; and basic concepts of information theory. Check Course Availability
	EE 731 - Advanced Power Electronics Credits: 4 This course presents an overview of switching power devices and power electronics converters focused on power electronic interfaces for renewable energy systems, switch mode power supplies and UPS systems. The course emphasizes power electronic circuit analysis, design, and the fundamentals of modeling and control of power converters. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of power electronics converters is presented focusing on the design and performance of AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC, and AC/AC converters including the control system performance. Corequisites: EE 731L . Check Course Availability
	EE 731L - Advanced Power Electronics Lab Credits: 1 This course presents a practical overview of switching power devices and power electronic converters focused on power electronic interfaces for renewable energy systems, switch mode power supplies and UPS systems. The course is project based and provides the experience for students to practice in the lab the knowledge obtained in the lecture section. Corequisites: EE 731 . Check Course Availability
	EE 732 - Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Systems Credits: 3 This course presents approaches for computer-aided analysis and design of power electronic interfaces for renewable energy systems. Techniques for modeling electric generators, power converters and renewable energy sources (i.e. wind and solar), and for designing converters with feedback control are discussed. Corequisites: EE 732L . Check Course Availability
	EE 732L - Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Systems Lab Credits: 1 This course presents a laboratory experience for computer-aided analysis and design of power electronic interfaces for renewable energy systems. Techniques for modeling electric generators, power converters and renewable energy sources (i.e. wind and solar), and for designing converters with feedback control are presented. Corequisites: EE 732 . Check Course Availability
	EE 733 - Advanced Power System Analysis Credits: 3 This is an advanced course to power systems engineering, designed to provide a student with the knowledge of steady-state analysis in power system operation. Course content includes power flow analysis, state estimation, power system security, automatic generation control, economic dispatch, optimal power flow, unit commitment, fuel scheduling, and production cost modeling. Corequisites: EE 733L . Check Course Availability
	EE 733L - Advanced Power System Analysis Lab Credits: 1 This course presents computer (PSS/E) modeling and simulation of power system operation and control, including load-flow, contingency analysis, unit commitment, economic dispatch, optimal power flow, etc. The course is project based and will provide the experience for students to practice in the lab the knowledge obtained in the lecture section. Corequisites: EE 733 . Check Course Availability
	EE 734 - Power System Dynamics and Stability Credits: 3 This course will cover modeling, analysis and mitigation of power system stability and control problems. Planning and operations of a modern interconnected power grid under disturbances to ensure system performance and reliability will also be covered. Students will learn both analytical and numerical methods to solve realistic power system stability and control problems. Corequisites: EE 734L . Check Course Availability
	EE 734L - Power System Dynamics and Stability Lab Credits: 1 This course presents computer (PSS/E) modeling and simulation of power system stability and control, including, synchronous machine modeling, automatic generation control, transient stability, voltage stability, small signal stability, etc. The course is project based and will provide the experience for students to practice in the lab the knowledge obtained in the lecture section. Corequisites: EE 734 . Check Course Availability
	EE 735 - Photovoltaics (COM) Credits: 3 This course will cover modern silicon photovoltaic (PV) devices, including the basic physics, ideal and nonideal models, device parameters and design, and device fabrication. The emphasis will be on crystalline and multicrystalline devices, but thin films will also be introduced. PV applications and economics will also be discussed. Check Course Availability
	EE 736 - Advanced Photovoltaics (COM) Credits: 3 This course will cover advanced photovoltaic concepts, including thin films, compound semiconductors, spectral conversion devices, and organic and polymeric devices. Advanced device designs will be emphasized. Evaluation will include a research paper addressing a current PV topic. Prerequisites: EE 735 . Check Course Availability
	EE 737 - Organic Photovoltaics (COM) Credits: 3 Organic photovoltaic provides a variety of interesting and new properties which facilitate solar energy utilization. The objectives of this course are to introduce material properties of polymers, small molecules, dyes, and nanomaterials for photovoltaics; describe device mechanisms and behavior or organic photovoltaics; understand the photophysical processes in organic photovoltaics; and introduce different processing techniques for device fabrication. Check Course Availability
	EE 751 - Linear Systems Theory Credits: 3 State variables, Laplace transform theory, matrix analysis and complex variable theory as applied to problems in circuit analysis. Topology, network theorems and network functions. Check Course Availability
	EE 765 - Electric Properties of Materials Credits: 3 Topics covered include electromigration, diffusion, theory of rate processes, relaxation, effects, phase transformations, physics of failure in electrical circuit applications. Check Course Availability
	EE 766 - Thin Films and Plasma Processing Credits: 3 This course will focus on the state-of-the art thin film materials and plasma processing. The contents include thin film optics theory, function principle of optoelectronic materials and devices, and fundamental plasma science and technologies. Hands on training on plasma processing and optical filter design will be provided. Specific materials and processes to be studied will be decided by the course instructor. Check Course Availability
	EE 770 - Information and Signal Processing Credits: 3 Foundation of information theory and its relationship to the measure and transmission of information; comparison of analog and digital system implementations. Topics include random processes, signal representation, spectral analysis, channel capacity, rate distortion, coding, data compression. Z-transforms and digital filtering. Prerequisites: EE 310 or EE 316. Check Course Availability
	EE 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM) Credits: 1-3 Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	EE 790 - Seminar (COM) Credits: 1 A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students. Check Course Availability
	EE 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-9 Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	EE 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	EE 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-7 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
	EE 898D - Dissertation - PhD Credits: 1-6 A formal treatise presenting the results of a study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
EES (Ecology and Environmental Science)
	EES 525 - Disturbance and Restoration Ecology Credits: 3 Introduction to basic concepts of disturbance and restoration ecology. Demonstration and discussion of linkages between basic biology and management of natural resources. Corequisites: EES 525L . Prerequisites: BIOL 311. Check Course Availability
	EES 525L - Disturbance and Restoration Ecology Lab Credits: 0 Corequisites: EES 525 . Check Course Availability
	EES 692 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-7 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	EES 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	EES 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-6 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
ELED (Elementary Education)
	ELED 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
EM (Engineering Mechanics)
	EM 522 - Theory of Elasticity Credits: 3 Analysis of stress and strain; equilibrium and compatibility equations; Hooke’s law; fundamental problems in the theory of elasticity; plane-stress and plane-strain problems of the narrow beam, rotating discs and a plate with a circular hole. Prerequisites: EM 321, MATH 331 or equivalent. Check Course Availability
	EM 523 - Theory of Plasticity Credits: 3 Analysis of stress and strain; plastic behavior of materials; basic laws of plastic flow; applications to bending of beams, torsion of bars and thick-walled cylinders; slip line theory and its application to extrusion problems; limit analysis theorems and their applications to structural problems. Prerequisites: EM 522 or instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	EM 624 - Theory of Plates and Shells Credits: 3 Small-deflection theory of plates. Laterally-loaded rectangular plates. Navier and Levy solutions. Plates of various shapes, boundary conditions, and loading systems. Basic equations of the theory of shells. Design problems in cylindrical shells. Check Course Availability
	EM 731 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics Credits: 3 Fundamental notions of continuum, stress at a point velocity field, and vorticity. General principles of kinematics and dynamics of a fluid. Potential flow and vortex motion. Prerequisites: EM 331, MATH 331. Check Course Availability
	EM 741 - Finite Element Analysis Credits: 3 Theoretical basis of the method of finite element analysis-an approximate method which analyzes problems using small, but finite elements rather than the infinitesimal elements of the calculus. Two-and three dimensional stress analysis, plate bending and shell problems, static, dynamic and stability problems. Geometric and material non-linearities. Introduction to both heat and fluid flow problems. Prerequisites: MATH 321. Check Course Availability
ENGL (English)
	ENGL 534 - English 18th Century Literature (COM) Credits: 3 Literature of the later 17th and 18th centuries (1660-1800), including major works and developments in literature and thought. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 538 - English Victorian Literature Credits: 3 English literature of the Victorian Period (1840-1900). Check Course Availability
	ENGL 554 - American Realism and Naturalism (COM) Credits: 3 The development of realistic and naturalistic literature in America. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 560 - Contemporary American Literature Credits: 3 American literature since WWII. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 581 - Travel Studies Credits: 1-5 This travel study course is designed to provide extra-mural educational experiences, as approved by and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators of other institutions. Students will participate in hands-on activities and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 583 - Advanced Creative Writing (COM) Credits: 3 A course allowing students with experience in creative writing to specialize in a particular genre (poetry, fiction, etc.). Prerequisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 383 or instructor consent. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 591 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 704 - Introduction to Graduate Studies Credits: 3 An introduction to literary criticism and study of bibliographic tools (including electronic sources) and research methods needed for scholarly writing in the Humanities. Required of all candidates for the M.A. degree in English. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 705 - Seminar in Teaching Composition Credits: 3 Study of the methods, theories, and history of writing instruction. Prerequisites: A course for English GTAs and required of them. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 710 - Seminar in Rhetoric Credits: 3 Intensive study of selected periods or topics in rhetoric, with special emphasis on their relation to issues in criticism and composition. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 723 - Seminar in English Literature To 1660 Credits: 3 Intensive study of a selected type, theme, author, or period of English Literature from the beginning to 1660. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 726 - Seminar in English Literature Since 1660 Credits: 3 Intensive study of a selected type, theme, author, or period of English literature since 1660. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 728 - Seminar in American Literature To 1900 Credits: 3 Intensive study of a selected type, theme, author, or period of American literature to 1900. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 729 - Seminar in American Literature Since 1900 Credits: 3 Intensive study of a selected type, theme, author, or period of American literature since 1900. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 742 - Seminar in American Indian Literature Credits: 3 Intensive study of American Indian literature of the past or present with concentration on the Plains Indians. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 756 - Seminar in Minority Literature Credits: 3 American literature of specific cultural or ethnic minorities other than Native American (African American, Asian American, Hispanic, Jewish, or woman writers, for example). May be repeated once with different content. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM) Credits: 1-6 Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	ENGL 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-7 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
ENTR (Entrepreneurship)
	ENTR 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
EPSY (Educational Psychology)
	EPSY 723 - Adolescent Psychology Credits: 3 This course covers the mental, social, and emotional development of boys and girls during the adolescent period. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	EPSY 740 - Advanced Educational Psychology Credits: 3 A study of theories of learning. The goal of the course is for each student to gain insight into their own beliefs about how learning occurs. Check Course Availability
EXCH (Exchange)
	EXCH 589 - Student Exchange - International (COM) Credits: 0-18 This course allows students to register as full- time students while taking part in an Exchange Program. Students will register on their home campus for the number of credit hours they intend to take while enrolled at another campus. Check Course Availability
EXPL (Exploratory Studies)
	EXPL 587 - Study Abroad (COM) Credits: 0-18 The goal of the course is to track student enrollment in a study abroad experience as well as to award credit for the time and effort necessary in the preparation, culture-learning, and re-entry processes of study abroad. Check Course Availability
EXS (Exercise Science)
	EXS 550 - Clinical Exercise Physiology Credits: 3 This course is designed to provide the clinical exercise physiology student with assessment and prescription techniques appropriate to special populations. Prerequisites: EXS/PE 350. Check Course Availability
	EXS 555 - ECG and Clinical Stress Testing Credits: 3 This course is designed to fill the needs of students who desire the ability to interpret the normal and abnormal, resting and exercise ECG, as well as provide opportunities to learn and practice the basic components of maximal stress testing during a variety of exercise conditions. Since clinical stress testing and ECG interpretation is a vital component of the laboratory skills needed by today’s exercise physiologist, emphasis in this course will be focused on understanding and interpreting ECG tracings and related pathophysiology, preparation of the exercise 12-lead ECG, and interpretation of maximal stress test results regarding exercise tolerance for various clinical populations and comparing them to normal individuals. In addition, an overview of other diagnostic procedures that involve the use of exercise will be given. Prerequisites: Consent. Check Course Availability
	EXS 745 - Applied Biomechanics Credits: 3 This course provides students with an advanced application of mechanical principles to human movement. Specific topics will include the force-motion relation, kinetics and kinematics of human motion, and neuromuscular adaptations. Emphasis within these topics will be placed on evaluating and developing rehabilitation and performance techniques using motion capture, force platforms, and electromyography. Current research literature in each of the areas will be discussed and critically reviewed. Check Course Availability
	EXS 750 - Advanced Exercise Physiology Credits: 3 Physiological basis of factors which influence physical fitness and physical performance; application of physiological measures to fitness programs, critical analysis of current literature; emphasis on bioenergetics, neuromuscular and circulorespiratory function, body composition and physical training. Prerequisites: NES Majors only. Check Course Availability
	EXS 755 - Applied Exercise Physiology Credits: 3 Focuses on the applied aspect of exercise physiology. Includes areas of environmental influences on performance, optimizing performance by developing and implementing training programs appropriate to the individual. In addition, training and performance characteristics of adolescent athletes and older adults as well as gender differences will be discussed. Notes: For NES majors only. Check Course Availability
FCSE (Family and Consumer Sciences Education)
	FCSE 531 - Work Based Learning Credits: 2 Strategies for developing curriculum and designing methods of instruction for teaching employability skills, career decision making and occupational areas of family and consumer sciences. A field experience will be included. Cross-Listed: AGED 531 . Check Course Availability
	FCSE 591 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 595 - Practicum Credits: 1-3 Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with Field Experience courses. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 611 - History and Philosophy of Family and Consumer Sciences Credits: 3 The history, mission, philosophy and development of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) and career and technical education; the societal context for families and communities and the impact of selected legislation and consumer sciences programs. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 673 - Supervised Student Teaching in Family and Consumer Sciences Education Credits: 6-9 Student teaching is the capstone experience in a comprehensive program for the professional development of teacher candidates. MS-FCS teacher education candidates will spend 10-16 weeks in family and consumer sciences classrooms working directly with teaching-learning situations under the guidance of cooperating teachers and a university supervisor. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 721 - Occupational Programs in Family and Consumer Sciences Credits: 3 This course will include the planning and implementing of occupational FCS programs in career and technical education. Emphasis on cooperative education, career pathways and work- based education. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 741 - Supervision of Family/Consumer Sciences Education Credits: 2 This course will cover the philosophy, responsibilities, and techniques of supervision in the family and consumer sciences classroom and other learning environments. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 751 - Curriculum of Family/Consumer Sciences Education Credits: 3 The analysis and development of curriculum and methods of teaching family and consumer sciences in the context of the National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Students, the National Standards for Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences and appropriate state standards. This course will include the content topics of learners and the learning environment, program leadership, beginning instructional strategies, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA); curriculum development; integration of technology in the FCS classroom and assessment. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 761 - Advanced Methods and Assessment in Family & Consumer Sciences Education Credits: 3 This course will address the application of theories of learning and human development in selecting teaching strategies and instructional resources for family and consumer sciences. The course will include long-range planning, classroom management, laboratory management, assessment and program evaluation, marketing/public relations, FCCLA and methods of teaching. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 788 - Master’s Research Project (COM) Credits: 1-3 Independent research problems/projects that lead to a research or design paper but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Check Course Availability
	FCSE 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-7 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
FIN (Finance)
	FIN 511 - Investments (COM) Credits: 3 This course is a thorough study of the equity market including fundamental valuation techniques, asset allocation, the efficient markets hypothesis and its implications, portfolio theory, risk and return, the primary and secondary market mechanisms, security market indicators, and international investing. An overview of the bond market including bond valuation, duration, and bond portfolio management, and an introduction to options, futures, and forward contracts are provided. The vital roles of computer technology and electronic trading are also explored. Prerequisites: BADM/FIN 310. Cross-Listed: BADM 511 . Check Course Availability
	FIN 590 - Seminar (COM) Credits: 3 A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media, such as internet, and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to 20 or fewer students. Check Course Availability
	FIN 591 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	FIN 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	FIN 594 - Internship (COM) Credits: 1-6 Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses. Check Course Availability
	FIN 596 - Field Experience (COM) Credits: 1-3 Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established by the student, instructor, and field-based supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with an internship or practicum course. Check Course Availability
	FIN 610 - Financial Management Credits: 3 Advanced techniques for managing working capital, capital budgeting, analysis of financial structure and cost of capital, valuation, financial planning and control. Prerequisites: BADM/FIN 310, STAT 281, or instructor consent. Cross-Listed: ECON 610 . Check Course Availability
	FIN 740 - Investment Science Credits: 3 The course will apply econometrics, advanced statistics, and differential calculus to the process of stock analysis and pricing, portfolio composition, options pricing, and risk management. Its focus is on minimizing risk while seeking a target rate of return. Cross-Listed: ECON 740 . Check Course Availability
	FIN 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM) Credits: 1-3 Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	FIN 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-4 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
FS (Food Science)
	FS 550 - Food Analysis Credits: 4 Principles and techniques of physical and chemical analysis of food products. It will include proximate analysis of moisture, protein, lipids and carbohydrates and chemical or instrumental analysis of vitamins, minerals and food additives. Prerequisites: FS 360. Notes: Even Spring. Check Course Availability
	FS 550L - Food Analysis Laboratory Credits: 0 Notes: Even Spring. Check Course Availability
	FS 551 - New Food Product Development Credits: 4 This course is designed as a capstone course for undergraduate Food Science students and an introductory course for graduate students in food-related majors. The principles and technologies of food storage, process and packaging will be discussed in depth. Emphasis will be placed in the development of new food products. Notes: Even Spring. Check Course Availability
	FS 551L - New Food Product Development Laboratory Credits: 0 Notes: Even Spring. Check Course Availability
	FS 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic. Check Course Availability
	FS 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. Check Course Availability
	FS 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-7 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability
	FS 898D - Dissertation (COM) Credits: 1-12 A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee. Check Course Availability

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EE 592 - Topics (COM)

EE 592L - Topics in Laboratory Experience (COM)

EE 691 - Independent Study (COM)

EE 692 - Topics (COM)

EE 716 - Digital Fabrication: Materials and Processes (COM)

EE 722 - Advanced Statistical Communications (COM)

EE 731 - Advanced Power Electronics

EE 731L - Advanced Power Electronics Lab

EE 732 - Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Systems

EE 732L - Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Systems Lab

EE 733 - Advanced Power System Analysis

EE 733L - Advanced Power System Analysis Lab

EE 734 - Power System Dynamics and Stability

EE 734L - Power System Dynamics and Stability Lab

EE 735 - Photovoltaics (COM)

EE 736 - Advanced Photovoltaics (COM)

EE 737 - Organic Photovoltaics (COM)

EE 751 - Linear Systems Theory

EE 765 - Electric Properties of Materials

EE 766 - Thin Films and Plasma Processing

EE 770 - Information and Signal Processing

EE 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM)

EE 790 - Seminar (COM)

EE 791 - Independent Study (COM)

EE 792 - Topics (COM)

EE 798 - Thesis (COM)

EE 898D - Dissertation - PhD

EES 525 - Disturbance and Restoration Ecology

EES 525L - Disturbance and Restoration Ecology Lab

EES 692 - Topics (COM)

EES 791 - Independent Study (COM)

EES 792 - Topics (COM)

ELED 592 - Topics (COM)

EM 522 - Theory of Elasticity

EM 523 - Theory of Plasticity

EM 624 - Theory of Plates and Shells

EM 731 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics

EM 741 - Finite Element Analysis

ENGL 534 - English 18th Century Literature (COM)

ENGL 538 - English Victorian Literature

ENGL 554 - American Realism and Naturalism (COM)

ENGL 560 - Contemporary American Literature

ENGL 581 - Travel Studies

ENGL 583 - Advanced Creative Writing (COM)

ENGL 591 - Independent Study (COM)

ENGL 592 - Topics (COM)

ENGL 704 - Introduction to Graduate Studies

ENGL 705 - Seminar in Teaching Composition

ENGL 710 - Seminar in Rhetoric

ENGL 723 - Seminar in English Literature To 1660

ENGL 726 - Seminar in English Literature Since 1660

ENGL 728 - Seminar in American Literature To 1900

ENGL 729 - Seminar in American Literature Since 1900

ENGL 742 - Seminar in American Indian Literature

ENGL 756 - Seminar in Minority Literature

ENGL 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM)

ENGL 791 - Independent Study (COM)

ENGL 792 - Topics (COM)

ENGL 798 - Thesis (COM)

ENTR 792 - Topics (COM)

EPSY 723 - Adolescent Psychology

EPSY 740 - Advanced Educational Psychology

EXCH 589 - Student Exchange - International (COM)

EXPL 587 - Study Abroad (COM)

EXS 550 - Clinical Exercise Physiology

EXS 555 - ECG and Clinical Stress Testing

EXS 745 - Applied Biomechanics

EXS 750 - Advanced Exercise Physiology

EXS 755 - Applied Exercise Physiology

FCSE 531 - Work Based Learning

FCSE 591 - Independent Study (COM)

FCSE 592 - Topics (COM)

FCSE 595 - Practicum

FCSE 611 - History and Philosophy of Family and Consumer Sciences

FCSE 673 - Supervised Student Teaching in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

FCSE 721 - Occupational Programs in Family and Consumer Sciences

FCSE 741 - Supervision of Family/Consumer Sciences Education