CJUS 201 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (COM) [SGR #3]
Credits: 3Overviews the criminal justice institutions involved in the operations of criminal law including the police, the attorney, the bail system, the trial, the guilty plea, sentencing, corrections and an analysis of criminal law in terms of why certain kinds of conduct are criminal in our society. Notes: Course meets SGR #3.
Credits: 3Presents the role of law enforcement within the criminal justice system, including law enforcement organizations and functions of separate operational units. Also examines the role of the police in a democratic society, covering concepts such as police services, crime deterrence, discretion and enforcement policies.
Credits: 3Individual First Amendment guarantees, constitutional rights of the accused in the criminal process and equal protection of the law as interpreted through U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Cross-Listed: POLS 330.
Credits: 3A study of the fundamental principles of a criminal investigation subsequent to the initial activities of the first investigator at the scene. The intent of this course is to acquaint the student with those investigative actions which are most applicable to all types of investigations.
Credits: 3Presents a behavioral and legal analysis of criminal case concepts, such as initial appearance, bail, preliminary hearing, grand jury, arraignment, suppression hearings, trial and sentencing, emphasizing bail reform, plea bargaining, screening, diversion, speedy trial, insanity defense, discovery, and the role of the defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge. The court system is examined as a social institution of human actors, exercising discretion within the boundaries of the law.
Credits: 3The course will examine explanations of drug use and the social construction of drug policies. Students will discuss the methods used to study patterns of drug use and theories of drug abuse and take an in-depth look at the histories, pharmacologies, and patterns associated with the most popular drugs. Students will study the social control of drugs, the connections between drugs and crime, and the causes and consequences of modern U.S. international drug policies. Cross-Listed: SOC 416-516.
Credits: 3Examines the substantive criminal law, exploring the larger issues concerning the relationship of the individual to the state through analyzing such topics as the nature of criminal liability and the functions and justifications for criminal punishment, legal limitations upon criminalization, and the general principles of criminal liability, such as the “Act” and “State of Mind” requirements, specific offenses against persons and property, the law of attempt, the law of complexity, and conspiracy.
Credits: 3Examines the separate system created in our society to handle juvenile justice, tracing the historical and philosophical development of the juvenile justice system and inspecting the various stages of the juvenile justice process as well as critical issues currently facing the system.
Credits: 1-3Includes 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.
Credits: 3Includes 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.
Credits: 1Overview the construction industry and its key divisions: residential, commercial, heavy-highway-utilities. Professional conduct, technology, and contemporary issues are covered.
Credits: 3Introduction to graphic communications used in construction including civil, architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical drawings, plans, and schematics; creating and editing plans; symbols, terminology, and layout. Basic drawing at the board through overview of building modeling is covered.
Credits: 3Introduction to common tools used by managers to convey information in the decision making process. Data organization and analysis using spreadsheets, databases and other relevant tools to produce effective communications.
Credits: 3The study of construction surveying and layout including topographic surveys and mapping. Land and construction surveys, principles of curve and quantity calculations and other advanced topics in surveying. Prerequisites: MATH 102 or GE 241. Corequisites: CM 210L-210.
Credits: 3An introduction to building materials and construction methods. Common construction methods are introduced and building design details are explored; material applications, innovations, structural and non-structural building components are covered. Prerequisites: MATH 102 or MATH 103.
Credits: 1-3The supervised application of construction principles to the actual building of a whole or part of a structure. Prerequisites: CM 101. Notes: May be repeated for up to 3 credits.
Credits: 3The study of the basic concepts of construction plan, specification and blueprint reading by requiring the student to do actual quantity takeoff using both traditional hand methods and computer enhanced procedures. Prerequisites: CM 216 or CEE 216-216L or consent.
CM 235 - Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Plans and Specifications
Credits: 3Building systems including HVAC, electrical controls, fire protection, and piping will be covered from pre-construction planning phase. Building information modeling and traditional blueprint reading will provide an understanding of construction project phases.
Credits: 2Application of project management techniques. The life cycle of a construction project are covered including preconstruction feasibility, documentation, compliance, permits, and close out.
Credits: 1-3Includes 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.
Credits: 3Introduces updated information developed in research and practices for application to construction operations. An overview of the nature of soil materials and their engineering properties is coupled with simple, direct examples of analysis to show how common construction methods and operation may be controlled or influenced. Prerequisites: GE 241. Corequisites: CM 320L-CM 320.
CM 332 - Building Construction Methods and Systems
Credits: 3The study of the structural and finish systems that make up a building and the related methods of implementation. Prerequisites: CM 216 and junior standing or instructor approval.
Credits: 3The study of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems, design considerations, and system components in a modern building.
Credits: 3The study of the design of buildings and the use of contemporary concepts to regulate and influence the design process. Prerequisites: CM 124 and CM 216.
Credits: 3The study of the systems involved in heavy construction and the equipment and methods required to implement them. Prerequisites: CM 320-320L or CEE 340-340L.
CM 410 - Construction Project Management and Supervision
Credits: 3The study of the ethical, procedural, and supervisory concepts involved with the execution of a construction project. Prerequisites: CM 443-553.
Credits: 1-3Participation and related preparation for student competitions hosted by regional, national, and international industry organizations. Prerequisites: Instructor approval.
CM 421 - Commercial Building Inspection and Plan Checking
Credits: 3Preparation to become a certified building inspector or building plan checker/reviewer by studying the prevailing building code. Prerequisites: CM 216.
Credits: 3Planning and scheduling construction projects. Both manual methods and computer programs will be used to schedule activities, control cost and manage resources. Prerequisites: CM 232 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3The study of the procedures and methods required to determine the value of heavy, highway, and site development projects with associated bidding procedures. Prerequisites: CM 374 and senior standing or written consent.
CM 460-560 - Sustainable Building Systems Concepts and Analysis
Credits: 3The analysis of energy efficient and environmentally responsible building design and construction. Material selection, energy and climate analysis, and practical applications of new technology will be covered.
Credits: 2This course integrates project management theory and application in a team-based learning environment. Contemporary industry topics, development and implementation of projects, legal and ethical implications, project management processes, and management issues will be addressed. Prerequisites: Senior standing and instructor permission.
Credits: 3The study of the application of legal, contractual, and generally accepted accounting principles to the construction industry. Prerequisites: ACCT 210. Notes: Registration Restriction: Senior standing or instructor approval.
CM 485-485L/585-585L - Site Development and Feasibility Analysis and Lab
Credits: 3Tools and techniques used to evaluate the cost of new site development; risk assessment and market feasibility analysis for properties to be acquired for economic development. Corequisites: CM 485L-485.
Credits: 1A 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.
Credits: 1-3Includes 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.
Credits: 1-3A 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.
Credits: 1-3Applied, 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 in the case with field experience courses.
Credits: 1-3Applied, 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 between the student, instructor and field experience 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 in an internship or practicum course. Prerequisites: Sophomore class standing.
Credits: 3Understanding cultural, economic, social, psychological conditions, and media environments that influence the consumer purchase process in the marketplace. Study of diverse types of consumer subcultures. Cross-Listed: CA 230.
Credits: 3Examination and application of customer service as a tool for business to develop positive interactions with current and potential customers. Discussion of customer service as an integral tool in customer relationship management. Cross-Listed: FSRM 282.
Credits: 3Social skills and professional conduct in a global workplace. Emphasis will be on interpersonal communication and cross-cultural interactions appropriate in the work environment. Cross-Listed: FSRM 381.
Credits: 3Study of theories and principles in judgment and decision making and behavioral economics. Barriers and strategies to improve consumer judgment and decision-making will be addressed including heuristics and biases, role of emotion and social forces. Cross-Listed: CA 430.
Credits: 1-5This travel study course is designed to provide extra-mural educational experiences across the Department of Consumer Sciences, as approved by and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators at other institutions. Students will participate in hands-on activities and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations. Includes pre-travel orientation, post-travel self-evaluation, and a written report – the scope of which is determined by the instructor(s).
Credits: 3A 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.
Credits: 3Overview of computer applications with emphasis on word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation tools and internet-based applications.
Credits: 3Fundamentals of programming using Visual Basic. Focus on problem solving, visual design, and programming concepts. Topics include sequence, selection, repetition, procedures, and functions.
Credits: 3An introduction to computer programming. Focus on problem solving, algorithm development, design, and programming concepts. Topics include sequence, selection, repetition, functions, and arrays. Prerequisites: MATH 102 or MATH 115 or MATH 120 or MATH 121-121L or MATH 123.
Credits: 3This course covers advanced topics in word processing and spreadsheet applications such as macros, advanced functions, graphics, merging, linking, and transferring data. The course emphasizes the efficient use of software packages. Operating systems/environment topics are also addressed. Prerequisites: CSC 105 or consent.
Credits: 3, 1The fundamental concepts of analysis and design of digital circuits including combinational and sequential logic using hardware and software tools. Laboratory topics which enhance the concepts of the lecture course. Prerequisites: “C” or better in CSC 150. Corequisites: CSC 244L-244.
Credits: 3Problem solving, algorithm design, standards of program style, debugging and testing. Extension of the control structures and data structures of the high-level language introduced in CSC 150. Elementary data structures and basic algorithms that include sorting and searching. Topics include more advanced treatment of functions, data types such as arrays and structures, and files. Prerequisites: CSC 150.
Credits: 1-3Includes 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.
Credits: 1-3Includes 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.
Credits: 3A systematic study of data structures and the accompanying algorithms used in computing problems; structure and use of storage; methods of representing data; techniques for implementing data structures; linear lists; stacks; queue; trees and tree traversal; linked lists; and other structures. Prerequisites: CSC 250.
CSC 303 - Ethical and Security Issues in Computing
Credits: 3This course will cover the code of ethics adopted by the major computer science societies and the consequences of violating the code. Laws affecting computer and information processing as well as the varied interpretations of those laws will be covered. It also provides students with a fundamental knowledge of computer security including security terminology, information assurance, software and hardware vulnerabilities, and encryption.
Credits: 3A thorough introduction to assembly language programming and processor architecture. A study of low-level programming techniques, and the layout of a typical computer. The student will gain insight into the memory layout, registers run-time stack, and global data segment of a running program. Prerequisites: CSC 250.
CSC 317 - Computer Organization and Architecture (COM)
Credits: 3A course in computer organization with emphasis on the hierarchical structure of computer systems. Covers such topics as: components of computer systems and their configuration, design of basic digital circuits, the microprogram level, the conventional machine level, the operating system level, assembly language, address modes, interpreters/translators, computer arithmetic. Prerequisites: “C” or better in CSC 314.
Credits: 3This course focuses on concepts and issues related to the design, analysis, and implementation of parallel algorithms. Examples of areas and environments discussed and used: shared-memory computing, distributed-memory computing, cluster computing, high-performance computing and GPU computing. Prerequisites: CSC 250.
Credits: 3Introduction to the application of information technology in organizations, roles of managers and staff professionals in developing and using information systems with current and future technology. Cross-Listed: MGMT 325.
Credits: 3The study of object oriented methodologies using a modern language such as C++ or Java. Advanced data structures, I/O and file management will be implemented using polymorphism, inheritance, overloading and encapsulation. Prerequisites: “C” or better in CSC 300.
Credits: 3The study of macros, subroutines, subroutine linkage, conditional assembly, input-output, interrupt processing, assemblers, loaders and linkers. Prerequisites: “C” or better in CSC 346.
Credits: 3Graphical programming concepts. Display media and device characteristics. Point, line, and circle plotting. Coordinating systems and transformations. Polygon clipping and filling. Spline methods, hidden surface elimination, and shading. Prerequisites: CSC 300 and MATH 125.
CSC 445 - Introduction to Theory of Computation (COM)
Credits: 3Introduction to a series of models for computation and their relationship to formal languages that are useful in the definition of programming languages along with a look at the theoretical limits of computers. Topics include finite and pushdown automata, Turing machines, grammars, decidability and computational complexity. Prerequisites: CSC 250, MATH 253 and MATH 316.
Credits: 3Structure of algorithmic, conversational, list processing and string manipulation languages. Concepts and facilities of programming languages; structure of compilers, introduction to formal languages and parsing. Prerequisites: CSC 300 and CSC 445.
Credits: 3Concepts in Artificial intelligence: programming in languages such as Prolog or LISP; knowledge representation; search algorithms. Prerequisites: CSC 250.
Credits: 3This course teaches the fundamental concepts of video game programming. Students will explore different development environments, such as: gaming libraries and gaming engines. Students will be exposed to different development programming languages, such as: C, C++ and C#. Students will develop a basic understanding of how to design and implement video games by creating a simple video game as part of the course. Prerequisites: “C” or better in CSC 346.
Credits: 3This course focuses on team-based video game development. Each team of students will plan and implement a semester long video game programming project. The students will be required to write regular reports and give regular in-classroom presentations on the status of their projects.
Credits: 3A study of the functions and structures associated with operating systems with respect to process management, memory management, auxiliary storage management, and processor management. Topics include concurrent and distributed computing, deadlock, real and virtual memory, job and processor scheduling, security and protection. Prerequisites: CSC 300 and CSC 314.
Credits: 3This course consists of two parts. The first part introduces how programming languages are designed, including an introduction to the concepts of parsing and compiling. Issues related to implementation such as type checking, binding, and memory management are discussed. Secondly, the course will survey the spectrum of programming languages paradigms, including traditional imperative, object oriented, functional, and logic languages. Prerequisites: CSC 300.
Credits: 2This is a team-based project-design course. This course will focus on the design process and culminate with the faculty approval of design projects. Typical topics included are the development of a design document; identification of customer needs; development of specifications; consideration of alternate designs using a decision matrix; project management techniques; and legal, global, and ethical issues. Prerequisites: “C” or better in SE 306.
Credits: 2This course is a continuation of CSC 464. The student will complete the project approved in CSC 464. It will require that the students implement the design projects in a simulated industrial environment. Specific requirements may include detailed laboratory notebook, periodic written and oral progress reports, and a written and oral presentation of a final project report. Prerequisites: CSC 464.
Credits: 3An introduction to the software engineering process, including lifecycle phases, problem analysis, specification, project estimation and resource estimations, design, implementation, testing/maintenance, and project management. In particular, software validation and verification as well as scheduling and schedule assessment techniques will be discussed. Prerequisites: CSC 300.
Credits: 3Analysis of current and future computer networks with emphasis on the OSI model. Local and wide area networks. TCP/IP, SNA, token ring, ethernet and other common networks will be covered. Protocol and interfaces within and across networks including the OSI layers, routers, bridges and gateway. Prerequisites: CSC 474: CSC 300; CSC 574: CSC 300 or CSC 600.