2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

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CA (Consumer Affairs)
	CA 375 - Financial Counseling and Debt Management Credits: 3 Students will develop skills to educate individuals and families in financial planning and management with an emphasis on debt counseling. Effective counseling techniques and practices will be explored. Prerequisites: CA 345 . Check Course Availability
	CA 412 - Consumer Policy Analysis Credits: 2 Analysis of emerging issues and related consumer policies facing individuals, families and the global community. Prerequisites: CA 494 . Check Course Availability
	CA 430 - Consumer Decision Making Credits: 3 Study 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: CS 430 . Check Course Availability
	CA 442 - Family Resource Management Lab Credits: 3 Application of resource management concepts to improve individual and family economic well-being. The course emphasis is placed on managerial activities of families with limited resources. Management involves facing opportunities and solving the practical problems of everyday life, coordinating the activities of family members and making and implementing decisions. A required service learning experience (20 hours) will provide an opportunity for direct application of resource management concepts to the problem solving process. Prerequisites: Must be junior or senior standing. Check Course Availability
	CA 450 - Family Financial Management II Credits: 3 Principles and practices of retirement planning, saving and estate planning to improve financial well-being of families. Comprehensive case study will incorporate family financial planning principles addressed in CA 350 (Family Financial Management I). Prerequisites: CA 350 . Check Course Availability
	CA 460 - Financial Counseling Lab Credits: 3 Through active engagement in hands-on and reflective activities, this course focuses on skill development for future financial counseling professionals. Prerequisites: CA 345 and CA 375 . Check Course Availability
	CA 487 - Transition to the Professional World Credits: 2 Students acquire personal and professional skills necessary for success in the workplace. Students will secure an internship and address internship expectations. Prerequisites: CA 150 , CA 230 , CA 289 and CS 377 . Check Course Availability
	CA 490 - Seminar (COM) Credits: 1-3 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. Prerequisites: CA 494 . Check Course Availability
	CA 491 - Independent Study 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
	CA 492-592 - 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
	CA 494 - Internship Credits: 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 in the case with field experience courses. Prerequisites: CA 340 , CA 345 and CA 487 . Notes: Consumer Affairs Major, senior class standing. Check Course Availability
	CA 496 - Field Experience (COM) Credits: 2 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
	CA 595 - Practicum Credits: 3-6 Check Course Availability
	CA 612 - Financial Counseling Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 621 - Financial Theory and Research I Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 640 - Fundamentals of Family Financial Planning Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 645 - Military Personal Financial Readiness Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 660 - Invest for Family’s Future Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 680 - Insurance Planning for Families Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 704 - Estate Planning for Families Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 715 - Housing and Real Estate in FFP Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 721 - Financial Theory and Research II Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 725 - Family, Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 735 - Personal Income Taxation Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 745 - Professional Practices in Financial Planning Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 755 - Financial Planning Case Study Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM) Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 790 - Seminar (COM) Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CA 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Check Course Availability
	CA 798 - Thesis (COM) Credits: 1-6 Check Course Availability
CD (Community Development)
	CD 592 - Topics (COM) Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 600 - Foundations of Community Development Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 601 - Organizing for Community Change Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 602 - Community and Regional Economic Policy and Analysis Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 603 - Community Natural Resource Management Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 604 - Community Analysis Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 605 - Principles & Strategies of Community Change Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 611 - Impact Analysis Credits: 1 Check Course Availability
	CD 612 - Housing and Development Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 613 - Introduction to Native Community Development Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 616 - Public and Nonprofit Budgeting Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 617 - Role of Tribal colleges in Economic Development Credits: 1 Check Course Availability
	CD 623 - Ecological Economics Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 624 - Building Native Community and Economic Capacity Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 626 - Economic Development Strategies Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 631 - Evaluation of Organizations and Programs Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 633 - Introduction to Environmental Law Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 634 - Native American Natural Resource Management Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 635 - Sustainable Communities Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 637 - Immigration and Communities Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 638 - Community and Regional Economic Analysis II Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 641 - Leadership for Change Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 642 - Grant Writing Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 643 - Nonprofit Management Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 644 - Participatory Action Research Methods Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 645 - Community Developer as Community Educator Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 791 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-3 Check Course Availability
	CD 792 - Topics (COM) Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 794 - Internship (COM) Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
	CD 795 - Practicum (COM) Credits: 3 Check Course Availability
CEE (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
	CEE 101 - Introduction to Civil Engineering Credits: 1 An introductory course to the Civil Engineering profession where students will learn about and explore the profession through guest speakers and activities. Check Course Availability
	CEE 106-106L - Elementary Surveying and Lab Credits: 3, 1 Course topics include land measurement theory, definition and analysis of errors, horizontal curves, traverse work and construction surveying and an introduction to the concepts and applications of GPS and GIS to surveying practice. Lab topics include care and operation of instruments, concepts of horizontal and vertical control; measurement of horizontal distances, vertical angles and elevation differences, field data quality and errors. Prerequisites: MATH 115 or MATH 120 . Corequisites: CEE 106L-106. Check Course Availability
	CEE 216-216L - Civil Engineering Materials and Lab Credits: 2, 1 Basic structure and properties of engineering materials, the effect of environmental conditions on mechanical and physical properties, emphasis is on civil engineering materials such as steel, aluminum, polymers, cement and timber. Testing of mechanical properties of civil engineering materials including stress and strain measurement. Proportioning, mixing and testing of small concrete batches. Proper analysis and reporting of laboratory data is emphasized. Prerequisites: CHEM 112 . Corequisites: CEE 216L-216. Check Course Availability
	CEE 225 - Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering Credits: 3 Introduction to the basic principles of environmental management, environmental science and engineering, and natural resources engineering. The class will be team taught by faculty from environmental management, civil and environmental engineering, agricultural and biosystems engineering, and agricultural systems technology programs. The course will teach the fundamental physical, biological, and chemical principles of environmental processes. The course will also explore the impact of humans and human activity on ecosystems in the environment. Prerequisites: CHEM 106 or CHEM 114 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 282 - Civil Engineering Computer-Aided Design Credits: 3 Basic drawing techniques will be presented using an industry standard civil engineering software program. Computer-aided design techniques for civil engineers will be presented including topics such as input of surveying data for boundary and topography, creation of a digital terrain models, roadway alignments, earthwork, grading plans, plans and profiles and cross section drawings as they relate to the civil engineering. Prerequisites: CEE 101 and CEE 106-106L . Notes: A PC Laptop computer is required for this course. Check Course Availability
	CEE 311 - Structural Materials Lab Credits: 1 Laboratory tests on structural elements and interpretation of test results. Use of state of the art manufacturing techniques and use of software are required. Proper laboratory technique and experimental design as well as professional communication is emphasized. Prerequisites: CEE 216-216L . Corequisites: EM 321 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 323 - Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering Credits: 3 Analysis of water and wastewater quality, water demands and wastewater flows; water and wastewater treatment process concepts; preliminary design of unit processes for municipal water and wastewater treatment systems, impacts of regulations on system design. Prerequisites: CEE 225 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 331 - Fluid Mechanics Lab Credits: 1 Measurement of properties of common fluids, and tests on fluids in motion Corequisites: EM 331 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 340-340L - Engineering Geology and Lab Credits: 3 Basic principles of physical geology and soil mechanics from a civil and environmental engineering prospective; Topics include minerals, rocks, mechanics of rock materials, weathering, engineering properties of soil, unified soil classification system, groundwater, subsurface contamination, hazardous geologic processes, and waste disposal methods. Identification of minerals and rocks, classification of soils, and measurement of index properties of soils. Prerequisites: CEE 216-216L . Corequisites: CEE 340L-340. Check Course Availability
	CEE 346-346L - Geotechnical Engineering (COM) and Lab Credits: 4 Composition, structure, index, and engineering properties of soils, soil classification systems, introduction to soil engineering problems involving stability, settlement, seepage, consolidation, and compaction; and laboratory work on the determination of index and engineering properties of soils. Computer-aided graphics and word processing are required for lab reports. Prerequisites: EM 321 . Corequisites: CEE 346L-346. Check Course Availability
	CEE 353 - Structural Theory (COM) Credits: 3 Basic concepts in structural analysis of beams, trusses, and frames. Determination of governing load conditions for moving loads by use of influence lines. Development of basic virtual work concept to obtain deflections for beams, trusses, and frames. Introduction to slope deflection equations and the moment-distribution for analysis of indeterminate structure. Prerequisites: EM 321 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 363 - Highway and Traffic Engineering Credits: 3 Highway administration, traffic characteristics, highway standards, drainage, geometric design, construction methods. Prerequisites: CEE 106 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 411-411L/511-511L - Asphalt Materials and Mix Design and Lab Credits: 3 Properties of aggregates and asphaltic materials related to asphalt mixes. Various types of asphalt pavements and mix design methods. Plant operations, construction methods and equipment used in the production of asphalt. Asphalt mix design and testing with an emphasis on Superpave mix design method. Introduction to recycling and sustainable asphalt pavement materials. Performance of standard tests on asphalt products and mixtures to determine various characteristics. Emphasis will be placed on professional communication and the interpretation of test results. Prerequisites: CEE 216-216L , CEE 363 , and EM 321 . Corequisites: CEE 411L-411/511L-511. Check Course Availability
	CEE 422-422L/522-522L - Environmental Engineering Instrumentation and Lab Credits: 3 Development of an understanding of standard analytical methods for parameters commonly measured in liquid environmental systems. Analysis of water and wastewater samples using environmental laboratory instrumentation. Development of laboratory skills in water and wastewater analysis. Prerequisites: CEE 225 or consent. Corequisites: CEE 422L-422/522L-522. Check Course Availability
	CEE 423-523 - Municipal Water Distribution and Collection System Design Credits: 3 Design of municipal water distribution and collection systems utilizing modern design tools including the utilization of software to simulate system behavior in response to environmental changes. Prerequisites: CEE 323 and EM 331 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 424-524 - Industrial Waste Treatment Credits: 3 Characteristics and composition of industrial wastes, sampling and methods of analysis of these wastes and remedial measures for treatment and disposal. Prerequisites: CEE 323 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 432 - Hydraulic Engineering Credits: 3 Development of fundamental principles related to closed conduit flow, flow in open channels, open channel transitions and controls, introduction to wave mechanics, hydraulic structures. Prerequisites: EM 331 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 434-534 - Hydrology Credits: 3 Principles of hydrology. Components of the hydrological cycle including the impact of precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, ground water flow and surface runoff on flow routing, water availability, extreme flows and drainage systems. Prerequisites: Senior standing. Corequisites: NRM 282-282L or STAT 281 or STAT 381 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 435-535 - Water Resources Engineering Credits: 3 Topics related to water resources engineering including: multiple purpose river development, economic analysis of flood control measures, aspects of water law, advanced topics related to surface and ground water hydrology and administrative aspects of water resources planning. Prerequisites: CEE 225 and senior standing. Check Course Availability
	CEE 436-536 - Advanced Hydraulic Engineering Credits: 3 Advanced topics related to hydraulic engineering including: dimensional analysis, turbulence in open-channel flows, mechanics of sediment transport, coastal hydraulics and stream channel mechanics, hydraulic structures, unsteady flows, numerical and physical modeling. Prerequisites: EM 331 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 438-538 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics Credits: 3 Develop a basic understanding of the physical processes in turbulent flows that are important to the transport and dispersion of contaminants and materials in surface waters. This course will introduce the analytical, computational, and experimental tools commonly used to solve environmental fluid mechanics problems. Topics covered include dynamics of turbulence, turbulent diffusion, shear flow dispersion, stratified flows and mixing in rivers and lakes. Prerequisites: EM 331 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 443-543 - Matrix Analysis of Structures Credits: 3 Theory and application of matrix methods in structural analysis. Prerequisites: CEE 353 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 446-546 - Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Credits: 3 Development of a fundamental understanding of engineering properties of soils and the factors controlling their magnitude and changes with time and environment. Development of why this knowledge is important and how it can be used in the solution of geotechnical and geoenvironmental problems. Prerequisites: CEE 346 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 447-547 - Foundation Engineering (COM) Credits: 3 Application of the fundamental concepts of soil behavior to evaluation, selection, and design of shallow and deep foundation systems. Related topics such as temporary support systems for excavations and pile driving are also included. Prerequisites: CEE 346 . Notes: Students enrolling in CEE 547 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolling in CEE 447. Check Course Availability
	CEE 452-552 - Prestressed Concrete Credits: 3 Theory and design of prestressed concrete including pre-tensioning and post-tensioning. Prerequisites: CEE 456 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 455 - Steel Design Credits: 3 Limited states in design and the probabilistic nature of loads and resistance. Design of members subjected to tension, axial compression, bending and combined forces. Elementary concepts of frame design with an introduction to secondary effects. The importance of structural stability in design is stressed. Design of basic bolted and welded connections. Prerequisites: CEE 353 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 456 - Concrete Theory and Design (COM) Credits: 3 Properties and behavior of concrete and reinforcing steel. Analysis and design of structural slabs, beams, girders, columns, and footings with use of strength methods. Deflection of flexural members. Development of reinforcement. Prerequisites: CEE 353 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 458-558 - Design of Timber Structures Credits: 3 Gravity and lateral loads, physical and mechanical properties of wood, properties of dimension lumber and glued laminated timber, design of beams and columns, properties of structural wood panels. Design of sheathing, diaphragms and shearwalls. Design of connections. Prerequisites: CEE 353 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 464 - Civil Engineering Capstone Design I (COM) Credits: 1 Content will include major engineering design experience integrating fundamental concepts of mathematics, basic science, engineering science, engineering design, communication skills, humanities, and social science. Prerequisites: Senior standing. Check Course Availability
	CEE 465 - Civil Engineering Capstone Design II (COM) Credits: 2 Content will include major engineering design experience integrating fundamental concepts of mathematics, basic science, engineering science, engineering design, communications skills, humanities, and social science. Prerequisites: CEE 464 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 467-567 - Transportation Engineering Credits: 3 Engineering principles in various common modes of transportation. Prerequisites: CEE 363 . Check Course Availability
	CEE 482 - Engineering Administration Credits: 3 Law of contracts, agency, and other legal aspects of engineering. Preparation of specifications. Economic aspects of engineering. Prerequisites: Senior standing. Check Course Availability
	CEE 488 - Professional Seminar Credits: 1 Students will recognize the need for life-long learning and the importance of professional licensure and credentials. This course will also provide students with experience in applying the profession’s ethical standards in analyzing and evaluating ethical dilemmas and increase student’s oral communication skills. Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of instructor. Check Course Availability
	CEE 490 - Seminar (COM) Credits: 1-3 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 fewer than 20 students. Check Course Availability
	CEE 491 - 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
	CEE 492-592 - 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
	CEE 494 - 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
	CEE 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship (COM) Credits: 1-6 Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Check Course Availability
	CEE 692 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-3 Check Course Availability
	CEE 702 - Advanced Civil and Environmental Engineering Credits: 1 Check Course Availability

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CA 375 - Financial Counseling and Debt Management

CA 412 - Consumer Policy Analysis

CA 430 - Consumer Decision Making

CA 442 - Family Resource Management Lab

CA 450 - Family Financial Management II

CA 460 - Financial Counseling Lab

CA 487 - Transition to the Professional World

CA 490 - Seminar (COM)

CA 491 - Independent Study

CA 492-592 - Topics (COM)

CA 494 - Internship

CA 496 - Field Experience (COM)

CA 595 - Practicum

CA 612 - Financial Counseling

CA 621 - Financial Theory and Research I

CA 640 - Fundamentals of Family Financial Planning

CA 645 - Military Personal Financial Readiness

CA 660 - Invest for Family’s Future

CA 680 - Insurance Planning for Families

CA 704 - Estate Planning for Families

CA 715 - Housing and Real Estate in FFP

CA 721 - Financial Theory and Research II

CA 725 - Family, Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning

CA 735 - Personal Income Taxation

CA 745 - Professional Practices in Financial Planning

CA 755 - Financial Planning Case Study

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

CA 790 - Seminar (COM)

CA 792 - Topics (COM)

CA 798 - Thesis (COM)

CD 592 - Topics (COM)

CD 600 - Foundations of Community Development

CD 601 - Organizing for Community Change

CD 602 - Community and Regional Economic Policy and Analysis

CD 603 - Community Natural Resource Management

CD 604 - Community Analysis

CD 605 - Principles & Strategies of Community Change

CD 611 - Impact Analysis

CD 612 - Housing and Development

CD 613 - Introduction to Native Community Development

CD 616 - Public and Nonprofit Budgeting

CD 617 - Role of Tribal colleges in Economic Development

CD 623 - Ecological Economics

CD 624 - Building Native Community and Economic Capacity

CD 626 - Economic Development Strategies

CD 631 - Evaluation of Organizations and Programs

CD 633 - Introduction to Environmental Law

CD 634 - Native American Natural Resource Management

CD 635 - Sustainable Communities

CD 637 - Immigration and Communities

CD 638 - Community and Regional Economic Analysis II

CD 641 - Leadership for Change

CD 642 - Grant Writing

CD 643 - Nonprofit Management

CD 644 - Participatory Action Research Methods

CD 645 - Community Developer as Community Educator

CD 791 - Independent Study (COM)

CD 792 - Topics (COM)

CD 794 - Internship (COM)

CD 795 - Practicum (COM)

CEE 101 - Introduction to Civil Engineering

CEE 106-106L - Elementary Surveying and Lab

CEE 216-216L - Civil Engineering Materials and Lab

CEE 225 - Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering

CEE 282 - Civil Engineering Computer-Aided Design

CEE 311 - Structural Materials Lab

CEE 323 - Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering

CEE 331 - Fluid Mechanics Lab

CEE 340-340L - Engineering Geology and Lab

CEE 346-346L - Geotechnical Engineering (COM) and Lab

CEE 353 - Structural Theory (COM)

CEE 363 - Highway and Traffic Engineering

CEE 411-411L/511-511L - Asphalt Materials and Mix Design and Lab

CEE 422-422L/522-522L - Environmental Engineering Instrumentation and Lab

CEE 423-523 - Municipal Water Distribution and Collection System Design

CEE 424-524 - Industrial Waste Treatment

CEE 432 - Hydraulic Engineering