Sep 27, 2024  
UOFM 2022-2023 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 
    
UOFM 2022-2023 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions-Undergraduate


Courses offered only online or both online and on-ground are indicated with (**)asterisks.  Some courses described in this catalog may require additional fees.

 

Chinese

  
  • CHIN 4305 - Advanced Chinese II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Continuation of CHIN 4304.  Further development of advanced language and cultural skills. PREREQUISITE: CHIN 4304  or equivalent.

  
  • CHIN 4401 - Business Chinese I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Enhancement of Chinese language skills for use in a business setting. Training in the formal style charateristic of Chinese business language.  Contextual knowlege of the social and cultural aspects of conducting business in China. PREREQUISITE: CHIN 3301. COREQUISITE: CHIN 3301

  
  • CHIN 4402 - Business Chinese II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Continuation of CHIN 4401. Further enhancement of Chinese language skills for use in expanded business settings. PREREQUISITE: CHIN 4401.

  
  • CHIN 4501 - Intro to Chinese Linguistics

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Provides students with a general overview of the basic issues in Chinese linguistics including phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax. Teaching strategies related to these issues will also be briefly discussed. PREREQUISITE: CHIN 3301   or permission of instructor.

  
  • CHIN 4780 - Individual Studies

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Directed individual study in selected areas of Chinese chosen in consultation with instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours credit. PREREQUISITE: permission of the instructor.

  
  • CHIN 4791-4799 - Special Topics in Chinese Literature, Language, or Civilization.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours credit. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.


City and Regional Planning

  
  • PLAN 3451 - Introduction to Planning

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (PLAN)
    Description: Introduction to regional and urban planning emphasizing spatial relationships of physical, economic, and cultural phenomena necessary in planning process. Cross listing: Same as ESCI 3451 .

  
  • PLAN 4002 - Urban Food Security

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Origins, evolution, and current state of urban food distribution and accessibility; current challenges encountered by poor and working class individuals and families in accessing food in economically distressed areas; examination of alternative policies, plans, and programs designed to promote more equitable access to healthy foods in inner city communities. Course will include community-based field work.

  
  • PLAN 4003 - Community Economic Development

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Origins, evolution, and current state of community-based economic development. Course will include community-based field work.

  
  • PLAN 4004 - Community Organizing

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Origins, evolution, and current state of direct action organizing in the United States; principles, methods, and techniques of grassroots organizing. Course will include community-based field work.

  
  • PLAN 4201 - Urbanization and Environment

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (PLAN)
    Description: Ways man has changed natural environment by urbanization and how physical features and processes influence development and function of cities. Cross listing: Same as ESCI 4201 .

  
  • PLAN 4206 - Housing Planning and Policy

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Explores U.S. and international housing policy, finance, and planning specifically from a social, racial, and economic justice perspective. Traces the history of housing, starting with the invention of property, rent and ownership and continuing through city-building, redlining, suburbanization. Considers policy and planning tools for improving the equity and affordability of housing. This course involves substantial group projects.

  
  • PLAN 4212 - Nature-Based Strategies in Planning

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course provides a comprehensive approach to understanding the need for natural-based strategies (NBS) to confront environmental challenges in communities. It takes a global perspective and demonstrates how providing for urban infrastructure in this century is a balancing act between the traditional gray infrastructure and green infrastructure.

  
  • PLAN 4261 - Plan Sustainable CitiesRegions

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Multidisciplinary and multi-scaled approach to understanding the sustainability of natural and built environments in planning cities and regions; methods for measuring sustainability; emerging development concepts and practices; technology, efficiency, social equity and public health implications of sustainability; sustainable urban/regional form of the future. Cross listing: Same as ESCI 4261 .

  
  • PLAN 4430 - Social and Economic Geography with GIS

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Geographic analysis of social and spatial characteristics of economic activities and their distribution. Applications of data analysis and output using ArcGIS software package. Cross listing: ESCI 4430

  
  • PLAN 4431 - Urban Geography

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Geography of urban processes and forms; cultural, social, economic, and political aspects of the contemporary city. Cross listing: ESCI 4431

  
  • PLAN 4443 - Transportation Planning

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Planning for various transportation modes and networks and impact they have on land use and contemporary development problems. Cross listing: ESCI 4443

  
  • PLAN 4551 - Urban Planning Studio

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (PLAN)
    Description: Application of planning process to urban problems and preparation of plans for the urban area. PREREQUISITE: GEOG 3451 or permission of instructor. Cross listing: Same as ESCI 4551 .

  
  • PLAN 4800-4810 - Special Topics in City and Regional Planning

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Topics vary and are announced in the online class listing.


Civil Engineering

  
  
  • CIVL 1101 - Civil Engr Measurements

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Theory of measurements, linear measurements, angles, topographic surveys, and mapping with applications in Civil Engineering; emphasis on individual and group problem solving, techniques of data collection and analysis, and project documentation. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: MATH 1720  or MATH 1730  or MATH 1910   with a grade of C- or better.

  
  • CIVL 1112 - Civil Engr Analysis

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Microcomputer applications for data analysis, presentation, documentation; emphasis on algorithm design and logic; fundamental numerical analysis; elementary programming. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 1101 .

  
  • CIVL 2101 - Civil Engr Visualization

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Using engineering drawings and computer-aided drafting packages to communicate information and solve engineering problems; emphasis on group work, project documentation, and oral presentation. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 1112 .

  
  • CIVL 2103 - Approx/Uncertainty in Engr

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (CIVL 3103)
    Description: Application of fundamental numerical methods to obtain approximate solutions to engineering problems; application of fundamental probabilistic methods to quantify uncertainty in engineering data. PREREQUISITE: MATH 1920  

  
  • CIVL 2131 - Statics

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Analysis of two and three dimensional force systems; centroids and moments of inertia; friction. PREREQUISITE: PHYS 2110 . PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: MATH 1920  or MATH 2421 .

  
  • CIVL 3107 - Civil Engr Computation

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: (CIVL 2107)
    Description: Incorporating programming logic into spreadsheet solutions to engineering problems; emphasis on group work, project documentation, oral presentation. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103  

  
  • CIVL 3121 - Structural Analysis I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Analysis of statically determinate structures; reactions, shear, and moment; truss analysis; deflections; influence lines and moving loads. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2131 . PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3322 .

  
  • CIVL 3131 - Design of Steel Structures

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Current design concepts for structural steel members and their connections. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3121 , CIVL 3322 .

  
  • CIVL 3137 - Civil Engr Materials

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Properties of aggregates, mix design and use of Portland cement concrete, masonry products and construction, use of wood and timber products in construction, bituminous materials and mixtures and other engineering materials. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103, CIVL 3322.

  
  • CIVL 3140 - Environmental Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description: Fundamentals of environmental engineering systems with an emphasis on the integration of the concepts of chemistry, hydraulics, economics, English, and social sciences as they can be applied to benefit mankind. Three lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CHEM 1110

  
  • CIVL 3161 - Transportation Systems Engineering

    Credit Hours: (3)


    Description: Development and function of transportation systems; operational control and characteristics; system coordination, traffic flow and patterns. PREREQUISITE: PHYS 2110 MATH 1920  or MATH 2421  

      PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 2103  

  
  • CIVL 3180 - Civil Engr Hydraulics

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Basic principles of incompressible fluid mechanics with emphasis on hydrostatics, conservation of energy and momentum with application on engineering analysis of pipe networks, pumps, and open channel systems. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103 , CIVL 2131 .

  
  • CIVL 3181 - Hydrology

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Hydrological processes; quantification of precipitation, discharge, and groundwater; description of water resources availability; frequency analysis of rainfall and floods; simple rainfall-runoff models. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103, CIVL 3180 .

  
  • CIVL 3182 - Hydraulics and Hydrology Lab

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Principles of fluid mechanics, open channel hydraulics, and collection of hydrologic data; fluid instrumentation, measurement techniques, data collection methods, and organization of written reports of experimental investigations. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3180 PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3181 

  
  • CIVL 3322 - Mechanics of Materials

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Analysis of components subjected to tension, compression, bending moment, torque; combined loading; Mohr’s stress circle; deflection of beams; simple treatment of column buckling. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2131 .

  
  • CIVL 3325 - Mechanics of Materials Lab

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Materials testing and evaluation. Three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3322 .

  
  • CIVL 3386 - Safety Engineering

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Study of the causes of accidents, planning for safety, and managing the safety on the construction site. Hazard elimination by improving the design and methodology; guarding to prevent contact with hazards, determining and providing safety factors to minimize risk, and providing redundancy with multiple safeguards to confine the hazard.  Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3137  or Permission of Instructor. Cross listing: TECH 3386

  
  • CIVL 3691 - Construction Estimating

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Overview of the principle elements of the construction engineering estimating, developing the thought process and engineering judgement that is required of the estimator to analyze job conditions and assess the labor required, equipment to be used, and construction methods to be implemented to perform the work. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3137  or Permission of Instructor Cross listing: TECH 3691

  
  • CIVL 4011 - Transformative Technologies in Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Description: Introduction to transformative engineering design, analysis, inspection, and management technologies such as Intelligent Transportation Systems, GIS, drones, information technologies, etc.; interdisciplinary project-based learning experience with industry focused problems. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE:

    Junior or senior standing in engineering major or permission of instructor. Standard Letter Cross listing: EECE 4011

  
  • CIVL 4111 - Engineering Economics

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Application of economics and decision theory to engineering alternatives in planning, developing, constructing, and managing engineering projects. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Junior standing in Engineering or permission of instructor.

  
  • CIVL 4122 - Structural Analysis II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Analytical and numerical solutions for statically indeterminate structures. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3121 , CIVL 3322 .

  
  • CIVL 4131 - Intermediate Steel Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Design of plate girders and composite beams; moment connections; current code provisions. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3131 .

  
  • CIVL 4135 - Reinforced Concrete Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Strength analysis and design of reinforced concrete members; floor systems; current code provisions. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3121 , CIVL 3322 .

  
  • CIVL 4136 - Inter Reinforced Concrete Dsgn

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Design of two-way slab systems; column design including length effects; current code provisions. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 4135 , PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 4122 .

  
  • CIVL 4140 - Environmental Engr Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Detailed design of one component of an environmental engineering system with appropriate consideration of the interactions with the other components; design standards, procedures, and legal constraints. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3140 .

  
  • CIVL 4143 - Physical/Chemical Treatment

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Basic physical-chemical treatment concepts including sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, neutralization, coagulation, air stripping, dissolved air flotation, disinfection, and ion exchange; application of basic concepts to design of water and wastewater treatment system components. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3140 .

  
  • CIVL 4144 - Biological Wastewater Treatmnt

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Basic biological treatment concepts including biological kinetics, activated sludge, fixed-film systems, lagoon systems, and sludge digestion; application of basic concepts to design of biological wastewater treatment system components. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3140 .

  
  • CIVL 4149 - Pump Station Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Detailed design of sumps, pumps, piping, valves, and controls associated with design of pumping systems for wastewater, process water, drinking water, storm water. PREREQUISITE:  . COREQUISITE: CIVL 3182 .

  
  • CIVL 4151 - Soil Mechanics

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description: Properties of soil and rock, including identification and classification, hydraulic properties, consolidation characteristics, and stress deformation-strength relationships. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3137

  
  • CIVL 4152 - Applied Soil Mechanics

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Subsurface exploration, foundation types, foundation construction, selection of foundation type and basis of design, earth retaining structures, and slope stability. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 4151 .

  
  • CIVL 4155 - Pavement Design and Evaluation

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Structural design of concrete and asphalt pavements, design of surface and subsurface pavement drainage; performance evaluation of existing pavements; pavement rehabilitation and pavement management. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3137  or permission of instructor. COREQUISITE: CIVL 4151  or permission of instructor.

  
  • CIVL 4162 - Traffic Engineering

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Traits and behavior patterns of road users and their vehicles. Includes traffic signs and signals, pavement markings, hazard delineation, capacity, accidents and parking analysis. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103 , CIVL 3161 .

  
  • CIVL 4163 - Airport Planning and Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Aeronautical demand and air traffic control; airport and runway configuration; capacity and delay analysis, geometric design of runways and taxiways; airport access and parking; ground movements and baggage movements. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103 , CIVL 3161 .

  
  • CIVL 4164 - Route Location and Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Elements of route location and design; emphasis on horizontal and vertical alignment, curvature, gradient and sight distance. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 1101 , CIVL 3161 .

  
  • CIVL 4165 - Introduction to Transportation System Management and Operations

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Overview of transportation management and operations from a systems perspective using traffic, transit, and freight examples. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 2103

  
  • CIVL 4171 - Construction Engineering

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Construction process and project management system; planning, cost estimating, bidding and scheduling construction projects; use of optimization techniques to control schedules and costs; computer applications. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3137  or Permission of the Instructor Cross listing: Same as TECH 4171

  
  • CIVL 4180 - Adv Hydrology/Hydraulics

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Current methods and techniques used in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for the design of water resources projects, watershed hydrology, flood plain management, and sediment transport.  Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3181 or equivalent .

  
  • CIVL 4190 - Water Resources Planning and Management

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Application of engineering principles to planning and management of multipurpose water resources projects, various physical components and appurtenances of water resources projects and economic, financial, and social feasibility of various purposes. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3181  and CIVL 4111  or permission of instructor.

  
  • CIVL 4191 - Civil Engr Project

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Independent investigation of a Civil Engineering problem in consultation with instructor. May be taken for a maximum of 3 hours credit toward graduation. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

  
  • CIVL 4195 - Professional Practice/Civil En

    Credit Hours: (3)


    Description: Elements of professional practice in civil engineering, including basic concepts of management, business, public policy, and leadership. Ethics, professionalism, and professional licensure. Two lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 3131  or CIVL 4135 , CIVL 3140  , CIVL 3161 , CIVL 3181 , CIVL 4111, CIVL 4151  

     

     

     

  
  • CIVL 4197 - Review/Engineering Fundamental

    Credit Hours: (0)
    Description: Review of general and civil engineering topics in preparation for taking the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. PREREQUISITE: CIVL 3131 or CIVL 4135, CIVL 3140, CIVL 3161, CIVL 3181, CIVL 4151. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: CIVL 4111, CIVL 4195.

  
  • CIVL 4199 - Civil Engr Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Design of a civil engineering system. Establishment of design objectives and criteria; synthesis and computer assisted analysis of alternatives; selection of optimum system design; preparation of detailed system descriptions including design sketches and engineering drawings and reports must be taken in student’s final semester. Two lecture hours, two laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE:  CIVL 4195 .

  
  • CIVL 4211 - Physical Hydrology

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description: Movement, storage and development of groundwater; groundwater in the hydrologic cycle; aquifer characteristics and tests.  Three lecture hours, two laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: ESCI 1040  and MATH 1830  or equivalent. Cross listing: ESCI 4211  

  
  • CIVL 4900-4910 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Topics are varied and in online class listings.

  
  • CIVL 4999 - Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Under the direction of a faculty member, the student writes and defends a thesis based upon background reading and research on a topic in civil engineering. PREREQUISITE: approval by the Honors Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering.


Classics

  
  • CLAS 2481 - Mythology **

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Thematic study of classical myths and their function in ancient literature; emphasis on reading myths in ancient sources in translation. [G]

  
  • CLAS 3021 - Medical Terminology

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Origin and derivation of words used in medicine and the sciences; emphasis on building of scientific vocabulary.

  
  • CLAS 3413 - Greek Lit in Translation

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Reading and analysis of masterpieces of Greek literature in translation from Homer to Lucian; emphasis on development of literary types.

  
  • CLAS 3414 - Roman Lit in Translation

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Reading and analysis of masterpieces of Roman literature in English translation from origins to close of Silver Age; emphasis on genres of Roman literature.

  
  • CLAS 4780 - Individual Study Classics

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Directed individual study in selected areas of Classics chosen in consultation with instructor. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 semester hours credit. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

  
  • CLAS 4791 - Studies in Classics

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description: Topics in classical literature and civilization. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hours credit.


Commercial Aviation

  
  • AVIA 1500 - Introduction to Flight

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: This course introduces students to the applicable sections of federal aviation regulations parts 61 and 91; airspace rules and procedures for the airport where the solo flight will be performed; and flight characteristics and operational limitations for the make and model of aircraft to be flown. Flight fees are associated with this course.

  
  • AVIA 1600 - Private Pilot Ground School

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course is designed to develop the aeronautical knowledge and skills necessary to safely and proficiently exercise the responsibilities of an FAA certificate and/or rating for the Private Pilot certificate in order to meet the prerequisites specified in Title 14 CFR Part 61 for the FAA aeronautical knowledge written exam, Private Pilot – Airplane. This course must be taken with AVIA 1601 Private Pilot Flight. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN. PREREQUISITE: AVIA 1500   COREQUISITE:   

  
  • AVIA 1601 - Private Pilot Flight Lab

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Students must proficiently demonstrate and apply the aeronautical knowledge & skills learned in AVIA 1600 to meet the practical requirements specified in Title 14 CFR Part 61 for the FAA aeronautical knowledge flight test in order to earn the appropriate Private Pilot certificate – Airplane rating. This course must be taken with AVIA 1600 Private Pilot Ground School. This course covers all required airworthiness areas. Flight fees are associated with this course.  This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN. PREREQUISITE: AVIA 1500   COREQUISITE: AVIA 1600  

  
  • AVIA 1700 - Aviation Safety

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course provides the student with a detailed introduction into all factors associated with aviation safety.  Topics will include current aviation programs and why and how they originated.  The student will learn the concepts of risk assessment and risk management.  Throughout the course a review of accidents and accident investigations will be studied with a focus on causal and contributing factors and any resulting changes to processes to mitigate future risk.  Students must be Commercial Aviation major to register.

  
  • AVIA 1800 - Systems I: Basic Aircraft Systems

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course provides an in-depth study of reciprocating engine, propeller, fuel, flight control, instrument, hydraulic, brake, wheels, and pressurization systems.  The student will explore FAR Part 43 that covers aircraft maintenance, preventative maintenance, overhaul processes and alterations.  Students must be Commercial Aviation major to register.

  
  • AVIA 2100 - Aerodynamics

    Credit Hours: (3) Former: Formerly Theory of Flight.
    Description: This course will provide the student with a study of the physical principles of fixed wing aircraft aerodynamics, thereby fostering an appreciation of the factors affecting aircraft performance, stability, control and special flight conditions.  Topics will include aerodynamic fundamentals and terminology with emphasis on lift, weight, thrust and drag forces acting on an aircraft in flight.  Students must be Commercial Aviation major to register.

  
  • AVIA 2101 - Instrument Rating Flight Lab

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: This course will cover flight instruments, FAA regulation, air traffic control procedures, radio navigation and aircraft operation and performance as applied to the practical aspects of instrument flying. At the end of this course the student should be proficient in instrument procedures such as holding patterns, instrument approaches and IMC (Instrument Meteorological Conditions) enroute navigation. Three instrument cross-country flights and review will prepare the student to attain the proficiency level of an instrument-rated pilot and successfully complete the Instrument Rating Flight check in the appropriate aircraft. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN. PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate COREQUISITE: AVIA 2200

  
  • AVIA 2200 - Instrument Rating Ground School

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course will provide the student with a detailed study of the regulations, procedures, and publications necessary for operating IMC (Instrument Meteorological Conditions) in the national airspace system. Terminal and enroute procedures will be studied in detail. Also included are aircraft instruments, FAA regulations, ATC procedures, radio navigation, radio phraseology, aircraft operations, and aircraft performance as applied to instrument flying and flight planning. Designed to help the student prepare for the FAA Written Examination – Instrument Rating. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. . Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN. PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate COREQUISITE: AVIA 2101

  
  • AVIA 3200 - Commercial Pilot (Multi-Engine) Ground School I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Commercial Ground School – Single Engine (ASEL) Procedures, operations, and regulations necessary to prepare the student for the FAA Commercial Pilot Airplane Written Examination. Includes the study of aircraft limitations, principles of flight, meteorology theory and weather services, weight and balance computations, use of performance charts, advanced flight planning, aeronautical decision making and judgment, night and high-altitude operations, and procedures for operating within the National Airspace System. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.  PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101 , and AVIA 2200 . COREQUISITE: AVIA 3201

  
  • AVIA 3201 - Commercial Pilot (Multi-Engine) Flight Lab I

    Credit Hours: (1)


    Description: The course builds upon previously learned ground and flight training. It uses the building block technique and the student will review and practice day and night cross-country procedures preparing for commercial pilot operations through dual instruction and solo flight. The course provides a thorough introduction to pilot-in-command responsibilities at the commercial level. The student is also introduced to the operation of complex airplanes/TAA.  The course culminates in a practical (flight) test given by CTI’s Assistant Chief Flight Instructor. The student will demonstrate commercial pilot proficiency, as outlined in the current FAA Commercial Pilot Airman Certification Standards, in the operation of the complex airplane/TAA and the associated systems. Students must be a Commercial Aviation Major to register. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International CTI at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.  PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101  and AVIA 2200 . COREQUISITE: AVIA 3200  

     

  
  • AVIA 3300 - Commercial Pilot (Multi-Engine) Ground School II

    Credit Hours: (2)
    Description:

    This course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and proficiently exercise the privileges and responsibilities of a Commercial Pilot with a Multi-engine rating. Included are multi-engine aircraft systems, aerodynamics, flight characteristics, weight and balance, aircraft performance, normal procedures and abnormal/emergency procedures with an emphasis on engine-out operations. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.  PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101 , AVIA 2200 AVIA 3200 , and AVIA 3201 . COREQUISITE: AVIA 3301

  
  • AVIA 3301 - Commercial Pilot (Multi-Engine) Flight Lab II

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Description: Dual flight instruction designed to prepare the student for the FAA Multi-engine Airplane Rating. The course provides a foundation for all relevant multi-engine maneuvers and procedures, cross-country, instrument and night flight training including normal and engine-out operations. The flight check will include normal and engine-out instrument approaches in the IMC environment. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to resister. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.  PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101 , AVIA 2200 AVIA 3200 , and AVIA 3201 . COREQUISITE: AVIA 3300  

  
  • AVIA 3400 - Air Traffic Control and Airspace

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Students will be introduced to the Air Traffic Management System and National Airspace System, Navigational aids, Separation Minima between aircraft, and a general orientation to the world of Air Traffic Operations. The course will cover ATC procedures; Code of Federal Regulations as they relate to air traffic control processes; tower operations; normal operations; radar and non-radar operations; and differing types of environmental concerns within a given geographical area.  Students must be Commercial Aviation major to register. 

  
  • AVIA 3500 - Systems II: Turbine Aircraft

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course will provide an in-depth introduction to the turbine engine through the study of its development, theory of operation and the function of turbine engine components.  There are two basic types of turbine-powered aircraft and their engines; the turbo-propeller and the turbojet/turbofan.  The course will discuss how both types were developed and the advantages and/or disadvantages of each.  At the end of this course, you should be able to identify the parts of a turbine engine and explain its function.  Students must be Commercial Aviation major to register. 

  
  • AVIA 3550 - Commercial Aircraft Additional Class Rating (ASEL) Ground School

    Credit Hours: 3
    Description: This course builds on knowledge and skills introduced in AVIA 3200. The student will obtain the knowledge, skill, and aeronautical experience necessary to meet the requirements for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category rating and a single-engine land class rating as outlined in the Airman Certification Standards. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to resister. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.  PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101, AVIA 2200, AVIA 3200, AVIA 3201, AVIA 3300, and AVIA 3301. COREQUISITE: AVIA 3551

  
  • AVIA 3551 - Commercial Aircraft Additional Class Rating (ASEL) Flight School

    Credit Hours: 1
    Description: This course builds on knowledge and skills introduced in AVIA 3201. The student will obtain the knowledge, skill, and aeronautical experience necessary to meet the requirements for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category rating and a single-engine land class rating as outlined in the Airman Certification Standards. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to resister. Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.  PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101, AVIA 2200, AVIA 3200, AVIA 3201, AVIA 3300, and AIVA 3301. COREQUISITE: AVIA 3550

  
  • AVIA 4200 - Systems III: Transport Category Aircraft Systems

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course provides an in-depth study of the complex systems of today’s air transport jet aircraft.  It provides a review of all primary systems, to include electric, flight controls, fuel, hydraulic, fire protection and warning, communications, Instruments, navigational and APU systems.  The course will discuss the various types of transport category aircraft, the history behind their development, and future transport category aircraft programs.  At the end of this course, the student should be able to identify and explain the various aircraft systems used in transport category aircraft.  Students must be Commercial Aviation major to register. 

  
  • AVIA 4300 - Air Carrier Operations

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course examines the major areas of air carrier operations including ground, technical, flight and systems operations, regulations, dispatch functions, and pilot responsibilities. The course will examine the basic forms of airline operations existing today such as hub-and-spoke, short haul, regional, and point-to-point service.  The course will review current industry events and trends with a focus on the airline industry of the future. The student will participate in Airline Pilot interview prep and interview technics. At the end of the course the student should be able to present himself/herself professionally and competently for airline pilot interviews.  Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. 

  
  • AVIA 4550 - Aviation Law & Regulation

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the United States legal system and how it relates to aviation issues. The course will cover a broad range of topics related to aviation operations including Constitutional law, criminal law, International aviation law, commercial law as applied to aviation transactions, property law issues, and employment law as applied to aviation. The course covers Administrative Agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration oversight and enforcement action authority and the National Transportation Safety Board. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. 

  
  • AVIA 4560 - Aviation Physiology & Survival

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: In this course, human physiological responses to the stresses of the flight environment will be examined in-depth. Topics include decompression, hypoxia, spatial disorientation, altered pressure environments, fatigue, jet lag, sleep deprivation, self-imposed medical stress and emotional stress. The course will look at human factors and automation, inflight medical emergencies, health maintenance programs, medical standards, regulations and certification. The student will be exposed to basic introduction to wilderness survival.  Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register.

  
  • AVIA 4700 - Flight Instructor Ground School

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description: Description: This course provides the required areas of instructor knowledge to aid the student in preparing for the Fundamental of Instructing (FOI) knowledge test, and the Flight Instructor Airplane knowledge test.  The course covers the fundamentals of teaching and learning, including effective teaching methods, learning processes, consideration of flight training syllabi, effective evaluations, and flight instructor responsibilities.  Also included is the analysis of the flight maneuvers involved with Private Pilot, Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor Certificates.  Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register.  Flight fees are associated with this course. This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN.   PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101 , AVIA 2200 AVIA 3200 , AVIA 3201 , AVIA 3300 , and AVIA 3301 . COREQUISITE: AVIA 4701  

  
  • AVIA 4701 - Flight Instructor Certification

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: The course includes discussion, instruction and arranged practice in flight instruction in preparation for the FAA Flight Instructor Certification with an Airplane Single-Engine rating.  The student will learn the analysis and performance of all the maneuvers required for private and commercial pilot certification from the right seat of the training airplane.  Throughout the course the applicant will use proper single-pilot resource management (SRM) techniques and display effective aeronautical decision-making skills. Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. Flight fees are associated with this course.  This course will be taught at Crew Training International (CTI) at the Millington Airport, Millington, TN. PREREQUISITE: Private Pilot Certificate, AVIA 2101 , AVIA 2200 , AVIA 2300 , AVIA 3200 , AVIA 3201 , AVIA 3300 , and AVIA 3301 . COREQUISITE: AVIA 4700  

  
  • AVIA 4800 - Human Factors & Crew Resource Management

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: This course introduces the student to issues influencing human performance in the complex operational aviation environment.  Theory and practical applications of cognitive processing, decision making, interpersonal interaction and communication will be presented.  This course also introduces design elements intended to optimize man-machine interaction.  The course explores how human factors relate to causes of previous aircraft accidents and how human factors are impacting the stellar safety record of the current air carrier industry.  Students must be a Commercial Aviation major to register. 


College of Arts and Sciences

  
  • CAS 4800 - Internship

    Credit Hours: (1-9)
    Description: Internship experience offered through individual academic departments and programs within the College of Arts and Sciences as needed. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

  
  • IIS 1010 - Intro to Intelligent Systems

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Understanding artificial and natural phenomena in fields like biology, psychology, neurosicence, economics, and engineering through computational concepts and practices.


Communication

  
  • COMM 1010 - Survey of Mass Communication

    Credit Hours: (3)
  
  • COMM 1851 - Introduction to Film**

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description: Comprehensive study of the forms, functions, and history of film art; emphasis on developing student’s critical skills and aesthetic appreciation through analysis of complex formal, social, historical, and cultural dimensions of the art of film. [G]

  
  • COMM 2020 - TV/Video/Radio Production Lab

    Credit Hours: (1-3) Former: (1823)
    Description: Experiences in production of broadcast quality television studio, radio station, and remote productions. Students assume technical positions on a variety of assignments as productions assistants. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 hours credit.

  
  • COMM 2030 - Smart Phone Production

    Credit Hours: 3
    Description: The course offers instruction in techniques for recording and editing cell phone video in multiple production styles. It explores lighting, shot content, continuity and production tools.

 

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