Apr 27, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


Courses offered only online or both online and on-ground are indicated with (**)asterisks.

 

Engineering Technology

  
  • TECH 6466 - Facility Design

    (3) (METH) (METH). Integrated approach to design and layout for production and distribution facilities with respect to workstation design, material handling, project and resource planning, production control; use of Computer Aided Design, scheduling and analytical software. Team projects, written reports and oral presentations. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • TECH 6472 - Computer Aided Design

    (3) (METH) Overview of CAD technology, hardware and software options; parametric solid modeling principles; applications to produce computer generated models, assemblies, photo-realistic renderings and working drawings. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • TECH 6474 - Automation and Robotics

    (3) (METH) Concepts of automation applied to production, distribution, and industrial robotics. Team project including written report. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 6476 - Computer Aided Manufacturing

    (3) (METH) Computer numerical control programming by manual data input and distributed numerical control by computer assistance; system assessment of CNC machines; components, controls, and tooling for integrated manufacturing environment. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE(S): TECH 4472/TECH 6472  
  
  • TECH 6571 - Tool Design

    (3) (METH) Design of tooling and work holding systems for the integrated manufacturing environment; geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, fast change-over techniques, hydraulic and pneumatic circuits, achieving world class quality through design. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE(S): TECH 4472/TECH 6472  
  
  • TECH 6821 - Microwave Technology

    (4) (EETH) Transition line principles for coax, waveguide and fiber; use of Smith Charts for impedance matching; principles of microwave generation and propagation; measurements such as impedance, antenna gain and VSWR; antenna types, characteristics; radiation patterns. Three lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • TECH 6823 - Adv Programmable Logic Control

    (3) (EETH) Advanced applications of programmable logic controllers, including analog I/O techniques and computer interfacing. Team project including written report. Two lecture hours, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7015 - App Stat Meth Industry

    (3) Application of statistical concepts to production processes and data gathering in industry including frequency, distribution, location and dispersion, probability distributions, confidence limits, significance tests, industrial sampling, and ANOVA.
  
  • TECH 7020 - Techn Research Writing

    (3) Investigations into the development and writing of technical research, emphasizing literature review in technology, review of technical specification format, proposal writing, and preparation of technical paper for international conferences. Written and oral presentations will be stressed in the course.
  
  • TECH 7105 - Project Plan & Scheduling **

    (3) Contemporary methods used in project planning and scheduling; emphasis on critical path method (CPM) with computer application; solution of actual problems stressed. Deep dive through the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is accomplished along with a progression of project management scenarios to analyze.
  
  • TECH 7233 - Adv Software Appl

    (3) Use of compilers, assemblers, program translators, application generators, program generators; application software for computer-aided design and data communications. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7263 - Adv Dgitl Circuit/Appl

    (3) Pragmatic treatment of analysis, synthesis, and applications of digital integrated circuits and systems. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7273 - Adv Microproc Arch

    (3) Structure of the microprocessor, Bit-slice and monolithic systems; ALU design, data transfer and storage registers, and control unit logic; microprogramming techniques. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7283 - Adv Data Acquisition

    (3) Use of digital and analog circuits to accomplish the computer analysis of empirical data; transducers, digital and analog conversions, linear and operational amplifiers, interfacing techniques; data scaling and manipulation. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7401 - Lean Fundamentals **

    (3) Basic concepts and terminology of Lean, including review of published seminal works and case studies. Concepts covered include: kanban, visual factory & 5S, kaizen, standard work, takt time, flow, poke-yoke, PDCA, SMED and other tools & techniques of Lean.
  
  • TECH 7402 - Adv Quality Control

    (3) Methods for improved process and product design; cost of quality, measurement systems analysis, process capability, design of experiments and analysis, continuous improvement and review of quality standards. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • TECH 7404 - Wrld/Clas Manfct Concpt **

    (3) World-class manufacturing and Lean concepts including Value Stream Mapping, Training Within Industry (TWI), Standard Work, 5S tools, Ergonomics, Human factors and Cellular Manufacturing. COREQUISITE: TECH 7401
  
  • TECH 7406 - Material Handling/Auto

    (3) Analysis, design, and evaluation of traditional and contemporary approaches to materials handling; analytical and computer procedures for designing handling systems. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • TECH 7408 - Production Processes

    (3) A coordinated study of manufacturing processes and equipment, operation sequence planning, economic aspects of equipment selection, tooling and processing a product from product design to final assembly for quantity production.
  
  • TECH 7414 - Manuf Strat/Syst Design

    (3) Manufacturing strategy and systems design, including concepts of value stream mapping, theory of constraints, lean and six sigma (TLS) combined use, implementing and sustaining change and overcoming resistance, executive alignment and strategy. COREQUISITE(S): TECH 7401  
  
  • TECH 7801 - Advanced Instrumentation

    (3) Review of basic analog and digital instruments, applications of advanced communication equipment, such as digital spectrum analyzer, TDR, computer aided measurement, and industrial instruments. Course concludes with virtual instrumentation. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7811 - Tech Elect Comm System

    (3) Technical and economic aspects in the implementation and operation of publicly and privately owned analog and digital communication systems, wired and wireless communications, and comparison of different methods of signal transmission. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7821 - Adv Microwave Tech

    (3) Microwave theory and instrument applications, including techniques for measuring power, frequency, impedance, VSWR, reflection coefficient, use of Smith chart, steady state and transient response of transmission lines, high frequency generators, and computer aided design and analysis of array antennas. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7822 - Ind Press Control Syst

    (3) Simulation and pragmatic analysis of closed loop industrial control systems using programmable logic controllers; practical considerations of control loop quality and stability; applications of digital computer for direct and supervisory control and on-line analysis. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7831 - Adv Int Circuits Tech

    (3) Theory and applications of integrated circuits and systems, emphasizing linear integrated circuits; characteristics, power requirements, and applications to amplifiers, oscillators, demodulators, wave shaping circuits, active filters, converters, and troubleshooting techniques. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week.
  
  • TECH 7841 - Fiber Optics in Comm

    (3) Implementation and analysis of fiber optics; comparison of coax and fiber, bandwidth and rate of data transmission using fiber; emphasis on single and multimode fiber.
  
  • TECH 7991 - Projects I

    (1-3) Independent investigation of a problem selected in consultation with instructor; report required.Proposal required for attaining a permit.
  
  • TECH 7992 - Projects II

    (1-3) Independent investigation of a problem selected in consultation with instructor; report required. Proposal required for attaining a permit.
  
  • TECH 7993 - Internship In Engr Tech

    (1-3) Practical experience in engineering technology; students are placed with governmental or private organizations; project must be approved and supervised by department faculty; academic credit granted on certification of cooperating agency and acceptance by the supervising faculty of written report. Proposal required for attaining a permit. NOTE: May be repeated for total of 6 semester hours credit, but no more than 3 credit hours may be applied as an elective. Number of credit hours to enroll depends on number of hours worked per week: 10-15 hours=1 credit hour; 16-30 hours=2 credit hours; 31-40 hours=3 credit hours. Work done as an intern can not be used to fulfill project requirements in TECH 7991  or TECH 7992  
  
  • TECH 7994 - Seminar

    (1) Presentations by faculty, members of local industry, and graduate students. May be repeated for up to 6 hours credit. Must be taken at least 3 times to count as an elective in the master’s program. Not more than 3 credit hours may be applied as an elective. May be repeated for up to 6 hours credit. Must be taken at least 3 times to count as an elective in the master’s program. Not more than 3 credit hours may be applied as an elective
  
  • TECH 7996 - Thesis

    (1-6) Writing of the thesis with emphasis on adequate setup of the problem, collection of data, their use, and conclusions. Students must present in writing a proposal acceptable to the graduate committee under whose direction the thesis is to be written. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.

English

  
  • ENGL 6500 - Lang Skills For Intrntl

    (3) English majors may not use this course to fulfill degree requirements. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • ENGL 6533 - ESL/EFL in Multicultural Settings

    (3) Approaches to working with ESL or EFL students in multicultural settings. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours
  
  • ENGL 6610 - Creative Writing/Translation

    (3) Study and practice in translating poetry, fiction, or non-fiction; use of creative writing as tool in teaching of foreign language. May be repeated for credit with change of topic or genre.
  
  • ENGL 6611 - English Studies/Internl Locale

    (3-6) Blended course of on-campus and national or international study and research in specific areas related to topic culminating in an integrative experience through individual and/or group projects. Varied topics may require studies of relationships of culture to text and language, history, analysis, documentation, and/or production of test and language. Course may be repeated, but only 6 credit hours may be earned towards a degree.
  
  • ENGL 6618 - Document Design

    (3) Theories of visual and written communication, focusing on the interrelationship between visual and verbal elements; practice in effective design using layout and graphics software; working on client projects in a collaborative setting.
  
  • ENGL 6619 - Web Design/Online Writing **

    (3) Principles and techniques of creating online user help for software and usable web sites; emphasis on needs of technical writers in professional development environment; task analysis, information architecture, content management, single sourcing, visual rhetoric, navigation, usability testing; technology tools intensive. Students who have received credit for ENGL 4617 cannot take this course for credit. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 6701 - Being an English Teacher

    (3) The nature and teaching of English. NOTE: This course does not contribute toward teacher licensure.
  
  • ENGL 7000 - Literary Research

    (3) Various approaches to literary scholarship and research methodology; introduction to professional standards, bibliographical methods, and procedures of scholarship and criticism. NOTE: This course is required for Literature majors and should be taken in the first year of graduate study. NOTE: This course is required for Literature majors and should be taken in the first year of graduate study.
  
  • ENGL 7001 - Textual Rhetorics

    (3) Study and application of interpretive strategies to texts pertinent to professional writing and composition studies.
  
  • ENGL 7003 - Thry/Prac Tchng Comp

    (3) Designed for graduate assistants teaching English 1010. Emphasis on the ways and techniques of teaching rudiments of English composition on college level. Each graduate teaching assistant in the Department of English must enroll in English 7003-8003 before or concurrent with first teaching assignment.
  
  • ENGL 7008 - Thry/Prac Tchng Online

    (3) Studying the pedagogy of online teaching and preparing for teaching online. Students are required to complete the course to qualify for teaching online for the Department of English.
  
  • ENGL 7010 - Writ./Comm Cent. Theory/Meth

    (3) COMM 7010   Study of writing and communication center theory and methodology. Prepares graduate students for professional work as writing and communication center consultants and administrators.
  
  • ENGL 7012 - Seminar Health Comm

    (3) (Same as COMM 7012 -COMM 8012 ) (Same as COMM 7012-8012). Examines current issues in health communication research, including patient-provider relationships, new technologies and health promotion, and health organizations. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  
  • ENGL 7013 - Wkshp Hlth Care Writing

    (3) Textual and contextual analysis of the kinds of writing produced for expert audiences in the healthcare industry and the academic research community; practice in writing documents such as technical proposals, clinical research reports, FDA documentation, and papers for publication.
  
  • ENGL 7014 - Wkshp Public Hlth Care Writing

    (3) Theoretical understanding and skill-based practice in communicating healthcare information (patient education materials, public health care information, patient instructions) to a generally non-expert audience; rhetorical and analytical tools for shaping the information; practical skills for managing group projects and processes; and the opportunity to develop them in a workshop setting.
  
  • ENGL 7020 - Special Topics in English

    (3)
  
  • ENGL 7021 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 7022 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7023 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic or genre Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 7024 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. Course may be repeated, but only 6 credit hours may be earned towards a degree
  
  • ENGL 7025 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 7026 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 7027 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7028 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7029 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7030 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7031 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  
  • ENGL 7032 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7033 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7034 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7035 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7036 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7037 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7038 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. Grade mode of S/U, I.
  
  • ENGL 7039 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. Grade mode of S/U, I.
  
  • ENGL 7040 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7041 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7042 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7043 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7044 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7045 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7046 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7047 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings.
  
  • ENGL 7048 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7049 - Special Topics in English

    (3) Topics are announced in online course listings. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7100 - Independent Study

    (1-3) Focuses on a selected topic dealing with language study or a literary form, theme, figure, or movement. Topic chosen by student and approved by student’s advisor and Department Chair. Can be used only as an elective. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 7211 - Medieval Literature

    (3) Studies of selected literary texts from the Middle Ages.
  
  • ENGL 7230 - Chaucer

    (3) Studies of works by Geoffrey Chaucer in Middle English. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 7242 - English Renaissance Lit

    (3) Survey of the major works of the Renaissance. PREREQUISITE(S): ENGL 7601 .
  
  • ENGL 7254 - English Lit 17c

    (3) Study of the poetry and prose of seventeenth-century England. PREREQUISITE(S): ENGL 7603 .
  
  • ENGL 7255 - Shakespeare

    (3) Study of the language, contexts, and themes of Shakespeare’s drama and poetry. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7256 - Milton

    (3) Study of Milton’s poetry.
  
  • ENGL 7264 - 18th-Century British Lit

    (3) Study of drama, fiction, poetry, and essays from Restoration and eighteenth-century Britain.
  
  • ENGL 7276 - English Lit Romantic

    (3) Exploration of major authors, themes, and/or movements in British Romantic literature. Maybe repeated up to 9 hours with change of topic
  
  • ENGL 7278 - Victorian Literature

    (3) Study of one or more aspects of poetry, prose, fiction or drama of the Victorian period and the historical and social circumstances in which they were produced. May be repeated 10 times for a maximum of 30 credit hours
  
  • ENGL 7281 - Studies in Early American Literature

    (3) Studies in selected topics in American Literature from European-American contact until 1800. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes. May be repeated 10 times for a maximum of 30 credit hours Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • ENGL 7292 - Modern British Poetry

    (3) Study of important British and UK poetry written from 1890 to the present. May be repeated 10 times for a maximum of 30 credit hours
  
  • ENGL 7293 - Modern British Drama

    (3) Study of British drama from Oscar Wilde to the present. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours with change of genre
  
  • ENGL 7294 - Studies in 19th-Century American Literature

    (3) Studies in selected topics in American Literature from 1800-1900. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7296 - Stud British Novel

    (3) Studies in selected periods or topics in the British novel. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours when topic changes. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours
  
  • ENGL 7326 - African American Literature of Memphis and the Mid-South

    (3) Focuses on the rise of African American literature from the cultural matrix that became Memphis, a gathering point and crossroads for African American writers of all genres from 1867 Reconstructionist writings to the present southern Hip Hop Writers movement. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours
  
  • ENGL 7327 - Studies in Form and Genre: African American Literature

    (3) Examination of the development of an African American literary genre such as African American poetry, the slave narrative, or the African American novel. Through study of both primary and secondary texts, students will gain an understanding of the historical context in which a specific African American literary genre emerged, as well as become conversant in the critical discussions in which these literary forms are defined and theorized. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes. PREREQUISITE(S): ENGL 8805  and ENGL 8809  
  
  • ENGL 7328 - Studies in Major Authors: African American Literature

    (3) Study of the works of selected writers or cultural figures, as well as examination of the scholarship framing the author’s career. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7329 - African American Literature, Beginnings to 1850

    (3) Survey of African American literature from the Colonial Period to 1850.
  
  • ENGL 7330 - Afr-Amer Lit 1850-1900

    (3) Survey of African American literature from 1850-1900.
  
  • ENGL 7332 - Literature of the African Diaspora

    (3) Examination of literatures of the African diaspora outside of the U.S. May include Anglophone literatures, as well as literatures taught in translation. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours when topic changes.
  
  • ENGL 7335 - African American Literature, 1989-Present

    (3) Survey of African American writing from 1989 to the present, situated in relation to recent developments in theory and other arts as well as contemporary cultural and political contexts.
  
  • ENGL 7336 - African American Literary Theory

    (3) Examination of the critical movements in African American Literary Theory from 1900 to present.
  
  • ENGL 7337 - African-American Literature, 1930-1988

    (3) Survey of African American literature from 1930-1988
 

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