May 11, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 

Dance

  
  • DNC 318 - Advanced Ballet Technique


    This course is a continuation of ballet principles and technique for students with at least two semesters of experience in ballet. It further builds on knowledge of technique and injury prevention, expanding vocabulary, refining the execution and performance of steps beyond  intermediate level, and increases the difficulty of the techniques.

    Note: May be repeated once for a total of six credits.
    Prerequisite: DNC 218; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • DNC 350 - Dance History


    This course will look at the history of dance as a performing art since the turn of the nineteenth century until the present. Stylistic trends, multicultural influences, principal choreographers and artists and their works will be viewed and discussed.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • DNC 360 - Anatomy for Dancers


    This course introduces students to basic anatomical concepts of the human body as they relate to dance movement. Major skeletal and muscular systems and their relationship to dance movement will be covered. Basic concepts of exercise efficiency and injury prevention will also be introduced.

    Prerequisite: DNC 112 or 116 or 118.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • DNC 380 - Choreography


    This course expands student use of the principles and skills of Choreography; the craft of making dances. The emphasis is on prior knowledge and individual creativity to develop a unique voice of expression and communication and the focus is on the creative process.

    Prerequisite: DNC 312 or 316 or 318; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • DNC 399 - Independent Study


    Individual study in the field of dance under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Prerequisite: Minimum sophomore standing and instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 4
  
  • DNC 499 - Independent Study


    In-depth study of a topic of interest. Library research, choreography and/or studio work.

    Note: May be interdisciplinary.
    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 4

Early Childhood Education

  
  • ECH 383 - Language Arts, Culture and Media for Young Children


    This course will build candidates’ knowledge of children’s literature, media, dramatic and visual arts, and music and movement education for young children, Birth-Grade 2. Developmentally appropriate curriculum topics will include: utilizing quality children’s literature to plan integrated thematic units, designing rich daily language and literacy routines that involve shared reading, writing and phonemic awareness activities; incorporating music and movement activities to enhance early language and literacy skills, using anti-bias and culturally inclusive curriculum and teaching methods and materials to promote cultural awareness and appreciation, “process” vs. “product” art activities, the importance of dramatic play, collaboration with families, community agencies and other educators, and the principles of Universal Design for Learning to improve access to the curriculum for diverse learners.
    Prerequisite: Upper division standing.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

Economics

  
  • ECO 101 - Principles of Microeconomics


    This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of micro-economic analysis. Topics discussed in this course include: demand and supply analysis, consumer behavior, elasticity, production and cost theory, price and output determination under alternative market models, and resource markets.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics


    This course introduces students to economics and the central topics of macroeconomics: output determination, unemployment and inflation, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade, exchange rates and the balance of payments.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 300 - Intermediate Macro Theory


    Aggregate economic analysis of measurement and determinants of the level of economic activity based on both Keynesian and classical assumptions, and growth, fluctuations and control of economic activity.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200 and (MAT 208 or MAT 210), or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 301 - Intermediate Micro Theory


    Demand theory, production theory, price and output determination under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition, demand for factors of production, welfare economics and general equilibrium analysis.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200 and (MAT 208 or MAT 210) or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 302 - Managerial Economics


    Economics is concerned with the application of economic concepts and principles to managerial decision making problems. The course begins with a review of economic models and the basics of marginal analysis. Then, along with the theory of consumer behavior and the theory of the firm different methods of optimization such as linear programming are discussed. A portion of the course is devoted to the discussion of various forecasting methods.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 305 - Topics in Economics


    This course is designed to give students exposure to a particular topic or a limited number of topics not otherwise offered in the curriculum.  Topics are chosen by the instructor.  This course may be repeated for credit if topics differ.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and ECO 200, or instructor permission
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 312 - Introduction to Econometrics


    A study of econometric methods of formulating, estimating, and interpreting single and simultaneous equation economic models.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101, 200, and MAT 158.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 320 - Comparative Economic Systems


    An approach to contemporary economic systems that focuses on capitalism, anarchism, and socialism. The basic economic theories of American capitalism, Soviet communism and Yugoslavia socialism will be studied. A final section of the course will cover the economics of transition to a market economy.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 322 - History of Economic Doctrines


    A survey of the development of economic theories. The relationship between economic thought, contemporary philosophy and economic conditions.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 326 - American Economic History Before 1900


    This course considers pre-twentieth century United States history from an economic perspective. In addition to detailing the evolution of the American economy and its political and social relevance, the course provides and economic-based narrative of based episodes in American history, including the American Revolution, slavery, the Civil War, and labor and farmer protest movements. We will employ basic microeconomic and macroeconomic tools, as well as historical sources, in analyzing and seeking explanations of historical events and outcomes.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 327 - Issues in American Economic History Since 1900


    This course deals with 20th century United States economic history, in particular the evolution of the economy itself and the competing claims of various economic interest. We will cover a limited set of issues, such as the economic causes and consequences of the Great Depression and major wars, and the responses of American businesses and policymakers to those shocks. We will study these issues from a variety of perspectives: economic, historical, political, and literary. We will also study important economic trends and developments, along with the material progress of key subgroups such as blue-collar workers, women and African-Americans.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 330 - Economic Development


    An examination of theories and processes of economic development in underdeveloped nations using a multidisciplinary approach. Each section of the course will emphasize the economic development problems of a specific geographic region to be determined by the instructor. The regions include: Northern Africa and the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern and Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. Methods of analysis drawing from economics, political science, history, demography, and economic geography are employed.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 340 - Money and Banking


    This course introduces some basic concepts, theories, and issues in the field of money and banking. It provides a general framework for studying financial intermediaries and financial markets. It deals with the structure and management of the commercial banking industry and with the workings of central banking and monetary management in the U.S. It discusses the international monetary relations and analyzes monetary theory and policy.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 341 - The Political Economy of Financial Crises


    This course deals with financial crises, particularly those affecting the United States and with special emphasis on the most recent crisis. We will study their causes, policy responses, and consequences, from the perspectives of economists, political scientists, and historians, as well as journalists, finance professionals, and others.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 or 115 or 120 or 151 or 200, or instructor permission.
    Advisement recommendation: Completion of all General Education Basic Skills and Knowledge Foundations courses.
     
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 343 - International Finance


    International finance, or international macroeconomics, is the study of international exchange of financial assets. It is primarily concerned with the financial aspects of economic relationships among nations. In addition to the balance of payments, exchange rates, and exchange rate systems, issues concerning international banking and international debts are among the topics addressed in this course. Also discussed in the course are the macroeconomic implications of international economic relations, the evolution of international monetary system, and the roles of international monetary and financial organizations (e.g., the International Monetary Fund) in the world’s economy.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 344 - International Trade


    The theory of international trade (comparative advantage and the gains from trade in the classical and neoclassical models; distributional consequences of trade); alternative explanations for trade (resource endowments, technological gaps, economies of scale, product differentiation, location); analysis of commercial policy (tariffs, quotas, and other forms of intervention); preferential trading arrangements (free trade areas, customs unions, economic unions).

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 345 - International Monetary and Financial Management


    The study of the international monetary and financial structure, covering topics such as the balance of payments, foreign exchange, alternative international monetary systems, and multinational enterprises.

    Prerequisite: ECO 200.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 350 - Introduction to Labor Economics


    This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of modern labor economics. Topics discussed in this course include: the determinants of labor demand under alternative market structures, the determinants of labor supply, wage determination under alternative market models, the economic effects of labor unions and minimum wage laws, compensating wage differentials, the economics education, and the economics of discrimination.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 370 - Public Finance


    An examination of government fiscal participation in a market economy. Theoretical and empirical results on government expenditures and taxation policies are examined with specific consideration given to the efficiency and equity consequences of these policies.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and ECO 200.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 380 - Industrial Organization


    Analytic discussion of the structural and behavioral variables of industrial firms in a market economy. The evaluation of resource allocation efficiency, technological change and distributive equity under conditions of competition, oligopoly, and monopoly.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 390 - Environmental Economics


    Economic issues in the control of pollutants, conservation, land use, energy production and other current environmental problems. Emphasis ill be placed on the application of economic theory to the evaluation of various policy alternatives.

    Prerequisite: ECO 101 and 200.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 396 - TA in Economics


    This course gives students the opportunity to learn about how college level courses are run, to practice peer instruction, and reflect on effective pedagogies and how learning happens. Students will assist faculty as teaching assistants in a specific economics course, running review sessions and holding office hours for tutoring, attending class to assist with in-class activities, and assisting with examination proctoring. Through these activities, students improve their content understanding, consider best practices in course management, and reflect on the learning process overall.

    Note: May be repeated for total of six credits.
    Prerequisite: Minimum sophomore standing, ECO 101 and 200, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 399 - Independent Study


    Individual readings and research projects under the direct supervision of a member of the economics staff.

    Prerequisite: A minimum of nine hours in economics and permission of the department.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 405 - Seminar in Economic Theory and Policy


    A survey of select topics in advanced microeconomic and macroeconomic theory.

    Prerequisite: ECO 300 and 301, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Every odd Spring.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 409 - Mathematical Economics Problem Seminar


    A seminar for advanced students who wish to apply in detail particular aspects of applied mathematical economics. Emphasis is on in-depth analysis on such problems as mathematical applications of macroeconomic theory, microeconomic theory and economic dynamics.

    Note: Not open for math credit for math majors or secondary education math concentrations.
    Prerequisite: ECO 300 and ECO 301, or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: MAT 409
    Offered: Every even Spring.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECO 498 - Internship in Economics


    A course for upper division students who wish to undertake a semester long internship designed to provide a pre-professional experiential learning opportunity related to the theory and practice of economics. Students will work full or part time in a position which provides an opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in the classroom in an approved internship setting.

    Note: The credits received from this course will not satisfy economic elective requirements. Variable credit zero to 12, may be repeated for total of 12 credits.
    Prerequisite: Completion of sixty (60) semester hours of academic course work; a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5; approval of the internship position by the faculty sponsor and departmental approval; and acceptance into the EXCEL Program.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
  
  • ECO 499 - Independent Study in Economics


    Individual study in the field of economics under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Note: Variable credit zero to twelve, may be repeatable for a total of 12 credits.
    Prerequisite: A minimum of fifteen hours in economics, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and instructor approval.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

Education

  
  • DASA 1020 - DASA Training


    Training in harassment, bullying, and discrimination prevention and intervention: Dignity for All Students Act. A six-hour workshop in compliance with Part 52 and Part 80 of the Commissioners’ Regulations.

    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 0
  
  • EDU 101 - Introduction to College Level Learning


    This course is designed specifically to give students the academic perspective, tools, and strategies appropriate to the college-level challenges they will face.  Students will have the opportunity to practice and demonstrate skills including but not limited to: priority management, note taking, learning styles, test taking, reading and writing.  These skills will be presented in class with an emphasis on self-reflection and awareness.

    Note: Variable credit one to three, not repeatable.
    Offered: Fall
  
  • EDU 104 - Strategy Instruction in the Disciplines


    This course is designed to complement a specific content area course taught by a particular instructor. Students who elect this course will develop learning strategies to enhance their success in the companion course.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
  
  • EDU 114 - Comparative and International Education: Non-Western Perspectives


    The purpose of this course is to evaluate the role of education across global boundaries by addressing interrelationships among culture, economics, and politics as they relate to the processes of schooling and pedagogical practices. We will consider how education influences global change through discussions of educational policies and practices, pedagogies, curriculum standards, and accountability measures utilized in different countries.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 200 - Critical Thinking: Schools, Homes, and Communities


    This course engages students in critical inquiry in the context of education issues involving the home and community in relationship with schools and learning.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 204 - Training: College Level Tutors


    Note: This course is a prerequisite to apply to be an EOP Summer Program Peer Leader. Variable credit one to three, not repeatable.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 210 - History of Education in the United States Since 1865


    This course explores the development of relationships between public schools and the social, political, cultural, and economic climate of US communities since 1865.  We will focus on how school conditions, curriculum, and pedagogical practice have interacted with the development of the US since the Civil War.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 300 - Elected Field Experience


    A highly individualized classroom teaching experience of shorter duration than student teaching. The College student is placed in a classroom within a school to which the student has access in the city of Oswego or a neighboring community.

    Note: The student may earn zero to three credit hours of academic credit. Repeatable for a total of three credits.  Twenty-five hours of classroom time is equivalent to one hour of college credit.
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 0 to 3
  
  • EDU 301 - Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice


    This course guides candidates to explore the roles individuals and groups play shaping the dynamic relationship between schools and society. We pay particular attention to issues of social/cultural difference and dominance, and how framing of these issues influences schooling conditions, curriculum, and pedagogical practice. We also consider the converse of how school practices influence understanding of social/cultural difference and dominance (e.g., race, class, gender, disability, and sexuality). We use historical and contemporary examples to illuminate how the answers to the following questions change over time and space: What is the purpose of schooling? How does the institution of schooling in the United States influence individuals. How do cultural groups and/or communities influence U.S. schooling?

    Prerequisite: Minimum second semester sophomore standing or instructor permission.
    Co-requisite: EDU 303
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 303 - Field Placement I: Observation and Participation


    This is the first of the required field-based experiences in the undergraduate education programs.

    Note: Requires admission to Childhood, Adolescence or TESOL major.  Candidates are required to attend and participate at a school setting for a minimum of 25 clock hours; they will observe and participate to help them better understand educational issues at local, state, and national levels.
    Prerequisite: Minimum second semester sophomore standing and EDU 301 taken concurrently or previously; or instructor permission
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 1
  
  • EDU 305 - Topics in Education


    Topics in Education.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 380 - Culturally Relevant Teaching


    Culturally relevant teaching combines an examination of the cultural and socioeconomic influences on teaching and learning with a commitment to challenging social (and educational )injustice. In this course, candidates make use of common experiences to examine the social/cultural (and political and economic) characteristics of educational settings. Candidates examine social structures of race, class, gender (dis)ability, and sexuality which create dominate and subordinate groups, privileging some and denying opportunity to others.

    Note: Candidates identify obvious and subtle individual, institutional , and cultural actions that perpetuate social structures.
    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 381 - Schools and Urban Society


    This course will guide candidates in critical inquiry regarding schooling within the social context of an urban setting. Through a combination of study and practical experience in an urban school setting, candidates will gain an understanding of contextual, personal, and pedagogical issues related to teaching in an urban school.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 382 - Schools in Global Context


    This course will guide candidates in critical inquiry regarding schooling in an international context.  Through a combination of study and practical experiences in school settings abroad, candidates will gain an understanding of comparative contextual, personal, and pedagogical issues related to teaching and learning in urban and rural schools in a global context.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 383 - Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum


    This course develops essential understandings of the backgrounds and the linguistic, educational, emotional, social and cultural needs of English language learners (ELLs). Teacher candidates learn methods and techniques proven effective for the instruction and assessment of ELLs. The course is designed for those in the Childhood or Adolescence Education program.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • EDU 430 - Professionalism & Social Justice Seminar


    This course will examine professionalism through a social justice lens. This course will be completed through observation, research and analysis in the student teaching classroom followed by presentation about teaching for social justice at a professional conference.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 2
  
  • SSE 200 - Basic Concepts in Social Studies


    This course is divided into two components. The first component sets out to explore the nature and meaning of social studies education and the 5 core disciplines (Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Civics (Sociology/Anthropology) that make up holistic social studies education. Students will focus on grade level appropriate understanding and integration of social studies as a phenomenon. Assignments will be guided by standards from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and 2014 New York Learning Standards. We will explore democratic citizenship education, inquiry skills, as well as critical thinking and problem solving.
     

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • SSHS 1020 - Safe Schools, Healthy Students


    Approved by the SUNY Oswego School of Education; Safe Schools, Healthy Students is a web-based workshop designed to fulfill New York State Education Department (NYSED) requirements for teacher education candidates applying for certification after February 1, 2004. This professional development (non-credit) workshop is available through SUNY Oswego’s Division of Extended Learning and Open SUNY. From home or a campus computer lab, you will be able to work conveniently at your own pace using the Blackboard course management system.
    Workshop topics include:

        Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting
        School Violence Prevention and Intervention (SAVE)
        Fire and Arson Prevention
        Highway Safety and Traffic Regulations and School Safety Patrols
        Child Abduction Prevention
        Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Abuse

    Successful completion of this course will allow you to take the competency exam, which is offered on a regularly scheduled basis. A passing score is required for SUNY Oswego to confirm on your transcript to the New York State Department of Education that you have completed the appropriate training. Safe Schools, Healthy Students will be offered at least six times per calendar year.

    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 0


Electrical and Computer Engineering

  
  • ECE 101 - Introduction to Engineering


    Introduces engineering profession fundamentals and problem-solving methods including complex numbers-based techniques. Topics include the description of engineering disciplines, functions of the engineer, professionalism, ethics, problem-solving and representation of technical information, estimation and approximations, analysis and design.

    Offered: Fall, Spring.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECE 211 - Electric Circuits


    An introduction to the analysis and design of linear electric circuits. Topics include resistive circuits, energy-storage elements, control sources, operational amplifiers, power and three-phase circuits, transformers, DC and AC operation of circuits, measurement and simulation techniques.

    Note: This course includes a laboratory component.
    Prerequisite: MAT 210 and MAT 220 (MAT 220 can be either a prerequisite or co-requisite).
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 233 - Signals and Systems


    This course studies continuous- and discrete-time signals and systems, properties and operation of linear time-invariant systems, Sampling Theorem, and applications of convolution. Time- and frequency-domain analysis of signals and systems, Fourier series, Laplace, Fourier, and z-transforms and their application to LTI systems will also be studied.

    Note: This course includes a laboratory component.
    Prerequisite: ECE 211 and MAT 220.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 270 - C/C++ Programming Language


    The course covers the fundamental programming skills and the intermediate programming concepts with examples and applications using the C/C++ programming language. Emphasis is given to the processing of command line arguments and environment variables. The course also includes coverage of embedded C for micro-controller programming. Comprehensive hands on exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce learning and develop real competency. The concepts of object-oriented programming, the differences between C++ and C will be introduced and discussed. This course is taught in studio format.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 271 - Digital Systems


    A hands-on introduction to Boolean algebra, binary arithmetic, logic gates and digital circuit analysis and design. Covers combinational and sequential logic, circuit simplification methods, analysis, simulation, and design techniques and tools for computer. This course is taught in studio format and includes a laboratory component.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 314 - Microelectronic Circuits


    A hands-on approach to electronic circuits analysis, design, and development. Including diode circuits, bipolar junction transistor and field-effect transistor circuits biasing, transistor models for DC and AC operation, computer analysis, simulation, and design of microelectronic circuits. This course is taught in studio format.

    Prerequisite: ECE 211, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 321 - Power Circuits and Systems


    The course provides an introduction of the principles of power circuits and systems. It covers three-phase circuits, phasors, Wye-Delta connections, transformers, AC/DC machines, transmission lines, power system representation, power flow studies.

    Prerequisite: ECE 211 and PHY 213; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring.
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 335 - Digital Signal Processing


     

    This course covers the fundamentals of digital signal acquisition, processing and design techniques. Topics include Sampling and Aliasing, the Discrete and Fast Fourier Transforms, Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters and Infinite Impulse Response filters. Statistical methods and techniques for the treatment of digital signals and the design of digital filters are covered with applications focused on DSP in Audio and Image processing. This course has a laboratory component.

    Prerequisite: ECE 233 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 4

  
  • ECE 344 - Electromagnetics


    Course examines static and dynamic electromagnetic field theory and applications, electrostatics, magneto-statics, Maxwell’s equations, energy flow, electromagnetic waves, plane waves, boundary conditions, transmission lines, and engineering applications.

    Prerequisite: ECE 211 and MAT 240; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECE 365 - Control Systems


    A hands-on instruction for the analysis and design of linear control systems with emphasis on system performance evaluation, stability, and compensation. Stability analysis methods, poles and zeros, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, root locus analysis and design methods, frequency domain analysis and design methods. This course is taught in studio format.

     

    Prerequisite: ECE 233 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4

  
  • ECE 375 - Microprocessor Applications


    Hands-on instruction in microprocessors, microcontrollers, their organization, their programming, and their applications in embedded control systems. Includes machine language, instruction sets, assembly language programming, design of microcontroller systems in device control applications, interfacing sensors and actuators, and hardware/software codesign. This course is taught in studio format.

    Prerequisite: ECE 271 and ECE 270/CSC 212; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 388 - Humanoid Robitics


    A study of robotics applied to the anlysis, design, and function of humanoid robots.  This course teaches teh structure and programming of multi-limb robotic mechanisms through computer simulations and actual robot programming.

    Prerequisite: CSC 212, and MAT 240 or MAT 249
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECE 396 - ECE Mentorship


    This course allows students to engage in peer-to-peer learning and teaching by participating in an organized tutoring activity assisting freshmen and sophomore level students in entry-level electrical and computer engineering courses and labs.

    Note: One credit course may be repeated for a total of three credits. Must be an ECE major.
    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and department chair approval.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 1
  
  • ECE 401 - ECE Seminar


    A series of lectures and presentations of direct relevance to the practice of electrical and computer engineering.  Students will give presentations and attend lectures from invited practicing engineers, faculty, and other experts on technological innovations, ethics and professionalism, global or contemporary issues or engineering events, licensure requirements, and other topics of interest.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 1
  
  • ECE 416 - Advanced Electronics


    Instruction in: operational amplifiers, frequency and time-domain responses, feedback theory, wideband multistage amplifiers, introduction to filter theory, active filter design and implementation. Instruction will be in a studio format.

    Prerequisite: ECE 314 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 421 - Power Electronics


    The course provides an introduction to the broad area of power electronics, which includes the overview of power electronics devices, the principles of analysis and control of basic power electronic circuits (DC/DC converters, single and three-phase rectifiers (AC/DC), and DC/AC inverters), and their advanced applications in renewable energy systems, motor drives, and power supplies, as well as design, modeling and simulation of power electronic circuits.

    Prerequisite: ECE 314 and ECE 321.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 454 - Communications Systems


    A hands-on instruction in the operation, analysis and design of analog and digital communications systems. Including amplitude and frequency modulation, time and frequency division multiplexing, noise effects and filtering in communication systems, and efficient data transmission techniques. This course is taught in studio format, four credit hours, six contact hours.

    Prerequisite: ECE 233 and MAT 249.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 455 - Wireless Communications


    The course covers the fundamental concepts of wireless communications, cellular networks and wireless propagation models. Topics include modern wireless communication systems, cellular concepts, large-scale and small-scale radio propagation models, modulation methods and multiple access techniques, satellite communications and wireless sensor networks.

    Prerequisite: ECE 233 and MAT 249
    Equivalent Course: ECE 281
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECE 463 - Elements of Robotics


    An introduction to Robotics through the study of robot manipulators, robot mathematical modeling using the Denavit-Hartenberg parameters, kinematics, dynamics, visualization and motion control.

    Prerequisite: MAT 249; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ECE 464 - Mechatronics


    The course covers the fundamental skills and theory of Mechatronics, including mechanism kinematic and kinetic analysis using planar linkages. It also covers rinciples, modeling, interfacing and signal conditioning of sensors and actuators; hardware-in-the-loop simulation and rapid prototyping of real-time closed-loop computer control of electromechanical systems; modeling, analysis and identification of discrete-time systems; commonly used digital controller design methods; introduction to design and evaluate the
    performance of mechatronics sub-systems. This course is taught in studio format.

    Prerequisite: ECE 314 or ECE 375
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 472 - Advanced Digital Systems


    Advanced digital circuit design techniques using: Complex programmable logic devices (CPLD, hardware programming techniques and languages. This is a hands-on introduction to VHDL and HDL-based design methods, fast prototyping, hardware/software co-design and embedded applications with experimentation on a Field Programmable Gate Array and CPLD educational board.

    Prerequisite: ECE 375
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 475 - Computer Architecture


    A hands-on coverage of hardware and software interactions in modern computer systems. This course includes computer organization and design, modern computer building blocks, busing and memory organization, performance improving techniques, architectures, memory caching, pipelining. Assembly and machine language, data path and control unit design will also be discussed.

    Prerequisite: ECE 375
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 491 - Capstone Design Proposal


    A preparatory course for the ECE capstone project. Students are assigned to a faculty supervisor as they engage in the selection of a suitable capstone design project topic, industry sponsor if any, to conduct preliminary research and design procedures to satisfy their capstone design requirement. Students will be encouraged to work in multidisciplinary teams. At the conclusion of the class, students must produce, present, and defend a design proposal to the ECE faculty for approval.

    Prerequisite: ECE 375 and 314
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 1
  
  • ECE 492 - Capstone Design


    A continuation of ECE 491. Students work in teams under a faculty supervisor and, whenever possible, an industry sponsor representative, to design, develop and produce an electrical or computer device or method that combines hardware and software as needed to produce a solution to a well-identified problem or need. The capstone project serves as a demonstration that students have acquired the ability to function as engineering professionals by integrating all their combined engineering knowledge and skills in the development and prototype production of an engineering project of industrial caliber.

    Prerequisite: ECE 491
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ECE 499 - Independent Study


    Independent study in Electrical Computer Engineering.

    Note: Variable credit 1 to 12, repeatable up to 12 hours.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.

English

  
  • ENG 101 - Composition I


    A course designed to develop fundamental writing skills, especially for those students with little experience in writing. The course emphasizes sentence, paragraph, and essay structure as well as standard American conventions of grammar, punctuation and spelling.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 102 - Composition II


    A composition course designed to instruct the student in rhetorical modes and the basic techniques of expository prose, in critical reading, and in research methods.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 103 - Advanced Listening Comprehension


    This course is designed to improve and develop the listening comprehension of students with limited English proficiency as it relates to comprehending lectures and taking notes.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 104 - Advanced Reading


    This course is designed to improve and develop the reading ability of students with limited English proficiency as it relates to critically analyzing academic texts.

    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 105 - Advanced Spoken English


    This course is designed to improve and develop the speaking ability of students with limited English proficiency as it relates to interpersonal and small group communication.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 150 - Principles of Literary Representation


    This introductory course presents conceptions, methodologies, and materials fundamental to the discipline of literary study by focusing on the nature of representation in literary art.

    Offered: Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 160 - General Folklore


    An examination of the various genres of folklore, folklore theories, history of folklore, scholarship, and collecting methods.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 195 - Specialized Studies


    Studies in literature or language to be determined as needs and interests of students and staff indicate.
     

    Note: May be repeated for credit twice.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 198 - First Year Signature Course


    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 204 - Writing About Literature


    An introductory course in expository and critical writing about literary works.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 210 - Western Heritage I: Literature


    The course introduces students to the works of acknowledged literary masters from the age of Homer to the beginnings of the Renaissance, selected to reflect varied genres, literary movements, and cultural back-grounds.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 212 - Literary Histories I


    Comparative study of historical literary texts, authors, movements, materials, forms, and themes from different times, places, and cultures. Analysis of how literature both supports and critiques the ways that people make and use histories as sources of power. Periods studied range from ancient times up to about 1700.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 213 - Literary Histories II


    Comparative study of historical literary texts, authors, movements, materials, forms, and themes from different times, places, and cultures. Analysis of how literature both supports and critiques the ways that people make and use histories as sources of power. Periods studied range from about 1700 to 1900.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 220 - Modern Culture and Media


    Relying upon each student’s familiarity with cultural forms (for example, in film, television, popular music and music videos, comic books, cartoons, advertisements, magazines, detective fiction, and romances), this course introduces students to the methods and interpretive strategies of literary studies.

    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 235 - American Literature from the Beginning to the Civil War


    Survey of the principal American writers from the beginning to Melville.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 236 - American Literature from the Civil War to the Present


    Survey of major American writers and periods from Whitman to the present.

    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 237 - Ethnicity and Cultural Difference in Literature


    This course introduces students to the ethnic and minority literature of the United States and the emergent English-language literatures of the non-Western world. Readings in different genres will include examples that illustrate a variety of ethnic and cultural awareness and identity. Emphasis will be on these literatures since World War II.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 238 - Introduction to Latina/o/x Cultural Expressions


    This course examines Latina/o/x literary—among other forms of—cultural expressions. It introduces students to scholarly debates and artistic artifacts produced by Latinas/os/xs in the U.S.

    Prerequisite: ENG 102.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 265 - Sophomore Seminar: Studies in Genre


    An intensive introduction to the study of some of the conventions of literary genre, including genre theory. The course will undertake a comparative analysis of two specific genres, or kinds, of literary production’s for example, lyric and ballad, pastoral and allegory, encomium (formalized poems of praise) and satire. The study will place examples within their historical contexts and within the history of the conventional genre.

    Prerequisite: ENG 204 or HON 204; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 271 - Practical English Grammar


    A study of the grammatical structure of contemporary standard American English.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 286 - Introduction to Cinema and Screen Studies


    A critical introduction to the analysis, theory and history of moving images, from nineteenth-century investigations of afterimages and stroboscopy to cinema, television and new digital media.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ENG 295 - Specialized Studies


    Topic course in English.

    Note: Variable credit one to three, may be repeated two times for a total of six credits.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
  
  • ENG 302 - Advanced Composition


    A course for students whose writing is adequate, but who wish to develop greater effectiveness and individuality in writing expository prose.

    Prerequisite: Minimum sophomore standing or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
 

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