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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Business Administration
  
  

  • BUAD 498 Business Field Project (Undergraduate)

    Units: 1 or 2
    Max Units: 3.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Unpaid individual or team projects solving real business problems for client companies; situation analyses; statistical analysis; consulting practicum; oral and written presentations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUAD 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Examination of current literature relevant to the total and changing environment in which business operates.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Business Communication
  

  • BUCO 252 The Art of Case Analysis and Presentation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Develop analytical problem-solving and persuasive presentation skills to successfully analyze strategic business situations and convincingly argue your position in a competitive environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MOR-252
  

  • BUCO 260 Business Communication Across Cultures

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Develop intercultural communication competencies, analyze international business situations, build on/or prepare for GLP and LINC trips, internships abroad, and international exchange programs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World - Managing Diversity

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Communication strategies to manage workplace diversity. Historical, social, legal precedents. Institutional barriers to diversity. Race, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical disabilities, culture.
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 425 Ethics and Professional Communication

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study the intersection between business and professional leadership, language, and ethics. Analyze and present results to public audiences through publications, professional conferences, ethics case competitions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 445 Building Oral Communication Expertise

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Personal branding development; building expertise in persuasive business briefings and presentations, both in-person and via new media channels; framing the message based upon emotional intelligence.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 450 Communication for Organizations: Exploring Creativity

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Development of individual creative thinking and problem-solving skills; exploration of workplace creativity; advancement of managerial communication skills necessary to foster organizational innovation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 458 Managing Communication and New Media

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Individual and team exploration of 21st century media tools and their impact on communication strategies in business. Course uses social media, collaborative software, virtual immersion, and video conferencing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 460 International Business Communication

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Explore the cultural dynamics and organizational communication models that contribute to successful business practices in multinational corporations and other global settings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 485 Business Communication Management for Nonprofits

    Units: 4
    Communication environment; communication activities for fundraising and visibility; research and evaluation methods; grant proposals; strategies for communicating social mission to media, government and for-profit partners.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Current developments in the field of business communication. Topics vary from semester to semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 503 Advanced Managerial Communication

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Optimize individual, interpersonal communication dynamics and advance skill development through executive coaching model and applied business communication theory.
    Recommended Preparation: prior course work or experience in management or business communication.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate business and accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 504T Writing for Accounting and Tax Professionals

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Effective written communication for accounting and tax professionals.
    Registration Restriction: Open to only graduate accounting and taxation students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 533 Managing Communication in Organizations

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Analyze, design, develop, and present theory-based communication solutions and strategies to sophisticated interpersonal, group, organizational, and environmental communication issues and problems.
    Recommended Preparation: GSBA 502  or GSBA 523  or GSBA 542 .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate business and accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 536 Leading with Digital Communication

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Theory and practice of communicating via social media and other forms of new media to achieve business goals and build your credibility as a leader.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 552 Defining and Communicating Your Professional Value

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Understand how to define and communicate your individual professional identity and value to employers across diverse professional fields using specialized applied tools.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 592 Field Research in in Management Communication

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team projects studying the communication practices of an industry, company, government agency, country, geographic region, etc. Proposal, data collection, analyses, and written report.
    Recommended Preparation: completion of required MBA course work.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 593 Independent Research in Management Communication

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent research beyond normal course offerings. Proposal, research and written report/paper required.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 595 Internship in Management Communication

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
    Max Units: 9.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised on-the-job business experience in the field of management communication. (Curricular Practical Training.)
    Recommended Preparation: completion of required MBA, MAcc., or MBT course work.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business and Accounting master students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 596 Research Practicum in Management Communication

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Hands-on practical experience working with a Management Communication faculty member on an ongoing research project.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 597 Consulting Project in Management Communication

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team project solving real business problems for an existing business entity, domestic and/or international. Proposal, field research, analyses and oral and written presentations.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master and Doctoral Students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 599 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3
    Max Units: 9.0
    Current developments in the field of business communication. Topics vary from semester to semester.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate business and accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 633 Writing a Journal Article for Publication

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Developing strategies for productive academic writing; drafting and revising an article for journal submission.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 634 Presenting Your Research

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Oral presentation skills for academic and professional conferences and teaching.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 635 Preparing for the Academic Job Market

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Creating job application packets; writing research and teaching philosophy statements; interviewing; preparing the job talk.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BUCO 636 Communication for Doctoral Students: Tutorial

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 4.0
    Individualized tutorial focusing on academic writing and presentation skills for dissertations, conference papers, and journal articles.
    Prerequisite: BUCO 633  or BUCO 634  or BUCO 635 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BUCO 637 Communication for Doctoral Students: Succeeding as a Teacher

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Theories of teaching and learning; strategies for developing course materials; practical advice for managing common challenges; lecturing, leading discussion, creating in-class activities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit


Cancer Biology and Genomics
  

  • CBG 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer

    Units: 4, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in INTD 504 )
  

  • CBG 580 Topics in Cancer (Epi)Genomics

    Units: 1.0
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Selected topics in Cancer Biology and Genomics including review of contemporary literature and research.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CBG 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CBG 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CBG 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CBG 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CBG 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • CBG 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit


Craniofacial Biology
  

  • CBY 561 Molecular Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in INTD 561 )
  

  • CBY 571 Biochemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in INTD 571 )
  

  • CBY 573 Molecular Embryology

    Units: 4
    Principles of developmental biology; emphasis on molecular genetics and cell and molecular mechanisms of tissue interaction and morphodifferentiation.
  

  • CBY 574 Statistical Methods in Bioexperimentation

    Units: 3
    Experimental design and analysis as applied to all levels of biologic organization; hypothesis construction; probability; univariate and multivariate analysis; basic epidemiology.
  

  • CBY 575 Biologic Basis of Oral-facial Disease

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Cell and molecular biology of oral tissues in disease: emphasis on immunopathology.
    Duplicates Credit in former CBY 575a.
  

  • CBY 576 Biochemical Aspects of Periodontal Disease

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Cell and molecular biology of oral tissues in disease; emphasis on molecular oral pathology.
    Duplicates Credit in former CBY 575b.
  

  • CBY 578 Pathological Conditions of the Craniofacial Complex

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Acquired and inherited, systemic and local disease resulting in clinical craniofacial morbidity: cellular and molecular expression as related to etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
  

  • CBY 579L Craniofacial Molecular Genetics

    Units: 4
    Principles and methodologies of mammalian molecular genetics; laboratory exercises applied to pre- and postnatal craniofacial growth and development.
  

  • CBY 580a Seminars in Craniofacial Biology

    Units: 2
    Seminars presented by recognized researchers in the various disciplines relating to craniofacial biology; selected readings in preparation for discussion.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 580b Seminars in Craniofacial Biology

    Units: 2
    Seminars presented by recognized researchers in the various disciplines relating to craniofacial biology; selected readings in preparation for discussion.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 582L Laboratory Methods

    Units: 3
    Contemporary methods of laboratory analysis, including theoretical and practical exposure to procedures and equipment in the research laboratory.
  

  • CBY 583 Craniofacial Clinical Genetics

    Units: 4
    Principles of human genetics; clinically oriented normal and abnormal human embryology; diagnosis and natural history of human craniofacial birth defects; genetic counseling and bioethics.
  

  • CBY 585 Systematic Research Writing

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Enhancement of critical research thinking by fulfilling anticipated conceptual components of the journal article; perfection of writing skills by correcting interand intrasentence flaws.
  

  • CBY 586x Scientific Writing Practicum

    Units: 3
    Development of writing skill while completing a disciplinerequired project (proposal, dissertation, journal article). Seminar and tutorial format. Not for graduate credit.
    Prerequisite: CBY 585  or DENT 402 .
  

  • CBY 587 Cell and Molecular Biology of Craniofacial Tissues

    Units: 3
    Contemporary cell and molecular biology as applied to the development, structure, and function of craniofacial tissues.
  

  • CBY 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: max 8
    Seminars on craniofacial biology in subject areas of special interest to faculty and students.
  

  • CBY 671 Epistemology and Ethos of Bioscience

    Units: 2
    Classical and contemporary thought on knowledge acquisition, truth, and method as applied to bioscience; characteristic spirit, beliefs, and moral assumptions of bioscientists in modern history.
  

  • CBY 672 Advances in Development and Differentiation

    Units: 2
    Integration of recent advances in cell and molecular developmental biology into classical and emerging thematic frameworks.
  

  • CBY 673 Biomineralization

    Units: 2
    Fundamental principles and mechanisms of matrix mediated biomineralization in model systems from bacteria to humans.
  

  • CBY 674 Advanced Oral Microbiology

    Units: 2
    Cell and molecular aspects of microbiology as applied to oral infections: microbial physiology and genetics; oral microbial ecology; host resistance factors in oral infections.
  

  • CBY 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.

  

  • CBY 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded IP/CR/NC.


Civil Engineering
  

  • CE 106L Design and Planning of Civil Engineering Systems

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    History of civil engineering; introduction to the synthesis and design of systems dependent upon civil engineering technology; structuring, modeling, and simulation of systems using graphics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 107 Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Graphic communication and drawing; use of instruments, lettering, dimensioning, and detailing of engineering drawing; free-hand sketching, drafting, and modeling.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 108 Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil Engineering

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Computer programming, organization of problems for computational solution, flow charts, programming; numerical methods; analysis and solution of civil engineering problems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 110 Introduction to Environmental Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Basic concepts of environmental engineering. Air, water, and soil pollution control technologies; pollution prevention strategies. Design of simple water distribution and treatment systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 205 Statics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Statics of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent force systems; distributed forces; applications to trusses, frames, machines, beams, and cables; friction; moments of inertia.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 151Lg .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 207L Introduction to Design of Structural Systems

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Structural materials, components and systems; gravity and lateral forces; structural performance and failures; introduction to structural plans and analysis; computer applications, case studies, design project.
    Prerequisite: CE 205 
    Corequisite: CE 106  and CE 225 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 210L Introduction to Environmental Engineering Microbiology

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Principles of environmental microbiology; waterborne pathogens; microorganisms and air pollution; microorganisms in soil; water pollution microbiology; biodegradation of hazardous chemicals; eutrophication.
    Recommended Preparation: CE 106  or CE 110 .
    Corequisite: CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg ;
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 225 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Analysis of stress and strain; axial, flexural, and torsional behavior of slender bars; elastic deflections; combined stresses; introduction to elastic stability and energy methods.
    Prerequisite: CE 205 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 235 Dynamics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Elements of vector algebra; dynamics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies; kinematics; momentum relations, energy methods; vibrations; Euler’s equations of motion.
    Prerequisite: CE 205 .
    Duplicates Credit in CE 325.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 309 Fluid Mechanics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Fluid statics; relative velocity field; total acceleration; divergence theorem; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum applied to engineering problems in laminar and turbulent flow.
    Prerequisite: MATH 226  or MATH 229 
    Corequisite: CE 235  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 334L Mechanical Behavior of Materials

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Measurement of stress and strain; tensile, impact, creep, and fatigue behavior; statistical methods, brittle fracture; properties of structural materials.
    Prerequisite: CE 225  or AME 204 , CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg  and PHYS 152L .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MASC-334l
  

  • CE 358 Theory of Structures I

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Deformations and deflections of elastic systems; statically indeterminate beams, arches, and frames; secondary stresses.
    Prerequisite: CE 225 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 402 Computer Methods in Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Fundamentals of analog and digital computers; simulation of nonlinear physical systems; numerical analysis and solution of engineering problems.
    Prerequisite: CE 108  and MATH 245 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 404 Business and Intellectual Property Law for Engineers

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An examination of legal issues confronting the professional engineer. Topics include the legal system, contracts, risk management, forms of doing business, capital formation and intellectual property rights.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ISE-404
  

  • CE 408 Risk Analysis in Civil Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Realization of nondeterministic problems in civil engineering; quantitative analysis of structural and system reliability; optimal design and design with specified risk.
    Prerequisite: CE 225  and (MATH 226  or MATH 229 ) 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 409aL Computer-Aided Design

    Units: 3
    Applications of interactive computer graphics to design problems; automated drafting; 3-D graphic algorithms. Analysis of design process from information processing viewpoint.
    Prerequisite: CE 225 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 409bL Computer-Aided Design

    Units: 3
    Applications of interactive computer graphics to design problems; automated drafting; 3-D graphic algorithms. Analysis of design process from information processing viewpoint.
    Prerequisite: CE 225 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 412 Construction Law and the Property Development Process

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Legal aspects of property development and construction: land use, construction practices and specifications, architecture and engineering contracts, agency, subcontracting, professional registration, liability, insurance, liens, and bonds.
    Recommended Preparation: CE 404  or a general business law course.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 428 Mechanics of Materials

    Units: 3
    Analysis of stress and deformation; equations of elasticity; bending of beams; elastic instability; torsion problems; introduction to plates and shells; elastic wave propagation; numerical methods.
    Prerequisite: CE 225 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AME-428
  

  • CE 443 Environmental Chemistry

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Chemistry of water, gas, liquid and solid wastes. Chemical principles applicable to environmental engineering.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL  or CHEM 115bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENE-443
  

  • CE 450 Basic Coastal Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Mechanics of wave motion; wave refraction, diffraction and reflection; wave forecasting; shore processes; planning of coastal engineering projects; design of seawalls, breakwaters and offshore installations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 451 Water Resources Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Discussion of broad perspectives on control and utilization of water, quantitative hydrology, ground water, probability concept, economic study, hydraulic structures, multipurpose water resources projects.
    Prerequisite: CE 309  or ENE 410 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 453 Water Quality Science and Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Water quality criteria and fundamental considerations of acceptability. Natural purification of surface waters. Processes employed in the treatment of waste waters for disposal or re-use.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg 
    Corequisite: CE 309  or ENE 410 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 456 Design of Steel Structures

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Fundamentals of analysis and design of steel structures; structural elements; simple and eccentric connections; design project.
    Prerequisite: CE 207L , CE 225 ;
    Corequisite: CE 358 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 457 Reinforced Concrete Design

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Strength and deformation of reinforced concrete; beams in flexure and shear; bond and development of bars; deflections; columns; slabs; footings; introduction to prestressed concrete.
    Prerequisite: CE 207L , CE 225 ;
    Corequisite: CE 358 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 458 Theory of Structures II

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Matrix algebra; stiffness method; force method; computer analysis of planar structures.
    Prerequisite: CE 108  and CE 358 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 459 Introduction to Structural Dynamics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Response of single and multiple degree of freedom systems to dynamic excitation; structural modeling and approximate solutions; introduction to earthquake resistant design.
    Corequisite: CE 458 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 460 Construction Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, and safety.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 461 General Construction Estimating

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Theory of estimating. Quantity surveying; unit cost synthesis and analysis. Bid organization and preparation; competitive simulations and exercises.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 462 Construction Methods and Equipment

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Current procedures in selected fields of construction; organization and planning; equipment economics; machinery.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CE 463L Water Chemistry and Analysis

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Chemistry of water purification technology and water pollution control. Chemical processes in natural and engineering aquatic environments; physical/chemical and biological characterization of water and wastewater.
    Prerequisite: CE 453 , CHEM 105b   or CHEM 115bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENE-463
 

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