2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    May 14, 2024  
2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions are listed alphabetically by discipline name. The discipline abbreviation appears in parentheses immediately after the discipline name. The Schedule of Courses issued each semester by the Office of Academic Records lists courses alphabetically by discipline abbreviation, not discipline name. See the following table for a list of all disciplines listed alphabetically by discipline abbreviation.

Courses are offered in rotation. The frequency of course offerings is designated by (F) for fall semester, (Sp) for spring semester, (Su) for summer semester, or (as needed). If a course is offered only in odd or even numbered years, the designation will include -odd or -even. Frequency designations are located in Courses Offered by the Department at the end of each departmental section.

Courses taken for Graduate Credit (numbered 500 or above) have additional requirements for completion with graduate credit. Graduate students will be expected to perform at a more rigorous level. Additional content will be required. Graduate students will be expected to complete additional projects.

Modern Foreign Language courses designated as Elementary or Intermediate must be taken and passed in sequence. Placement tests are given in the Department Office, upon request, to students with prior experience with French, German, or Spanish in order to place them at an appropriate level.

 

Chemistry

  
  • CHEM 420L - Chemistry Lab


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
  
  • CHEM 422 - Forensic Chemistry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 6
    When Offered: Spring

    The applications of chemistry to the analysis of physical evidence. Topics include procedures to collect, preserve, maintain custody, analyze, validate data and report conclusions from the analysis of crime related samples. Included among the topics will be serology, analysis of arson debris, drugs, explosive residues, gunshot residues, papers and inks, paint chips, fingerprint identification, hairs and fibers, document examination and DNA. Laboratory techniques will include gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, electrophoresis, infrared spectroscopy, liquid and thin-layer chromatography, fluorescence spectroscopy, and ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 320  and CHEM 420  with grades of C or better.
  
  • CHEM 422L - Chemistry Lab


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6
  
  • CHEM 430 - Spectrometric Methods


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 6
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Modern physical and chemical methods for the isolation and identification of compounds and mixtures. Spectrometric techniques available include IR, NMR and GC/MS.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 320  and CHEM 342  with grades of C or better.
    Crosslisted With: CHEM 630
  
  • CHEM 440 - Polymer Chemistry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Chemistry of synthetic polymers including mechanisms of polymerization and relations of molecular structure to bulk properties of polymers. Credit may not be received for both CHEM-440 and CHEM 441 .

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 320  and CHEM 342  with grades of C or better.
    Crosslisted With: CHEM 640
  
  • CHEM 441 - Introduction to Polymer Chemistry


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    An introduction to the chemistry of polymers including: synthesis, stereochemistry, characterization, and structure-property relationships. Credit may not be received for both CHEM 440  and CHEM-441.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 320  and CHEM 342  with grades of C or better.
  
  • CHEM 450 - Advanced Physical Chemistry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Topics will be selected from an advanced discussion of operators and commutation rules, angular momentum, spin, matrix mechanics, and scattering. Application of these topics may include further study of molecular spectroscopy and molecular structure, statistical mechanics, linear and non-linear dynamics, and computational methods. Same as PHYS 482  

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 352  and MATH 320  with grades of C or better OR PHYS 481 
    Crosslisted With: CHEM 650
  
  • CHEM 455 - Applied Nuclear Chemistry


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: One-hour lecture each week at UT Martin with 2-1/2 days of intensive instruction and lab work utilizing facilities of Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Nuclear structure, terminology and reactions. Emphasis on applications including energy from fission and fusion, dosimetry, tracer techniques, gamma spectroscopy, x-ray fluorescence, neutron activation analysis and related topics. A final written report is required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): CHEM 352  with grade of C or better.
    Crosslisted With: CHEM 655
  
  • CHEM 460 - Advanced Synthesis


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 6
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Lab course in the application of modern experimental techniques to the synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic compounds.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 320  and CHEM 342  with grades of C or better.
    Crosslisted With: CHEM 660
  
  • CHEM 470 - Introduction to Research in Chemistry


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: Students will be expected to spend at least three hours per week in the laboratory.
    When Offered: As Needed

    Introduction to conducting laboratory research, searching literature, maintaining laboratory research notebook, and writing research report. Course may be repeated for a total not to exceed three credits, but only one credit may be counted toward the major.

    Prerequisite(s): approval of supervising faculty member and department chair.
  
  • CHEM 480 - Special Topics [Topic Title]


    Credit(s): 1-3
    Lecture Hours: 1-3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    The courses will consist of intensive lectures and/or lab work on special topics in chemistry. Course may be repeated with total credits not to exceed three hours. Topics and prerequisites will be announced.

  
  • CHEM 490 - Research in Chemistry


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: As Needed

    Research projects or special topics under the active supervision of a faculty member. Students are required to submit a formal written research report in order to receive credit. May be repeated for credit, with no more than three hours counting towards requirements for the major. Same as PHYS 491 

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and instructor’s approval OR CHEM 470 

Child and Family Studies

  
  • CFS 100 - Lifespan Human Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Study of human needs and developmental processes across the lifecycle. Examination of individual and family well-being using a systems perspective.

  
  • CFS 200 - Early Childhood Curriculum


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Study of developmentally appropriate practices and the teacher’s role in supporting development of young children ages birth through eight. Emphasis on curriculum planning including goals, environment, roles of teachers and parents, materials and settings. Includes classroom experience.

  
  • CFS 205 - Safe, Healthy Learning Environment


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Study of the basic principles and practices of safety, health and nutrition as they relate to the early childhood setting, home and community for children ages birth through eight. Includes principles of creating appropriate learning environments for young children. Includes classroom experience.

  
  • CFS 210 - Family Dynamics and Community Involvement


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    The course focuses on the role of the family and community in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth of the child in a diverse society. Benefits of and strategies for developing positive, reciprocal relationships with families in an early childhood setting ages birth through eight are included. Field experiences are required.

  
  • CFS 211 - Child Growth and Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Growth and development of children from birth to adolescence in the context of family life. Includes lab observations.

  
  • CFS 215 - Initial Practicum


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    When Offered: As Needed

    This course is a supervised practicum with a minimum of 30 clock hours in seminar and 45 clock hours in early childhood practical experiences. The course includes a study of the physical and human qualities that combine to create an environment that is safe and healthy and promotes optimum learning for young children ages birth through eight.

  
  • CFS 303 - Family Relationships


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Factors affecting relationships within families throughout the life cycle. Focus on current lifestyles, changing family forms, cultural diversity and theoretical perspectives.

  
  • CFS 311 - Developmentally Appropriate Activities


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Planning, implementing and evaluating activities for infancy through adolescence. Emphasis on physical, cognitive, social, emotional and creative activities.

  
  • CFS 312 - Parenting Fathers, Mothers and Children


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Parent-child relationships. Emphasis on the uniqueness of parent-child relations at different stages of the life cycle, implications for child guidance and current issues related to parenthood.

    Prerequisite(s): CFS 100  or instructor’s approval.
  
  • CFS 313 - Child Guidance and Discipline


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Principles of guidance applicable to family and group situations involving children (all ages into adolescent years, with emphasis on early childhood years). Creating a desirable environment conducive to learning and behavioral development of the child as an individual member of the family and society.

    Prerequisite(s): CFS 100  or instructor’s approval.
  
  • CFS 400 - The Hospitalized Child


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A study focused on the development status and needs of medically involved children and their families with an emphasis on the professional preparation for a medically-related career in Child Life.

    Crosslisted With: CFS 600
  
  • CFS 402 - Housing Across the Lifespan


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Housing across the lifespan including planning for and analysis of interior spaces for human needs. Examination of physical, social, and economic housing environments affecting individuals, families, and communities.

    Crosslisted With: CFS 602
  
  • CFS 411 - Preschool Laboratory Practicum


    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Student guidance of children in preschool setting under supervision of the program director. Development of teaching techniques, planning, implementation and evaluation of creative group activities.

    Prerequisite(s): CFS 211 .
  
  • CFS 412 - Early Childhood Program Administration


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Developmentally appropriate administration and management of programs for young children.

    Prerequisite(s): CFS 100  or instructor’s approval.
  
  • CFS 421 - Adult Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Development from early through late adulthood, using a human systems perspective

    Prerequisite(s): CFS 100  and CFS 303  or permission of instructor.
    Crosslisted With: CFS 621.
  
  • CFS 442 - Developmental Disabilities in Children


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Etiological factors affecting young children with developmental delays. Cultural, familial, educational and legal implications. Behavioral characteristics of children observed in early intervention programs.

    Prerequisite(s): Six (6) hours in child development.
    Crosslisted With: CFS 642, SPED 490 /690 when title is the same
  
  • CFS 443 - Community Care and Curriculum Planning for Developmentally Disabled Preschool Children


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Resources available for community care of children and families, differentiating individual needs, curriculum planning for home and center based intervention, lab experience.

    Prerequisite(s): Six (6) hours in child development.
    Crosslisted With: CFS 643, SPED 490 /690 when title is the same

Computer Science

  
  • CSCI 201 - Introduction to Computer Applications


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Concepts of computer systems and procedures including software applications, input and output, data storage, communications and networks, Internet and World Wide Web and operating systems and system software. Emphasis on using integrated software tools on the microcomputer which include word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation graphics, communications, web browsers, electronic mail, personal information management and multimedia authoring. Credit does not apply to computer science minor requirements.

  
  • CSCI 211 - Introduction to Computer Programming


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Introduction to principles of computer science, information systems and beginning programming techniques in Visual BASIC. net. Includes the use of Visual BASIC for Applications to customize application software such as Microsoft Office.

  
  • CSCI 220 - Introduction to Computer Science


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An introduction to the field of computer science and a survey of computing-related topics intended for non-majors and Computer Science majors, who are not ready for CSCI 221 . Topics include the history of the discipline, programming in a modern high-level programming language, logic, computer architecture, operating systems, software applications, web development, and select high-level topics in Computer Science.

  
  • CSCI 221 - Programming Concepts and Problem Solving I


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An introduction to programming in the C language. Types and representations, arithmetic, strings, arrays, control structures, basic algorithm design, and problem solving.

    Prerequisite(s): placement in OR completion of MATH 110  or MATH 140  or above, OR Grade of C or better in CSCI 220 .
  
  • CSCI 222 - Programming Concepts and Problem Solving II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    A programming intensive continuation of CSCI 221  and introduction to the object oriented paradigm. Multidimensional arrays, structs, classes, inheritance and polymorphism, pointers and dynamic memory management, recursion, templates, and operator overloading.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in CSCI 221 .
  
  • CSCI 226 - Intermediate Programming in a Second Language


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Detailed study of programming in a language other than that studied in CSCI 221 . Emphasis placed on competent programming in the selected language, understanding the language’s main application areas, history, basis for creation, advantages and disadvantages. May be repeated one time for a total of six (6) hours credit with a different programming language.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 221 .
  
  • CSCI 250 - COBOL Programming


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Introduction to Common Business Oriented Language using structured methodology. Problem solving directed toward business applications.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 211  or CSCI 201  or CSCI 221 .
  
  • CSCI 260 - RPG Programming


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As Needed

    Report Program Generator with applications and programs oriented to commercial fields.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 201  or CSCI 211  or CSCI 221 .
  
  • CSCI 290 - Lower Division Special Topics: [Topic title]


    Credit(s): 1-3
    Lecture Hours: 1-3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Lectures and/or special projects related to various specialized topics. Possible topics include programming languages, operating systems, and additional software packages. Course may be repeated for a maximum of six (6) hours credit. Pass/Fail
    May be offered on a pass/fail basis.

    Prerequisite(s): Departmental approval required.
  
  • CSCI 301 - Discrete Structures for Computer Science I


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Applications of mathematics fundamental to the science and technology of Computer Science, providing an appropriate theoretical background for advanced courses. Topics include: propositional logic, predicate logic and quantified statements, functions, relations, counting and combinatorics, and probability.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 221  AND (either MATH 210  or MATH 251 ) or permission of instructor.

     

  
  • CSCI 302 - Discrete Structures for Computer Science II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    A continuation of CSCI 301 . Applications of mathematics fundamental to the science and technology of Computer Science. Topics include: proof techniques, sequences, recursion, set theory, graphs, trees, basic algorithm analysis, regular expressions, and finite-state automata.

     

     

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 301  and MATH 251  or permission of instructor.

  
  • CSCI 310 - System Administration


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Introduction to tools and techniques related to system administration. Command line tools, scripting, network administration, routing, security, user administration, and application support.

  
  • CSCI 320 - Assembler Language and Computer System Organization


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Structure of digital computers, introduction to machine language, number representations, symbolic coding and assembler language, register sets, instruction types, addressing modes, input-output subroutines, segmentation, paging and introduction to operating systems.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 222 .
  
  • CSCI 325 - Data Structures and Algorithms


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Detailed study of data structures and their implementations. Strings, lists, queues, stacks, graphs, trees, sparse arrays, and file structures. Algorithms involving iteration, recursion, sorting, searching, hashing and basic complexity analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 222 .
  
  • CSCI 335 - Mobile and Web Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Design and implementation of full stack (front and back end) systems with a focus on mobile and web development. Emphasis on integrating modern frameworks, languages, APIs, and technologies with a focus on team-based project development.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 340 - Numerical Analysis


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Formulation of numerical problems for solution on a digital computer. Error analysis and control, nonlinear equations, differentiation, integration, systems of equations, differential equations, curve fitting and eigenvalue problems.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 221  and MATH 252 ; CSCI 301  or MATH 310 .
    Crosslisted With: CSCI 540, MATH 340 /540
  
  • CSCI 350 - Advanced COB0L


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As Needed

    Business programming applications using advanced features of COBOL with emphasis on programming style, techniques, and structured programming.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 250 .
  
  • CSCI 351 - Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Study of the systems development life cycle system, various types of systems including business and government. Methods of designing systems, data management, input and output design, hardware selection and methods of information processing.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 221  or CSCI 250 .
  
  • CSCI 352 - Software Engineering


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Techniques, methodologies, and tools related to the planning, development, and maintenance of large software systems in a contemporary development setting. Focus on team-based development practices.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 222 .
  
  • CSCI 360 - Introduction to Computer Networks


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Fundamentals of networking connectivity and communications. Local and wide area network basics, networking architecture, layers, standards, and security. Network protocols including TCP/IP family of protocols. Techniques and projects on routing simulations, encryption and digital signatures, and client-server programming.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 371 - Competitive Programming Seminar


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    The application of a broad range of theoretical topics in computing to the construction of software systems and solutions. Focus will be given to environments of programming under pressure where programming speed, computational complexity, and correctness are imperative. Multi-paradigm programming, mathematics, data structures, dynamic programming, graph/path algorithms, network flow, computational geometry, string algorithms and techniques/strategies related to competitive programming. Course may be retaken for up to three (3) hours of credit as an upper division computer science elective.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 222   and permission of the instructor.
  
  • CSCI 380 - Artificial Intelligence


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    History, intelligent agents, classical search, game-playing, declarative programming, reasoning under uncertainty, and planning. Programming assignments will incorporate techniques covered in lecture and programming in languages appropriate to A. I.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 302  and CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 385 - Distributed Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Introduction to Distributed Systems. An introduction to the field of distributed systems, and the fundamental problems related to their design and construction. Concurrent programming, thread pools and safety, non-blocking I/O, scalable sever design, file system design, distributed mutual exclusion and deadlock detection, pipelining schems, and MapReduce.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 410 - Database Management Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Design and implementation of relational database systems. Topics include relational data models, ERD, normalization, SQL programming, transaction management and concurrency control, and object-oriented DBMS.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 415 - Web-Based Client-Server Programming


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Design and implementation of interactive client-server web-based applications and systems. Topics include client technologies, web server technologies, database storage, communication protocols, design patterns, and security.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 420 - Computer Organization and Architecture


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A study of the hardware and low-level software organization typical of a modern computing platform. Boolean Algebra, digital logic, instruction sets, assembly languages, representations of data, computer arithmetic, memory and processor architectures, pipelining, input-output systems, alternative architectures, and evolution of computing hardware.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 301  AND CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 430 - Algorithm Design and Analysis


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Introduction to algorithm design principles, techniques for the analysis of algorithms, problem-solving methodologies, and advanced data structures. Topics include searching and sorting, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming, graph algorithms, asymptotic analysis of algorithms, proofs of correctness, and advanced data structures.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 302  and CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 435 - Theory of Computation


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A theoretical treatment of formal languages, classical models of computation, and related issues including complexity and computability. Topics include formal languages and the relationship among classes of languages; models of computation including regular expressions, grammars, finite state machines, and Turing machines; complexity classes (specifically P, NP, and NP-Complete) with connections to classical problems in computing; and the nature of decidable and undecidable problems.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 302  and CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 445 - Computer Graphics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Frame buffers, display files, graphics primitives, transformations of two-dimensional spaces, windows, viewports, clipping, covering, transformations of three-dimensional space, parallel and perspective projections, stereoscopic views, hidden line algorithms.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
    Corequisite(s): MATH 310 .
  
  • CSCI 455 - Data Mining and Information Retrieval


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    An introduction to data mining and information retrieval concepts, algorithms, and techniques. Data preprocessing, association rule mining, classification models, clustering, text mining, retrieval models, indexing, relevance ranking, link analysis, PageRank, recommender systems, and evaluations.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
    Corequisite(s): MATH 210 .
  
  • CSCI 458 - Autonomous Mobile Robotics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A laboratory-style introduction to hardware and software issues related to the design and application of autonomous mobile robots. The course will cover fundamental concepts in robotics from a computational standpoint. Topics include sensors and actuators, and development of software for control, obstacle avoidance, planning and navigation, interaction with and manipulation of the physical world.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 460 - Bioinformatics


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: Spring Odd

    Introduction to bioinformatics, emphasizing application of computational tools and methodology in genomics, analysis of protein functions and structures, and DNA sequencing. Use of a high-level programming language such as Python and software tools such as BLAST to solve bioinformatics problems.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325  
  
  • CSCI 470 - Comparison of Programming Languages


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Syntax and basic characteristics of grammars, language constructs, storage allocation, binding times, and lexical analysis of programming languages. Families of programming languages studied include imperative (procedural), object oriented, functional, and logical languages.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 302 , CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 473 - Quantum Programming


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Quantum computing with a focus on software development and relevant high-level hardware abstractions. Quantum programming languages, logic gates, single and multi-qubit registers, superposition, arithmetic and logic, amplitude amplification, quantum Fourier transforms, phase estimation, search, and Shor’s algorithm, and other classical algorithms.
     

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 301  and CSCI 325  or permission of instructor.
  
  • CSCI 475 - Compilers, Interpreters and Language Translators


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Theory of compilable languages, construction of software for compiling, interpreting and translating computer languages. Study of various types of translators, implementation of a translator for a language.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 302  and CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 480 - Internship in Computer Science


    Credit(s): 1-6
    Lecture Hours: 1-6
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Supervised work experience in business establishments, institutions, or other organizations matched to the student’s curriculum. May be repeated for up to a total of six (6) hours internship credit. A maximum of three (3) hours may be used to fulfill upper-division computer science electives.

    Prerequisite(s): Departmental approval is required; at least Junior standing.
  
  • CSCI 485 - Computer Operating Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A study of operating systems, processing of l/O and interrupt service, buffering, spooling and memory management services, security and error protection, systems accounting and resource allocation, multiprogramming and multi-processing, inter-process communication, includes the study and use of several operating systems.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 301  and CSCI 325 .
  
  • CSCI 490 - Advanced Topics in Computer Science [Topic title]


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Lectures and/or special projects related to specialized advanced topics in computer science. May be repeated for credit for different Topic titles. May be offered on a pass/fail basis. Prereq: CSCI 325 and instructor approval required. Course may be repeated for a maximum of six (6) hours credit. Pass/Fail
    May be offered on a pass/fail basis.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 325  and instructor approval required.
  
  • CSCI 495 - Senior Design Project


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Selected topics in computer science including trends, ethics, employment, and graduate school opportunities. Small teams will complete senior design projects. Teams will present results at a local conference and summarize work in a technical report.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 302  and CSCI 325 , computer science major, senior standing, and permission of department faculty.

Construction Management

  
  • CMGT 201 - Introduction to Construction Management


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As needed

    Introduction to the practice and principles of construction management as it relates to both vertical and horizontal construction.

  
  • CMGT 220 - Construction Documents


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Introduction to creating and interpreting construction documents used in the construction industry to build vertical and horizontal construction projects. The design process (programming schematic design, design development, and construction drawings) will be discussed.

  
  • CMGT 300 - Construction Safety


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Study of construction safety management and controls. Introduction of the various causes of construction accidents and adopted strategies to prevent injuries and illnesses, emphasizing OSHA Standards. Students will be required to complete the OSHA 30 Hour training and receive certification for this.

  
  • CMGT 301 - Construction Law and Contracts


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As needed

    The course covers different contract methods or arrangements used by the Construction industry to contract and procure construction work. The course introduces students to construction law in support of planning and the execution of construction work. 

  
  • CMGT 313 - Construction Internship


    Credit(s): 1
    When Offered: As needed

    Students will work with an approved construction entity for 400 hours.

  
  • CMGT 320 - MEP Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Introduction to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in site infrastructure and vertical construction.

  
  • CMGT 330 - Construction Scheduling


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As needed

    Principles of construction scheduling, including analytical and quantitative scheduling and management techniques as they apply to both vertical and horizontal construction projects.

    Prerequisite(s): CMGT 220  
  
  • CMGT 355 - Construction Methods


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As needed

    A descriptive study of the materials and construction methods, focusing on nomenclature, building materials, and assembly of building systems consisting primarily of wood, masonry, residential interior and exterior finishes, and building foundations.

    Prerequisite(s): CMGT 220  
  
  • CMGT 359 - Construction Estimating I


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Study of basic estimating as applied to construction projects. Includes the take-off of material quantities, assigning labor and equipment production rates, and applying material prices, wage rates, and equipment costs to derive total job costs. The course uses EXCEL.

  
  • CMGT 400 - Construction Estimating II


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Continuation of basic construction estimating with the additional component of computerized estimating. Includes material, labor, and equipment costs, production rates, bid ethics, constructability analysis, and understanding other types of estimating procedures. Students will participate in a mock bid competition.

  
  • CMGT 410 - Senior Construction Management Capstone I


    Credit(s): 1
    When Offered: As needed

    Students develop a capstone project that entails the knowledge obtained in all previous courses in the Construction Management program. Students will work together as a team consisting of students, the construction industry, and construction management faculty.

  
  • CMGT 411 - Senior Construction Management Capstone II


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    A continuation of CMGT 410. Students complete a capstone project that entails the knowledge obtained in all previous courses in the Construction Management program. Students will work together as a team consisting of students, the construction industry, and construction management faculty. 

  
  • CMGT 419 - Principles and Practices of Sustainable Construction


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As needed

    The course focuses on the principles and practices of green building. Strategies to reduce energy, water, and material resources are explored from a contractor’s perspective. The LEED rating system is reviewed, and students develop the skills and knowledge needed to pass the LEED Green Associates Exam. 

  
  • CMGT 450L - Concrete Laboratory


    Credit(s): 1
    When Offered: As needed

    Standard concrete laboratory tests and design project with test verification.

  
  • CMGT 459 - Construction Project Management


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Study of construction business organizations, project delivery methods, field organization, policy, ethics, project management, control systems, labor-management relations, and productivity.


Consumer Resource Management

  
  • CRMG 202 - Consumers and the Market


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As Needed

    Consumers as purchasing agents in a complex marketplace. Buyer-seller relationship, effective decision making and consumer protection practices.

  
  • CRMG 205 - Cultural Etiquette


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Protocols and strategies integrating modern lifestyles with the proprieties of social and business conduct, interactions within multicultural and international settings.

  
  • CRMG 210 - Leadership Roles in Resident Settings


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Assessment of leadership styles and skills applicable to resident settings. Development of personal competencies essential for leadership roles among persons in resident groups.

  
  • CRMG 302 - Personal and Family Finance


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Financial planning for attaining individual and family goals. Individual and household management of resources and private measures to reduce economic risks. Federal tax system, investments and estate planning.

  
  • CRMG 403 - Housing and Home Equipment


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    When Offered: Spring

    Analysis of home equipment needs, selection, use and care. Evaluation of recent developments. Space planning to maximize effective use of equipment.

    Crosslisted With: CRMG 603
  
  • CRMG 413 - Resource Management for Special Groups


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Allocations and adaptations of personal and family resources for special groups: physically and mentally handicapped, aged, low-income, single heads of household and social re-entries from institutions.

    Prerequisite(s): Six hours of courses in family and consumer sciences or instructor’s approval.
    Crosslisted With: CRMG 613

Counseling

  
  • COUN 420 - Introduction to Counseling


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An orientation to counseling, guidance skills and principles including sociological, historical and philosophical foundations of pupil personnel services; informing students and parents of the purposes of the guidance program, confidentiality, ethics in the counseling relationship and the profession, gender and multicultural issues in counseling and contemporary trends or issues in counseling.

    Crosslisted With: COUN 620

Criminal Justice

  
  • CJ 200 - Introduction to Criminal Justice


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An intensive examination of the philosophical and historical backgrounds, agencies and processes, purposes and functions, administration and technical problems and career orientations of our criminal justice system. Extensive reading required. Critical thinking, problem solving and writing exercises are utilized. This course is a prerequisite to all other criminal justice courses.

  
  • CJ 211 - Principles of Law Enforcement


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    An introduction to the complex responsibilities, procedures and policies of a law enforcement agency operating in a pluralistic, multi-culture, free market, democratic society. Extensive reading required. Critical thinking, problem solving and writing exercises geared to practical applications in law enforcement are core requirements of this course. Interaction with computer based software applications for research required.

  
  • CJ 212 - Courts


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: Fall

    An overview of the criminal court system and process of adjudication of a criminal case from the time of arrest to final disposition.

  
  • CJ 213 - Introduction to Corrections


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: Spring

    Introduction to corrections, emphasizing the history, evolution, functions, operations, and practical realities of crime control in America.

  
  • CJ 250 - Juvenile Delinquency


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: Fall

    Students will be exposed to the theories that help professionals understand the development of delinquency within the context of individuals, families, and communities. Understanding the mechanisms that contribute to delinquency is important for juvenile justice and social science professionals as his understanding should directly guide the policies and practices of the justice system.

  
  • CJ 301 - Drugs and Society


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Comprehensive examination of drug abuse; the biological, psychological, and social impact of drugs; the history and business of drugs; drug laws and drug policy implications; and the criminal justice system response.

  
  • CJ 302 - Criminal Justice Ethics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An examination of the ethical issues encountered within the Criminal Justice System. Critical moral reasoning, criteria for ethical decision making, codes of professional ethics and typical ethical dilemmas in the Criminal Justice System will be covered.

  
  • CJ 303 - Research Methods


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Major concepts and techniques in social science research, including the scientific method, measurement, sampling, data collection, interpretation of statistics and evaluation settings. Data analysis techniques include descriptive and inferential statistics, including central tendency, variability, analysis of variance, and correlation. The course includes training in the use of statistical programs in order to calculate statistics.

  
  • CJ 304 - Law Enforcement Professional Practice


    Credit(s): 3-12
    When Offered: As needed

    Pre-service training for law enforcement personnel. Credit is awarded only upon successful completion of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy Basic Police School, or equivalent. If substituted for the CJ 321-422 sequence, only sufficient credit hours to complete the sequence will be awarded.

  
  • CJ 305 - Correction Professional Practice


    Credit(s): 6
    When Offered: As needed

    Pre-service training for correction personnel. Credit is awarded only upon successful completion of the Tennessee Correction Academy, or equivalent.

 

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