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May 20, 2024
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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]
Graduate Courses
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A list of graduate courses in alphabetical order.
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SOCI 585 - Law and Society
Law as a social institution, including the origins of law and its relationship to other social institutions, social control, and social change. A culminating experience-integrating theory, methods, and scholarly writing-is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Graduate standing in Sociology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 587 - Gender and Crime
Relationships between gender and crime, internationally and nationally. Trends in female and male crime and victimization; the treatment of women and men in criminal justice systems. May include visits to appropriate agencies. A culminating experience-integrating theory, methods, and scholarly writing-is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Graduate standing in Sociology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 588 - Juvenile Delinquency
Social and psychological factors in delinquent behavior; causation, prevention, and rehabilitation; the role of community agencies; the juvenile court. May include visits to juvenile correctional agencies. A culminating experience-integrating theory, methods, and scholarly writing-is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Graduate standing in Sociology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 592 - Comparative Criminology
Historical and comparative analysis of crime and the criminal justice system in Europe, the United States, developing countries, and socialist societies. A culminating experience-integrating theory, methods, and scholarly writing-is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Graduate standing in Sociology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 595 - Proseminar in Sociology
Analysis and synthesis of current research, concepts, and issues in various areas. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 596X - History and Social Science Instruction for Secondary and Middle Grades Educators
Crosslisted as ANTH 596X, ECON 596X, GEOG 596X, HIST 596, POLS 596X, AND PSYC 596X. Organization and presentation of materials for history and social science courses at the middle grades and secondary levels.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Admission to the history or social science secondary or middle grades educator licensure program and permission of Department of History’s office of educator licensure.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 602 - Internship
Work as an intern in an agency engaged in activities related to sociology. Reading and preparation of a paper under the supervision of a department faculty member. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Admission to M.A. program in sociology or consent of department.
Credits: 3-6
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SOCI 650 - Complex Organizations
Comparative analyses of the functioning of complex groupings; growth, authority, leadership and decision-making, centralization and dispersion, survival and change in various types of organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 170 and one other course in sociology, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 652 - Community Analysis
Selected topics and studies in the structure and functioning of urban communities. Attention given to urbanization and other processes and associated factors.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: 9 semester hours of sociology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 659 - Social Structure and Development
Comparative analysis of social structural change resulting from industrialization and modernization in developing societies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 664 - Research Fields and Problems in Social Psychology
Historical developments related to recent research in experimental social psychology, small groups, and related fields. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department. Recommended: A course in social psychology.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 670 - Classical Sociological Theory
Critique of classical theory paradigms.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Three hours credit earned in sociological theory or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 671 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
Critique of contemporary theory paradigms.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 670 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 672 - Advanced Topics in Sociology
Advanced coverage of selected topics in sociology. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours as the topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 674 - The Research Process in Sociology
Discussion of the social scientific method, creation and selection of research problems, research design, and methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 675 - Quantitative Analysis
Methods of sampling and testing hypotheses; statistical inference; correlation and other measures of association; and methods of analyzing quantitative variables.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: 3 semester hours in statistics or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 676 - Advanced Quantitative Analysis
Extensions of the regression model in sociological research.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 675 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 677 - Qualitative Research Methods in Sociology
Methods of collecting and analyzing qualitative data for research in sociology, including ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and observation. Not open for credit to students having credit in ANTH 560.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 681 - Theories of Delinquency and Crime
Relation of theories of delinquency and crime to general biological, sociological, and psychological theories.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 588 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 682 - Law and Social Control
Institutional relationships among social order, law, justice, and legal coercion. Emphasis on factors underlying the enactment, enforcement, and administration of the law, including interest-group politics, social structure, and economic institutions. Court and police tensions, the changing role of policing in America, and minority pressures on the law and the police.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 588 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 683 - Race, Class, Gender, and Crime
Analysis of crime, law, and social inequality. Consideration of how structural location influences patterns of criminal participation, arrest and prosecution, and punishment. Explores causes and consequences of differential treatment for racial/ ethnic minorities, the poor, and women.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 687 - Penology and Penal Institutions
Justice and punishment; penal reformers and their social context; penitentiaries and reformatories in the 19th century; the designs and origination of modern prisons; the prison system; the courts and modern prisons.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 588 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 689 - Criminal Justice in Society
Police, courts, and corrections in America: their organizations and policies, their patterns of recruitment and promotion, plea bargaining, police power, treatment of minorities, and sensitivity to social and political issues. Examination of selected communities.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Previous course in criminology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 690 - Independent Study in Sociology
Supervised readings and research in special areas of sociology. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Written permission of department.
Credits: 1-3
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SOCI 699 - Master’s Thesis
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Credits: 1-6
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SOCI 751 - Seminar in Social Institutions and Social Organization
Recent research in particular institutions (religion, family, education, or other topics) or in aspects of social organizations (stratification, population, or other selected topics). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 761 - Seminar in Social Psychology
Theory, experimental social psychology, small groups, gerontology, or other topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: A graduate course in social psychology or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 762 - Seminar in Sociology of Health/Aging
Recent developments in the sociological study of health and/or aging. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 770 - Seminar in Sociological Theory
Analyses of viewpoints, such as functionalism, systems theory, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, or areas such as logic of research, social change, sociology of knowledge, or other topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SOCI 595 or SOCI 671 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 775 - Seminar in Research Methods
Recent developments in methods of sociological research (systems analysis, survey methods, statistical techniques, or other specific methodological problems). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department. Recommended: SOCI 676.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 781 - Seminar in Social Disorganization/Criminology
Analysis of conflict, war, revolution, natural catastrophes, social change; or delinquency and crime, prison systems, criminal law, or criminal justice. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department. Recommended: SOCI 681.
Credits: 3
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STAT 500 - Introduction to Probability Theory
Probability spaces, random variables, discrete, continuous, mixed probability distributions, moment generating functions, multivariate distributions, conditional probability, conditional expectation, special distributions, laws of large numbers, and central limit theorem.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 232 and STAT 300, or consent of department. CRQ: MATH 240 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 510 - Mathematical Statistics I
Distributions of functions of random variables, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem, interval estimation, sufficiency, completeness, point estimation, and principles of Bayesian estimation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 400 or ACSC 400X, or STAT 500, or STAT 600; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 511 - Mathematical Statistics II
Principles of statistical hypothesis testing including the likelihood ratio test, uniformly most powerful tests and Bayesian testing techniques, theory of linear models including multiple linear regression and ANOVA.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 515 - Computational Methods in Statistics
An introduction to the software commonly used in modern statistical methods. Applications will focus on statistical data analysis, data management, and simulation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410 and CSCI 240 or equivalent, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 517 - Applied Statistical Learning
Modern statistical methods for supervised and unsupervised learning with an emphasis on model assessment, selection, and regularization. Practical problems are solved using statistical software packages. A particular emphasis is placed on high dimensional problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 535 - Applied Regression Analysis
In-depth exploratory data analysis and graphical techniques, and statistical methods for regression analysis. Includes techniques for model selection, assessment of influential observations, and verification of model assumptions.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 240 and STAT 300; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 536 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
Design and analysis of single, multifactor, factorial, nested, and randomized block designs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 435, or STAT 535, or STAT 635; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 537 - Categorical Data Analysis
Contingency tables. Poisson, binomial, and multinomial regression techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 435, or STAT 535, or STAT 635; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 538 - Applied Time Series Analysis
Removal and estimation of trend and seasonality; autoregressive, moving average, and mixed models; model identification and estimation; diagnostic checking; and the use of time series models in forecasting.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 435, or STAT 535, or STAT 635; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 600 - Probability Theory
Review of measures, measurable functions, and algebras of events. Random variables and their moments and characteristic function. Sequences of random variables and various modes of convergence. Borel-Cantelli Lemma and Kolmogorov 0-1 law. Weak and strong laws of large numbers. Convergence in distributions and central limit theorems. Conditional expectation and martingales. Brownian motion and stochastic processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 400 or ACSC 400X, or MATH 630, or STAT 500, or STAT 600; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 601 - Stochastic Processes
Markov chains and processes. Brownian motion and Gaussian processes. Point processes and renewal processes. Martingales and weakly dependent stochastic processes. Convergence of stochastic processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 600 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 610 - Theory of Statistics I
Axiomatic foundations of probability, random variables and vectors, expectation, families of distributions, and transformations of random variables and vectors, convergence of distributions, convergence of random variables, derived distributions, distribution of the sample mean and variance.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 400 or ACSC 400X, or STAT 500, or STAT 600; or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 611 - Theory of Statistics II
Principles of data reduction, sufficiency, point estimation including method of moments, Bayesian and likelihood methods, evaluation of point estimators, developing and evaluating statistical hypothesis tests including likelihood ratio and Bayesian tests, interval estimation, asymptotic considerations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 610 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 617 - Statistical Learning
Supervised learning algorithms such as classification, regression, splines, lasso and other shrinkage methods, bootstrap, boosting, tree based methods and support vector machines, and unsupervised learning algorithms such as clustering and principal components analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410 and STAT 415; or STAT 510; or STAT 610 and STAT 515; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 625 - Bayesian Statistics
Bayesian inference, loss function and risk, one parameter models and posterior inference, conjugate priors, non-informative priors, multi-parameter models, Bayesian computation, Gibbs sampling and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods and applications in different areas. Additional topics may include decision theory, theoretical and convergence properties of the Markov chain samplers, Bayesian model checking, selection and assessment criteria, hierarchical models, Bayesian survival analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 635 - Regression Analysis
Simple and multiple linear regression, estimation, confidence intervals and tests, and prediction. Theoretical analysis of the effect of departures from assumptions. Theoretical development of diagnostic methods using residuals, transformations, outliers, and influence analysis. Remedies for departures from assumptions. Theory of model selection. Regularization methods including ridge regression and lasso techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 611 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 637 - Models for Discrete Data
A first course in the analysis of discrete data including two-dimensional tables, the log linear model, goodness-of-fit of the model, measures of dependence, three and higher dimensional tables, hierarchical models, model selection, ordered categories, logit model, zero frequency problem, and introduction to Bayesian analysis of categorical data. In addition, multivariate version of Binomial and Poisson distribution will be reviewed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410 and STAT 437; or ACSC 437X, or STAT 510, or STAT 610 and STAT 537, or STAT 637; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 638 - Time Series Analysis
Models for analysis of time series data including mean and covariance functions of stationary time series, moving average, autoregressive and mixed models, identification and estimation in ARMA (p,q) models, asymptotic properties of estimators, periodogram and spectral analysis, and regression with time series error.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 639 - Survival Analysis
Censoring, Kaplan-Meier estimator, log-rank tests, Cox proportional hazards and accelerated failure time regression models, diagnostics, competing risks and frailty models.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 640 - Longitudinal Data Analysis
Repeated measure ANOVA and MANOVA, linear mixed models, generalized linear mixed models, generalized estimating equations. Possible additional topics include analysis of data from crossover designs, and statistical validation of questionnaires.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410 and STAT 435; or STAT 510, or STAT 610 and STAT 535; or STAT 635; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 642 - Quantitative Risk Management
Risk measures; statistical methods in extreme value theory; multivariate distributions and dependence; elliptical distributions and copulas; credit risk modeling; operational risk and insurance analytics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 400 or ACSC 400X, or STAT 500, or STAT 600; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 643 - Linear Models
Theory of linear models with applications to the analysis of variance and regression and to the design of experiments.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: STAT 611 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 644 - Generalized Linear Models
Topics on generalized linear models, such as the exponential family of distributions, maximum likelihood estimation and inference, normal linear models, logistic regression for binary outcomes, nominal and ordinal logistic models, and Poisson regression and log-linear models.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 611 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 645 - Multivariate Statistics
Introduction to the techniques of multivariate analysis including description of multivariate data, reducing the dimension, principal components, factor analysis, estimation and testing for the parameters in multinormal populations, and multivariate analysis of variance. Problems which involve the use of computers will be treated.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 646 - Nonparametric Statistics
Order statistics and ranks, distribution free statistics, linear rank statistics, and U-statistics. Asymptotic relative efficiency. Nonparametric density estimation and regression, kernel methods, bandwidth selection, roughness penalties. Nonparametric resampling methods, standard error estimation, bootstrap confidence intervals, bootstrap tests. Nonparametric observed confidence levels.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 611 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 667 - Reliability and Life Testing
Survival function, failure rate, types of censored data, estimation for parametric models, accelerated life tests, competing risks, and Bayesian analysis of survival data.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 410, or STAT 510, or STAT 610; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 695 - Statistical Consulting
Content varies and involves participation in actual consulting projects. Topics may include statistical techniques commonly used in solving real life problems, model formulation given specific data and research questions, identification of parameters and solutions, client-consultant interaction techniques, ill-posed problems and their formulation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 697 - Independent Study
May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
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STAT 699 - Master’s Thesis
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 0-6
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STAT 775 - Topics in Statistics
Content varies; may include courses in linear models, estimation, hypothesis testing, decision theory, and Bayesian inference. May be repeated to a maximum of 15 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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STAT 790 - Seminar in Statistics
Discussions on topics in advanced probability and statistics as scheduled. Topics include but are not limited to probability theory, stochastic processes, statistical inference, nonparametric statistics, multivariate analysis, linear and nonlinear models, discrete data analysis, time series. One to 9 semester hours as scheduled. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 semester hours, not more than 15 of which may be on a single topic.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
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TECH 500 - Research in Industry and Technology
Designed to acquaint the student with research methodology as it applies to technology and industrial education. Students develop competence in research design, interpretation of research results, and the application of statistical techniques to solving technical problems.
Credits: 3
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TECH 501 - Ethics in Technology
Exploration from the point of view of ethical theory of a number of ethical problems in the work environment encountered by technologists and engineers. Recognizing the moral aspects of business decisions on the personal level and of business institutions on the social level.
Credits: 3
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TECH 502 - Industrial Training and Evaluation
History of employee training, kinds of training, training programs, instructional methods, and evaluation procedures.
Credits: 3
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TECH 504 - Supervision in Industry
Principles, methods, and techniques for supervision of people in their work. For supervisory personnel and those preparing for such positions.
Credits: 3
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TECH 506 - Facilities Management Technology
Overview of the technology facility management responsibilities, policies, and practices that are involved with implementing and/or managing technology properties that have sustainable goals connected to it. Identification of competencies needed by the technology facility management function to properly design, operate, and maintain the facilities within the scope of responsibilities of technology facilities managers.
Credits: 3
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TECH 507 - Maintenance Management Technology
Concepts and theories of preventive, predictive, and total productive maintenance (TPM). Statistical concepts relevant to maintenance. Operation improvement through TPM.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 511 - Environmental Sustainability Practices for Industrial Operations
Analysis of the production processes of selected industrial sectors, their specific environmental and human health/safety impacts, multiple approaches to mitigate the impacts, and the financial benefits of resource and waste reduction. Addresses potential hazards of emerging materials and technologies. Integrated environmental, health and safety auditing of applicable EPA, OSHA, and international environmental regulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 245 or TECH 305 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 514 - Computer-Aided Machine Design
Features-based and parametric solid modeling techniques, design principles of machine elements, design for manufacturability, stress, strain and load distributions, developments in standards for exchange of product design data.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: PHYS 150 and PHYS 151 and TECH 265 and TECH 311; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 515 - Applied Industrial Experimental Design
Application of experimental methods to common problems in manufacturing, and electronics. Appropriate data analysis, design concepts, cost estimation, and presentation of results and solutions with specific emphasis on applied problems in manufacturing environments. Industrially relevant, commonly available software will be used as problem solving tools whenever possible.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 155 and STAT 208, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 522 - Advanced Industrial Manufacturing
Study of modern industrial organization and operations; trends in industrialization and globalization; computer applications in manufacturing including CAD/CAM integration, virtual prototyping, product data management; automation technologies, supply chain management technologies, data communications, and networking; and emerging trends in e-manufacturing. Case studies and industrial research project required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 425 or TECH 444, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 523 - Automated Manufacturing Systems
Study of automated manufacturing systems utilized by industry, including robotics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, computer-aided inspection, and system integration using PLCs, sensors, DAQ systems, and other automation components. Emphasis on laboratory experiences with automated technology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 325, TECH 326, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 525 - Advanced Programmable Electronic Controllers
PLC applications in automation including analog process control, and advanced PLC functions, communications and networking, HMIs, computer based controls and remote I/O systems. Interfacing with sensors and instrumentation. Emphasis on laboratory experiences with communications, networking, remote I/O applications, PC based controls and interfacing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 325 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 527 - Testing Methods, Procedures, and Selection of Sustainable Plastics
Study of plastics (polymers) with emphasis on energy-efficient, renewable, and recycled thermoplastics, thermosets, and composite materials in addition to the study of specific properties of plastics material, standard testing methods/procedures, and product application.
Credits: 3
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TECH 529 - Plant Location, Layout, and Materials Handling
Analysis of plant location, layout, and material handling systems in achieving manufacturing/service goals. Different approaches to location, layout, and material handling systems are presented.
Credits: 3
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TECH 531 - Industrial Ventilation
Application of principles of industrial ventilation for the safety professional. Emphasis on the designing of ventilation to protect workers and the environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 110, CHEM 111, MATH 155, TECH 245, TECH 534, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 532 - Disaster Preparedness
Crosslisted as UNIV 510X. Introduction to the field of homeland security, emergency management, business continuity planning, and disaster preparedness. Discussion of the risks and hazards associated with planned events, emergencies, natural, human-made, and technological disasters. Emphasis on hazard recognition, planning, mitigation, response, and recovery from these types of events. Two graduate level projects demonstrate hazard analysis and emergency planning concepts. Enrollment not open to students with credit in UNIV 310X, TECH 432, and UNIV 510X.
Credits: 3
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TECH 533 - Chemical Hazards in Industry
Basic concepts of chemical hazards as related to materials used in business and industrial work places. Assessment of the hazards of chemicals and how to manage them safely.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 110, CHEM 111, MATH 155, TECH 534, and TECH 537, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 534 - Human Factors in Industrial Accident Prevention
Survey of human factors principles and techniques used to minimize the frequency and severity of industrial accidents.
Credits: 3
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TECH 535 - Legal Aspects of Safety
Study of the development of federal and state legislation and programs relating to worker safety. Analysis of the implication of these laws and programs for industrial safety.
Credits: 3
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TECH 536 - Design and Administration of Environmental Health and Safety Programs
Analysis and application of current environmental health and safety management systems. Development of topic-specific safety programs and procedures. Preparation of a business case for implementing changes in safety practices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 231, TECH 534 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 537 - Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
Application of principles of industrial (or occupational) hygiene for the safety specialist, whose role has been greatly expanded by legislation and current industry practices. Emphasis on recognition and evaluation of stress-producing conditions in the workplace including chemical exposure, noise, ventilation, temperature, radiation, lighting, and their effect on human performance and productivity.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 538 - Safety in Transportation Systems
Status of, and rationale for, improvements in safety practices and legislation for the commercial carriers (rail, pipeline, highway, water, and air transportation). Each student investigates one system in depth.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 540 - Monitoring and Evaluating Exposures to Hazardous Materials
Theory and methodology of evaluating exposures to hazardous materials, risk assessment techniques, and exposure response. Detailed examination of human exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive agents.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 110, CHEM 111, PHYS 150, PHYS 151, and TECH 537; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 541 - Hazard Control in Industrial Operations
Advanced study of controls for environmental, safety, and health issues (ESH). Concepts related to materials handling systems in relation to the design and use of guards and protective devices. Advanced concepts within the realm of safety analysis and applications within industrial settings. Emphasis on OSHA requirements and applications of these requirements to various industrial processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 231 and TECH 245, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 542 - Work Simplification and Measurement
Techniques for improving and standardizing methods; procedures for measuring work and developing time standards in production and service activities.
Credits: 3
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TECH 543 - Engineering Economy
Principles used in the systematic evaluation of the net worth of benefits resulting from proposed engineering and business ventures in relation to the expenditures associated with those undertakings.
Credits: 3
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TECH 544 - Production Control Systems
Implementation and operation of manufacturing systems including facility planning, quality improvement, labor measurement, production, and inventory control systems. Forecasting methods; the design and organization of routings, schedules, and bills-of-material; computer-based materials control; quality and productivity techniques within process and job-lot environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 549 - Reliability Issues and Product Testing
Reliability management. Reliability issues in design, development, and maintainability. Product testing, data collection, and corrective action techniques. Warranty and product liability certification. Emphasis on the American Society for Quality certificate examination body of knowledge.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 550 - Leadership Theories and Techniques
Study of leadership theories and managerial techniques used to accomplish predetermined results through others. Topics include planning, motivation, communication, delegation, and employee selection as applied in industrial settings/situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 504 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 560 - International Industrial Competition: U.S. Impact and Strategies
International developments affecting U.S. industries, foreign competition, policy and management strategies; dynamics of the European Community, Andean Pact, and ASEAN. Impact of working across nationalities and cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 562 - Industrial Systems Management
Organizational structures; integrated systems management of product and process design, production, automation, technology, engineering, maintenance, and quality; technology/worker interface; implementation of change, international issues, and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 568 - Construction Safety Management
Identification, assessment, and control of construction-specific safety hazards. Management of safety on multiemployer construction worksites.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 570 - Fiber Optics Communications
Fundamentals of fiber optics; fiber optics system components and applications in communication; cellular telephone technology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 378 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 573 - Advanced Electrical Servomechanisms
Analysis and design of servomechanisms using analytical tools.
Credits: 3
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TECH 575 - Analysis of Microprocessors
Analysis of microprocessors with emphasis on architecture, state transition, machine cycles, and timing diagrams; instruction set; and interface techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 377 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 576 - Industrial Control Electronics
Basic hardware involved in servomechanism and process control systems. Topics include sensors, actuators, signal conditioners, data acquisition systems, power interfaces, and analog and digital controllers.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 376 and TECH 379, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 581 - Ergonomics
Study of the basic human factors in engineering systems with emphasis on human-machine systems in relation to equipment designs and the work environment. Analyses of organizational factors relevant to operators at work, including monotony, repetitive work, training, and selection.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 155; and either both PHYS 150 and PHYS 151, or PHYS 250; and TECH 534; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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TECH 582 - Industrial Safety Engineering Analysis
Practical theories and applications of safety engineering in the industrial environment. Accident investigation and job safety analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 155; and either both PHYS 150 and PHYS 151, or PHYS 210; and TECH 231; and TECH 245; and TECH 534; and TECH 541; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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