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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
 

Mathematics
  

  • MATH 450 - Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 350  or Consent of Instructor
    Topics include: vector field theory and Fourier analysis.
  

  • MATH 451 - Complex Analysis

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 240  and MATH 250 
    Topics include: complex variable, analytic functions, complex integration, power series and conformal mappings.
  

  • MATH 452 - Computational Bioinformatics (Cross-listed as COMP 452)

    Units: 4
    Four hours lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite: Programming experience and Statistics, or consent of the instructor
    Description: Basic computational models used in molecular biology will be introduced. Topics include algorithms for string alignments, dynamic programming, structural superposition algorithms, computing with differential information, 3D motifs, Hidden Markov Models, phylogenetic trees, statistical/ information techniques for pattern recognition, genetic algorithms.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 452
  

  • MATH 480 - Differential and Riemannian Geometry

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 351 
    Topics include: Implicit Function theorem. Differentials, Riemannian manifolds, curvature, local isometries, Gauss-Bonnet Theorem.
  

  • MATH 482 - Number Theory and Cryptography

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 300   or MATH 301  
    Description: Topics include: Divisibility, prime numbers, unique factorization theorem, congruences, solutions of linear congruences, solutions of quadratic congruences, Fermat’s Little Theorem, Wilson’s Theorem, and Euler’s phi function, Cryptography.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MATH 484 - Algebraic Geometry and Coding Theory

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 393 
    Study of algebraic varieties over algebraically closed fields. Modern application to coding theory.
  

  • MATH 490 - Topics in Modern Mathematics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
    New developments in mathematics. Repeatable by topic up to 12 units.
  

  • MATH 492 - Internship

    Units: 1-3
    Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing and Program approval of written proposal
    Supervised work and study in educational, industrial or scientific setting involving development of degree related skills. All students are required to present their projects at the Senior Colloquium. Repeatable up to 12 units.
  

  • MATH 493 - Abstract Algebra II

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 393 
    Field extensions, Galois theory, rings and modules, and further topics on groups, rings, and fields.
  

  • MATH 494 - Independent Research

    Units: 1-3
    Prerequisite: Senior standing and Program approval of written proposal
    Supervised project involving theoretical research in the field of mathematics or its applications. All students are required to present their projects at the Senior Colloquium. Repeatable up to 12 units.
  

  • MATH 497 - Directed Studies

    Units: 3
    Prerequisite: Program approval of written proposal
    Supervised project involving library research in the field of mathematics or its applications. All students are required to present their projects at the Senior Colloquium. Repeatable up to 12 units.
  

  • MATH 499 - Senior Colloquium

    Units: 1
    One hour seminar per week
    Prerequisite: Senior Standing
    Description: Oral presentations of current advancement in the field, and reports on students’ projects. Repeat 12 times up to 12 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MATH 510 - Advanced Image Analysis Techniques (Cross-listed as PHYS 510, COMP 510)

    Units: 3
    Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MS Mathematics Program or MS Computer Science Program
    Image processing course in the fundamentals of 2-D digital signal processing with emphasis in image processing techniques, image filtering design and applications. Programming exercises in Matlab (or Octave) will be used to implement the various processes, and their performance on synthetic and real images will be studied. Applications in medicine, robotics, consumer electronics and communications.
    Same as: PHYS 510 , COMP 510 
  

  • MATH 511 - Functional Analysis

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Topics include: metric spaces, function spaces, normed vector spaces, linear operators. Banach spaces, Hilbert space, Spectral theory, and fundamental theorems in functional analysis. Applications in various fields including computer science, bioinformatics, and statistical analysis.
  

  • MATH 512 - Probabilistic Methods and Measure Theory

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MS Mathematics Program or MS Computer Science Program
    Introduction to probabilistic methods. Topic include: sigma algebras, measures, integrals, Lebesgue measure, main convergence results and the change of variable results for integrals. Probabilistic methods in computational sciences are studied. Fall 2012 course number changed from MATH 510 to MATH 512.
  

  • MATH 513 - Advanced Algebra

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Topics include: Techniques of Group Theory, Rings Fields, Modules, Galois Theory, Algebraic Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Techniques of Linear Algebra, Noncommutative Algebra, and Homological Algebra.
  

  • MATH 546 - Pattern Recognition (Cross-listed as PHYS 546, COMP 546)

    Units: 3
    Three hours of lecture in the lab per week.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    New and emerging applications of pattern recognition (PR) such as data mining, web searching, multimedia data retrieval, face recognition, and cursive handwriting recognition - require robust and efficient techniques. Statistical decision making and estimation are fundamental to the study of PR. Pattern content is analyzed using feature extraction and classification. The principles and concepts underpinning PR, and the evolution, utility and limitations of various techniques (including neural networks) will be studied. Programming exercises will be used to implement examples and applications of PR processes, and their performance on a variety of diverse examples will be studied.
    Same as: PHYS 546 , COMP 546 
  

  • MATH 554 - Algorithms (Cross-listed as COMP 554)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
     
    Design strategies for algorithms and data structures. Theoretical limits to space and time requirements. Time/space trade-offs. Categories of problems and algorithms. Applications to business, bioinformatics, engineering, telecommunications and other disciplines. Open problems in the field.
    Same as: COMP 554
  

  • MATH 555 - Actuarial Sciences

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    The course provides a sound grounding in the mathematical, statistical and financial concepts needed for actuarial work, including technical and communication skills. Topics include: probability, statistics, data analysis, mathematical modeling, risk analysis, pension plans, financial economics, and time series. Various software packages are used.
  

  • MATH 565 - Research in Mathematics Education

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Mathematical research methods in education. Current issues of college level curriculum including systems of geometry, algebra, precalculus, calculus, probability and statistics, linear algebra, differential equations, and discrete mathematics.
  

  • MATH 570 - Combinatorics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
    Study of arrangements, patterns, designs, assignments, schedules, connections, and configurations. Existence problems, counting methods and optimization issues. Applications include graphs, networks, experimental design, coding theory, and combinatorial optimization.
  

  • MATH 582 - Number Theory and Cryptography

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Topics include: Number theory, finite fields, polynomial rings, elliptic curves, public-key cryptography, zero-knowledge protocols, primality testing, factorization algorithms and applications.
  

  • MATH 584 - Algebraic Geometry and Coding Theory

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Topics include: Algebraic varieties over algebraically closed fields and finite fields, Hamming codes, cyclic codes, BCH codes, alternant codes, Goppa codes, and codes on graphs.
  

  • MATH 587 - Markov Chains and Markov Processes

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Topics include: Central Limit Theorem, Law of Large Numbers, Convergence Theorems, Markov Chains and Markov Processes. Applications in other fields, such as bioinformatics and computer science.
  

  • MATH 588 - Stochastic Analysis

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Topics include: Brownian motion, stochastic integrals, conditional expectation, Kolmogorv’s Theorem, applications of Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem. Introduction to Stochastic Differential Equations will be given.
  

  • MATH 590 - Graduate Topics in Mathematics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing/ Undergraduate Seniors
    New developments in mathematics. Repeatable by topic up to 9 units.
  

  • MATH 594 - Independent Study

    Units: 1-3
    Two to six hours activity per week
    Faculty-supervised independent study in a specialized area of mathematics or applications of mathematics. A written proposal of the course of study must be approved by the MS Mathematics Director prior to registration. Repeatable up to 12 units.
  

  • MATH 597 - Master Thesis

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Supervised research in mathematical sciences or applications. Required to present research at Graduate Seminar. Repeatable up to 9 units.
  

  • MATH 598 - Master Project

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Computer Science or Mathematics Graduate Program
    Supervised industrial, educational or scientific project involving use of advanced mathematical methods. Required to present projects at the Graduate Seminar. Repeatable up to 9 units.
  

  • MATH 599 - Graduate Seminar

    Units: 1
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in MS Math or MS Computer Science, or Consent of Instructor
    Oral presentations of current work in mathematics by local and outside speakers; student thesis and project presentations. Repeatable up to 2 units.

Mathematics - Early Start
  

  • MATH 190 - Algebra Through Ancient Mathematics

    Units: 1
    One hour lecture per week
    Corequisite: MATHES 90  
    Basic algebra in historical and cultural contexts. Includes problem-solving and learning activities. For students needing to fulfill the Early Start Math requirement, this class is required as a support for MATHES 90    Repeat 2 times up to 2 units
    Graded: Crd/No Crd
  

  • MATHES 4 - Early Start Basic Algebra Skills

    Units: 1
    One hour seminar per week
    This course is a one-day course with online laboratory assignments. Students will review and enhance their basic algebra skills. Puzzles and problems from arithmetic, geometry, and algebra are used to review high school math topics. This course is offered Credit/No Credit only, and passing credit satisfies 1 unit of the Early Start requirement.
    Graded: Early Start Program - Math
  

  • MATHES 5 - Early Start Intermediate Algebra Skills

    Units: 1
    One hour lecture per week
    This course is a one-day course with online laboratory assignments. Students will review and enhance their algebra skills. Puzzles and problems are used to strengthen students fundamental understanding of algebra. This course is offered Credit/No Credit only, and passing credit satisfies 1 unit of the Early Start Requirement. This course prepares students to retake the Entry Level Mathematics test, and potentially qualify to take college level mathematics.
    Graded: Early Start Program - Math
  

  • MATHES 90 - Basic Algebra in Action

    Units: 1
    One hour lecture per week
    Corequisite: MATH 190  
    Review of basic algebra. Includes problem-solving and learning activities. For students needing to fulfill the Early Start Math requirement, and is supported by corequisite course MATH 190. Repeat 2 times up to 2 units
    Graded: Crd/No Crd

Management
  

  • MGT 307 - Management of Organizations

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Principles, methods and procedures planning, organizing, leading, and controlling people within organizations. Topics include the history of management thought, organizational culture and design, decision-making, managerial communication, and strategic management.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 325 - Entrepreneurial Management

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Explores the management of start-up and small businesses. Concentrates on initial strategy, location, financing, staffing, daily activities, controls and taxes. Students develop a business plan for a small business.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 326 - Professional Ethics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Discussion of ethical issues and societal challenges derived from scientific research and professional activities. Examines the sources, fundamental principles, and applications of ethical behavior the relationship between personal ethics and social responsibility of organizations and the stakeholder management concept. Applies ethical principles to different types of organizations: business, non-profits, government, health care, science/technology, and other professional groups.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 410 - Management Of International Business

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MGT 307  
    Description: Identification and analysis of management systems in cross-border environments. Explores the impact of economic, social, cultural, and political variables on the conduct of profit-making business. Extensive use of case analysis, and performance of a country study project. Formerly known as MGT 310, changed February 2009.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 421 - Human Resource Management

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MGT 307  
    Description: Examines principles, methods and procedures in the management of human resources. Topics include developing planning objectives for HR management, legal compliance, job analysis, recruiting, selection, training, compensation , and employee relations.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 424 - Organizational Behavior (Cross-listed as PSY 424)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MGT 307   or by Instructor Consent
    Description: An application of behavioral science theory and concepts with a focus on individual, interpersonal and group processes in a diverse work force. Topics include personality traits, emotions, values, work attitudes, work motivation, organizational politics, group effectiveness and conflict. Extensive use of individual and group case analysis.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PSY 424
  

  • MGT 471 - Project Management

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MGT 307  
    Description: Presents the principles of project management, which is a special form of work organization, which focuses on a one-time objective. Discusses all aspects of project management: definition of objectives, selection of team and other resources, establishing of timing and sequences, creation of monitoring and control processes, and development of analysis and reporting mechanisms.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 490 - Special Topics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
    Description: In-depth analysis of current topics in management. Topics vary each semester. Repeatable up to 9 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MGT 492 - Service Learning/Internship

    Units: 1 - 3
    Six hours per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of the Instructor
    Description: Individual internship through service learning. Repeat 9 times up to 9 units.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • MGT 497 - Directed Study

    Units: 1 - 3
    Variable activity hours per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
    Description: Individual contracted study on topics or research selected by the student and faculty mentor. Repeat 9 times up to 9 units.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit

Management Information Systems
  

  • MIS 310 - Management Information Systems

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: COMP 101   or equivalent
    Description: Examines application of computer-based information systems to the management of organizations. Topics include use of information to further the organization’s mission and strategy, the role of users, the architecture of information, and development of decision-support processes for managers.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MIS 490 - Special Topics

    Units: 3
    Three hours per week
    In-depth analysis of current topics in computer information systems. Topics vary each semester. Repeat 9 times up to 9 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MIS 492 - Service Learning/Internship

    Units: 3
    Six hours activity per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
    Description: Individual internship through service learning assignments related to information systems projects..
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • MIS 497 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-3
    Variable hours per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
    Individual study of topics or research selected by the student and faculty mentor. Repeatable for up to 9 units.
    Graded: Credit/No Credit

Marketing
  

  • MKT 310 - Principles Of Marketing

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Presents and analyzes the fundamental principles, methods and procedures in modern marketing: planning, pricing, distribution, and promotion. Topics include creating customer value and satisfaction, strategic planning, marketing process and environment, research and information systems, consumer markets and consumer buyer behavior, business markets and business buyer behavior, segmentation, product and services strategy, new-product development and product life cycle strategies, pricing, communications, direct and on-line marketing, and social responsibility and marketing ethics.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MKT 311 - Consumer Behavior

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310  
    Description: A comprehensive study of behavioral models and concepts designed to help understand, evaluate, and predict consumer behavior. Stresses analytical thinking about consumer psychology and prediction of how marketing tactics may influence demand for products and services.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MKT 317 - Services Marketing

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310
    Service organizations (e.g., hotels, banks, educational institutions, hospitals, professional services) require a distinctive approach in the development and implementation of their marketing strategies. Specific topics will include why people are central to service success, why expectations are important to service consumers, how the physical environment influences service delivery, and how service firms might recover from failure.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MKT 320 - Marketing Strategy

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310, or concurrent enrollment is permitted
    Includes strategic analysis of a firm’s activities from the marketer’s point of view. Gives attention to marketing strategy formulation, implementation and control. Assesses strategies for the functional areas of marketing (product, pricing, distribution and promotion) and their relevant application to e-commerce.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MKT 409 - Marketing Research

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310   and one of the following: MATH 329  , MATH 352  , and PSY 303  SOC 303   orPOLS 310  
    Description: Fundamentals of marketing research including design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting. Develop skills in defining research problems, designing surveys, experiments and observational studies, managing data collection, performing data analysis, and communicating results. Emphasis is on the use of marketing research as a component of marketing strategy (making extensive use of statistical techniques).
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MKT 410 - International Marketing Management

    Units: 3
    Three hours seminar per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310 
    Focuses on developing an environmental/cultural approach to global marketing. Topics covered include: cultural and social forces, political and regulatory climate, global buyer behavior, and global marketing strategies. Cases, research, and marketing plans are used to apply marketing concepts to global opportunities and environments.
  

  • MKT 411 - New Product Development and Management

    Units: 3
    Three hours seminar per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310 
    Develops the managerial skills and perspectives that contribute to innovative and entrepreneurial new product development and management. Topics include analysis of consumer needs, market analysis, paradigmatic limits to thinking, new product design and development, creativity, innovation, forecasting, resource requirements, product liability issues, and managing new ventures.
  

  • MKT 415 - Brand Management

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MKT 310 and MKT 320
    Defines, develops, and applies tactics and strategies in brand management through a systematic model and process. Focuses on the concept of brand equity and its creation and growth through brand positioning, marketing programs, measurement of brand performance and strategies to sustain and build over time.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • MKT 442 - Psychology of Judgment and Decision-Making (Cross-listed as PSY 442)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: PSY 100
    Examines the processes that underlie how decisions are made, and examines why the judgments people make are sometimes irrational, biased, or just plain wrong. Covers a broad range of topics including: normative decision theory, heuristics and biases, memory, emotion, game theory, motivation, morality, and improving decision-making. Makes connections between psychological approaches to decision-making and those adopted in business and economics, health and medicine, and law and public policy.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PSY 442
  

  • MKT 490 - Special Topics

    Units: 3
    Three hours seminar per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
    In-depth analysis of current topics in marketing. Topics vary each semester. Repeatable by topic up to 6 units.
  

  • MKT 497 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-3
    Variable hours activity per week
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
    Individual contracted study on topics or research selected by the student and faculty mentor. Repeatable for up to 9 units.
    Graded: Credit/No Credit

Mechatronics Engineering
  

  • EMEC 200 - Logic Circuits

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 150, MATH 230 and COMP 162
    Corequisite: None
    Basics of digital, electronic devices and methodologies used in digital, circuit design. Design, analysis, and trouble-shooting of logic gates, counters, registers, memory units, pulse and switching circuits, and control circuits. Comparison of digital TTL integrated circuits with other families of logic devices. Includes student projects.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 221 - Engineering Materials (Cross-listed as PHYS 221)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: PHYS 200  , CHEM 105   or CHEM 121   or equivalent courses
    Description: Examines the interrelationships between processing, structure, properties, and performance of various engineering materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and semiconductors. Studies the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance. Emphasizes developing an ability to select appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PHYS 221
  

  • EMEC 225 - Engineering Design

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: EMEC 200  
    Description: Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision making using team design projects design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 305 - Thermal and Statistical Physics (Cross-listed as PHYS 305)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: PHYS 201  and MATH 350  
    Corequisite: None
    Addresses behavior of energy and matter in systems having many particles. Includes classical and quantum mechanical views of physical systems, and begins with basic concepts of probability and statistics. Particular emphasis will be placed on simple model systems for which quantitative results can be obtained and compared to experiment, such as ideal gases and quantum mechanical spin systems. Course includes statistics of microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles; relation between classical and quantum statistical mechanics; Planck distribution, bosons, fermions, and doped semiconductors, among others; and an introduction to kinetic theory.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PHYS 305  
  

  • EMEC 310 - Electronics (Cross-listed as PHYS 310)

    Units: 4
    Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
    Prerequisite: PHYS 101  or PHYS 201  
    Corequisite: None
    Covers basic analog and digital, electronic circuits used in a scientific laboratory. Students will be introduced to operation of simple electronic devices, basic underlying theory of their operation, and applications of a few analog and digital ICs. Emphasis is on applications rather than theory. Consequently, there is strong hands-on component to subject to enable students to gain practical experience. Experiments will include testing of actual and virtual circuits, and data acquisition.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PHYS 310  
  

  • EMEC 311 - Digital Systems Design

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: EMEC 200  
    Description: Introduces students to the design of digital systems using hardware description languages. The student will use computer-aided design tools to design, simulate, prototype, and verify complex digital systems using programmable logic devices and field- programmable gate arrays
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 315 - Modeling of Mechatronics Systems

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 350  
    Description: Introduces students to modeling techniques and analysis of mechatronic systems. Topics such as state-space and transfer function representation, linearization, and frequency domain analysis are covered. Simulation software will be utilized to quantify and visualize system performance
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 316 - Sensors and Measurements

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: EMEC 310  / PHYS 310   and COMP 151  
    Description: Basic measurements with standard laboratory instruments and common sensor interfaces are introduced. topics include the calibration, transient responses, and statistical characterization of common sensors used in mechanization systems
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 401 - Fluid Mechanics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Senior standing in Mechatronics major
    Description: Principal concepts and methods of fluid mechanics are introduced. Students will learn to apply these concepts and methods to the design of fluid systems.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 462 - Embedded Systems (Cross-listed as COMP 462)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hour lab per week
    Prerequisite: COMP 362  or Consent of Instructor
    Corequisite: None
    Covers the design of embedded systems. This includes the analysis of small, computer systems designed for robotic mechanisms and common appliances, such as cell phones and other hand-held devices. Topics include the design, implementation, and testing of software used in such systems with special attention paid to maximizing the use of limited, computational resources and the need for event-driven, real-time, system responses.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 462  
  

  • EMEC 463 - Feedback Control Systems

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: MATH 240   and MATH 350  
    Description: Analysis and design of feedback control systems. Topics include representing dynamical systems with transfer functions and state variables, stability and dynamic analysis using techniques from both the time and frequency domains, the design of feedback regulators and controllers, and computer aided design and analysis.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 470 - Mobile Robotics (Cross-listed as COMP 470)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: COMP 362   and MATH 240  ; or Consent of Instructor
    Corequisite: None
    Introduces students to the design, construction, and programming of mobile robots. Included are traditional topics of robot architecture, sensors, actuators, robot kinematics and dynamics. In addition, topics such as adaptive control and human-robot interaction will also be studied. Students will have the opportunity to design and build their own robot, and to program it to perform some useful task.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 470  
  

  • EMEC 491 - Capstone Preparation

    Units: 1
    One hour seminar per week
    Prerequisite:  Senior Standing in Mechatronics Major
    Description: Research and develop a proposal for a significant Mechatronics project under faculty supervision.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • EMEC 499 - Capstone

    Units: 3
    Five hours activity per week
    Prerequisite: Senior Standing in Mechatronics Major
    Description: Design, implement and present a significant Mechatronics project under faculty supervision.
    Graded: Letter Grade

Nursing
  

  • NRS 200 - Introduction To Professional Nursing Practice

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program
    Corequisite: NRS 201   and NRS 303  
    Description: This course provides the entry level nursing student with an overview of the art and science of nursing, including the philosophy, organizing theory, and desired outcomes of the nursing program. Introduces program concepts of patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety, informatics, professionalism, communication, systems based practice, and patient education. Develops introductory knowledge, skills, and attitudes utilizing a holistic approach to recognize patient needs. An introduction to the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model provides a decision-making framework to assist students in developing effective clinical judgment skills. Describes the dimensions of the professional role as provider of care, teacher, advocate, coordinator of care, and member of the profession.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 201 - Introduction To Professional Nursing Practice Lab

    Units: 3
    Nine hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program
    Corequisite: NRS 200   and NRS 303  
    Description: This course provides the opportunity for the entry-level nursing student to apply assessment skills and basic therapeutic nursing interventions in a long-term or rehabilitation care setting. Introduces program concepts of patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety, informatics, professionalism, communication, systems based practice, and patient education. Develops introductory knowledge, skills, and attitudes utilizing a holistic approach to recognize patient needs using the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. The use of information management systems in the collection, management, and communication of patient data as well as the maintenance of patient privacy and confidentiality is highly stressed. Demonstrates the beginning level of the professional role as provider of care, teacher, advocate, coordinator of care, and member of the profession with adult and geriatric patients. The lab practicum precedes clinical practicum to enable the introduction of skills focusing on assessment and functional care of the patient.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 220 - Nursing Care Of Adults With Acute And Chronic Illness I

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303  and NRS 306  
    Corequisite: NRS 221  
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: integumentary, sensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory systems, as well as perioperative and end-of-life care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, safety, communication, leadership, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 221 - Nursing Care Of Adults With Acute And Chronic Illness Lab I

    Units: 3
    Nine hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303   and NRS 306  
    Corequisite: NRS 220  
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: integumentary, sensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory systems, as well as perioperative and end-of-life care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, safety, communication, leadership, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and deliver safe patient care in the acute care setting. The lab practicum provides the student an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a simulated environment.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 222 - Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness II

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 220   and NRS 221  
    Corequisite: NRS 223  
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: hematology, renal and genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological systems, as well as fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and oncology care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence based practice, informatics, safety, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, leadership, systems-based practice, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 223 - Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness Lab II

    Units: 3
    Nine hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 220   and NRS 221  
    Corequisite: NRS 222   Theory is exercised in corequisite courses
    Description: This course focuses on the inter-professional care of adult patients experiencing acute and chronic health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care of patients with alterations in selected body functions: hematology, renal and genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological, as well as fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and oncology care. Concepts of patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, informatics, safety, patient education, teamwork and collaboration, leadership, systems-based practice, and professionalism are integrated throughout the course. The Neuman Systems Model and nursing process guide the student in holistic nursing practice for achievement of optimal patient outcomes. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and deliver safe patient care in the acute care setting. The lab practicum provides the student an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a simulated environment.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 230 - Nursing Care Of Mothers, Infants, And Women

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303  , NRS 304  , NRS 306  
    Corequisite: NRS 231  
    Description: This course provides an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of mothers, infants, and women. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, normal and high-risk pregnancies, family dynamics, and the promotion of healthy behaviors. Focus is on the care of families during childbearing years. Emphasis is on health promotion and growth and development, using the nursing process while applying Neuman’s Model.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 231 - Nursing Care Of Mothers, Infants, And Women Lab

    Units: 2
    Six hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303  , NRS 304   and NRS 306  
    Corequisite: NRS 230  
    Description: This course provides opportunities for application of an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of mothers, infants, and women. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, normal and high-risk pregnancies, family dynamics and the promotion of healthy behaviors. Focus is on the care of families during childbearing years, including both normal, and high-risk conditions. Integration of health promotion and growth and development, using the nursing process while applying Neuman Systems Model is explored. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient centered care to mothers, infants, and women in simulated and selected patient care settings.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 232 - Nursing Care Of Children And Families

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  , NRS 303  , NRS 304   and NRS 306  
    Corequisite: NRS 233  
    Description: This course provides an integrative, patient centered family approach to the care of children from infancy through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, family dynamics, common pediatric disorders, and the promotion of healthy behaviors in patients and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Focuses on children and adolescents with normal health needs, high risk conditions, common acute illnesses, including family well-being using evidence based practice.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 233 - Nursing Care Of Children And Families Lab

    Units: 2
    Six hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200, NRS 201, NRS 303, NRS 304, and NRS 306
    Corequisite: NRS 232  
    Description: This course provides an integrative, family-centered approach to the care of children from infancy through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on normal growth and development, family dynamics, common pediatric disorders, and the promotion of healthy behaviors in patients and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Focuses on children and adolescents with normal health needs, high risk conditions, common acute illnesses, including family well-being. Lab practicum and clinical experiences provide the student with an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient-centered care to children and families (simulated and real situations).
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 240 - Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  
    Corequisite: NRS 241  
    Description: This course focuses on the care of patients across the lifespan experiencing cognitive, mental, and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on management of patients facing emotional and psychological stressors, as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Concepts of therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, management of mental health disorders, and coping skills are integrated throughout the course
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 241 - Psychiatric And Mental Health Lab

    Units: 2
    Six hours laboratory per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 200  , NRS 201  
    Corequisite: NRS 240  
    Description: Focuses on the care of patients across the lifespan experiencing cognitive, mental, and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on management of patients facing emotional and psychological stressors, as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals and families, with the application of the nursing process and Neuman Systems Model. Concepts of therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, management of mental health disorders, and coping skills are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient centered care in selected mental health settings, including acute care settings and community sites.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
  

  • NRS 303 - Pharmacology of Nursing Practice I

    Units: 1.5
    One hour lecture and 1.5 hours of lab per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program
    Corequisite: NRS 200   and NRS 201  
    Description: This course provides an introduction to the principles of pharmacology, including: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, medication interactions and potential adverse medication reactions. Emphasis is placed on an overview of basic medication principles, pharmacological classification, and drug therapy across the lifespan, drug regulations, nutrition and dietary supplements, and drug levels and toxicology. The laboratory content focuses on the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to calculate and administer medications in a simulated setting to achieve safe and professional nursing practice. Changed from NRS 204 effective F17.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 304 - Pharmacology Of Nursing Practice II

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 303  
    Description: This course covers the basic principles of pharmacology with a focus on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and related therapeutic implications within drug classifications. Emphasis is placed on drugs affecting the peripheral nervous system; central nervous system; fluid and electrolyte balance; cardiovascular system; endocrine system; women’s and men’s health anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and immunological issues; bone and joint disorders; respiratory system; gastrointestinal system; and chemotherapeutic drugs. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 306 - Pathophysiology

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the BSN Nursing Program
    Description: Focuses on the altered processes of human physiology. An emphasis is placed on exploring changes of biological process of the body and the effects on homeostasis throughout the lifespan. Alterations of health problems are studied along with the associated clinical manifestations and treatments. Provides rationale for inter-professional interventions in common health care problems involving integumentary, sensory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, hematological, renal/genitourinary, and neurological body systems.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 310 - Professional Role Transition for the Transfer Student

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN or RN to B.S.N. Nursing program, or Consent of Instructor
    Corequisite: None
    Provides returning RN and/or transfer student with conceptual base for practice of nursing, built around core of theories and related concepts which will facilitate transition of student into baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Introduces student to AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate for Professional Nursing Practice, Neuman Systems Model, and reinforces Quality and Safety in Nursing Education Competencies (qsen.org). Focus is on roles of professional nurse generalist as provider of care, teacher, patient advocate, designer/coordinator of care, and member of profession.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 311 - Professional Role Transition Seminar

    Units: 2
    Four hours lab per week
    Prerequisite: Admitted to the Track II Nursing Program or Consent of the Instructor.
    Corequisite: NRS 310
    Provides the returning RN an opportunity to apply and discuss the nursing process and the delivery of nursing care based on current professional scope of practice, AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate for Professional Nursing Practice, the Neuman Systems Model, and reinforcing Quality and Safety in Nursing Education Competencies related to nursing practice in institutional and community settings. The seminar will focus on groups’ discussions of the implementation of the roles of the professional nurse generalist as a provider of care, teacher, patient advocate, designer and coordinator of care and member of the profession.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 331 - Nutrition and Culture (Cross-listed as HLTH 331)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Cultural issues and considerations in nutrition and health: Analysis, discussion, and evaluation of cultural, physiological, economic, and environmental factors as they apply to food management plans and healthy nutrition choices for individuals, groups, and families.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: HLTH 331
  

  • NRS 342 - Complementary and Alternative Health (Cross-listed as PSY 342)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
    Examines alternatives to conventional health approaches such as acupressure, herbal remedies, relaxation, therapeutic massage, naturopathy, qigong, and yoga. Emphasis on individual and social lifestyle approaches, legal and ethical barriers, governmental status and support.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: PSY 342

    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • NRS 343 - Health Issues in the Latina/o Community (Cross-listed as CHS 343, COMM 343, HLTH 343)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
    Examines the health issues affecting the Latina/o community and considers interventions, public health policies, and health promotion programs used to improve the health status of the Latina/o community.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: CHS 343  , COMM 343  , HLTH 343  

    GenEd: UDGE-D
  

  • NRS 348 - Healthy Aging (Cross-listed as HLTH 348)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
    Explores physical, cultural, and psychosocial factors influencing health issues during the elderly years of life. Topics include aging stereotypes, cultural and family influences on the elderly, physiology of aging, lifestyles choices associated with healthy aging, and end of life care. Changed from NRS/PSY/SOC 348 effective F17.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: HLTH 348

    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • NRS 350 - Nursing Research

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: Admission to BSN Nursing Program.
    Description: Promotes clinical decision making, based on evidence, through the exploration and integration of current scientific evidence, use of clinical reasoning, identification of ethical issues, and assessment of available resources. Introduces students to the nursing research process and develops skills in reading, analyzing, and critiquing research to promote an understanding of the importance of research in nursing. Focuses on research design and the analysis and synthesis of evidence to answer a clinical question relevant to nursing practice and patient centered care.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 352 - Health Promotion and Patient Education Strategies

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 221  , NRS 222   for generic students and admission into Track II nursing program.
    Description: This course applies the concepts related to health education and health promotion for patients, families and groups across the lifespan. Examination of educational theories and use of evidence based practice in patient education is integrated. This course explores the effects of developmental, motivational, and sociocultural factors on patient teaching, health education and health promotion. Construction of an evidence based teaching plan based on clients learning needs, capabilities, and limitations are addressed.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 354 - Cultural Competence in Health Care

    Units: 4
    Two hours lecture and four hours field studies per week
    Study of culturally competent care for students who will work with health care consumers. Assists student to utilize an inter-cultural competency model (e.g. Campinha-Bacote model) to work with diverse populations with health care needs.
  

  • NRS 356 - Vulnerable Populations (Cross-listed as CHS 356)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Assists the learner to evaluate multicultural (including Chicana/o, Latina/o, and other communities of color in the U.S) and psychosocial factors that create vulnerable populations, and understand health care issues resulting from vulnerability. Presents concepts of vulnerable populations: health indicators, health determinants, and health disparities. Explores vulnerable populations from global, national, and local perspectives. Implications for research, practice, and policy are examined.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: CHS 356

    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • NRS 370 - Innovation and Technology in Healthcare

    Units: 2
    Two hours lecture per week
    Description: This online course presents an overview of information technology in healthcare, while developing students’ knowledge and skills in system and patient care technologies. Technology in healthcare is rapidly changing, however the need to understand healthcare as business while providing timely, affordable, quality patient care continues to be a challenge. Online activities, discussions, and projects will guide the course content through concepts such as understanding the integration of technology across health care, critiquing and analyzing web-based information, inter-professional communication, electronic health records, digital literacy, and creating workflow solutions using technology. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • NRS 391 - Transition to Practice

    Units: 2
    Six hours clinical lab per week
    Prerequisite: NRS 222  , NRS 223  
    Description: This course provides the student the opportunity to function as a contributing member of the interprofessional team and collectively apply the knowledge, skill, and attitudes gained through previous courses. Students will be given the opportunity to provide care to a caseload of patients that is safe, evidence-based, patient-centered, and focused on promoting optimal outcomes. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating professional behaviors, time management and organizational skills, communication that supports information exchange, effective use of informatics, interprofessional collaboration and conflict mediation, ethical behavior, leadership skills, and integration of quality indicators. Clinical experiences enable the student to apply theoretical concepts, implement safe care, and managing care of patients with multiple needs holistically.
    Graded: Credit / No Credit
 

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