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AUT 501 - Autism Diagnosis and Treatment
Credits: 3
The course will include an historical overview of the diagnosis and treatment of Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Special education policies, procedures, IEP development, and ethical considerations will be addressed. A review of contemporary diagnostic tools and biological research will be presented. A special emphasis will be given to evidence-based treatment protocols.
Requirements: A 20-hour field experience is required.
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AUT 502 - Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism
Credits: 3
This course will introduce the basic principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with special consideration given to its applications to ASD and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). Emphasis will be placed on positive behavioral supports, behavioral intervention plans (BIP), Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA), and error analysis. A review of outcome research in Early Intensive Behavior Intervention will be presented.
Requirements: A 20 hour field experience is required.
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AUT 503 - Autism Scope and Sequence
Credits: 3
This course will present a review of past and present curricular approaches for students with ASD and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) including Asperger’s Syndrome. Particular emphasis will be placed on ABA designs and visually mediated strategies, including ME, ABLLS, and VB-MAPP that address core language deficits and social competence. The role of specific augmentative and alternative communication systems (AAC) will be discussed.
Requirements: A 20 hour field experience is required.
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AUT 504 - Advanced Autism Instruction and Intervention
Credits: 3
This course will offer an in-depth examination of state-of-the-art instructional techniques and protocols for ASD and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). Topics will include Functional Behavior Assessment, Positive Behavior Support Plans, Precision Teaching, Instructional Control, Class wide Behavior Plans, Floor Time, Sensory Integrative Approaches, and Direct Instruction. Materials from the statewide Verbal Behavior Project, TEACCH, and Competent Learner Models will be reviewed.
Requirements: A 20 hour field experience is required.
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BEGR 401 - Applied Engineering Analysis
Credits: 3
This course is a graduate level course whose focus is to present, illustrate and apply the calculus of single, multivariable and vector-valued functions to a variety of mechanical and electrical engineering and physics topics at an advanced level. Topics include ordinary differential equations, series solutions of ordinary differential equations and special functions, inner product spaces, vector analysis, operator algebra, matrix methods and eigenvalue problems, Fourier series and integrals, complex variables, Sturm-Liouville theory, transform methods and partial differential equations.
Lab: 2 hours per week
Cross-Listed: ME 401
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BEGR 408 - Biomems
Credits: 3
This course is about the basic foundations for the understanding of electrical, mechanical and chemical transducers in biomedical applications through learning fabrication, design and analysis. The course will have lectures to cover the theory and practical applications of imaging. Some of the lectures and assignments will be in our materials fabrication laboratories.
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 409 - Introduction to Bioengineering
Credits: 3
This course first covers some essential information of bioengineering and includes the required research ethics curriculum for the program. The course also samples the wide variety of bioengineering options for students who plan to enter one of the degree tracks. The beginning lectures briefly describe the scientific basis for bioengineering both from biological and engineering standpoints. Bioengineering faculty will then describe the bioengineering options in the particular engineering tracks and courses as well as the research conducted by faculty in the department. (Required for all students in Bioengineering)
Terms Offered: Fall
Lecture: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 411 - Integrated Product Development
Credits: 3
Organizational issues and decision-making for capital investments in new technologies. The product development and commercialization process is traced from research and development and marketing activities through the implementation phase involving the manufacturing function. Term project is a commercialization plan for a new manufacturing technology. (Required for all students in Bioengineering)
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: ME 411
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BEGR 415 - 3-D Modeling in Human Anatomy and Physiology
Credits: 3
This is a one-semester course that will provide a foundation in Human Anatomy and Physiology for Graduate Engineering students in preparation for the design and evaluation of biomedical devices. Topics to be covered include: anatomical terminology; cell, tissue and organ structure; as well functional anatomy of muscles, joints, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and urinary systems. Laboratory exercises will include 3D modeling of these systems and physiological recording of muscle contraction, action potentials, EEG, ECG, heat rate, pulse, and respiratory movements.
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 421 - Biofluidics and Microfluidics
Credits: 3
Students learn how to mathematically and quantitatively describe fluid flow throughout organ systems and biomedical devices. Other topics covered include how flow correlates with diseases.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 424 - Molecular Biology
Credits: 3
An introduction to molecular biology and how it is studied. Topics covered include genome structure, transcription, translation, chromatin structure and its role in gene expression, and techniques for studying gene expression and for genetic engineering. The goal is to learn enough molecular biology to figure out how to identify target genes or combinations of genes and how they might be engineered to produce desired products or to engineer organisms with desired capabilities.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: BIO 324
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BEGR 426 - Immunology and Immunochemistry
Credits: 3
Immunology and Immunochemistry provides an introduction to mammalian host defense. The molecular mechanisms that account for the antigen-antibody interaction are explored, as are ways in which this interaction influences the evolution of lymphocyte populations. Mechanisms of acquired immunity, including interactions among lymphocyte subpopulations, are discussed. Lymphocyte differentiation is addressed as a developmental problem, and defense against infection is approached as an integrated response.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: BIO 326
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BEGR 427 - Medical Microbiology
Credits: 3
Medical Microbiology provides a professional-level introduction to microbiology that is focused on application of microbiology to the study of infectious disease. Principles of molecular cell biology and biochemistry are applied to an understanding of factors influencing interactions between microbial pathogens and their hosts. Adaptations that have evolved in vertebrate hosts to limit infection are considered along with parasite adaptations that have evolved to overcome such defenses. Infection control strategies - epidemiological and chemical - are also introduced.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: BIO-327
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BEGR 429 - Virology
Credits: 3
Virology provides an introduction to the biology of viruses and virus-like agents. A consideration of viruses in terms of their molecular architecture and genome organization is followed by a survey of strategies employed for reproductive success of viruses, focused on the traditional ‘stages’ of attachment, entry, transcription, translation, genome replication, assembly and release. The course provides an overview of the major groups in the Baltimore classification, and introduces topics in host interaction and control.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: BIO-329
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BEGR 430 - Introduction to Bioinformatics
Credits: 3
An introduction to the ways computers are used to make sense of biological information, especially the data generated by the human genome project. Topics covered include databases and data mining, pair-wise and multiple sequence alignment, molecular phylogeny, finding genes in raw DNA sequences, predicting protein and RNA secondary and tertiary structures, generating and analyzing microarray data, DNA finger-printing, rational drug design, metabolic simulation and artificial intelligence.
Terms Offered: Fall
Cross-Listed: BIO-330
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BEGR 451 - Mechatronics/Bioinstrumentation
Credits: 3
Mechatronics is a multidiscipline technical area defined as the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronic and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes. This course covers topics such as actuators and drive systems, sensors, programmable controllers, microcontroller programming and interfacing, and automation systems integration.
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 1 hour per week
Cross-Listed: ME 451
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BEGR 452 - Nanotechnology
Credits: 3
This course explores the fundamentals of nanotechnology and its applications for colloidal suspension, Electrophoretic deposition and nano-sensing by understanding materials properties, micro-machining, sensor and actuator principles. 2 hours three hours of lab per week.
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: ME 452
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BEGR 465 - Biochemistry
Credits: 3
An introduction to metabolism and how it is studied together with an introduction to the physical and chemical properties of macromolecules and their precursors. The goal is to learn enough biochemistry and metabolism to figure out how to identify target pathways and how they might be engineered to produce desired products or to engineer organisms with desired capabilities.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Cross-Listed: CHM-365
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BEGR 474 - Imaging in Biomedicine
Credits: 3
Biological and medicinal imaging techniques. This course will cover different aspects of imaging important to biomedicine including optical, scanning probe, ultrasound, X-ray and nuclear radiation techniques. The course will have lectures to cover the theory and practical applications of imaging. Some of the lectures and assignments will be in our imaging laboratories both at Wilkes and/or at our partner institutions.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 477 - Cellular Biophysics
Credits: 3
Cells are complex micron-sized machines that may best be understood by reverse systems engineering, which means that the understanding originated from detailed analysis of cellular functions and how they were optimized. This course focuses on a quantitative understanding of cellular processes. It is designed for students who feel comfortable with and are interested in analytical and quantitative approaches to cell biology and cell physiology.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 488 - Biomedical Devices and Design
Credits: 3
This course discusses the design development and evaluation of medical devices. The goal is to develop the thinking and research tools that will enable students to understand medical devices as products as commercially available technological solutions to medical needs. This total understanding is based upon the coordinate separated understandings of: 1) underlying medical science and clinical practice; 2) underlying technologies and the potential choices between available technologies; 3) engineering design; and 4) technological and business direction of companies.
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 1 hour per week
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BEGR 498 - Topics in Bioengineering
Credits: 3
Instruction will be given towards the mechanical structure of humans and vertebrates, including the concerted motion of bone, muscles and joints as well as the stress and strain of human movements and motion. One example practical outcome of the course is towards the design of prosthetics.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 501 - Practicum in Synthetic Biology I
Credits: 3
This course will provide a hands-on introduction to bioengineering. Students will use molecular techniques to genetically engineer an organism, and then evaluate how the modified organism performs using techniques for studying gene expression, biochemistry and cell physiology. They will also learn statistical procedures for evaluating the significance of their findings.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 502 - Practicum in Synthetic Biology II
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to modern concepts and techniques in bioengineering through a genuine research experience in bioengineering. Rather than following a set series of lectures, we will pick a bioengineering project and see where it leads us. We will use the information given in lectures and reading assignments to design a project, and then evaluate progress and solve problems.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BEGR 599 - Thesis/Project
Credits: 3-6
Students have the option of selecting up to six credit-hours of thesis or three credit-hours of project under guidance of a thesis/project advisor. The thesis will have a committee of three members; at least two members (including the advisor) must be Wilkes faculty members. The thesis/project should be presented in an open forum.
Requirements: 3 to 6 credits of research, proposal writing, presentation, and thesis per week.
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BIO 347 - Biostatistics and Experimental Design
Credits: 4
This course reviews the statistical paradigms and techniques involved in analyzing biological phenomena. Frequentist and Bayesian methods are employed when appropriate with an emphasis on applied statistics and experimental design. Laboratory exercises include designing, analyzing, and communicating experiments. Computation and computer coding is employed in laboratory exercises. Offered in alternate years.
Pre-Requisites: BIO-225, MTH-150, or permission of the instructor.
Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered
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BIO 406 - Invertebrate Biology
Credits: 4
A study of the major invertebrate phyla with respect to their taxonomy, evolution, morphology, physiology and ecology.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 411 - Comparative Physiology
Credits: 4
Comparative physiology encompasses the study of organ functions and organ system functions in different animal groups. Emphasis will be on the systemic physiology of vertebrate animals.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 412 - Parasitology
Credits: 4
Parasitology is the study of organisms that live on or within other organisms and the relationship of these organisms to their hosts. This course deals with the common parasites that infect humans and other animals.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 414 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Credits: 4
This course deals with the evolution and anatomy of the organ systems of vertebrates. Lectures survey the comparative anatomy of the vertebrate classes. Laboratory dissections include the Lamprey, Shark, Mud Puppy, and Cat in detail.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 421 - Mammalian Physiology
Credits: 4
This course examines the function of mammalian systems with regard to homeostasis, metabolism, growth and reproduction. Normal physiological processes as well as some pathophysiological situations are covered. The emphasis is on human physiology; however, other mammalian systems are discussed to demonstrate physiological adaptability to various environmental situations. Laboratory exercises include physiological experimentation in living systems and in computer simulations.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 423 - Functional Histology
Credits: 4
This course emphasizes the microscopic examination of mammalian tissues from morphological and physiological perspectives. Reference is made to organ embryogenesis to support the understanding of organ form and function. Tissue preparation for histological examination is demonstrated.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 425 - Endocrinology
Credits: 4
This course focuses on the structure, biochemistry, and function of mammalian hormones and endocrine glands; avian, amphibian and invertebrate hormones are also discussed, where relevant. Clinical pathologies resulting from excess or insufficient hormones are discussed, as this is essential to mastering an understanding of endocrinology. Laboratory exercises include experimentation in living systems and computer simulations.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 426 - Immunology and Immunochemistry
Credits: 4
This course is concerned with the biological mechanisms and chemistry of reactants and mediators associated with natural and acquired states of immunity, tissue and bloodserum responses to infection and immunization, and related patho-physiologic alterations of hypersensitivity phenomena in vertebrate animals and man. A background in microbiology, physiology, and biochemistry is advisable.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 427 - Medical Microbiology
Credits: 4
Medical Microbiology provides a professional-level introduction to microbiology that is focused on application of microbiology to the study of infectious disease etiology and epidemiology. The laboratory covers techniques used in isolation and identification of microorganisms.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, CHM 231-CHM, 232, CHM 233-CHM 234
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 428 - Developmental Biology
Credits: 4
A course dealing with the principles of animal development from descriptive, experimental, and evolutionary perspectives. Laboratory work includes both descriptive and experimental embryology as well as more molecular techniques.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 429 - Virology
Credits: 3
Virology provides an introduction to the biology of animal viruses. Description of viral molecular architecture and genome organization is followed by a survey of strategies employed for multiplication and regulation of gene expression. Pathogenesis of viral infections is considered from perspectives of viral reproduction strategies and host defense.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226; CHM 231-CHM 232, CHM 233-CHM 234.
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BIO 438 - Biology of Cancer
Credits: 3
This lecture course explores the various concepts and mechanisms associated with the origins, elaborations and future developments in cellular transformation and carcinogenesis. Emphasis is placed on the molecular biology and physiology of these processes; therefore, a solid background in basic biology is required. Oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and the disruption of homeostasis are covered in detail, while the medical phenomena typically receive a more general level of coverage.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 226; CHM-231-232.
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BIO 441 - Freshwater Ecosystems
Credits: 3
A study of the chemical, physical, and biological aspects of freshwater systems. Laboratory investigations consist of in-depth analysis of local lakes and streams.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 443 - Marine Ecology
Credits: 3
An examination of the biology of marine life within the context of modern ecological principles. The structure and physiology of marine organisms are studied from the perspectives of adaptation to the ocean as habitat, biological productivity, and interspecific relationships. Emphasis is placed on life in intertidal zones, estuaries, surface waters, and the deep sea.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, EES 230, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 444 - Ecology
Credits: 4
Ecology examines contemporary ecological thinking as it pertains to the interrelationship of organisms and their environments. Interactions at the population and community levels are emphasized.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 445 - Genetics
Credits: 4
Genetics presents treatment of genetics beyond the introductory level with particular emphasis on population and molecular aspects of heredity. Topics include plant and human genetics.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Fall
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 446 - Animal Behavior
Credits: 4
This course emphasizes behavior as the response of animals to physical and social environmental change, and covers the processes that determine when changes in behavior occur and what form they take. Laboratories, using living local fauna, demonstrate principles discussed in lecture.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: 3 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per week
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BIO 461 - Plant Form and Function
Credits: 4
An introduction to the morphology, anatomy, cytology, and physiology of plants, with emphasis on the vascular plants. Structural and functional aspects of plants are interpreted in relation to each other and within ecological and evolutionary contexts.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Every other fall.
Requirements: Offered in a workshop format of 2 three-hour sessions per week.
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BIO 462 - Plant Diversity
Credits: 4
A comprehensive survey of bryophytes, vascular plants and plantlike organisms (fungi and algae) emphasizing their structure, reproductive biology, natural history, evolution, and importance to humans.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Every other fall.
Requirements: Offered in a workshop format of 2 three-hour sessions per week.
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BIO 466 - Field Botany
Credits: 3
A specialized summertime field course that emphasizes a taxonomic, phylogenetic, and ecological survey of higher plants indigenous to Northeastern Pennsylvania. Meets three days per week during five-week summer session.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Every other summer
Lecture: 2 hours per week
Lab: 3 hours per day
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BIO 468 - Medical Botany
Credits: 3
A specialized course that provides a scientifically based overview of the ways that plants affect human health. Topics include cultural and historical perspectives of plants and medicine, plants that cause human ailments, plants that treat human ailments, and psychoactive plants.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225, CHM 232, CHM 234, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Every other summer
Lecture: 2 hours per week
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BIO 498 - Topics in Biology
Credits: variable
A study of topics of special interest not extensively treated in regularly offered courses.
Pre-Requisites: BIO 121-BIO 122, BIO 225-BIO 226, or permission of instructor.
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CHM 422 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Credits: 3
A survey of current topics in Inorganic Chemistry. The first half of the course offers a survey of main group chemistry, including individual group trends. The second half of the course covers Crystal Field Theory, Ligand Field Theory, reaction mechanisms, and organometallic compounds.
Pre-Requisites: CHM 114, CHM 116
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CHM 461 - Biochemistry I
Credits: 3
This course is a study of the physical and chemical properties of proteins, nucleic acids, fatty acids and carbohydrates emphasizing the relationship between the chemical structure and the biological function. The course includes the physical methods of biochemistry, enzyme kinetics, bioenergetics and nucleic acid transcription and translation.
Pre-Requisites: CHM 232, CHEM 234
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CHM 462 - Biochemistry II
Credits: 3
This course is a study of the catabolism and anabolism of carbohydrates, fatty acids and amino acids. The course emphasizes the regulation and integration of major metabolic pathways, including glycolysis, the Kreb’s cycle, electron transport, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate, fatty acid metabolism and amino acid metabolism.
Pre-Requisites: CHM 232, CHEM 234
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CHM 465 - Medical Biochemistry
Credits: 4
Introduction to basic biochemistry concepts, focusing on the structure and function of vitamins, proteins, and lipids as well as bioenergetics and major catabolic pathways. The catabolism of carbohydrates, fats and amino acids will be discussed including reactions and regulation. Common metabolic pathways of drugs, enzyme induction and metabolism down regulation will also be presented.
Pre-Requisites: CHM 232, CHEM 234
Terms Offered: Spring
Lecture: 4 hours per week
Cross-Listed: BEGR 465
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CHM 498 - Topics in Chemistry
Credits: 3
A study of topics of special interest not extensively treated in regularly offered courses.
Requirements: Permission of instructor.
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CS 419 - Principles of Programming Languages
Credits: 3
A study of the principles that govern the design and implementation of programming languages. Topics include language structure, data types, and control structures. Programming projects will familiarize students with the features of programming languages through their implementation in interpreters.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 421 - Simulation and Data Analysis
Credits: 3
Methods of handling large databases including statistical analysis and computer simulations. The emphasis will be upon discrete simulation models with a discussion of relevant computer languages, SLAM, GPSS, and/or SIMSCRIPT.
Pre-Requisites: CS 125 or the equivalent programming experience and one semester of calculus.
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CS 423 - Theory of Computation
Credits: 3
This course formalizes many topics encountered in previous computing courses. Topics include: languages, grammars, finite automata, regular expressions and grammars, context-free languages, push-down automata, Turing machines and computability.
Pre-Requisites: MTH 232 and CS 126 or the equivalent programming experience
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CS 424 - Systems Analysis
Credits: 3
A study of the design and implementation of large computer projects. Special emphasis is placed on applications to business systems. Students will use a CASE tool for automated systems analysis and design.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 425 - Database Management
Credits: 3
Practical experience in solving a large-scale computer problem including determination of data requirements, appropriate data organization, data manipulation procedures, implementation, testing and documentation.
Pre-Requisites: CS 126 or permission of the instructor.
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CS 426 - Operating System Principles
Credits: 3
Analysis of the computer operating systems including Batch, Timesharing, and Realtime systems. Topics include sequential and concurrent processes, processor and storage management, resource protection, processor multiplexing, and handling of interrupts from peripheral devices.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 427 - Compiler Design
Credits: 3
A study of compiler design including language definition, syntactic analysis, lexical analysis, storage allocation, error detection and recovery, code generation and optimization problems.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 428 - Algorithms
Credits: 3
Theoretical analysis of various algorithms. Topics are chosen from sorting, searching, selection, matrix multiplication and multiplication of real numbers, and various combinational algorithms.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience and MTH 232
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CS 430 - Computer Architecture
Credits: 3
A study of the design, organization, and structure of computers, ranging from the microprocessors to the latest ‘supercomputers.’
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 434 - Software Engineering
Credits: 3
A course in ‘programming in the large.’ Topics include software design, implementation, validation, maintenance and documentation. There will be one or more team projects.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 435 - Advanced Database Concepts
Credits: 3
Practical experience involving unstructured data collections. Topics cover big data, data mining, predictive modeling, decision analysis, and indexing and retrieval including probabilistic, clustering, thesauri, and passage based retrieval strategies.
Pre-Requisites: CS 325 or CS 340
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CS 440 - Artificial Intelligence
Credits: 3
This course will provide an overview of artificial intelligence(AI) application areas and hands-on experience with some common AI computational tools. Topics include search, natural language processing, theorem proving, planning, machine learning, robotics, vision, knowledge-based systems (expert systems), and neural networks.
Pre-Requisites: CS 126 or equivalent programming experience in a high-level language.
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CS 450 - Object-Oriented Programming
Credits: 3
Object-oriented concepts and their application to human-computer interaction. Concepts to be covered include objects, classes, inheritance, polymorphism, design patterns, GUI interface guidelines and design of interfaces. There will be programming projects in object-oriented languages.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programmig experience
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CS 455 - Computer Networks
Credits: 3
This course introduces basic concepts, architecture, and widely used protocols of computer networks. Topics include the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model consisting of physical link layer, data layer, network layer, transport layer, session layer, presentation layer, and application layer, medium access sublayer and LAN; various routing protocols; Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol(IP) for internetworking.
Pre-Requisites: CS 225 or CS 246
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CS 463 - Operations Research
Credits: 3
A survey of operations research topics such as decision analysis, inventory models, queueing models, dynamic programming, network models, and linear programming.
Requirements: Programming experience in a high-level language and completion of one semester of calculus.
Cross-Listed: MTH 463
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CS 464 - Numerical Analysis
Credits: 3
An introduction to numerical algorithms as tools to providing solutions to common problems formulated in mathematics, science, and engineering. Focus is given to developing the basic understanding of the construction of numerical algorithms, their applicability, and their limitations.
Requirements: Programming experience in a high-level language and completion of a one-year calculus sequence.
Cross-Listed: MTH 464
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CS 467 - Computer Graphics
Credits: 3
Introduction to equipment and techniques used to generate graphical representations by computer. Discussion of the mathematical techniques necessary to draw objects in two and three-dimensional space. Emphasis on application programming and the use of a high-resolution color raster display.
Pre-Requisites: CS 226 or equivalent programming experience
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CS 483 - Web Development
Credits: 3
An introduction to the development of dynamic, database-driven sites, including active server pages, PHP, authentication, session tracking and security, and the development of shopping cart and portal systems.
Pre-Requisites: CS 283 and CS 325
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CS 498 - Topics in Computer Science
Credits: variable
Variable credit Study of one or more special topics in computer science. May be repeated for credit provided a different topic is selected.
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CW 501 - R. Foundations of Creative Writing
Credits: 3
Residency Course. Orientation to the program; lessons in five genres; craft lessons; alumni panels; faculty panels; workshops; readings.
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CW 502 - Writing Fiction
Credits: 3
An intermediate course in writing fiction. Students will write and analyze a variety of short fiction samples, demonstrating their understanding of basic fiction elements like point of view, setting, and narrative style.
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CW 503 - Writing Poetry
Credits: 3
An intermediate course in writing poetry. Students will write and analyze a variety of poems, demonstrating their understanding of basic poetic elements, diverse forms, and poetic style.
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CW 504 - Writing Screenplays
Credits: 3
An intermediate course in writing screenplays. Students will write and analyze a variety of scenes, demonstrating their understanding of basic film design, diverse forms, and cinematic styles.
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CW 505 - Writing Plays
Credits: 3
An intermediate course in writing plays. Students will write and analyze a variety of scenes and short plays, demonstrating their understanding of the basic stage elements, theatrical conversations, and dramatic forms.
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CW 506 - Writing Creative Non-Fiction
Credits: 3
An intermediate level course in writing creative nonfiction. Students will explore, study and practice the process, forms, and discipline of writing all forms of creative nonfiction. Students will write and analyze a variety of short creative nonfiction samples that demonstrate their understanding of basic narrative elements, point of view, factual research, and narrative prose styles.
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CW 510 - R. Planning the Writing Life
Credits: 3
Students create project outlines and proposals for drafting new work in their field of study. Courses in research methods; lessons in craft, community, and career; intro to oral interpretation for writers; lectures; meetings with faculty mentors.
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CW 512 - Genre and Context
Credits: 3
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CW 512D - Genre and Context in Making Documentary Films
Credits: 3
Students will read and view, analyze, critique, and discuss in-depth their agreed upon documentary film reading/viewing list with a mentor filmmaker. Individually the student will write responses to each assigned text and complete an annotated bibliography (of the reading list approved by the mentor).
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CW 512F - Genre and Context in Fiction
Credits: 3
Students will read, analyze, critique, and discuss with their mentor the works in their agreed-upon fiction reading list.
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CW 512L - Genre and Context in Playwriting
Credits: 3
Students will read and view, analyze, critique, and discuss with their mentor the works in their agreed-upon playwriting reading list.
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CW 512N - Genre and Context in Nonfiction.
Credits: 3
Students will read, analyze, critique, and discuss with their mentor the works in their agreed-upon nonfiction reading list.
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CW 512P - Genre and Context in Poetry
Credits: 3
Students will read, analyze, critique, and discuss with their mentor the works in their agreed-upon poetry reading list or (for Spoken Word) spoken-word video list.
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CW 512S - Genre and Context in Screenwriting
Credits: 3
Students will read and view, analyze, critique, and discuss with their mentor the works in their agreed-upon film reading list.
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CW 512U - Genre and Context in Publishing.
Credits: 3
Students will research, analyze, critique, and discuss with their mentor the works in their agreed-upon publishing house list.
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CW 514 - Drafting Project
Credits: 3
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CW 514D - Drafting Project in Making Documentary Films
Credits: 3
Students will complete the research, writing, and preliminary filming for a documentary film project. All proposed projects must be approved by the mentor and program director.
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CW 514F - Drafting Project in Fiction
Credits: 3
Students will complete a draft of a new work in fiction (a novel, story collection, linked story collection, or novella).
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CW 514L - Drafting Project in Playwriting
Credits: 3
Students will complete a draft of a new work in playwriting (a full-length play, an extended one-act, or a collection of one-act plays).
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CW 514N - Drafting Project in Nonfiction
Credits: 3
Students will complete a draft of a new work in nonfiction (a collection of essays, memoir, biography, or narrative of others).
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CW 514P - Drafting Project in Poetry
Credits: 3
Students will complete a draft of a new work in poetry (a chapbook, collection, or novel in verse) or of spoken word performances.
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CW 514S - Drafting Project in Screenwriting
Credits: 3
Students will complete a draft of a new work in screenwriting (various feature-length film genres).
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CW 514U - Drafting Project in Publishing
Credits: 3
Students will complete a draft of a full-length project of a contemporary issue in publishing, or an overall business plan, mission, goals statements, and creative strategy to build their own publishing company, journal, or other approved publishing project.
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CW 516 - R. Project/Thesis Plan
Credits: 3
Students in CW 516 will participate in a final workshop to receive feedback on their writing in CW 514. They will attend the Capstone readings, craft lessons, a workshop on “The Long Form” and an Oral Interpretation class, as well as preparing to “pitch” their work-in-progress to industry professionals in order to help them to narrow the focus of their thesis project.
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CW 520F - Final Project/Fiction Thesis
Credits: 6
Students will revise, polish, and prepare their final M.A. project for review by an outside evaluator-an agent, producer, publisher, or editor, depending upon the course project.
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CW 520L - Final Project/Playwriting Thesis
Credits: 6
Students will revise, polish, and prepare their final M.A. project for review by an outside evaluator-an agent, producer, publisher, or editor, depending upon the course project.
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CW 520N - Final Project/Nonfiction Thesis
Credits: 6
Students will revise, polish, and prepare their final M.A. project for review by an outside evaluator-an agent, producer, publisher, or editor, depending upon the course project.
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CW 520P - Final Project/Poetry Thesis
Credits: 6
Students will revise, polish, and prepare their final M.A. project for review by an outside evaluator-an agent, producer, publisher, or editor, depending upon the course project.
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