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2018-2019 Academic Catalog V 71 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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UNIV 4335 - Leadership Principles
CIP Code: 52.02130016
Credit(s): 3
An introductory course investigating effective leadership. Leadership will be studied by first examining the theoretical underpinnings of leadership, more specifically, how leadership is defined, and what general principles do effective leaders share. Additionally, students will examine practical examples of leadership throughout history, and will be able to define and categorize their leadership styles based on present day theory. Demonstrate an understanding of their own personal leadership journey by reflecting upon and framing their life stories, experiences, desires, and goals; Demonstrate an understanding how and why many great leaders are effective; Master and fully explain both the private and public habits that
allow for great leadership, Demonstrate an awareness of leadership principles, values, and ethical boundaries; Demonstrate and understanding of what is motivating them, both extrinsically and intrinsically; Create a personal leadership mission statement to guide them in their lives.
Faculty Consent: Y
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UNIV 4336 - Professional Portfolio Project
CIP Code: 30.99990101
Credit(s): 3
This course provides a structured process for the development of a professional portfolio that highlights the individual’s academic, workplace, personal, and professional accomplishments. Both an e-portfolio and traditional portfolio will be created. Identify and discuss the major components of a professional portfolio; Demonstrate the skills and
organization desired by potential employers; Students identify ethics and professionalism in the workplace; Students learn to create a resume and cover letter to apply for graduate school or the workforce; Students learn about the importance of presenting their ‘professional-brand’ in the workforce.
Faculty Consent: Y
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OSHM 3311 - Management of Hazardous Materials
CIP Code: 15.0701
Credit(s): 3
An examination of how managers plan for and address hazardous material incidents and emergencies within an organization. Analysis of escalated incidents and emergency events to determine recovery steps for contingency planning. Students will discuss the federal laws that affect the contents and labeling of household and other products; employ figures within the textbook to describe the general practices recommended for EH&S professionals when they encounter a hazardous materials incident involving the major categories discussed within each unit; illustrate an understanding of basic DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations from identification, classification, labeling, marking, transporting, and emergency response; illustrate the importance of chemical factors in corrosive materials, water-reactive substances, toxic substances, oxidizers, organic compounds and polymeric materials; summarize the importance of chemical factors in handling, storage and use of explosive materials and radioactive materials.
Faculty Consent: Y
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OSHM 3312 - Process Safety Management
CIP Code: 15.0701
Credit(s): 3
Discusses the major components that contribute to an effective process safety management program by providing safety managers methods to measure performance, facilitate metrics, integrate various roles of an organization into a process safety program, meet regulatory requirements, and establish and maintain a safety culture. Students will describe the key principles of OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard; describe the purpose of process safety metrics and classify metrics by using the process safety pyramid; develop metrics to measure the effectiveness of PSM program implementation; use strategies to convert documented metrics into actions that resolve incidents within an organization; demonstrate analytical and decision-making skills in simulated critical incident situations; prepare a post incident analysis for a simulated critical incident.
Faculty Consent: Y
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OSHM 4311 - Legal Aspects of Health and Safety
CIP Code: 15.0701
Credit(s): 3
Discussion of management’s legal responsibilities and proactive measures to ensure compliance with OSHA’s General Duty Clause. Examination of management’s legal obligation to protect employees from the potential work hazards within different work environments. Students will describe and participate in the rulemaking, enforcement, and adjudication in the occupational health and safety regulatory system; discuss the duty to comply, the general duty clause, and employee and employer rights
associated with each; recognize specific employee rights associated with refusal to work and whistleblower protection; identify how management can contest a citation and a penalty associated with an OSHA finding and discuss the enforcement of criminal violations and the judicial review process of said violations; appraise and explain the need for imminent danger inspections.
Faculty Consent: Y
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OSHM 4313 - Emergency Management and Contingency Planning
CIP Code: 15.0701
Credit(s): 3
Addresses organizational emergency planning and management from the perspective of a safety manager. Provides a basis for safety leaders within an organization to systematically identify and evaluate the hazards that create the potential for disaster, along with guidelines for mitigating and minimizing the impact ofthose events. Will provide an evaluation of industry standards and practices to develop a strategic guide for management to prepare for and recover from any emergency or disaster. Students will develop an Emergency Contingency Response Plan; conduct an emergency drill based on the Emergency Response Plan; apply the steps in the planning process; identify doctrine and guidance for emergency planning.
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 3301 - Advanced Engineering Programming
Credit(s): 3
Students learn how to apply the fundamentals of scientific and engineering problem-solving using computers. Students engage in finding innovative solutions to engineering problems utilizing advanced engineering programming language and advanced concepts of accuracy and efficiency in programming. Students learn how to develop programs
that include the use of variables, functions, and control structures; writing, testing, and debugging advanced engineering programs. Programming problems focus on real-world applications. Students will create and develop advanced engineering programs, using for and while loops, if and if
else statements, the switch statement, matrices, and user defined functions; evaluate results from advanced engineering programs in a clear and concise manner, including the use of tables when appropriate; design and develop interactive programs; apply advanced engineering programming techniques in interactive mode and create plots.
Prerequisite(s): BCIS 1305 and MATH 2413
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 3305 - Robotics in Automation
Credit(s): 3
Students learn the foundations of robotics with an emphasis on programming and application of articulated industrial robots. Topics covered include
introduction of robotics, robot classifications, robot programming, end-of-arm tooling, safety
considerations, automation sensors, robot and system integration, and fundamentals of kinematics. Students will design and implement safety instructions and maintenance protocols; discover and analyze the various power sources used in advanced industrial robots; evaluate and utilize the different types of robot interface systems; utilize advanced programming methods and control devices to operate robots; analyze and evaluate the types and uses of end effectors.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 2413 , PHYS 2425 , and ARET 3301
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 3308 - Advanced Engineering Design
Credit(s): 3
Students engage in advanced engineering design using CAD software. The intent of the course is to guide students to a better understanding both of how parts are designed, as well as how to create and analyze blueprints. Students learn to visualize parts and designs spatially. More specifically, the course will impart a certain level of proficiency in the advanced engineering design software, preparing them for further education in the software
and/or adding value to their education when they reach industry. Students will be able to create 3D models from which tangible counterparts could be created, and will gain an understanding of important geometric constraints such as perpendicularity, concentricity, symmetry, angularity, parallelism, and orthographic projection which will help them make appropriate design decisions on specific models, as well as in assemblies. Students will examine and assess how parts are designed; evaluate the various geometric constraints that make up specific models and assemblies; create and analyze blue prints; design and create 3D models utilizing an alternative CAD software program; organize and display working drawings using an alternative CAD software; apply file management techniques.This course is an introduction to the SolidWorks 3D CAD software. The intent of the course is to guide students to a better understanding both of how parts are designed as well as how to make and read blueprints. Further, the course helps the student to better visualize parts and designs spatially. More specifically the course will impart a certain level of proficiency in the SolidWorks software, preparing them for further education in the software and/or adding value to their education when they reach industry. Students will be able to create 3D models from which tangible counterparts could be created, and will gain an understanding of important geometric constraints such as perpendicularity, concentricity, symmetry, angularity, parallelism, and others which will help them make appropriate design decisions on specific models as well as in assemblies. Students will: 1. Create, organize, display, and plot working drawings using an alternative CAD software; 2. Use file management techniques.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 2413
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 3406 - Robotics and Automated Systems
Credit(s): 4
Students learn the complexities of the design behind automated manufacturing equipment. Students engage in programming and applications, as well as design interfaces for robots and computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Students study the theory, control, and application of DC/ AC motors, hydraulics, and pneumatics in robotics and automated systems. The course includes laboratory work with state-of-the-art automated manufacturing equipment, such as industrial robots and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines. Students will analyze reasons for employing automation in a manufacturing environment and
discover various applications; design the principle function of a sensor and an actuator in an automated system and analyze examples; design specified control functions using a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and embedded microcontroller; analyze the anatomy and attributes of an industrial robot; analyze and troubleshoot a system and take appropriate action(s) to resolve the issue(s).Basic principles behind automated manufacturing equipment. Topics include theory of programming, applications, and interfaces for robots and computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment as well as theory, control, and hands-on applications of motors, hydraulics, and pneumatics. Includes laboratory work with state-of-the-art automated manufacturing equipment such as robots and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines. Students will: 1. Explain various reasons for employing automation in a manufacturing environment and describe various applications; 2. Describe the basic function of a sensor and an actuator in an automated system and give examples; 3. Use a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and embedded microcontroller, to perform specified control functions; 4. Describe the basic anatomy and attributes of an industrial robot; 5. Troubleshoot a system and take appropriate action(s) to resolve the issue(s).
Prerequisite(s): ARET 3305
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 3407 - (Electro) Pneumatic and Hydraulic Control Circuits
Credit(s): 4
This course covers the fundamental concepts of pneumatic, electropneumatic and hydraulic control circuits in a complex mechatronic automated system.
Students will learn the functions and properties of control elements based upon physical principles, and the roles they play within the system. Students create technical documentation
such as data sheets, circuit diagrams, displacement step diagrams and function charts. By understanding and performing measurements on the pneumatic and hydraulic control circuits, students will apply troubleshooting strategies to identify, analyze and (where possible) correct malfunctions. Safety methods within the system will be discussed, and then students will design preventative maintenance instructions of (electro) pneumatic and hydraulic components. Students will examine and analyze the role of various (electro) pneumatic and hydraulic components within a given system or module; assess the flow of energy in each automated system or subsystem; examine and analyze the principle physical properties of pneumatic and hydraulic components in automated systems; test out measurements and adjustments on pneumatic and hydraulic components in automated systems; create and analyze technical documents such as data sheets, circuit diagrams, displacement step diagrams, timing diagrams and function charts for the pneumatic and hydraulic components within an automated system; analyze and formulate causes of malfunctions in pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, based upon the technical documentation.
Prerequisite(s): ARET 3406
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 4212 - Senior Project
Credit(s): 2
Students will engage in the design and implementation of a large group project, giving them an opportunity to develop presentations and accompanying reports. Students will learn how to work effectively on a large project within a group setting and gain experience in reporting on the project during its various stages of development. Students will also learn about the important phases of project development- planning, analysis, design, implementation, and testing. The project will be a substantial addition to the student’s portfolio. Students will develop skills in working independently, meeting deadlines, and managing their time; utilize effective communication skills; solve problems using system approaches, critical and innovative thinking, and technology to create solutions; research, design, develop, and present a senior project involving a real-world application; compose a coherent thesis or hypothesis in their writing and support it with a literature review and evidence.
Prerequisite(s): ARET 4305
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 4303 - Mechanics and Machine Elements
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on the study of the mechanical components that are included in a complex automated system. It begins with Statics and Kinetics, which includes force system analysis, study of equilibrium, frames and machines, friction and effects of forces on the motion of objects among other basic topics. The second part of the course focuses on Machine Elements, fundaments and classification of a variety of components expanding the
material into calculations involving force, stress a nd wear analysis, as well as calculations to determine the different features from a component required in given a system. Students will apply these techniques for supporting automated systems. Students will analyze and evaluate mechanical components in complex automated systems; assess machine elements and ensure proper performance of the mechanical parts in the system; design troubleshooting methods, preventative maintenance steps, and safety protocols around mechanical components within an automated system; resolve problems involving Statics principles such as trace and evaluate the flow of energy in an automated system; evaluate causes of malfunctions in mechanical components, based upon the use of applied formulas and technical documentation.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2425 and ARET 3407
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 4305 - Manufacturing Processes
Credit(s): 3
Students engage in an experiential learning environment where they learn process management and the function and importance of a hands-on design project. Students engage in a factory simulation, learning the various roles and rules used in the process and how to report on performance and progress data. Additionally, the fundamentals of data
communications and local area networks are taught in order to show students how to integrate modern manufacturing systems. The course includes an emphasis on the various levels of communications between shop floor computers, PLCs, robots, and automatic identification equipment. Database technology is used as an integration tool. Students learn to work in a team and are given specific parameters to simulate a real-world application. Students will apply and evaluate the concepts presented in the factory simulation, including Cycle
Time, Production Time, First Pass Yield, and Barrier Identification; analyze and design a process map; demonstrate project team organization and evaluation; develop meaningful recommendations on how to improve manufacturing and work processes; analyze and evaluate a project with significant time and budgetary constraints.
Prerequisite(s): ARET 4401
Faculty Consent: Y
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ARET 4401 - Automation Systems
Credit(s): 4
The Automation Systems course is divided into two main branches; Manufacturing Technologies, including CNC, CAD and CAM; and Microcontrollers and advanced Programming, which constitute essential tools in modern manufacturing, particularly in complex automated systems. Students learn the theory behind the microcontroller and microprocessor architecture and its role as part of a whole. This theory is complemented with practical exercises that reflect the importance of microcontrollers in a complex automated system. The use of component data sheets for reference, calculations and design is also explained. The course culminates with the instruction of C/C++ advanced programming, which is applied when operating microcontrollers and constructing devices that include this type of element. Fundamental programming skills can be taught parallel to the instruction of the C/C++ syntax at the earlier stages as needed. Students will apply knowledge about automation manufacturing to evaluate and create complex automated systems; illustrate the importance of microcontrollers and automated tools as essential components on an automated system; apply the relationship of these elements as part of a whole and analyze how they interact with others in a way that allows for successful operation and continuous improvement;
create and develop programs for advanced automated robotic modules and systems; analyze CAD, CAM and CNC concepts to support and improve complex automated systems. The Automation Systems course is divided into two main branches; Manufacturing Technologies, including CNC, CAD and CAM; and Microcontrollers and Programming, which constitute essential tools in modern manufacturing, particularly in mechatronic systems. When breaking down a system into its constituent modules, it is likely to find a microcontroller as the intelligent core of the entire structure. The microcontroller section begins to explain the theory behind microcontroller and microprocessor architecture, and focuses later its features and ways of interaction with other electronic elements understanding its function, and its role as part of a whole. This theory is complemented with practical exercises that reflect the importance of microcontrollers in a mechatronic system. The use of component data sheets for reference, calculations and design is also explained. The course culminates with the instruction of Assembly Language programming, which is applied when operating microcontrollers and designing and constructing devices that include this type of element. Basic programming skills can be taught parallel to the instruction of the Assembly syntax at the earlier stages as needed. This section makes up for approximately 60% of the total material for Manufacturing Automation. Students will: 1. Be able to apply knowledge about automation manufacturing to maintain and improve mechatronic systems;
2. Realize the importance of microcontrollers and automated tools as essential components on a mechatronic system; 3. Understand the relationship of these elements as part of a whole and how they interact with others in a way that allows for successful operation and continuous improvement; 4. Program mechatronic modules and systems; 5. Use CAD, CAM and CNC general concepts to maintain and improve mechatronic systems.
Prerequisite(s): ARET 3406 and ARET 3308
Faculty Consent: Y
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Management |
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FINA 4310 - Entrepreneurial Finance
CIP Code: 52.0803
Credit(s): 3
Overview of money and the banking system; interest and present value calculations; financial information; analysis and financial decision making; security markets. Students will produce a financial plan defining and utilizing financial resources with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of financial statement analysis; understand foundations of the U.S. Banking System; formulate financial strategies for lending, operations, and strategic planning. produce a financial plan for an entrepreneurial venture.
Faculty Consent: Y
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MGMT 3350 - Foundations of Entrepreneurship
CIP Code: 52.0701
Credit(s): 3
Course Description: Initiation of new ventures and approaches to growth of existing firms through opportunity recognition, innovation and change. The study of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, and new business models will emphasize developing effective entrepreneurial skills and behaviors. Topics include start-up motives, strategic issues in small and entrepreneurial businesses, legitimacy of new business, growth and alliances for small businesses, decision making and the entrepreneur. Define entrepreneurship; Explore and evaluate entrepreneurship opportunities; Identify the start-up issues that entrepreneurs face; Identify the advantages/disadvantage of different forms of business organizations; List financing options that are available to entrepreneurs
Faculty Consent: Y
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MGMT 4324 - Business and the Law
CIP Code: 52.0101
Credit(s): 3
Course Description: The course provides the student with foundational information about the U.S. legal system and dispute resolution, and their impact on business. The major content areas will include general principles of law, the relationship of business and the U.S. Constitution, state and federal legal systems, the relationship between law and ethics, contracts,
sales, torts, agency law, intellectual property, and business law in the global context. Understand the origins and structure of the U.S. legal system. Connect the relationship of ethics
and law in business. Apply basic principles of law to business transactions. Understand business law in the global context. Describe current law, rules, and regulations related to settling business disputes.
Faculty Consent: Y
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MGMT 4340 - Business Planning for Entrepreneurs
CIP Code: 52.0701
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the development of business plans; the preparation of financial packages; and the evaluation of opportunities, risks, and problems associated with business development. The course will culminate with the preparation of a comprehensive business plan for a new venture. Prepare financial reporting packages Evaluate opportunities, risks, and challenges associated with business development Prepare a comprehensive business plan.
Faculty Consent: Y
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