Ph.D. Courses
Ph.D Degree Program
Core Courses
CE 6301 - Infrastructure Management
The basic concepts and principles of infrastructure management. Life and performance models required for a sound management system. The concepts of modeling performance (including maintenance and repair) for facilities such as roads, buildings, bridges, water supply systems, and others.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 6303 - Engineering Analysis I
Series solutions of differential equations, Fourier Series and Fourier Integrals, Bessel's Equations and Bessel Functions, Lagrange's equations and Lagrange's polynomials, Sterm-Liouville problem and eigenfunction expansions. Formulation and solution of initial and boundary value problems arising in Civil Engineering.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 6306 - Infrastructure Engineering
A hands-on course that provides information about the basic concepts of deterioration engineering, material science, testing and evaluation, project evaluation and planning and construction management and environment impact.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 6332 - Modern Methods of Engineering Computation
Essential methods for computer-aided problem solving in infrastructure engineering areas. Topics may include computer operating systems concepts; the Internet and World Web site design; advanced programming with C programming language; data structures; file manipulation and management; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; interfacing with spreadsheets, SQL databases, and computer-aided design packages; introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Team programming is emphasized.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
General Electives
CE 5324 - Construction Management
Planning and management of construction or engineering organizations, including formation, organization, legal factors, marketing, financing, and human resource management.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5307 - Finite Element Method (3-0)
Theory of the Finite Elements Method and its application to the solution of engineering problems. Topics include the strong and weak formulation, boundary conditions, basis functions and error estimates. Concepts will be applied to the solution of one, two and three-dimensional boundary-value steady-state problems in linear elasticity, heat conduction, and flow. Students will also be exposed to the use of commercial FE software.
Prerequisites: CE 3343 or equivalent and instructor approval.
CE 5310 - Risk/Reliability Analysis of Engineering Systems
Quantitative risk and reliability analyses in engineering. Reliability methods applicable to design, component reliability, system reliability, parallel systems, series system, extreme value theory, fault tree and decision analysis, approximate methods for risk and reliability, selected applications to civil engineering.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5317 - Statistical Methods for Civil Engineering
Applications of statistical analysis to civil engineering problems. Topics covers include point and interval estimations, confident intervals, non-parametric test, linear and non-linear regressions and analysis of variance.
CE 5319 - Civil & Environmental Systems Engineering
Introduction to the fundamental concepts associated with civil engineering systems design from needs assessments to implementation. Topics covered will include basic design principles, system analysis and modeling, evaluation (on basis of benefit-cost, environmental impacts, etc.), resource allocation, optimization, and decision analysis. The course applies the concepts to problems in the various areas of civil engineering disciplines, such as transportation networks, queuing systems, environmental systems, and structures.
CE 5356 - Sustainable Engineering Design
Fundamentals from engineering and science to develop an in-depth understanding of sustainable design principles. Students will be exposed to emerging concepts such as zero energy and net positive energy engineering systems. The course will focus on the areas of sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality and innovation and design processes.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
CE 5365 - Infrastructure Systems Design and Evaluation
This course is aimed at providing students with methodologies and applications for complex decision making in infrastructure system design and evaluation in the presence of multiple criteria/objectives, multiple actors and uncertainty. In addition to the conceptual, mathematical and algorithmic aspects of the various approaches, limitations, implementation issues and case studies are addressed.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of CE 3373 or equivalent and department approval.
CE 5390 - Special Topics Civil Engineering
Advanced topics of contemporary interest in civil engineering. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
Technical Electives: Water Resources/Environmental Infrastructure
CE 6313 - Water Resources Management
Technological and institutional approaches for managing water resources; the planning process; systems analysis methods; comprehensive integration of engineering, economic, environmental, legal and political considerations in water resources development and management; issues and future directions.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5302 - Groundwater Hydrology & Pollution
A general course in groundwater hydrology, emphasizing fundamental principles and their applications to practical problems. Topics included are hydrologic cycles, geologic environments and controls, unsaturated (Vadose) and saturated zones, Darcy's law, continuity and energy principles, Navier-Stokes equations, flow equations, steady and unsteady hydraulics, aquifer tests, pollutant transport, analytical and numerical models, and computer codes.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
CE 5312 - Environmental Processes
Environmental Processes (3-0) Critical study of fundamental theories and modeling approaches for physical, chemical and biological processes that affect the fate of chemicals in the environment. Mass flow and diffusion, kinetics and equilibrium, solubility and precipitation, volatilization, oxidation-reduction, types of sorption, complexation, radiodecay and biotransformation. Applications focus on waste disposal, soil and groundwater reclamation, and advanced water and wastewater treatment operations.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5322 - Waste Management
A study of waste management from cradle to grave; generation, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal, exchanges and minimization. The program emphasizes legislative and technical aspects with focus on treatment and disposal technologies. Analysis and design covers physical, chemical, thermal or biological processes with general applications in the industrial and energy-producing sectors. Special wastes, such as high-technology, infectious and radioactive, are addressed as case studies.
Prerequisites: A BS degree in Engineering or Chemistry, graduate standing in engineering or chemistry or department approval.
CE 5326 - Air Pollution Control
Effect of air pollution, classification of wastes, meteorological factors, sampling and analysis, abatement, and statistical analysis.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5329 - Air Pollution Modeling
Atmospheric boundary layer, atmospheric turbulence, air pollution meteorology, turbulent diffusion in the atmosphere, Eulerian diffusion equations, Gaussian models, USEPA regulatory air pollution models, modeling considerations, urban air pollution, and recent developments in air pollution modeling.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5344 – Biological Unit Operations/Processes
Design course for biological waste treatment systems. Both anaerobic and aerobic processes such as activated sludge and its variants, bio-towers, RBC's, sequencing batch reactors, fluidized bed reactors and anaerobic digestion. The course will also address the biological removal and control of nitrogen and phosphorous for nutrient and ammonia toxicity control.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5345 - Advanced Water Treatment Process
Design course focusing on the development of treatment trains for the removal of contaminants from water. Advanced design process development for filtration, adsorption, disinfection, ion exchange, membrane processes and inorganic residuals disposal. Class includes relevant field trips to advanced treatment facilities and a process design project.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5349 – Design of Filtration and Membrane Processes
Fundamentals of particulate and ion removal/rejection are reviewed and then applied to engineered systems. The design of multi-media filtration systems, ultra and nano-filtration processes, reverse osmosis (RO), electrodialysis, are covered in depth. Brine concentrate disposal methods such as deep well injection, irrigation, and enhanced evaporation are examined. Products such as membranes and brine concentration systems and availability from manufacturers are reviewed. Site visits to industrial application sites, an engineering design office, and an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) may be included.
Prerequisite: Department approval
CE 5409 - Environmental Engineering Chemistry
Study and evaluation of the chemical characteristics of ground water, surface water, municipal wastewaters, and industrial effluents. Acid base reactions, oxidation reduction reactions, gas solubility, absorption, precipitation, and dissolution. Laboratory covers analysis of physical, chemical, and biological properties of water. Work with AA, GC, IC, TOC and other instrumentation for water analysis.
Prerequisite: Department approval Laboratory fee required.
ESE 6301 Environmental Law and Policy
Focus on the formulation, implementation, enforcement and evaluation of environmental policies. A review of the legal and administrative environmental systems of both the United States and Mexico will be included. Questions of environmental equity will be addressed.
Prerequisite: Admission into the ESE program or permission of the ESE Program Director.
ESE 6303 Transport, Fate & Treatment of Contaminants in the Environment
Review of transport phenomena active in environmental systems. Fluid flow and contaminant transport in surface waters, groundwaters, the vadose zone, and the atmosphere. Multimedia contaminant transport. Relationship between transport properties and site remediation. Application of computer models for environmental transport.
Prerequisite: Admission into the ESE program or permission of the ESE Program Director.
ESE 6402 Environmental Chemistry
Review of classification and properties of chemical materials of environmental interest. Study of chemical principles pertaining to acidity, basicity, redox properties, solubility, partitioning and transport in the environment. Chemical reactions in aqueous, soil/sediment and atmospheric phases. Environmental analytical techniques. The laboratory emphasizes analytical protocols utilized in environmental laboratories.
Prerequisites: One year of introductory work in chemistry. Admission into the ESE program or permission of the ESE Program Director.
CHEM 5318 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Chemical equilibrium and its applications to separation and analysis.
CHEM 5321 Advanced Organic Chemistry I
A survey of the more important types of reactions in organic chemistry; reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry of intermediates and products; current structural theory.
Prerequisite: CHEM 3322.
CHEM 5339 Contemporary Topics in Biochemistry
Selected topics of current interest in organic or physical aspects of biological chemistry. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Technical Electives: Transportation Infrastructure
CE 6314 - Advanced Traffic Engineering
Human, vehicular, and traffic characteristics as they relate to driver-vehicle-roadway operational systems; traffic studies and methods of analysis and evaluation. Advanced theory and application of traffic control; signalization; and freeway operations.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 6315 - Infrastructure Planning
Influence of infrastructure in shaping urban form; relationships between land use and transportation; trends in urban development; site development; circulation and relationships to the street system; guidelines for redevelopment of existing public infrastructure systems.
CE 6316 - Urban Transportation Analysis
Characteristics of urban transportation systems, trends in urban mobility; the urban transportation modeling process, study design data collection, trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice and traffic assignment; use and interpretation of modeling results; alternative analysis; intermodal transportation issues; intercity transportation, the transportation life cycle.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5320 - Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
Advanced treatment of topics in geotechnical engineering, including the engineering response to loading, shear strength of sands and clays, consolidation and settlement analysis, and dynamic soil properties including liquefaction.
CE 5351 - Mechanistic Pavement Design and Analysis
Stresses and deformations in flexible and rigid pavements. Traffic loading and volume. Material characterization. Drainage design. Definition of pavement performance. Application of reliability to pavement design. Flexible and rigid pavement design. Design of overlays.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5359 - Foundation Design I
Subsurface exploration, spread footings, mat foundations, pile foundations, drilled shaft, mechanics of laterally and axially loaded piles.
CE 5352 - Foundation Design II
Determination of lateral earth pressure. Design of traditional retaining structures, mechanically stabilized retaining walls and cofferdams. Stability of slopes, and dewatering.
Prerequisite: CE 4348 or department approval.
CE 5353 - Geotechnical Site Investigation
Scope of site investigation. Subsurface data requirements. Conduct of investigation. Field Mapping. Engineering Geophysics. Laboratory and field investigation. Compilation and Presentation of Geotechnical Information.
Prerequisites: CE 4348 and instructor approval.
CE 5355 - Advanced Civil Engineering Materials
Advanced topics in civil engineering materials, design characterization and construction of Portland cement including high performance concrete, design, characterization, and construction of asphalt concrete mixtures; and design, characterization, and construction of base and subgrade materials.
CE 5358 - Traffic Engineering
Human, vehicular, and traffic characteristics as they relate to driver-vehicle roadway operational systems, traffic studies, and methods of analysis and evaluation. Traffic flow theory and application of traffic control, signalization, and freeway operations. Intelligent transportation systems.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
CE 5360 - Highway Geometric Design
This course will provide students with an understanding of the basic principles and techniques of highway design. This will include laying out potential routes, detailed design of the alignment, and evaluation of drainage, earthwork, and intersection requirements. The student should be able to understand and apply these principles to highway design problems. The student will use existing computer tools to generate and analyze designs. Upon completion, students should be prepared to work in the field of highway design and to study advanced topics in roadway design.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of CE 4340 or equivalent and department approval.
CE 5361 - Traffic Flow and Simulation Modeling
This is a comprehensive introductory course to traffic flow and simulation modeling. Topics include: basic microscopic; meso-scopic and macroscopic traffic flow theories; advanced traffic flow theories such as high-order traffic flow theories; analytical and simulation based traffic flow modeling; traffic simulation models and their applications.
CE 5362 - Urban Transportation Planning
This course introduces the student to transportation planning and provides the student with an understanding of transportation planning models, including travel demand models of trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment. The course also provides instruction in econometric model estimation methods and use of behavioral models in service design, marketing and prediction. Practical problems are assigned to provide familiarity with models used and experience in data handling and estimation.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of CE 4340 or equivalent and department approval.
CE 5363 - Advance Travel Demand Analysis
This course addresses new developments in the econometric and behavioral aspects of demand analysis and forecasting, supply-demand interaction in transport systems, and dynamic models. Applications include passenger travel, urban activity decisions, user responses to information, intelligent transportation systems, freight transportation as well as the demand for other types of infrastructure facilities and services.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of CE 4340 or equivalent and department approval.
CE 5364 - Infrastructure Network Flow Analysis and Optimization
The primary focus of this course is on the use of quantitative techniques of operations research to model system performance, design transportation services, and analyze transportation network problems through the design, analysis and implementation of algorithms. Topics include introductions to data structures, memory management and complexity analysis; queuing systems; application of graph theory and network analysis to transportation problems (including shortest path, vehicle routing and other problems arising in connection with scheduled and unscheduled systems); analytical approaches to the formulation of network equilibrium assignment problems and solution algorithms; and introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of CE 4340 or equivalent and department approval.
Technical Electives: Structural Systems /Mechanics
CE 5304 - Advanced Design of Structural Systems
Behavior and design concepts for concrete, steel, and composite structural systems. Topics include a detailed review of design specifications, detailing of frames, floor systems, and bracing components. Students will also be exposed to computational design tools.
Prerequisite: CE 4335 and CE 4361.
CE 5305 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Linear and nonlinear analysis of structural systems; plastic analysis; introduction to structural stability; and computational aspects of linear and nonlinear structural analysis.
Prerequisite: CE 3343
CE 5318 - Bridge Engineering
General considerations for design and load capacity evaluation of highway bridges. Introduction to load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy. Bridge loads. Influence lines. Grillage analysis of bridges. Reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges. Composite steel bridges. Bridge substructures. Load rating. Introduction to seismic analysis and design.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5323 - Prestressed Concrete
Theory, advantages, and limitations; various systems of prestressing; composite construction; continuous span theory.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5325 - Design for Dynamic Loads
Vibration theory, behavior of structures and foundation members under dynamic loads. Design of structures and foundations for dynamic loads, wind loads, earthquakes and machine vibration.
CE 5333 - Plates and Shells
The theory and designs of plates and shell structures by the membrane and bending stress theories.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
CE 5357 - Structural Loads Models
Comprehensive review of the most common models and modeling processes for the loads affecting buildings, bridges, and other civil engineering structures including dead and live loads, wind and earthquake loads, and snow and temperature loads.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Infrastructure Management Electives
CIS 5311 Management Information Systems Theory and Practice (3-0)
A broad study of management information systems, decision support systems, and expert systems. MIS will be studied in-depth from the standpoint of structures, technology, and requirements. Problems and issues related to the design, implementation and management of MIS will be covered.
CIS 5313: Strategic Information Systems (3-0)
This course is concerned with how general managers can apply information technology (IT) to increase strategic advantage and organizational effectiveness. The objective of the course is to develop students' ability to identify information systems that can increase organizational competitiveness and to recognize the major threats to these desired outcomes: Successful application of IT to business problems and opportunities will also be reviewed.
CIS 5340 Electronic Commerce in Business (3-0)
The course will provide students with a well-defined set of business perspectives and good technical background in the electronic commerce (e-commerce) area. The course will also cover international, legal, ethical, and tax issues in the e-commerce area. The students will gain hands-on experience in designing, developing, deploying, and operating e-commerce dynamic Web sites using appropriate Web application construction software.
Prerequisite: CIS 5311: Management Information Systems Theory and Practice ("B" or better) or equivalent ("B" or better) or approval of the instructor.
ECON 5304 Business Economics (3-0)
An intensive, in-depth study of economics with emphasis upon the theory of the static profit maximizing firm and upon the effects of the economic environment upon the firm.
Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate program in business. May be counted only as Pre-Macc or Pre-MBA courses in the graduate degree programs offered by the College of Business Administration.
FIN 5311 Financial Management (3-0)
A study of the financial manager in executive decision making, involving financial planning and analysis in the allocation of the financial resources of a firm; investment decision-making, capital budgeting, and financial problems of growth.
Prerequisite: FIN 3310 or FIN 5305 or department approval.
POLS 5359 Seminar in Regional and Urban Planning (3-0)
Covers planning topics associated with satisfying area-wide service needs in urban and regional environments. Topics may include land-use regulations, capital facilities siting, and transportation planning.
POLS 5364 Seminar in Public Policy Analysis (3-0)
The study of the politics of the policy making process. Emphasis is on the actors involved in public policy-making, their interactions, and the outputs of the policy process.
Other Courses
CE 6195 - Civil Engineering Seminar
Presentation and discussion of topics in infrastructure engineering by graduate students, faculty and visitors.
Prerequisites: Permission of the CE program director and department approval.
CE 6296 - Doctoral Research
Directed research on topics in civil and infrastructure engineering related to the dissertation or conducted as a component of the student's overall graduate program.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
CE 6396 - Doctoral Research
Directed research on topics in civil and infrastructure engineering related to the dissertation or conducted as a component of the student's overall graduate program.
Prerequisites: Admission to the CE program or permission of the CE Program Director and department approval.
CE 6398 - Dissertation
Taken when preparation of the dissertation is begun. One enrollment permitted.
Prerequisite: Completion of comprehensive examination.
CE 6399 - Dissertation
Taken continuously during preparation of the dissertation.
Prerequisite: CE 6398.
Courses From Other Departments
MASE 5340 Advanced Failure Analysis
An advanced study of structural failure processes to include topics in fracture mechanics, fatigue, and environmental assisted cracking. Analysis of failures using metallographic, electron microscopy, and microanalytic techniques will be covered. Fracture of specific materials; steels, nonferrous alloys, composites, and nonmetallics will be included.
MATH 5343 Numerical Solution to PDE
Introduction to finite difference and finite element methods for the solution of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations.
Prerequisites: (1) MATH 2326 or MATH 3326; MATH 3323; and MATH 4329, each with a "C" or better or their equivalents and (2) knowledge of a high level programming language.
MATH 5311 Applied Mathematics
Mathematics 5311 is designed to introduce the student to those areas of mathematics which are useful in engineering and science. Topics are chosen from differential equations, Fourier Series, calculus of variations, and theory of algorithms. The course may be repeated once as content changes.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
MME 5308 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
The underlying principles of elastic and plastic deformation of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials will be developed. Topics include dislocation theory, slip, twinning, microstructures, and high and low temperature deformation behavior (tensile properties, creep, and fatigue) of crystalline and amorphous materials. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisite: MME 2303 or equivalent, or instructor approval.
MME 5313 Advanced Materials and Composites
Properties and structures of composite materials and design of composite systems to yield desired combinations of properties. Metal, ceramic, and polymer composite systems as well as high-performance alloy systems or microcomposites. Applications of materials and composite fundamentals to manufacturing and processing. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites: MME 5401, MME 5403, or equivalent, or instructor approval.
PHYS 5321 Mechanics
Lagrange's equations, nonholonomic constraints, Hamilton's principle, two-body central force, rigid body dynamics, Lagrangian relativistic mechanics, Hamilton and Hamilton-Jacobi equations, and canonical transformations.
Prerequisite: PHYS 3352. Offered during Fall semester.
PHYS 5325 Mathematical Physics
Linear systems, special functions, complex variables, and tensor problems in Physics. Offered Fall semester.
MECH 5302 Advanced Mechanics of Materials I
An introduction to the theory of elasticity and the principles of stress and strain. Solution of some elasticity problems such as bending and shear of beams, torsion of bars. Energy method and stability.
Prerequisite: CE 2334.
MECH 5303 Advanced Heat Transfer I—Conduction
Conduction in various coordinate systems; steady and transient-state cases with various boundary conditions; analytical, numerical, and graphical solutions.
Prerequisite: MATH 2326 or MATH 3326 or instructor approval.
MECH 5306 Advanced Fluid Mechanics I
Survey of the principal concepts of fluid mechanics, statics, continuity, momentum and energy relations for continuum fluids, kinematics of fluid motion, governing equations for motion of non-viscous fluids, vorticity and circulation, and Kelvin's theorem. Helmholtz theorem, Crocco's theorem, steam function, potential flow, conformal transformation, theory or lift, and wave phenomena in fluids.
Prerequisite: MECH 3454 or instructor approval.
MECH 5309 Structural Dynamics
Continuation of MECH 3365 with emphasis on multiple degree-of-freedom systems and their response to disturbances. Normal mode theory, and matrix representation of problems; Laplace transform, electrical analogue and mobility techniques of solution. Vibration measurements and analysis.
MECH 5312 Advanced Mechanics of Materials II
Traditional approach to mechanics of materials with topics such as failure theories, fatigue, beams on an elastic foundation, stress concentrations, thick-walled and laminated cylinders, contact stresses, and inelastic behavior.
Prerequisite: MECH 5302.
MECH 5318 Advanced Dynamics
Velocity and acceleration analysis, motion of a point in space, rotating coordinate systems, balancing of masses; generalized coordinates, work and energy, and impulse and momentum.
GEOL 5345 Environmental Geochemistry
Processes of a geological nature that are important in environmental studies will be the topic of this course. The geological context is usually important in determining the effect of foreign intrusions into the natural environment. The course will involve problem solving, class participation, exams, field trips, and a semester project report.
Prerequisite: 成人头条 standing or instructor approval.
GEOL 5383 Physical Hydrogeology
A study of the geological controls on ground and surface water flow. Subjects studied are the geology of aquifers, a review of major aquifers in North America, aquifer hydraulics, Darcy's law aquifer tests, and groundwater flow modeling.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
GEOP 5352 Geophysical Inverse Theory
The quantitative study of mathematical methods used to interpret geophysical measurements and determine earth structure. Techniques for both linear and non-linear geophysical problems are studied to determine the resolution and precision of a geophysical model from a given set of data.
Prerequisites: GEOP 4332, GEOP 4334 and MATH 3323, or instructor approval.
GEOP 5362 Reflection Seismic Data Interpretation (2-2)
The fundamentals of the geologic interpretation of reflection seismic data. Introduction to seismic data acquisition and processing, and their effects on data interpretation. Interpretation techniques: well log to seismic ties, contour maps, fault plane maps, time to depth conversion. Interpretation of data from different structural settings. Seismic stratigraphy and applications of sequence stratigraphy to seismic stratigraphy interpretation. 3-D seismic interpretation.
Prerequisite: 成人头条 standing. Laboratory fee required.
GEOP 5460 Geophysical Applications of Digital Signal Processing (3-2)
Computer applications of discrete signals and systems to geophysical data in one and two dimensions. Properties of the FFT, DFT, Z-transform, and continuous Fourier integral transform. Digital filter design, spectral analysis, deconvolution, spatial filtering of geophysical data sets. Knowledge of Fortran, C, or mathematical software required.
Prerequisite: graduate standing or instructor approval.
GEOP 5354 Seismology
A study of earthquake seismology, seismotectonics, and the use of seismological methods to determine earth structure. A theoretical foundation is provided by the study of wave propagation in homogeneous and isotropic media from the standpoint of both ray and wave theory.
Prerequisite: MATH 4336, PHYS 3351, or instructor approval.
INSS 5380 Geographic Information Systems
The purpose of this course is to introduce the theory and practice of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Cartographic, database, technical, and scientific issues involved in creating a useful GIS project will be presented. Databases and their analysis is another emphasis in the course. The laboratory will provide a substantial introduction to the leading GIS software and its usage.
ECON 5334 Urban Economics
This course provides an overview of urban and regional economics. Spatial theory, growth patterns, and business cycle impacts on metropolitan development provide the basic framework from which the various topics are to be covered. Additional topics receiving coverage will include urban real estate markets, labor mobility, transportation, growth, public policy analysis, taxation, development, and regional income performance.
Prerequisite: ECON 5305 with a grade of "C" or better or instructor approval.
ECON 5370 Applied Econometrics
Linear and non linear regression methodologies, elementary time series analysis, and other introductory economics topics will be treated. The course is designed to provide basic expertise in the application of econometric techniques to hypothesis testing, model building, diagnostic testing, and simulation analysis.
Prerequisites: ECON 5305