NU 799 - MSN Independent Study

• Course learning outcomes will be determined by supervising faculty prior to registration.

• None

NU 6300 - Nurse Leader and Manager: Professional and Personal Development

• Compare and contrast major theories related to leadership and management
• Develop your own leadership capacity as part of personal development plan
• Demonstrate awareness of own strengths and limitations as a leader
• Apply concepts of self-care to develop a balanced personal and professional life
• Examine own perspectives on the current status of the nursing profession
• Demonstrate life-long learning practices that will serve to enhance personal and professional development
• Examine own level of emotional intelligence and strategies for enhancement

• None 

• May include:
  • Rapidly changing healthcare environment
  • Managing, leading, following
  • Management and Leadership Theories
  • Knowledge, skills and attitudes
  • Professional Nursing Practice
  • Nursing: Past, present, future
  • Characteristics of a Professional Practice Model
  • Scope and Standards of Practice
  • Professional Nursing Organizations
  • Decision Making, Career Planning, Professional Portfolio
  • Communication,written, verbal, public speaking, use of technology, Personal branding
  • Emotional Intelligence, Self-care Practice
  • Career Development, role Competence, Certification
  •  Nursing’s alliance with business
  • Becoming a member of the leadership / management team.
  • Mentoring, networking, coaching

NU 6301 - Nurse Leader and Manager: Professional and Personal Development

• Compare and contrast major theories related to leadership and management
• Develop your own leadership capacity as part of personal development plan
• Demonstrate awareness of own strengths and limitations as a leader
• Apply concepts of self-care to develop a balanced personal and professional life
• Examine own perspectives on the current status of the nursing profession
• Demonstrate life-long learning practices that will serve to enhance personal and professional development
• Examine own level of emotional intelligence and strategies for enhancement
• Critically examine fundamental financial issues in health care
• Demonstrate awareness of variables in decision making including ethics, data, finances, quality, and safety
• Summarize financial concepts, budgeting processes, and financial reporting that is unique to the health care industry.

• None

• May include:
  • Managing, leading, following
  • Management and Leadership Theories
  • Characteristics of a Professional Practice Model
  • ANA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
  • Professional Nursing Organizations
  • Decision Making, Career Planning, Professional Portfolio, Certification
  • Communication,written, verbal, public speaking, use of technology, Personal branding
  • Emotional Intelligence, Self-care Practice
  • Becoming a member of the leadership / management team.
  • Mentoring, networking, coaching
  • Fundamental concepts and issues in health care finance

NU 6310 - Nurse Leader and Manager: Managing Health Care Delivery

• Maintain knowledge of current nursing practice and the roles and functions of the patient care team members
• Analyze differences in communication style preferences among patients and families, advanced practice nurses and other members of the health care team
• Continuously plan for improvement in use of self in effective team development and functioning
• Appreciate nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes
• Create and communicate a shared vision of care delivery
• Appreciate the essential role of the manager in creating healthy work environments
• Describe factors that create a just culture and a culture of safety
• Participate in the design and implementation of new models of care delivery and coordination
• Role model lifelong learning, including clinical subjects such as disease processes, pharmaceuticals and clinical technology

• None

• Patient and family centered care
• Creating a just culture in a work environment
• Health care consumers; Patient satisfaction
• Staff mix: APRNs, Front line workers, Nurse Navigators
• Transforming care at the bedside (TCAB)
• Home care/Community care/ Telehealth
• Shared Governance
• Health communication
• Health literacy
• Disaster nursing (FEMA)

NU 6311 - Nurse Manager and Leader: Fiscal and Operational Mangagement

3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits

  (prereq: NU 6301 )

• Continuously plan for improvement in use of self in effective team development and functioning
• Appreciate nursing’s unique contribution to patient outcomes
• Create and communicate a shared vision of care delivery
• Describe factors that create a just culture and a culture of safety
• Participate in the design and implementation of new models of care delivery and coordination
• Role model lifelong learning, including clinical subjects such as disease processes, pharmaceuticals and clinical technology
• Appraise revenue cycle processes specific to multiple payer types, billing compliance, audits, charity care and bad debt.
• Analyze how clinical and financial decisions impact day to day operations, health of the organizations, patient safety, and patient outcomes

• None

• May include:
  • Creating a just culture in a work environment
  • Health care consumers; patient satisfaction
  • Staff mix: APRNs, front line workers, nurse navigators
  • Patient Safety and Quality
  • High reliability organizations
  • Transforming care at the bedside (TCAB)
  • Shared governance
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Budgeting- operational, capital
  • Financial modeling and decision making
  • Revenue streams and payer mix

NU 6320 - Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Examine scientific evidence that serves as basis for patient and provider safety in practice
• Describe evidence-based practice, considering components of research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient/family values
• Demonstrate knowledge of health research methods and processes
• Employ health research methods and processes, alone or in partnership, to generate new knowledge for practice
• Translate research to convey the nursing perspective to policy makers and stakeholders in an understandable way
• Role model clinical decision making based on evidence, clinical expertise, and patient/family preferences and values
• Apply the best possible evidence from nursing and other disciplines as foundations for desired patient outcomes, quality nursing practice, and health system organization

• None

• PICOT or PEO question development
• Integrated literature review
• Manuscript development based on review of the literature
• Translating evidence into leadership
• Translating evidence into education/clinical outcomes
• Evidence based practice project within health care setting

NU 6330 - Health Care Policy and Regulation

• Produce cogent and persuasive written materials to address nursing, health care and organizational issues appropriate to the audience
• Interpret research, bringing the nursing perspective for policy makers and stakeholders
• Articulate patient care standards as published by The Joint Commission, CMS, and professional nursing literature
• Examine the effect of legal and regulatory processes of nursing practice, health care delivery, and outcomes
• Advocate for patients, families, caregivers, communities and members of the health care team
• Understand, articulate and ensure compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of Nursing regulations, regulatory agency standards, and policies of these organizations
• Engage in state and national policy initiatives aimed at improving teamwork and collaboration
• Represent the organization to non-health care constituents within the community

• None

• Legal and ethics, influence
• Laws affecting health care structure
• Professional liability
• Patient rights
• State and federal regulation
• Affordable Care Act
• Medicaid/Medicare - case mix index
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
• Integrated case management
• Globalization
• Health care consumers
• Regulatory bodies
• Professional standards
• Nursing’s influence in public policy
• Nursing history and influence on regulations
• Context of health care delivery
• Developing productive groups

NU 6340 - Ethics in Nursing and Health Care

• Critically examine key ethical theories and apply the core ethical theories and principles as they pertain to health care delivery
• Compare key assumptions, and engage in reflective thinking about key ethical theories
• Critically examine the qualities of ethical nursing practice discussed in the American Nurse Association (ANA) and International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics       
• Integrate concepts of moral courage and moral integrity into personal practice
• Apply ethical principles and systematic, sound reasoning to address ethical dilemmas in advanced nursing practice, complex health care environments, and varied populations across the lifespan
• Select and synthesize the application of an ethical framework to solve an ethical problem
• Discuss ethical principles and consider as they apply to organizational levels
• Compare and contrast the attributes of organizations that maintain high ethical standards
• Apply ethical based reasoning when engaging ethical based problem solving
• Evaluate legal and ethical issues related to client data, confidentiality and information and technology in the organizational setting

• None

• Ethical theoretical frameworks integration of ethics into leadership social responsibility
• Technology in ethics
• Moral integrity/courage
• ANA Code of Ethics
• Diversity / multicultural nursing practice
• Generational differences
• Population health
• Genetic screening and diagnostic testing
• Conflict of Interest
• Research agendas

NU 6350 - Health Care Management Synthesis I

• Maintain presence and share knowledge regarding current role to academic advising counsels, community, and/or professional organizations
• Demonstrate own leadership capacity as evidence of a personal development plan
• Analyze strategies that influence the ability to initiate and sustain effective partnerships with members of nursing and inter-professional teams
• Design and implement systems change strategies that improve the care environment
• Develop and deliver oral presentations to diverse audiences on nursing, health care, and organizational issues
• Consider impact of nursing decisions on the health care organization as a whole
• Demonstrate growth in personal philosophy based on knowledge of ethical and professional standards
• Apply the best available evidence in design and implementation of plans that impact the quality and safety of diverse populations within the health care system

• None

• Implementation of capstone paper outline
• IRB training

NU 6351 - Health Care Management Synthesis I

• Maintain presence and share knowledge regarding current role to academic advising counsels, community, and/or professional organizations
• Demonstrate own leadership capacity as evidence of a personal development plan
• Analyze strategies that influence the ability to initiate and sustain effective partnerships with members of nursing and inter-professional teams
• Design and implement systems change strategies that improve the care environment
• Develop and deliver oral presentations to diverse audiences on nursing, health care, and organizational issues
• Consider impact of nursing decisions on the health care organization as a whole
• Demonstrate growth in personal philosophy based on knowledge of ethical and professional standards
• Apply the best available evidence in design and implementation of plans that impact the quality and safety of diverse populations within the health care system

• None

• Implementation of capstone paper outline
• IRB training

NU 6360 - Health Care Management Synthesis II

• Maintain presence and share knowledge regarding current role to academic advising counsels, community, and/or professional organizations
• Demonstrate own leadership capacity as evidence of a personal development plan
• Analyze strategies that influence the ability to initiate and sustain effective partnerships with members of nursing and inter-professional teams
• Design and implement systems change strategies that improve the care environment
• Develop and deliver oral presentations to diverse audiences on nursing, health care, and organizational issues
• Consider impact of nursing decisions on the health care organization as a whole
• Demonstrate growth in personal philosophy based on knowledge of ethical and professional standards
• Apply the best available evidence in design and implementation of plans that impact the quality and safety of diverse populations within the health care system

• None

• Personal development plan
• Implementation of paper outline
• IRB approval required, packet submitted

NU 6361 - Health Care Management Synthesis II

• Maintain presence and share knowledge regarding current role to academic advising counsels, community, and/or professional organizations
• Demonstrate own leadership capacity as evidence of a personal development plan
• Analyze strategies that influence the ability to initiate and sustain effective partnerships with members of nursing and inter-professional teams
• Design and implement systems change strategies that improve the care environment
• Develop and deliver oral presentations to diverse audiences on nursing, health care, and organizational issues
• Consider impact of nursing decisions on the health care organization as a whole
• Demonstrate growth in personal philosophy based on knowledge of ethical and professional standards
• Apply the best available evidence in design and implementation of plans that impact the quality and safety of diverse populations within the health care system

• None

NU 6370 - Nursing Informatics & Technology Management

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of quality improvement processes to ensure safe, effective, efficient, and equitable patient centered care
• Apply key technical concepts to vendor relationships in order to serve as a leader and advocate for best practices and advancement of care

• None

• Multidisciplinary systems
• Patients, families, and communities
• Quality frameworks and improvement; overview of PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma
• Quality outcomes
• IT processes, vendor management
• Regulations and standards and meaningful use
• Data standardization and policies
• Security and ethics
• Data reporting
• Data integrity
• Decision support
• Data monitoring and continuous improvement
• Emerging technologies

NU 6371 - Nursing Informatics & Technology Management

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of quality improvement processes to ensure safe, effective, efficient, and equitable patient centered care
• Apply key technical concepts to vendor relationships and multidisplinary teams in order to serve as a leader and advocate for best practices and advancement of care
• Apply ethical principles to issues related to health care technologies
• Demonstrate understanding of financial issues related to the costs of techology

• None

MA 703 - Partial Differential Equations

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

ME 512 - Heat Transfer

• Model physical systems subject to heat transfer, using calculus and differential equations
• Solve the related differential equations, and concretely relate the results to an observable heat transfer process
• Apply models of conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer, and to solve practical engineering heat transfer problems

• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• Differential equations

• Fundamental concepts
• Conduction rate equation, thermal properties, heat diffusion equation
• One-dimensional, steady-state conduction and radial systems
• Two-dimensional steady-state conduction, internal heat generation
• Extended surfaces
• Transient conduction, lumped capacitance and other simplified models
• Boundary layer theory: relationship of velocity, thermal boundary layers
• Convection transfer equations
• Physical significance of dimensionless parameters
• Forced convection - external flow, internal flow
• Natural convection
• Heat exchangers: Overall heat transfer coefficient, LMTD
• Effectiveness-NTU method
• Fundamental concepts of radiation heat transfer
• Surface emission
• Additional topics in heat transfer for electronic devices

ME 514 - Thermodynamic Applications

• Analyze Otto and Diesel cycles.
• Perform 1st Law analysis of combustion processes.
• Perform basic integrated thermal systems design.
• Apply 1st and 2nd law to real systems.
• Demonstrate the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer in laboratory experimentation. Experiments will include the analysis of: power cycles and refrigeration cycles, solar photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, and cogeneration systems

• First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
• Ideal gas and incompressible liquid models, steam tables
• Rankine, refrigeration, and Brayton cycles
• Heat transfer- conduction, convection, radiation

• Internal combustion cycles (otto and diesel) cycles
• Reacting mixtures (combustion processes)
• Design project(s)
• Additional topics (compressible flow, cogeneration, psychrometrics, solar energy systems, fuel cells) chosen by instructor

• Internal Combustion Engine analysis
• Combustion analysis
• Refrigeration cycle
• Heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation|
• Cogeneration
• Solar thermal energy systems
• Solar photovoltaic energy systems
• Fuel cells

ME 521 - Science of Engineering Materials

• Be familiar with typical properties and common engineering applications of broad categories of materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites)
• Identify needed material property data for various applications
• Understand the underlying principles involved in the processing/heat treatment of several materials
• Understand the role of diffusion in the processing and use of engineering materials

• Introductory Solid State Chemistry
• Basic mechanical principles

• Classification of Materials (1 hour)
• Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Materials (3 hours)
• Bonding and Structure in materials (metals, ceramics and polymers), including defects and imperfections (3 hours)
• Atomic movement (diffusion) in crystalline solids (2 hours)
• Polymer based materials: composition, structure, properties (3 hours)
• Ceramic materials, composition and properties (3 hours)
• Laboratory Demonstration (microscopy, tensile testing) (2 hours)
• Strengthening methods for metals (4 hours)
• Phase diagrams in metals (2 hours)
• Precipitation strengthening in Aluminum alloys (2 hours)
• Properties and heat treating of steel (3 hours)
• Review and Exam (2 hours)

ME 523 - Materials Selection

• Optimize material and shape selection factors
• Screen candidate materials and select suitable choices to fit given application requirements

• Mechanical properties
• Strength and materials
• Heat treatment and properties of ferrous alloys
• Heat treatment and properties of aluminum alloys
• Polymer basics
• Manufacturing processing for metals, polymers, & composites

• Categorization of materials and processes (3 hours)
• Design process and materials selection (3 hours)
• Identification of design functions constraints and objectives (12 hours)
• Screening selection with multiple constraints (3 hours)
• Influence of shape (6 hours)
• Product characteristics (3 hours)

ME 529 - Composite Materials

• Be familiar with indicial notation
• Transform tensor quantities from one coordinate system to another
• Compute stresses and strains for composite laminates subjected to in-plane, bending, and thermal loads
• Apply different failure criteria to predict laminate failures
• Be familiar with the most commonly-used manufacturing processes of composite structures
• Be familiar with aerospace, automotive, recreational, and industrial applications of composite materials
• Be familiar with several standard test methods of composite laminates

• Mechanics of materials

• Introduction to composite materials (1 hour)
• Indicial notation, matrices, and tensors (4 hours)
• Mechanics of a composite lamina (3 hours)
• Extensional behavior of a symmetric laminate (3 hours)
• Failure criteria (3 hours)
• Bending behavior of a symmetric laminate (2 hours)
• Thermal stresses in a symmetric laminate (2 hours)
• Mechanical behavior of general laminates (3 hours)
• Manufacturing processes (4 hours)
• Test methods (4 hours)
• Testing lab demonstration (1hours)
• Review and examinations (3 hours)
• Graduate Students will be given additional assignments

ME 580 - HVAC Systems Design

• Evaluate the psychrometric processes involved in heating and cooling a building
• Make appropriate choices for heating and cooling equipment
• Utilize a commercially-available software package (Carrier E20-II) to simulate the HVAC system for a building

• Energy Balance

• Psychrometric analysis
• System types
• Heating and cooling load analysis
• Air distribution and duct sizing
• Air System acoustics
• Water systems
• Equipment and control system selection
• Supervised Design Project work
• Graduate Students will be given additional assignments

ME 581 - Aerodynamics

• Have a thorough understanding of fluid flows over bluff and streamlined bodies, including potential flow results, circulation, boundary layers, transition, and experimental results
• Choose an airfoil and apply lift, drag, and moment coefficients to a design, and to be able to measure these coefficients experimentally |Be able to make thin airfoil and finite airfoil calculations
• Make airplane stability and trim calculations
• Have an introduction to automobile aerodynamics

• Incompressible flow, Bernoulli equation
• Laminar and turbulent flows, Reynolds number, viscosity
• Boundary layers
• Integral calculus

• Review of fluids, non-dimensionalization, boundary layer, friction
• 2-D flow over cylinders and airfoils
• Movies and laboratory experiments
• Airfoil terminology, characteristics, and physical flow description, modern airfoil developments, high lift devices
• Thin airfoil theory
• Finite airfoil
• Stability and control
• Propellers, vortex motion, model airplanes
• Automotive applications
• Graduate Students will be given additional assignments

• Wind tunnel measurements of formula car drag coefficient and airfoil lift, drag, and moment coefficients and instrumentation

ME 585 - Energy Systems Design Project

• Utilize a design methodology, including creative synthesis of solutions; evaluation of solutions based on criteria and constraints; sensitivity analysis; choice of “best” design
• Work effectively as part of a team
• Work with deadlines
• Communicate ideas
• Defend his/her decisions

• Thermodynamics
• Fluid mechanics
• Heat Transfer

• Outline of design process; project assignments
• Problem statement
• Literature search techniques
• Brainstorming/list of solutions
• Criteria and constraints/criterion function
• Sensitivity analysis
• Oral presentation guidelines
• Report writing guidelines
• Oral presentations
• Team meetings with instructor
• Team project work
• Graduate Students will be given additional assignments

ME 601 - Vibration Control

• Model simple vibratory systems and determine equations of motion
• Solve equations of motion for single degree of freedom systems subject to harmonic, general periodic and arbitrary forcing functions
• Write equations of motion for idealized multi-degree of freedom systems
• Determine natural frequencies and mode shapes for systems with two and three degrees of freedom
• Develop appropriate analytical models for simulation using MATLAB w/ Simulink
• Perform measurements and conduct modal tests on simple systems

• Dynamics
• Calculus
• Differential equations
• Computer programming

• Review: Modeling mechanical systems (3 hours)
• Review: Solving differential equations - analytical, numerical methods (2 hours)
• Free vibration (4 hours)
• Harmonically excited vibration (4 hours)
• Fourier series, periodic functions (2 hours)
• Transient vibration (3 hours)
• Systems with two or more degrees of freedom (4 hours)
• Lagrange’s equation (2 hours)
• Vibration control (2 hours)
• Vibration measurement and applications (2 hours)
• Exams (2 hours)
• Graduate Students will be given additional assignments

• Free and Forced vibration demonstration and measurement on 1 and 2 DOF systems

ME 602 - Vehicle Dynamics

• Simulate acceleration and braking performance of common vehicles
• Model the normal road loads acting on vehicles
• Model and simulate suspension forces due to road inputs and steady state cornering forces
• Design and simulate common suspension and steering geometries
• Apply tire properties to vehicle performance

• Kinematics
• Dynamics of systems

• Introduction to modeling and dynamic loads (3 hours)
• Power and traction limited acceleration models (3 hours)
• Braking performance, forces, and systems (3 hours)
• Road loads, aerodynamic drag, and rolling resistance (3 hours)
• Ride and suspension models (3 hours)
• Steady state cornering, forces, and suspension effects (3 hours)
• Analysis of common suspensions (2 hours)
• Analysis of common steering systems (3 hours)
• Properties and construction of tires (3 hours)
• Safety ratings and roll-over propensity (2 hours)
• Review and testing (2 hours)
• Graduate Students will be given additional assignments

ME 609 - Experimental Stress Analysis

• Understand concept of stress and strain
• Understand underlying principles in using strain gages
• Mount strain gages, take measurements and analyze the obtained data
• Design strain gage-based transducers for measuring specific loads
• Understand basic principles of photoelasticity, and use it as an analysis tool
• Sources outside the class notes and text

• Intermediate Mechanics of Materials

• Review of states of stress (2 hours)
• State of Strain at a Point (3 hours)
• Principal Strains and Mohr’s Circle (3 hours)
• Electrical Resistance Strain Gages (3 hours)
• Strain Gage Circuits (3 hours)
• Transducer Design (2 hours)
• Exams (2 hours)
• Graduate students will be given additional assignments

• Strain measurement on a cylindrical pressure vessel
• Strain gage mounting practive
• Strain gage mounting and soldering
• Strain measurements of Lab 3 projects
• Photoelasticity demonstration
• Photoelastic Measurement
• 20 hours

ME 621 - Corrosion and Degradation of Materials

• Identify the eight common forms of corrosion in metals, and environmental stress cracking in polymer based materials
• Understand the interaction of processing, material and environment with regard to corrosion failures
• Understand the principles of electrochemical corrosion in regard to prevention and minimization of corrosion

• Basic metallurgy of steels, aluminum alloys and copper based alloys
• Polymer structure and properties
• General chemistry
• Principles of atomic movement (diffusion)

• Electrochemical aspects of corrosion (3 hours)
• Galvanic corrosion (3 hours)
• Crevice and Pitting
• Corrosion (3 hours)
• Intergranular corrosion (3 hours)
• Hydrogen damage and stress corrosion cracking (3 hours)
• Degradation of polymers (3 hours)
• Selective leaching (2 hours)
• Erosion corrosion (2 hours) Material selection and design (2 hours)
• Project meeting and presentations (4 hours)
• Exams (2 hours)

ME 622 - Fatigue and Fracture in Mechanical Design

• Understand the distinction between “high” cycle versus “low” cycle fatigue problems and correctly choose an appropriate analysis method for a design problem
• Understand cyclic plastic strain behavior and be able to apply mathematical models for cyclic plastic strain to design problems
• Apply strain-life methods for low cycles fatigue
• Combine notch-strain analysis with low cycle fatigue analysis for component life predictions
• Understand basic concepts in Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM)
• Apply basic LEFM models to problems in 1) fracture of metals, 2) fatigue crack growth rate and 3) fail safe design

• Stress-Life approach to fatigue problems
• Mechanics of Materials

• Review - Fatigue basics, Stress-Life Diagrams, Stress Concentrations, Notch Sensitivity, Mean Stress Effects
• Multi-axial States of Stress
• Variable Amplitude Load Histories
• Low cycle fatigue (Plastic strain cycling, 2 to 1000 cycle life)
• Cyclic Stress-strain Curves & Plastic Strain-life Diagrams (ε-N diagrams)
• Notch Strain Analysis, Neuber’s Rule
• Microscopic/Material Aspects of Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics (LEFM, Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics)
• Stress Intensity Factor & Plane Strain Fracture Toughness
• LEFM and Fatigue Crack Growth Rate
• Failure Analysis - Observations on Failed Parts
• “Fail Safe” Design Practices

ME 683 - Computational Fluid Mechanics

• Have a fundamental understanding of the underlying PDEs for fluid flow
• Become familiar with various types of boundary conditions
• Set up, run and interpret results of various flows in CFD
• Find good balance between time/computer resources and the output accuracy

• Fluid Mechanics
• Numerical Methods

• Governing equations of fluid dynamics
• Finite volume method for diffusion
• FVM for correction - Diffusion
• TDMA
• FVM for Unsteady Flows - Explicit and Implicit
• Pressure - Velocity coupling in steady flow
• SIMPLE
• SIMPLER
• Turbulence modeling
• Vorticity transport
• Course Project
• Project discussion and presentations

ME 799 - MSE Independent Study

• Apply advanced mechanical engineering principles to complex problems

• Varies

• To be determined by faculty advisor

ME 822 - Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials

• Be familiar with the structure, properties and processing of ferrous alloys and sluminum alloys
• Be able to understand the structure, property and processing relationship in other alloy systems
• Explain the difference in compostition, properties, processing and uses of iron based alloys

• Basic atomic arrangment, including defects of crystalline materials
• Relationship between structure and properties for metals
• Mechanical properties

• Introduction and Review (2 Hours) Fundamentals of Iron/Carbon System (3 Hours)
• Alloy Steels (4 Hours)
• Tool Steels (3 Hours)
• Cast Iron (3 Hours)
• Stainless Steels (3 Hours)
• Aluminum alloys (3 Hours)
• Other non-Ferrous alloys (3 Hours)
• Project meeting and presentations (4 Hours)
• Exam and Review (2 Hours)

ME 823 - Powder Metallurgy

• Understand the technological and metallurgical principles of powder metallurgy
• Understand the correlation between process parameters and properties of P/M materials
• Characterize powders, understand the compacting and the sintering process
• Understand the effect of porosity on properties of P/M materials and the significant differences to properties of steel and other wrought materials
• Apply the most important criteria for designing P/M parts
• Understand the importance of the P/M process for material utilization and energy conservation

• Science of engineering materials

• Introduction, History of PM, definitions of P/M, P/M materials
• Powder Fabrication: mechanical comminution, chemical reactions, liquid metal atomization, electrolytic deposition.
• Powder Characterization: particle shape, size and distribution, surface area
• Powder Preparation: mixing and blending, powder lubrication, flow, apparent density, compressibility
• Shaping and Compacting: fundamentals of compacting, cold compacting with dies, design guidelines, isostatic compacting
• Sintering: fundamentals and sintering theory, mixed powder, liquid phase sintering, effect of sintering atmospheres, sintering furnaces
• Full Density Processing: enhanced sintering techniques, powder forging
• Properties of Sintered Steel: effect of density, alloying elements, and impurities
• Application of P/M Materials: filter; bearings, structural parts, powder forged parts
• Experiments: powder characteristics; compressibility; sintering; mechanical properties; microstructure; scanning electron microscope

ME 860 - Advanced Mechanics

• Understand deformation and stress measures
• Ability to solve boundry value problems involving deformable solids
• Understand the basis for numerical methods in sold mechanics
• Idealize a system or component for stress analysis
• Use appropriate numerical and analytical means to model the system, interpret the results and draw conclusions
• Present results orally and in writing

• Strength of materials

• Stress in a solid
• Strain in a solid
• Elastic, plastic and viscoelastic behavior
• Boundary value problems for linear elastic solids
• Variational methods for elastic solids
• Finite element method
• Boundary value problems for elastic-plastic materials

ME 861 - Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical Engineering

• Apply finite element method in structural analysis (static and transient)
• Apply FEM in thermal analysis (fluids and heat transfer)

• Finite Element Method

• Review of FEA, Steps in FEA (2 hours)
• Galerkin’s Method of Weighted Residuals, Beam Element Formulation (3 hours)
• Higher Order Element Formulations, Planar 2D analysis (2 hours)
• Dynamic Analysis, lumped mass, explicit formuations (2 hours)
• Dynamic Analysis, Rayleigh proportional damping, flow over a cylinder (3 hours)
• Thermal Analysis, steady state conduction/convection, transient analysis (2 hours)
• Nonlinear Analysis, geometric and material nonlinearities (2 hours)
• Design Project (6 hours)
• Exams (4 hours)

• Modal analysis
• Transient axial and bending response in water tower design
• Nonlinear membrane analysis for pressurized plates
• (4 hours)

ME 862 - Advanced Mechanical System Design

• Design and analyze advanced machine components

• Machine components and design

• Design of nonpermanent joints
• Stresses in curved beams
• Brakes, Clutches, and belt drives
• Springs
• Impact stresses
• Lubrication & journal bearings

ME 871 - Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Power Systems

• Include the effects of fluid properties in the analysis of fluid power circuits and components
• Apply first principles to develop mathematical models of fluid power circuits and components
• Utilize Matlab/Simulink to model fluid power circuits and components
• Develop mathematical models for pressure and flow control valves and positive displacement pumps and motors
• Analyze steady state and dynamic response of fluid power circuits and components
• Validate mathematical models through lab testing
• Apply the course concepts to reproduce and improve on the analysis of a fluid power component/system based on a paper from published literature

• Basic class in fluid power and differential equations (in a modeling context is preferred)

• Fluid properties
• Fluid mechanics in hydraulic systems and components, dynamic continuity equation
• Hydraulic control valves
• Hydraulic pumps
• Valve controlled motors
• Dynamic analysis of pumps
• Hydrostatic transmission model hydraulic cylinders
• Accumulator and line dynamic models

• Fluid properties, bulk modulus experiment
• Modeling transient leakage in fixes orifice
• Steady State proportional valve performance
• Steady State performance of pressure compensated axial piston pump
• Valve controlled motor steady state performance
• Cushion dynamics
• (9 hours)

ME 872 - Theory of Fluid Power Dynamics

• Understand fundamentals of modeling and analysis of dynamic systems
• Design and analyze an analog control system
• Design a position control system
• Design a velocity control system

• System dynamics and control

• Overview (3 hours)
• Modeling dynamic systems, analysis methods for dynamic systems (3 hours)
• Analog control system performance (3 hours)
• Analog control system design (3 hours)
• A position control system design details (6 hours)
• A velocity control system design details (6 hours)
• Review and exams (6 hours)

• Analog control
• Position control
• Velocity control

ME 873 - Design of Feedback Control for Fluid Power Systems

• Design, develop and fabricate an electro-hydraulic/mechanical controller that will provide the Baja Car with the following capabities:
  • Power is limited to nominally 10 HP
  • Torque limiting to protect against engine stall
  • Pump and motor displacement control to provide maximum vehicle velocity based on real time operating conditions
  • Manual Override
  • Lower power comsumption during operation and zero power consumption under steady state conditions

• System dynamics and control

• Given the open hydrostatic transmission’s proposed circuit, perform an complete design and present both orally and in writing

ME 880 - Advanced Refrigeration

• Understand vapor compression refrigeration and select appropriate working fluid
• Understand thermodynamic processes with mixtures
• Design absorption refrigeration systems

• First and second laws of thermodynamics

• Review of related Thermodynamics topics (2 hours)
• Vapor Compression cycles (2 hours)
• Refrigerant properties (2 hours)
• Introduction/Absorbtion Cycle Fundamentals (2 hours)
• Properties of Working Fluids (4 hours)
• Thermodynamics processes with Mixtures (4 hours)
• Single-Effect H20/LiBr Systems (4 hours)
• Double-Effect H20/LiBr Systems (2 hours)
• Single Effect NH3/H20 Systems (2 hours)
• Two-Stage NH3/H2o Systems (2 hours)
• GAX Cycles (2 hours)
• Review and exams (4 hours)

ME 881 - Building Energy Simulation

• Have a scientific foundation for understanding and implementing comprehensive building energy analysis procedures
• Perform energy analysis in developing an optimum HVAC and architectural design for new buildings, and in determining cost effective modifications to existing buildings
• Recognize the role and application of ASHRAE Standard 901, the basis of majority of building codes, and compliance software

• Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer

• Building Description Language (BDL) and using DOE-2 (this goes concurrently with the following topics)
• Design Load Calculation
• Diversified Load Calculation
• Air System Component Analysis
• Air System Simulation
• Plant Component Simulation
• Life-Cycle-Cost (LCC)
• Parametric Analysis

ME 882 - Compressible Flow

• Apply engineering principles and analyze problems dealing with compressible flow and gas dynamics
• Compare shock expansion with linearized theory for subsonic and supersonic flow over airfoils
• Design a supersonic nozzle using the method of characteristics

• Fluid mechanics
• Thermodynamics (covering II Law)

• Review of the fundamentals (Laws of Thermodynamics, Conservation of Mass, Momentum and Energy, Entropy changes for perfect gases, Stagnation properties)
• Introduction to Compressible Flow (Sonic velocity, Mach number, Stagnation relations in terms of Mach number, total pressure loss and entropy change relation, isentropic flow tables)
• Standing Normal Shocks
• Fanno Flow and applications
• Rayleigh Flow and applications
• Oblique Shocks
• Prandtl-Meyer Flow (including lift and drag calculations on airfoils at various angles of attack)
• Varying-Area Adiabatic flow (convergent-divergent nozzle, diffuser, choking)
• Supersonic Nozzle Experiment and Mach number calculations
• Topic: Applications of Compressible Flow in Propulsion Systems (Example: ramjet engine)
• Differential Conservation Equations
• Moving Normal Shock Waves
• Velocity Potential Equation
• Linearized Flow: subsonic and supersonic
• Conical Flow
• Method of Characteristics
• Finite difference techniques for steady supersonic flow

• Supersonic Nozzle experiment

ME 884 - Numerical Methods in Heat Transfer

• Formulate and solve various conduction, convection and radiation problems
• Understand similarity transformation to convert PDEs to ODEs related to boundary flow problems
• Develop computer programs (in MATLAB) to solve several heat transfer problems
• Review and discuss journal papers in numerical heat transfer

• Heat Transfer
• Fluid Mechanics

• Heat transfer through a double-pane/triple-pane glass window
• Steady-state heat transfer through fin (rectangular, triangular)
• 2D heat conduction - explicit, implicit
• Unsteady heat conduction (example: radiation heating and cooling), semi-infinite solid
• Heat transfer through a circular duct
• Laminar flow over an isothermal flat plate (similarity-numerical, integral-approximate, direct numerical)
• Free convection heat transfer on a vertical flat plate (similarity-numerical RK scheme)
• Radiation - flat plate solar collector
• Radiation transfer in an enclosure - multiple surfaces
• Course Project

• Fin heat transfer
• Free and forced convection

ME 885 - Transport Phenomena

• Apply correlation for viscosity and thermal conductivity
• Solve transport problems by specifying and applying initial and boundary conditions
• Develop steady-state shell balances for momentum and energy transport equations
• Apply equations of change to solve steady-state flow problems
• Apply equations of change to solve steady-state conduction and convection problems
• Solve transport problems with two independent variables, such as time-dependent flow of Newtonian fluids and unsteady state heat transfer

• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer

• Viscosity
• Thermal conductivity
• Mechanism of energy transport
• Shell momentum balances
• Flow through a circular tube, annulus
• Creeping flow around a sphere
• Shell energy Heat conduction with heat sources
• Forced and free convection heat transfer
• The equation of continuity
• Equation of motion
• Equations of change to solve flow problems
• Dimensional analysis
• Equations of energy and motion
• Equations of change to solve heat flow problems
• Dimensional analysis
• Time dependent flow of Newtonian fluids
• Unsteady heat conduction in solids
• Steady heat conduction in laminar, incompressible flow
• Turbulent flow
• Turbulent momentum flux and flow in ducts
• Temperature distribution in turbulent flow
• Empirical expressions for turbulent heat flux
• Friction factors for flow in tubes
• Friction factors for flow around spheres
• Analytical calculations of heat transfer coefficient in tubes
• Forced convection in tubes
• Forced convection in around submerged objects

ME 5980 - Topics in Mechanical Engineering

• An ability to apply engineering principles to problems in a topic of mechanical engineering

• Consent of instructor

• This course allows for study of engineering topics in mechanical engineering that are not present in the curriculum
• Topics of mutual interest to faculty and students will be explored

MG 600 - Management Principles

• Be able to describe management theories, analyze, apply the management theories to organizational situations, and demonstrate an understanding of the management theories
• Demonstrate the ability to describe and apply the six management competencies, communication, planning and administration, teamwork, strategic action, global awareness and self-management
• Demonstrate the ability to critically think about management situations that enable the student to effectively manage the organization’s resources
• Be able to name and describe management theories and their principles along with their strengths and weaknesses
• Demonstrate an understanding of management theories, the limitations of each, when to apply them, and why (what are the anticipated results and what could be unanticipated consequences) in assessing an organization
• Be able to diagnose an organization’s current management style and be able to identify what may need to be changed and how to do it to improve management effectiveness

• None 

• Managing in a Dynamic Environment
• The Evolution of Management
• Environmental Forces
• Managing Globally
• Entrepreneurship
• Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Planning and Strategy
• Fundamentals of Decision Making
• Planning and Decision Making
• Fundamentals of Organizational Design
• Contemporary Organization Designs
• Organizational Change and Learning
• Managing Human Resources
• Work Motivation
• Dynamics of Leadership
• Organizational Communication
• Managing Work Teams
• Organizational Cultures and Cultural Diversity
• Controlling in Organizations
• Information Management Technology

MG 610 - The Application of Statistics

• Understand what kinds of statistical tools are available, and where and how they can be applied in a business and industrial environment
• Know what statistical tools require further independent study to satisfy the requirements of other courses as well as personal and career needs

• Experience in using or course(s) in basic statistical methods is strongly recommended. Experience using Excel and software for statistical analysis would be helpful

• Introduction and graphical descriptive statistics management, work environment, culture and its impact on the application of statistics Statistical thinking - problems must be addressed in the context of a larger system and not as an exercise in mathematics
• Basic concepts descriptive statistics - graphical methods (1 class)
• Descriptive statistics - numerical methods central value, spread, and correlation (1 class)
• Interval estimates and sampling confidence intervals, approaches to sampling, and probability (1 class)
• Hypothesis testing, and making comparisons and inferences comparing a condition to a standard, comparing two conditions, risks and sample sizes (1 class)
• Statistical quality control variables control charts, attributes control charts, capability studies and indexes (1 class)
• Systematic collection and analysis of information for making decisions making multiple comparisons using the analysis of variance - ANOVA, Design of experiments - DOE (2 classes)
• The analysis of enumerated or counted data evaluating goodness of fit, and checking for independence (1 class)
• Studying and defining relationships between variables regression analysis and correlation analysis (1 class)
• Nonparametric methods and review sign tests, ranking tests, rank correlation, and review (1 class) • Final Exam

MG 620 - Finance and Accounting

• Have the financial and accounting knowledge necessary to understand the principles behind financial decision making in today’s business organization, with a specific focus on capital budgeting and project management
• Identify and relate to the role financial management plays in the management of today’s business organization
• Work with the financial statements, knowing what they report, and how to use them to make better decisions
• Recognize and use cash flow in decision-making
• Work with the concepts of Time Value of Money and use these in the making of investment decisions
• Perform business financial planning including the preparation of budgets and pro-forma financials
• Apply the introduced financial tools and techniques in order to make sound business decisions
• Identify the concept of Cost of Capital and the various related sources of capital available to business, both short-term and long-term

• None

• Introduction to corporate finance - defined and differentiated, forms of business organizations, introduction to financial markets
• Financial statements, balance sheet and income statement, taxes and cash flows
• Working with financial statements, statement of cash flows, ratios and ratio analysis, Du Pont identify, depreciation as a cost and a cash flow
• Time value of money and its use
• Future value and compounding, present value and discounting, multiple cash flows and annuities
• Net present value and other investment criteria
• Net present value, payback rule, discounted payback rule, average accounting return, internal rate of return, profitability index
• Making capital investment decisions
• Cash flow elements of a project, pro-forma financial statements and cash flows, cost analysis by behavior depreciation (MACRS), net working capital and the project, special cases in discounted cash flows
• Project analysis and evaluation Evaluating NPV estimates, scenario and other what-if analysis, break-even analysis - cash, operating and financial, operating leverage, capital rationing
• Long-term financial planning and growth What is it and what is value, financial planning model with a focus on balance sheet, external financing and growth
• Cost of capital defined and relationship to financial policy, cost of equity, cost of debt and preferred stock, weighted average cost of capital and its use
• Raising capital financing life cycle of a firm, selling securities to the public, alternate issue methods, IPO’s and underwriting, issues surrounding debt and equity issues

MG 631 - Research and Writing (Module One)

• Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the characteristics and differences associated with types of research (primary, secondary, and tertiary)
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and an ability to apply in a research project, library and Internet research concepts, definitions, and strategies – including topic selection strategies
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of bibliographic and full-text article databases to retrieve relevant source material for research and writing projects
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of bibliographic and full-text book databases – as well as bibliographic databases providing access to other types of information – to retrieve relevant source material for research and writing projects
• Demonstrate an ability to discern credible research literature
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic conventions and requirements associated with the writing and the organization of academic papers
• Demonstrate an ability to apply the principles, requirements, and procedures associated with the proper documentation and formatting of academic research papers in compliance with the APA style manual
• Demonstrate an ability to use REfWorks, the MOSE online bibliographic management system
• Demonstrate an ability to apply academic integrity principles, concepts, and procedures in an academic research paper
• Demonstrate an ability to express ideas in a clearly written brief academic research paper

• None 

• Types of research
• Library and Internet research principles, strategies, and expectations
• Library and Internet tools and resources for doing research and for managing research
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (i.e., the APA style guide)
• RefWorks online bibliographic management system
• The academic paper versus “real-world” writing
• The organizational structure of an academic paper
• The writing of Abstracts and Executive Summaries
• Plagiarism
• Basic grammar, punctuation, and writing tips

MG 632 - Research and Writing (Module Two)

• Be able to express ideas clearly in written reports
• Be able to develop and plan research strategies for studies and reports
• Be able to conduct research using an array of research techniques including electronic ones
• Be able to provide support and documentation for research
• Be able to effectively communicate in groups, including participating in collaborative writing projects
• Demonstrate an understanding of the full range of communication media and various presentation techniques
• Demonstrate an understanding of the communication process and the role of audience

• None

• Organize and analyze a situation using case information along with personal knowledge and any research that may be required
• Identify, synthesize, and evaluate possible solutions
• Select, justify and apply experience to a management-level problem

MG 633 - Research and Writing (Module Three)

• Be able to express ideas clearly in written reports
• Be able to develop and plan research strategies for studies and reports
• Be able to conduct research using an array of research techniques including electronic ones
• Be able to provide support and documentation for research
• Be able to effectively communicate in groups, including participating in collaborative writing projects
• Demonstrate an understanding of the full range of communication media and various presentation techniques
• Demonstrate an understanding of the communication process and the role of audience

• None

• Selecting main ideas and research findings from others that relate to a research topic
• Analyzing research and identifying patterns and themes in the articles reviewed
• Integrating and combining ideas from source articles and drawing the ideas together into a thematically written research report
• Making distinctions about the quality of sources based on objectively defined criteria
• Documenting and support research
• Formatting and editing of reports

MG 645 - Operations and Systems Management

• Understand the strategies, tactics and performance measurements used by operations managers in manufacturing and service operations
• Understand operations, the theories involved and their applications
• Identify and explain how system applications support business functions and processes
• Describe the benefits from electronic commerce and communication and the effect these have on the organization’s management, culture and infrastructure
• Describe what knowledge management is and its affect on an organization
• Develop communication skills and the ability to evaluate new information
• Understand the concepts employed by operations managers
• Understand how the concepts presented compare to those management practices in the student’s business environment
• Produce a basic analysis of an actual manufacturing/service operations process

• None 

• Operations Strategy
• The Digital Firm: Electronic commerce and electronic business
• Information systems in the enterprise
• The internet and the new information technology infrastructure
• Product Design and Process Selections
• Supply Chain Designs, to include: the use of IS, Global implications
• Understanding the business value of systems and managing change

MG 660 - Applied Organizational Behavior

• Know and understand organizational behavior and its impact on organizational performance, especially in today’s business environment
• Identify and assimilate the theory/practice covered in this course with real world work situations
• Describe the impact of perception, individual approaches to learning, ability and personality and their affect on performance
• Examine how motivation and job satisfaction are affected by leadership/management practices, policies and job characteristics. Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations
• Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations
• Explain how individual performance in groups is affected by the presence of others, the cultural diversity of group membership, and the number of others with whom one works
• Describe the formal forces and informal networks that influence communication in organizations
• Distinguish between social influence, power and organizational politics, and their application in organizations
• Explain how rising expectations about quality and ethical behavior have influenced the field of organizational behavior
• Describe how technology has led to the development of new organizational forms

• None 

• Introduction to Organizational Behavior
• The field of organizational behavior - defined and differentiated Fundamental assumptions, the impact of globalization, advances in Technology and changes in people’s expectations
• Perception and learning
• The attribution process Perception and learning - organizational applications
• Individual differences
• Personality - work related aspects
• Ability
• Emotion and stress on the job
• Managing emotions and moods
• Managing stress on the job
• Work related attitudes
• Job satisfaction and its consequences
• Organizational commitment
• Managing diversity and prejudice
• Motivation in organizations
• Motivating by meting needs; motivating by being fair; motivating by altering expectations; motivating by structuring jobs
• Career dynamics
• Organizational socialization and mentoring
• Group dynamics; structural dynamics and individual performance
• Teams and effective team performance
• Communications in organizations
• Types of communication - verbal and nonverbal, formal and informal and improvement techniques
• Decision-making; factors affecting decision in organization Individual versus group decision-making Techniques for improving
• Interpersonal behavior; dynamics of pro-social behavior, cooperation and conflict Managing organizational behavior
• Influence, power and politics social influence, individual and group power
• Organizational politics, power in action
• Leadership approaches to identifying leadership effectiveness
• Organizational culture; identifying organizational culture, its consequences and capacity to change • Creativity and the process of innovation
• Organizational structure and design; structures and dimensions of organizations; organizational design

MG 670 - Marketing Management

• Gain an understanding of the concepts of business marketing and the marketing management process. The perspective is from the role of marketing in a total customer satisfaction driven organization

• Understanding the business management and serving customer needs

• Defining marketing in the 21st century
• Adapting marketing to the new economy
• Building customer satisfaction, value and retention
• Winning markets through market-oriented strategic planning
• Gathering information and measuring market demand
• Scanning the market environment
• Analyzing consumer markets and buying behavior
• Analyzing business markets and business buying behavior
• Dealing with the competition
• Identifying market segments and selecting market targets
• Positioning the market offering through the product life cycle
• Developing new market offerings
• Designing and managing global marketing strategies
• Setting the product and branding strategy
• Designing and managing services
• Designing and managing strategies and programs
• Designing and managing value networks and marketing channels
• Managing retailing, wholesaling and market logistics
• Designing and managing integrated marketing communications
• Managing advertising, sales promotion, P.R. and direct marketing
• Managing the sales force
• Managing the total marketing effort

MG 704 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 708 - Executive Management Simulation

• Develop a business strategy and plan
• Align resources to implement the business strategy and plan
• Assess market and other external forces
• Assess metrics to identify the potential impact of changes to strategic, tactical and operational plans. Reallocate resources to meet the business strategy and plan. Reasonably, logically and rationally adjust the plan
• Identify company performance measures that support the business strategy
• Evaluate the management team in the meeting of company objectives

• None 

• See syllabus

MG 744 - Supply Chain Management

• Obtain an understanding of the issues current interest in optimizing entire supply chains
• Have an understanding of supply chains and the issues involved
• Be able to analyze a supply chain and suggest ways it could be improve
• Have an understanding of the major tools used to analyze and improve supply chains

• Understanding of operations

• Supply chain management
• Global optimization
• Uncertainty
• Logistics network configuration
• Transportation networks
• Simulation models
• Inventory management and risk pooling
• Forecasting methods
• Information bullwhip effect
• Supply chain integration
• Push/pull distribution strategies
• Supply chain management
• 3PL RSP DI
• Procurement and outsourcing strategies
• Make/buy decisions
• International issues
• Coordinated product and supply chain design
• Concurrent and parallel processing
• Mass customization
• Customer value and supply chain management issues
• Measures of customer value
• Information technology and supply chain management
• Decision support systems Modeling
• Putting it all together

MG 745 - Strategic Technology Development

• Develop an understanding of the principle issues involved with managing technological development and implementation
• Provide an opportunity to apply these principles in the assigned cases
• Provide a basis for further learning and study on these topics
• Examine tools to anticipate and create technology strategies by forecasting technological change and formulating technology plans
• Review technological systems and products and the role of standards in technology utilizing case studies
• Identify and describe the historical character of change in organizations, technology and society as it affects business
• Analyze the paradigms of change within organizations and apply them to their organizations in addressing current and future threats and opportunities for their activities
• Compare and contrast the six models of change and propose a synthesis of these for a unified model for today’s organizations in industry, service (finance, health care, etc.) and non-profit organizations
• Propose solutions to the classic change block or obstacles and apply them to their organization in terms of proposed new products or services
• Address how knowledge workers challenge the traditional model of business worker and what changes are integral to this new worker paradigm
• Describe the three kinds of movement, three forms and three actions of change in modern organizations and then apply these to their organization

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 750 - Knowledge Management

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None 

• No course topics appended

MG 761 - Global Customers and Cultures

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 765 - Leading Project Teams

• Experience why project teams can be effective
• Identify and anticipate inhibitors to effective project teams
• Learn and improve skills to be a more effective team member
• Learn and improve process observations skills
• Know how to select the “right” people for the project team
• Understand the differences between groups, teams and high-performance project teams
• Be able to identify organizational conditions necessary to support, develop and change project teams • Apply knowledge of project team management to diagnose an actual team and suggest changes to better support project teams and teamwork

• Understanding of organizational behavior

• See Syllabus

MG 766 - Bargaining and Negotiating

• Identify the fundamental pre-work that negotiators must do to get ready for a successful negotiation; framing the dispute, defining negotiation objectives and planning
• Compare the two core approaches to negotiation, the win/win and the win/lose, identifying which is appropriate to a given situation
• Recognize the basic processes of perception, cognition, and communication that exist in a negotiation and the biases that result
• Identify the ways that negotiators can find and use leverage
• Appraise the ethical standards and criteria that surround negotiations
• Recognize how negotiations and problem solving can be affected by gender, personality, culture, and multiple party involvement
• Obtain better organizational and individual results from a conflict resolution or negotiating situation

• Understanding of organizational behavior

• Bargaining and Negotiating Nature of conflict and negotiating Interdependence, mutual adjustment and value creation
• Strategizing, Framing and Planning Goals - objectives that drive strategy Defining the issues - “framing” Understanding the flow of negotiations and planning
• Distributive bargaining Fundamental strategies Tactical tasks and positions during the negotiation Commitment, closing the deal and hardball tactics
• Integrative Bargaining Key steps Factors that facilitate successful integrative negotiation Difficulty in achieving integrative solutions
• Perception, Cognitive and Communication Perception in negotiation Cognitive biases in negotiation Managing misperception and cognitive biases What and how communication takes place in a negotiation How to improve communication
• Leverage Leverage as power in a negotiation Sources of and how to acquire power Managing power: influence and persuasion Central and peripheral routes to influence
• Ethics What are ethics and how do they apply to negotiations Major ethical concerns and how do they occur Intentions and motives to use deceptive tactics How to deal with deception
• Social Context Negotiating through others within a relationship Key elements in managing within relationships Using representatives
• Coalitions, Multiple Parties & Teams Coalitions in negotiations Nature of multiparty negotiations Managing multiparty and inter-team negotiations
• Individual differences Personality and negotiations Sex, gender and negotiations Abilities in negotiations
• Difficult Negotiations Nature of “difficult” negotiations and why they occur Strategies for resolving impasse: joint approaches Adding third parties to the two-party negotiation process Types of third party intervention

MG 768 - Human Resources Management

• Recognize the various aspects of managing human resources in the modern business organization
• Recognize how the legal environment and the implementation of equal employment opportunity influence all areas of human resource management
• Identify the use of information technology and its value in the management of human resources
• Have an awareness of job analysis and design, human resource planning, recruitment and selection
• Identify the linkage between organizational strategy and human resource strategy
• Identify the value in training and developing all employees, including performance appraisal systems and career planning
• Explore the various organizational reward systems used in compensating employees and to identify the effectiveness of these systems on organizational performance
• Be introduced to the legal environment and structure of unions, the collective bargaining process, the broader areas of employee relations and employee health and safety

• None

• Introduction to human resource management Human resource management defined Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) Uses of an HRIS and data security
• Equal employment opportunity The legal environment EEO laws and landmark court cases
• Implementing equal employment opportunity EEOC compliance Affirmative action plans BFOQ’s Sexual harassment, comparable worth, business necessity, and other areas
• Staffing the organization Job analysis Job design
• Human Resource Planning (HRP) HRP related to organizational planning Steps in HRP process Tools and techniques of HRP
• Selecting employees Selection process Drug testing Validity and reliability Uniform guidelines on employee selection
• Career development Need and responsibility for Implementation and review of career progress
• Performance appraisal systems Definition and uses Appraisal methods, errors and feedback Performance approval plans Performance appraisal and the law
• Incentive pay systems Requirements and how to make it work Individual incentives Group incentives
• Employee benefits Identified Types of - legally-required, requirement-related, insurance-related
• Union organizing and collective bargaining Legal environment Union membership decision and campaign Good faith bargaining Collective bargaining agreements
• Employee relations employee rights Discipline defined and causes identified the discipline process Discipline in unions and non-union organizations Grievance procedures
• Employee safety and health Occupational safety and health act Organizational safety programs employee health and wellness workplace violence

MG 770 - New Product Management

• Learn the new product development process including how to develop an effective development strategy, manage cross-functional teams across the organization, generate and evaluate concepts, manage the technical development of a product, develop the marketing plan and manage the financial aspects of a project

• None

• Opportunity identification and selection
• Strategic planning for new products
• Concept generation
• Problem-based ideation
• Concept evaluation system
• Concept testing • Development team management
• Product use testing
• Strategic launch and implementation
• Market testing

MG 771 - International Marketing and Export

• Gain the knowledge to apply the principles and practices of international marketing to the problems encountered in a management role with a global organization. They should exhibit a superior degree of investigation, evaluation, strategy and discipline in doing so

• None 

• Importance of geographical location • International business practices and opportunities
• The legal, economic and political environments • International marketing intelligence
• International product policy
• International pricing policy
• International distributional and logistics
• International promotion and communications
• Technology and the international enterprise
• Coordination of international marketing with other management disciplines

MG 772 - Global Design, Test and Styling

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 776 - Advanced New Product Management

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 780 - Modern Business Ethics

• Name and describe the criteria and methodology of ethics as an academic discipline within philosophy and as it relates to business activity
• Describe the ethical theories presented in this course for the purpose of applying them to modern business theory and practice
• Analyze the complexity of business activity and theory presented in the foundation courses from the ethical theories regarding organization management, culture, and operations
• Identify the key ethical issues in the cases throughout this course, link each with ethical theory, and propose moral solutions for each
• Evaluate their organization’s code of ethics according to each of the ethical theories and criteria used in this course and propose a code that is consistent with its mission statement
• Synthesize the role of ethics within change management and stategic management as presented in this integrated course
• Assess the metrics of ethical theory as they pertain to individuals and organizations
• Actively participate in discussions on ethics comparing and contrasting the strengths and weakness of the ethical systems and how modern business practices can be appraised
• Present the arguments for and against a global ethic and how international organizations address the competing values of different cultures

• None 

• No course topics appended

MG 795 - Managing and Implementing Projects

• Be able to practice the appropriate application of project management tools to execute project management methodology including Gantt Charts/PERT/CPM Work break down structures Network diagrams racking and control Risk identification and management Change management Issues management
• Demonstrate understanding of and ability to work with project management resources Acquire vocabulary of project management terminology Familiarity with project planning, team building, scheduling, resource procurement, resource allocation and project budget management
• Demonstrate proficiency in the following standard project practices/techniques: Scope definition Issues list Risk management Schedule Change/requirements management Status reporting

• None

• See syllabus

MG 799 - Independent Study

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 800 - Strategic Management

• Develop an analytic and systematic approach to strategic management using value chain analysis, SWOT analysis,”Five Forces” analysis and leading edge strategic thinking models. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the entire organization’s value adding activities and how they contribute to the firm’s success
• Class discussions and preparation will allow students to demonstrate an understanding of the foundation courses and the theory that is contained in those courses and to apply the learning of elective courses and their work experience
• This course will provide students numerous opportunities to demonstrate analytic, investigative and organization skills regarding case studies and the text’s material. Creative solutions with insights and innovative approaches are required for each topic in class and online discussions, written reports, and a research paper
• The research paper is intended to be a cumulative representation of the material and discussions for the entire course with a specific, focused topic. Each student (or team) will make a formal presentation on the subject of their final paper to the rest of the class during the regularly scheduled class meeting. The complete written narrative will be submitted in an electronic format using the MSOE Style Guide. The executive summary will be shared with classmates prior to the formal presentation

• Understanding of the principles of:
  • Marketing and marketing management
  • Finance and financial management
  • Operations and operations management
  • Sales and sales management
  • Human resource management
  • Total quality management
  • Product development and technology management
  • Research and development planning
  • Business law
  • Ethics

• Introduction to Strategic Management
• Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
• Review of Case Study Analysis and Research and Writing Guidelines
• The External Environment: O, T, I, C
• The Internal Environment: R, C, and Core Competencies
• Business-Level Strategy
• Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics
• Corporate-Level Strategy
• Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies
• Cooperative Strategy
• Corporate Governance
• Organizational Structure and Controls
• Strategic Leadership
• Strategic Entrepreneurship

MG 801 - Executive Seminar

• Meet with organization executives to discuss current issues and critically reflect on the theory and practice of management as they have experienced in the MSEM program course of study. Students will demonstrate their insights into contemporary management issues through class discussions and written assignments
• Evaluate how individual executives address today’s critical management issues
• Gain insight into contemporary initiatives familiar to individual students through student interviews with executives involved and responsible for the initiatives
• Identify how key concepts introduced in MSEM foundation courses affect approaches identified by individual executives
• Apply in a final paper an evaluation of a business initiative based on knowledge gained from individual executives and MSEM foundation courses

• None

• None

MG 6000 - Business Management Principles

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• Requirements analysis
• User centered design
• Usability engineering
• Program management
• Customers
• Value creation
• Marketing collaboration
• Investment

MG 6600 - Developing-Leveraging Human Capital

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7005 - Sustainable Built Environment

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None appended

• No course topics appended

• None appended

MG 7600 - Leadership

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7960 - Professional Practicum Project

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7979 - Quality Principles for Software Implementation

• Students in this course will build on knowledge gained in Health Care Systems Analysis and Design to apply key software quality principles to the implementation of information technologies in the healthcare industry
• Identify strategies and tools for gathering requirements from system users and maintaining these requirements throughout the implementation process
• Write requirements that are specific and verifiable
• Identify types of verification and validation that apply to information systems
• Design test strategies and plans that appropriately verify the function of information systems
• Identify the importance of change control and management for information systems
• Define version and configuration management and understand the importance of managing the configuration and version of information systems and databses

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MG 8042a - Application Thesis - Cultural Immersion - Part 1

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MG 8042b - Application Thesis - Cultural Immersion - Part 2

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

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MG 8050 - Construction Project Visualization

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MG 8500 - Final Project: Graduate Management Capstone

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MG 9000 - Graduate Management Thesis: Phase 1

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

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MG 9010 - Graduate Management Thesis: Phase 2

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MI 799 - Medical Informatics Independent Study

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

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MI 16040 - System Lifecycle

• Synthesize system requirements based on fact-finding activities, workflow analysis, and use cases
• Apply the software vendor selection process by creating a request for information (RFI)/request for proposal (RFP) and defining vendor selection criteria
• Examine key contractual components related to software licensing, professional service, and support agreements
• Develop an implementation plan addressing both technical and operational readiness
• Propose a system support and maintenance strategy based on the needs of the organization

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MI 17010 - Evidence-based Medicine and Decision Support

• Synthesize the motivations for using evidence-based medicine and decision support within a health care environment
• Assess the sources of clinical evidence and summarize their uses in supporting clinical practice
• Within a care delivery workflow, compare and contrast approaches to providing evidence-based tools at the point of care
• Evaluate resistance to decision support tools within administrative and care environments and recommend strategies for change management
• Evaluate ethical, legal, and social considerations when implementing decision support tools

• To understand the impact of medical evidence and decision support with the clinical and administrative processes within healthcare, students need an understanding of the health care environment in which they work as well as informatics concepts (such as standardized documentation). In addition, they need to understand the workflow impact of introducing technology and the need to appropriately manage and integrate data. As a result, this entire course relies on knowledge obtained in the MI 15010 , MI 15020 , MI 16010 , and MI 16030  courses

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MI 17040 - Strategic Leadership

• Develop an organizational informatics strategy (clinical, technical, and administrative), including ethical, legal, and social considerations
• Create a budget that reflects the necessary resources to implement an informatics strategy
• Based on the needs to implement an organizational informatics strategy, compile a list of the personnel skill sets needed, as well as a structure for the reporting relationships for these personnel
• Propose a governance structure for overseeing an organizational informatics strategy

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MI 18010 - Medical Informatics Capstone I

• Evaluate an informatics scenario, identifying key problem areas and/or opportunities from multiple perspectives, such as ethical, legal, and social
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct in-depth analysis of a scenario from a systems perspective

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MI 18020 - Medical Informatics Capstone II

• Evaluate an informatics scenario, identifying key problem areas and/or opportunities from multiple perspectives, such as ethical, legal, and social
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct in-depth analysis of a scenario from a systems perspective

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MI 18030 - Medical Informatics Capstone III

• Define a problem/opportunity statement based on information gained through research and data analytics
• Analyze the problem/opportunity and formulate a question that accurately represents the desired solution
• Develop and implement the desired solution using appropriate change management and communication strategies

• Project work for this course is dependent on completion of the work in MI 18010  and MI 18020 , which is identifying the focus and scope of the project

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MI 18040 - Medical Informatics Capstone IV

• Define a problem/opportunity statement based on information gained through research and data analytics
• Analyze the problem/opportunity and formulate a question that accurately represents the desired solution
• Develop and implement the desired solution using appropriate change management and communication strategies

• Project work for this course is dependent on completion of the work in MI 18010  and MI 18020 , which is identifying the focus and scope of the project

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PE 601 - Analysis of Biological Systems

• Thoroughly understand the concepts of pressure, flow, and fluid resistance such that they can manipulate and predict the behavior of physical fluid circuits
• Describe the rheology of blood and what variables affect it
• Be able to solve mass and heat transfer problems involving membrane transport and conduction, respectively
• Set up lumped parameter mathematical models that involve appropriate numbers of known and unknown variables
• Describe the physical meanings of the principle variables that describe the time dependent fluid mechanics of the human heart and the circulation
• Use the ODE Solver in MATLAB to set up and solve mathematical models involving ordinary differential equations

• None 

• Introduction to biophysical transport topics
• Review of calculus
• Pressure and hydrostatics
• The first law of thermodynamics and mechanical energy balance
• Modes of heat transfer and heat conduction analysis
• Passive mass transfer across membranes
• Transport applications in cardiopulmonary bypass: oxygenation and ultrafiltration
• Analysis of heat exchangers and gas exchangers
• Concepts in cardiovascular fluid mechanics
• Flow through tubes
• Introduction to mathematical modeling
• Fluid resistive networks
• The Windkessel model of the human circulation
• Compartmental modeling of drug transport

PE 647 - The Design of Experiments

• Riance, standard deviation, range, coefficient of variation, percentiles), and the assessment of normality within data sets
• Be able to identify measurement scales (ratio, interval, ordinal, nominal) and their significance in statistical designs
• Be able to identify and distinguish between independent and dependent variables within research studies
• Explain the concepts, calculations, and use associated with measures of sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values as they relate to diagnostic screening tests
• Know how to formulate statistically testable hypotheses in both mathematical and English terms
• Explain the potential causes of Type I and Type II error and the interdependent influences of alpha, sample size, and effect size on statistical power
• Know when and how to appropriately use the three variations of the t-test and how to test for compliance with their underlying assumptions
• Know when and how to appropriately use fixed and repeated-measures ANOVA within research designs and test for their underlying assumptions
• Explain the structure, value, and interpretation of the ANOVA source table. • Understand when and why multiple comparison tests are needed when performing an ANOVA
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages associated with repeated-measures designs
• Explain the concepts and use of correlation, single, multiple, polynomial, and logistic regression models - including knowing how to assess the fit and quality of these models
• Explain the value and use of basic nonparametric statistical tests
• Be able to statistically, graphically, and completely evaluate and interpret raw experimental data sets
• Be able to critically evaluate and properly assess the statistical designs and their underlying assumptions used within research studies

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• Research concepts, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, diagnostic tests (2 class periods)
• Use and interpretation of the single-sample, paired, and unpaired t-test (1 class period)
• Use and interpretation of the fixed-effect and repeated-measures ANOVA; journal article critique (2 class periods)
• Correlation and regression analysis (3 class periods)
• Nonparametric statistical tests (chi-square, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis) (1 class period)

PE 650 - Seminar on Clinical Medicine

• Explain the theory and operation of intra-aortic balloon pumps
• Describe the history of VAD development and the theory of VAD operation
• List the specific VADs used at SLMC and explain the conditions under which each might be used.
• List risk factors associated with heart disease
• Describe the use of dialysis and hemofiltration for fluid management in the cardiac surgical patients
• Describe the use of ventilator support, Inhaled Flolan and nitric oxide for managing patients with pulmonary dysfunction.
• Explain the uses of blood products for the treatment of hemodynamic and coagulative disorders.
• Explain the factors that are included in the assessments for transplant candidates
• Describe the use of UNOS and pre and post operative care for transplant patients
• Explain the surgical management of transplant patients
• Describe the methods for control and monitoring of electrophysiological heart rhythms
• Clinical Objectives
• Carry out the operation of IABPs
• Perform basic VAD management
• Perform patient training associated with home care and VADs
• Operate the Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy machine

• Knowledge of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology

• IABPs (2.5 classes)
• \VAD history and theory (1 class)
• VAD console operation (3.5 classes)
• Cardiac risk factors/Pulmonary medicine (.5 class)
• Dialysis/ hemofiltration (.5 class)
• Blood conservation/blood products (.5 class)
• Transplantation (.5 class)
• Pacers/ (.5 class)

PE 651 - Seminar on Medical Ethics

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• None

• Technology as value-laden, heart disease and quality of life, ethical issues in clinical trials, age-based health care rationing, conflicts of interest, transplant ethics, risk as an ethical category, implant ethics

PE 670 - Pharmacology

• Explain the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of specific drug groups
• Describe the basic principles of peripheral nervous system pharmacology, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action
• Describe the basic principles of cardiovascular and renal pharmacology, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action
• Describe the basic principles of anticoagulants, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action
• Describe the basic principles of anesthetic agents, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action
• Describe the basic principles of chemotherapy of infectious agents, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action
• Describe the basic principles of the pharmacological agents affecting the immune system, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action
• Describe the basic principles of cancer chemotherapy, provide examples of drugs from each class, and identify their mechanisms of action

• Physiology and Pathophysiology

• Basic principles of pharmacology (3 class periods)
• Autonomic nervous system drugs (5 class periods)
• Cardiovascular drugs (5 class periods)
• Anticoagulants (1 class period)
• Drugs for hyperlipidemia (1 class period)
• Anesthetics and skeletal muscle relaxants (2 class periods)
• Antimicrobial agents (4 class periods)
• Cancer chemotherapy and immunosuppressive agents (3 class periods)
• Drugs for diabetes and seizures (1 class period)
• Quizzes/exams (5 class periods)

PE 673 - Advanced Physiology I

• Explain the structural and functional properties of eukaryotic cells, and how gene expression affects these properties
• Explain the importance of movement of molecules across the cell membrane, the pathways for this movement and the factors that affect movement of these molecules
• Explain how membrane potentials are generated and predict the changes that will occur in membrane potentials when ion concentration or permeabilities change
• Identify the structures of the heart and name the major blood vessels
• Explain the physical principles and physiological processes that regulate function of the cardiovascular system
• Identify the waves of an EKG and explain what each wave represents
• Explain the feedback loops that are active in the control of arterial pressure
• Describe the steps involved in hemostasis, including the specific roles of platelets and clotting factors

• Undergraduate exposure to all topics

• Homeostasis and cell function (1.5 class periods)
• Cell membrane and transport mechanisms and genetics (1.5 class periods)
• Electrophysiology (3 class periods)
• Skeletal muscle structure and function (1.5 class periods)
• Smooth muscle structure and function (1.5 class periods)
• Heart anatomy and muscle function (1.5 class periods)
• Cardiac channels, pumps and exchangers (1.5 class periods)
• Rhythmical excitation of the heart (1.5 class periods)
• EKG (1.5 class period)
• Anatomy and physics of the circulation (3 class periods)
• Vascular distensibility (1.5 class periods)
• Microcirculation and lymphatics (1.5 class periods) 
• Local and nervous control of blood flow (1.5 class periods)
• Long-term regulation of arterial pressure (1.5 class periods) 
• Hemostasis (1.5 class period)
• Exams (4 class periods)

PE 674 - Advanced Physiology II

• Describe the components of the immune system and how they interact to functionally provide immune function
• Discuss the roles of the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system in homeostatic feedback loops
• Describe the body compartments, their relative sizes and how water moves between the compartments
• Describe the anatomy and physiology of the urinary system, including the regulation of GFR, functional aspects of the nephron and control of secretion and reabsorption that occurs along the nephron
• Discuss the mechanisms of acid/base balance and apply them to physiological situations
• Describe the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, including mechanisms for gas exchange and transport
• Describe the functions of the liver

• Undergraduate knowledge of all topics

• Immunity (4.5 class periods)
• Autonomic nervous system (1.5 class period)
• Endocrine system (1.5 class period)
• Body fluid compartments (1.5 class period)
• Urinary system (6 class periods)
• Acid/Base balance (1.5 class periods)
• Respiratory system (6 class periods)
• Liver (1.5 class periods)
• Exams (5 class periods)

PE 675 - Pathophysiology

• Explain the cellular basis of disease and the causes of cellular injury
• Describe the vascular changes that occur with acute and chronic inflammation and list the mediators of the vascular changes
• Describe the processes involved in tissue repair and regeneration
• Describe the cells and mediators involved in immunity, their roles and how they are regulated
• Describe the types of hypersensitivity reactions of the immune system and how they might develop
• Describe the alterations that can occur in hemostasis and in delivery of blood flow, their manifestations and treatments
• Describe the types, manifestations and treatments of circulatory shock and coronary artery disease
• Describe the types, manifestations and treatments of valvular disorders, heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias
• Describe the types, manifestations and treatments of pericardial diseases and anemias
• Describe the types, manifestations and treatments of fluid and electrolyte disorders and acid/base disorders
• Describe the types, manifestations and treatments of intrarenal disorders and renal failure
• Describes the types, manifestations and treatments of respiratory disorders
• Describe the types, manifestations and treatments of endocrine disorders

• An understanding of anatomy and physiology of the systems covered

• Cell injury, aging and death (1 class)
• Acute and chronic inflammation (1 class)
• Immune system and immune system dysfunction (2 classes)
• Alterations in hemostasis and hemodynamic disorders (1 class) • Circulatory shock (1 class)
• Coronary artery disease and coronary catheterization (1 class)
• Valvular heart disease and heart failure (1 class)
• Hypertension and cardiac arrythmias (1 class)
• Pericardial disease, anemias and transfusions (1 class)
• Fluid and electrolyte disorders and acid/base disorders (1 class)
• Intrarenal disorders (1 class)
• Renal failure (1 class)
• Respiratory disorders (1.5 classes)
• Endocrine disorders (1.5 classes)
• Exams (3 classes)

PE 699 - Master’s Thesis

• Perform a literature search using Medline or similar search engines
• Summarize background literature in a manner that culminates in a reasonable hypothesis
• Perform a study, experiment, or design to address the hypothesis
• Summarize, appropriately interpret and present study findings
• Make reasonable conclusions as to the applicability of their findings
• Present their background, study and results in both written and oral format

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