AE 5210 - Matrix Structural Analysis

• TBD

• Structural Analysis

• TBD

AE 5220 - AISC Steel Design

• Design plate girders for flexure and shear 
• Design steel frames for gravity and axial loads 
• Design bracing systems for steel structures 
• Design connections for steel structures 
• Understand advanced floor serviceability

• Steel Design

• Design of plate girders (2 classes) 
• Design of columns including slender element effects (2 classes) 
• Design of braced and moment frames, including design using the direct analysis method (2 classes) 
• Analysis of steel framed floors for occupant-induced vibrations (1 class) 
• Design of connections for steel structures, including partially-restrained connections (2 classes)

AE 5232 - Prestressed Concrete Design

• Design prestressed concrete beams for deflection, flexure, development, shear, and torsion
• Design prestressed concrete columns subjected to axial and flexural loads
• Determine prestressed connection capacities

• Reinforced concrete design

• Analysis Methods
• Loss of Prestress
• Flexure Design
• Shear and Torsion Design
• Compression Member Design
• Connection Design

AE 5234 - Foundation Design

• Design a spread footing subjected to axial load and moment 
• Design a base plate subjected to axial load and moment 
• Explain the design of deep foundations for axial and lateral loads

• Reinforced concrete design

• Live Load reduction
• Shallow foundation design
• Base plate design
• Anchorage to concrete
• Basement wall design
• Slab on ground design
• Deep foundation design
• Strut-and-tie method

AE 5240 - Masonry Design

• Be familiar with the material properties of masonry units and mortar 
• Understand the behavior and design of masonry flexural members 
• Understand the design of masonry walls for axial loads 
• Understand the design of masonry walls for out-of-plane bending 
• Understand the design of masonry walls for in-plane bending and shear 
• Be familiar with detailing of masonry walls 
• Understand design of anchorage in concrete and masonry

• Reinforced concrete design

• Introduction to course 
• Materials (CMU, mortar, grout, reinforcement) 
• Introduction to ACI 530 
• Reinforced Masonry Beams 
• Masonry with Axial Loads (columns, walls and pilasters, slender walls 
• Wall with In-Plan Bending and Shear (unreinforced and reinforced walls, distribution of force to walls, openings) 
• Detailing of Masonry (non-masonry lintels, moisture, veneers) 
• Anchorage design in Masonry and Concrete 
• Construction Issues 

AE 5250 - Wood Design

• Be familiar with the material properties and manufacture of sawn and engineered wood products 
• Understand the design of sawn and engineered wood members for flexure, shear, axial and combined axial and flexural loads 
• Understand the selection of plywood for out-of-plane loading 
• Understand the design or horizontal wood diaphragms and vertical wood shear walls 
• Understand the design of bolted connections of wood members 
• Understand the design of nailed connections of wood members 
• Be familiar with other connections of wood members

• Principles of structural engineering

• Introduction to Course 
• Introduction to NDS Specification 
• Material Properties and Manufacture of Sawn and Engineered Wood Products 
• Sawn Beam Design

AE 5260 - Bridge Design

• Understand the different types of bridges and when their use is appropriate 
• Determine AASHTO loading requirements for bridges 
• Design basic steel girder bridges 
• Design basic reinforced concrete slab bridges

• Reinforced concrete design

• Short topics: Minneapolis I-35 collapse; Bridge types and economical spans; Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics; Hoan Bridge; Aesthetics in design; Arches; Suspension bridge types; Tacoma Narrows; Connecticut Turnpike at Mianus River 
• Basic structural analysis with moving loads 
• Loadings and load combinations 
• Girder bridges: general concepts 
• Two-span continuous composite rolled steel beam bridge design 
• Girder bridges: additional topics for precast concrete girders and steel plate girders 
• Multi-span reinforced concrete slab bridge design 
• Multi-cell box culvert design

AE 5262 - Modern Structural Systems

• Be able to determine the underlying factors in structural system selection with the Owner, Architect, and Engineers of other disciplines in mind 
• Have an understanding of the structural system selection process for low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings 
• Be introduced to spreadsheets, software and other resources available from various professional organizations 
• Have studied materials and materials selection that may be considered “unique” 
• Have made new contacts with experts in the building construction industry 
• Have gained an appreciation for the differences in firms and how other firms approach building design and troubleshooting

• Understanding of design methodologies for different structural materials (steel, concrete, wood, masonry)
• Basic understanding of structural analysis software

• Broad-based system selection comparing materials and construction processes 
• Open-web joists, joist girders, metal deck 
• Efficient framing and lateral resistance schemes for steel framed structures  
• Comparison between concrete floor systems 
• Considerations for masonry structures 
• Design considerations for parking structures 
• Other systems (wood, light gage steel) 
• Considerations when using structural software

AE 5402 - Building Mechanical System Design

• TBD

• Building mechanical systems

• TBD

AE 5404 - Building Electrical System Design

• TBD 

• Building Electrical System Design

• TBD 

AE 5450 - Building Control System Design

• TBD 

• Building Control Systems

• TBD 

AE 5460 - Commissioning

• TBD 

• HVAC, plumbing

• TBD

AE 5470 - Advanced Project Management for MEP

• Analyze a construction contract in terms of risk in order to negotiate an equitable agreement for services
• Apply the fundamentals of proper documentation in order to solve a problem
• Prepare manpower loading charts
• Prepare a complete change order to capture all direct costs as well as impact costs
• Explain the different safety procedures that can be used to ensure a safe worksite
• Explain the various aspects of project closeout

• Project Management 
• Estimating

• None

AE 5480 - Advanced Hydronic Systems for Buildings

• Explain the required components in a hydronic system
• Calculate pump head for open and closed loop systems
• Explain how low temperature hot water systems shall be designed
• Discuss options for thermal expansioin and apply the options to a system layout
• Explain the different types of piping used in HVAC water system applications and describe the characteristics and usage of each
• Explain the different methods of pipe joining encountered and describe the characteristics and usage of each
• Calculate and compare energy consumption for various hydronic systems
• Discuss the variables involved with terminal control and what mechanical components are suggested at a terminal unit
• Explain control valve characteristics and valve authority, rangeability, and selection
• Explain the factors required to size and select expansion tanks
• Discuss the differences between water source and ground source pumps
• Design a radiant floor heating system

• Water Pump Calculations
• Building Heating Loads
• Building Cooling Loads

AE 5520 - Advanced Plumbing Systems Design

• TBD 

• Plumbing

• TBD 

AE 5530 - Advanced Fire Protection Systems

• TBD

• Fire protection systems

• TBD 

AE 5800 - Research and Writing

• Develop a research question the answers to which will form the basis of a capstone design project
• Locate relevant and credible sources of information that can be used to answer the research question using the MSOE library’s online databases and print/electronic resources
• Reference the relevant sources of information - including books, journal articles, governmental documents, and online publications using the MSOE Graduate Student Style Guide
• Read 6-12 of the relevant and credible sources of information found
• Write a literature review on a topic related to the student’s research question

• None

AE 5980 - Topics in Architectural Engineering

• Discuss topics in Architectural Engineering that are not covered in other courses.

• Varies based on topics discussed in any given quarter.

AE 6210 - Applied Finite Elements

• Analyze structures using one dimensional finite elements 
• Analyze structures using approximations of two dimensional finite elements 
• Analyze diverse structures using finite element software

• Matrix structural analysis

• Stiffness matrices 
• Material model 
• Boundary conditions 
• Applied loading

AE 6212 - Structural Dynamics

• Analyze single degree of freedom systems for a variety of dynamic loadings 
• Analyze multi-degree of freedom systems for a variety of dynamic loadings 
• Calculate the response of simple structures to earthquake loading

• Matrix structural analysis

• Single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems 
• Equation of motion 
• Free vibration 
• Harmonic loads 
• Impulsive loads 
• Methods for numerical solution of equations of motion 
• Finite difference methods for linear and nonlinear systems 
• Earthquake response history and spectra 
• Multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) systems 
• Equation of motion 
• Other preliminary topics 
• Free vibration 
• Modal damping 
• Modal analysis for linear systems

AE 6214 - Lateral Loads on Structural Systems

• Determine wind loads on the main wind force resisting system 
• Determine wind loads on components and cladding 
• Determine earthquake loads on a structure

• Structural dynamics

• Earthquake loads 
• Response of MDOF systems 
• ASCE-7 Seismic analysis 
• Performance-based design 
• ASCE-7 Wind loads

AE 6216 - Structural Stability

• Determine column buckling behavior and torsional buckling capacity of beams 
• Determine plate buckling capacities 
• Model structural stability with the finite element method

• Finite element analysis

• Structural stability 
• Buckling behavior, torsional buckling 
• Plate buckling 
• Modeling 
• Post-buckling behavior

AE 6222 - AISI Steel Design

• Design cold-formed steel members for flexural and shear capacity 
• Design cold-formed steel columns and beam-columns 
• Design connections of cold-formed steel members

• Structural stability

• AISI Design of beams, columns, connections

AE 6224 - Connection Design

• Understand the basis for connection design as presented in the AISC Manual 
• Determine limit states for different types of connections 
• Determine connection efficiency for given loads 
• Determine suitability of connections for different situations 
• Understand analysis methods unique to connection design 
• Design simple shear, moment and partially restrained connections 
• Design light and heavy bracing connections 
• Understand how seismic loading affects the design of the connection

• Determinate and indeterminate structural analysis 
• Understanding of structural analysis software 
• Understanding of basic design for steel tension, compression, flexural and combined flexural/axial members 
• Understanding of design of simple connections (tension, shear, moment)

• Fastener types 
• Eccentric loading on fasteners 
• Prying action 
• Framing connections 
• Moment connections 
• Bracing connections 
• Partially restrained connections 
• Introduction to connection design for seismic loading  

AE 6230 - Reinforced Concrete Structure Design

• Be familiar will the ACI code provisions and engineering methods needed to design any of the common concrete floor systems: Pan joist, wide pan, flat slab and flat plate with conventional reinforcement

• Reinforced concrete design

• ACI code provisions for pan joist floors 
• Designing a pan joist floor for shear and moment 
• Wide pan code considerations 
• ACI code provisions for flat slab floors 
• The Direct Design and Equivalent Frame method 
• ACI code provisions for flat plate floors 
• Introduction to posttensioned floor design

AE 6264 - Structural Systems and Optimization

• Analyze structures with graphical methods
• Design structures with energy methods
• Optimize structural designs

• Matrix Structural Analysis

• Graphical methods for optimal layout of truss systems
• Introduction to graphical methods and reciprocal diagrams
• Optimization using forces as objective, Lenticular trusses
• Optimization using the minimum load path approach, dual structures
• Rankine’s theorem, 3D reciprocal diagrams
• Maxwell’s theorem for frame structures and its application in design
• Proof of the theorem Application to frame structures Design examples
• Michell frames
• Proof of Michell’s criterion, Derivation of Michell’s frames, Applications to structural design
• Principal stress trajectories and force flow (intuitive aspects, calculation of principal directions from the stress tensor, Mohr’s circle, application to high­rise buildings, application of principal directions in design)
• Sizing techniques for frames using energy methods (derivation of sizing equations for braced frames and moment frames, application to design problems)
• Structural systems for high­rise and long­span structures (typical lateral and gravity systems used in design and their parametric description for structural optimization)
• Topology optimization for structural design (fundamentals, derivation of sensitivities, 99­line Matlab code, voronoi meshing, applications in design, manufacturing constraints)
• Form finding of cablenets (linear and non­linear force density methods, applications to design problems)
• Advanced topics on optimal frames layouts (geometrical rules, bound/unbound cantilever problem, optimal arch) as time permits

AE 6410 - Data Driven Modeling

• TBD

• Building energy systems

• TBD

AE 6440 - Sustainable Built Environment

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None appended

• No course topics appended

AE 6460 - Life Cycle Assessment of Building Systems

• TBD

• Building systems

• TBD

AE 6462 - Sustainable Energy in Buildings

• TBD

• Green building practices
• Green building rating systems

• TBD

AE 6510 - Moisture Problems in Building Envelopes

• TBD

• Ventillation; air conditioning

• TBD

AE 6560 - Water Reuse Design

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

This course will explore the expanding field of water reuse systems. Both centralized and decentralized systems will be studied. The full range of non-potable reuse, indirect potable reuse, and direct potable reuse will be explored. Students will be expected to design a water reuse system for either a centralized or decentralized scenario. Lectures will focus on water treatment technologies as they are typically applied to water reuse systems.  (prereq: graduate standing)

• Identify the socio-economic factors that lead to water reuse
• Analyze water quality needs and match those needs with appropriate water treatment technologies
• Evaluate alternative technologies and treatment scenarios for a water reuse system based on local, economic, and technological factors
• Design a water reuse treatment system for use in a realistic situation
• Present a design report to alieve typical fears associated with water reuse systems

• None

• One water concepts
• Water quality issues
• Centeralized treatment paradigm
• Decentralized paradigm
• Water quality measurement
• Physical treatment processes
• Chemical treatment processes
• Biological treatment processes
• Pathogen reduction processes
• Typical centralized treatment systems
• Typical decentralized treatment systems

AE 6562 - Specialized Industrial Plumbing Systems

• TBD 

• Plumbing

• TBD 

AE 6570 - Air Quality in Buildings

• TBD 

• Ventilation

• TBD

AE 6630 - Advanced Building Illumination Design

• TBD

• Illumination

• TBD 

AE 6632 - Wireless Communication

• TBD 

• Communication systems

• TBD

AE 7999 - Independent Study

• Demonstrate knowledge of the independent study topic

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8000 - Research and Presentation

• Demonstrate knowledge on chosen research topic

• Architectural Engineering

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8900 - Capstone Project I

• Complete an independent research project

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8910 - Capstone Project II

• Complete an independent research project

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8920 - Capstone Project III

• Complete an independent research project

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

MB 6000 - Distributed Leadership for Effective Organizations

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6000A - Distributed Leadership for Effective Organizations

• The administrator leads by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared by the school community 
• The administrator ensures management of the organization, operations, finance and resources for a safe, efficient and effective learning environment
• The administrator models collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources
• The administrator acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner
• The administrator understands, responds to, and interacts with a larger political, social, economic, legal and cultural context that affects schooling

• Graduate Standing

• None

MB 6000B - Distributed Leadership for Effective Organizations

• The following format is used to preset the subset of program outcomes addressed in this course
  • 2.0 The administrator leads by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared by the school community
  • 4.0 The administrator ensures management of the organization, operations, finance and resources for a safe, efficient and effective learning environment
  • 5.0 The administrator models collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources     
  • 6.0 The administrator acts with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner
  • 7.0 The administrator understands, responds to, and interacts with a larger political, social, economic, legal and cultural context that affects schooling

• None

• None

MB 6000C - Distributed leadership for Effective Organizations

• Wisconsin Administrator Standards, Learning Outcomes and Performance Indicators Addressed in MB6000
  • The following format is used to preset the subset of program outcomes addressed in this course
    • 2.0 The administrator leads by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared by the school community
    • 4.0 The administrator ensures management of the organization, operations, finance and resources for a safe, efficient and effective learning environment
    • 5.0 The administrator models collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources     
    • 6.0 The administrator acts with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner
    • 7.0 The administrator understands, responds to, and interacts with a larger political, social, economic, legal and cultural context that affects schooling

• None

• None

MB 6001 - STEM Mindset and Methods

• ST1.0 Assess existing knowledge and skills against those required for meaningful project- and problem-based teaching and learning in the classrooms
• ST2.0 Identify, describe and implement activity, project and problem based learning methods
• ST3.0 Evaluate existing curriculum and pedagogical methods and refine the approach to formulate best-practice STEM and pedagogical methods
• ST4.0 Explore existing STEM curricula to address STEM learning needs
• ST5.0 Identify, adapt, and justify new STEM curriculum and/or teaching techniques as the intervention to be investigated in the research model

• None

• None

MB 6010 - Leadership and the Global Achievement Gap

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6100 - Statistical Thinking and Data Analytics

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6110 - Fundamental Statistics and Analytics

• Apply fundamental concepts in the use and interpretation of statistical methods
• Prepare data for use in statistical and analytical processes
• Generate and interpret descriptive statistics related to business scenarios
• Use diagnostic analytics to inform solutions to business problems
• Select an appropriate statistical or analytic method to address a given business problem
• Communicate the meaning of statistical or analytic results to stakeholders

• None

MB 6120 - Business Analytics I

• Possess broad knowledge of the field of business analytics, including trends and challenges
• Describe sources of data and opportunity for data collection and use across the organization
• Categorize types of business decision making
• Utilize statistical methods and techniques
• Prepare reports and presentations appropriate for the audience

MB 6130 - Decision Making and Predictive Models

• Develop proficiency in the use of data and statistical tools with ability to apply analytical techniques within each decision-making category
• Explain data and analytical technique appropriate to support strategy and decision-making in a given scenario
• Illustrate the benefits of business analytics for individual, organization and stakeholders
• Monitor and influence use of data and analytical techniques
• Develop and deliver persuasive messages when advocating for a viewpoint or perspective

• None

MB 6140 - Business Analytics II

• Identify data and analytical techniques appropriate for addressing decision-making categories
• Develop proficiency in the use of data and statistical tools with ability to apply analytical techniques within each decision-making category
• Conduct needs analysis and readiness to employ evidence-based practice across the organization
• Create visualizations that directly tie analytics to decision-making context
• Data manipulation, database and data management

• None

MB 6150 - Enterprise Performance Optimization

• Explain data and analytical technique appropriate to support strategy and decision-making in a given scenario
• Illustrate the benefits of business analytics for individual, organization and stakeholders
• Develop infrastructure to support data use
• Conduct needs analysis and readiness to employ evidence-based practice across the organization

• None

MB 6200 - Creating Financial Intelligence

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None 

• No course topics appended

MB 6310 - Professional Seminar I

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6320 - Professional Seminar II

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6400 - Economic Analysis Decision Making

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6600 - Developing and Leveraging Human Capital

• None

• None

• None

MB 6900 - Project Management for Leading Change

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 6950 - Facilitating Change in Complex Systems

• No learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 7210 - Evaluating Educational Interventions

• None 

• None 

• None 

MB 7220 - Advancing STEM in Schools

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 7500 - Building Value Through Process and Technology

• None 

• None 

• None 

MB 7700 - Maximizing Stakeholder Relationships

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 7800 - Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 7900 - Strategic Foresight

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 8100 - Final Project - Education Leadership

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 8110 - MBA Project - Phase I

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 8120 - MBA Project - Phase II

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 8130 - MBA Project - Phase III

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 8150 - Final Project - STEM Leadership

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MB 8900 - Integrated Field Project

• Demonstrate effective application of business concepts presented in the respective graduate course

• None

• Subject matter and topics will be determined by which MG course the field project is supplementing. For instance, if the student has completed MG 610  Applied Statistics (3 credits) in the MSEM, the student will need to complete MB 8900 (1 credit) with an applied statistics field project. MG 610  and MB 8900 will be combined and used to satisfy MB 6100  (4 credits) in the MBA program.

• Depends on subject

CS 5881 - Artificial Intelligence

• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Formal Logic including Propositional and First Order Logic
• Conduct proofs of correctness in reasoning systems using the methods of Unification and Resolution
• Understand the techniques involved with reasoning in the presence of uncertainty
• Address the problems related to search, and its application to intelligent systems, including: game playing, decision making, and adversarial search
• Understand and apply modern machine learning techniques for supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning

• A fundamental understanding of structured programming languages
• A fundamental understanding of data structures and algorithms
• A fundamental understanding of probability and statistics

• Problem Solving, Uninformed Search
• A* Search and Heuristic Functions
• Local Search
• Constraint Satisfaction
• Online Search
• Game Playing
• Logical Agents, Propositional Logic
• Forward Chaining, Backward Chaining, Knowledge Agents
• More Knowledge Based Agents
• First Order Logic
• First Order Inference
• Knowledge Representation
• Acting under uncertainty, axioms of probability, inference using joint distributions
• Bayes Networks
• Machine Learning
• Supervised learning: Naive Bayes, Decision Trees, and Neural Networks
• Unsupervised learning: Clustering with K-Means, K-Medoids, and Hierarchical Agglomerative clustering
• Collaborative filtering
• Reinforcement Learning
• Data mining
• Concept Learning and Inductive Hypothesis

• History, defining intelligence, grand challenges, biologically inspired computing
• Intelligent agents, uninformed search, informed search
• Knowledge based agents
• Machine learning

CM 5020 - Project Acquisitions and Business Development

• Understand and identify the project acquisition process
• Identify projects for acquisition using a go-no-go matrix
• Develop a prequalification submittal
• Identify their companies competitive advantage
• Generate a planning process for estimating
• Produce proposals using current marketing strategies
• Identify risk in evaluating construction contracts
• Present their project proposals in both written and oral form
• Develop a handoff meeting agenda and understand how the handoff meeting functions

• Construction Methods
• Construction Project Management
• Construction Estimating

• Project Acquisition Process
• Requests for Proposal
• Prequalificaiton Packets
• Determining Your Competitive Advantage
• Identifying Clients and Their Decision Making Process
• Legal Issues in Acquisition
• Written Proposal Strategies
• Bidding Strategies
• Handoff Meetings
• Documentation and Tracking Strategies
• Presentation Techniques

CM 5040 - Construction Operations and Management Strategies

• Understand basic strategies for starting a construction company
• Effectively manage and control the marketing aspect of a construction company
• Manage, control, and utilize the financial aspects and controls of a construction company
• Understand and manage the operations component of a construction company
• Manage all risks associated with running a construction company, including safety issues
• Understand the human resources component of a construction company

• Construction Methods
• Construction Project Management

• The business of contracting
• Construction company process analysis and improvement
• Starting a new company
• The acquire work process
• The build work process
• Controlling the marketing process
• Controlling the operations aspect of the business
• Differing methods in securing work in good and bad ecomonmies
• The keep track process
• Managing the financials of a construction firm
• Job cost guidelines for a construction firm
• Managing people in construction
• Best practices in management
• Human resoucres in construction
• Desired attributes of a construction company’s personnel
• Future directions of the construction industry

CM 5045 - Lean Construction and Resource Management

• Understand the key elements of construction management as it relates to lean production and lean construction practices
• Critcally evaluate alternative approaches to resource and knowledege management in construction management
• Critically evaluate alternative approaches to project delivery in construction management

• Construction Methods
• Construction Project Management

• Lean construction
• Lean construction’s connection to IPD
• Lean construction’s connection to BIM
• Construction knowledge management 
• Modern construction practices
• Waste management
• Recycling in construction

CM 7005 - Sustainable Built Environment

• Become familiar with many worldwide as well as national green programs
• Understand how meeting various goals and certifications in the green world contributes to the advancement of society and the well being of our world
• Understand and manage the green efforts in both the design and construction industries
• Isolate and determine costs associated with building green projects
• Educate others in the construction industry as to green issues

• Construction Methods
• Construction Project Management
• Sustainable Construction
• Construction Estimating

• Greening of the construction industry
• International, national, and local green programs
• Project strategies to achieve LEED design
• Green management plan
• Green product standards
• Ongoing green building operations
• Life Cycle costs
• Green contract issues
• Costs of green construction
• Sustainability and BIM
• Selling green services
• Green marketing
• Industrial ecology

CM 7050 - Construction Data and Information Management

• Understand the increased importance of data and information management techniques in construction management practices and the basic concepts and theories concerning the use of information technology
• Apply the knowledge and skills to critically evaluate alternative approaches for using information technology for construction management
• Use hands-on experience in the use of a well-known and widely used information technologies

• Construction Project Management
• Building Information Modeling

• Interoperability
• IT for construction
• IT for facility management
• Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

CV 500 - Environmental Chemistry

• Understand the principles underlying the chemical transformations that take place in groundwater, surface water, and in water and wastewater treatment processes 
• Apply the principles of water chemistry to the design of selected water/wastewater and soil/groundwater remediation processes 
• Identify the various classes of organic compounds and how organic compounds behave and react in the environment 
• Understand the field and laboratory procedures involved in the sampling and analysis of water and soil samples

• One year of general chemistry required

CV 502 - Environmental Microbiology

• Understand the significance of the sequencing of small subunit rRNA in the taxonomic placement of organisms 
• Be familiar with the structure and function of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and algae 
• Understand metabolic processes utilized by microorganisms and microbial growth 
• Be familiar with the roles of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles 
• Be familiar with microbial pathogens in the environment, direct and indirect methods of their detection, and methods of their control 
• Understand the formation, function, and importance of biofilms in the environment 
• Understand the roles of microbes in various types of wastewater treatment 
• Understand the roles of microbes in the degradation of organic compounds

• None 

• No course topics appended 

CV 510 - Storm Water Management Systems Design

• Understand the federal, state, and local regulations that govern developments
• Access the local, state, and federal resources that facilitate storm water management systems design
• Design conventional urban storm water facilities (e.g., storm inlets, storm sewers, outfalls)
• Design permanent best management practices to control flow and protect water quality
• Design construction site erosion control practices to protect water quality
• Develop storm water management and construction site erosion control plans
• Layout a storm water management system to achieve regulatory compliance and maximize sustainability
• Determine water quality impacts of development activities through modeling (e.g.. SLAMM)

• None 

• Introduction (1 lecture)
• Effects of urbanization on receiving waters (1 lecture)
• Establishing performance goals for storm water management (1 lecture)
• Federal, state, and local regulations that govern development (1 lecture)
• Unit process and operations for storm water control (1 lectures)
• Selection criteria and design considerations (include guest speaker) (2 lectures)
• Design of storm sewers and ditches (2 lectures)
• Design of storage units (3 lectures)
• Mid-term exam (1 lecture)
• Modeling performance of storm water controls (3 lectures)
• Design of swales and filter strips (1 lecture)
• Design of filters (3 lectures)
• Design of infiltrators (2 lectures)
• Design of gross pollutant traps (1 lecture)
• Design of shoreland protection (1 lecture)
• Maintenance of storm water controls (1 lecture)
• Whole life cost of storm water controls (1 lecture)
• Construction site erosion control plans (2 lectures)
• Permitting (1 lecture)
• Open day (1 lecture)
• Field Trip to see installed storm water management practices (4 hours on a weekend)

CV 512 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None 

• No course topics appended

CV 516 - Design of Water Distribution and Sewerage Systems

• TBD 

• TBD 

• TBD

CV 518 - Watercourse Design

• Understand functions and processes associated with watercourses
• Develop flow targets to meet watercourse design objectives
• Use HEC-RAS modeling to assess the one-dimensional hydraulic conditions within a watercourse reach
• Understand the relevance of two-dimensional and unsteady hydraulic phenomena to watercourse designs
• Understand the application of sediment transport and geomorphology to the restoration of watercourse systems
• Apply hydraulic model results to analyze scour protection needs
• Understand the concepts relevant to floodplain restoration along watercourses
• Analyze the hydraulic conditions related to in-stream structures within watercoures

• Water Resources Engineering

• Watercourse System Functions and Processes
• Design Flow Estimation
• Watercourse Hydraulics
• Scour, Sediment Transport and Geomorphology
• Habitat Design

CV 522 - Unit Operations and Processes Laboratory

• Identify the unit operations and processes that can feasibly achieve a specified percent reduction in contaminants of concern 
• Develop laboratory skills for the analysis and monitoring of water and wastewater treatment operations and processes 
• Collect monitoring data/samples and perform laboratory tests as needed to determine loading rates, operating parameters, and process performance 
• Prepare reports summarizing laboratory procedures and results

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CV 540 - Air Permitting

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CV 542 - Design of Air Pollution Control Systems

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CV 550 - Physical Hydrogeology

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CV 552 - Contaminant Hydrogeology and Groundwater Remediation

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CV 554 - Ground Water and Soil Remediation Technologies

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CV 611 - Environmental Chemistry

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CV 614 - Environmental Microbiology

• Understand the significance of the sequencing of small subunit rRNA in the taxonomic placement of organisms
• Be familiar with the structure and function of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and algae
• Understand metabolic processes utilized by microorganisms and microbial growth
• Be familiar with the roles of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles
• Be familiar with microbial pathogens in the environment, direct and indirect methods of their detection, and methods of their control
• Understand the formation, function, and importance of biofilms in the environment
• Understand the roles of microbes in various types of wastewater treatment
• Understand the roles of microbes in the degradation of organic compounds

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CV 710 - Environmental Statistics and Modeling

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CV 711 - GIS Applications in Water Resources Engineering

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CV 712 - Water Quality Analysis and Modeling

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CV 715 - Open Channel Hydraulics

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CV 720 - Design of Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes

• Identify the raw wastewater characteristics that are of importance to the design of biological treatment processes
• Quantify the effect of biochemical energy yield on reaction rates, cellular yield, reaction kinetics, oxygen demand, and reactor design
• Select biological treatment processes that can be used to treat a wastewater with specified pollutant characteristics and other factors
• Specify design criteria for biological unit treatment processes, including advanced treatment processes for nutrient removal, oxygen transfer, solids separation, and biosolids management
• Prepare mass balances to identify solids yield and biogas production rates

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CV 722 - Design of Water Treatment Systems

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CV 724 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment

• Identify environmental standards that apply to both direct and indirect industrial discharges
• Identify industrial waste stream characteristics from several major industrial categories and why these characteristics are important to the design of unit processes
• Develop an overall treatment strategy for an industrial waste stream
• Specify design criteria for physical, chemical, and biological unit operations and processes necessary to treat an industrial wastewater
• Estimate capital and operating costs for industrial waste treatment systems

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CV 730 - Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization

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