BA 2710 - Database Management

• Describe the role of databases and database management systems within an organization
• Identify and explain basic database concepts, including the structure and operation of a relational database
• Write SQL queries to extract and manipulate data
• Design and implement a simple relational database

• Some familiarity with computing
• Knowledge of a programming language

• None

BA 2712 - Advanced Database Management

• Understand the application of database constraints, indices, and views
• Create database triggers, scripts, and stored procedures
• Describe key database administration concepts
• Demonstrate database security techniques

• None

BA 2720 - Systems Analysis and Design

• Describe various system design methodologies
• Explain key phases of systems analysis and design including specific activities and deliverables
• Evaluate technical, operational, and economic feasibility of systems projects
• Analyze business process and develop business process maps
• Demonstrate various systems requirements gathering and documentation techniques
• Understand the software procurement process and develop Request for Proposal documents
• Understand system implementation considerations with an emphasis on testing techniques

• None

• None

BA 2730 - Business Programming I

• Develop a process for creating software solutions to typical business problems
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze, design, implement, and test programs written to address a business problem
• Understand the syntax and semantics of a programming language to craft solutions that can be reduced to programs
• Develop the ability to design an algorithm, protocol, or process using purely logic structures
• Understand the various types of data used in computing and how to process that data to provide information to a client

• Knowledge of college algebra
• Knowledge of web basics

BA 2732 - Business Programming II

• Continue to develop personal software process to solve typical computing problems in business
• Demonstrate how data structures, collections and other containers are used to process objects
• Understand how inheritance and polymorphism work together to solve increasingly complex problems in software development
• Learn how interfaces are used to support multiple clients without exposing underlying implementation details
• Create graphical user interfaces using standard components (windows, frames, buttons, panels, etc.)
• Learn how to use the event model to create interactive applications

• Knowledge of Java language syntax and semantics
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts
• Knowledge of basic programming logic and design

BA 2850 - Topics in Artificial Intelligence: A Hands-on Approach

• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of formal logic, including propositional and first order logic, inference, rule-based deduction, and resolution
• Solve problems using search techniques such as depth-first, breadth-first, forward chaining, backward chaining, heuristic search, and adversarial search
• Understand game theory and game-playing strategies using AI, such as Minimax search, alpha-beta pruning, and back propagation of errors
• Use tools and techniques common in AI for discovery, including Jupyter Notebooks, the Python programming language, and neural network frameworks such as NVIDIA Caffe and TensorFlow
• Understand the application of machine learning and deep neural networks to discovery of new knowledge and information

• None

BA 3015 - Business Analytics II

• Identify types of decision-making scenarios and the analytic techniques and tools available to support them
• Evaluate data mining algorithms and effectively apply them to a given business scenario
• Design data presentations and visualizations to support stakeholder needs
• Demonstrate application of ethical principles in analyzing business scenarios for decision making

• Requires foundational knowledge covered in BA 2015

BA 3411 - Leading Project Teams

• Describe individual styles and preferences and how they impact project teams; develop personal style flexibility
• Build the project team and develop team processes, norms, and roles appropriate for project work
• Identify, prioritize, and manage project stakeholders; create informational and persuasive communication to secure understanding and support for project team
• Diagnose challenging situations in teambuilding and respond with appropriate communication strategies
• Assess individual and team performance and develop improvement plans
• Recognize barriers and drivers for organizational change and apply appropriate change strategies

• None

BA 3423 - Innovation and Business Markets

• Understand and apply the concepts and tools related to innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship
• Know how a typical business plan, a license agreement or technology development proposal is structured
• Describe strategies to finance technology development and commercialization
• Demonstrate knowledge of intellectual property rights, market research, accounting, finance and entrepreneurial management
• Gain skills in communication, public speaking and team building
• Understand and communicate their role as engineer, scientist or manager in shaping an innovation-driven economy

• None 

BA 3440 - Business Communication and Commerce

• Understand the principles and theories involved in constructing business correspondence in different media
• Design and write effective business correspondence to various audiences
• Demonstrate competency in communication across different platforms
• Understand the legal and ethical dimensions impacting effective global and cultural communication

BA 3444 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership

• Define Organizational Behavior (OB) and explain its significance.
• Analyze individual human behavior in a workplace setting considering perceptions, personality, attitudes, development, and diversity.
• Understand the elements of group behavior in an organization including group dynamics, teamwork, communication, power & politics, conflict, and leadership.
• Define motivation and its influences through root causes, theoretical models, and scenario mapping. Motivation will be explored through individuals, group dynamics, training and development and the influence motivation and engagement has on performance in organizations.
• Review models of organizational structure and how they impact culture, communication, corporate efficiency, strategy, and how corporations align with, or adapt to, external factors.
• Compare individual, group and organizational behaviors together to understand, manage, and predict behaviors at all three levels based on scenario settings.

• None

BA 3447 - Leadership

• Evaluate and identify individual leadership strengths and weaknesses
• Develop leadership communication strategies across various business situations
• Understand theories of leadership and motivation to apply in business situations
• Apply ethical standards when dealing with leadership in organizations

• Basic knowledge of business required

BA 3491 - Supply Chain Management

• Explain and describe the advantages and disadvantages of technology in the supply chain
• Describe the sources of variability within a supply chain and strategies to mitigate variability
• Describe the roles and value of each layer in a supply chain.
• Describe the metrics that can be used to measure the performance of a supply chain
• Explain the difference between tactical and strategic decision making in supply chain management

• None

BA 3580 - Managerial Accounting and Costing

• Compare costing method including job order, process costing, and activity-based costing systems
• Evaluate, communicate, and prepare managerial accounting information in the appropriate format
• Classify and analyze the various types of costs and track the flow of costs in a manufacturing company
• Interpret cost behaviors for decision making
• Evaluate the ethical dimensions of managerial accounting

• None

• The manager and managerial accounting
• Cost terminology review
• Cost volume profit analysis review
• Job costing
• Process costing
• Flexible budgets, direct cost variance and management control
• Flexible budgets, overhead cost variances and management control
• Inventory costing and capacity analysis
• Determining how costs behave
• Decision making and relevant information

BA 3591 - Intermediate Accounting

• Prepare and analyze financial statements for a complex organization
• Identify and prepare complex accounting transactions
• Apply costing and pricing methodology
• Describe key elements of an internal control system

• Requires knowledge of concepts covered in BA 2505  

BA 3593 - Intermediate Finance

• Describe the common factors influencing dividend policy
• Describe applications of derivatives in financial markets and calculate their value
• Identify key financial elements in merger and acquisition decisions, including business valuation
• Apply risk and return model to financial decisions

BA 3595 - Intermediate Accounting II

• Prepare and analyze financial statements for a complex organization, focusing on the balance sheet and statement of equity
• Identify, prepare, and analyze complex accounting transactions
• Describe the financial reporting environment and theory related to the topics under study
• Identify and differentiate between requirements under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for all elements of the financial statements under study

• None

• Judgment and applied financial accounting research
• Statements of financial position and cash flows and the annual report
• Cash and receivables
• Inventory
• Long-term assets
• Long-term assets: departures from historic cost
• Operating liabilities and contingencies
• Financing liabilities
• Accounting for stockholders’ equity
• Investing in financial assets

BA 3630 - Social Media Marketing Strategies

• Identify the ethical issues related to using social media marketing and its impact on businesses
• Effectively use the major social media marketing portals to promote a company, brand, product, service, or person
• Evaluate a company’s current situation, isolate social media issues, and provide solutions by identifying appropriate social media marketing portals to influence consumers and improve the company’s reputation
• Create a social media marketing plan including KPIs and metrics

• Requires basic marketing knowledge from BA 2661

BA 3710 - Operating Systems

• Have a working knowledge of computer system hardware and architecture
• Understand software architecture from an operating systems perspective
• Develop an understanding of process models, threads, and their importance in computer systems
• Develop an understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and synchronization among parallel threads
• Understand resource management (memory, file systems, networks) in computer systems and the applicability to business operations
• Understand the tradeoffs between complexity and performance when analyzing policy decisions made by operating system designers

• Knowledge, understanding, and familiarity with computer programming languages
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language

BA 3715 - Infrastructure Architecture

• Summarize typical server architecture models and their application within a business environment
• Compare and contrast architecture management techniques and their application within a business environment
• Compare and contrast storage network architectures for a given business need
• Describe the building blocks of networks and various configurations of these components to meet business needs
• Calculate metrics related to availability, reliability, and performance of server and storage systems and identify their importance within an organization

• None

BA 3720 - Information Security and Assurance

• Identify the fundamentals of information security related to an enterprise security policy
• Identify various security threats and vulnerabilities
• Describe access control fundamentals including authentication and account management
• Understand and work with computer security and forensic tools to identify, monitor, and prevent unauthorized access and use
• Understand the process and techniques used in computer investigations
• Identify the ethical and legal considerations involved in enterprise security

• BA 3715  is needed to understand system components and their impact on security and how assurance and security can be built into a design

BA 3740 - Emerging Technologies

• Identify, research, and summarize several emerging technologies and architectures
• Critique new and emerging technology based on application within a given scenario
• Develop a business case for implementation of a new or emerging technology or architecture

• Foundations in systems analysis and design

BA 3797 - Website Design

• Demonstrate proper use of basic HTML formatting elements (head, body, paragraph, font, bold, italics, underline, lists, tables, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of hypertext HTML elements (images, anchors, links, image maps, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of user interaction HTML elements (forms, input fields, buttons, menus, form submission, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of HTML layout control (frames, framesets, banners navigation, content management, etc.)
• Demonstrate proper use of Cascaded Style Sheet (CSS) elements (style attributes, style tags, and external style sheets)
• Demonstrate proper use of basic JavaScript elements that enhance a site (buttons, alert boxes, form validation, etc.)
• Use a standard HTML text editor (Dreamweaver, HomeSite, FrontPage, etc.) to complete course assignments

• Ability to use a personal computer (typing skills, etc.)
• Basic understanding of the Windows operating system (file management and directory structures {i.e. folders}, drag and drop, etc.)

• HTML formatting basics (standard tags for formatting text)
• File management and web server communications (Secure SHell)
• Hypertext HTML elements (images, anchors, links, image maps, etc.)
• HTML tables and table data (horizontal space management)
• Frames and frame sets in HTML (simple layout management)
• User interaction HTML elements (forms, buttons, menus, navigation, etc.)
• Cascaded Style Ssheet (CSS) elements
• Separation of HTML content from CSS style into control “look and feel”
• JavaScript elements used to enhance a web site
• Dreamweaver basics that simplify management of all of the above

• HTML formatting basics
• HTML interactive elements
• CSS to manage “look and feel”
• JavaScript to enhance a web site
• Dreamweaver basics to manage HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

BA 3798 - Advanced Website Design

• Select and apply web design strategies into a pre-existing web site
• Create a form that integrates into a site
• Incorporate JavaScript validation to the form to insure good data is received from the form.
• Include a customized thank you page on a site that incorporates the reading and writing of cookies using JavaScript
• Explore Photoshop techniques for enhancing and creating images
• Create an animated gif that integrates into a site
• Replace table formatting with Cascading Style Sheets

• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics
• Basic understanding of the Windows operating system (file management and directory structures {i.e. folders}, drag and drop, etc.)

• Website design
• Forms
• Form validation with JavaScript
• Reading and writing cookies
• Graphics
• Animation
• Formatting pages with Cascading Styles Sheets

BA 3799 - Multimedia for Website Design

• Understand multimedia and the issues surrounding its inclusion on websites
• Select approaches, strategies, and techniques for integrating multimedia technologies into the design and development of websites
• Develop websites incorporating HTML elements, animations and custom controls
• Understand concepts required for mobile application development

• Website design
• Forms
• Form validation with JavaScript
• Reading and writing cookies
• Graphics
• Animation
• Formatting pages with Cascading Styles Sheets

BA 3801 - Continuous Improvement I

• Identify and describe key elements of an organizational quality management program
• Compare and contrast quality improvement methodologies
• Demonstrate the application of basic quality tools such as process mapping, cause-and-effect diagrams, histograms, and Pareto charts
• Apply Voice of the Customer techniques for obtaining stakeholder feedback

• None

BA 3803 - Continuous Improvement II

• Identify and describe the five principles of Lean thinking
• Identify and eliminate waste within a business process
• Apply Lean tools and techniques to improve business processes
• Evaluate the impact of organizational culture on continuous improvement

• Requires knowledge of foundational quality topics

BA 3805 - Six Sigma Techniques

• Demonstrate knowledge of Six Sigma methodology and management practices
• Solve problems using data and Six Sigma tools and techniques
• Provide examples of business problems for which Six Sigma can be applied to improve business products, services, and operations
• Describe the relationship between Six Sigma and organizational strategy

• Requires knowledge of foundational quality topics

BA 3895 - International Logistics

• Explain and illustrate the significance of logistics operations within a globalized context
• Examine the key challenges and levels of risks involved in international logistics to ensure appropriate operation within global context
• Identify and discuss the nature and role of the key parties in a global logistics chain in order to participate in a global environment
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the various transport modes available and their characteristics in international logistics
• Describe and explain logistics services and operations on an international scale
• Apply international logistics knowledge and practices in international trade operations

• Requires foundational supply chain knowledge

BA 3998 - Business Internship

• Describe the practical skills developed during the internship that relate to their specialization of study
• Gain knowledge of the organizational structure and integration of processes within the business
• Critique the challenges managers face and overcome in a business environment
• Illustrate some essential soft skills needed for a successful career within a work environment of customers and colleagues

• None

BA 4330 - Legal Aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship:

• Develop an appreciation and (hopefully) enjoyment of the wonderful world of Intellectual Property
• Understand the basic nature of the legal system including the court structure and the role oflawyers
• Understand the difference between intellectual property prosecution and litigation (will bevisited for each major type of IP)
• Understand the basics of trademark law
• Understand the basic of patent law
• Understand the basics of copyright law
• Understand the basics of trade secret law
• Understand the basics of IP licensing
• Understand the basics of IP in relation to an employee/employer context
• Appreciation for intellectual property considerations in a business setting
• Basic understanding of how to navigate intellectual property in a business setting
• Understand the basics of how to research existing patents, trademarks, and copyrights

BA 4344 - Business and Government Relations

• Understand the principal laws that regulate business activity in the marketplace
• Understand and be able to apply economic analysis to determine the desirable and undesirable features of such regulation
• Understand the nature of corporate responses to the existence of government regulation

• None

• Role of business and government
• Basic economic concepts
• Nature and rationale of regulation
• Theory of public choice
• Consumer legislation
• Product liability law
• Environmental law
• Risk and cost/benefit analyses
• Economic analysis of pollution
• Discrimination law
• Workplace issues
• Labor unions and labor laws
• OSHA and job safety
• Public utility regulation
• Anti-trust law
• Deregulation
• Reforming government regulation

BA 4348 - Employment Law

• Understand the basic provisions of the various federal discrimination statutes and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
• Be familiar with the reasoning in the landmark discrimination court cases
• Understand the basic features of a variety of other laws including employment compensation, workers’ compensation and the Fair Labor Standards Act
• Be familiar with the provisions in employment contracts and the theories of wrongful discharge

• None

• Overview of discrimination laws
• Civil Rights Act (1991)
• Employee selection
• Race discrimination
• Gender discrimination
• Sexual harassment and affinity orientation
• Affirmative action
• Performance appraisals
• Age discrimination
• National origin discrimination
• Religion discrimination
• Disability discrimination
• Family Leave Law
• Proof/evidence issues
• Unemployment compensation
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Worker’s compensation
• Employee benefits
• Employment contracts
• Privacy rights
• Disciplinary action
• Disciplinary policies
• Reference checks

BA 4350 - Business Startups for Entrepreneurs

• Understand the steps required to effectively start a small business
• Understand the legal requirements of running a small business
• Understand the mechanics of effectively operating a small business

• Operating agreements/bylaws
• Business insurance, bank accounts, state/federal permits, FEIN, accepting payments, and other considerations
• How is the business doing? Accounting, capital budget, profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow
• Employment-payroll, workers compensation, unemployment, OSHA, and the EEOC
• Sales/distribution methods
• Funding methods

BA 4410 - Negotiations

• Examine and improve communication skills, with a focus on non-verbal messages and listening
• Evaluate their personal emotional tendencies in the face of conflict and learn to manage their bargaining strengths and weaknesses
• Effectively utilize and apply conflict intervention strategies such as coaching, negotiation, mediation, and system design in the management and resolution of conflict
• Appraise one’s personal and professional growth for being a fair, honest, and reasonable negotiator

BA 4449 - Human Resource Management

• Analyze multiple facets of compensation including legal requirements, financial impact on company, salary and benefits
• Create HR strategy for a chosen company to support the corporate strategy based on researched legal concerns, industry trends, and HR best practices
• Identify historic, current, and emerging strategic HR challenges and trends
• Develop a training and development model that is fiscally justified, legally compliant, and engaging to employees

• None

BA 4501 - Management Control Systems

• Identify and describe personnel, action, and results controls
• Analyze performance measures, standards, and incentive targets
• Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the management control systems in place in an organization
• Describe key elements of an effective management control system

• Requires foundational concepts from BA 2505  

BA 4502 - Accounting Ethics

• Become aware of the role of business in solving global and domestic societal and business issues. This will be undertaken by study of the how business decisions are made, and by examination of related ethical issues
• Apply critical thinking to new situations
• Obtain familiarity with the major concepts elaborated in the current Rules of Professional Conduct of the accounting profession
• Improve research skills and written and oral communications skills through the preparation and presentation of reports
• Name, describe, and apply ethical theories in determining moral frameworks that exist in business today

• None

• Ethical reasoning: implications for accounting
• Cognitive processes and ethical decision making in accounting
• Organizational ethics and corporate governance
• Ethics and professional judgment in accounting
• Fraud in financial statements and auditor responsibilities
• Legal, regulatory, and professional obligations of auditors
• Earnings management
• Ethical leadership and decision making in accounting
• Professional ethics; project

BA 4510 - Business Tax Planning

• Identify and critically evaluate issues as they relate to taxation
• Identify the key elements of the US tax code for individuals and businesses
• Prepare individual and proprietor income tax returns
• Describe the statutory and regulatory aspects of taxation as they relate to business and individual tax decisions

• Requires foundational concepts from BA 2505  

BA 4512 - Business Tax Planning II

• Identify and critically research and evaluate issues as they relate to the taxation of businesses, trusts, and estates
• Identify the key elements of the US tax code for businesses and their owners
• Prepare business entity income tax returns
• Describe the statutory and regulatory aspects of taxation as they relate to companies
• Apply ethical standards to the issues in corporate taxation

• Business tax planning

• Tax research
• Corporate formations and capital structures
• The corporate income tax
• Corporate nonliquidating and liquidating distributions
• Corporate acquisitions and reorganizations
• Consolidated tax returns
• Personal holding company tax and accumulated earnings tax
• Estate tax
• Income taxation of trusts
• Taxation administrative procedures

BA 4520 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis

• Describe historic returns from different types of investment and how generally greater returns are only achieved with higher levels of risk.
• Identify the methods for selecting investments and the historic success of these methods.
• Describe modern portfolio theory including market efficiency, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and diversification.
• Describe the management and selection of portfolio assets given stage in life.

• None

BA 4530 - Personal Finance & Planning

• Understand the importance of personal financial planning, and how to use personal financial statements in budgeting and cash flow management
• Understand the various types of consumer credit available and how to qualify and utilize those types of credit for major purchases such as automobiles and homes
• Understand the differences between property insurance, liability insurance, health insurance, and life insurance, and how to use those various types of insurance to protect against catastrophic financial losses
• Have an exposure to stock, bond, and real estate investment and how these investments fit into retirement and estate planning

• None

• The importance of personal finance
• Financial planning
• Budgeting and cash flow management
• Managing your income taxes
• Management of monetary assets
• Credit use and credit cards
• Installment credit
• Automobiles and other major purchases
• The housing expenditure
• Risk management and property/liability insurance
• Health care planning
• Life insurance planning
• Investment fundamentals and portfolio management
• Investing in stocks, bonds
• Through mutual funds
• Buying and selling strategies
• Real estate and advanced portfolio management
• Retirement and estate planning

BA 4550 - Auditing

• Understand and appreciate the philosophy of the auditing process
• Effectively make decisions regarding auditing, finance reporting, and ethics in an organization
• Understand the standards, concepts, and principles related to auditing theory and practice
• Develop concepts of risk and control, evidence, and documentation
• Improve research skills and written and oral communications skills through case analysis, presentations and discussions

• None appended

• The demand for audit and other assurance services
• The CPA profession
• Audit reports
• Legal liability
• Audit responsibilities and objectives
• Audit evidence
• Audit planning and analytical procedures
• Materiality and risk
• Internal control and control risk
• Overall audit strategy and audit program
• Completing the audit

BA 4570 - Accounting Information Systems

• Understand the primary information flows within a business organization
• Gain familiarity with the documentation techniques used for representing manual and computer-based accounting information systems
• Understand the related concepts of transactions cycles
• Gain familiarity with the various types of electronic systems used for transaction processing
• Identify the functional departments involved in the revenue, expenditure and conversion cycles
• Understand the risks associated with the various transaction cycles and recognize the controls that reduce risks

• Enterprise resource planning

• Introduction to accounting information systems
• Systems documentation
• Business and ecommerce
• Auditing IT and business processes management
• Computerized internal control systems and process management and financial reporting
• Risk management compliance and controls
• Warehouse management
• Electronic reporting systems
• Bid data and data mining
• Emerging technologies

BA 4575 - Accounting Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

• Understand how financial data and non-financial data interact to forecast events, optimize operations, and determine strategy
• Make better business decisions about the emerging roles of accounting analytics
• Apply methods learned to create strategy using financial data
• Use tools common for artificial intelligence, focusing on techniques used in accounting and finance
• Understand the application of machine learning and deep neural networks to discovery of new knowledge and information

• None

• How data analytics is important to accountants
• Sources of accounting data and data storage
• Financial reporting and analysis: slicing and dicing, queries, and reports
• Data visualizations and data warehouse, data mining, and fraud
• Auditing analytics
• Modes for accounting decision making
• Computational intelligence, interpretation, and evaluation of results
• AI and accounting

BA 4580 - Advanced Managerial Accounting

• Analyze complex costing data and make informed decisions using that data
• Understand and analyze the managerial accounting decisions in a decentralized organization
• Apply the theoretical concepts of behavioral management as it applies to financial performance measurement, evaluation, and incentives
• Understand the strategic cost analysis process, including determining relevant data
• Demonstrate and analyze how innovative managerial accounting techniques are used to better manage businesses

• Managerial accounting
• Costing

• Review of managerial accounting and costing
• Strategy, balanced scorecard, and strategic profitability analysis
• Pricing decision and cost management
• Cost allocation, customer-profitability analysis, and sales variance analysis
• Allocation of support department costs, common cost, and revenues
• Cost allocation: joint products and byproducts
• Spoilage, rework, and scrap
• Balanced scorecard: quality and time
• Inventory management, just-in-time and simplified costing methods
• Management control systems, transfer pricing, and multinational considerations

BA 4590 - Advanced Accounting and Research

• Construct and analyze consolidated financial statements and segment reporting
• Translate and account for international accounting entries
• Summarize SEC and SOX requirements
• Prepare the entries necessary for partnership, estate, and trust transactions
• Apply ethical standards to issues in accounting

• None appended

• Partnerships
• Equity method of accounting for investments
• Consolidations
• Consolidated financial statement and outside ownership
• Consolidated financial statement and intra-entity asset transactions
• Variable interest entities, intra-entity debt and consolidate cash flows
• Segment and interim reporting
• Foreign currency transactions, derivations, and hedging foreign exchange risk
• Estates
• Trusts

BA 4601 - International Marketing and Export Management

• Understand the role of country or regional culture on marketing programs and campaigns, and incorporate the learning in an export marketing plan
• Understand how regional and local laws and standards affect marketing programs including channel policy and include that understanding in marketing plans
• Understand how political and economic factors must be considered in export programs including logistics, tariffs, taxes, and duties
• Develop and present a marketing plan including integrated marketing campaigns considering the cultural, political, and legal factors of a specific region
• Develop and present an export management plan specific to a region

• None

BA 4620 - Technical Selling

• Effectively formulate, express, and understand ideas of the principles of selling and how it relates to the business world
• Understand the elements needed of a salesperson from service to ethics
• Broaden one’s understanding of the key elements in the American free enterprise system by doing a sales presentation and role play as a purchasing agent

• None

• Selling as a profession
• Preparing for relationship selling
• Relationship selling process
• Ethics in sales
• Current events relating to sales/selling
• Sales presentation
• Role play as purchasing agent

BA 4622 - Psychology of Sales

• Use effective communication to persuade a prospect to advance in the sales process
• Understand why and how people are persuaded to buy products or services
• Apply those persuasion theories to move a prospect through the sales process in a simulated environment

• None

BA 4624 - Sales Process and Pipeline

• Understand customer relation management software/systems (CRM) and their functions
• Create and manage a sales process ethically for various sales scenarios (inside, outside, relationship, transactional, etc.)
• Recognize problem areas in sales cycles and pipelines and develop solutions
• Identify and manage numerous sources for sales pipeline
• Communicate with stakeholders about the sales process and pipeline

• None

BA 4626 - Networking and Prospecting

• Identify ways to build a professional network and its purpose
• Create several streams for prospecting
• Qualify a prospect from a contact
• Apply tips and techniques for keeping an active network and pipeline
• Deeply understand business acumen to find qualified prospects in an organization

• None

BA 4628 - Forecasting

• Complete and comprehend internal and external environmental landscape analyses for a company, its stakeholders, and its industry
• Learn various qualitative and quantitative forecasting tools for organizations
• Create financial estimates based on forecast
• Synthesize complex data to accurately forecast for a business

• None

BA 4650 - Branding and Brand Management

• Develop a framework for structuring brand management decisions.
• Use different approaches to assessing brand equity.
• Know how to leverage brand assets through extensions, co-branding and other methods, and assess the impact of these actions.
• Understand the concept of brand architecture and be able to explain the conditions under which one type of architecture is more appropriate than another.

• None

BA 4667 - Marketing Research

• Explain the importance of marketing research in shaping marketing decisions
• Distinguish between primary and secondary research techniques and apply them to marketing situations
• Explain the measurement concepts and scales used in marketing research
• Define the elements in questionnaire design and apply them in developing survey instruments
• Distinguish between probability and nonprobability sampling concepts and determine sample size
• Apply data analysis and statistical testing techniques
• Design and conduct secondary and primary research studies

• Basic knowledge of marketing principles

BA 4668 - Promotion and Advertising Strategies

• Recognize the critical role communication plays in marketing programs
• Recognize the importance of effective brand and product positioning, and utilize the strategies that help establish a positive position
• Comprehend the relationship between a company’s promotional efforts, the efforts of competition, and the opportunities and threats that result from these activities
• Recognize the steps of effective advertising management
• Recognize how visual and verbal messages are used in ads
• Create and implement a media strategy
• Recognize the important relationships between advertising programs and other parts of the promotional mix
• Adapt marketing communications functions to Internet programs
• Recognize the various levels at which IMC programs should be assessed
• Demonstrate an understanding of IMC principles and practices through developing a comprehensive IMC program

• Basic understanding of marketing principles

BA 4669 - Consumer Behavior

• Understand consumer motivations and decision processes and apply to marketing strategies
• Understand theories of persuasion to improve marketing communication effectiveness
• Evaluate and apply ethical standards to marketing messages across media
• Analyze consumer behavior to identify ways to improve marketing communication

• Understanding of advertising, promotion, and/or branding required

BA 4710 - Introduction to Unix Operating Systems

• TBD

• None

BA 4712 - Advanced Unix and System Administration

• Demonstrate the ability to maintain and enhance a Unix/Linux system as a stand-alone system, a network client and a network server
• Understand how to manage toe book process through the seven run levels of a Unix/Linux system
• Understand the Unix/Linux process model and how to create, destroy, suspend, resume and restart processes (especially daemon processes)
• Understand the full capabilities and limitations of the superuser (root)
• Understand how to create, remove and maintain user accounts
• Understand the Unix/Linux file system and how it’s used to interface to virtually any kind of hardware device or resource
• Understand how to write shell scripts to automate repetitive system administration tasks (sh, bash or perl)
• Understand backup procedures that are necessary for most Unix/Linux data centers
• Understand how logging facilities work under Unix/Linux
• Understand how security and protection mechanism work under Unix/Linux
• Know how to upgrade the kernel
• Know how to upgrade application packages that run under Unix/Linux

• None

• Getting help on Unix/Linux (documentation user’s groups)
• Booting, startup and shutdown issues
• Superuser and root permissions
• Process control and management
• File system permissions and management
• Network management
• Security and protection mechanisms
• System architecture
• Network architecture

BA 4730 - Microsoft Windows Configuration

• Identify hardware requirements and install Windows
• Configure shared resources and file/folder access
• Manage disks
• Configure devices and applications
• Configure shared resources and file/folder access
• Manage permissions and resource sharing
• Manage users and groups including User Account Control
• Manage drivers and printers in Windows
• Configure and support network connectivity
• Configure Windows 7 security
• Manage mobile computing using Windows
• Monitor and troubleshoot resources and performance

• None

• Introduction, installation, and deployment of Windows (2 classes)
• Configuring system settings (1 class)
• Managing Disks (2 classes)
• Installing and configuring network components and services (1 class)
• Planning, setting up, and managing user and group accounts (1 class)
• Configuring printing in Windows (1 class)
• Configuring security in Windows (1 class)
• Configuring Windows 7 applications (1 class)
• Securing resources using NTFS and shared folder permissions (2 classes)
• Configuring data protection and backups (1 class)
• Configuring User Account Control (1 class)
• Configuring Remote access technologies (1 class)
• Implementing, managing, troubleshooting hardware devices and drivers (1 class)
• Optimizing Windows performance (1 class)
• Troubleshooting Windows (2 classes)
• Working with mobile computing (1 class)

BA 4735 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Configuration

• Plan server installations and upgrades
• Plan and configure Active Directory
• Plan application servers and services
• Manage file and print server roles
• Configure and manage group policy strategy
• Configure and manage User and Group accounts
• Configure and manage network services (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP)
• Configure security policies
• Configure Hyper-V virtualization

• Course in computer networking or professional networking experience

• Introducing Windows Server 2012/R2
• Installing Windows Server 2012/R2
• Local and remote server management
• Configuring server storage
• File and printer services
• Introducing Active Directory
• Managing OUs and Active Directory accounts
• Configuring group policies
• Configuring TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP
• Configuring virtualization with Hyper-V

BA 4740 - CompTIA Network+

• Recognize the logical and physical topologies given a diagram or description
• Identify the main features and characteristics of networking technologies and media (cables, etc.)
• Identify the purpose, features, and functions of networking components such as hubs, bridges, and network adapter cards (NICs)
• Identify and differentiate between various network protocols and services, including remote access and security protocols and services
• Recognize the OSI layers and at which layer the various network components operate
• Identify IP addresses
• Identify the basic characteristics of Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies recognize and differentiate the basic networking capabilities of various server operating systems including Microsoft, Novell, Unix/Linux, and Macintosh
• Identify and implement various disaster recovery and security measures such as firewalls and proxy servers
• Recognize and be able to utilize network troubleshooting tools including TCP/IP utilities, diagnostic utilities, and hardware tools

• None

• Introduction and networking basics including an overview of the OSI Model Layers (1 class)
• Network hardware and connections (2 classes)
• Network software (1 class)
• Networking protocols including TCP/IP fundamentals, applications, and configuration including IP addressing (3 classes)
• Remote network access and routing (2 classes)
• Planning, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting a network both LANs and WANs (2 classes)
• Network security (1 class)

BA 4742 - CompTIA Security+

• Understand general security concepts including access control, authentication methods, social engineering attacks, and malicious code
• Understand communication security concepts including remote access, email, web, and wireless vulnerabilities
• Gain an understanding of infrastructure security devices, media, topologies, intrusion detection, and operating system, network, and application hardening
• Understand the basics of cryptography
• Understand operational/organizational security concepts including physical security, disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk identification
• Educate end users and document security policies and procedures

• None

• Introduction and identification of security threats
• Hardening internal systems and services, and internetwork devices and services
• Securing network communications for network and wireless traffic, client internet access, and remote access channels
• Managing a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and certificates
• Enforcing organizational security policies and educating end users
• Monitoring the security infrastructure

BA 4750 - Computer and Info Systems Forensics

• Understand computer investigations
• Data acquisition
• Process crime and incident scenes
• Work with computer forensics tools
• Work with various operating and file systems
• Investigate email, cell phones, and mobile devices
• Report writing and testimony for high-tech investigation
• Witness ethics

• Networking, operating system, and computer security experience

• The profession of computer forensics and investigation
• Computer investigations
• Data acquisition
• Processing crime and incident scenes
• Working with Windows and DOS systems
• Computer forensics tools
• Computer Forensics analysis and validation
• Recovering graphic files
• Virtual machines, network forensics, and live acquisitions
• E-mail investigations
• Cell phone and mobile device forensics
• Report writing and expert testimony in high-tech investigations
• Ethics for the expert witness

BA 4760 - e-Business Technologies

• None

• None

BA 4762 - Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

• Demonstrate the ability to design, develop and implement mobile applications that run on today’s most popular mobile platforms, such as Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating systems
• Master the use of development tools necessary to create, test and deploy mobile applications on multiple mobile platforms, such as Axway Appcelerator Studio, the Android System Development Kit (SDK) and Apple Xcode
• Demonstrate proficiency in using standard programming languages for mobile application development such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and RESTful Web Services

• JavaScript, O-OP and SQL

• Overview of course and brief summary of computer software used in the course
• User interface fundamentals & deep dives
• Local data sources on mobile devices
• Remote data sources on mobile devices
• Media and related Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Location services
• Notification services
• Integrating mobile and web content
• Debugging and profiling tools and techniques
• Distributing your mobile application via app stores

BA 4765 - C# Programming

• Be introduced to the C# programming language in a Windows environment using the .NET framework
• Explore the CLR (Common Language Runtime) and the FCL (Framework Class Library) along with event handling and typical Windows controls

• None

• None

BA 4770 - C++ Programming for Business

• Demonstrate knowledge of the basic expressions that make up the C++ language (constant, variable, arithmetic, relational, logical, etc.)
• Demonstrate knowledge of control statements and the proper structuring of control statements to solve problems
• Demonstrate knowledge of I/O streams for reading and writing data to and from files, consoles and other devices
• Demonstrate knowledge of functions and parameter passing (value parameters, reference parameters, return by reference, tec.)
• Design a program in a modular fashion using functions
• Understand the scoping rules for identifiers and the use of global namespaces
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic data structures: arrays and vectors (both one-and two-dimensional)
• Demonstrate knowledge of strings and basic string manipulation operations
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of classes, data members, and member functions (object-oriented programming basics); use of “const’ as a mechanism for protection of data
• Demonstrate basic operator overloading: overloading with a method (+) and overloading with a global friend 

• Knowledge, understanding, and familiarity with computing languages
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language

• Introduction to object-oriented software development (1 class)
• Introduction to C++ syntax and basic operations (4 classes)
• Functions: identifier scope and lifetime, parameters (4 classes)
• Object-oriented design, class libraries and member functions (3 classes)
• Selection and iteration (4 classes)
• Containers: vector, list, and array (3 classes)
• Character string classes and operations (2 classes)
• Programming style, development process, design exercises and special topics (5 classes)

• Computing environment (1 session)
• Conditionals (1 session)
• Loops (1 session)
• File I/O (1 session)
• Sorting (1 session)
• Matrices (2 sessions)
• Rational Number Class Abstraction (2 sessions)

BA 4772 - Adv C++ Programming for Business

• Study the structured concepts of program and algorithm design
• Demonstrate an understanding of the inheritance and polymorphism features of the language with particular focus placed on algorithm development using the Standard Template Library (STL)

• None

• Review of the Microsoft Visual Studio Environment
• Review the C++ programming language
• New topics in the C++ language

BA 4820 - Enterprise Resource Planning

• Describe the function an ERP plays in all businesses
• Explain the differences between a business process and a business function
• Describe the process for software selection and installation
• Demonstrate an ability to enter data, perform business processes, and troubleshoot data issues in the chosen ERP system

• None

BA 4850 - Telecommunications

• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic workings of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
• Demonstrate an understanding of key legislation that has been passed by Congress that has affected the telecommunications industry
• Demonstrate an understanding of the judicial decisions that have been decided by the courts and their effect on the telecommunications industry
• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of regulatory bodies (FCC, PSC) and their impact on the telecommunications industry
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of electromagnetics and electromechanical devices, in as much as they relate to telecommunications
• Demonstrate an understanding of multiplexing and line grooming in the process of providing a telecommunications transport infrastructure
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of digital communications and communication devices used in the PSTN
• Demonstrate an understanding of multilayered network communication models and the use of TCP, IP, and Ethernet protocols in LANs and WANs
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research and write a term paper that details one aspect of telecommunications

• A fundamental understanding of computing systems and programming

• Telegraph and telephone networks (2 classes)
• The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) (6 classes)
• The legislative, judicial, and regulatory history of the telecommunications industry (3 classes)
• Introduction to electricity and magnetism (1 class)
• Multiplexing, line compression, and grooming (2 classes)
• Digital communications and devices (3 classes)
• ISDN, ADSL, and CATV standards (3 classes)
• LAN and WAN protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, X.25, FR, ATM, QoS) (5 classes)
• Guest lectures (PSc commissioner; Computer Center tour) (2 classes)

BA 4951 - German Practicum

• Identify the major and minor elements of an applied project created by a business organization
• Provide a critical analysis of the defined problem based on research and the limitations imposed by the sponsoring organization
• Make an assessment of possible solutions with appropriate models under the guidance of a faculty advisor and company supervisor
• Construct a thesis with appropriate documentation of each step in the analysis and justification for selected solution(s)

• None

• Review of thesis writing guidelines
• Thesis review and revision in consultation with thesis advisor

BA 4953 - German Colloquium

• Formulate a presentation and defense of the BA 4951  thesis work for the sponsoring organization and the academic review committee from Technisch Hochschule Lübeck and the Rader School of Business
• Demonstrate superior knowledge and independent thought in answering questions related to the thesis or any previous studies examined by the academic review committee

• None

• None

BA 4960 - Selected Topics in Business

• Varies

• Varies

• Varies

BA 4970 - Practicum in Entrepreneurship

• Varies

• Varies

• Varies

BA 4975 - Applied Servant Leadership - Business Solutions

• Varies

• Varies

• Varies

BA 4990 - Business Strategy

• Forecast the business needs to meet customer demands in a competitive environment
• Manage the interdependencies and relationships between departments in an organization
• Create and execute a sustainable business strategy
• Allocate resources appropriate to chosen business strategy in an ethical manner
• Assess strategic effectiveness using reports and analytics
• Communicate the above ideas in a professional manner to the appropriate audience level

• None

BA 4991 - Capstone I

• Identify and describe the business case for a project, including alignment with enterprise strategies and/or market
• Evaluate a project idea and its potential to produce innovation and changes to the status quo
• Assess the data sources needed for a project related to the overall scope and strategy
• Perform a resource assessment for a project including budget and personnel

• None

BA 4992 - Capstone II

• Demonstrate the use of appropriate analytical techniques and technical tools based on project scope and strategy
• Prepare a financial analysis relevant to the project selected
• Define and describe the ethical impact and sustainability of the project selected
• Prepare a professional presentation of project findings in written and oral formats

• Completion of deliverables from BA 4991  

BA 4999 - Independent Study

• Determined by instructor for each student

• None

CE 493 - Advanced Digital Design

• Use VHDL to describe a digital system behaviorally and structurally
• Write a testbench in VHDL to perform simulation and verification of a digital system
• Create a custom embedded system using a softcore processor
• Use custom-made components written in VHDL as peripherals to a softcore process
• Download the entire system to an FPGA and write code in C to test the design

• Combinational and sequential digital logic with VHDL
• Computer organization and architecture

• Concurrent signal assignments (2 classes)
• Structural design (2 classes)
• Processes and sequential statements (2 classes)
• Finite state machine implementation (2 classes)
• Generics and parameterized component design (1 class)
• Case studies (6 classes)
• Timing models for simulation (2 classes)
• Hour examination (1 class)
• Introduction to softcore processors (4 classes)

• Each instructor will assign weekly laboratory projects. All projects will utilize Quartus II for the implementation and simulation of the design. The lab exercises will utilize an Altera Development board (for example, DE1). These boards are available for checkout from the Technical Support Center

CE 498 - Topics in Computer Engineering

• Varies

• Varies

• Varies

CE 499 - Independent Study

• Engage in independent learning on a specialized topic
• Document research or study results in a technical report

• Varies

• Varies

• Varies

CE 1901 - Digital Logic 1

• Perform binary and hexadecimal arithmetic 
• Simplify canonical equations using Boolean algebra
• Analyze combinational logic circuits 
• Design combinational logic circuits using paper-based techniques including Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps
• Design combinational logic circuits using the VHDL hardware description language
• Apply datasheets during analysis and design 
• Draw timing diagrams for combinational logic circuits 

• Binary and hexadecimal numbers
• Digital signals
• Logic gates and gate-level circuits
• Timing diagrams 
• Boolean algebra
• Karnaugh maps
• Logic reduction techniques 
• Arithmetic circuits
• Multiplexers
• Decoders
• Encoders
• Comparators
• Using datasheets in analysis and design
• VHDL hardware description styles
• Altera Quartus Design Suite

• Design and analysis of combinational logic circuits implemented with standard logic families 
• Design and analysis of combinational logic circuits implemented with field programmable gate arrays 
• Design and simulation of combinational logic circuits using computer-aided design tools 
• Structural and behavioral architectural description of combinational logic circuits using the VHDL hardware description language 
• Basic test and measurement of combinational logic circuits using devices such as multimeters, logic probes, and digital oscilloscopes

CE 1911 - Digital Logic 2

• Analyze sequential logic circuits 
• Design sequential logic circuits using paper-based techniques such as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps
• Design sequential logic circuits using the VHDL hardware description language
• Apply datasheets during analysis and design 
• Draw timing diagrams for sequential logic circuits 

• Binary and hexadecimal number systems 
• Logic gates 
• Boolean algebra
• Arithmetic circuits 
• Combinational logic building blocks
• Combinational system analysis
• Combinational system design 
• VHDL description and simulation of combinational systems

• Basic one-bit memory elements: latches and flip flops
• Registers 
• Algorithmic finite state machines
• Counters 
• Larger memories: register files, ROM, RAM, address buses, data buses
• Special-purpose data path design
• Data path controllers

• Design and analysis of sequential logic circuits implemented with standard logic families 
• Design and analysis of sequential logic circuits implemented with field programmable gate arrays 
• Design and simulation of sequential logic circuits using computer-aided design tools 
• Structural and behavioral architectural description of sequential logic circuits using the VHDL hardware description language 
• Basic test and measurement of sequential logic circuits using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers

CE 1921 - Computer Architecture

• Use the VHDL hardware description language to implement and simulate a digital system
• Understand the parameters that determine CPU performance (clock cycle time, CPI, instruction count)
• Explain how the CPU implementation and the instruction set influence the performance parameters
• Implement a general-purpose register RISC CPU with instructions such as load-word, store-word, beq, addi, jump, etc.
• Understand the concepts of pipelining such as hazard detection, data forwarding, and branch handling

• Sequential systems: memories, state machine design, VHDL description of memory-based digital logic circuits

• Introduction to the course (1 class)
• Basic computer design concepts (1 class)
• System performance (3 classes)
• Instruction set design and related issues including operand types, addressing modes, instruction types (2 classes)
• Instruction set examples (2 classes)
• Design of computational circuits (2 classes)
• Carry-look-ahead adders (2 classes)
• Single cycle CPU implementation (3 classes)
• Multi-cycle CPU implementation (3 classes)
• Micro-programming (2 classes)
• Pipeline implementation (4 classes)
• Principles of cache design (2 classes)
• Hour examinations (2 classes)
• Altera Quartus Design Suite: integrated daily

• VHDL design and simulation of an arithmetic logic unit
• VHDL design and simulation of a single-cycle MIPS microprocessor
• VHDL design and simulation of a pipelined MIPS microprocessor

CE 2801 - Embedded Systems I

• Recognize the role of assembly language programming
• State the programmer’s model of a typical embedded processor
• Break down the instruction set of a typical embedded processor, recognizing load/store, arithmetic, conditional branch, and unconditional branch instructions
• Construct assembly language programs by using and reusing subroutines
• Apply memory addressing and various addressing modes
• Understand the concept and usage of interrupts
• Given proper documentation, be able to configure and use common microcontroller subsystems such as timers, UART, ADC

• Structured programming techniques such as selection, iteration, and variables
• Procedural programming fundamentals including functions with arguments

• Introduction to microcomputer/microcontroller structure from a programmer’s perspective
• Programmer’s model of the microcontroller
• Addressing modes and memory types
• Tool usage (assembler, downloader, simulator, debugger)
• Microcontroller instruction set
• Assembly language program structure, including comparisons to high-level languages
• I/O port configuration and usage
• Timer subsystem
• A/D conversion
• Interrupts, including their use related to the timer and external sources such as pushbuttons
• Asynchronous serial communication (UART subsystem)
• Tests and review

• Tools familiarization: assemble, download, run, and simulate a program given to the student
• The first student-written program: assemble, download, run, and simulate a program written by the student
• Simple I/O program, Button I/O
• Bit banging the LCD display
• Keyboard scanning program
• Timing subsystem program
• A/D program
• Interrupt-driven program
• UART serial communication program

CE 2812 - Embedded Systems II

• Combine assembly and a high-level language to complete basic embedded system programming tasks
• Employ embedded systems development tools
• Link multiple files to create a larger application
• Design and write C functions
• Use interrupts in C to perform I/O
• Use the various subsystems of the processor in practical applications

• High-level programming fundamentals including control structures and subroutines
• Structured assembly language programming
• Good program documentation and design techniques including flowcharting and pseudocode

• Introduction to C as a portable language
• Review control structures typical of high-level languages
• Pointer basics, null pointers, addressing, indirection, arrays, pointers, character string processing
• C arithmetic and bitwise operators.
• Traditional C and C99 types and custom types with typedef
• Interaction with registers via C pointers
• C structures
• Function pointers
• The C standard library
• Dynamic memory with malloc and free
• C functions and parameter passing (by value and by reference)
• Using multiple files in an application, header files, conditional compilation
• Serial communication and the USART subsystem
• Design of a buffered serial API
• Basic console I/O
• Basic round-robin context switching

• Debugging a simple C program on the embedded system
• Using C to interact with microcontroller peripherals
• Mixed C/assembly program
• Console I/O
• Round-robin context switcher

CE 2820 - Embedded Systems III

• Use the I2C interface to communicate with external devices
• Use asynchronous serial to communicate with another computer
• Describe typical control bus signals for classic Motorola and Intel processors
• Understand address decoding for memory-mapped peripherals
• Use data sheet information for performing a timing analysis to verify compatibility between external components and a microcontroller
• Deploy custom peripherals coded in HDL to an programmable SoC device
• Design a simple memory-mapped peripheral in HDL to generate PWM signals to control actuators
• Design software to control on-chip and custom peripherals

• Good program design techniques
• Assembly language programming
• C programming
• Combination and sequential digital logic
• Hardware description language skills

• Introduction to I2C and SPI serial protocols and peripherals
• Servo motor operation
• Review of timer/counter concepts and PWM signals
• Memory timing for reads and writes on a memory bus
• Timing analysis to demonstrate timing compatibility between memory and the microcontroller
• Development of custom peripherals in HDL
• Generation and deployment of custom systems on a programmable SoC platform
• Review use of string operations to create a command line interface

• Introduction of an incremental design of an embedded system using provided milestones
• Deploy base SoC computer
• Generate custom PWM signal generator, add to SoC base computer and deploy to hardware
• Deploy vendor-supplied streaming video peripheral
• Generate API for control of complex peripherals via I2C and/or SPI
• Generate custom peripheral for video capture, add to SoC computer and deploy to hardware

CE 3101 - Digital Electronics and Computer Interfacing

• Analyze and design circuits using first, second, and third approximation diode models
• Analyze and design BJT logic circuits
• Analyze and design NMOS and CMOS logic circuits
• Describe, use, and mix the standard 7400, 74LS00, 74HC00, and CD4000 logic families
• Design, simulate, and test signal conditioning circuits and filters used to interface analog sensors to a computer
• Design simulate, and test interface circuits for small and large DC loads

• Basic circuit elements including resistance, inductance, capacitance, as well as current and voltage sources
• Circuit analysis techniques including Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff’s laws, nodal analysis, and power calculation
• Ideal op-amp terminal characteristics

• Physical structure of the diode, BJT, and MOSFET semiconductor devices 
• I-V characteristics of the diode, BJT, and MOSFET semiconductor devices 
• Nodal and mesh analysis with diode, BJT, and MOSFET approximation models 
• Resistor-transistor logic gates (RTL)
• Transistor-transistor logic gates (TTL)
• MOSFET depletion mode logic gates (NMOS)
• Complementary MOSFET logic gates (CMOS) 
• Electrical and timing characteristics of standard 7400 and CD4000 logic families
• Operational amplifier circuits for inverting, non-inverting, summation, and difference
• Linear mapping of sensor output to analog-to-digital converter input envelope  
• First and second order operational amplifier circuits for low-pass, high-pass, and bandpass filtering. 
• Buffer, transistor, and opto-isolation models for small and large DC loads. 
• PSPICE for semiconductor circuit simulation

• Simulate, instrument, and measure semiconductor device characteristics
• Design, simulate, instrument, and measure logic gates fabricated using discrete semiconductor components. 
• Design, simulate, instrument, and measure analog sensor signal conditioning circuits. 
• Design, simulate, instrument, and measure buffer, transistor, and opto-isolator circuits for interfacing small and large DC loads to a computer.

CE 3200 - Wireless Sensor Networks

• Describe fundamental networking topics like protocols, topology, addressing, and routing
• Describe RFID technologies and their use in sensor networks
• Describe IEEE 802.15.4 as a common protocol suite for sensor networks
• Describe the ZigBee protocol stack including security and its use in sensor networks
• Implement RFID and ZigBee sensor network components in the laboratory

• None 

CE 4000 - Senior Design Project I

• Work effectively and demonstrate initiative as a project team member
• Communicate project status and technical content in oral and written form to coworkers and management
• Communicate appropriate project aspects to a variety of customers in a public forum
• Manage project resources, risks, and contingency plans
• Elicit and document project requirements
• Perform research and investigate technologies to reduce project risks and support design and planning
• Identify and address relevant engineering standards and constraints in a design project context
• Prepare appropriate documentation for a complex project
• Prototype key or risky project components
• Design, implement, and test hardware components and systems, if appropriate
• Design, implement, and test software components and systems, if appropriate

• None

• Course introduction, report and presentation requirements
• Team status meetings with advisor and client (if there is an identified client) weekly
• Technology/research team presentations

CE 4010 - Senior Design Project II

• Work effectively and demonstrate initiative as a project team member
• Communicate project status and technical content in oral and written form to coworkers and management
• Communicate appropriate project aspects to a variety of customers in a public forum
• Manage project resources, risks, and contingency plans
• Identify and address relevant engineering standards and constraints in a design project context
• Prepare appropriate documentation for a complex project
• Design, implement, and test hardware components and systems, if appropriate
• Design, implement, and test software components and systems, if appropriate

• Complete design from CE 4000  

• Course introduction, report and presentation requirements
• Team status meetings with advisor and client (if there is an identified client)
• Design report team presentations

CE 4020 - Senior Design Project III

• Work effectively and demonstrate initiative as a project team member
• Communicate project status and technical content in oral and written form to coworkers and management
• Communicate appropriate project aspects to a variety of customers in a public forum
• Manage project resources, risks, and contingency plans
• Identify and address relevant engineering standards and constraints in a design project context
• Prepare appropriate documentation for a complex project
• Design, implement, and test hardware components and systems, if appropriate
• Design, implement, and test software components and systems, if appropriate

• Complete design from CE 4010  

• Course introduction, report and presentation requirements
• Team status meetings with advisor and client (if there is an identified client)
• Poster preparation
• Student Project Show presentation
• Senior debriefing

CE 4100 - Embedded System Fabrication

• Identify support circuitry necessary for simple embedded systems
• Assess issues that arise when interfacing peripherals to a microcontroller
• Describe criteria for component selection
• Summarize relevant electromagnetic compatibility issues related to a given circuit 
• Explain considerations for printed circuit board layout
• Create a printed circuit board layout starting with schematic capture
• Prepare circuit board design for fabrication
• Complete assembly of printed circuit board including surface mount components
• Explain processes for board bring-up and firmware programming in a manufacturing environment
• Design an enclosure for an embedded system in 3D modeling software
• Utilize rapid prototyping techniques to create an electronics enclosure

• Basic embedded system design and programming
• Basic circuit elements
• Circuit analysis techniques

• Embedded system design considerations
• Schematic capture concepts - symbols, packages, devices
• Electronic component selection considerations - manufacturer, vendor, availability, package, cost
• Interfacing to peripherals
• Printed circuit board (PCB) considerations - layers, trace width and thickness, vias, clearance, mounting holes
• Electromagnetic compatibility - regulations, design accommodations
• Surface mount components - selection, assembly techniques
• Selection of connectors, switches and indicators
• Generation of files necessary for PCB fabrication and order process
• 3D modeling techniques
• 3D printing technologies and workflow
• Board bring-up and programming firmware

• Install and become familiarized with electronic design automation (EDA) software
• Create custom component within EDA software
• Complete schematic capture for given project within EDA software
• Complete printed circuit board (PCB) layout within EDA software
• Generate PCB fabrication files and order PCB from vendor
• Introduction to 3D modeling and workflow to produce a 3D-printed object
• Design an enclosure for given project in 3D modeling software
• Assemble PCB, test and install firmware
• Assemble complete project in 3D-printed enclosure

CE 4800 - Advanced Digital Design

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

• Apply practical digital design process for FPGAs
• Demonstrate proficiency in implementing high-level models using a hardware-description language
• Translate software algorithm into optimized hardware architectures
• Design digital systems with testing and testability in mind

• Fundamentals of combinational and sequential digital logic design
• Exposure to hardware development language (e.g. VHDL)
• High level programming language experience (C/JAVA)

• Digital logic review (2 Lectures)
• Combinational component design (4 Lectures)
• Sequential component design (4 Lectures)
• Digital design process (4 Lectures)
• Design optimization (3 Lectures)
• Hardware testing (2 Lectures)
• Review (1 Lecture)

• Lab 1: Combinational modeling
• Lab 2: Hierarchical modeling
• Lab 3: Dataflow modeling
• Lab 4: State machine design
• Lab 5: Sequential component design
• Lab 6: Modeling memory
• Lab 7: Algorithmic state machine datapath design
• Lab 8: High-level system design
• Lab 9: High-level system verification

CE 4930 - Computer Architecture II

• Describe how deep pipelines exploit instruction level parallelism and increase clock rate
• Describe how superscalar processors exploit instruction level parallelism to increase IPC
• Describe how out-of-order execution improves performance in superscalar processors
• Describe how speculative execution improves performance in microprocessor pipelines
• Compare and contrast static and dynamic speculative execution techniques
• Describe how multiprocessors exploit instruction and thread level parallelism
• Discuss classic microprocessor case studies such as the MIPS R4000, Intel Pentium, Motorola 88110, Intel Pentium Pro, and IBM Cell multiprocessor

• None 

• None

CE 4940 - VLSI Design Techniques

• Use the equations of conduction to describe VLSI circuit performance parameters including power consumption, rise time, fall time, threshold voltage, and noise margins
• Describe VLSI implementation styles including static CMOS, dynamic CMOS, and domino logic
• Describe how static and dynamic RAM are implemented as VLSI circuits
• Describe classic algorithms in logic reduction, placement, and routing
• Use the SPICE input language to describe and simulate VLSI circuits
• Use transistor layout software to design transistor level circuits

• Combinational and sequential logic
• C programming

• Transistor equations of conduction
• CMOS implementation styles (static CMOS, dynamic CMOS, domino logic)
• CMOS logic gate design
• Static and dynamic RAM circuits
• Performance analysis of CMOS circuits including power, rise time, fall time, threshold voltage, and noise margins
• Graph theoretic algorithms in partitioning and routing

• Design and simulation of CMOS logic circuits using the PSPICE input language
• Design and simulation of memory circuits using the PSPICE input language
• Design and simulation of transistor layouts
• Implementation of simple graph theoretic VLSI algorithms in the C programming language

CE 4951 - Networking I

• Describe basic terminology pertaining to data communications and networking, including the roles of various protocol layers in a protocol architecture
• Determine the frequency-domain spectrum of a random binary data signal, and of a square-wave binary data signal
• Determine and describe data sections transferred and those retransmitted when using either stop-and-wait or sliding-window data link control protocols, under various data-error and data-flow conditions
• Determine the CRC frame-check sequence (FCS) transmitted for a given data block, and determine whether or not errors are detected within a received data block that includes a CRC FCS
• Determine data link capacities using Nyquist and Shannon limits
• Determine and sketch NRZ, RZ, Manchester, AMI, and differentially encoded data waveforms for a given information data bit sequence
• Determine ASK, FSK, and PSK modulated signal waveforms for a given information data bit sequence
• Describe the operation of CSMA/CD protocols for an Ethernet LAN
• Calculate data-transfer delays and network utilization for common network configurations

• Combine assembly and a high-level language to complete basic embedded system programming tasks
• Employ embedded systems development tools
• Link multiple files to create a larger application
• Design and write C functions
• Use interrupts in C to perform I/O
• Use the various subsystems of the processor in practical applications
• Perform fundamental probability calculations, for example, the probability that at least three of five dice rolled have values of either 1 or 2 showing

• Overview of communication & networking (3 classes)
• Signal and data representation (1.5 classes)
• Spectra, bandwidth, noise, impairments (1.5 classes)
• Transmission media and typical signals (2 classes)
• Data encoding, modems and digital modulation (3 classes)
• Data link control (error control and flow control) (2 classes)
• Error detection and error correction techniques (2 classes)
• Local Area Networks, ethernet, and LAN Performance (4 classes)
• Homework periods, review, and examinations (3 classes plus final)

• Students in this course will work in teams in the laboratory. Four or five experiments illustrate signaling concepts such as bandwidth measurements of a digital data signal, line coding techniques, modulation of digital data, bit-error rate measurements for digital data transfer on a baseband data link that has noise, and Ethernet CSMA/CD principles. The remaining laboratory periods are allocated to provide time for student teams to complete an assigned course project. A typical course project has student teams (of three or four students each) develop and implement a host node/station that exchanges text messages with the nodes/stations developed by other student teams. Each node/station may be implemented with any technology, but students typically implement their stations on microcomputer platforms used in earlier courses. Each node/station must interoperate with other nodes/stations in accordance with an interoperability standard developed by the students, and that standard defines parameters such as the shared network medium, the information transfer rate on that medium, header specifics, and (usually optional) error detection protocols

CE 4961 - Networking II

• Understand what networking protocols are and how they are specified
• Understand the protocols of the Internet
• Write applications using socket connections
• Understand the implementation and operation of Internet services
• Understand how societal issues such as privacy and confidentiality are related to network protocol design, implementation, and application

• General familiarity with computer networks
• Software development skills

• Introduction to network protocols
• Ethernet
• IP, ICMP, IPv4 addressing
• UDP, TCP
• Routing
• Network Address Translation
• Domain names
• HTTP
• Security
• Mail, Telnet, FTP, SSH
• IP v.6
• XML, SOAP, RPC, Web services
• Exams and reviews

• Network utilities
• Raw socket programming
• UDP communication
• TCP communication
• Protocol design
• Web servers and clients