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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Education
  

  • EDUC 672 - Bilingualism

    [3]
    This course is an introduction to the social and educational aspects of bilingualism. It offers an overview of the broad range of sociolinguistic and political issues surrounding bilingualism, examines the language mixing behavior of bilingual speakers, and explores the use of two or more languages in popular music, advertising, and online social spaces. The course covers such key topics as language maintenance and shift, attitudes toward bilingualism, bilingual identity, multilingual educational models and policies, and bilingual parenting.
    Linked with/Also listed as This course is cross-listed as EDUC 672/LLC 672 .
  

  • EDUC 675 - Interactive Languages for Computers

    [3]
    The course will examine the strengths and limitation of one or more languages or authoring systems used in training, computer-based instruction on the World Wide Web or in other instructional systems.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 678 - Instructional Strategies/Students With Diverse Needs

    [3]
    This course is designed to introduce students to strategies for differentiating instruction within general education classrooms. The course examines the legal, philosophical and programmatic underpinning of inclusion, broadly defined. Addressed in the course are approaches for adapting the curriculum, especially in the content areas, to meet the needs of socio-culturally, linguistically, cognitively (e.g., dyslexia, dyscalculia) and behaviorally diverse student populations, including students identified traditionally as having special needs (e.g., gifted and talented, physically challenged). The course of study includes a) legal aspects for schools and teachers; b) characteristics of handicapping conditions; c) social-psychological-cultural perspectives; d) teaching strategies for including diverse populations; and e) differentiating instruction to meet the various learning needs of students. The course includes small/large groups, case studies/scenarios, lecture, video presentations, reflections, inquiries and group presentations. The class will focus on student-centered learning.
  

  • EDUC 679 - Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education

    [3]
    This course is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach through the integration of the historical, physical and psychological foundations in relation to the growth and development of young children from birth to age eight, curriculum, and teaching methods including technology. Basic observation techniques will be practiced and used to plan, implement and reflect on appropriate activities. Naturalistic assessment of children’s development will be a focus for developing beginning skills in action research. Maryland Teacher Technology Standards as well as NAEYC Professional Standards will be explored. Graduate teacher candidates will further explore the processes in the “Descriptive Review of the Child” (Himley & Carini).
  

  • EDUC 680 - Seminar in Teacher Research

    [1-3]
    This course is premised on the notion that teachers and students are best served by classrooms in which questions about language and learning are formulated, reflection is considered germane to delivery and the experiences of other practitioners are evaluated critically. Teachers attempt to rethink and change their own classroom practice as they examine relevant epistemological, political and methodological issues.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 681 - Survey of Instructional Technology Applications

    [3]
    First in a series of three instructional technology courses, this course exposes students to a range of multimedia tools used to design interactive instruction, including computer-based training (CBT) and Web-based training (WBT) products. Through analysis and hands-on experience with each tool, the students identify the properties of each tool, describe the strengths and limitations and evaluate their application for different learning events. This course formerly was EDUC 640.
  

  • EDUC 682 - Instructional Technology Design and Development

    [3]
    Second in the series of instructional technology courses, this course continues a student’s development process as he or she applies ISD principles to developing and delivering instruction using a computer-based training model. This course formerly was EDUC 610.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: EDUC 640 or EDUC 681  and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 683 - Multi-Media Project Management

    [3]
    The last of three instructional technology courses, this lab-based course allows students to apply project development and multi-media design skills by completing an industry-based design project. The course is divided into four or more discrete modules that teach specific multi-media development applications required to execute and complete the design project. By the conclusion of the course, each student possesses comprehensive knowledge of the applications and how to apply them to a multi-media design project. This course formerly was EDUC 620.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: EDUC 610 or EDUC 682  and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 684 - Qualitative Research Methods in School and Community

    [3]
    This course focuses on the application of selected field research methods to problems of educational practice. Students will study issues pertaining to the role and responsibility of the field investigator working in schools and in other community groups. Students will plan and conduct a field study using qualitative field techniques.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 685 - The Teaching of Writing

    [3]
    An introduction to theories and techniques of writing instruction. Current theory and research will be applied in developing a repertoire of approaches to writing instruction and curriculum development. Students will examine research that analyzes writing from linguistic, psychological and developmental perspectives. Direct experience in personal writing will reinforce theoretical study of the processes of composition and enable prospective teachers to improve their own writing skills. Each student will design a model writing program or course, including rationale for choices made, and he or she will demonstrate how specific features of the course or program will be taught.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: A course in literature or education and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 686 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Language: FLES and Exploratory Courses

    [3]
    (FLES: Foreign Language in the Elementary School.) Theories of and research on teaching foreign languages at an early age are examined. Students study and then develop various strategies and techniques for teaching foreign language under different conditions.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Foreign language competence, including at least one 300-level course in a modern foreign language; EDUC 301 or equivalent; and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 687 - Teaching Geography: Advanced Special Topics

    [1-6]
    This course focuses on developing strategies for teaching geography at the elementary and secondary levels. Strategies include using maps, graphs, charts, artifacts, retrieval charts, computers, primary sources, texts and literature in the social studies. Geographic topics include tropical deforestation, food problems, resources, population and trade.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 688 - Methodology of Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language

    [3]
    The course investigates traditional and modern approaches and techniques for teaching English as a second or foreign language; theories of second-language acquisition/learning; curriculum and materials design of ESOL/EFL for academic, social/survival and professional purposes.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 689 - Advanced Special Topics in Education

    [1-3]
    Topics of current interest in education chosen to suit the interests of the faculty member and the student.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
    Note: May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
  

  • EDUC 690 - Individual Projects in Education

    [1-3]
    This course is open to students who have special projects and who have applied to the instructor who will supervise the experience. Note: A written request to register in the course must be submitted to the ISD graduate program director for approval. The request will include a brief description of the project, number of credits sought and the instructor’s signature.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and department.
  

  • EDUC 691 - Individual Projects in Computer Education

    [1-3]
    This course is open to students who have special computer education projects and who have applied to the instructor who will supervise the experience. A written request to register in the course must be submitted to the ISD graduate program director for approval. The request will include a brief description of the project, number of credits sought and the instructor’s signature.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department.
  

  • EDUC 693 - Media Technology Seminar

    [1-3]
    An in-depth study of selected topics concerned with theories, principles, trends, use, selection and/or evaluation of media technology.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
    Note: Topics subject to change each semester.
  

  • EDUC 694 - Instructional Materials

    [3]
    Principles pertaining to selecting and organizing print and non-print instructional materials in various subject fields and levels of education. Emphasis will be placed on reading and language art skills as they relate to the selection process.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 699 - Seminar in Project Design

    [1-4]
  

  • EDUC 710 - Culture & The Design Information & Communication Technologies

    [3]
    This course investigates theories of culture and how culture can influence the design of information and communication technologies (ICTs). It seeks to evaluate frameworks that focus on culture and the design of ICTs, critique existing ICTs that propose a cultural context and engage in design and analytic work that brings culture to the center of the design process. Theory and research gathered across fields (i.e., business, industry, schools) and disciplines (e.g., Information Systems, Learning Science & Cognition, Educational Science & Technology, Information Science, Industrial Engineering, Literacy, Instructional Design & Technology). Participants in this course are encouraged to investigate the design of ICTs in their related disciplines.
  

  • EDUC 765 - Making Data Driven Decisions In Education Reform

    [3]
  

  • EDUC 771 - Research Designs in Education

    [3]
    This course provides an overview of designs used in educational research. Topics include, but are not limited to, experimental, quasi-experimental, historical, ethnographic and phenomenological modes of inquiry. Emphases are on the assumptions, applications, tools and procedures associated with each of the varied designs. For example, study of experimental and quasi-experimental design will attend to issues such as validity, randomization and multivariate statistics.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: EDUC 601 , EDUC 602  and/or consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 772 - Assessment and Evaluation

    [3]
    This course is designed to help middle school teachers acquire deeper understandings of evaluation and assessment. Students will come to realize that effective educational programs are linked to dynamic assessment schemes that help individual students grow and succeed. The primary goal of the course is to help teachers realize that improving assessment in the classroom leads to higher quality student work on all levels and that making these improvements is not a merely a matter of introducing new procedures, frameworks, techniques, rubrics or guidelines. Expanding ideas on assessment is intricately rooted in how a teacher sees one’s self and is seen by the students. A teacher, along with the students, becomes not only a judge of quality, but also a designer of the plans necessary to meet the standards. For achievement to be raised, teachers must help the students learn how to make better judgments about the quality of their own work. The course is focused on helping teachers develop models for assessment that align with the needs of their students, as well as local, state and national standards. The course is taught using a variety of active learning approaches, including inquiries, discussions, debates, collaborative review of student work, descriptive studies, action research projects and clinical trials.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 781 - Teacher Leadership

    [3]
    The course offers experienced teachers an opportunity to design, implement and assess a leadership experience for their own professional growth. Drawing on their own knowledge, skills and resourcefulness in the critical teaching areas of planning, instruction, classroom organization and assessment, experienced teachers develop expertise in adult learning, observation, feedback and instructional improvement, curriculum development and department or grade-level leadership. Extensive use of case studies, classroom observations, clinical supervision and lesson study provides the experienced teacher with tools to work with other teachers while supporting their own growth as a resource and leader in their school. Concepts, methods and practices used by effective teacher-leaders in collaborative leadership and mentorship activities to solve problems at the classroom, school, school system and community levels will be examined in the course.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 782 - Intern Seminar Issues in ECE

    [3]
  

  • EDUC 785 - Advanced Instructional Leadership Practicum

    [3]
    This course is designed primarily for in-service teachers who are working to earn the Master of Arts in Education (MAE) degree. The course will result in the completion and presentation of the Capstone Project for the MAE program. The Capstone Project has three options for completion either: 1) a School-based Internship, 2) a School-based Action Research Project or 3) a Content-based Curriculum Development Project. Students seeking MSDE Endorsement as either a PreK-6 Mathematics, PreK-6 STEM or 4-9 Mathematics Instructional Leader must complete option 1, the school-based internship, which involves working with adults and a range of students from the designated grade levels.
    Course ID: 102075
    Components: Lecture
    Grading Method: R
  

  • EDUC 790 - Teacher Leader Internship

    [3]
  

  • EDUC 791 - Practicum in School Instructional Systems Development

    [1-6]
    This course is designed to provide the student practical experience in observing and analyzing teaching practices and learner development. Students will be expected to demonstrate their understanding of how research and theory affect practices in the classroom by applying basic instructional principles in a carefully supervised setting.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: EDUC 601 , EDUC 602  (may be concurrent) or consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 791E - Practicum in Education ECE P-3
  

  • EDUC 791P - Secondary Teacher Practicum in Schools

    [3]
    This course intends to engage students in the study of teaching and learning as it happens in the wonderful world of education with its complexities, challenges, fulfillments and responsibilities. We will be observing (a) classroom management practices; (b) preventive and intervention discipline strategies; (c) how teachers treat student diversity issues; and (d) ways that technology is used to contribute to learning. Students will be offered the opportunity to study a phenomenon, observe it, reflect about it and share their thoughts in discussions with classmates. Through study together, students may realize the power of a community of professionals working on common understandings.
    Prerequisite: Prerequsite: Consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 791S - ESOL Practicum in Schools

    [3]
    This course constitutes part of Phase I of a two-phase student teaching internship for those seeking K-12 ESOL certification. The primary purpose of this practicum is to provide those planning to teach ESOL in the public schools with an opportunity to observe and interact with ESOL teachers and students in the classroom and to gain an understanding of the real world of school; of the challenges confronting teachers, administrators and students; and of the resources available to deal with these. In addition, students will observe how the knowledge and skills developed in the M.A. program in ESOL/Bilingual Education can inform and facilitate teacher decision-making and practice and be able to take a closer look at themselves as future ESOL teachers. Through a series of readings, structured observations, interviews and seminar discussion, students will have an opportunity to build on their current understanding of the teaching-learning process and the roles ESOL teachers play. They also will be able to integrate the knowledge obtained in other classes and contexts with the practical world of teaching. In addition, through opportunities to tutor, co-teach or present portions of lessons, the student will develop skills in ESOL teaching.
  

  • EDUC 792 - ISD Internship

    [1-6]
    A field-oriented experience in which the student designs and implements a system of instruction, an analysis technique or evaluation design in a setting consistent with the student’s professional preparation.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Full graduate status, prerequisite courses per program map of student’s selected certification/concentration and consent of department. Multiple sections will appear in class schedule. Students must check with their advisor to determine appropriate section for each concentration/certification.
  

  • EDUC 792E - Internship In ECE P-3

    [6]
    This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits.
  

  • EDUC 792L - Interternship in Education TESOL K-12

    [6]
  

  • EDUC 792S - TESOL Internship

    [3]
  

  • EDUC 793E - Internship in Education Elementary 1-8

    [5]
  

  • EDUC 793S - Internship in Education Secondary 7-12

    [5]
  

  • EDUC 794 - ISD Project Seminar

    [3]
    This course will provide the advanced graduate student in ISD the opportunity to analyze an educational or training problem and apply the complete instructional systems development process to the design and development of a comprehensive instructional program to meet the needs determined by the analysis. Students will be expected to design a critical path management action plan and follow the plan as they design and develop all the instructional material necessary to deliver the comprehensive instructional system. It is expected that the instructional system will include an evaluation component and will reflect the proper application of ISD principles in the overall design.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Prerequisite courses per program map of student’s selected concentration and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 795 - Seminar in the Study of Teaching

    [3]
    Intended for the advanced graduate student in education, the seminar will examine the knowledge base on teaching and learning as it applies to solving selected teaching and instructional problems. Participants will analyze theoretical perspectives, research and informed practice related to their selected problems. They then will design and develop a strategy for addressing the problem.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: EDUC 771  and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 796 - Human-Performance Technology

    [3]
    This course will focus on a synergistic examination of the current issues related to designing, developing, delivering and evaluating of training systems for employee training in industry and business. Corporate organization and financial, social and political factors will be analyzed in terms of their effect upon the efficacy and efficiency of such training programs. The student will be expected to research such factors and their synergistic effect upon corporations’ internal efforts to respond to training needs.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: EDUC 602  and consent of department.
  

  • EDUC 797 - Secondary Teacher Seminar

    [1]
    The course provides a learning community for secondary interns to reflect on learning experiences with their cohort peers and faculty. There are three objectives. Objective one is to provide the support necessary to ensure the success of your student teaching/ internship experience. This will require class members to be prepared to listen to one another and work as a team, share experiences, solve problems and offer advice. Objective two is to prepare class members for the inevitable interview by acquiring valuable interview skills and developing an effective e-portfolio. Objective three is to provide each teacher candidate the opportunity to integrate the necessary teaching skills to maximize the learning experiences for students.
  

  • EDUC 798 - Elementary Teacher Seminar

    [1]
    The course provides a learning community for elementary interns to reflect on learning experiences with their cohort peers and faculty. There are three objectives. Objective one is to provide the support necessary to ensure the success of your student teaching/ internship experience. This will require class members to be prepared to listen to one another and work as a team, share experiences, solve problems and offer advice. Objective two is to prepare class members for the inevitable interview by acquiring valuable interview skills and developing an effective e-portfolio. Objective three is to provide each teacher candidate the opportunity to integrate the necessary teaching skills to maximize the learning experiences for students.
  

  • EDUC 799 - Master’s Thesis Research

    [2-9]
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Consent of the student’s advisor, prerequisite courses per program map of student’s selected concentration and permission of the department.
    Note: Six credit hours are required for the master’s (with thesis) degree program.
  

  • EDUC 7700 - Master’s Special Study

    [1]

Electrical Engineering
  

  • ENEE 601 - Signal and Linear Systems Theory

    [3]
    Fundamentals of signals and systems, mathematical theory of continuous and discrete systems, linear time invariant systems, linear time varying systems, state space model and approaches, stability, controllability and observability, minimal realizations.
    Corequisite:

    Co-requisite: ENEE 620 .
  

  • ENEE 605 - Applied Linear Algebra

    [3]
    This course introduces linear algebra concepts and algorithms that are used in Electrical and Computer Engineering with examples.  The algorithms, their applications, and practical limitations are illustrated using Matlab®.  Topics include:  vectors and matrices, solution of algebraic equations, Gauss-Jordan elimination, LU and Cholesky factorization, sparse matrices and sparse matrix routines, vector spaces, metric spaces, inner product spaces, determinants, determinants, singular value decomposition, least square methods and QR factorization, eigen problems and their solutions, linear programming geometries, simplex methods, inner point methods.
    Course ID: 100154
    Linked with/Also listed as CMPE 605
    Components: Lecture
    Grading Method: R, P/F
  

  • ENEE 608 - Graduate Seminar

    [0]
    This course exposes the graduate student in EE to the current research in areas of interest to the department’s faculty and students. The speakers are usually researchers outside, as well as inside, the department and university. On occasion, speakers may be faculty members or advanced students. There are no credits for this course, which meets once a week, but all graduate students are required to attend (one semester for master’s students and two semesters for doctoral students).
  

  • ENEE 610 - Digital Signal Processing

    [3]
    This is a first-year graduate course for communication and signal processing majors in electrical engineering (EE) that covers the fundamentals of digital signal processing (DSP). The goal of this course is to provide the first-year EE graduate student with the foundations and tools to understand, design and implement DSP systems, in both hardware and software. MATLAB and SystemView will be the primary vehicles to provide the student with hands-on DSP design and simulation experience. The student also will acquire an understanding of DSP hardware basics and architecture. Topics covered include: (1) A/D-D/A conversion and quantization, number representations and finite wordlength effects; (2) FIR, IIR and lattice filter structures, block diagram and equivalent structures; (3) multi-rate DSP and filterbanks; (4) digital filter design methods and verification; (5) DSP hardware architecture; and (6) DSP simulation/ laboratory experiences.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 601 , ENEE 620  or their equivalent or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 611 - Adaptive Signal Processing

    [3]
    Fundamentals of adaptive filters and associated algorithms: mean-square error and least-squares approaches; steepest-descent algorithm; the least-mean-square adaptive filters, recursive least-squares adaptive filters, frequency domain and sub-band adaptive filters and unsupervised adaptive filters; analysis of these adaptive filters and discussion of selected applications.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 601  or ENEE 610  and ENEE 620  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 612 - Digital Image Processing

    [3]
    Principles of two-dimensional processing of image data: fundamentals of 2D signal processing, image transforms, image enhancement, image filtering and restoration, color image processing, image coding and wavelet quantization, image thresholding and segmentation, image interpretation and recognition, applications of image processing.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: MATLAB or consent of instructor.
    Corequisite:

    Co-requisite: ENEE 620 ,
  

  • ENEE 620 - Probability and Random Processes

    [3]
    Fundamentals of probability theory and random processes for electrical engineering applications and research: set and measure theory and probability spaces; discrete and continuous random variables and random vectors; probability density and distribution functions and probability measures; expectation, moments and characteristic functions; conditional expectation and conditional random variables; limit theorems and convergence concepts; random processes (stationary/non-stationary, ergodic, point processes, Gaussian, Markov and second order); applications to communications and signal processing.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Undergraduate probability course work or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 621 - Detection and Estimation Theory

    [3]
    Fundamentals of detection and estimation theory for statistical signal processing applications; theory of hypothesis testing (binary, multiple and composite hypotheses and Bayesian, Neyman Pearson and minimax approaches); theory of signal detection (discrete and continuous time signals; deterministic and random signals; white Gaussian noise, general independent noise and special classes of dependent noise, e.g. colored Gaussian noise, signal design and representations); theory of signal parameter estimation; minimum variance unbiased (MVU) estimation; Cramer-Rao lower bound; general MVU estimation, linear models; maximum likelihood estimation, least squares; general Bayesian estimators (minimum mean-square error and maximum a posterior estimators); linear Bayesian estimators (Wiener filters) and Kalman filters.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 620  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 622 - Information Theory

    [3]
    Shannon’s information measures: entropy, differential entropy, information divergence, mutual information and their basic properties. Entropy rates, asymptotic equipartition property, weak and strong typicality, joint typicality, Shannon’s source coding theorem and its converse, prefix-free and uniquely decodable source codes, Huffman and Shannon codes, universal source coding, source-coding with a fidelity criterion, the rate-distortion function and its achievability, channel capacity and its computation, Shannon’s channel coding theorem, strong coding theorem, error exponents, Fano’s inequality and the converse to the coding theorem, feedback capacity, joint source channel coding, discrete-time additive Gaussian channels, the covering lemma, continuous-time additive Gaussian channels, parallel additive Gaussian channels and waterfilling. Additional topics: narrow-band time-varying channels, fading channels, side information, wideband channels, network coding, information theory in relation to statistics and geometry.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Strong grasp of basic probability theory.
  

  • ENEE 623 - Communication Theory I

    [3]
    A review of the Shannon capacity of the discrete-time additive Gaussian channel. Continuous-time additive Gaussian channels. Elementary signal design principles, baseband and passband pulse amplitude modulation, matched filtering, geometric representation of signals and optimum receivers. Orthogonal signaling and performance analysis, Shannon capacity, reliability function and cut-off rate. RS and BCH codes. Hard- and soft-decision decoding. Capacity approaching codes. Signaling in the band-limited region, Shannon capacity, pulse shaping, lattice codes, trellis codes, multi-level coding and constellation shaping. Equalization and precoding for linear Gaussian channels, waterfilling, multi-carrier signaling. Additional topics: signaling in fading media, multi-sensor and multi-user communications, synchronization.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 601 , ENEE 621  and ENEE 622 .
     
  

  • ENEE 624 - Error-Correcting Codes

    [3]
    Focusing on the fundamentals of art theory, criticism, analysis and evaluation, this course will examine contemporary art, theory and the historical and philosophical issues that shape and define art and culture.
    Note: Required course for the M.F.A. degree.
  

  • ENEE 625 - Data Compression

    [3]
    Principles and techniques of data compression: review of source coding theory; lossless data compression techniques, such as Huffman coding, bit-plane coding, predictive coding, arithmetic coding and LZW coding; and lossy data compression techniques, such as transform coding, wavelet transform coding, scalar quantitation, vector quantitation, predictive coding and sub-band coding.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 620  and ENEE 622  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 630 - Solid-State Electronics

    [3]
    Fundamentals of solid-state physics for the micro-electronics field: review of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, crystal lattices, reciprocal lattices, dynamics of lattices, classical concepts of electron transport, band theory of electrons, semi-conductors and excess carriers in semi-conductors.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 631 - Semiconductor Devices

    [3]
    Principles of semi-conductor device operation: review of semi-conductor physics, p-n junction diodes, bipolar transistors, metal semi-conductor contacts, JFETs and MESFETs and MIS and MOSFET structures.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 630  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 632 - Integrated Circuits

    [3]
    Fundamentals of bipolar and MOS analog and digital integrated circuit techniques: basic IC structure and fabrication, passive components, bipolar transistors and diode, characteristics matching, temperature compensation, output stages, frequency analysis, OpAmps, voltage regulators, multiplers, PLLs, MOS digital and analog circuits, memories, A/D converters, CMOS logic circuits.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 630 , ENEE 631  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 634 - Microwave Device and Circuit Design

    [3]
    Basic concept and knowledge of microwave devices and integrated circuits for wireless communications, transmission lines and lumped elements, impedance matching networks, hybrids, couplers, filters, multiplexers, oscillators, amplifiers, detectors and mixers, microwave tubes or frequency multiplers, MMIC and laboratory.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 681 or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 635 - Introduction to Optical Communications

    [3]
    Introduction to basic principles of optical communications: optical fibers, transmitters, receivers, optical system design and performance, optical amplifiers and multi-channel communication systems.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 630  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 636 - Introduction to Wireless Communications

    [3]
    Introduction to wireless communication systems, the cellular concept, mobile radio propagation, large-scale path loss and small-scale fading, multi-path modulation techniques, equalization, diversity, compression, multi-access techniques, wireless networking and wireless systems and standards.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 660 - Systems Engineering Principles

    [3]
    This is a first-semester, required graduate course for Systems Engineering (SE) majors that covers the introduction to systems engineering. The course will address: (1) systems engineering principles; (2) systems engineering methodologies; (3) integration of technical disciplines; and (4) systems engineering management. The goal of this course is to provide the beginning graduate student with the foundational framework to understand requirements and capabilities-based design and how the traditional systems engineering process may need to adjust to accommodate these philosophies. The content of the course will result from the decomposition of system life cycle phases to illustrate the many engineering specialties and disciplines that are required to systematically engineer, deploy and sustain complex systems for missions to be performed in aerospace and electronics domains. The intent is to achieve a balance between understanding the system engineering process and its execution under differing design or acquisition philosophies.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: B.S. degree in EE or related field.
  

  • ENEE 661 - System Architecture and Design

    [3]
    This is a required graduate course for the systems engineering (SE) track within the MSEE program. The course content includes both theoretical and practical considerations for developing of a system architecture and hardware and software system design within the overall systems engineering process. Major topics include development of an operational concept, functional decomposition, top-down vs. bottom-up techniques, requirements allocation and partitioning, interface definition, inclusion of integrity, reliability and maintainability within the design concept, validation and verification. The use of technical performance budgeting, quality function deployment techniques and statistical and linear models in the design process will be discussed. Detailed examples of these techniques will be used to illustrate the various techniques.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: B.S. degree in EE or related field. ENEE 660 - Systems Engineering Principles  may be taken concurrently.
  

  • ENEE 662 - Modeling, Simulation and Analysis

    [3]
    This is a required course for the Systems Engineering (SE) track in the MSEE program. It is intended for those who wish to understand the art of building and using models and simulations for analysis. It covers the major types of models and simulations, their key features and the process of developing those simulations. Topics addressed include simulation architectures; cost and risk analysis; experimental design; simulation control and interfaces; languages and hardware platforms; requirements and architecture definition; simulation design and implementation; verification, validation and accreditation; estimating, planning and controlling simulation efforts; and the current state-of-the-art for simulation.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: BS degree in EE or related field and a working knowledge of C/C++ or similar programming language. In addition, students are required to pass a Mathematics and MATLAB fundamentals test OR pass ENEE 669 - Mathematics and MATLAB Fundamentals for Engineers .
  

  • ENEE 663 - System Implementation, Integration and Test

    [3]
    This is a second-semester, required graduate course for the Systems Engineering (SE) track within the MSEE program, which covers the conversion of a design into product elements, integration of these elements into a system and verification that the resulting system performs properly in its operational environment. The course will address: (1) the systems engineer’s role in the product development organization; (2) processes used to manage product teams, technical budgets, baselines and schedules during product development; (3) integration methodologies and techniques for avoiding or resolving interface issues; and (4) types and methods of product testing. The goal of this course is to acquaint the EE graduate student with an understanding of the processes by which complex aerospace, information or other industry systems are built and tested by integrating the efforts of a large product team encompassing many engineering specialties, and the methods used for technical management of this team and the resulting product. Specific processes depend on the development environment and the product customer. This course emphasizes aerospace and information systems.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 660  and ENEE 661 , or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 664 - Advanced Systems Architecture

    [3]
    This course emphasizes the many partitioning alternatives that can be employed when developing generic physical systems architectures., including hierarchical partitioning, federated partitioning, scalable architectures, high availability architectures, and collaborative systems. The course also deals with methods for architecting successful systems, such as achieving data integrity, managing system workflow, and constructing representation models.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 660  and ENEE 661 
  

  • ENEE 666 - Architecting Security

    [3]
    This timely course focuses on incorporating security in the initial phases of architecting Systems and Services. The goal is to teach our systems engineers and architects how to develop systems and system of systems (SoS) that have native security as a foundational component that is dynamic and scales to mission need. Consideration of data-at-rest, data-in-transit and processed data is a critical architectural facet. Incorporating data tagging and digital policy-based routing to facilitate secure data flow is an important aspect of securing data. The course assumes that the students have initial knowledge of systems engineering and architecture and are familiar with needs and basic methods of securing systems. The course will incorporate student participation researching risks and mitigation approaches in current and recent past systems that have been deployed and their impact on stakeholders. Lessons learned will be highlighted and practical methods considered in order to allow direct application.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 660 , ENEE 661  and ENEE 662 , or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 667 - Advanced Systems Engineering Processes

    [2]
    The two-credit course provides students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the systems engineering processes introduced in ENEE 660. Specifically, this course provides an in-depth study of the systems engineering processes outlined in the International Standard for Systems and Software Engineering (ISO/IEC 15288:2008), the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Handbook, and the INCOSE Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge. This course will emphasize that Systems Engineering Technical Processes operate within the envelope of the Project as dictated by Contracts as set forth by an Organization. In the end, the student will have a good understanding and appreciation of the process framework required to create man-made systems. As a part of this course, students will select, research, and report on systems engineering process areas of particular importance to them.
  

  • ENEE 669 - Mathematics and MATLAB Fundamentals for Engineers

    [1]
    This 1-credit course provides a review of matrix mathematics, probability, calculus, ordinary differential equations, difference equations, and some basic numerical methods as well as an introduction to the use of MATLAB. It provides a review of the material required for a number of systems engineering graduate courses. It is designed to refresh students’ basic skills in these areas of mathematics (not substitute for such courses) and to establish basic proficiency in MATLAB. Course work focuses on developing MATLAB programs that use these mathematical techniques to solve problems of systems engineering interest.
  

  • ENEE 670 - Systems Engineering Project

    [3]
    In this course, the student performs in an industry-based work environment on a System Engineering project. The project spans the essential phases of the System Life Cycle and results in the development of a simulation model of the objective system. During the course of system development, engineering artifacts are created to substantiate system development. A final technical report summarizing the artifacts and simulation results are compiled in a form representative of a professional report in partial satisfaction of course requirements. Starting six weeks before the beginning of the semester, students form Integrated Product Teams, usually not exceeding 5 students per team. During the six weeks before the semester begins, the team prepares a proposal for the project that is submitted to the instructor for approval.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 660 , ENEE 661 , ENEE 662 , ENEE 663 , or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 671 - Service Oriented Architecture

    [3]
    This course examines the design consequences in following SOA architectural principles including: Encapsulation, Loose Coupling (Independence), Service Contract (for Communication), Service Abstraction (hiding logic), Reusability, Composability (coordination of composite services), Autonomy (control over encapsulated logic), Statelessness (retention of data from an activity) and Discoverability (finding and accessing services based upon intuitive identification). The course emphasizes the practical implementation of useful enterprise-wide systems using SOA. Working in teams, students will architect, design and implement a system project via simulation of performance and behavior. As result, students will gain fundamental knowledge and hands-on experience to permit them to function as individual contributors and integration leads in the context of an industrial environment.
  

  • ENEE 672 - Decision and Risk Analysis

    [3]
    This course provides an overview of decision and risk analysis techniques. It focuses on how to make rational decisions in the presence of uncertainty and conflicting objectives. It covers modeling uncertainty, the principles of rational decision-making, representing and solving decision problems using influence diagrams and decision trees, sensitivity analysis, Bayesian decision analysis, deductive and inductive reasoning, objective and subjective probabilities, probability distributions, regression analysis, defining and calculating the value of information, modeling risk attitudes and utility functions. Concepts will be illustrated through case studies and practiced by students through homework.
  

  • ENEE 680 - Electromagnetic Theory

    [3]
    Fundamentals of dynamics in electromagnetic theory: theoretical analysis of Maxwell’s equations, electrodynamics, plane waves, waveguides, dispersion, radiating systems and diffraction.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 683 - Lasers

    [3]
    Introduction to basic theory of lasers: introduction to quantum mechanics and time-dependent perturbation theory, interaction of radiation and matter, stimulated and spontaneous emissions, rate equations, laser amplification and oscillation, noise in lasers and laser amplifiers andsemi-conductor lasers.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 680  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 684 - Introduction to Photonics

    [3]
    This course covers the fundamentals of photonics and their applications. Subjects include crystal and polarization optics, Jones calculus and Stokes parameters, polarization mode dispersion, fiber-optics, planar waveguide optics, electro-optics, acousto-optics, second- and third-order non-linear susceptibilities, second harmonic generation, sum-frequency generation, parametric down-conversion and oscillation, self-focusing, self- and cross-phase modulation, optical solutions, four-wave mixing, Raman scattering, Brillouin scattering, phase conjugation, photo-refractive optics, photo detectors and noise characteristics.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 680 .
  

  • ENEE 685 - Introduction to Communication Networks

    [3]
    The fundamentals of communication and computer networking, seven-layer OSI model, review of queuing models, transmissions, WDM, circuit and packet switching, data link and medium access technologies, X.25, frame relays, ISDN, xDSL, cable modem, SONET, the network layer, ATM, TCP/IP, routing techniques, the transport and application layers and quality of services (QoS).
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 691 - Topics in Electrical Engineering

    [3]
  

  • ENEE 698 - Research Project in Electrical Engineering (Systems Engineering Project)

    [1-3]
    Individual project on a topic in electrical engineering. The project will result in a scholarly paper, which must be approved by the student’s advisor and read by another faculty member. Required of non-thesis option M.S. students.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Completion of core courses or consent of instructor.
    Note: May be taken for repeated credit up to a maximum of three credits.
  

  • ENEE 699 - Independent Study

    [1-3]
    Independent study of topics in electrical engineering.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 710 - Digital Speech Processing

    [3]
    Fundamentals and techniques for the digital processing of speech: digital signal processing concepts review, speech production models, characteristics of the speech signal, time domain speech analysis, linear predictive coding (LPC), homomorphic speech processing, speech enhancement, speech recognition, speech coding and speech synthesis.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 610  and ENEE 611  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 711 - Neural Networks in Signal Processing

    [3]
    Fundamentals and characteristics of artificial neural network paradigms and their properties in association, learning, generalization and self-organization; introduction and survey of various neural network models and paradigms, multi-layer perceptron and the radial basis function networks; sum of squares and information-theoretic cost functions; different learning procedures (gradient optimization, conjugate gradients, Newton, etc.); learning and generalization properties; applications in communications and biomedical signal processing; and comparisons with linear adaptive signal processing theory and techniques.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ENEE 620  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 712 - Pattern Recognition

    [3]
    Principles of statistical pattern recognition; hypothesis testing and decision theory; parametric estimation (Bayesian estimation, maximum-likelihood estimation, Gaussian mixture analysis); non-parametric estimation (nearest-neighbor rule and Pazen’s window method); density approximation; linear discriminant functions; feature extraction and selection; feature optimization; neural networks (single-layer perceptrons, multi-layer neural networks); and applications in pattern classification.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 612 , ENEE 620  and ENEE 621  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 718 - Advanced Topics in Signal Processing

    [3]
    ENEE 718 comprises advanced topic courses in signal processing that reflect the research interests of the faculty and their doctoral students. A specific offering under this title is designated by a letter appended to this course number and is generally not offered every year.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Depends on offering; consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 721 - Statistical Signal Processing

    [3]
    Statistical inference. Point and interval estimation. State-space estimation. Elements of large- and small-sample theory. Array processing. Multi-channel signal processing. Reduced rank methods. Optimal and suboptimal multi-user detection. Low-complexity maximum likelihood detection. Iterative detection and its theoretical foundations. The relationship between statistical inference, statistical mechanics and information theory.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 620  and ENEE 621  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 723 - Multi-user Communication

    [3]
    This is an advanced course in wireless communication theory that focuses on several aspects of multi-user communication including current progress in multi-user Shannon theory, signaling schemes for wireless multi-access, broadcast and interference channels, receivers for fading multi-user wireless channels, interference and power management, multi-antenna signaling, ultra-wideband signaling and the capacity and control of very large wireless networks.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 622  and ENEE 623  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 728 - Advanced Topics in Communications

    [3]
    ENEE 728 comprises advanced topic courses in communications that reflect the research interests of the faculty and their doctoral students. A specific offering under this title is designated by a letter appended to this course number and is generally not offered every year.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Depends on offering; consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 737 - Semi-conductor Device Processing Techniques

    [3]
    Introduction to basic semi-conductor device processing techniques: etching, photo-lithography, metallization and device characterization. Laboratory exercises will complement the lectures and demonstrate the principles.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 630  and ENEE 631  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 738 - Characteristics of Semi-conductor Opto-electronics

    [3]
    Introduction to current semi-conductor opto-electronic devices and survey of new research results: review of semi-conductor physics and device characteristics; optical receiver concepts, such as photo-conductors, metal semi-conductor concepts, MSM, pin, receiver design and APD; waveguide concepts, such as waveguide devices, waveguide modes, waveguide couplers, EO effects and modulation, periodic waveguides, polarization devices, waveguide filters, BPM and LED amplifier; and laser concepts, such as edge/surface emitting, optical gain, traveling wave amplifiers, FP, DFB, DBR, QW lasers, active filters, small-signal modulation, mode-locking, line width and noise.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: ENEE 630 , ENEE 631 , ENEE 680  and ENEE 683  or consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 785 - Advanced Topics in Optical Networks

    [3]
    This is an inter-disciplinary course to address the issues of importance in constructing high-speed optical networks. It covers the current networks for both telecoms and datacoms. Network layers, circuit switching and packet-switching principle and technologies are described. Depending on the instructor, technologies related to the physical layer of the system, protocols and traffic and network control will be covered in more detail. Projects are required for all students.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Depends on offering; consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 788 - Advanced Topics in Electrophysics and Photonics

    [3]
    ENEE 788 comprises advanced topic courses in photonics that reflect the research interests of the faculty and their doctoral students. A specific offering under this title, designated by a letter appended to this course number, is generally not offered every year.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Depends on offering; consent of instructor.
  

  • ENEE 799 - Master’s Thesis Research

    [1-6]
    This course is for MSEE students engaged in master’s thesis research; may be taken for repeated credits, but a maximum of six credit hours can be applied toward master’s thesis-option requirements. Must be taken over at least two semesters.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Open only to MSEE thesis-option students.
  

  • ENEE 800 - Graduate Research

    [1-6]
    This course is for doctoral students not yet admitted to doctoral candidacy and can be taken for repeat credit. Prerequisite: Open only to EE students who have passed the Ph.D. qualifying exam.
  

  • ENEE 898 - Pre-Candidacy Doctoral Research

    [1-6]
    Research on doctoral dissertation conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor before candidacy.
  

  • ENEE 899 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

    [9]
    Research on doctoral dissertation is conducted under direction of faculty advisor.
    Prerequisite: Admission to Doctoral Candidacy Required
    Note: A minimum of 18 credit hours are required. This course is repeatable.
  

  • ENEE 7700 - Master’s Special Study

    [1]
  

  • ENEE 8800 - Doctoral Special Study

    [1]

Emergency Health Services
  

  • EHS 609 - Guided Introduction to EMS Research

    [1-3]
    (Depends on option chosen by student and preceptor.) This course is designed to provide graduate students with a guided hands-on research experience in the methodologically difficult area of emergency medical services and injury epidemiology. Students will work on a publishable study under the guidance of a core EHS graduate faculty member and the faculty at the UMB Medical School’s National Study Center for Trauma and EMS (and its affiliated research sites) after completing core readings on the application of research methods to EMS.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Students must have completed a graduate-level course in statistics or biostatistics.
  

  • EHS 630 - Issues Analysis and Proposal Writing

    [3]
    This course provides students with the opportunity to do an in-depth analysis of a current issue of the student’s choice in emergency healthcare and present a project proposal based on this issue. The semester will begin with issues discussion, and proceed rapidly into the methods, mechanics and style considerations required for the construction of a viable/fundable proposal.
  

  • EHS 632 - Disaster Health Services

    [3]
    This course examines health needs and techniques for providing healthcare to populations displaced or affected by disasters or war. The goal of the course is to prepare students to manage disaster health response preparedness and planning and to organize and manage disaster and refugee healthcare provision. The focus is on both domestic and international cases.
    Recommended: PREV 600 or SOCY 620 .
 

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