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CEE 6480 - Groundwater Contamination: Modeling, Monitoring and Management
3 credits
In-depth exploration of physical, chemical, and biological processes related to fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface, mathematical modeling, remediation technologies, and mitigation of contaminated sites using risk-based decision-making.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5430 /CEE 6430 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6490 - Integrated River Basin/Watershed Planning and Management
3 credits
Reviews fundamental building blocks of water resource institutions, emphasizing creation of institutions which are sensitive to a particular culture, economic, and political environment. Addresses institutional mission and regulatory roles, public participation, property and water rights, and elements of production.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6500 - Open Channel Hydraulics with an Emphasis on Gradually Varied Flow
3 credits
Theory and applications of steady uniform and gradually varied flow under both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Solutions to multiple-network canal systems by solving systems of combined ordinary differential and algebraic equations. Method for defining natural channel systems and solving steady-state flows in them.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 5500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6510 - Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers
3 credits
Engineering applications of approximation and interpolation, solution methods for ordinary differential equations, numerical solution of partial differential equations, nonparametric and parametric probability and regression estimation, and Monte Carlo and uncertainty analysis.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6520 - Applied Hydraulics
3 credits
Basic fluid mechanics applied to wildland watershed systems and directed at nonengineering students. Explores nature of fluid state, fluid motion, and steady uniform and varied flow in open channels, under both subcritical and supercritical conditions. Surveys concepts of boundary layers, turbulence, convection, dispersal, and wave formation in unsteady flows. Emphasizes problem formulation and solving.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WATS 5490 /WATS 4490 ; MATH 2280 (recommended).
Cross-listed as: WATS 6520 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6530 - Unsteady Flows in Open Channels and Numerical Solutions of St.Venant Equations
3 credits
Derivation and physical meaning of the St. Venant equations, types of water waves, solutions to unsteady free surface flows based on the characteristics, and direct and iterative implicit methods of solution. Emphasizes solving unsteady flow problems in channel systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6540 - Hydraulic Structures Design
3 credits
Explores design of a variety of hydraulic structures, both in the classroom and laboratory. Integrates student-developed, original computer programs; commercially available software; field trips; and hands-on laboratory design projects to further students’ understanding of hydraulic structures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and CEE 3510 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 5540 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6550 - Hydraulics of Closed Conduits
3 credits
Includes design and operation of piping systems; economics; feasibility and impact of pipelines; pipe, pump, and valve selection; transient and cavitation analysis; and pipeline operation and filling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and CEE 3510 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 5550 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6580 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
3 credits
Survey of mathematical methods used in fluid mechanics, including: potential flow solutions (complex variables), laminar flow and turbulent flow solutions, boundary layer theory, and introduction to dispersion in fluid.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6590 - Evaluation of Hydrologic Modeling Systems
3 credits
Focuses on different techniques for evaluating the performance, diagnosing the model structure, and assessing the uncertainty of hydrologic modeling systems. Examines mathematical and systems theory methods for examining the interrelation between model inputs and outputs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6400 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6600 - Environmental Chemistry of Inorganic Contaminants
2 credits
Inorganics of environmental concern discussed in terms of processes affecting their behavior in soil and water systems. Explores remediation of environmental systems contaminated with inorganic pollutants.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6610 - Environmental Quality Analysis
3 credits
Familiarizes students with various methods used for analysis of chemical parameters in environmental samples (water, soil, and air). Provides students with skills enabling them to make proper selection/evaluation of analytical procedure and evaluate data generated.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210
Cross-listed as: , ,
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6620 - Field Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Systems
3 credits
Explores applied field sampling, as well as field and laboratory techniques used in the monitoring of environmental media. Includes theory and practice of field site monitoring and measurement of physical, chemical, and biological processes in the environment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6630 - Process Dynamics in Environmental Engineering Systems
3 credits
Fundamental principles used in analysis and simulation of environmental systems. Emphasizes small particle dynamics, reaction kinetics, mass transfer, reactor analysis and design, transport phenomena, and development and solution of mathematical models to describe natural and engineered environmental systems including both analytical and numerical methods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6635 - Environmental Engineering in Developing Nations
3 credits
The course is designed for engineers and non-engineers and covers appropriate safe water, sanitation, air pollution technologies, and public health principles, for developing nations. Social and educational approaches, and project management principles required for successful project implementation, are stressed.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Acceptance into an Engineering graduate program or permission of instructor
Cross-listed as: CEE 5635
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6640 - Physical and Chemical Environmental Process Engineering
3 credits
Principles of physical and chemical environmental engineering processes, including sedimentation, filtration, gas transfer, aeration, absorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, coagulation, flocculation, precipitation, oxidation, reduction, and disinfection. Process modeling and analysis applications in treatment of water, wastewater, industrial wastes, vapor treatment, and soil remediation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5610 /CEE 6610 and CEE 6630 .
Corequisite: CEE 6650 and CEE 6670 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6650 - Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering
3 credits
Theory and design of biological processes used in environmental engineering. Stoichiometric, energetic, kinetic and molecular biological analysis of processes for treatment of contaminated water, soil and air; modeling and design of aerobic and anaerobic suspended growth and fixed-film processes for treatment of municipal and industrial waste streams; nutrient removal; bioenergy production, and bioremediation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6630
Corequisite: CEE 6640 and CEE 6670
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6660 - Environmental and Hydrologic Data Analysis and Experimentation
3 credits
Data analysis and experimental design for environmental science and engineering. Graphical data analysis, parametric and nonparametric statistics, frequency distributions, hypothesis testing, propagation of variance, censored data, correlation and causation, parameter estimation, factorial experimental design and response surfaces, environmental monitoring and uncertainty, nonparametric estimation, time series, and kernel density estimation.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6670 - Environmental Process Laboratory
2 credits
Laboratory testing to demonstrate physical, chemical, and biological principles utilized in environmental engineering processes.
Corequisite: CEE 6640 , CEE 6650 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
2 |
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CEE 6680 - Soil-Based Waste Management
2 credits
Engineering management of wastes present in the vadose zone, including extraction, containment, and biological, chemical, and physical destruction technologies for sustainable agriculture and environmental quality. Aspects include engineering characterization, problem definition, treatment, and monitoring. Analysis and design emphasized through problems, examinations, and report writing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Professional Engineering Program.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5680 and BENG 6680 /BENG 5680 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
2 |
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CEE 6690 - Natural Systems Engineering
3 credits
Explores integrated nature of river basin planning and management through introduction of most commonly employed assessment modeling frameworks and tools for modeling physical, chemical, and ecological processes at the study site to watershed scales. Topics include: water resources system modeling; physical, chemical, and ecological processes modeling; impact assessment methods; and risk assessment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610 , CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 , CEE 3640 ; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5690 .
3 |
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CEE 6710 - Environmental Engineering Microbial Ecology
2 credits
Principles of microbial ecology applied to engineered and natural systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 3300 , CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
2 |
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CEE 6720 - Natural Systems Modeling
3 credits
Provides hands-on approach to utilizing several of the most commonly applied modeling tools employed to estimate physical, chemical, and biological impacts of existing and proposed water resource systems. Focuses on utility and limitations of specific modeling approaches, while also stressing integrative multi-disciplinary nature of impact assessment frameworks.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6690 /CEE 5690 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5720 .
3 |
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CEE 6730 - Environmental Chemistry of Organic Contaminants
3 credits
Provides students with understanding of methods used in analysis of environmental samples for organic contaminants. Examines various properties and processes determining the fate of organic contaminants in the environment. Taught first half of fall semester.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Grades of C- or better in CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1215 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 5730 /PUBH 5730 and PUBH 6730
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6740 - Environmental Quality Modeling
3 credits
Development and application of mathematical models for conventional and toxic pollutants in environmental systems. Description of advection, dispersion, sediment transport, partitioning, interphase transfer, and transformation kinetics applied to organic and inorganic pollutants. Equilibrium, steady state, and nonsteady systems.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6750 - Eco-Hydraulics for Natural Systems Engineering
4 credits
Provides students with advanced multi-disciplinary modeling course in the application of hydraulics and water resource modeling in light of impact assessment frameworks for natural systems modeling. Focuses on application on one-dimensional and two-dimensional hydraulic modeling as basis for examining quantitative impacts on stream and riparian ecosystems under altered flow, as well as channel conditions with particular emphasis on fish and aquatic macro-invertebrates.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6690 /CEE 5690 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6800 - Division of Environmental Engineering Seminar
1 credit
Environmental engineering graduate seminar for faculty, student, and guest lecturer research presentations.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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CEE 6830 - Management and Utilization of Biological Solids and Wastewater
3 credits
Focuses on production, management, and disposal of biosolids and wastewater generated in food processing and wastewater treatment. Emphasizes beneficial use of biosolids and wastewater for agricultural production, forest enhancement, and land reclamation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BENG 3670 /CEE 3670 .
Cross-listed as: CEE 5830 and BENG 6830 /BENG 5830 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 6840 - Application of Technology Transfer for Teachers
2 credits
Focuses on application of modern instructional strategies to the transfer of technology and science to the public education setting. Part of a series of six courses.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Participation in an In*Step Science Program in the public schools.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
2 |
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CEE 6850 - Atmospheric and Air Pollution Chemistry
3 credits
Provides students with training in the fundamentals of natural and anthropogenically impacted atmospheric chemistry, primarily focusing on tropospheric meteorology, kinetics, and photochemistry, including gas-phase, aqueous-phase, and aerosol-forming reactions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5680 /CEE 6680 or upper-level chemistry or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 6900 - Directed Reading
1-3 credits
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3 |
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CEE 6930 - Special Problems
1-4 credits
Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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CEE 6940 - Snow Hydrology
3 credits
Focuses on snow science, including atmospheric formation, precipitation, distribution on the landscape, metamorphosis prior to melt, and snow pack melt dynamics. Also covers related issues, such as snow melt modeling, remote sensing, water supply, and biogeochemical cycling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WATS 3700 or CEE 3430 , or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: WATS 6940 .
3 |
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CEE 6950 - Practical Training
3 credits
Intended for graduate students who are interested in practical training before graduation.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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CEE 6970 - Thesis Research
1-6 credits
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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CEE 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9 |
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CEE 7000 - Groundwater Systems Engineering II
4 credits
System analysis techniques applied to aquifer and stream/aquifer management. Development of economically, quantitatively, and environmentally optimal strategies for alternative water policies. Modeling techniques for managing aquifer systems under volumetric, economic, and environmental management goals.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5470 /CEE 6470 or CEE 6500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
4 |
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CEE 7050 - Plasticity
3 credits
Analysis of stresses, deformation, and collapse in devices constructed of plastic material.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 6040 or CEE 6080 /CEE 5080 or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: MAE 7050 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 7080 - Advanced Plate and Shell Theory
3 credits
Analysis of plate and shell structures by classical and numerical methods. Emphasis on numerical solutions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: MAE 7080 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 7110 - Constitutive Modeling and Structural Response of Engineering Materials
3 credits
Constitutive modeling of reinforced concrete, metals, soils, and composite materials. Plasticity and endochronic theories. Finite element modeling and predictive analysis of two- and three-dimensional structures. Computer applications and implementations.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 7120 - Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
3 credits
Discussion of current research topics conducted by civil and other engineering faculty and staff at USU and elsewhere. Offered on either arranged or regular basis. Topics and times can be arranged with instructor and advisor.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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CEE 7150 - Effective Engineering Instruction
1 credit
Seminar-style course designed to give PhD candidates insight and guidance for becoming effective engineering instructors.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
1 |
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CEE 7160 - Successful Faculty Strategies
1 credit
Seminar-style course designed to give PhD candidates insight and guidance into the expectations and approaches for becoming successful university faculty members.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
1 |
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CEE 7170 - Research Methods in Engineering
1 credit
Seminar-style course designed to give PhD candidates insight and guidance into research methods in engineering.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
1 |
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CEE 7270 - Travel Demand and Supply Analysis
3 credits
Fundamentals of demand and supply analysis. Theoretical aspects of travel demand modeling techniques. Modeling of performance characteristics and costs of transportation modes. Emphasis on theoretical aspects of discrete choice analysis and their applications in the modeling of transportation systems.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 7300 - Theoretical Soil Mechanics
3 credits
Advanced studies of stress distribution in soil masses, shear strength, consolidation, constitutive modeling, and finite applications.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6360 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 7310 - Fundamentals of Soil Behavior
3 credits
The influence of clay mineralogy, clay chemistry, and soil origin on the engineering properties of soil.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6360 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 7320 - Advanced Soil Dynamics
3 credits
Advanced studies in the response of soil structures and foundations to dynamic loads.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6360 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 7430 - Stochastic Hydrology
3 credits
Stochastic description of hydrologic variability in time, space, and space-time. Markov processes, time series synthesis and forecasting, spectral analysis, spatial interpolation and random field simulation, data imputation, and parameter estimation for physical models. Lattice and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, simulated annealing, and Gibbs processes. Applications to rainfall, streamflow, groundwater quality and quantity, and subsurface characterization.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 7460 - Advanced Topics in Hydrology
3 credits
Topics of prominent current interest for advanced MS and PhD students. Can be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 7470 - Continuous and Macro-Scale Hydrologic Modeling
3 credits
Presents existing different approaches to the modeling of continuous hydrologic systems and long-term forecasting. Reviews and analyzes lumped and distributed catchment and macroscale hydrologic models, as well as state-of-the-art computer codes.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6440
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CEE 7520 - Mathematical Methods for Civil and Environmental Engineers
3 credits
Applications of advanced mathematical methods to analyze civil and environmental engineering problems, including analysis of dynamical systems, solutions to nonlinear and stochastic differential equations, Fourier analysis, and neural networks.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 7580 - Advanced Finite Element Analysis in Fluid Mechanics
3 credits
Application of the finite element method of analysis to problems in fluid mechanics. Use of higher order element to two- and three-dimensional flows.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3510 or MAE 3420 , CEE 5020 /MAE 5020 .
Cross-listed as: MAE 7580 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CEE 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-10 credits
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-10 |
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CEE 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9 |
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CLAS 1100 - The Latin and Greek Element in English
3 credits
Survey of classical word roots in English, with a view to enhancing students’ comprehension of English vocabulary and its Indo-European heritage.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CLAS 3160 - Classical Drama and Society
3 credits
Review and analysis of the nature and function of ancient Greek and Roman drama in its theatrical, historical, and social context. Focuses on the major dramatists of classical antiquity.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement.
Cross-listed as: HIST 3160 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CLAS 3210 - Classical Mythology
3 credits
Introduces major myths of the Classical world. Explores how these myths serve as keys to understanding the documents and arts of Classical civilization.
Cross-listed as: ARTH 3210 , HIST 3210 and RELS 3210
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CHSS 1100 - Practice and Philosophies of Civic Responsibility
2 credits
Designed to help students come to a personal understanding of community issues, service and leadership through learning based on volunteer service experience, readings, group discussion and interaction, and critical reflection.
Campus: USU Eastern only
2 |
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CHSS 1250 - Interdisciplinary Workshop
1-5 credits
Check with major department for limitations on number of credits that can be counted for graduation.
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-5 |
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CHSS 2250 - Introductory Internship/Co-op
1-5 credits
Introductory-level educational work experience in an internship or cooperative education position approved by the department and/or the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Check with major department for limitations on number of credits that can be counted for graduation.
Repeatable for credit
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-5 |
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CHSS 3050 - The Humanities and Social Sciences in Cultural Context
3 credits
Interdisciplinary study of a work, figure or theme in the humanities and/or social sciences. Topics vary.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CHSS 4250 - Advanced Internship/Co-op
1-15 credits
Internship or cooperative education position of a more professional level, with increased complexity, approved by the college.
Repeatable for credit
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-15 |
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CHSS 4900 - Rhetoric Associates Seminar
2 credits
Training course for students to learn how to effectively peer tutor fellow students in writing. Overview of theory, grammar, and interpersonal communication skills.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
2 |
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CHSS 4910 - Study Abroad
1-20 credits
A semester study abroad experience through a student exchange program.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Approval from the Study Abroad Office
SP (Satisfactory Progress) only.
1-20 |
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CHSS 5250 - Interdisciplinary Workshop
1-5 credits
Check with major department for limitations on number of credits that can be counted for graduation.
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-5 |
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CHSS 6250 - Graduate Internship/Co-op
1-15 credits
Internship or cooperative education position approved by the department and/or the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Check with major department for limitations on number of credits that can be counted for graduation.
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-15 |
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CHSS 6910 - Study Abroad
1-12 credits
A semester study abroad experience through a student exchange program.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Approval from the Study Abroad Office
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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CMST 1020 - Public Speaking (BHU)
BHU Breadth Humanities
3 credits
Speaking in formal public communication situations. Development of skills in speech preparation, audience adaptation, and delivery. Two lectures and one one-hour lab per week.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CMST 2110 - Interpersonal Communication (BHU/HR)
BHU/HR Breadth Humanities and Human Relations
3 credits
Examination of theories, methods, and competencies relevant to studying, establishing, and maintaining interpersonal relationships in family, intercultural, professional, and other contexts. Classroom experiences with topics such as perception, language, nonverbal behavior, conflict resolution, and listening.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CMST 2120 - Small Group Communication (HR)
HR Human Relations
3 credits
Introduction to communication in group processes such as decision-making, leadership, power, conflict, deviance and the development of group structures, functions, norms and roles.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Alternate Years
3 |
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CMST 2250 - Introductory Internship/Co-op
1-6 credits
Introductory level educational work experience in an internship or cooperative education position approved by the department and advisor. Internship project and number of credits must be approved by advisor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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CMST 2270 - Argumentation and Debate
3 credits
Techniques of analysis, investigation, evidence, reasoning, brief making, refutation, and construction and delivery of the argumentative speech and academic debate.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CMST 3000 - Speech Communication Teaching Practicum
1 credit
Intensive speech teaching workshop. Supervised on-campus teaching experience. Must be completed prior to student teaching experience. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 credits.
Repeatable for credit.
1 |
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CMST 3050 - Technical and Professional Communication (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Skill development in oral technical reporting, interviewing, and interpersonal communication to meet the unique communication requirements of business, industry, and the professions.
3 |
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CMST 3140 - Communication in Family Contexts
3 credits
This course facilitates understanding of the major theories and concepts in the study of communication phenomena in family relationships. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of communication research into the family context.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CMST 2110 or permission of instructor
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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CMST 3250 - Organizational Communication (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Study of internal communication requirements of organizations. Analysis of communication problems associated with conflict, diversity, interpersonal influence, communication technology, and information flow. Development of effective communication practices.
3 |
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CMST 3300 - Clinical Experience I
1 credit
First clinical practicum in middle and secondary schools. Arranged by special methods instructor. Required at Level I. Prerequisites are set by the Secondary Education Department.
Corequisite: CMST 5370
1 |
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CMST 3330 - Intercultural Communication (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Study of how communication shapes culture and how culture, in turn, affects communication. Development of active intercultural communication in professional and personal contexts.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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CMST 3400 - Persuasion (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Survey of theory and research investigating the process of social influence. Topics include: compliance-gaining strategies, enactment and detection of deception, verbal and nonverbal influence, attitude change, conformity, communicator characteristics, credibility, emotional appeals, and ethics.
3 |
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CMST 3500 - Communication and Leadership
3 credits
Study of the role of communication in successful leadership at individual and organizational levels. Focuses specifically on contemporary theories of leadership, social responsibility, and ethics. Development of effective communication practices.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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CMST 3600 - Communication and Conflict
3 credits
Study of contemporary theories on conflict and communication. Analyses of the roles of culture, gender, and personal and/or organizational ethics in conflict and disputes. Discussion and application of negotiation, mediation, and facilitation skills.
3 |
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CMST 4200 - Language, Thought, and Action (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Examines the influence of language on perception, interpretation, and evaluation in a wide variety of communication contexts, from organizational communication to mass media to interpersonal relations.
3 |
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CMST 4250 - Advanced Internship/Co-op
1-6 credits
Internship or cooperative education at a more professional level, with increased complexity, approved by the department and advisor. Internship project and number of credits must be approved by advisor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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CMST 4300 - Clinical Experience II
1 credit
Second clinical practicum in middle and secondary schools. Arranged by special methods instructor. Required at Level II. Prerequisites are set by the Secondary Education Department.
Corequisite: CMST 5370
1 |
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CMST 4330 - Communication in a Global Era
3 credits
Exploration of the role of communication in a global setting, including issues of language, culture, power and technology. A variety of theories and perspectives will be explored.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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CMST 4350 - Organizations and Social Change
3 credits
Explores the ways in which organizations effect social change. Focuses specifically on nonprofit organizations, social entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility. Analyzes how different organizations address a variety of social issues in local, national, and international contexts.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CMST 4430 - Negotiation in a Global World
3 credits
This course is designed to increase the students’ negotiation skills in a global setting. The course focuses on developing cultural intelligence, strategic communication, and the ability to function across national, ethnic, and organizational cultures.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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CMST 4460 - Communication Criticism
3 credits
Introduction to analysis of public communication from a variety of critical perspectives. With an approach including theory and practice, teaches students how to critically analyze discursive messages.
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CMST 5000 - Studies in Speech Communication
1-5 credits
Study of special topics in interpersonal, small group, organizational, or intercultural communication theory and research.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
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CMST 5100 - Theories of Speech Communication (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Social, scientific, and humanistic inquiry into the process of human communication. Multi-theoretical approach, including perspectives and research on interpersonal, persuasive, organizational, intrapersonal, group, and intercultural communication.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Speech Communication major and completed six upper-division credits of speech coursework or permission of instructor
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CMST 5250 - Communication, Social Justice and the Environment
3 credits
Study of persuasive tactics and strategies as used by social advocates. Focuses on environmental issues and organizations. Analysis of environmental messages with an emphasis on the development of writing and critical thinking skills.
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CMST 5280 - Communication Education Theory
3 credits
Study of contemporary theories and research in communication education. Emphasis on communication competency development, communication apprehension, critical thinking, communication assessment, development of communication ethics, freedom of speech, instructional communication, and history of communication education.
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CMST 5300 - Visual Rhetoric
3 credits
Helps students to gain a greater understanding of visual culture, communication, and persuasion. Specific to the communication discipline, students examine how visual elements work as arguments, while gaining knowledge about different approaches to analyzing visual messages. In addition, students enhance their ability to critically think and analyze visual texts, while improving their writing, research, discussion, and speaking skills.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CMST 5370 - Methods in Teaching Speech Communication
3 credits
Development of materials and strategies for teaching secondary school speech communication.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Alternate Years
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CMST 5400 - Advanced Persuasion
3 credits
Provides more complex understanding of the process of persuasion, including an examination of traditional and contemporary theories of social influence. Investigates multiple variables, including context, which affect the sending and receiving of persuasive messages.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CMST 3400 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CMST 5950 - Global Communication Practicum
3 credits
This global communication practicum is designed to tie together the various elements of the global communication major through practical experience in service learning or internship work in a cultural community distinct from the student’s own culture.
Cross-listed as: LANG 5950
Pass/Fail only
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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COMD 2400 - Orientation and Observation
1 credit
Introduces students to the professional responsibilities required of communicative disorders and deaf education specialists in a variety of employment settings. Observation of normal/abnormal communication abilities. Language, hearing, and speech disorders.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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COMD 2500 - Language, Speech, and Hearing Development
3 credits
Language, speech, and hearing development throughout life and strategies for facilitating development. Requisites for human communication and language learning. Theoretical models of language acquisition and intracultural/intercultural differences.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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