Sep 24, 2024  
2012-2013 Academic Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Academic Catalog [Published Catalog]

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  • MRS 576 - Methods of Research with Forced Migrants & Refugees: Issues in Forced Migration


    Description
    This course complements other courses offered in the postgraduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies during any given semester by a critical examination of the particular problems and ethics of empirical research on forced migrants and refugees.  Students will undertake a group project using different types of research including historical, survey, ethnographic and focus group methods with a view to gaining first-hand experience in understanding the benefits as well as the problems and limitations of research in the field.
    Cross-listed
    Same as POLS and SOC 576.
    When Offered
    Offered in the spring.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MRS 584 - Practicum: Internship or Research


    Description
    Internship for four to six months in an organization working with migrants/refugees or active involvement on an institutional research project that examines elements of population movements. The work is assessed on the basis of a written report and discussions with faculty advisor.
     
    Prerequisites
    Permission of Advisor.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 180 - How to Read Music


    Description
    Instruction in how to read music.
    Notes
    Students taking MUSC 280, Applied Private Instruction (2 cr) are required to take this course in the same semester, or pass the music literacy placement exam.

    (2 cr.)


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  • MUSC 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum


    Description
    Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 220 - Introduction to Music


    Description
    The course will consist of two parts.  The first is an introduction to the fundamental elements of music, including harmony, melody, timbre, rhythm and tempo, and texture, and to the instruments of the orchestra, voices, and choirs.  Students will also learn the elements of musical notation and how to read it.  The second is a short survey of great music in the western tradition, and of the composers who created it.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 225 - World Music


    Description
    Study of the musical practices and cultures of representative diverse nations and peoples.
    Notes
    Requires no previous musical training

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 232, 332, 432 - Digital Audio / MIDI Lab


    Description
    The course teaches the theory and practice of digital audio recording and editing, and music instruments digital interface (MIDI) composing and arranging, using a digital audio workstation (DAW) application and MIDI controllers. The DAW software used to accomplish this will be Protools HD , Protools LE, and Protools M-Powered systems (v.8.0.1), which are the market standard for digital audio workstation applications used for sound recording and mixing.
    Prerequisites
      and   .

    Students entering the course for the first time register in MUSC 232. Students who have taken a semester of MUSC 232 should register for MUSC 332; those who have completed MUSC 332 register for MUSC 432.
    (1 cr. each)


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  • MUSC 240 - Western Music Theory I


    Description
    Students will review the elementary concepts of pitch and rhythmic notation. The course quickly progresses through scale construction, pitch intervals, chord construction, and fundamental concepts of counterpoint and instrumentation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to compose two-part counterpoint, spell triads and seventh chords, and will begin to understand four-part notation and scoring.

     
    Prerequisites

      ,  and MUSC 280. Concurrent with  .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 241 - Sight-Singing and Aural Skills I


    Description
    Students will review the elementary concepts of pitch and rhythmic notation. By the end of the semester, they will be able to sing melodies in major and minor tonalities, articulate rhythms in simple and compound meters, and vocally arpeggiate triads and seventh chords. Students will practice dictation as well as aural skills.
    Prerequisites
    Concurrent with  
    Notes
    Students must be able to match pitch within a 1-octave range.

    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 245 - Arab Music Theory I


    Description
    Students will review the elementary concepts of jinses (Arab tri-, tetra-, or pentachord), maqamat (Arab music modes), and doroob (Arab rhythm) notation. The course quickly progresses through maqam construction, jins intervals, darb construction, and fundamental concepts of Arab music texture and instrumentation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to compose Arab music simple forms, spell jinses and maqamat, and will begin to understand maqamat families and how to modulate between maqam family members, and the takht (traditional Arab music ensemble) notation and scoring.
    Prerequisites
      ,  and MUSC 280 . Concurrent with  .
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 246 - Maqam I (Arab Music Sight-Singing and Aural Skills)


    Description
    Students will learn the elementary concepts of Arab pitch and rhythmic notation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to sing Arab melodies in different maqams, and articulate doroob in simple and compound meters. Students will practice dictation as well as aural skills.

     
    Prerequisites

      ,  and MUSC 280 . Concurrent with  .
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 250 - Guitar and Piano: Accompaniment and improvisation “by ear”


    Description
    Students will acquire an understanding of the division of the octave into 12 semitones, and of basic related scales and chords. They will learn to play improvised song accompaniments on piano and guitar, and to develop more elaborate accompaniments over time.
    Notes
    Requires no previous musical training.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 252 - Vocal Methods


    Description
    An overview of the skills required to sing well. Training in vocal production, some sight-singing, and study of songs chosen by the instructor and by the student.
    Notes
    Requires no previous musical training.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 255 - The Songs of America


    Description
    An introduction to popular American music via genre and performance. Study of discrete sets of American songs, drawn from the major genres of current popular American music, and identification of salient features of these genres.
    Notes
    Requires no previous musical training.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 262/362/462 - Arab Music Ensemble


    Description
    The class will constitute a vocal and instrumental performing ensemble, which will rehearse during class periods.
    Prerequisites
     must be taken concurrently with  
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Repeatable
    MUSC 462 may be repeated for credit.
    Notes
    Rehearsal will lead to a concert performance of the music prepared.

    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 263/363/463 - Guitar Ensemble


    Description
    The class will constitute a performing ensemble, which will rehearse during class periods. Work will also include the techniques of playing, and some study of how to read music.

     
    Prerequisites
    There are no pre-requisites for MUSC 263. Students who have taken MUSC 263 should register for MUSC 363; those who have completed MUSC 363 register for MUSC 463. MUSC 463 may be repeated for credit indefinitely.
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 264/364/464 - Chamber Music Ensembles


    Description
    Private coaching for a chamber music ensemble, normally of two to six players (rarely more). This may be a jazz combo, a takht, a percussion ensemble, or conventional chamber ensemble for Western art music (e.g. string quartet or piano-violin duo). Twelve one-hour coachings in the semester. Students will perform before a jury of teachers for the final examination. A lab fee will be assessed for each semester of instruction.
     
    Prerequisites
    Permission of the Director of the Music Program. Students who have taken MUSC 264 should register for MUSC 364; those who have completed MUSC 364 register for MUSC 464. MUSC 464 may be repeated for credit indefinitely.
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 265/365/465 - Rehearsal/Performance Practicum


    Description
    465 may be repeated for credit.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of music faculty (required prior to registration).
    Notes
    A significant contribution to departmental concerts and recitals, or membership in the Cairo Choral Society, or other appropriate organizations approved by the Director of the Music Program.

    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 266/366/466 - Chamber Singers


    Description
    The class will constitute a chorus, which will rehearse during class periods. Work will also include the techniques of singing, and some study of how to read music.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of the director.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Repeatable
    466 may be repeated for credit.
    Notes
    Rehearsal will lead to a concert performance of the music prepared.

    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 267/367/467 - Cairo Choral Society


    Description
    A community chorus dedicated to the study, promotion, and performance of the great choral works in the Western musical tradition. It presents performances with a professional orchestra (the Cairo Festival Orchestra) and soloists at various venues in Cairo. Students registered in this course will participate in all rehearsals and performances in the semester. (Students may also choose to join the chorus on a not-for-credit basis.)

     
    Prerequisites
    Permission of the instructor. Students who have taken MUSC 267 should register for MUSC 367; those who have completed MUSC 367 register for MUSC 467. MUSC 467 may be repeated for credit indefinitely.
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 280/281 - Applied Private Instruction


    Description
    Private lessons in voice or an instrument. Twelve one-hour lessons in the semester. Students are expected to practice a minimum of one hour every day. Students will perform before a jury of teachers for the final examination. A lab fee will be assessed for each semester of instruction.

     

     
    Prerequisites
    Concurrent: Students in MUSC 280 must register concurrently in

      , or achieve a passing grade on the placement exam. Students who have taken MUSC 280 should register for MUSC 281; those who have completed MUSC 282 should register for MUSC 283. MUSC 283 may be repeated for credit indefinitely. Music majors would normally register for MUSC 480 after completing MUSC 283.
    Notes
    All students are required to meet with their teacher IN THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES. They MUST contact the Music Coordinator in the Department of the Arts’ Main Office by the first day of classes in order to arrange this. Students in MUSC 280 may be assigned to a different teacher after this initial meeting, at the discretion of the Music Program.

    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 282/283 - Applied Private Instruction


    Description
    Private lessons in voice or an instrument. Twelve one-hour lessons in the semester. Students are expected to practice a minimum of two hours every day. Students will perform before a jury of teachers for the final examination. A lab fee will be assessed for each semester of instruction.
     
    Prerequisites
      . Students who have completed MUSC 281 register for MUSC 282, and those who have completed MUSC 282 register for MUSC 283. MUSC 283 may be repeated for credit indefinitely. Music majors would normally register for MUSC 480 after completing MUSC 283.
    Notes
    All students are required to meet with their teacher IN THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES. They MUST contact the Music Coordinator in the Department of the Arts’ Main Office by the first day of classes in order to arrange this. Students in MUSC 280 may be assigned to a different teacher after this initial meeting, at the discretion of the Music Program.

    (2 cr.)


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  • MUSC 284/285/286 - Private Instruction for Piano Proficiency


    Description
    Private lessons in piano, intended for music majors or minors whose primary instrument is not piano. Twelve one-hour lessons in the semester. Students will perform before a jury of teachers for the final examination. A lab fee will be assessed for each semester of instruction. 


     
    Prerequisites
    There are no pre-requisites for MUSC 284. Students who have taken MUSC 284 should register for MUSC 285; students who have register for MUSC 285 should register for MUSC 286.

    Concurrent : Students in MUSC 284 with no prior experience, or who cannot read music, MUST register concurrently in MUSC 180.
    Notes
    1. Students registering in this course for the first time should enroll in MUSC 284.
    2. Students in MUSC 284 with no prior experience, or who cannot read music, MUST register concurrently in MUSC 180.
    3. All students are required to meet with their teacher in the first week o classes. They must contact the Music Coordinator in the Department of the Arts’ Main Office on the first day of classes in order to arrange this. Students in MUSC 280 may be assigned to a different teacher after this initial meeting, at the discretion of the Music Program.

    (1 cr.each)


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  • MUSC 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum


    Description
    Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 311 - Guitar Pedagogy


    Description
    Preparation for a professional career that balances performance and teaching. Coursework will involve the analysis of guitar methods, technique manuals, and literature. The topics that will be addressed over the semester will include early childhood education methods and group instruction, as well as how to coordinate beginning, intermediate and advanced level private guitar lessons and studios for adults.
     
    Prerequisites
        and MUSC 280/480.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 330 - Introduction to Music Technology


    Description
    Introduction to the study of acoustics and digital audio, music synthesis, MIDI, music sequencing, and basic recording techniques. Students will produce and record audio projects with available facilities.
    Notes
    Preference will be given to declared music minors. No prior musical training is required.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 331 - Music Production Using Protools I


    Description
    After finishing this course, students will be qualified to apply for certification from Digidesign, the creator of Protools software, the industry standard. Students will learn to combine audio multi track recordings of live instruments with music instruments digital interface (MIDI) recording for arranging and composing, using software synthesizers and samplers (electric and real recorded acoustic instruments), and audio looping. Also, this course will develop essential techniques for recording, editing, and mixing. The software used to accomplish this will be Protools HD, Protools LE, and Protools M-Powered systems (v. 8.0.1), which are the market standard for digital audio workstation applications used for sound recording and mixing.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 333 - Microphone Techniques


    Description
    A brief history of microphone development and a general introduction to microphone theory and design, with an overview of wireless microphones. Detailed study of microphone polarity, frequency response, and amplitude ability, which are the features that define how the microphone captures sound and its suitability to different instruments. In addition, the course will study microphone placement, and microphone preamplifiers and accessories, in recording in studio and in live performances.


     
    Prerequisites

      and  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 334 - Music Production for Visual Media


    Description
    This course is designed to introduce students to a range of techniques and technologies used in producing audio for visual media. The course will examine theory and practice used in music production for TV, film, web, video games, and art installations. Students will acquire skills in digital music production for visual media by working on projects which simulate actual professional productions. The course also provides the terminology of audio production and the basic theoretical framework upon which production skills can be built.
    Prerequisites
        and  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 335 - Electronic Music


    Description
    A study of the history of Electronic music, in brief prior to 1945, and in more detail thereafter, touching on the different schools of electronic music in Paris (Musique Concrete), Cologne (Elektronische Muzik), Milan, and America, the use of the Voltage-Controlled synthesizer, tape composition, live Electronic music, Rock and Pop Electronic music, and the Digital Revolution and MIDI. In addition to history, the course will explain Electronic musical instruments, forms, and composers.


     
    Prerequisites

      and  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 336 - Sound for Picture Production


    Description
    This course provides an in-depth, interactive study of sound and its relationship to picture. Topics will include post production areas relative to time code, synchronization, workflow, data interchange, sound recording and editing, lip-syncing and voice over tracks using ADR (Automatic Dialog Replacement), creating special effects with Foley, routing structures, sound mixing, and delivery methods. All of the above will be first described in class lectures and then applied practically in projects.
    Prerequisites
      and  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 340 - Western Music Theory II


    Description
    Students will review the concepts of counterpoint and harmony. The course will cover instrumentation, phrase, tonic and dominant, embellishing tones, chorale harmonization and figured bass, phrase structure and expansion, diatonic sequence, and intensifying the dominant. Students will learn to analyze, compose, and write about music topics covered in class.

     
    Prerequisites

      and   . Concurrent with 340

     
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 341 - Sight-Singing and Aural Skills II


    Description
    Students will review the intermediate concepts of pitch and rhythmic notation. By the end of the semester, they will be able to sing more complex melodies in major and minor tonalities, and develop their ability to perform simple and compound meters, aurally identify all intervals, and study phrasing, cadences, and the harmonic expansion of secondary chords.
    Prerequisites
      ,  . Concurrent with MUSC 340.
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 342 - Music in the Arab Tradition


    Description
    Study of Arab music and song in its historical and cultural context, from its origins to the present day.
    Prerequisites
     
    Notes
    No previous experience in Arab music is required.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 345 - Arab Music Theory II


    Description
    Review of the instrumental and song forms of Arab music. The course will explore maqam construction, jins intervals, darb construction, and fundamental concepts of Arab music texture and instrumentation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to analyze Arab music instrumental and song forms and extract darbs and maqamat from them. In addition students will be able to compose Arab music, modulating between maqamat and changing darbs in the same piece.
     
    Prerequisites
      and   .
    Concurrent: Students in this course must also register for  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 346 - Maqam II (Arab Music Sight-Singing and Aural Skills)


    Description
    Study of pitch and rhythmic elements of Arab music at an advanced level. By the end of the semester, students will be able to sing complex Arab melodies in different maqamat and their families, and articulate and decorate darbs in simple and compound meters. Students will practice dictation as well as aural skills.
     
    Prerequisites
      and   . Concurrent: Students in this course must also register for  
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 360 - Music in the Western Tradition


    Description
    The study of western music in its historical and cultural context, from its medieval roots to the present day, with an emphasis on representative great works and their composers.
    Prerequisites
      and   .
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 370 - Selected Topics in Music


    Description
    Offered occasionally.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit if content changes.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 371 - Western and Arab Musical Instruments


    Description
    Fundamentals of percussion, brass, woodwind, string, keyboard, and electric and electronic instruments in Western and Arab music. The course will explain how sound is produced in these instruments, looking at pitch and decibel ranges as well as playing techniques. Also, this course will examine the structure of music ensembles, from the orchestra and Arab takht to modern and contemporary ensembles in Western and Arab music.

     

     
    Prerequisites

     
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 372 - Diction for Singers in the Western Tradition


    Description
    Study of the fundamentals of diction for singing in German, French, Italian, and English. Students will learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and perform repertory in these languages in class. Open to students outside the voice concentration, including nan-majors, with permission of the instructor; some prior study of voice is required, however.
     
    Prerequisites
    MUSC 280/480  (at least two semesters) or permission of the instructor.
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 402 - Independent Study


    Description
    In exceptional circumstances, some advanced music students may arrange, with departmental approval, to study beyond the regular course offerings.
    Prerequisites
    Open to students with a minimum B average.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Repeatable
    May be repeated for credit if content changes.
    (1-3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 438 - Music Production Using Protools II


    Description
    A continuation of Music Production Using Protools I. The course will teach students advanced sound engineering techniques. For example, students will learn how to adapt their workstation (including the rams, processor, and hard disks) to accommodate large recording sessions without facing problems of slow processing which can affect quality, by adjusting the playback engine and delaying compensation. Students will learn how to set time and tempo operations and key signature for composing and arranging songs using Protools, and how to upgrade the quality of the MIDI recorded tracks performed by amateurs into professional-quality output. The course will also explore different types of recording and advanced editing techniques, and develop essential techniques for using plug-ins in the mixing and mastering stages.

     
    Prerequisites

      and  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 439 - Digital Mixing Techniques


    Description
    The course will examine the theory and practice of the music mixing process and mixing analysis, using a digital audio workstation (DAW) application, Protools v.8.0.1, currently the market standard. Students will study the different hardware (like studio monitors or speakers), software (i.e. the Protools application), and processes (like meters and signal flow), involved in digital mixing, the use of equalizers, dynamics processors, effects (reverb, chorus and delay) and pitch corrections, and the different types of panning, automation and bouncing of final mixes.

     

     
    Prerequisites

      ,  and  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 440 - Western Music Theory III


    Description
    In-depth study of phrase rhythm and motivic analysis, tonicizing scale degrees other than V, modulation to closely related keys, binary and ternary forms, modal mixture and chromatic mediants and submediants, and the Neapolitan sixth and augmented sixth chords. Students will leave this course with ability to analyze, compose, and write about all of the topics covered in Western Music Theory I-III.
     
    Prerequisites
      and   . Concurrent: students in this course must also register for  
    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 441 - Sight-Singing and Aural Skills III


    Description
    Review of advanced concepts of pitch, harmony, and rhythmic notation. By the end of the semester, students will be able to sing melodies in all major and minor tonalities, articulate rhythms in simple, compound, and irregular meters, arpeggiate harmonic progressions include augmented and other predominant harmonies and modulation, and handle various chromatic techniques.
     
    Prerequisites
      and   .  Concurrent: students in this course must also register for  
    (1 cr.)


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  • MUSC 480/481/482/483 - Advanced Applied Private Instruction


    Description
    Private lessons in voice or an instrument. Twelve one-hour lessons in the semester. Students are expected to practice three hours each day. Students will perform before a jury of teachers for final examination. A lab fee will be assessed for each semester of instruction.
     

     
    Prerequisites
    MUSC 283. Students who have taken a semester of MUSC 480 should register for MUSC 481; those who have completed MUSC 481 register for MUSC 482, and those who have completed MUSC 482 register for MUSC 483. MUSC 483 may be repeated for credit indefinitely.
    Notes
    All students are required to meet with their teacher IN THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 490 - Advanced Seminar


    Description
    In-depth examination of special advanced topics in music determined by the special interest and expertise of the faculty.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Designed for advanced students.

    (3 cr.)


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  • MUSC 492 - Capstone Final Recital


    Description
    Twelve one-hour private lessons in voice or an instrument, constituting final preparation for a solo recital at least forty minutes in length, of repertory chosen by the instructor, normally presented in the senior year. Students are expected to practice at least three hours each day. A lab fee will be assessed. The student must play the full recital as a juried exam with a grade of B or higher at least thirty days before presenting the recital. Students who do not achieve a grade of B or higher in the jury may repeat the course once for credit in order to qualify to present the recital, which is required for graduation with the B.M.A. The jury will also attend the recital and assign the final grade for the course.
     
    Prerequisites
    MUSC 482.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 501 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics


    Description
    Fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics including the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, electron spin and addition of angular momentum. Qualitative and approximation methods in quantum mechanics, including time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, variational methods, scattering and semiclassical methods. Applications are made to atomic, molecular and solid matter. Systems of identical particles including many electron atoms and the Fermi gas.

     
    Prerequisites

      or equivalent.
    Cross-listed
    Same as PHYS 506.
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 502 - Simulation and Modeling for Nanoscale Materials and Systems


    Description
    Principles of modeling structures and processes at the nanometer scale, including meshing techniques, finite element analysis, and molecular dynamics. Simulation of Materials Science-based or Mechanics-based modeling methods employed; mechanical response of nanostructured materials; Modeling methods including electronic structure, molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo techniques are included.
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as MENG 532.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 503 - Advanced Testing and Characterization Techniques


    Description
    Experimental techniques in the study of materials including quantitative measurements for the characterization of micro and nanostructured bulk and thin film materials using optical, electron and atomic force microscopy; Secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), Rutherford Backscattering (RBS); EDX; X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calometry for thermal analysis. Advanced and conventional testing techniques for characterization of the physical, optical, magnetic and mechanical properties of micron and Nanomaterials and devices.
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as MENG 528.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 504 - Fabrication of Nanomaterials For Films And Devices


    Description
    This course will cover different techniques implemented for preparing thin films such as chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition (evaporation, sputtering, pulsed laser deposition, electron beam, etc), and molecular beam epitaxy. In addition, different techniques for enhancing the physical properties of materials will be covered. This will include post-laser treatments, metal induced crystallization, thermal treatments, etc.
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as MENG 531.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 505 - Nanochemistry


    Description
    This course introduces students to the basics of chemistry at the nanoscale, and would entail a general introduction to the nano world; physico-chemical considerations for properties at the nanoscale (band structures, typical and useful “nano effects” etc…); basic synthesis and fabrication methods for nano structures (top-down and bottom up approaches).
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 506 - Management and Economics of Nanotechnology


    Description
    The course will discuss various aspects of management and economics of nanotechnology. It would include: (1) Nanotechnology’s role in society and particularly within a fast changing world. (2) Nanotechnology is the next big driver of wealth creation within corporations and countries. (3) Product and Production Nanotechnologies, (4) Enhancing creativity and managing innovation in the context of nanotechnology. (5) Nanotechnology Life Cycles (The Curves of Technological Progress, Nanotechnology & Market Interactions and Products & Process Life Cycles)
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 521 - MEMS/NEMS Technology and Devices


    Description
    This course will cover basic MEMS/NEMS fabrication technologies, various transduction mechanisms such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, thermoelectric, thermionic, piezoresistive, etc. In addition, the theory of operation of few sensors will be covered this will include infrared detectors, radiation sensors, rotation and acceleration sensors, flow sensors, pressure and force sensors, and motion sensors. Finally, the course will give insight of different techniques for analyzing experimental data.
     
    Prerequisites
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as PHYS 556 and RCSS 542.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 522 - Electronic Transport in Semiconductors


    Description
    This course will cover three main topics namely: Near-equilibrium transport in the presence of small gradients in the electrochemical potential or temperature, with or without the application of a small magnetic field.Physics of carrier scattering and how the microscopic scattering processes are related to macroscopic relaxation times and mean-free-paths. High-field transport in bulk semiconductors and “non-local” transport in sub-micron devices.
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as PHYS 526.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 531 - Nanomaterials, Synthesis, Processing and Applications


    Description
    This course provides a comprehensive introduction to nanomaterials, their synthesis, properties, processing techniques and applications. The coverage addresses top-down and bottom-up approaches including nanomaterials ranging from small particles and isolated clusters to nanostructured materials, multilayer and consolidated bulk products, thin film and coatings. Their chemical, mechanical, optical and magnetic properties will be introduced.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 532 - Nanocomposite Science and Technology


    Description
    This course is designed to provide fundamental understanding of emerging nanocomposite materials science and technology. The topical areas to discuss include synthesis of various nanoscale reinforcements, such as nanowires, nanotubes, and inorganic nanoparticles; fabrication and processing techniques of nanocomposites; dispersion of nanoreinforcements; interfacial adhesion; mechanical and functional properties of nanocomposites including gas/moisture barrier characteristics, electrical and magnetic properties, thermal properties and flame retardancy; molecular dynamic simulations; design and applications of nanocomposites.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 533 - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage


    Description
    This course will focus on advanced electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems including fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and supercapacitors; Hydrogen storage; Advanced thermal storage . Through the journey in this course, students are anticipated to understand why and how these systems are advantageous in renewable energy applications.
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as MENG 534.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 541 - The Chemistry of Nanostructures


    Description
    This course addresses the synthesis and chemical properties of the different categories of nanostructures such as carbon NANOubes/nanorods/ etc…, fullerenes, colloids, Self-assembled monolayer structures (SAMs), dendrimers and other macromolecules, oxide and inorganic nanotubes/fibers/rods/etc. For each category examples of applications would be giving to demonstrate the applicability of the properties discussed.
     
    Prerequisites
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 542 - Nanoelectrochemistry


    Description
    This course addresses the fundamentals of electrochemistry, and their application to the synthesis of nanostructures, together with applications (e.g. sensors, fuel cells, batteries, electrolysis, photovoltaic cells, reduction of carbon dioxide, environmental remediation, water disinfection, ect…). Characterization and analysis techniques would also be addressed.
     
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    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 551 - Nanotechnology Applications in Construction Materials


    Description
    This course covers the use of nanotechnology in studying the particle shape, size and composition of conventional and advanced construction materials on a sub micro level. The correlation between the nano level characteristics and the mechanical properties as well as the durability of the materials is studied. Composition and arrangement of crystalline structures and chemical composition of materials are examined to yield materials of superior properties.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 552 - Nanotechnology in Studying Damage and Failure in Structures


    Description
    The course employs nanotechnology to study submicro cracks, flaws and damage indications in structures through examining the materials used. The course aims at providing early prediction of the life time of structures and nano-based prediction of the damage patters and hence around decision on repair intervention and the technique used.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 561 - Advanced Solid-State Devices


    Description
    This course covers crystal structures, band gap theory, ionic equilibrium theory, fundamentals of carrier transport, compound semiconductors III-V. This course will make special emphasis on the properties of various types of junctions (p-n junctions, heterojunctions, metal-semiconductor junctions) leading to various electronic devices such as field effect transistors (FETs), metal oxide-semiconductor FETS (MOSFETs), high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), etc. Short Channel effects and nanoscale phenomena will be emphasized throughout the course and their impact on device modeling in analog and digital circuits.
     
    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in engineering and physics. Electromagnetics, vector algebra, differential equations, and MATLAB programming.
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    Same as EENG 510.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 562 - Advanced Integrated Circuit Design


    Description
    The objective of this course is to provide the students with the knowledge of designing emerging nanoelectronic devices and using these devices to build future computing systems. After an introduction to CMOS devices and circuits, the course will cover CMOS design and simulation topics. More attention will be paid to the applications of these devices in the implementation of future computers. The memory and logic architectures that take advantage of the properties of the emerging devices will be discussed. Particularly, signal integrity and timing issues, as well as power consumption will be emphasized.
     
    Cross-listed
    Same as EENG 518.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 571 - Bionanotechnology


    Description
    This course covers the use of various nanostructures for ultrasensitive detection of DNA, bacteria and viruses. Recent techniques for detection of single biomolecules that offers superior advantages over the conventional bulk measurements will also be presented. This course will also cover the use of different nanoparticles such as nanocrystals and gold nanoparticles for optical imaging, as hyperthermia agents for cancer therapy, and the development of smart drug delivery nanocarriers.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 590 - Graduate Thesis Seminars I


    Description
    Seminar on research topics, research methodology and thesis writing. The seminars given by invited speakers include topics on the economic impact of nanoscale sciences and nanotechnology, nano-industry and nano-enterpreneurship.
     
    (2 cr.)


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  • NANO 591 - Graduate Thesis Seminar II


    Description
    Seminars on research topics given by invited speakers that includes health and environmental impact of nanotechnology. In addition, seminars are given by the enrolled students on their research work.
     
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    (1 cr.)


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  • NANO 592 - Selected Topics in Nanotechnology


    Description
    Topics to be chosen every year according to specific interests. Maybe taken for credit more than once if content changes.
     
    Prerequisites
    Consent of the faculty advisor.
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 621 - Nanophotonics


    Description
    The course will cover: Maxwell’s equations, light-matter interaction, dispersion, EM properties of nanostructures, etc., Photonic crystals Photonic crystal fibers, Photonic nanocircuits Metal optics, manipulating light with plasmonic nanostructures, plasmonic nano-sensors, near-field optics, metamaterials, negative refractive index and super-resolution.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 630 - Biomaterials


    Description
    Lectures will include: materials for biomedical applications and their biocompatibility; design at a molecular scale of materials used in contact with biological systems, including biotechnology and biomedical engineering; methods for biomaterials surface modification and characterization. Other topics include analysis of protein adsorption on biomaterials; tissue and organ regeneration; design of implants and prostheses based on control of biomaterials-tissue interactions; drug delivery, and cell-guiding surfaces.
    Cross-listed
    Same as MENG 535
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 640 - Nanoporous Materials


    Description
    Review of the field of nanoprous materials. Synthesis, characterization and surface modification. Adsorption and separation processes, biological and catalytic applications. Nanoporous materials for the removal of pollutants in the gaseous and liquid phases.
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    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 642 - Nanocatalysis


    Description
    This course covers the characterization and reactivity of nanoscale catalysts. Concept of nanocatalysis. Reaction Engineering. Modeling in Nanocatalysis. Nanocatalytic membranes for gas to liquid conversion. Nanocatalysis for dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons. Charge transport in Molecular and Nanoscale systems. Synthesis of Nanoceramic catalysts by chemical and physical routes.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • NANO 699 - Research Guidance Dissertation


    Description
    Consultation on problems related to student thesis. To be taken 11 times for credit.
     
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 202 - Statistics for Business


    Description
    Basic concepts and applications of statistical analysis in business decisions. Methods include probability, risk analysis, estimation, forecasting, analysis of variances, and regression analysis.
    Prerequisites
      or   .
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 310 - Operations for Competitive Advantage


    Description
    How firms can gain competitive advantage from the operation function. This course introduces the basic concepts, tools and principles that are essential for the analysis and improvement of business processes. Topics may include forecasting, product and service design, capacity planning, quality management, materials management and project management.
    Prerequisites
      or  
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

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  • OPMG 401 - Supply Chain Management


    Description
    The integrative managerial issuzes and challenges related to developing and implementing a firm’s supply chain strategy. Attention is directed to the supply chain strategy mission confronted by varied types of business organizations.
    Prerequisites
      .
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 402 - Production/Operations Management II


    Description
    Current theory and practice in the planning, operating, and control of production/service systems. Topics include: production planning, purchasing and materials management, quality assurance, and productivity analysis.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 403 - Business Process Management and Simulation


    Description
    Initiatives in quality (TQM), time-based competition, balanced score card, business simulation and business dynamics, including recent development in benchmarking and business process reengineering, with particular attention given to process management through supporting process design and improvement.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 404 - Service Operations and Strategy


    Description
    Service organizations are dominating the global economy in terms of GDP share and employment, this is even more acute in the Egyptian economy. As such, the need to know how to design, operate and analyze service operational systems is more crucial than ever. This course covers the basic principles behind the design and operation of service enterprises with focus on service facility design, location, demand management, yield management and service capacity planning. Industries which could be considered include tourism, hospitality, financial, health care and government operations.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered in spring.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

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  • OPMG 409 - Quantitative Approach to Management


    Description
    Topics like the philosophy and techniques of operations research, the theory of probability, inventory models, utility and decision game theory, linear programming, queuing models, and simulation methods are emphasized.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 470 - Special Topics in Production / Operation Management


    Description
    Considers selected topics of current relevance in Production / Operation Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 475 - Independent Study in Production/Operation Management


    Description
    Guided readings, research, and discussions on specific selected topic in Production/Operation Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of OPMG unit head and chair.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    Notes
    Enrollment in is limited, and priority is given to students seeking the Bachelor of Business Administration degree or the Bachelor of Accounting degree, students enrolling in specified as collateral requirements in other majors, and students who have declared business administration as a minor.

    (1-3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 507 - Introduction to Business Statistics


    Description
    This course provides a basic introduction to statistics as applied to business problems. Conceptual understanding of the concepts is stressed. Students will learn both limitations of statistics and how to interpret results. Hands-on experience in applying the concepts using Excel and SPSS is an integral part of the course. Topics include graphical & tabular descriptive techniques, numerical descriptive techniques, random variables and descriptive probability distributions, continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and analysis of variance. Application areas used include finance (e.g., portfolio construction), operations (e.g., statistical process control), and marketing.


     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 520 - Operations Management for Competitive Advantage


    Description
    This course provides a basic understanding of manufacturing and service operations, and their role in the organization. Topics covered include process analysis, process capacity, quality management and control, forecasting, inventory control, lean operations, and planning and control. Topics are covered with emphasis on managerial, applications-oriented perspective.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 521 - Managing and Coordinating Supply Chains


    Description
    Supply Chain Management (SCM) deals with the efficient and effective flow of goods, services, information and financial resources through a network of suppliers, transformation facilities, distribution sites and customers. The goal of this course is to understand how supply chain decisions impact the performance of the firm as well as the entire supply chain. This course covers the major issues in supply chain management, including: definition of a supply chain; role of inventory; bullwhip effect and information sharing; vendor-managed inventories and other distribution strategies; third-party logistics; managing product variety; information technology and supply chain management; international issues. SCM focuses on managing material and information outside of the factory walls including aspects of sourcing, product design collaboration, demand planning and forecasting, inventory deployment, distribution system design, channel management, procurement, and logistics. We explore order fulfillment strategies and the impact of the Internet on distribution and back-end supply chain processes. We also examine strategies for enterprise integration.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 528 - Managing Dynamic Projects


    Description
    To compete successfully many organizations provide unique goods and/or services which are delivered via “projects.” These include the professional services firms that provide a broad portfolio of services supporting their clients’ projects. Even organizations that do not regularly engage in projects often utilize projects to enable organizational, process or technological change. In all cases effective management of projects is required in order to achieve the overarching project goal of customer satisfaction. The course focuses on strategies and tools useful in management of projects. Topics covered include efficient & effective management of tasks within individual project, project portfolio management. Managing distributed development, and common classification of project types.
    Prerequisites
     
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    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 530 - Data Analysis


    Description
    This course uses the Excel/VBA environment for developing models. Students will develop spreadsheets and write programs for forecasting, financial price simulation, option pricing, and financial statements. Add-ins are used for optimization, simulation, and decision analysis.
    Prerequisites
     
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    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 531 - Stochastic Models in Managerial Decision Making


    Description
    This course presents a normative approach to making decisions in one’s personal and professional life. The first half of the course introduces the fundamentals of decision analysis: probabilistic modeling, preference modeling and the Markov process, decision tree construction and rollback, the value of imperfect and perfect information. The second half of the course stresses how decision analysis is used in real-world practice. Topics include sensitivity analyses, influence diagrams, stochastic dominance, probabilistic encoding and tornado diagrams and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).
    Prerequisites
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    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 532 - Operations Strategy


    Description
    In this course we examine how firms can develop a competitive edge via excellence in operations strategy formulation and implementation. We study how companies can design operations to compete based on cost, quality, flexibility, or service. We will also study different scenarios in which firms make structural strategic decisions; dealing with “hard” issues such as technology choice, capacity expansion, and factory focus; and infrastructural strategic decisions; dealing with “softer” issues such as quality management & benchmarking, and procedures for global sourcing & inter-functional coordination.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 533 - Business Dynamics


    Description
    This course introduces system dynamics modeling for the analysis of business policy and strategy. Students will learn to visualize and analyze a business organization in terms of the structures and policies that create dynamics and regulate performance. A common theme that runs through the course is the search for connections between the behavior of people (and groups) in organizations and the organizational trajectories they generate; and how interactions among physical, cognitive, social, and informational factors in various organizational settings lead to dynamic behavior over time. We will also introduce” management flight simulators” that allow us to experience the long term side effects of decisions, systematically explore new strategies, and develop our understanding of complex systems.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 570 - Selected Topics in Operations Management


    Description
    It considers selected topics of current relevance in Operations Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (3 cr.)


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  • OPMG 575 - Independent Study in Operations Management


    Description
    Guided readings, research, and discussions on specific selected topic in Production/Operation Management.
    Prerequisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of OPMG unit head and chair.
    When Offered
    Offered occasionally.
    (1-3 cr.)


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  • PENG 200 - Introduction to Petroleum Geology


    Description
    Basic concepts of Geology; Uniformatization, Geologic Time, Plate Tectonics, Rocks and Minerals (Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic), Minerals, Origin of Sedimentary particles, Sedimentary Transport, Depositional Environments (Continental, Transitional and Marine), Sedimentary Facies, Lithification, classification of sedimentary rocks, Mechanical behavior of the rocks, Stratigraphy (correlation, superposition, unconformity, faunal succession and relative age), Structure, folds and its types, faulting and their types.
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall and spring.
    (2 cr.)


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  • PENG 218 - Electrical Engineering


    Description
    Electric circuit theory; Three-phase systems; circuit analysis; electrical insulation; electrical measurements; energy conversion; induction motors, switchgear and substation apparatus, electric heating, Acoustics.
    Prerequisites
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    When Offered
    Offered in fall or spring.
    (2 cr.)


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  • PENG 219 - Fundamentals of Surveying


    Description
    Principles of plane surveying, methods of measuring distances, angles and difference in heights (levels); traverse computations, earthwork computations-Surveying Fundamentals, Survey Mathematics, Introduction to Leveling Heights Contouring, Area and Volume Computations.
     
    Prerequisites
     
    When Offered
    Offered in fall or spring.
    (1 cr.)


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  • PENG 227 - Materials Engineering


    Description
    Structure & properties of materials; Metals; Ceramics; Plastics; Phase Equilibria; Structure/Properties relationship; Materials Selection; Performance of materials in oil environment.
    Prerequisites
      and  
    When Offered
    Offered in fall or spring.
    (3cr.)


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