Experimental Courses

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Experimental courses do not appear in the official catalog listings. For further information regarding when experimental courses are offered, check the Online Schedule of Classes

2009-11 Listing

Last Updated: August 24, 2009

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Management 410X. Social Entrepreneurship. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Junior standing or instructor permission. Review of the process through which social problems are identified and solved through entrepreneurial initiatives. The course will emphasize the role of social entrepreneurship in providing sustainable solutions that fundamentally change communities through self sufficiency. Course content will include discussing social problems that might be solved through entrepreneurship, planning, organizing, financing, management, and volunteer boards of directors. Speakers and required projects.

Marketing 445X. Customer Relationship Management. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: 340. Examines how customer data can be used to enhance decisions relating to customer acquisition, development and retention. Topics include customer lifetime value, customers as assets, customer loyalty programs and customization.

Materials Engineering 467X. Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II. Cr. 3. F. (Same as Aer E 467X, Cpr E 467X, EE 467X, IE 467X, Engr 467X, ME 467X.  Prereq: student must be within two semesters of graduation or receive permission of instructor. Holland, Smith. Build and test of a conceptual design. Detail design, manufacturability, test criteria and procedures. Application of design tools such as CAD and CAM and manufacturing techniques such as rapid prototyping. Development and testing of a full-scale prototype with appropriate documentation in the form of design journals, written reports, oral presentations and computer models and engineering drawings.

Mathematics 192X. Preparatory Math. Cr. 3. (Same as Engr 192X) Rollins. Engineering preparatory math for students transitioning from high school to ISU. Topics: Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry and pre-calculus. Cannot be applied to a degree in Engineering. Restricted to students in the Summer Program for Enhanced Engineering Development (SPEED) program.  Satisfactory-Fail only.

Mathematics 591X. Orientation for Mathematics Graduate Students I. (0.5-0) Cr. 0.5. F. Fall semester orientation seminar. Required for graduate students in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Topics include teaching at the university level and communication of mathematics. Satisfactory-fail only.

Mathematics 592X. Orientation for Mathematics Graduate Students II. (0.5-0) Cr. 0.5. F. Fall semester orientation seminar. Required for graduate students in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Topics include teaching at the university level and communication of mathematics. Satisfactory-fail only.

Mathematics 608X. Extremal Graph Theory. (3-) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Math 607 or permission of the instructor.  Study of extremal graph problems and methods. Topics include Szemerdi’s regularity lemma, generalizations of the theorems of Turan and Ramsey, and the theory or random graphs.

Mathematics 644X. Probability. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Math 515 or permission of instructor. Study of mathematical probability theory. Existence theorems for stochastic processes, independence, law of large numbers, weak convergence, characteristic functions, central limit theorems, conditional expectation, martingales.

Mechanical Engineering 467X. Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II. Cr. 3. F. (Same as Aer E 467X, Cpr E 467X, EE 467X, IE 467X, Mat E 467X, Engr 467X.  Prereq: student must be within two semesters of graduation or receive permission of instructor. Holland, Smith. Build and test of a conceptual design. Detail design, manufacturability, test criteria and procedures. Application of design tools such as CAD and CAM and manufacturing techniques such as rapid prototyping. Development and testing of a full-scale prototype with appropriate documentation in the form of design journals, written reports, oral presentations and computer models and engineering drawings.

Mechanical Engineering 560X. Surface Engineering Concepts. (3-0)  Cr. 3. F. Prereq: EM 324 or graduate standing.  Overview of the composition, structure, chemical and mechanical properties of surfaces; role of these properties in affecting mechanical and tribiological properties of surfaces with emphasis on length scales. Techniques to evaluate multiscale mechanical and tribiological properties of surfaces. Contemporary methods used to design/alter surface properties including structuring and coating/thin film deposition.

Meteorology 107X. Severe and Hazardous Weather. Cr. 1. Understanding of atmospheric processes that play a role in creating severe and hazardous weather. Focus on thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, ice storms, and temperature extremes. Impacts on lives and property. Second half of fall semester course.

Meteorology 112X. Geoscience Orientation: Welcome to Planet Earth. (cross-listed with Geol 112X.) (1-0) Cr. 1 F. Orientation to Earth Systems science, college life, and degree programs within Geological and Atmospheric Sciences.

Military Science 250X. Advanced Army Physical Readiness I. (0-5) Cr. 2. F.S. Prereq:  MS 150X and permission of Department Chair.  Students learn to plan and conduct physical fitness sessions, following Army physical fitness readiness requirements. Development of physical fitness plan, and leadership of training sessions. Participation determined by students’ physical and medical eligibility. Special course fees

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Natural Resource Ecology and Management 270X. Foundations in Natural Resource Policy and History. Cr. 3. Alt S. (Cross-listed with LA 270x and EnvS 270X). The development of natural resource conservation philosophy and policy from the Colonial Era to the present. North American wildlife, forestry, and environmental policy, natural parks and other protected lands, federal and state administrative agencies, influence of science. Relationship to cultural contexts, including urban reform and American planning movement. Discussion of common pool resources.

Natural Resource Ecology and Management 475X. Introduction to Conservation Genetics. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with NREM 575X.) Prereq: permission of instructor. The major processes of organic evolution (e.g., mutation, natural selection, speciation and extinction) are discussed as they relate to practical and applied aspects of plant and animal conservation and management. Methods used to study population genetics and evolution and to reconstruct phylogenies are described and demonstrated. The goal of this course is to prepare mangers/biologists to solicit projects from researchers and interpret the resulting genetic data as it relates to the conservation of biodiversity.

Natural Resource Ecology and Management 575X. Introduction to Conservation Genetics. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. (Dual-listed with NREM 475X.) Prereq: permission of instructor. The major processes of organic evolution (e.g., mutation, natural selection, speciation and extinction) are discussed as they relate to practical and applied aspects of plant and animal conservation and management. Methods used to study population genetics and evolution and to reconstruct phylogenies are described and demonstrated. The goal of this course is to prepare mangers/biologists to solicit projects from researchers and interpret the resulting genetic data as it relates to the conservation of biodiversity.

Nutritional Sciences 504X. Nutrition and Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression. Cr. 1. Alt. S,; offered 2010. Prereq: graduate standing; undergraduate with consent of instructor. Discussion of epigenetic regulation of gene expression and the role that nutrition plays in this process. Examination of current research literature to understand

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