Courses

This course is designed to emphasize the strategic importance of operations management to the overall performance of the organization. Students will study the basic principles required to organize and manage both service and manufacturing firms. Topics include issues such as work design, inventory control, supply chains, scheduling, quality control, lean operating systems, and project management.

An introduction to linear and nonlinear programming. Topics include the formulation of linear programming models; the simplex method, duality and sensitivity; integer programming, the use of spreadsheets and software applications to solve constrained optimization problems.

The study and performance of operatic literature from traditional, contemporary, and diverse cultural sources. Includes on-campus and sometimes off-campus performances. Open by audition to music-major and non-music major students. MUSC 2800A - Small Ensemble: Keyboard Ensemble (0 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours 1 Credit Hours) The study and performance of literature composed for small ensembles from traditional, original, transcribed, contemporary, and diverse cultural sources.

The study and performance of operatic literature from traditional, contemporary, and diverse cultural sources. Includes on-campus and sometimes off-campus performances. Open by audition to music-major and non-music-major students. MUSC 4800A - Small Ensemble: Keyboard Ensemble (0 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours 1 Credit Hours) The study and performance of literature composed for small ensembles from traditional, original, transcribed, contemporary, and diverse cultural sources.

Surveys the major optical devices used for communications. Topics include: light sources, fiber optic cable, coupling and fusing, light modulation and detection techniques, and system application of light devices.

Introduces the fundamentals of fiber optics and explores the applications of fiber optic transmission systems. Laboratory exercises give students hands-on experience with fiber optic devices and test equipment. Topics includes: fundamentals of fiber optics, types of optical fibers, fiber materials and manufacture, cabling, light sources/transmitters/receivers, connectors, splicing, test measurement, and fiber optic system design.

Students will be introduced to the Polarizing microscope and to the techniques for the identification of minerals in thin section.

Course will introduce students to the theory and practice of optical mineralogy and petrography; the systematic study of non-opaque rocks and minerals under the microscope.

Reflection, transmission, and refraction of waves, electromagnetic theory applications and light properties. (At the level of Hecht.)

This course will develop a student's ability to formulate and organize thoughts about art in a clear and succinct manner and to give verbal expression to those ideas. Students will learn to analyze art and to formulate informed judgments about provocative issues pertinent to the visual arts.