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FS118- Forum Seminar Series: Environmental Change
Restricted to freshmen and sophomores. This forum seminar will explore the range of environmental problems that have been created by human activity and population growth. Among the major issues to be addressed are water resources, climate change, biodiversity, and possible solutions to these problems. The roles of science, policy-making, and economic interests` will be examined in the context of these issues Emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives and critical discourse.
Biology: BIO
301M - Ecology, Evolution, and Society
Designed for nonscience majors. Introduction to environmental adaptations, diversity of organisms, species interactions, organization and processes of communities, population growth and limitations, evolution and population genetics, origin of life, and human impact on the environment. Three lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Biology 301M, 304, 213. Biology 301E and 301M may not both be counted. May not be counted toward a degree in biology.
304 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Introduction to environmental adaptations, diversity of organisms, species interactions, organization and processes of communities, population growth and limitations; Mendelian, evolutionary, and population genetics, origin of life, and human impact on the environment. Three lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Biology 301M, 304, 213.
305E - Plants, Environment, and Human Affairs
Designed for nonscience majors. Plants and the environment, including basic ecological principles and major issues such as global warming and the biodiversity crisis; plants and society, including foods, beverages, medicines, drugs, and other plant products. Biology 305E and Botany 308 may not both be counted. May not be counted toward a degree in biology.
213 - Introductory Biology: Diversity and Ecology
Introduction to the evolution of life, the diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, population biology, species interactions, the organization of biological communities and ecosystems. Two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Biology 301M, 304, 213. Prerequisite: Biology 211 and 212 with a grade of at least C in each.
384K - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Basic concepts and methods of laboratory and field analysis in various fields of biology; systematics and ecology of natural populations. Lectures, conference discussions, and laboratory work, depending on topic.
478T/384K(Topic 19) - Natural Resource Management
Natural resource management, conservation and restoration are applications of ecological principles by humans. Judgment of success is from the human perspective. The scale of application is variable within the "human scale" of activity – yet manifested and viewed from global down to small acreages and households, even to the microscopic. Regulations and laws may be assets, or impediments, depending on their adaptability to local and temporal conditions and subject to skillful implementation over time. Economics may produce strong forces that support or undermine success. The perspective of individuals or groups of individuals often conflict with the needed changes and management activities. Although conservation and restoration are science based activities, we know far less than we need to have a routine procedure to follow. Therefore, our management actions must address the processes of conservation and restoration on an appropriate scale and then be maintained for an extended time with appropriate mid-course corrections for our ecological objectives to be approached.
Marine Science: MNS
354J - Marine Chemistry
Introduction to marine and environmental chemistry, including the distribution of elements in seawater, the geochemical and oceanographic processes controlling and affected by these distributions, and the effects of human activities on marine chemical processes. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Chemistry 301 and 302; or consent of instructor.
354Q - Marine Environmental Science
Application of the principles of marine science to the study of environmental issues: toxicology, biogeochemical cycles, and biological and ecological impacts of zenobiotic materials in the coastal zone. Three lecture hours and eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 302 and Biology 211, 212, 213, and 214.
367K - Oceanography: Human Exploration and Exploitation of the Sea
Same as Geological Sciences 367K. Review of major oceanographic expeditions; exploration of continental shelves and deep ocean; exploration and exploitation of marine resources, including energy, hard minerals, and food. Discussion of environmental concerns, the Exclusive Economic Zone, coastal development, marine pollution, dumping at sea, cable, pipelines, and seafloor utilization. May not be counted toward a degree in geological sciences. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in science, including Chemistry 302 with a grade of at least C and one of the following with a grade of at least C: Biology 211, 212, 213, 214, Geological Sciences 401, 303, 312K; and upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Physical Science: P S
341 - Selected Topics in Physics
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Science in Physics degree without prior approval of the department. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, three semester hours of coursework in a natural science, and three semester hours of coursework in mathematics.
Topic 1: Energy Production.
302P/CXS318 Sustaining a Planet
This new interdisciplinary-taught signature course will provide an overview of the three main pillars of sustainability: economy, social equity, and environment. We will examine how the Earth and its environment work, environmental change on local and global scales due to natural and man-made causes, and how science, technology, economics, the media, and social policy are interrelated and affect individuals, communities, nations. The goal of this course is for students to better understand how the natural world works, how natural systems interact with and are modified by engineered systems, and how their lives fit into these systems.
302C - Climate: Past, Present, and Future
Designed for nonscience majors. Principal factors that determine the earth's climate, evidence of climate change, causes of climate change, natural climatic variations and human-induced changes, prediction of climate in the next one hundred years, and uncertainties in climate prediction. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
305E - Energy and the Environment
A survey of all forms of current and potential sources of energy, and how these might impact the earth's environment. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester. May not be counted toward a degree in geological sciences, geosystems engineering and hydrogeology, or petroleum engineering.
341 - Mineral Resources, Society, and the Environment
Nature and origin of mineral resources; their discovery, extraction, and uses; and their relationship to global history, economics, and the environment. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Normally offered in the spring semester only. Prerequisite: Geological Sciences 416K with a grade of at least C.
346C - Introduction to Physcial and Chemical Hydrology
This course is an introduction to physical and chemical hydrogeology. Over the past few decades it has become clear that the properties and movement of water over and through earth materials is a fundamental geologic process, and that an understanding of hydrology and hydrogeology is a basic component of geology and environmental science. This course is intended to provide the necessary background for further study in hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry and environmental geology.
476K/391C - Physical Hydrogeology
This course reviews the basic principles of groundwater hydrology/physical hydrogeology from geological, physical, mathematical, and geotechnical points of view;
And examines promising areas of hydrogeologic research through lectures, assigned readings, and a student-selected project/term paper.
476M/387C - Chemical Hydrogeology
This course is an introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of aqueous geochemistry, including chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, acid-base chemistry, mineral dissolution and precipitation, redox reactions in natural waters, coordination chemistry, and surface chemistry. Case examples of natural and contaminated ground waters from the literature will be reviewed, and the data will be examined in class using computer mass-balance and equilibrium modeling techniques.
376E/388H - Environmental Isotope Geochemistry
This course will examine the application of the stable and radiogenic isotope and trace element element geochemistry of natural waters, sediments and organisms to studies of the hydrologic and sedimentary cycles and global change. Principles of radioactive decay and isotope fractionation will be developed and applied to the following topics: 1) the origin and migration of surface and groundwater, 2) paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate analysis, 3) chemostratigraphy and the evolution of ocean water, 4) element cycling at global and watershed scales, 5) dating of sedimentary rocks, fossils, cave deposits, etc., 6) isotope ecology, and 7) isotope forensics.
387H - Physical Climatology
This course investigates the nature of Earth’s climate and examines the processes that maintain our climate system based on physical principles. The class is concerned primarily with the global climate and its geographic variation on scales of hundreds to thousands of kilometers. Topics include the energy balance, the hydrologic cycle, general circulation of the atmosphere, general circulation of the oceans, how they all interact and vary at various spatial and temporal scales, and regional to global scale climate modeling.
391- Cross-Border Water Management
This course is concerned with environmental management across three sets of borders: (a) the Mexico-Texas border; (b) the boundaries between the Palestinian Authority and Israel; and (c) the border between Pakistan and India associated with the Indian River Basin.
391 - Texas Energy Policy
This course will address two energy policy issues: carbon trading in Texas and distributed energy in Texas. Those components are:
Focus A: Developing a Carbon Trading System for Texas
Focus B: Distributed Power Generation
376H - The Rise of Modern America
The end of Reconstruction (1877) to the end of the war in Vietnam (1975) industrialization, urbanization, immigration, nuclear energy, and global reach. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
American Studies: AMS
329 - Environmental History of North America
Same as History 350L (Topic 4: Environmental History of North America) and Urban Studies 353 (Topic 5: Environmental History of North America). The history of humanity's influence on the plants, animals, microlife, soils, water, and air of North America, and vice versa, from the arrival of the proto-Indians to the contemporary environmental crisis. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
370 - Seminar in American Culture
Interdisciplinary seminar on themes in American life. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 15: Constructing the American Landscape.
Anthropology: ANT
324L - Topics in Anthropology
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 17: Cultural Ecology. Same as Geography 331K. Demography, settlement, resource opportunities, and adaptation in human ecosystems; application of past experience in dealing with contemporary and future problems. Anthropology 324L (Topic 17) and Urban Studies 354 (Topic 1: Cultural Ecology) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Asian Studies: ANS
348C - Geography of South Asia
Same as Geography 348C. Natural regions and cultural landscapes of South Asia. Agriculture, urban structure, issues of environment and development. Asian Studies 348C and 361 (Topic: Geography of South Asia) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
361 - Topics in Asian Studies
Selected topics in south and east Asian anthropology, economics, history, geography, government, art, music, and philosophy. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: Asian Studies 320, 361, Chinese 361, English 322, 324. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 20: International Environmental Policy. Same as Government 365N (Topic 9: International Environmental Policy). Prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Economics: ECO
359M - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Optimal use of exhaustible and renewable resources, including fuels, minerals, fisheries, forests, and water; resource scarcity and economic growth; valuation of nonmarketed environmental amenities; the economics of pollution control instruments, including taxes, permits, direct regulation, and negotiation; environmental quality and international trade; the economics of global climate change; pollution control policy in practice. Prerequisite: Economics 420K (or 320K) and 329 with a grade of at least C in each.
384N - Resource Economics.
Definition, measurement, production, and conservation of renewable and exhaustible resources; models of economic growth and resources; world distribution and consumption; United States resource policy. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 1: Natural Resource Economics.
Topic 2: Environmental Economics.
Geography: GRG
301C - The Natural Environment
Geomorphic processes that shape the earth's surface; origin and evolution of landforms. Groundwater and water resources. Pedogenesis and soil properties. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester, and a one-day field trip. May be counted toward the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I.
306C - Conservation
Introduction to environmental management, with emphasis on the major causes and consequences of environmental degradation. The course is organized around the premise that people cannot solve environmental problems unless they know how and why they occur; a major objective is to identify and understand the sociocultural forces that drive environmental degradation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional laboratory/discussion hours are required. Geography 306C and 309 (Topic: Conservation) may not both be counted.
315 - The City: An Introduction to Urban Geography
Cities in history; international cities; urbanism in the United States: architecture, ethnicity, transportation, finance, housing, environmental impact. Self-paced.
326K - Feast or Famine? Food Supplies in a Crowded World
Food as a necessity, a commodity, and a bond of community; planetary production potential; and the challenges of population growth, climate change, land degradation, and food politics. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
331K - Cultural Ecology
Same as Anthropology 324L (Topic 17: Cultural Ecology). Demography, settlement, resource opportunities, and adaptation in human ecosystems; application of past experience in dealing with contemporary and future problems. Geography 331K and Urban Studies 354 (Topic 1: Cultural Geography) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
333K - Climate Change
Examines changes in climatic systems over both short and long time periods in relation to impacts on physical and ecological systems. Discusses past, present, and future changes in climatic conditions and the methods used to make those evaluations. Geography 333K and 356T (Topic: Climate Change) may not both be counted. May be counted toward the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and Geography 301C or 301K.
334 - Conservation, Resources, and Technology
Analysis of the relationship between the human population and its resource base, with particular emphasis on current problems in environmental resource management. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
334C - Environmental Hazards
Earth science processes that affect human activities: soil, erosion, flooding, slope stability, earthquakes, volcanism, and water resources and quality. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; Geography 301C; and Geological Sciences 401, 303, or 312K, or the equivalent.
335N - Landscape Ecology
The study of spatial patterns in the earth's biosphere found within landscapes, typically areas measured in square kilometers. Examines the processes that create those patterns, drawing from ecology, biogeography, and many other disciplines. Also explores the practical applications of landscape ecology to the study of natural environments and those managed or altered by human activities. Geography 335N and 356T (Topic: Landscape Ecology) may not both be counted. May be counted toward the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and three semester hours of coursework in physical geography or one of the natural sciences.
336C - National Parks and Protected Areas
The history, purpose, and meaning of national parks (and preserves, refuges, and other publicly protected natural areas), from their inception at Yellowstone in 1872 to their present global distribution. Emphasis is on key management issues and dilemmas in the parks today; and the adoption and modification of Western notions of nature preservation within non-Western cultural settings. Geography 336C and 356 (Topic: National Parks and Protected Areas) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
337 - The Modern American City
Same as Architecture 350R (Topic 1: The Modern American City) and Urban Studies 352 (Topic 1: The Modern American City). Issues facing residents of U.S. cities, such as transportation and housing, poverty and crime, metropolitan finance, environmental and architectural design; historical/comparative urban evolution. Prerequisite: For architecture majors, Architecture 328; for others, upper-division standing.
338C - Rivers and Landscapes: Fluvial Geomorphology
Drainage basin evolution and channel adjustment, variability of river systems in differing geomorphic regimes, relationships between fluvial systems and other components of physical geography, and the role of humans as geomorphic agents. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional field hours to be arranged. May be counted toward the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and Geography 301C or Geological Sciences 401, or the equivalent.
339K - Environment, Development, and Food Production
Assessment of various types of nonmechanized agriculture with regard to environmental factors and management techniques. Geography 339K and 390S may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
340D - Political Ecology of Globalization and Environmental Degradation
Study of current environmental problems from the perspective of political ecology, which critically examines political, economic, and social relations between humans and the natural world. Uses case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East to address climate change, deforestation, desertification, biodiversity, and environmental justice. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
346 - The Human Use of the Earth
The state of the world from an ecological perspective. Case studies are drawn from a wide range of ecological settings and involve both traditional and modern societies. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
351 - Oxford Summer Study II: Nature and Society
Explores the creation of cultural environments, with an emphasis on the British countryside. Lectures at Oxford University are combined with numerous field excursions. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
356 - Topics in Environmental Geography
Topics include environmental assessment methods and techniques, the conservation movement, and climate and people. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
356C - Geo-Archaeology and Environmental History
Long-term ecology as reconstructed from settlement and land-use histories. Empirical case studies in environmental history from the Mediterranean region, the Near East, and Mesoamerica. Applications to degradation, desertification, sustainability, and global change. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 382N, Geography 356 (Topic: Geo-Archaeology), 356C, 382K. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
360G - Environmental Geographic Information Systems
An introduction to the creation and use of geographic information systems. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
366C - Comparative Ecosystems
The important ecosystem processes that affect the distributions, characteristics, and management of natural environments at landscape, regional, and continental scales. Ecosystem functions, including nutrient cycling, water balance, and the role of natural disturbances in a wide range of ecosystems, from the tundra to the rain forests and grasslands of the tropics. Geography 356T (Topic: Comparative Ecosystems) and 366C may not both be counted. May be counted towards the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and three semester hours of coursework in physical geography or one of the natural sciences.
366K - Biogeography
Contemporary patterns of plant and animal distribution, and the environmental and historical processes affecting them. May be counted toward the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and three semester hours of coursework in physical geography or one of the natural sciences.
367K - Vegetation Ecology
Plant autecology and synecology. Ecological factors and processes of plant communities. Vegetation geoecology, succession, and dynamics. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in physical geography or one or more of the natural sciences.
372K - Proseminar in Environmental Geography
Applied geographical analysis of environmental and resource issues in the context of specific field problems. Prerequisite: Six semester hours of coursework in geography from the environmental resource management track.
373K - Field Methods for Landscape Characterization
The design of research questions and the acquisition of data for the characterization of landscapes. Utilizes geographical and ecological field-based methods. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and Geography 301C or the equivalent.
384C - Watershed Systems and Environmental Management
The effect of landcover change on drainage basin processes, considered from a geomorphological perspective over varying temporal and spatial scales. Topics may include watershed management, stream channel restoration, fluvial geomorphic processes, and Geographic Information Systems applications to drainage basin processes.
387C - Political Ecology
An introduction to the history of development theory, economic globalization, studies in the history of science, issues of social justice, and critical studies of environmental history.
390S - Environment, Development and Food Production
Assessment of various types of nonmechanized agriculture with regard to environmental factors and management techniques.
391 - Cross-Border Water Management
This course is concerned with environmental management across three sets of borders: (a) the Mexico-Texas border; (b) the boundaries between the Palestinian Authority and Israel; and (c) the border between Pakistan and India associated with the Indian River Basin.
395D - Latin American Cultures, Environment, and Development
Exploration through Latin American examples of issues of cultural identity and territory, adaptive strategies, environmental impact, conservation, cultural survival, parks and people, and sustainable development.
396T - Cross-Border Water Management
This course is concerned with environmental management across three sets of borders: (a) the Mexico-Texas border; (b) the boundaries between the Palestinian Authority and Israel; and (c) the border between Pakistan and India associated with the Indian River Basin.
396T - Sustainable Development: Livelihoods, Institutions,..
Topics in Geography. Some topics may require additional field trips; these are identified in the Course Schedule. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule.
396T- Urban Environmental Analysis
Topics in Geography. Some topics may require additional field trips; these are identified in the Course Schedule. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule.
396T - Environmental Impact Assessment
Topics in Environmental Science. Elective seminars in aspects of environmental analysis, ecological and systemic approaches, sustainable development, and applied methods of geographic information systems. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
462K - Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Environment
The use of electromagnetic energy to sense objects in the natural environment; interpretation and recognition of patterns detected by sensors. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
476T - Natural Resource Management
Natural resource management, conservation and restoration are applications of ecological principles by humans. Judgment of success is from the human perspective. The scale of application is variable within the "human scale" of activity – yet manifested and viewed from global down to small acreages and households, even to the microscopic. Regulations and laws may be assets, or impediments, depending on their adaptability to local and temporal conditions and subject to skillful implementation over time. Economics may produce strong forces that support or undermine success. The perspective of individuals or groups of individuals often conflict with the needed changes and management activities. Although conservation and restoration are science based activities, we know far less than we need to have a routine procedure to follow. Therefore, our management actions must address the processes of conservation and restoration on an appropriate scale and then be maintained for an extended time with appropriate mid-course corrections for our ecological objectives to be approached.
493K - Remote Sensing of the Environment
Imagery generated by remote sensors applied to research and problem solving in the physical and cultural environment. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Urban Studies: URB
352 - Topics in Urban Design and Planning
Issues concerning the built environment and urban infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and the public policy framework designed to manage the challenges presented by these issues. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 1: The Modern American City. Same as Architecture 350R (Topic 1: The Modern American City) and Geography 337. Issues facing residents of U.S. cities, such as transportation and housing, poverty and crime, metropolitan finance, environmental and architectural design; historical/comparative urban evolution. Prerequisite: For architecture majors, Architecture 328; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Economy/Value/Quality of Life. Same as Architecture 350R (Topic 4: Economy/Value/Quality of Life).
353 - Topics in Urban History
The historical evolution of cities, contemporary urban development trends, and the links between social development and physical form. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 5: Environmental History of North America. Same as American Studies 329 and History 350L (Topic 4: Environmental History of North America). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Government: GOV
365N - Topics in Comparative Politics
Analysis of varying topics in the comparative study of political processes. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 9: International Environmental Policy. Same as Asian Studies 361 (Topic 20: International Environmental Policy). Prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
History: HIS
392 - Environmental History
This one-semester introduction to environmental history will examine some of the recent literature of environmental history. It will survey various theories and methodologies currently being used to write environmental history as well as those used in the past. We will assess how the field has evolved and attempt to determine where it might be headed in the future. As with the field itself , this course will focus on human interaction with the natural world, chart how nature has influenced the development of human life and technologies, and discuss the various political, intellectual, cultural, economic, and social meanings that people have attached to the environment at different moments in history. This course will be based on weekly meetings to discuss readings that will be organized topically. Students will be required to write brief reviews of each week's reading and also on a larger historiographic paper on a sub-topic of their own devising.
Latin American Studies: LAS
381 - Planning and Development in Latin America
Topics in Latin American Studies. A varied selection of topics each semester, taught by different faculty members and visiting professors. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some topics are offered on the letter-grade basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 1: Migration. Same as Sociology 389K (Topic 4: Migration).
Topic 5: Health and Development in Latin America. Same as Sociology 395D (Topic 4: Health and Development in Latin America). Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 5) and Sociology 396L (Topic 6: Health and Development in Latin America) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Housing Practices and Public Policy in Latin America. Same as Sociology 395D (Topic 5: Housing Practices and Public Policy in Latin America). Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 6) and Sociology 396L (Topic 8: Housing Practices and Public Policy in Latin America) may not both be counted.
Topic 8: International Business Fellows Seminar. Same as Asian Studies 391 (Topic 6: International Business Fellows Seminar); Middle Eastern Studies 380; and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 380. Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. International Business 395 (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar) and Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Topic 9: The Brazilian Left, 1900 to the Present. Same as American Studies 395C. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 10: Recent Brazil, 1919 to the Present. Same as American Studies 395D. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 11: Information Resources on, and Services for, Hispanic Americans. Information needs of Hispanic Americans; roles of academic, public, and school libraries in meeting those needs.
Topic 12: Information Resources on Latin America. Historical survey of sources of information on Latin America: bibliographical literature from and about Latin America during the colonial, national, and contemporary periods; various types of book and nonbook sources of information available to contemporary scholars. Additional prerequisite: Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese and consent of instructor.
Topic 13: Internal and External Third-World Communication Issues. Same as American Studies 391 (Topic 1: Internal and External Third-World Communication Issues). Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 14: Introduction to the Sociology of Latin America. Same as Sociology 395D (Topic 2: Introduction to the Sociology of Latin America). Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 14) and Sociology 395K (Topic 14: Introduction to the Sociology of Latin America) may not both be counted.
Topic 15: Local Economic Development.
Topic 16: Maya Hieroglyphic Writing. Additional prerequisite: Consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 17: Development Communication. Same as Asian Studies 391 (Topic 2: Development Communication) and Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic 34: Development Communication). Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic: National Development and Social Change), 381 (Topic 17), Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic: National Development and Social Change), Radio-Television-Film 387D (Topic: Development Communication), 387D (Topic: National Development and Social Change). Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Topic 18: New Approaches to Third-World Development. Same as Sociology 395D (Topic 6: New Approaches to Third-World Development). Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 18) and Sociology 396L (Topic 9: New Approaches to Third-World Development) may not both be counted.
Topic 19: Political Economics of International Communication. Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 19) and Radio-Television-Film 393P (Topic: Political Economics of International Communication) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Topic 20: Regional Planning in Latin America.
Topic 21: Business in Emerging Markets. Same as Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic 36: Business in Emerging Markets). Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 21), 381 (Topic: Business in Developing Countries), Middle Eastern Studies 381 (Topic: Business in Developing Countries).
388 – Topics in Latin American Geography
Topic 3: Latin American Cultures, Environment, and Development
Exploration through Latin American examples of issues of cultural identity and territory, adaptive strategies, environmental impact, conservation, cultural survival, parks and people, and sustainable development.
Middle Eastern Studies: MES
381 - Seminar in Middle Eastern Civilizations and Cultures
Advanced studies of various aspects of the civilizations and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Topic: Cross-Border Water Management
Philosophy: PHL
325C - Environmental Ethics
Moral issues concerning the relation of human beings to the environment, including biodiversity, resource depletion, and animal rights. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one laboratory/discussion hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor or the undergraduate adviser.
Sociology: SOC
319 - Population Problems
Social consequences of changes in fertility, mortality, migration, population growth and composition.
Architecture: ARC
386K - Topics in Sustainable Development
This course is a trans-disciplinary graduate level seminar designed to critically explore the concept and practice of sustainable development from a variety of vantage points. The class is cross-listed in business, architecture, planning, law, public policy. It will be taught by UT faculty as well as distinguished outside speakers representing the full range of interest and experience with sustainable development. Topics vary by year, but generally include: the philosophical origins of sustainability; systems thinking; sustainable food systems; commerce in a sustainable world; government and market solutions to social and environmental problems; role of international governing institutions; sustainable community initiatives; sustainable architecture and cities; industrial ecology; and the difficult question of "equity".
386M - Economy/Value/Quality of Life
In this course, each student is asked to consider the evolution and existence of both 'qualitative' and 'quantitative' worldviews/value systems/reality systems/systems of evaluation and how each create situations where forms of individual and collective valution/evaluation are established consequently. (All while testing/evolving/discovering their own 'value hierarchy' in the process/in relation.)
386M - Society, Nature, and Technology
Architects have tended to tell the history of our discipline as either the succession
of styles or as the succession of theories. In both these views of architectural
history, technological choices are understood to be the instrumental means by
which aesthetic projects are realized. This course will examine architecture
differently. Rather than examine architecture in visual or textual terms, we will
examine the evolving relation between society and nature that is realized in the
technological choices of architects. To better understand what technology is, the
seminar will read from the Philosophy of Technology. To better understand how
technologies and natures are socially constructed, the seminar will read from
Science and Technology Studies. This background will enable seminar
participants to finally consider the various proposals for sustainable,
regenerative, or green technology as a historical critique of modern architectural
production.
386M - Sustainable Architecture
The course content will: survey the principles of environmentally sensitive design and planning, review case studies of "green building" applications and explore various concepts for integrating sustainable planning and building principles into the form making process of architectural design. The process includes: an analysis of bioclimatic comfort and building metabolism; design with climate; integration of passive heating and cooling systems; water conservation planning; waste systems; and the basis for specifying sustainable building materials.
386M - Affordable Housing Development and Design
Topics in Architectural Theory. Study of critical theories that affect the built environment. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
386M - Housing, Landscape and Urbanism
Topics in Architectural Theory. Study of critical theories that affect the built environment. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
386M - Sustainable Design & Development Workshop
Topics in Architectural Theory. Study of critical theories that affect the built environment. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
Community and Regional Planning: CRP
381 - Management and Implementation
Public policy and administration, law, public finance, economics of the public sector, political economy. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
381 - Deep Democracy: Dialogue of Exchange
An advanced graduate seminar on dialogue, civic engagement, and collective wisdom. Using the framework of chaos, complexity and emergent systems theory, the course explores new modalities for deepening the public dialogue on 'wicked' issues--those involving competing values and difficult choices.
381 - Growth Management
The legal foundations for an urban growth management system; growth management objectives are examined from multiple perspectives.
381 - International Sustainable Social Development
A graduate seminar on participatory community development in developing countries. Covers essential skills for participatory development, leading themes and issues, and important case studies from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
381 - Transit Oriented Development
TOD conceptual issues; TOD and transit ridership, property values, and issues on urban form and transportation policy; TOD and pedestrian access, parking, and neighborhood design in the station area; Value capture and TOD finance; Institutional strategies for successful TOD; .Best practice in the U.S. and abroad.
381 - Participatory Methods in Community Planning
Management and Implementation. Public policy and administration, law, public finance, economics of the public sector, political economy. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 1: Financing Public Services.
Topic 2: Planning Law.
Topic 3: Preservation Law.
Topic 4: Growth Management.
Topic 5: Dispute Resolution.
Topic 6: Politics and Economics of Cities and Regions.
383 - The Built Environment and Public Health
This course offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the major health and public policy concerns focusing on the linkage between transportation and environmental issues. Externalities of transportation planning such as air quality, water quality, traffic safety, and environmental degradation will be examined, along with issues such as environmental justice and the cardiovascular health effects of multi-modal transportation planning.
383 - Topics in Sustainable Development
A distinguished lecturer series for students in five disciplines that investigates the competing definitions of sustainable development.
383 - Urban Environmental Analysis
The course is an applied research seminar, involving actual clients. While there are no prerequisites, the course does require considerable application of planning and environmental analysis techniques. Topics vary each year--recent projects have included Conservation development practices for new subdivisions, Parkland and open space planning, Rainwater harvesting systems as an integrative urban water management strategy, and Sustainable/ecological development planning for new towns.
383 - Environmental Readings
This course explores the long, deep green thread in American literature and its influence on how we perceive our environments. We probe how those perceptions are used in planning and design.
383 - Redeveloping Contaminated Land
This course provides instruction in the theory and methods of environmental impact assessment (EIA). The course objectives are to (1) gain a critical understanding of the use, strengths, and limitations of EIA; and (2) develop working familiarity with EIA methods and analytic techniques. EIA is used in a variety of ways in professional planning practice including: (1) evaluation of proposed state, regional and local comprehensive plans; (2) evaluation of proposed public and private development projects, and (3) evaluation of proposed government policies and programs. EIA is mandated at the federal level through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), at the state level through mini-NEPA statutes (e.g., California, Washington, and New York), and in many localities throughout North America and the world through local impact assessment ordinances.
383 - Environment and Natural Resources
Environment and Natural Resources. Seminars and workshops. Workshops are based on active research or cooperation with public or private clients. May also include studios. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Techniques in Environmental Analysis.
Topic 2: Coastal Zone Planning.
Topic 3: Environmental Impact Assessment.
Topic 4: Planning for Natural Hazards.
Topic 5: Natural Resources and Environmental Planning Workshop.
383 - Environmental Policy and Ethics
Environment and Natural Resources. Seminars and workshops. Workshops are based on active research or cooperation with public or private clients. May also include studios. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Techniques in Environmental Analysis.
Topic 2: Coastal Zone Planning.
Topic 3: Environmental Impact Assessment.
Topic 4: Planning for Natural Hazards.
Topic 5: Natural Resources and Environmental Planning Workshop.
383 - Redeveloping Contaminated Land
Environment and Natural Resources. Seminars and workshops. Workshops are based on active research or cooperation with public or private clients. May also include studios. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Techniques in Environmental Analysis.
Topic 2: Coastal Zone Planning.
Topic 3: Environmental Impact Assessment.
Topic 4: Planning for Natural Hazards.
Topic 5: Natural Resources and Environmental Planning Workshop.
384 - International Transportation Issues
Transportation problems, planning practice, and policy issues in the international setting with an emphasis on the Asian countries, particularly focusing on China. A study tour to China may be organized, depending on the availability of funds.
384 - Metropolitan Transportation Studies with GIS
The primary goal of this class is to equip students with the state-of-the-practice computing technology in transportation planning. Most lectures and exercises involve working with TransCAD, a GIS package developed primarily for transportation planning and modeling purposes.
384 - Neighborhood Transportation Planning
The course introduces students to transportation planning issues and methods at the neighborhood level. Topics include non-motorized travel, street design, accessibility, measurement methods, and traffic impacts.
384 - Participatory Methods in Community Planning
This course covers citizen participation in planning, participatory planning methods, and the role of the collaborative planner. Skills include group facilitation, participatory process design, and multi-stakeholder conflict resolution.
384 - Transportation, Health and Environment
This course offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the major health and public policy concerns focusing on the linkage between transportation and environmental issues. Externalities of transportation planning such as air quality, water quality, traffic safety, and environmental degradation will be examined, along with issues such as environmental justice and the cardiovascular health effects of multi-modal transportation planning.
385C - Community Development: History and Current Practices
Provides an overview of the history low-income neighborhood revitalization efforts, discussion of current debates in the field; students do research for community partners.
385C - Sustainable Economic Development Planning
Provides a survey of major theories of urban economic development and current policies of state and local governments to improve economic performance. A special emphasis is placed on defining a sustainable path to economic development and highlighting policies and initiatives that simultaneously stimulate economic growth, improve equity, and reduce consumption rates of natural capital.
385C - Planning and Development in Latin America
Economic and Community Development. Theory and analysis of community and regional structure and function; social and political organization; economic structure and development; growth problems. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Urban and Regional Theory.
Topic 2: Urban Economic Development Policy.
Topic 3: Theory and Practice of Economic Development.
Topic 4: Community Development.
Topic 5: Local Development Planning in Latin America.
386 - Applied Planning Techniques
Quantitative and qualitative methods of planning analysis; computer models; geographic information systems. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic: International Development and Participation
Topic: Applied Geographic Information Systems
387C – Topic 1: Infrastructure Planning
386 - Regional Planning and Governance
This seminar focuses on topics related to regional growth dynamics, land use policies and state, local and regional governance issues associated with planning at the scale of metropolitan regions.
388 – Housing
Policy, production, maintenance, location, finance, and mortgages of single-family and multifamily housing; neighborhoods, gentrification, and public and private housing subsidy programs. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Topic: Affordable Housing Development & Design
Topic: Affordable Housing Policy
389C - Land Use and Land Development
Private land development investment decisions; public regulatory mechanisms; the public and private land development process; financial feasibility and market analysis; impact fees and special ordinances. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 2: Research in Land Development
Landscape Architecture: LAR
382K - Environmental Policy and Ethics
Environment and Natural Resources. Seminars and workshops. Workshops are based on active research or cooperation with public or private clients. May also include studios. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Techniques in Environmental Analysis.
Topic 2: Coastal Zone Planning.
Topic 3: Environmental Impact Assessment.
Topic 4: Planning for Natural Hazards.
Topic 5: Natural Resources and Environmental Planning Workshop.
385 - Environmental Readings
This course explores the long, deep green thread in American literature and its influence on how we perceive our environments. We probe how those perceptions are used in planning and design.
385 - Environmental Impact Assessment
Topics in Environmental Science. Elective seminars in aspects of environmental analysis, ecological and systemic approaches, sustainable development, and applied methods of geographic information systems. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
241J - Environmental Law: Technical Issues
A survey of the scientific and technical aspects of environmental law, including chemistry, human physiology, toxicology, laboratory analysis methods, and risk assessment. A study of environmental control strategies and technologies for air and water pollution, groundwater protection, and hazardous waste management. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
241L, 341L, 441L - Environmental Law
Two, three, or four lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: As announced for each topic.
Topic 1: Introduction, Air, Water, and Toxics. An introduction to pollution control, the common law antecedents, and early statutory developments, and an intensive study of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Topic 2: Hazardous Wastes and Enforcement. A study of enforcement issues, including citizens' suits. Examines the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund). Prerequisite: Law 341L (Topic 1) is recommended but not required.
Topic 3: Environmental Law and Natural Resources. An introduction to environmental thinking in the context of scarce publicly and privately owned natural resources. Covers public trust doctrine, relevance of the Tenth Amendment to environmental protection, the National Endowment Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
241P, 341P - Comparative Environmental Law
Property rights and the environment, constitutional basis for environmental protection, sustainable development and the role of law, environmental enforcement, and trade and environment. Two or three lecture hours a week for one semester.
374N - Taxation of Natural Resources
Special application of the federal income tax to oil, gas, and solid mineral extractive industries.
276L, 376L - Water Law
Judicial, legislative, and administrative problems in water resources development, allocation, and control. Two or three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Biomedical Engineering: BME
301 - World Health and Biotechnology
Overview of contemporary technological advances to improve human health. Introduction to major human health problems, the engineering method as applied to medical technologies, and legal and ethical issues involved with the development of new medical technologies. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. May be counted toward the Area C requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I.
102 - Principles of Biomedical Engineering
Restricted to biomedical engineering majors. Examines the engineering method as applied to medical technologies used to improve human health. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
339 - Biochemical Engineering
Restricted to biomedical engineering majors. Microorganisms in chemical and biochemical synthesis; genetic manipulation of cells by classical and recombinant DNA techniques. Enzyme technology; design of bioreactors and microbial fermentations; separations of biological products. Prerequisite: Biology 211 and 212, Chemistry 353, or consent of instructor.
Chemical Engineering: CHE
311 - Engineering Sustainable Technologies
Flows of materials and energy in engineering environments at local, regional, and global scales, and the interaction of those anthropogenic flows with natural cycles of materials and energy. Discusses biogeochemical flows (grand cycle) and anthropogenic material flows at the national level, in industrial sectors, and for consumer products. Prerequisite: A high school course in chemistry and experience with Internet searches.
317 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis
Principles and applications of material and energy balances in process analysis. Three lecture hours and one recitation hour a week for one semester. Chemical engineering majors must make a grade of at least C in this course in order to take upper-division courses in chemical engineering. Prerequisite: Chemical Engineering 210, Chemistry 302, and Mathematics 408D with a grade of at least C in each.
341 - Design for Environment
Overview of environmental assessment tools for chemical processes and products, including life cycle and risk assessments. Overview of design tools for improving environmental performance of chemical processes, including unit operations and flowsheet analysis methods. Only one of the following may be counted: Chemical Engineering 341, 379 (Topic 1: Design for Environment), 384 (Topic: Design for Environment), 395K. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
357 - Technology and Its Impact on the Environment
Study of sources and fates of environmental pollutants; environmental quality standards, their measurement and regulation; and pollution control design procedures.
302P/CXS318 Sustaining a Planet
This new interdisciplinary-taught signature course will provide an overview of the three main pillars of sustainability: economy, social equity, and environment. We will examine how the Earth and its environment work, environmental change on local and global scales due to natural and man-made causes, and how science, technology, economics, the media, and social policy are interrelated and affect individuals, communities, nations. The goal of this course is for students to better understand how the natural world works, how natural systems interact with and are modified by engineered systems, and how their lives fit into these systems.
Architectural Engineering: ARE
323K - Project Management and Economics
Solving economic problems related to construction and engineering; construction project management techniques; characteristics of construction organizations, equipment, and methods. Prerequisite: Mathematics 408D.
346N - Building Environmental Systems
Analysis and design of building air conditioning systems; heating and cooling load calculations, air side systems analysis, air distribution, building electrical requirements, electrical and lighting systems. Prerequisite: Physics 303L and 103N.
366 - Contracts, Liability, and Ethics
Legal aspects of engineering and construction contracts; contract formation, interpretation, rights and duties, and changes; legal liabilities and professional ethics of architects, engineers, and contractors. Two lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the major sequence in civil engineering or architectural engineering.
Topic 2: Indoor Air Quality: Transport and Control. Transport and control of indoor pollutants. Includes particulate removal and pollutant transport into and within indoor environments. Prerequisite: Admission to the major sequence in civil engineering or architectural engineering.
381E - Design of Energy-Efficient and Healthy Buildings
Design of buildings for low energy use and optimal indoor air quality. Includes ventilation, energy efficiency, moisture problems, and prevention by design. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in engineering or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
389T - Indoor Air Quality: Transport and Control
Transport and control of indoor pollutants. Includes particulate removal and pollutant transport into and within indoor environments. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in architectural or civil engineering.
395 - Value Management Processes II
Topic 6: Industry value management processes, including mechanical reliability modeling, predictive maintenance, design for maintainability, waste minimization and pollution prevention, sustainable design and construction, planning for startup, lean construction, value engineering change proposals, postoccupancy evaluation, and knowledge management and lessons learned systems.
Civil Engineering: C E
301 - Civil Engineering Systems
Introduction to civil engineering as a career; engineering problem solving; microcomputers for text and graphics; introduction to civil engineering measurements; disciplines within civil engineering; engineering ethics. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester
321 - Transportation Systems
Planning, economics, location, construction, operation, maintenance, and design of transportation systems; concepts of various modes of transportation. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 311S.
341 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Quantitative evaluation of the environmental, economic, and technical problems involved in control of pollutants of the air, water, and land. Prerequisite: Chemistry 301 and 302, or consent of instructor.
342 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering
Application of chemical, biological, and physical principles to the analysis and design of water and wastewater treatment processes. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 341 and credit or registration for Civil Engineering 319F, or consent of instructor.
346 - Solid Waste Engineering and Management
Characteristics of municipal and industrial solid wastes, generation rates, collection systems, recycling, processing, and disposal. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with occasional field trips. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 341 or consent of instructor.
346K - Hazardous Waste Management
Technical and regulatory aspects of handling and treating hazardous wastes. Contaminant fate and transport, site investigation and remediation techniques, risk assessment methodology, and treatment and disposal methods. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 341 or consent of instructor.
357 - Geotechnical Engineering
Engineering properties of soils; permeability and shear strength of soils; settlement of embankments and foundations of structures; laboratory measurements. Six hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Engineering Mechanics 319 and Civil Engineering 319F.
364 - Design of Wastewater and Water Treatment Facilities
Analysis, synthesis, and integrated design of collection systems, pumping stations, and treatment plants for municipal wastewater; design of water treatment plants. Six hours a week for one semester, including lecture and design laboratory. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 356 and credit or registration for Civil Engineering 342, or consent of instructor.
365K - Hydraulic Engineering Design
Application of engineering hydraulics to stormwater management; storm sewer design; engineering hydrology; open-channel hydraulics; hydraulic structures; culverts and bridges; stormwater detention facilities. Three hours a week for one semester, including lecture and field trips. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 356.
369L - Air Pollution Engineering
Characterization of sources, emissions, transport, transformation, effects, and control of outdoor and indoor air pollutants. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 341 and Mechanical Engineering 320, or consent of instructor.
370K - Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Principles of environmental chemistry; measurement of contaminants in air, water, and land environments; applications to municipal, industrial, and ambient samples. Six hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in engineering and Civil Engineering 341, or consent of instructor.
374K - Hydrology
Phases of the hydrologic cycle, unit hydrograph, flow routing, hydrologic statistics, design storms and flows, design of storm sewers, detention ponds and water supply reservoirs. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 311S and 356.
374L - Groundwater Hydraulics
Darcy's law, steady flow in aquifers, aquifer and well testing, regional flow, numerical simulation of groundwater flow, unsaturated flow, and groundwater recharge. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 356 or consent of instructor.
375 - Earth Slopes and Retaining Structures
Earth fills, excavations, and dams; soil compaction, ground improvement, and slope stability; seepage and dewatering; study of earth-pressure theories; design of earth-retaining structures. Offered in the spring semester only. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 357.
Topic 4: The Environment, Resources, and Technological Risks.
378D - Integrated Design
Restricted to students in their last long-session semester. Integration of design concepts; impact of ethical issues on design; discussion with practicing engineers of real-world engineering problems; development of oral and written communication skills; discussion of the preparation of reports, plans, or specifications; emerging engineering issues. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 333T and credit or registration for all required base-level courses.
389T - Indoor Air Quality: Transport and Control
Transport and control of indoor pollutants. Includes particulate removal and pollutant transport into and within indoor environments. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in architectural or civil engineering.
392T - Transportation Economics
Application of economic theory and principles to transportation systems analysis and evaluation. Topics include individual travel demand decisions, optimal private and public transport supply (including pricing strategies), location choice and land valuation, transport-market imperfections, and welfare-based transport policy. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
395 - Value Management Processes II
Topic 7: Industry value management processes, including mechanical reliability modeling, predictive maintenance, design for maintainability, waste minimization and pollution prevention, sustainable design and construction, planning for startup, lean construction, value engineering change proposals, postoccupancy evaluation, and knowledge management and lessons learned systems.
397 - Transboundary Water Resources
This course will provide the student an introduction to the planning, policy, and development of water resources in the international setting, with particular emphasis on transboundary situations. The student will learn basic concepts of water rights and international law pertaining to transboundary water use and protection, economic analysis and how these concepts apply to various transboundary water resources problems, international development goals and how these relate to water supply and use. The course will focus on countries with developed, transitional, and developing economies using extensive case studies materials for several basins. The course will be taught in a participatory, seminar style format with students taking a very active role.
Business Administration: B A
118C, 218C, 318C - Forum Seminar Series
Restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Lectures and discussions on various contemporary issues. Emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives and critical discourse. For 118C, two lecture hours a week for eight weeks; for 218C, two lecture hours a week for one semester; for 318C, three lecture hours a week for one semester, or two lecture hours and one hour of supervised research a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Finance: FIN
374C - Financial Planning and Policy for Large Corporations
An in-depth study of theory and practice of corporate financial management in establishing major financial and investment policies; techniques for analysis, evaluation, and control. Prerequisite: Finance 357.
Real Estate: R E
358 - Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development
Principles of real estate and urban land economics, including an examination of investment, valuation, financing, and public policy in real estate and mortgage markets. Prerequisite: Admission to a business major, sixty semester hours of college coursework, and Economics 304K and 304L.
337 - Special Topics in Management
Analysis of contemporary management problems. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one laboratory/discussion hour a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some sections are offered on the letter-grade basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 16: Sociology of Entrepreneurship. Same as African and African American Studies 358C and Sociology 358C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African American Studies 374 (Topic: Sociology of Entrepreneurship), Management 337 (Topic 16), Sociology 321K (Topic: Sociology of Entrepreneurship). Prerequisite: For management majors, upper-division standing, and Management 335 or 336, with a grade of at least C, or Management 335 and 336 with a grade of at least C in each; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Supply Chain Modeling and Optimization. Formulating models of decision-making situations; the appropriate use of some of these quantitative techniques rather than the mathematics that underlie them; and finding solutions to the models that optimize objective measure of merit using readily available computer software. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Management 335 with a grade of at least C.
Management: MAN
385 - Current Issues in Strategic Management
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some sections are offered on the letter-grade basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic and are given in the Course Schedule.
Topic: Topics in Sustainable Development
Topic 6: Management Planning and Control in Complex Systems.
Topic 7: Managerial Ethics.
Topic 21: Entrepreneurial Behavior: Social and Business Aspects.
Topic 25: Social and Economic Aspects of Entrepreneurship.
Topic 31: Economic and National Security Policies.
Topic 33: Managing and Marketing in the Global Arena. Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Topic 40: Natural Resources and Environmental Management I.
Topic 41: Natural Resources and Environmental Management II.
Topic 43: Facilitating Process Improvement. Same as Civil Engineering 397 (Topic 15: Facilitating Process Improvement) and Mechanical Engineering 397 (Topic 3: Facilitating Process Improvement).
Topic 61: Perspectives on Public Policy. Designed to prepare MBA students, both as individuals and in their professional careers as managers and leaders, for active and effective participation in the democratic process. Taught via video teleconferencing with instructors from The Washington Campus.
Legal Environment of Business: LEB
380 - Topics in the Legal Environment of Business
Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some sections are offered on the letter-grade basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business. Ethical aspects of the managerial decision-making process; application of fundamental ethical principles to business, legal, and social problems. Topics include ethical implications of financial markets; race and gender discrimination; employee privacy; health, safety, environmental, and consumer issues; multinational business firms.
Topic 5: The Law and the Multinational Corporation. Study of the legal environment in which the multinational enterprise operates, including negotiation and drafting of international contracts, international dispute resolution, expropriation, international investment regulation, letters of credit, tax havens, and cultural and ethical issues.
Topic 11: Environmental Dispute Resolution. Theoretical and practical study of the prevention, management, and resolution of environmental disputes, such as those involving protection of endangered species, wetlands preservation, natural resource conservation, and liability for environmental damage and clean-up.
Topic 15: Environmental Regulation of Business. Federal and state regulation of business activities that affect the environment; potential liability of business for environmental damage.
Topic 18: Products Liability. Public policy, economics, and legal rules regarding liability for the manufacture or sale of defective products. Ethical and international dimensions are included where appropriate.
Topic 21: Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions. Federal and state environmental regulations affecting commercial real estate transactions, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability ("Superfund") Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, wetlands regulation, and other related topics. Ethical and international dimensions are included where appropriate.
Topic 28: Business Ethics in the Global Market. Moral theory and its application to business issues in diverse cultures.
Topic 31: Energy Law. Introduction to the legal issues facing energy-generating and energy service companies in a deregulating, though not fully deregulated, world. Includes the (de)regulation of generation, wholesale transactions, and retail service, as well as the contractual and other legal issues governing the commercial market for energy.
Risk Management: R M
395 - Seminar: Risk Management
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 5: Managing Environmental Risk.
International Business: I B
395 - Seminar: International Trade
Study of contemporary topics in international trade and investment theories, policies, and problems. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some sections are offered on the letter-grade basis only, while others are offered on the credit/no credit basis only; these sections are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Some topics also require consent of instructor; these are identified in the Course Schedule.
Topic 1: Global Strategic Management. The changing global business environment and the ways multinational corporations compete in this environment. Case studies and readings, followed by a global management computer simulation.
Topic 2: International Trade and Investment. The basis for international trade, foreign exchange determination, balance of payments, and international trade and investment policy. Macro-level aspects of the international economy, which provide the basis for the functioning of the global economy.
Topic 3: Global Business Operations. Overview of management in a multinational context, focusing on the multinational corporation; the economic, political, and social environments in which it operates; and its basic managerial concerns with finance, management, marketing, and personnel. Includes an international operations computer simulation.
Topic 4: Business in Developing Countries. The traditional challenges to business in developing countries and the new challenges of market liberalization. Similarities and differences among countries and regions.
Marketing: MKT
382 - Seminar: Marketing Administration
Survey and analysis of current marketing problems; their significance, evaluation, and probable outcome. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some sections are offered on the letter-grade basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 3: Business and Public Policy. Provides a historical framework in which to study key issues in contemporary government and business relations in the United States and, to a limited extent, in other countries. Settings range from the Depression and the New Deal to the social regulation of business of the last two decades; topics range from the role of the international oil companies to the deregulation of the airlines.
Topic 5: Current Topics in Consumer Marketing. Reasons for the shift in allocation from advertising to promotion, and implications of this shift for the structure of packaged-goods marketing.
Public Affairs: P A
388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
Typical topics include issues in political values and ethics and in natural resources, transportation, health, environmental, international, regulatory, urban, and labor and human resources policy.
Topic: Business, Government, and Public Policy
Topic: Energy Law
Topic: International Economic Development
Topic: International Environmental Governance
Topic: Topics in Sustainable Development
682 Policy Research Project
Interdisciplinary research on a contemporary policy problem involving interaction with an agency of government. Three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Topic: Cross-Border Water Management
Topic: Texas Energy Policy
693 - Political Economy: Environmental Economics
This course seeks to develop student capabilities for analysis and decision-making in the area of environmental economic policy. The course will also provide a comparative perspective on environmental policies in the US and in South Asia. The focus in this course will be on air quality at the local, regional and global levels. The course format will primarily be a combination of lectures, discussions, case studies, research papers and some problem sets. Students are expected to have a good understanding of microeconomics.
Applied Learning and Development: ALD
327 - Sociocultural Influences on Learning
Human learning in multisocial, multilingual, and multicultural contexts; realities of society and their impact on learning; social concerns such as prejudice, stereotyping, cross-cultural attitudes, bilingual issues, parent and community involvement. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 or the equivalent.
316M - Communication and Ethnic Groups
Same as Radio-Television-Film 316M. Critical review of contemporary and historical media images of, and discourses on, race and ethnicity. Introduction to relevant communication research, policy, and institutions. Three lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: A major in the College of Communication. Additional prerequisite for radio-television-film majors: Radio-Television-Film 305.
Public Relations: P R
331 - Integrated Media Relations
Restricted to public relations majors. Strategic public relations decisions as they relate to media; investigation of ethical principles and norms regulating activity of public relations. Public Relations 331 and 333 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; Advertising 318J with a grade of at least B; and Journalism 315 or one of the following courses: Rhetoric and Composition 309K, 309L, 309S, 325M, 379C (Topic: Grammar and Style for Writers).
390N - Political Discourse
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Communication Studies 390N and Speech 390N may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Some sections also require consent of instructor or the graduate adviser; these are identified in the Course Schedule.
Topic 2: Rhetoric of Social Movements. Philosophies, strategies, and effects of modern sociopolitical and religious movements designed to produce change.
Radio-Television-Film: RTF
387D - Communication for Development and Social Change
Study of how development institutions use communication strategies for social change, and how development discourse communicates assumptions about social change. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
389 - Media and Society
Study of selected issues related to media and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Fine Arts: F A
367 - Topics in the Art of North America
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: For art history majors, Art History 302; for visual art studies majors, Art History 302 and 303; for others, at least one of the following is advisable but not required: Art History 301, 302, 303.
Topic 3: Modernism in American Design and Architecture. Same as American Studies 330. A historical survey of artifacts, buildings, and urban environments, focusing on responses to machine-age civilization. American Studies 325 (Topic: Modernism in American Design and Architecture) and Art History 367 (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Design: DES
322 - Design and the Social Environment
Communication projects selected from the public sector. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. Offered in the fall semester only. Prerequisite: Design 311K, 312, and 313 with a grade of at least C in each, and written consent of the design faculty.
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