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Mass Communication (Undergraduate Courses) |
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MCOM 3300 - Mass Media Theories and Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
Theory-based exploration of the relationship between the mass media and society, such as aggression and television violence.
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MCOM 3320 - Mass Communications Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the legal problems facing journalists, broadcasters, and advertisers, including libel, privacy, regulation of radio-TV, ethics, and commercial speech.
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MCOM 3380 - Mass Communications Research Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: C or better in MATH 2300 or MATH 2345 . Comprehensive overview of mass communications research focusing on planning, designing, conducting, analyzing, interpreting, and applying research to address communication issues and problems.
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MCOM 3390 - Internship in Media Strategies 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: 2. 5 TTU GPA, C or better in MCOM 1300 , MCOM 2310 , MCOM 2320 and recommendation of faculty member and internship coordinator. Minimum of 160 hours of supervised employment in media or communication organization. Weekly reports, interviews, and term paper required.
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MCOM 4000 - Special Problems in Mass Communications V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individual research on approved problems or projects in mass communications areas. May be repeated for 3 hours credit.
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MCOM 4301 - Special Topics in Media and Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
Considers selected topics in media and communication. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
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MCOM 4303 - Sex and Violence in the Media 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces issues surrounding the prevalence of sex and violence in the media, including free speech, viewer motivations, market forces, and media effects.
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MCOM 4325 - Media Entrepreneurship 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing; C or better in MCOM 2310 , MCOM 2320 , and either MCOM 3380 or PR 4380 . An analytical study of media entrepreneurship in digital media industries. Includes examining market competition, technological innovation, and value creation in the production and distribution of digital media content. (Writing Intensive)
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Mass Communication (Graduate Courses) |
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MCOM 5160 - Proseminar in Mass Communications 1 Semester Credit Hours
Designed to bring together students and faculty for professional and academic interchange with emphasis on research interests of faculty and advanced graduate students. Pass-fail only.
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MCOM 5310 - Strategic Communication Planning and Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours
Utilizes a case method approach to examine best practices across a variety of contexts offering students hands-on experience in developing a strategic communication plan.
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MCOM 5312 - Media Management, Entrepreneurship and Consulting 3 Semester Credit Hours
Explores the management needs and entrepreneurial efforts occurring in the traditional and digital media industries, as well as the role that consultants and freelancers play.
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MCOM 5314 - Strategic Communication in a Global Environment 3 Semester Credit Hours
Offers an investigation of the challenges and opportunities involved with practicing strategic communication in a complex global environment.
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MCOM 5316 - Communication in Organizations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Examines contemporary organizational practice and organizational communication theory, along with current research and applications of issues related to human communication in workplace settings.
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MCOM 5318 - Advanced Social Media Practice 3 Semester Credit Hours
Survey of best practices and current trends in the use of social media as a tool for strategic communications.
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MCOM 5321 - Production of Digital Media Content 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces students to fundamental web design in the context of human-computer interaction with a focus on design principles, aesthetics, usability, and interactivity.
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MCOM 5322 - Multimedia Story Telling 3 Semester Credit Hours
Focuses on a multimedia approach to storytelling in strategic communication practice. Heavy emphasis on mobile technology and social media.
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MCOM 5324 - Audience/Data Analysis and Reporting 3 Semester Credit Hours
Collecting, using, analyzing, and presenting data and metrics as a means of understanding reach, target audience opinion/attitude/behavior, and message effectiveness.
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MCOM 5326 - Risk Communication/Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
Survey of research and theory relevant to risk communication with an emphasis on the application to real-world risk scenarios.
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MCOM 5332 - Special Topics in Strategic Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
A rotating topics course examining best practices in areas related to strategic communication.
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MCOM 5334 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
Covers research and application of interpersonal communication theory as it relates to human relations in personal and professional contexts.
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MCOM 5344 - Seminar in Public Opinion and Propaganda 3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of propaganda theory and methods. Investigation of how public opinion is formed and influenced.
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MCOM 5347 - Studies in International Communications 3 Semester Credit Hours
A critical examination of the structure, control, and performance of the media systems of nations and regions.
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MCOM 5349 - Administration of Communications Media 3 Semester Credit Hours
Problems of executive planning and management of newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media. For mass communications majors only.
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MCOM 5362 - Seminar in Mass Communications 3 Semester Credit Hours
A comprehensive exploration of theory and research into the social, psychological, and economic problems affecting modern mass communications.
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MCOM 5364 - Research Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
Basic communications research designs: exploratory, survey, experimental, content, and secondary analysis. Measures of central tendency, contingency analysis, correlation analysis.
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MCOM 5366 - Seminar in Mass Communications Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
In-depth study of the theory and epistemology of mass communications. Integration, comparison, and extension of theories with respect to a specific problem area including practice in development of research hypotheses.
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MCOM 5370 - Internship in Mass Communications 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Supervised experience in an established career-related area of mass communications. May not be substituted for MCOM 6050.
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MCOM 5374 - Data Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: B or higher in MCOM 5364 . The use and interpretation of statistics for data analysis. Covers the selection of statistical techniques, the use of statistics packages, and the interpretation of results.
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MCOM 6000 - Master’s Thesis V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
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MCOM 6050 - Master’s Report V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
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MCOM 6302 - Mass Communications Pedagogy 3 Semester Credit Hours
In-depth study of and research into effective teaching methods for mass communications faculty in their specialized fields.
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MCOM 6310 - Contemporary Issues in Communications Technology 3 Semester Credit Hours
Seminar in the social, political, and economic impacts of communications technologies. Topics include diffusion of innovations, global communications systems, and audience research.
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MCOM 6315 - Integrated Communications Campaigns 3 Semester Credit Hours
Seminar in managing and analyzing the success of integrated communications campaigns.
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MCOM 6330 - Seminar in Media and Sport 3 Semester Credit Hours
Examines the interaction of mass media and sport, including the related history; media economics; and the use of media by athletes, teams, and organizations.
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MCOM 6336 - Digital Media 3 Semester Credit Hours
Students will put web usage into the context of human-computer interaction and discuss design principles, aesthetics, usability, and interactivity. Students will learn coding basics.
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MCOM 6364 - Selected Research Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: B or higher in MCOM 5364 and MCOM 5374 . Rotating research methods course focusing on experimental, survey, content analysis or others. May be repeated twice when topics vary.
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MCOM 6366 - Advanced Mass Communications Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MCOM 5366 . Explores philosophical foundations underlying the social scientific approach and investigate the fundamental components of social scientific theory as a tool of scientists.
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MCOM 7000 - Research V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
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MCOM 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
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Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate Courses) |
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ME 2115 - Introduction to Programming Lab 1 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ENGR 1315 , MATH 1352 , PHYS 1408 . Introduction to programming fundamentals needed for basic engineering analyses through laboratory exercises; focuses on text-based programming.
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ME 2301 - Statics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: MATH 1452 , PHYS 1408 . Analyses of particles, rigid bodies, trusses, frames, and machines in static equilibrium with applied forces and couples.
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ME 2302 - Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 2450 and ME 2301 . Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies.
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ME 2315 - Computer-Aided Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 1315 , PHYS 1408 , MATH 1452 . Introduces numerical methods used in the solution of typical engineering problems. Includes design activity.
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ME 2322 - Engineering Thermodynamics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: PHYS 1408 , MATH 1452 . Properties of pure substances, ideal gas behavior, first and second law analysis, and applications to energy conversion and power cycles.
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ME 3164 - Finite Element Analysis (FEA) 1 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3403 (may be taken concurrently). Introduces students to the use of finite element analysis software to perform load and stress analysis on mechanical components.
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ME 3165 - Computational Fluid Dynamics 1 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3370 . Introduces students to computer-based analysis and design of fluid/thermal systems.
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ME 3215 - Numerical Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 2215, MATH 3350 . Introduction to numerical methods used in the solution of engineering problems.
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ME 3228 - Materials and Mechanics Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 2301 and ME 3311 , PHYS 2401 . Evaluating and reporting the characteristics of materials and mechanical systems.
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ME 3311 - Materials Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CHEM 1307 , CHEM 1107 and ME 2301 . Fundamental and applied knowledge of the structure and properties of materials.
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ME 3322 - Engineering Thermodynamics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 2322 . Principles of thermodynamics for general systems, cycle analysis, availability and irreversibility, thermodynamics of state, thermodynamics of nonreacting and reacting mixtures. Includes design activity.
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ME 3333 - Dynamic Systems and Vibrations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: MATH 3350 , ME 2302 and ME 3215 , PHYS 2401 , and either ECE 3301 or ECE 3302 . Modeling and analysis of dynamic systems, equilibrium, stability and linear systems theory, introduction to mechanical vibrations.
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ME 3365 - Introduction to Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 3403 and PHYS 2401 . Analysis, design, and evaluation of mechanical elements.
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ME 3370 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 2301 and ME 2322 or CE 2301 , PHYS 2401 . Basic principles of fluid statics, fluid dynamics, ideal and viscous flows, and turbo-machinery. Includes design activity.
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ME 3371 - Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 3215 and ME 3370 , PHYS 2401 . Introduction to heat transfer by the mechanisms of conduction, convection, and radiation. Includes design activity.
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ME 3403 - Mechanics of Solids 4 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 2301 or CE 2301 , PHYS 2401 . Analysis of structures to determine stresses, strains, and deformations.
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ME 4000 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Individual studies of special topics in mechanical engineering. May be repeated for credit.
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ME 4100 - Fundamentals of Engineering Examination Review 1 Semester Credit Hours
Review for NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination.
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ME 4234 - Control of Dynamic Systems Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
Corequisite: ME 4334 . Hands-on experience in the modeling and control of dynamic systems.
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ME 4251 - Thermal-Fluid Systems Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 3370 , ME 3322 , ME 3371 . Measurements, testing, performance evaluation, and documentation of thermal-fluid systems.
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ME 4330 - Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Advanced topics in mechanical engineering. Approved departmental elective. May be repeated for credit.
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ME 4331 - Individual Study in Mechanical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Individual study in advanced mechanical engineering areas. Approved departmental elective. May be repeated for credit.
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ME 4334 - Control of Dynamic Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3333 . Introduction to analysis and design of control systems, including applications to electromechanical systems.
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ME 4335 - Robot and Machine Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 4334 (may be taken concurrently). An overview of planar mechanism (cams and linkages) and set analysis and synthesis. Introduction to spatial mechanisms and robotics kinematic and dynamic analysis and control. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4342 - Failure Analysis/Forensic Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3311 . Applies engineering and scientific principles to root-cause failure analysis and to the understanding of how engineering materials and components fail. Discusses failure modes and mechanism, design and manufacturing integrity, materials selection, legal problems, and product liability issues. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4345 - Probabilistic Mechanical Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3365 . Application of probabilistic approaches in mechanical design. Techniques for the quantification of uncertainty and risk inherent in mechanical systems. Mechanical reliability methods. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4354 - Sustainable Transportation Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3371 . Application of engineering processes to design creative, innovative, and economically viable fuels, powertrains, vehicles, and transportation systems that promise to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels and the production of greenhouse gasses. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4356 - Aerodynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3370 . An introduction to aerodynamics, including wing and airfoil theory, aircraft performance, and aircraft stability and control. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4358 - Combustion 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3322 and ME 3371 . Introduction to combustion kinetics; the theory of premixed flames and diffusion flames; turbulent combustion; dynamics of detonations and deflagrations. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4360 - Sustainable Energy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 2322 , MATH 3350 . Exploration of the global energy demand and its environmental impact for continued human development. Alternative and petroleum-based fuels will be examined for near-term and long-term solutions. Includes researching, developing presentations, and participating at a high level of activity. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4361 - Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines 3 Semester Credit Hours
Analyze the influence of lift and drag coefficients of turbine blades on the performance of wind turbines using Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method.
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ME 4370 - Engineering Design I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 3311 , ME 3365 , ME 3371 (may be taken concurrently). Design problems characteristic of mechanical engineering, including consideration of cost, design optimization, codes and standards, and ethics. (Writing Intensive)
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ME 4371 - Engineering Design II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 4370 . Design projects characteristic of mechanical engineering, including consideration of cost, design optimization, codes and standards, and ethics. (Writing Intensive)
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ME 4375 - HVAC System Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 3322 and ME 3371 . The determination of loads and the design of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4376 - Manufacturing Processes 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduction to the fundamental industrial manufacturing processes. A hands-on approach will be utilized to develop an applications-oriented understanding of basic manufacturing and production methods.
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ME 4377 - Innovation, Discovery, and Commercialization 3 Semester Credit Hours
Develops and applies specialized, real-world, interdisciplinary opportunity creation and discovery skills to technology commercialization using integrated processes for projects with technical and business content.
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ME 4385 - Introduction to Microsystems I 3 Semester Credit Hours
For majors only or with departmental consent. Fundamentals of microelectro-mechanical (MEMS) and microfluidic systems. Project-based course introduces microsystem design, analysis, simulation, and manufacturing through several case studies using representative devices. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4386 - Introduction to Microsystems II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 4385 . For majors only or with departmental consent. Application of microfabrication to create microsensor systems. Integration of optics, optoelectronics, and microfluids. Includes other MEMS projects. Approved departmental elective.
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ME 4390 - Foundations of Nuclear Energy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: PHYS 2401 , MATH 2450 . Survey of nuclear engineering concepts and applications, including nuclear reactions; radioactivity; and radiation interaction with matter and reactor physics with applications in medicine, industry, and research. Approved departmental elective.
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Mechanical Engineering (Graduate Courses) |
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ME 5120 - Graduate Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
Discusses mechanical engineering research topics. Teaches written and oral communication techniques for professional engineers. Registration is required first semester for all ME graduate students.
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ME 5301 - Analysis of Engineering Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 3350 or consent of instructor. Analytical techniques for solving ordinary and partial differential equations frequently occurring in advanced mechanical engineering.
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ME 5302 - Numerical Analysis of Engineering Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3215 , MATH 3350 , or consent of instructor. Numerical analysis of ordinary and partial differential equations and other advanced topics applied to mechanical engineering problems.
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ME 5311 - Advanced Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3302 , ME 3333 , or consent of instructor. Newtonian dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, rotating coordinate systems, coordinate and inertia property transformations, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, Gibbs-Appell equations, and gyroscopic mechanics.
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ME 5312 - Control Theory I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 2360 , MATH 3354 , MATH 4351 , or consent of instructor. Linear dynamical systems, stability, frequency response and Laplace transform, feedback, state space description, and geometric theory of linear systems. [MATH 5312 ]
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ME 5313 - Control Theory II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 5312 , MATH 5316 , MATH 5318 , or consent of instructor. Quadratic regulator for linear systems, Kalman filtering, nonlinear systems, stability, local controllability, and geometric theory of nonlinear systems. [MATH 5313 ]
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ME 5314 - Nonlinear Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 5311 or ME 5316 . Nonlinear oscillations and perturbation methods for periodic response; bifurcations and chaotic dynamics in engineering and other systems.
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ME 5316 - Advanced Vibrations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3302 , ME 3333 , or consent of instructor. Vibration of single and multiple-degree of freedom systems, continuous systems, FE formulation, computer sided modal analysis, random vibrations.
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ME 5317 - Robot and Machine Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
An overview of planar mechanisms (cams and linkages) and set analysis and synthesis. Introduction to spatial mechanisms and robotics kinematic and dynamic analysis and control. An extended and in-depth project is required.
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ME 5321 - Thermodynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3322 or consent of instructor. Classical macroscopic theory with an emphasis on availability concepts in nonreacting, reacting, single phase, and multicomponent systems.
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ME 5322 - Conduction Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3371 or consent of instructor. Fundamental principles of heat transmission by conduction. Multidimensional steady and transient analysis using various analytical and computational methods.
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ME 5325 - Convection Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3371 or consent of instructor. Fundamental principles of heat transmission by convection; theoretical, numerical, and empirical methods of analysis for internal and external flows.
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ME 5326 - Combustion 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ME 3322 and ME 3371 . Introduction to chemical thermodynamic combustion kinetics; the theory of premixed flames; turbulent combustion; formation of air pollutants in combustion systems; liquid and solid phase reactions; and examples of combustion devices which include internal combustion engines, gas turbines, furnaces and waste incinerators; alternative fuel sources.
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ME 5327 - Advanced Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introductory graduate course presenting advanced topics in conduction, convection, and radiation.
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ME 5330 - Boundary Layer Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3370 or consent of instructor. Fundamental laws of motion for Newtonian viscous fluids in steady laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Utilization of analytical and approximate methods to obtain solutions for viscous flows.
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ME 5334 - Gas Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3370 or consent of instructor. Development of basic equations for compressible flow, normal and oblique shocks, flow-through nozzles and ducts, external flows.
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ME 5335 - Mathematical Models of Turbulence 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 5330 . Nature of turbulence, the Reynolds equations, and the transport equations for Reynolds stresses. Different kinds of closure models and their application to boundary layer flows.
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ME 5336 - Computational Fluid Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 5302 or equivalent. Simultaneous solution of momentum, heat, and mass transfer problems by applying various computational techniques.
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ME 5337 - Mechanics and Processing of Nanomaterials 3 Semester Credit Hours
The testing and evaluation of mechanical properties for nanostructured materials are considered in relationship to their synthesis and processing.
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ME 5338 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Basic laws, fundamental theories, and engineering applications in fluid mechanics, including Stokesian dynamics, lubrication theory potential flow, vortex dynamics, boundary layers and turbulence.
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ME 5339 - Transmission Electron Microscopy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ME 3311 . Introductory course in theory and practical use of the transmission electron microscope (TEM) as a research tool. Provides background information for designing research protocols and using instrumentation for recording and analyzing images.
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ME 5340 - Elasticity 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Stress, deformation, and strain; basic equations; analytical solutions; energy principles and principles of virtual displacements; finite element; and solutions of problems with elements of design.
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