ME 4070 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering

• Students will be able to calculate core reactivity changes with changing operational conditions.
• Students will be able to calculate heat generation and transport rates, within the fuel matrix, core fluids, and through heat exchangers.
• Students will be able to calculate neutron transport properties and reactor kinetics.
• Students will be able to calculate thermal conversion efficiencies for nuclear energy processes.
• Students will be able to calculate transport rates in two-phase flows.
• Students will be able to describe advanced design and safety improvements in advanced nuclear reactors.
• Students will be able to describe environmental concerns of nuclear fuel usage and mitigation techniques.
• Students will be able to explain principles of nuclear reactor design, including those of light water reactors, and fast breeder reactors.
• Students will be able to describe the basic nuclear reactions, including physics of fission and fusion.
• Students will be able to explain the fabrication process of nuclear fuels.
• Students will be able to describe the general properties of nuclei (binding energy, statistics, cross sections, etc.)
• Students will be able to describe the physical and chemical effects of radiation on atoms and molecules.
• Students will be able to describe the safety characteristics of LWR and FBR.

ME 4110 - Principles of Heating, Venting, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

• Students will be able to calculate fluid flow for design of piping and air distribution.
• Students will be able to determine space heat load and cooling load.
• Students will be able to determine thermal transport from building structures.
• Students will be able to identify types of HVACR equipment.
• Students will be able to use psychrometric chart to find capacity of required HVAC equipment.

ME 4130 - Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

• Students will be able to determine radiation from black bodies and analyze solar radiation.
• Students will be able to develop governing equations for modeling thermal energy transport.
• Students will be able to solve multi-dimensional, steady state, and transient conduction problems.
• Students will be able to use a boundary layer approximation to find convection heat transfer.
• Students will be able to use matrix methods for solving radiation exchange among black and gray surfaces.
• Students will be able to use non-dimensional numbers in conduction and convection problems.
• Students will be able to use shape factors for calculating diffuse radiation exchange between surfaces.

ME 4141 - Mechanics of Composite Materials

• Students will be able to design multidirectional composite laminates
• Students will be able to perform basic stress and failure analysis on composite laminates
• Students will be able to perform basic finite element modeling of composite structures
• Students will be able to design composite structures using different fabrication techniques
• Students will be able to describe testing procedures for composite structures
• Students will be able to describe joining and repair techniques for damaged composite structures

ME 4160 - Combustion

• Students will be able to account for the effect of chemical equilibrium and dissociation on reaction thermodynamics and combustion kinetics.
• Students will be able to calculate the kinetically and diffusionally limited rates of char combustion.
• Students will be able to determine combustion thermodynamics such as flame temperature.
• Students will be able to perform calculations to balance reactions.
• Students will be able to select the optimal technique for controlling combustion related pollution by understanding the pollutant formation process.
• Students will be able to use software such as EES to perform combustion calculations.

ME 4170 - Design of Thermal Systems

• Students will be able to develop a conceptual design and physical system.
• Students will be able to formulate a thermal design problem.
• Students will be able to model and simulate the physical system.
• Students will be able to optimize the design using calculus methods, search methods, and programming.

ME 4210 - Applied Thermal Systems Design and Analysis

• Students will be able to apply the first and second laws of thermodynamics to the analysis of energy components and systems.
• Students will be able to apply the first and second laws of thermodynamics to the design process.
• Students will be able to solve common engineering problems in the thermal sciences field, including problems involving application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics in the analysis of energy.
• Students will be able to design heat exchangers.
• Students will be able to model, analyze, and design thermal systems.

ME 4220 - Stirling Cycle Machine Analysis

• Students will be able to analyze and simulate Stirling cycle machines, including the use of ideal isothermal and ideal adiabatic models in which all three heat exchangers are considered perfect.
• Students will be able to extend the ideal adiabatic computer simulation to include the heat transfer and flow friction effects of all three heat exchangers on the performance of the Stirling cycle machine.
• Students will be able to extend the ideal adiabatic model to include a regenerator effectiveness of less than unity and to compute its effect on the performance of the Stirling cycle machine.
• Students will be able to perform parametric sensitivity analyses, a required step in design optimization.
• Students will be able to explain the operating principles, history, and development of Stirling cycle machines including both engines and heat pumps and their renewed relevance in the current energy and global warming crises.
• Students will be able to describe convective heat exchanger scaling parameters and extend the ideal adiabatic computer simulation to include the heat transfer and flow friction effects of all three heat exchangers on Stirling cycle machine performance.
• Students will be able to explain convective heat exchanger scaling parameters.

ME 4230 - Fuel Cell Analysis, Design, and Development

• Students will be able to calculate thermodynamic effects of the fuel cell system balance of plant.
• Students will be able to demonstrate proper fuel cell testing laboratory skills.
• Students will be able to determine optimal fuel cell systems for various power applications.
• Students will be able to identify key design aspects of the major types of fuel cells.
• Students will be able to predict fuel cell behavior (voltage, current, power, and impedance) using electrochemical and thermodynamic calculations.

ME 4250 - Energy Geomechanics for Engineers

• Students will be able to describe the mechanical behavior of linear elastic rocks
• Students will be able to analyze the strength and failure of intact rocks
• Students will be able to analyze the strength and failure of rock masses
• Students will be able to explain the mechanical principles of hydro-fracturing
• Students will be able to calculate poroelasticity in earth materials at a basic level
• Students will be able to explain the basics of transport of fluids in porous media
• Students will be able to explain the effect of anisotropy and inhomogeneity on overall properties of a rock mass

ME 4270 - Power Station Engineering

• Students will be able to determine capital and operating costs of a typical power plant.
• Students will be able to determine optimal techniques to control negative environmental aspects associated with the technique used to generate electricity.
• Students will be able to identify and describe methods of energy conversions to electricity.
• Students will be able to maximize efficiency/power or minimize cost with respect to generation of electricity.
• Students will be able to perform cost-benefit analysis on alternative power generation or pollution control capital projects.

ME 4290 - Mechanics and Control of Robotic Manipulators

• Students will be able to calculate the mobility (number of degrees-of-freedom) of planar and spatial structures, mechanisms, and serial and parallel robots.
• Students will be able to use the mathematical basis of motion description, including rotation matrices.
• Students will be able to derive the standard Denavit-Hartenberg parameters for planar and spatial serial robot chains.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate the forward pose kinematics solution for serial robots.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate the inverse pose kinematics solution for serial robots.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate forward and inverse velocity kinematics for serial robots, including Jacobians, static forces/torques, singularities, and simulation of resolved rate control.
• Students will be able to derive and calculate joint-space trajectory generation polynomials.
• Students will be able to perform kinematic calculations for example kinematically-redundant serial robots, including simulation of resolved rate control.
• Students will be able to perform kinematic calculations for example parallel robots.

ME 4290A - Honors Experience: Mechanics & Control of Robotic Manipulators

ME 4310 - Atmospheric Pollution Control

• Students will be able to account for the effect of chemical equilibrium and dissociation on reaction thermodynamics and combustion kinetics.
• Students will be able to perform calculations related to combustion thermodynamics (flame temp).
• Students will be able to demonstrate skills to impact the changing field of air pollution engineering.
• Tour a full-scale facility using state-of-the-art air pollution control devices.
• Students will be able to explain how engineering principles are used to control air pollution.
• Students will be able to describe numerical models and principles pertinent to air pollution engineering.

ME 4320 - Analysis and Simulation of Transport Processes

• Students will be able to interpret solutions in terms of the governing equations.
• Students will be able to select appropriate numerical technique and boundary conditions.
• Students will be able to solve 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D problems of conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Students will be able to use CFD software to develop models for thermal transport.

ME 4340 - Fundamentals of Aerosol Behavior

• Students will be able to apply the general dynamic equation of aerosol formation.
• Students will be able to collect and apply standard laboratory techniques to the analysis of aerosol data.
• Students will be able to examine the use of aerosols in advanced manufacturing processes.
• Students will be able to explain how engineering principles are used to manipulate aerosols.
• Students will be able to describe numerical models and principles pertinent to aerosol mechanics.
• Students will be able to describe the role of aerosols in atmospheric pollution.

ME 4350 - Energy Engineering and Management

• Students will be able to apply conservation laws, efficiency considerations, and economic and environmental impacts to analyze the relative merits of conventional and alternative energy sources for industrial, residential, and transportation use.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast the availability, efficiency, cost, and environmental impact of specific conventional and alternative energy sources used in industrial, residential, and transportation contexts.
• Students will be able to identify outstanding scientific or technical issues that must be resolved in order to make specific conventional or alternative energy sources more attractive options for the future.
• Students will be able to select an appropriate energy source or combination of energy sources for a specific industrial, residential, or transportation application, and to justify that selection.
• Students will be able to describe some current U.S. and global political and legal issues related to energy usage.
• Students will be able to describe the chemical reactions and mechanical systems involved when specific conventional and alternative energy sources are developed and used in industrial, residential, and transportation contexts.
• Students will be able to quantitatively describe current and projected global energy usage and availability.

ME 4400 - Direct Energy Conversion

• Students will be able to analyze conversion efficiencies of multiple energy processes, including but not limited to photovoltaic, wind, electrochemical, thermovoltaic, combustion (Otto, Diesel, Brayton, and Rankine), refrigeration, and nuclear.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast the fuel availability for multiple conversion processes.
• Students will be able to convert between unit systems as related to power and energy.
• Students will be able to design an energy conversion, power generation, or power savings system, by narrowing the problem focus, making good assumptions, using proper analyses, and making design choices consistent with political, legal and ethical context
• Students will be able to describe the framework for energy conversion processes, including the economic, socio-economic, political, historical, and environmental contexts.
• Students will be able to describe basic operation of energy conversion processes, including photovoltaic, wind, electrochemical, thermovoltaic, combustion (Otto, Diesel, Brayton, and Rankine), refrigeration, and nuclear, both direct and indirect.

ME 4460 - Potential Flow Theory

• Students will be able to interpret, explain, and problem solve applying Navier Stokes equations.
• Students will be able to interpret, explain and problem solve applying Potential Flow Theory.
• Students will be able to interpret, explain, and problem solve applying hydrostatics principles.
• Students will be able to interpret, explain, and problem solve applying the continuity equation.

ME 4470 - Viscous Flow Theory

• Students will be able to determine qualitative results for flow field and wall friction by scale analysis.
• Students will be able to solve laminar and turbulent flow problems.
• Students will be able to use Navier-Stokes equations to find flow field in one- and two-dimensional flows.
• Students will be able to use basic principles to formulate governing equations for viscous flow.

ME 4550 - Mechatronics I

• Students will be able to design Mechatronic systems.
• Students will be able to explain how mechanical and electrical systems are integrated.
• Students will be able to describe microcontroller functions and capabilities.
• Students will be able to interface a microcontroller with various sensors and actuators.

ME 4620 - Mechanics of Metal Forming

• Students will be able to solve metal forming problems using classic analytical techniques.
• Students will be able to use basic friction models in metal working analyses.
• Students will be able to describe basic concepts of stress and strain, and plasticity theory.
• Students will be able to describe plastic material behavior, and strain rate and temperature effects.
• Students will be able to explain the concepts of ideal, friction and redundant work in metal forming operations.

ME 4630 - Mechanics of Materials

• Ability to solve elastic and plastic stress/strain problems.
• Determine and manipulate stress and strain tensors.
• Understand basic constitutive relationships.
• Understand basic mechanical properties of materials and testing methods.
• Understand crystal defects and relationship to strengthening mechanisms.

ME 4650 - Introduction to Composite Materials

• Calculate mechanical properties of simple composites.
• Describe the influence of reinforcement materials on composites, especially glass and carbon fibers.
• Explain the impact of the use of thermosets and thermoplastics as matrix materials in composites.
• List pros and cons of common processes used to manufacture composites.
• Select an appropriate composite material for a design situation.

ME 4660 - Mechanics of Biological Solids

• Apply principles of continuum mechanics, elasticity, energy methods, and beam theory to biological structures.
• Describe appropriate material models for biological tissues based upon the application.
• Describe the structure of specific biological tissues and relate the structure to mechanical properties.
• Explain methods for medical imaging and identification of tissues, and describe techniques involved in computational modeling.
• Plan a mechanical test for a biological tissue.

ME 4670 - Engineering Biomechanics of Human Motion

• Awareness of commercial biomechanics modeling and analysis software.
• Competence in modeling human body statics, kinematics, and dynamics simulations.
• Familiarity with the topics, conventions, and methods of biomechanics analysis.
• Working knowledge of human musculoskeletal system anatomy and physiology.

ME 4670A - Honors Experience: Engineering Biomechanics of Human Motion

ME 4680 - Mechanics of Polymers

• Students will be able to explain the structure-property relations of a single polymer chain.
• Students will be able to describe the mechanics of polymer networks (rubbers)
• Students will be able to explain the molecular mechanism for polymer flow (rheology).
• Students will be able to analyze viscoelastic and time-dependent behavior of solid polymers.
• Students will be able to analyze the fundamental mechanisms for nucleation of damage in solid polymers.
• Students will be able to describe the fundamentals of polymer processing, including extrusion and injection molding.

ME 4690 - Introduction to Nanomaterials

• Students will be able to define different classes and types of nanomaterials
• Students will be able to explain the synthesis and characterization techniques of nanomaterials
• Students will be able to describe the application of nanomaterials in relevant engineering systems

ME 4701 - Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design I

• Abilityto model, analyze, design, and realize a mechanical system that meets a particular need.
• Ability to apply project management tools such as Gantt charts, Pareto charts, critical path analysis, and action items for planning, prioritizing, and scheduling tasks in a design project.
• Ability to apply useful tools for design refinement, such as value engineering and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).
• Ability to evaluate the importance of an engineering decision, select an appropriate decision making process, and implement that process to make a defensible engineering decision.
• Ability to find, evaluate, and use resources to learn independently.
• Ability to generate numerous creative and feasible alternative solutions to a design problem, using precedent, brainstorming, and other methods for creativity and synthesis.
• Ability to work effectively on project teams in both member and leader roles.
• Appreciation for and an ability to promote safety and health in all aspects of the engineering profession, including safety during manufacturing and assembly, and product safety through Design For Safety or similar approaches.
• Demonstrate professional skills, including appreciation of the importance of continual lifelong learning.
• Demonstrate technical skills, including an ability to start with an open ended problem statement, do research, interviews, and observations to determine customer requirements and design specifications.

ME 4702 - Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design II

• Students will be able to apply failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to organize and prioritize analysis and testing and to improve the safety and reliability of a design.
• Students will be able to apply project management tools such as Gantt charts, Pareto charts, critical path analysis, and action items for planning, prioritizing, and scheduling tasks in a design project.
• Students will be able to apply useful tools for design refinement such as value engineering and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).
• Students will be able to evaluate and use mock up and prototype test results for design improvement and validation.
• Students will be able to participate effectively in writing and editing a team design report that uses visuals and figures effectively, that makes clear claims supported with evidence, and that includes proper citations.
• Students will be able to prepare and present clear and effective design presentations that include professional quality visual aids.
• Students will be able to select appropriate materials for a design, considering manufacturability, availability, cost, performance, suitability for the conditions, potential failure modes, environmental impact, and other considerations.
• Students will be able to work with vendors / part suppliers to select and purchase machine elements (such as bearings, gears, or fasteners) to satisfy specific functional requirements.
• Students will be able to promote safety and health in all aspects of an engineering project, including safety during manufacturing and assembly, and product safety through Design For Safety or similar approaches.
• Students will be able to evaluate the influence of engineering standards and constraints in engineering design, such as: manufacturability, sustainability, health and safety, environmental, ethical, social, political, and economic.

ME 4740 - Advanced Machine Design

• Ability to apply advanced analytical techniques for design analysis.
• Ability to complete a preliminary design of a plastic component.
• Ability to include thermal stress considerations in a design analysis.

ME 4750 - Solar Design

• Ability to evaluate a variety of methods of converting solar energy into usable electric energy and discuss the advantages and challenges of each.
• Awareness of energy storage options and challenges.

ME 4760 - Automotive Engineering

• A knowledge of basic automotive systems and subsystems.
• A knowledge of future vehicles and advanced automotive technologies.
• A knowledge of testing of vehicle performance and fuel economy.
• An ability to model and simulate the longitudinal performance of a vehicle.
• An expertise in at least one aspect of automotive engineering.

ME 4770 - Vehicle Systems Design

• Students will be able to describe current land and air vehicle platforms.
• Students will be able to perform systems engineering.
• Students will be able to complete a performance simulation of an aeronautical vehicle.
• Students will be able to complete a performance simulation of an automotive vehicle.
• Students will be able to complete a system-level layout for a land vehicle based on a set of requirements.
• Students will be able to complete a system-level layout for an aeronautical vehicle based on a set of requirements.

ME 4780 - Missiles guidance systems and rocket design

• Students will be able to simulate rocket and missile flight using numerical techniques using the Aerospace blockset
• Students will be able to simulate rocket and missile flight using SIMULINK
• Students will be able to develop a missile guidance system in simulation
• Students will be able to present an in-depth analysis of existing rocket and missile system
• Students will be able to design rocket or missile based on requirements
• Students will be able to simulate flight that transitions from ground level to outer space

ME 4800 - Mechancial Engineering

• Appreciation of engineering integration with business, including most of the following: market awareness, customer satisfaction, quality, continuous improvement, profit, and the concepts of mission, and vision and core values for a company.
• Exposure to contemporary areas of research and development in mechanical engineering.
• Exposure to professional practice and career opportunities in mechanical engineering.
• Exposure to social and political developments of interest to mechanical engineers.
• Improved understanding of what engineers do and what it takes to be a successful engineer.
• Increased awareness of the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.

ME 4880 - Experimental Design Lab

• Students will be able to demonstrate safety in testing and laboratory work, including awareness of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and the proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Students will be able to design and conduct experiments on an engineering system using real-world hardware.
• Students will be able to discuss the fundamental principles of experimentation.
• Students will be able to select appropriate measurement devices and hardware for an experiment including sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems.

ME 4900 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering

• Students will increase their knowledge in Mechanical Engineering.

ME 4910 - Mechanical Engineering Project

• Ability to complete a project by working independently, with appropriate guidance.
• Knowledge and ability in a specialized project area, dependent on project.

ME 4930 - Special Investigation

• Ability to learn independently, with appropriate guidance.
• Knowledge in the specialized content areas selected for investigation.

ME 4950 - Introduction to Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics

• Ability to account for the effect of chemical equilibrium and dissociation on reaction thermodynamics and combustion kinetics.
• Ability to determine combustion thermodynamics, such as flame temperature.
• Ability to determine techniques of spectroscopy through application of statistical thermodynamics.
• Ability to identify applications of quantum mechanics to real systems.
• Ability to perform calculations to balance reactions.
• Ability to use software such as EES to perform combustion calculations.
• Ability to utilize statistical thermodynamics to predict properties.

ME 4960 - Experimental Methods in Design

• Design and set-up an experiment to study thermal and/or mechanical variables.
• Use DOE principles to evaluate experimental results.
• Use probability and statistics to determine experimental uncertainty.
• Use statistical tools to evaluate experimental data.

ME 4970 - Methods of Engineering Analysis

• Analyze eigenvalue problems in engineering systems.
• Develop Fourier sine, cosine and Four-Bessel series solutions.
• Perform statistical analysis using appropriate probability distributions.
• Solve ordinary and partial differential equations with engineering applications.
• Use matrix operations and determinants.

MDIA 1010 - The Evolution of Media

• Comprehend major cultural trends in media.
• Trace the historical development of specific industries and their ramifications.
• Understand the reciprocal ways mass media shape an information society.

MDIA 1020 - Media and the Creative Process

• Apply these aesthetic elements to conceptualize an artistic project that communicates the author’s intent on a sub-textual level.
• Describe the creative process from conception to completion for commercial video projects, music CD projects, and digital game projects; including a description of the key crew members, their skill sets and their roles – for each of these processes.
• Identify, compare and critique the artistic application of elements such as line, shape, color, movement, framing, editing, sequencing, layering, rhythm, texture, light, graphics, sound, music, and story design.
• Participate in group dynamics as they relate to the creation, editing and delivery of still images and audio files as part of a final group presentation.
• Problem-solve creative and procedural problems by using industry tools such as premises, project proposals, budgets, production cycles, scripts, storyboards and schematics to communicate artistic visions during the Creative Process.

MDIA 1091 - Introduction to Mass Media

• Attain media literacy.
• Comprehend major cultural trends in media.
• Trace the historical development of specific media.
• Understand reciprocal ways in which mass media shape an information society and in turn are influenced by social and political considerations.

MDIA 1100 - Introduction to Digitality

• A clear understanding of foundational digital tools.
• The ability to create a workflow strategy.
• The ability to troubleshoot a digital environment.

MDIA 1250 - Audio Production Basics

• Students will be able to explain and practice elementary microphone techniques.
• Students will be able to summarize the history and technology behind analog and digital recording.
• Students will be able to explain and practice basic signal flow concepts.
• Students will be able to discuss and apply the basic principles of sound design.
• Students will be able to explain and practice the basic operation of industry-standard software.

MDIA 1300 - Digital Media Production Basics

• Understanding basic animation technique and theory.
• Understanding basic game design technique and theory.
• Understanding good screen design and composition.
• Understanding the tools involved in the digital media pipeline.

MDIA 1350 - Animation Foundation

• Students will be able to describe the basic process of creating 2D computer-generated animation.
• Students will be able to explain how timing and spacing can give meaning to motion.
• Students will be able to describe and practice skills in software-independent design and animation.
• Students will be able to discuss terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Students will be able to describe and practice skills for both collaborative and independent production work.
• Students will be able to discuss a methodology for analysis and problem solving as they relate to 2D computer graphics.
• Students will be able to critique the work of peers and of self in informed, constructive, technical and aesthetic discussions.
• Students will be able to describe and practice skills related to specific computers and software used in the course.

MDIA 1350X - Foundations of Digital Design for Games and Animation

MDIA 1450 - Video Production Basics

• Students will be able to explain and practice basic techniques in videography.
• Students will be able to describe and employ basic lighting and image composition techniques.
• Students will be able to summarize the history of and technology behind professional video production.
• Students will be able to explain and practice the basic operation of industry-standard editing software.
• Students will be able to describe the different roles involved in creating video communications.

MDIA 1500 - Non-fiction Screenwriting Basics

• Students will be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the nonfiction screenwriting process.
• Students will be able to develop an idea for non-fiction media production.
• Students will be able to conduct archival research relevant to documentary development.
• Students will be able to conduct an interview for non-fiction media.
• Students will be able to develop the proper visual style for specific non-fiction subject matter.

MDIA 2010 - Media Analysis and Criticism

• Interpret social characteristics of various media forms.
• Provide critical skills to understand media products.
• Understand the cultural consequences of a global media world.

MDIA 2011 - The Business of Media

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the business ethics.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding the fundamental relationship (and co-dependence) between business and creative elements in the media industries.
• Students will be able to assess the importance of being a professional in the media business.
• Students will be able to recognize the issues that impact media industry practices now and in the future.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the strategies (e.g., promotion, marketing, advertising) media companies use to attract audiences/buyers/users.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding the structure of media companies (large and small; profit and non-profit; U.S. and global).
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the various ways media evaluate the success/failure of their products.

MDIA 2012 - Media, Communication and Social Change

• 1. Understand the history of using media and other forms of communication to promote social change and support social change programs in the United States and internationally, and demonstrate that you know the lessons learned from this history.
• 2. Learn the principles that guide the utilization of media and other forms of communication to promote social change and support social change programs and provide evidence of your ability to apply those principles.
• 3. Provide evidence of your ability to conceptualize, design, and implement strategies for the utilization of media and other forms of communication to promote social change and support social change programs.
• 4. Apply the lessons learned from history, the understanding of key principles and the knowledge of communication strategies to implement practical media and communication campaigns and programs for social change.
• 5. Demonstrate the ability to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of media and communication campaigns and programs for social change.

MDIA 2100 - Entertainment Media Law and Finance

• Understand balance sheets and income statements.
• Understand basic media economics.
• Understand contracts, intellectual property, licensing, and royalties.
• Understand how to develop a business plan.
• Understand the structure of various media industries.

MDIA 2110 - Media Theory and Research

• Apply these theories to contemporary media texts.
• Apply these theories to contemporary research methodologies.
• Compare and contrast major media theories.
• Describe the historical development of theorizing about different media.

MDIA 2113 - Social Media Introduction

• Students will demonstrate competencies in analysis of social media principles and practice.
• The course enables the student to achieve a form of cultural and social media literacy that is required to live and work in contemporary society.
• The course enables the student to engage in unfolding models of convergent media as industries shift and professions remain in flux.

MDIA 2130 - Television Genres

• 1. Apprehending the concepts of genre from print, through cinema, radio programming and their programmatic migration into television, and cable and satellite broadcasting.
• 2. Gaining comprehension of historical programmatic formations and the manner in which they provide a consensual understanding between the broadcast field and the viewing audience.
• 3. Mastering the identification of genre elements and the manner by which genres expand, mutate, and hybridize.

MDIA 2131 - TV and Film Comedy

• 1. Understanding the fundamental concepts of comedy conceptualization and writing.
• 2.Learn the basic comedic styles and formulas.
• 3.Learn the roots and history of American Comedy.
• 4.Trace the movement of American comedy from stage to silent film, to radio, to sound film, to television, and to the internet. [Delivery systems]

MDIA 2132 - Contemporary American Documentary

• Students become aware of the wide variety of documentary styles and techniques being used by contemporary documentary filmmakers.
• Students will develop a better understanding themselves, our society, and the great economic, political, and moral issues which confront humankind.
• Students will further develop their ability to evaluate and synthesize historical and societal information provided through viewings and lectures.
• Through documentary films students will understand the historical forces that have shaped our present world and will condition our future.

MDIA 2135 - Documentary Genres

• 1. Develop the ability to critically examine and analyze documentary images, and their historic depiction of various aspects of American life, culture, and history.
• 2. Develop skills with which to deconstruct documentary approaches from cultural, political, and broadcast organizational perspectives.
• 3. Develop the ability to critique aspects of our culture through the works of documentary film/television producers.
• 4. Gain an understanding of how of how our media industry has influenced and been influenced by non-narrative film and video.

MDIA 2140 - Information & Communication Technologies and Social Change

• 1. To understand what is meant by information and communication technologies and to learn their unique capabilities.
• 2. To learn how ICTs are currently being used by community organizers and agents of social change to accomplish their goals.
• 3. To examine the benchmarks of community transformation, including broadband connectivity and knowledge workforce.
• 4. to understand the concepts of digital divide and digital inclusion in the empowerment of citizens.
• 5. To learn how to do ICT research, to do briefings, write proposals.

MDIA 2150 - Media Globalization

• Students will conduct original research that examines a media and globalization topic. They will clearly express ideas developed through this research in a final paper and through an oral presentation.
• Students will develop a broader understanding and appreciation of the global environment in which they live and will likely work.
• Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of the various elements and dimensions of globalization, and how media is understood to relate to such matters.
• Students will develop an appreciation of the historical components, as well as the diversity of circumstances, related to media and globalization.
• Students will learn to critically analyze written as well as various media-related materials related to the course topic.

MDIA 2160 - History of Broadcast Media

• 1. Students will gain an overview of U.S. broadcast media’s history.
• 2.Students will gain knowledge of how technology and broadcast regulations have shaped our media systems.
• 3. Students will gain an appreciation of how our social and cultural history has been mediated by the emergence of broadcast networks.
• 4. The acquisition of critical skills in research and writing.

MDIA 2161 - History of Prime Time Television I

• 1. Students will be able to trace trends in television program production, genre expansion, technological enhancement, and network programming strategies.
• 2. Students will be able to discern the various arcs of network competition, programming emphasis, and the manner in which management goals affect network schedules as well as programming strategies.
• 3. Students will observe the manner in which critical social and cultural events have influenced our networks, as well as the manner the networks mediate these events.

MDIA 2162 - History of Prime Time Television II

• 1. Students will continue their historical survey of network television production, genre expansion, technological developments, programming strategies and the newly expanded broadcast-cable-satellite-Internet mediascape.
• 2. Students will focus on the manner in which media conglomeration has expanded channels, while increasing duplicative programming.
• 3. Students will be ableto construct a post-Telecommunications Act of 1996 overview of the changes wrought by the expansive regulatory act-the last of the 20th century’s broadcast regulations.
• 4. Utilizing an auto-ethnographic approach, students will contextualize their media use within the current mediascape-projecting the impact of social networks, web-based production-distribution upon their expanding ability to produce and receive.

MDIA 2170 - Media and Identity

• Acknowledge that groups such as people of color, those in poverty, women, and the elderly are constructions.
• Recognize that the images on media are not natural but socially constructed.
• Understand the way these constructions influence our knowledge of the world around us.

MDIA 2171 - African-American Televisual Images

• Critique aspects of popular culture mediated by television as they pertain to issues of race.
• Develop skills with which to deconstruct television programs featuring issues of race from cultural, political, and socio-economic perspectives.
• The critical examination and analysis of televisual images, stereotypes, myths, and facts in the historic depiction of African-American culture and history.

MDIA 2200 - Script Analysis and Production Planning

• Students will be able to discuss the written works of various professional screenwriters, analyzing: plot structure, character arc, dialogue and description, comparison of primary and secondary characters, and motifs and metaphors.
• Students will demonstrate an ability to create realistic budgets, pre-production planning strategies, marketing strategies, and distribution plans for short form and/or long form narrative projects.
• Students will demonstrate an ability to write and read industry standard scripts.
• Students will demonstrate synthesis between the creative aspect of writing a script and the practical aspects of producing and distributing the script as entertainment.

MDIA 2201 - Short Form Media Scriptwriting

• Students learn the basics of narrative format/structure for scriptwriting.
• Students will develop an understanding of two-column, non-fiction scriptwriting and research.

MDIA 2202 - Non-Traditional Storytelling

• Students will learn good characterization and scene structure.
• Students will understand the process of creating non-traditional and non-linear stories.
• We will foster a creative and constructive classroom environment and respect our peers.

MDIA 2300 - Music Production and Technology I

• 1. Understanding of basic audio concepts, theory, and practice.
• 2.Knowledge of microphone types and techniques .
• 3. Understanding of stages of music production in the studio: preproduction, basic tracking, overdubbing, and editing.
• 4.Working knowledge of DAWs used in music production.
• 5. Basic understanding of console and patch bay signal flow; outboard signal processing, and other studio peripherals.
• 6. Basic understanding of studio design and construction.

MDIA 2303 - Live & Remote Music Recording

• Students will be able to demonstrate advanced pre-production, production, and post-production techniques for live recording.
• Students will be able to demonstrate elementary audio and microphone techniques as they apply to live and remote music recording.
• Students will be able to demonstrate expertise in recording music live and remotely, in variable acoustic performance halls and studios.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to work with artists in a professional manner in the production of their performance recording.

MDIA 2305 - Recording Industry Survey

• 1. Skills to promote ongoing research into current developments in industry.
• 2. Professional understanding of the people who create, record, and distribute popular music.
• 3. Appreciation of popular music recordings as an agent of social change.
• 4. Understanding of recording industry practices past, present, and future.

MDIA 2400 - Introduction to Digital Media Production

• Develop a critical eye for what makes digital media projects effective or ineffective.
• Develop a new vocabulary of terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Develop an understanding of digital media from both technical and artistic perspectives.
• Develop the ability to offer informed and constructive, technical, and aesthetic critique of coursework.

MDIA 2500 - Animation I

• Continue to develop the ability to offer informed and constructive, technical, and aesthetic critiques of the work of peers and of self.
• Develop a new vocabulary of terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Develop modeling skills for both collaborative and independent work in animation.
• Establish a methodology for analysis and problem solving as they relate to computer graphics.
• Establish an understanding of the basic principles of creating computer-generated characters.

MDIA 2700 - Video and Audio Field Production

• Students will demonstrate control over photographic technique for proper exposure, control and manipulation of shutter speed and variable frame rates.
• Students will demonstrate technical proficiency in the operation of the equipment used in video production including: video cameras, field lighting and audio recording devices.
• Students will demonstrate the fundamentals of Camera Composition, Camera Moves and Framing.
• Students will plan, shoot, edit an original video/audio project.
• Students will understand and employ the basic theories, principles and purposes of video and sound editing, and to achieve technical and aesthetic control over the process.

MDIA 2701 - Visual Storytelling

• Student will articulate the importance of visual storytelling in an always evolving, interactive, world.
• Students will analyze and articulate why media professionals in different cultures manipulate visual storytelling techniques to enhance their productions (e.g. games, animation, television, etc.).
• Students will be able to identify how color, line, shape, space, movement and visual rhythm are used as visual motifs within narrative entertainment to affect cognitive and emotional development in society.
• Students will critique how visual storytellers participate constructively in the world.
• Students will demonstrate an ability to manipulate color, line, shape, space, movement and visual rhythm in their own work and articulate how those artistic decisions demonstrate artistic freedom in society.

MDIA 2702C - Media Production for the Community

• Students will be able to identify basic video production elements.
• Students will be able to work with clients and maintain professional communication.
• Students will be able to identify service learning components.
• Students will be able to articulate what their non-profit partner does for the community.
• Students will be able to experience cross-cultural interactions, career and life planning and a commitment to community engagement

MDIA 2800 - Digital Video Postproduction

• 1. Communicate effectively with sound, graphics and moving images to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.
• 2. Use interactive media for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating.
• 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of combining the elements of sound and image to create communication devices.
• 4. Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful digital media artifact of any kind.
• 5. Learn to critique their own and others’ works.

MDIA 2900 - Special Topics in Media Arts and Studies

• Students will increase their knowledge in Media Arts and Studies.

MDIA 2901X - Live & Remote Music Recording

MDIA 2930 - Independent Study

• Independent study

MDIA 2970T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 2971T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 2980T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 2981T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 3080 - Technical Bases of Media

• 1. Students will be able to demonstrate a grasp of the basic electronic theories involved in the media.
• 2. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the commonly used electronic media equipment, particularly devices used in production settings.
• 3. Students will be able to interpret and to draw appropriate schematic diagrams of electronic circuits.
• 4. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of technical personnel in the media field.

MDIA 3100 - Media Management

• To comprehend the importance of teamwork and collaboration .
• To effectively address contemporary media management and leadership issues by applying related principles.
• To understand basic principles of management and leadership.
• To understand how to think critically about issues of media, management and leadership.
• To understand the scope, complexity, and value of managerial and leadership functions in electronic media.

MDIA 3102 - Media Content Management

• Demonstrate the ability to analyze market factors and apply appropriate strategy to content management issues.
• Understand and describe the relationship between the creative and business aspects of media companies.
• Understand the nature of media content’s social impact and the responsibilities of media content managers.

MDIA 3105 - Audience Research

• Acquire a critical understanding of audience behavior.
• Gain practical experience in audience analysis.
• Know the terminology used in audience research.
• Recognize the role of research in programming and sales.
• Understand the current methods and sources of audience research.

MDIA 3110 - Advanced Media Criticism

• Create and critique written viewing responses.
• Critical essays that systematically analyze a variety of media texts.
• Engage in online discussions with a variety of other people/perspectives.
• Navigate an enormous number of websites devoted to the appreciation and critique of contemporary popular culture.
• Refine class writing assignments into longer, self-contained texts.

MDIA 3111 - Media Phenomenology

• Comprehensive understanding of concepts (e.g., intentionality).
• Develop a variety of communicative forms (writing, imaging, blogging, etc.).
• Learn different methods of interpretation.
• Learn how to combine different research methodologies.

MDIA 3122 - Content Curation

• Achieve proficiency in the practice of non-journalistic digital Content Curation as a career choice.
• Articulate norms and professional codes that guide the field of Content Curation in establishing the relative value of curated, aggregated web content.
• Explore the range of fields in which digital content curation plays a significant role and be able to foresee where practitioners will be needed.
• Know how the field fits within the larger scheme of social networks.
• Know how theories of new media for the web and beyond implicate digital Content Curation in a complex web of information technology.
• Know the critical roles that Content Curation has already come to play and be able to predict roles that are on the horizon.
• Learn how to analyze trends and predict the future status of Content Curation.
• Master principles and techniques for non-journalistic curating Internet content for the Web and beyond.
• Review content analysis tools and features to evaluate success of content curation in areas related to specific platforms (such as YouTube) and overarching genres (such as search engine optimization).
• Articulate the roles of Content Curation in social media.

MDIA 3150 - Global Media Systems

• Critically discuss key issues that are reshaping media and communication environments.
• Demonstrate an ability to conduct research and analysis of key dimensions of media systems using a variety of primary and secondary courses.
• Discuss the multiple factors such as cultural, political, and socio-economic that shape media systems around the world.
• Examine, compare, and contrast national (and transnational) media systems.
• Reach informed conclusions about current trends and challenges at global and local levels that are transforming media systems.

MDIA 3160 - History of Computer Graphics

• Students will develop a critical eye for well-done computer graphics.
• Students will understand the process of creating computer graphics, and the pitfalls of such a process.
• We will foster a better understanding of computer graphics from both technical and artistic perspectives.

MDIA 3171 - Children, Youth, and Media

• Understand the commercial, educational, and public programming process.
• Understand the consequences of gender, race, and age representations in children television,
• Understand the definitions of childhood and the stages of development.
• Understand the evolution and distribution of children and youth programming to the local, national, and global market.