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CS 57800 - Statistical Machine Learning
Credit Hours: 3.00. This introductory course will cover many concepts, models, and algorithms in machine learning. Topics include classical supervised learning (e.g., regression and classification), unsupervised learning (e.g., principle component analysis and K-means), and recent development in the machine learning field such as variational Bayes, expectation propagation, and Gaussian processes. While this course will give students the basic ideas and intuition behind modern machine learning methods, the underlying theme in the course is probabilistic inference. Typically offered Fall.
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CS 57900 - Bioinformatics Algorithms
Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of Genomes, DNA, RNA, proteins, proteomes. Biological Sequences: dynamic programming; pairwise global, local, and semi-global alignments of genes and proteins; constant, affine, and general gap penalties; RNA alignments; BLOSUM and PAM scoring matrices. Multiple alignment of proteins: approximation algorithms; iterative and progressive alignment methods. Database search for sequences: BLAST and variants. Phylogentic Trees: distance-based methods, ultrametric and additive distance functions; parsimony, and maximum likelihood methods. Whole Genome Alignment: suffix trees and suffix arrays. Systems Biology: Module discovery in biological networks, spectral algorithms for graph clustering. Network alignment: quadratic programming formulations and graph matching. Genetic Variation: haplotype inference, the perfect phylogeny problem and chordal graphs. Additional topics such as next-generation sequencing, analysis of multidimensional data from flow cytometry, and gene expression data, if time permits. Typically offered Fall.
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CS 58000 - Algorithm Design, Analysis, And Implementation
Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic techniques for designing and analyzing algorithms: dynamic programming, divide and conquer, balancing. Upper and lower bounds on time and space costs, worst case and expected cost measures. A selection of applications such as disjoint set union/find, graph algorithms, search trees, pattern matching. The polynomial complexity classes P, NP, and co-NP; intractable problems. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 58400 - Theory Of Computation And Computational Complexity
Credit Hours: 3.00. The theory of general purpose programming systems. Recursive and partial-recursive functions; recursive and recursively enumerable sets. The Church-Turing thesis. The recursion theorem, Rogers’ translation theorem, Rice’s undecidability theorem. The general theory of computational complexity: there are no general solutions to natural optimization problems. Complexity for specific models of computation: the polynomial complexity classes P, NP, and PSPACE; NP-hard and PSPACE-hard problems, inherently exponential problems. Typically offered Spring.
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CS 59000 - Topics In Computer Sciences
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Directed study for students who wish to undertake individual reading and study on approved topics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 59100 - Seminar
Credit Hours: 1.00. A weekly seminar presented by faculty and invited speakers, normally in a specific area. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 60300 - Advanced Topics In Distributed Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. (CSCI 60300) Design and control of distributed computing systems (operating systems and database systems). Topics include principles of naming and location, atomicity, resource sharing, concurrency control and other synchronization, deadlock detection and avoidance, security, distributed data access and control, integration of operating systems and computer networks, distributed systems design, consistency control, and fault tolerance. Prerequisite: CS 50300 , CS 54200 . Typically offered Spring.
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CS 61400 - Numerical Solution Of Ordinary Differential Equations
Credit Hours: 3.00. Numerical solution of initial-value problems by Runge-Kutta methods, general one-step methods, and multistep methods; analysis of truncation error, discretization error, and rounding error; stability of multistep methods; numerical solution of boundary- and eigen-value problems by initial-value techniques and finite difference methods. Prerequisite: CS 51400 . Typically offered Fall.
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CS 61500 - Numerical Methods For Partial Differential Equations I
Credit Hours: 3.00. (MA 61500 ) Finite element method for elliptic partial differential equations; weak formulation; finite-dimensional approximations; error bounds; algorithmic issues; solving sparse linear systems; finite element method for parabolic partial differential equations; backward difference and Crank-Nicolson time-stepping; introduction to finite difference methods for elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic equations; stability, consistency, and convergence; discrete maximum principles. Prerequisite: CS 51400 , MA 52300 . Typically offered Spring.
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CS 62600 - Advanced Information Assurance
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced topics in information assurance, including selections from the following: penetration testing, formal verification of systems, formal models of information flow and protection, distributed system authentication, protocol design and attack, computer viruses and malware, intrusion and anomaly detection models, multi-level security, active defenses, investigation and forensics, network firewalls, anonymity and identity, e-commerce support, and database security models and mechanisms. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: CS 52600 , CS 55500 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 63500 - Capturing And Rendering Real-World Scenes
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced techniques for automated modeling and visualization of complex environments, such as rooms, buildings, urban scenes, and landscapes. Topics covered are at the confluence of computer graphics, computer vision and engineering, and include: capture technologies, acquisition device calibration, view registration, panoramic images, 3D reconstruction from images, view morphing, 3D image warping, lightfield modeling and rendering, visual hulls, point-based modeling and rendering, view dependent texture mapping, and application development issues and examples. Prerequisite: CS 58000 , CS 53500 or a solid foundation in computer graphics, programming proficiency in C or C++ and basic linear algebra. Typically offered Spring.
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CS 63600 - Internetworking
Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of Internetwork architecture and communication protocols underlying interoperable systems. Topics include universal interconnection, Internet addressing and routing, address binding, control of Internet congestion and flow, examples of Internet protocol suites (TCP/IP and XNS), round trip time estimation, naming and name resolution, Internet applications programs, and the ISO/OSI model. Prerequisite: CS 50300 . Typically offered Fall.
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CS 63800 - Multimedia Networking And Operating Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. For graduate students in computer sciences who have a background in networking and operating systems and are interested in research in networked multimedia systems. The course consists of a selection of networking and operating system topics for realizing high performance, predictable, scalable, flexible, and secure multimedia systems. Topics may vary to reflect timely research issues and the current interests of the instructor(s). Students are expected to complete a term project. Presentations also may be required. Undergraduate background in computer science required. Prerequisite: CS 53600 or CS 50300 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 64100 - Multimedia Database Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. Prepares students for research in multimedia database systems. Students are exposed to a variety of emerging innovative techniques to store, manipulate, communicate, visualize, and reason with multimedia systems. Prerequisite: CS 54100 or CS 54200 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 65500 - Advanced Cryptology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced topics in cryptography and cryptanalysis, including selections from the following: Steganographic methods, Cryptanalytic techniques, including differential cryptanalysis, and chosen plaintext attacks. Message digest algorithm construction. Digital cash. Quantum cryptography. N-key systems. Minimal and zero-knowledge systems. Protocol design and failure. Verification of algorithms. Key generation and management. Traffic analysis. VPN construction and operation. Politics, espionage, and law enforcement concerns. Offered every third semester. Prerequisite: CS 52600 , CS 55500 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CS 66100 - Formal Compiling Methods
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of concepts developed in formal language and automata theory to the design of programming languages and their processors. Models of syntactic analysis, including canonical precedence, LR(k) and LL(k) parsing methods and variants; efficiency of each. Synthesis techniques, including symbol tables, storage administration, parameter mechanisms, garbage collection; optimization considerations. Models of synthesis, including level, affix, attributed grammars; prospects of fully automating compiler design. Applicative vs. procedural languages and their implementations based on semantic definition of a language (LISP, Lucid) and on proof-like techniques (PROLOG, equational systems); merits of such approaches. Prerequisite: CS 50200 . Typically offered Spring.
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CS 66200 - Pattern Recognition And Decision-Making Processes
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ECE 66200 ) Introduction to the basic concepts and various approaches of pattern recognition and decision-making processes. Topics include various classifier designs, evaluation of classifiability, learning machines, feature extraction, and modeling. Prerequisite: ECE 30200 . Typically offered Fall.
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CS 69000 - Seminar On Topics In Computer Sciences
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 5.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CS 69800 - Research MS Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CS 69900 - Research PhD Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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Construction Engineering and Management |
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CEM 19100 - Construction Internship I
Credit Hours: 0.00. First of three work periods required for students in the construction engineering and management program. The off-campus location for each work period is designated by the construction organization that sponsors the construction internship. Student intern receives compensation from the sponsor during each work period. A typical first internship period emphasizes the field-based activities of the sponsor. Recommended, but not required, to be preceded by CE 22000. Available to CEM students only. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CEM 20100 - Life Cycle Engineering And Management Of Constructed Facilities
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces concepts relating to the engineering and construction of facilities throughout their life cycle. Topics that will be explored include the nature of the construction industry, construction contracts, legal and management organization of construction companies, basics of the design and construction process, as well as an introduction to the role of estimating and project scheduling. Cost, time, safety and quality concepts of construction management relationships will also be discussed. Prerequisite: First Year Engineering Curriculum must be completed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CEM 28000 - Construction Engineering Professional Development I
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will prepare the student for professional practice in construction engineering including information on Careers and Issues in Construction; History and Culture of the U.S. Construction Industry; Engineering Ethics and Preparation for Leadership. Information and assistance is also provided related to Minors and selections associated with the Plan of Study; Students Organizations; Opportunities for Construction Research and Community Outreach at Purdue. Guest speakers with be utilized to enhance the experience. The guest speakers include industry partners as well as faculty and staff. There will be an emphasis on written and oral communication. Typically offered Spring.
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CEM 29000 - Construction Engineering Seminar
Credit Hours: 1.00. An orientation course to prepare the student for professional practice in construction engineering including information on Careers and Issues in Construction; History and Culture of the U.S. Construction Industry; Engineering Ethics and Preparation for Leadership. Information and assistance is also provided related to Specialty Options for Plans of Study; Students Organizations; Opportunities for Construction Research and Community Outreach at Purdue. Typically offered Spring.
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CEM 29100 - Construction Internship II
Credit Hours: 0.00. Second of three internship periods and a continuation of that described for CEM 19100 . Typically, experience emphasizes the office-based activities of the sponsor. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CEM 30100 - Project Control And Life Cycle Execution Of Constructed Facilities
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course continues an introduction to construction management and engineering concepts for future engineers, contractors and owner representatives involved at different stages in the life-cycle of constructed facilities. Specifically, this course focuses on the principles, tools, and procedures used in the construction industry for project selection and financing, advanced planning and scheduling techniques, resource management, and project monitoring. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CEM 30200 - Practical Applications For Construction Engineering
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course teaches practical applications of the theories, tools and skills taught in CEM 20100 and CEM 30100 . Construction processes will be studied through hands on exercises working with actual contract plans and specifications and computerized project scheduling of the sample project that is the focus of the class. Topics that will be explored are Contract Format, Understanding Contract Specifications. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring.
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CEM 32100 - Construction Engineering Materials Lab
Credit Hours: 1.00. The nature and performance of materials under load stress. Important engineering materials for evaluation of physical and mechanical properties include ferrous and nonferrous metals, plastics, bituminous materials, Portland cement, aggregates, concrete, timber, and particulate systems. Typically offered Fall.
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CEM 32400 - Human Resource Management In Construction
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduce a broad set of fundamental topics regarding management of people in engineering and construction organizations in the U.S. Subjects include labor-management relations (laws, regulations and practices affecting construction workers and organizations); worker motivation, productivity, and training; roles and practices of managers; construction safety; management of quality. Typically offered Fall.
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CEM 38000 - Construction Engineering Professional Development II
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course will build upon the topics discussed in CEM 28000 to further prepare
students for their work in the construction industry. A focus of this class will be on presentation skills. By utilizing the first or last hour of CEM 42500- Construction Practice Project, the students of CEM 38000 will have the opportunity to present and also participate as an audience and active participant in CEM 42500 Construction Practice Project. The presentations of CEM 38000 will consist of their required Summer Internship Reports, which are a compilation of the work they have completed and skills they have learned in their first two internships (CEM 19100 and CEM 29100). Typically offered Fall.
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CEM 39100 - Construction Internship III
Credit Hours: 0.00. Third, and last, of required internships. It typically emphasizes the project management activities of the sponsor. Actual assignments to a student may vary from sponsor to sponsor. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CEM 42500 - Construction Practice Project
Credit Hours: 3.00. The capstone senior design course for construction engineering and management majors. Working in teams in a realistic engineering practice environment, students use an actual construction project to accomplish open-ended project planning and systems design. Course covers construction project strategy, cost estimating and bidding, constructability analysis, project scheduling, contract conditions, project organization, site analysis and development, safety and quality management, and information systems design. Comprehensive written submittals and oral presentations require integration of knowledge gained in previous courses and in construction internships. Typically offered Fall.
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CEM 45000 - Building Systems In Construction
Credit Hours: 3.00. The primary objective of this course is to familiarize students with the terminology, planning and execution of constructed Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) systems. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring.
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CEM 45500 - Temporary Structures In Construction
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover the design and construction of various temporary structures and systems used in building and transportation construction. The course describes not only design issues of temporary structures such as formwork, falsework, bracing, earth retention systems, scaffolding, cofferdams, and so forth by providing lectures and design examples, but it also covers business aspects associated with the design and construction of temporary structures in the real world such as business practice, legal aspects, and design philosophy. Typically offered Spring.
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CEM 48500 - Legal Aspects Of Construction Engineering
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover legal principles and landmark cases relevant to civil and construction engineering. Specific subjects covered include contracts, torts, agency, professional liability, labor laws, insurance, expert testimony, arbitration, patents and copyrights, sureties and ethics. Typically offered Spring.
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CEM 49700 - Construction Engineering Projects
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 4.00. Topics vary. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CSR 10000 - Introduction To CSR
Credit Hours: 1.00. A workshop to familiarize students with the CSR department, department majors, advising resources, and major requirements. Special emphasis on basic freshman survival skills. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 10100 - The Global Consumer 2050
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will focus on the tools students will need to be successful in the diverse world of the future. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 10300 - Introduction To Personal Finance
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide knowledge and skills for young adults to be active, informed, and rational managers of their financial life. The course will particularly address the following 4 areas of personal finance. Managing money: Why it’s useful to plan one’s financial affairs, budgeting, being an informed manager of one’s money and consumer of financial products. Financing large items using savings and credit: Know how credit works, how to use it wisely, and how to avoid ove rindebtedness. Learn savings strategies to maximize the growth of your money. Using financial markets: What are the different ways to invest, and how to make them work for you and your objectives (such as retirement). Managing risk: How to use financial tools (such as insurance) to protect yourself against risk. The course will emphasize age-relevant knowledge and practical advice, with the objective to help students make better financial decisions and adopt better financial behaviors for the long term. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 12000 - Introduction To Apparel Industry
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory course that explores all facets of the apparel industry from its historical beginnings to concept of design and product development, to marketing, to manufacturing, to distribution, to retailing. Throughout the course, the student will learn about the career opportunities within the apparel industry. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 19000 - First Year Seminar
Credit Hours: 1.00. A one-credit (each semester) first-year honors seminar consists of guest speakers and discussions of broad intellectual issues. Admitted high school students who have either a 1200 combined SAT score ( equivalent ACT score ) and graduate in top 10 percent of class and letter of invitation from the CFS dean. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 19700 - First Year Honors Seminar
Credit Hours: 1.00. A one-credit (each semester) first-year honors seminar consisting of guest speakers and discussions of broad issues within Consumer and Family Sciences. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 20000 - Professional Development In Consumer Science
Credit Hours: 1.00. Professional Development in Consumer Sciences & Retailing is a required course that will provide the necessary techniques to manage job search skills and career development for both current and future professional needs. The covered topics will expose students to on-campus resources, opportunities to gain key networking skills, and establish their professional identity to better prepare students for the current job market. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 20900 - Introduction To Retail Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. Retail career paths, management training, merchandise control, organization and service structure, and a comparison of store types. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 21500 - Textiles
Credit Hours: 2.00. A basic textiles course dealing with the properties of textile fibers and fabrics and their impact on product performance and consumer satisfaction. Emphasis on retail, apparel, and interior design applications. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 21501 - Textiles Laboratory
Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory work to accompany CSR 21500 . Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 22000 - Apparel Design I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introductory course that deals with the evolution of apparel design through the principles of flat pattern design, three-dimensional draping, and computer-aided design (CAD for pattern design). Fundamentals for apparel design. Students create designs for a basic, sleeveless, collarless top. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 22100 - Apparel Design II
Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued development of apparel design from concept to finished product through the application of flat pattern design, draping, and computer-aided design. Building on the introductory course to create apparel wear design that includes sleeves, collars, blouses/shirts, dresses, pants, and skirts. Introduction to pattern grading manually and through CAD, and marker for apparel production. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 22200 - CAD For Apparel Pattern Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of computer-aided-design for apparel pattern making, pattern grading, and marker making for the manufacture of apparel and other sewn products. Operation of CAD systems from Gerber Technology AccuMark PDS & GMS, and PDM (Product Data Management) are incorporated in this course. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 22300 - Apparel Assembly
Credit Hours: 3.00. Experimentation of basic professional techniques for apparel assembly utilizing both domestic and industrial equipment. Course includes apparel construction, fitting, and finishing of a variety of garments. Students gain insight into the relationship between creative design and quality of a finished product. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 25500 - Apparel Showcase
Credit Hours: 2.00. Production of annual apparel showcase of apparel original designs and artwork of Apparel Design majors. All students in the Apparel Design major work on teams to produce the annual event. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 28200 - Customer Relations Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. A course that provides insight into the structure and working of customer relations management and its role in business and government agency. Analysis of how consumer needs, complaints, and education are handled. Customer relations’ management in the real world and techniques used in managing customer relations toward the goal of maximizing customer satisfaction. This course has a real world focus and is more applied than the usual introductory course. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 29000 - Seminar On Current Issues
Credit Hours: 1.00 or 2.00. Class will focus on current consumer science issues facing households and businesses. The emphasis is placed on exploring current research issues in consumer sciences. Admittance into the CSR Honors Program. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 29700 - Introduction To Honors Research
Credit Hours: 1.00. Introduces students to the design and implementation of an honors research project. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 30000 - Field Experience In Retail Management
Credit Hours: 1.00. Approved in-service training, a total of 140 hours; development of activities plan; and report of activities. Recommended for semesters 3,4,5, or 6. Advance approval of director and employer and attendance at pre- and post-organizational meeting is required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 30700 - Field Experience In Selling And Sales Management
Credit Hours: 1.00. Approved in-service training and supervised work experience in selling and sales management. Total of 140 hours required with in-depth report and analysis of activities. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 30800 - Independent Business I
Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the financial processes involved in successful operation of a small business. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 30900 - Leadership Strategies
Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides knowledge of humanistic processes that contribute to development of effective leadership. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 31500 - Relationship Selling
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on long term relationship selling. The course is organized around a seven step selling process which has proven to be effective. The course adds to this process some principles of marketing and business strategy. The elements are necessary for the success of professional salesperson both in successful prospecting and making strategic choices as to how to allocate their time within the territory. Important to the learning process is actually practice of principles. Students will do various exercises of principles such as prospecting and negotiation. At the end of the semester, students will hone the skills learned through the semester with a series of roll plays designed to put them in position of both seller and buyer. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 32200 - Field Experience In Apparel Design And Technology
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Approved in-service in the apparel industry and any related sewn product company and/or theatrical production. This field experience is intended to provide the opportunity for a student to apply skills and expertise gained through the study in apparel design courses. Required report of daily responsibilities plus a final report. Minimum of 140 hours of work per credit hour; Required 2 credits minimum. Advanced approval of director and employer; and attendance at organization meeting. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 32300 - Visual Merchandising
Credit Hours: 3.00. Creative experimentation, production, and analysis of promotional formats for merchandising of product in a retail setting. Study of the elements and principles of design and their application for promotion of retail merchandise and/or services. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 32700 - History Of Fashion
Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of the historical development of western world fashion from the ancient world through the 21st century. Students learn to understand the impact and influence of society, culture, art, work, economics, politics, and technology on the style of fashion - past, present, and future. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 32800 - Apparel Art And Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration and experimentation of creative rendering of apparel design through the use of various media. Opportunity for the students to develop their own unique style of illustrating fashion. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 33100 - Consumer Behavior
Credit Hours: 3.00. An interdisciplinary survey of consumer behavior theory focused on psychological, sociological, and cultural influences on consumer choice and use of products and services. Credit will not be given for both CSR 33100 and PSY 28500 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 33200 - Cross-Cultural Marketing And International Retailing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of marketing/retail practices used to target domestic and global consumer market segments. Development of successful retail and marketing strategies is stressed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 34200 - Personal Finance
Credit Hours: 3.00. The class covers a comprehensive discussion of investments, consumer credit, insurance and retirement issues. The goal is to show how these components are interconnected in order to create a complete picture of financial health of an individual. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall.
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CSR 34400 - Fundamentals Of Negotiations
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of bargaining “problems” that are traditionally faced by the manager, sales personnel and financial advisors. The course explores the processes of bargaining and negotiation as social and managerial activities. Special emphasis will be given to the areas of interpersonal and interpersonal and intergroup conflict, in addition to the interpersonal influence techniques and the tactics and strategies involved with improved bargaining and negotiation. The major purpose of the course is for each student to gain insight into his or her own negotiating style and to become a more effective negotiator, as well as a more astute observer of social process. The course will involve extensive use of cases, role-plays, and related participative activities, enhanced by rigorous self-review and introspection. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 35500 - Apparel Showcase
Credit Hours: 1.00. Planning of annual apparel showcase of apparel original designs and artwork of Apparel Design majors. All juniors and seniors in the Apparel Design major work with co-leaders to plan the annual event. This course will be an avenue to work with special projects as requested by outside interest groups. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 38600 - Risk Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. The course includes principles of insurance, analysis and evaluation of risk exposures, legal aspects of insurance, insurance needs and analysis, policy selection, and insurance company selection and due diligence. Types of insurance that are studied include: property and casualty, health, life, long-term care, disability and general business liability. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 39000 - Undergraduate Special Problems
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Individual participation, supervised reading, laboratory or field experiments, or research in special areas of the field. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 39100 - Undergraduate Structured Problems
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Group participation in an organized class, a structured workshop, or research problem in a particular area of the field. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 39500 - Special Projects
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Individual participation in supervised undergraduate project. Open to qualified upperclassmen. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 39700 - Directed Honors Research
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directed independent honors research for CFS Honors Program students. Students must select a faculty advisor for the course. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 39800 - International Special Topics
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Course taken during an International experience that is recognized by the University. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CSR 39900 - Undergraduate Special Topics In CSR
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Various topics that may change from semester to semester are presented by CSR faculty. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CSR 40100 - Buying Of Merchandise
Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of volume buying applicable to department, chain, specialty, and independent stores. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 40300 - Retail Management Internship
Credit Hours: 3.00. A supervised full-time internship in retail and related industries. This experience will enable students to further develop their professional interests and skills. Prior field experience and completion of application and pre-approval of internship by internship director and attendance at pre- and post-organization meetings is required. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer.
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CSR 40400 - Strategic Issues For Sales And Retailing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of selected retail organizations and their channel partners through in-depth discussion of contemporary paradigms in strategic marketing for both sales and retailing perspectives and their applications to management. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 40600 - E-Retailing
Credit Hours: 3.00. To provide understanding of the technological and retail infrastructure that underlines doing retailing over the internet. Build an understanding of business strategies over the net. To identify management issues and consumer issues in e-retailing. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 40900 - Promotional Strategies
Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of promotional techniques and strategies used by sellers to present a company or its product to target markets. Emphasis placed on planning a promotional campaign. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 41500 - Sales Force Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to sales force management. An examination of the sales force management process, including principles of recruiting and selecting, training, compensation, motivation, supervision, and evaluation. Planning skills, including sales force deployment and the role of the sales force in sales forecasting, are also covered. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 41800 - Selling And Sales Management Capstone
Credit Hours: 3.00. A capstone course in advanced professional selling taught in a seminar format and designed to prepare students for the transition from student to professional. Students are introduced to practitioner-focused issues involved in long-term, major B2B account sales and an emphasis is placed on professional presentation skills. Students will complete a senior group research project and a major account sales project. Professional dress code from business-casual to full-business attire required based on the scheduled day-to-day activity. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 42100 - Apparel Design III
Credit Hours: 3.00. Creation of apparel product line or collection from concept to consumer. Application of principles of apparel design from rendering, technical sketches, pattern design, pattern grading, marker making, and construction of several apparel garments from the line or collection. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 42300 - Apparel Portfolio/Professional Development
Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of employment-seeking skills including cover letters and resume writing, networking, job-seeking organization and interview practice. Creation and development of various forms of computer generated art for the portfolio including fashion illustration, textile design, story boards, and line brochures as well as stationary and business card design. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 48000 - Financial Counseling and Planning Internship
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Supervised internship in the financial services industry. The experience will enable students to develop their professional interest and skills. Attendance at a pre-planning meeting required. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CSR 48100 - Ethics And Compliance In Financial Counseling And Planning
Credit Hours: 2.00. Examination of the ethical and compliance issues in the basic areas of investments, risk management, taxation, retirement and estate planning. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 48400 - Consumer Investment And Savings Decisions
Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of consumer investment alternatives, with emphasis on financial assets. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 48500 - Case Studies In Financial Planning
Credit Hours: 3.00. Financial planning principles and practice. Course utilizes a case study approach toward financial planning for upper- and middle-income households. Business calculator required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 48600 - Retirement Planning And Employee Benefits
Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of employee benefit plans, retirement needs analysis, and types of retirement plans including employer sponsored plans and participant directed plans. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 49000 - Independent Study
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Independent study. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 49700 - Honors Research Project
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. The completion of the independent honors research project for CFS Honors Program students. Must have an approved Honors Project Proposal. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 59000 - Special Problems In Consumer Sciences And Retailing
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Credit variable. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 60000 - Introduction To Research In Consumer Sciences And Retailing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to research development, evaluation and analysis in the consumer sciences and retail management. Emphasis on preliminary stages of the research process including critical reading, preparation of literature reviews, scholarship standards, and preliminary proposals for research. Required of all graduate students entering CSR. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 63100 - Consumer Behavior Theories
Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of research methods, principles, and theories of social science as they apply to the study of consumer behavior and marketing sciences. Prerequisite: STAT 50100 , STAT 50200 , or PSY 60000 , PSY 60100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CSR 68100 - Consumption Theories
Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of theories of consumption with emphasis on their relation to current practices and to the history of economic thought. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Spring.
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CSR 68200 - Analytical Tools For Consumer Economists
Credit Hours: 3.00. Economic and analytical skills needed to interpret and conduct research in family and consumer economics. Focuses on consumer theory and includes theory of the firm, price theory, and welfare economics. Prerequisite: ECON 25100 , ECON 25200 and 3 credit hours at the lower division undergraduate level in Economics. Enrolled in Selling & Sales Mgmt, Retail Management, Apparel Design & Tech or Financial Counsel & Planning. Typically offered Fall.
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CSR 69000 - Independent Study In Consumer Sciences And Retailing
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Topic and credit to be arranged. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 69500 - Behavioral Research Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis and critical evaluation of behavioral and economic research design and development of research proposals. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring.
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CSR 69700 - Final Non-Thesis Paper
Credit hours: 1.00 to 3.00. The curriculum of consumer behavior and family and consumer economics has evolved in the past decades with the changing market trend to currently encompassing specializations for meeting the diverse and integrated needs of individual consumers, their families, and communities. The non-thesis option is called to respond to the increasing market demand for professionals who are able to solve practical issues in the field in addition to mere epistemological pursuits. This proposed new course is designed for the students from this option to organize their learnings in the option in a way that provides propositions and strategies for addressing their topics of interest. Hence, this course should be taken during the last semester of the student’s Master’s program. The students will work with their major advisors for the topic and design of the study. Prerequisites: The students should take this course during the last semester of their non-thesis master’s program. It is preferably taken after the students have completed the recommended core courses. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CSR 69800 - Research MS Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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