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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Statistics

  
  • STAT 59000 - Internship Seminar


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students complete an internship where they will use statistical methods. A detailed report describing the internship work is required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • STAT 59700 - Statistical Consulting Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Active participation in weekly consulting meetings, directed reading in the statistical literature, application of statistical methods to real problems, report writing. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • STAT 59800 - Topics In Statistical Methods


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00 (West Lafayette, IUPUI) 1.00 to 3.00 (North Central) Directed study and reports for students who wish to undertake individual reading and study on approved topics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • STAT 63800 - Stochastic Processes I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (MA 63800 ) Advanced topics in probability theory which may include stationary processes, independent increment processes, Gaussian processes; martingales, Markov processes, ergodic theory. Prerequisite: STAT 53900 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • STAT 63900 - Stochastic Processes II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (MA 63900 ) Continuation of STAT 63800 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • STAT 66700 - Measure-Theoretic Statistics: Decision Theoretic And Classical


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Decision theoretic approach to statistical problems, complete class theorems, Bayes and minimax procedures, sequential decision problems, sufficiency, comparison of experiments, invariance; most stringent, similar, unbiased, likelihood ratio tests; efficiency, Cramer-Rao inequality, estimation analogues of good tests; confidence sets. Prerequisite: MA 57100 , STAT 52800 , STAT 53900 , 57600. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • STAT 69000 - Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • STAT 69100 - Seminar In Probability Theory


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • STAT 69200 - Statistics Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. A colloquium or seminar course with discussion. Colloquium speakers present current technical results from statistics. A discussion follows in which the speaker and instructor take questions and explain issues in detail. Students give reports on lectures. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • STAT 69500 - Seminar In Mathematical Statistics


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • STAT 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • STAT 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Technology

  
  • TECH 10000 - Technology Freshman Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Technology Freshman Seminar. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • TECH 10100 - Women In Technology: Exploring The Possibilities


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An in-depth view of the emerging role of women in technology. Presentations by career professionals and faculty in a variety of technology disciplines will increase familiarity with the diversity of programs within the school. Academic and interpersonal skills and strategies needed to succeed in technology careers, and issues such as balancing work and family, will be addressed. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • TECH 10500 - Introduction To Engineering Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the different disciplines incorporated in engineering technology as well as the skill set needed to be a successful student in engineering technology. Focus will be on individual and professional development, problem identification, developing analytical skills, time and resource management, project planning, design, implementation and evaluation, and oral and written communication in the engineering technology profession. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 11000 - Freshman Honors Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. A first-year honors seminar designed to inform and challenge technology students. Discussion will include a broad range of technology and intellectual issues. By invitation or permission of the instructor. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Student will engage in critical analysis of real-world problems and global challenges. They will demonstrate the ability to recognize opportunity and to take initiative in developing solutions applying the principles of human centered design. Students will be able to communicate effectively and to work well on teams. Problems and solutions will be examined from societal, cultural, and ethical perspectives. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 19900 - Special Topics In Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Special topics in Technology; subject matter to be arranged. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • TECH 29199 - Professional Practice Extensive Co-Op I


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 29299 - Professional Practice Extensive Co-Op II


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 29900 - Special Topics In Technology II


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of technology provided by Technology faculty. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 32000 - Technology And The Organization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course intended to provide students with experiences mirroring what they will encounter in the world of work. Students will participate in interdisciplinary teams to explore technology solutions. Course topics include public policy, regulatory and ethical issues, teaming and leadership, and project management. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 33000 - Technology And The Global Society


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course examines the interplay of technology, globalization, and ethics. Students will explore concepts and issues related to outsourcing; global competitiveness; communications; contemporary issues; cultural differences such as inequality, security, sustainability, and quality of life; and the ethical dilemmas that often emerge as a result of the impact of technology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 38199 - Professional Practice Co-Op I


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 38299 - Professional Practice Co-Op II


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 38399 - Professional Practice Co-Op III


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 39399 - Professional Practice Extensive Co-Op III


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 39499 - Professional Practice Extensive Co-Op IV


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 39599 - Professional Practice Extensive Co-Op V


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 39699 - Professional Practice Internship


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 39900 - Special Topics In Technology III


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of technology provided by technology faculty. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 40000 - Technology Study Abroad


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 8.00. This course is utilized to record credits earned through participation in Purdue study abroad programs. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 49600 - Senior Design Project Proposal


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Capstone problem identification and solution design course demonstrating synthesis of technical, professional, and general knowledge for senior engineering technology students. Proposal presentation is required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 49700 - Senior Design Project


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Teams will develop innovative solutions based on proposal outcomes in TECH 49600  for current issues in the engineering technology profession, workplace, or community. Project deliverable, presentation, and written report are required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 49900 - Special Topics In Technology IV


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of technology provided by technology faculty. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 52200 - Sustainability Foundations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis is placed on definitions of sustainability for corporate, governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as the frameworks used for developing and implementing sustainability programs. Areas of emphasis in environmental, economic, social, and energy sustainability are explored along with policy and regulations that apply to decision-making. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 52300 - Sustainable Critical Infrastructures


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is an applied sustainability course that explores critical infrastructures needed for sustainability efforts, and explores several industrial segments in-depth including supply chain and energy. Frameworks for evaluating benefits versus risks will be introduced as well as metrics for evaluating. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 52400 - Sustainability Analysis Assessment


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Applied research project where students conduct a sustainability project under instructor guidance. Emphasis is on new developments relating to technical and operational aspects of sustainability as it applied in industry using triple bottom line evaluations. This course emphasizes a holistic approach to sustainability that includes environmental, economic, and social aspects as well as the impact of policy, standards and regulations on decision-making for sustainability. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 53300 - Design Theory And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of theories and approaches to the transdisciplinary concept of design, spanning multiple disciplines and types of design outputs with a focus on technology. Students will read the work of leading design scholars, and situate their personal approach to design practice and research based on historical and current trends in the literature. Student work will be focused on theoretical and practical outcomes, with two main learning goals: 1) building upon and critiquing theories, methods, and processes of design in their original research; and 2) generating an awareness and representation of their personal design philosophy. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 58100 - Workshop In Technology


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Advanced study of technical and professional topics. Emphasis is on new developments relating to technical, operational, and training aspects of industry and technology education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 60100 - Research Seminar In Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course provides an introduction to the field and scholarship of Technology and the skills necessary for success. Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • TECH 60200 - Seminar In Technology And Society


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course focuses on relevant issues and challenges facing professionals in technology-related careers. Topics may include, but are not limited to: ethics, legal issues, public policy, defining technology, and technology and society. Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • TECH 62100 - Seminar In Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Current problems in Technology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 63700 - Research Focus: The Social Internet


    Credit Hours: 3.00. TECH 63700 simulates an interdisciplinary think tank environment where students identify research questions and examine the impact of social media and social networking technologies on various aspects of society, business, culture, communication, web experience, and interface design. The course integrates immersion in social media with consideration of several theoretical perspectives from diverse fields. Students complete an original research project customized to fit individual or team interests. The course encourages theoretical and methodological diversity. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 64100 - Advanced Analytics For Research And Industry


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Offers students training and experience in advanced parametric statistical techniques in both research and industrial applications. While statistical theory necessary to properly conduct analyses will be discussed, this course focuses on practical applications of analysis strategies, including issues in handling data from organizations and industry settings. Material includes overview and implementation of relevant statistical software applications. Practical skills in presenting advanced analyses to both professional and scientific audiences is a key component of the course. Prerequisites: IT 50700  or STAT 50100 . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 64600 - Analysis Of Research In Industry And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of research and evaluation of research reports. Emphasis on understanding the application of fundamental statistical methods in design and interpretation of research findings in industrial, technical, and human resource development environments. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 69000 - Independent Study In Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Intensive individual study of selected current developments and issues in technology. A faculty sponsor is required for this course. Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • TECH 69500 - Graduate Professional Practice


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Advanced professional experience in Technology. The experience is coordinated by the major professor with cooperation of a participating employer. Students submit a summary report. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 69700 - Qualitative Research Methods In Technology Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In-depth examination of qualitative methods and frameworks used in technology research. Students learn by application a variety of methods from the qualitative research toolbox such as interviewing, focus groups, observation, and experience analysis. TECH 69700 prepares students to plan, pilot, and assess an original qualitative research study and to integrate qualitative research findings in the technology design and evaluation process. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TECH 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

Technology Leadership and Innovation

  
  • TLI 11100 - Gateway To Technology Leadership And Innovation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course serves as an introduction to the Technology Leadership (TLI) programs. Students study the interface between technology and people, while developing strategies to lead, innovate, and solve problems in a technology-rich, systems environment. Concepts of globalization, ethical practices, and life-long learning are also explored. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 11200 - Foundations Of Organizational Leadership


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of individual and organizational behavioral concepts and principles that provide a foundation for leadership in technology organizations. The focus will be toward the understanding of behaviors necessary for effective organizational leadership, including concepts of work in a technology-rich environment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 15200 - Business Principles For Organizational Leadership


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce the topic of applied organization leadership in the context of working organizations. Topics include basic functions, structures, and operations of organizations, and an introduction to reading and understanding balance sheets, cash flow statements, and profit-loss statements. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 16100 - Prototyping In Engineering/Technology Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides basic instruction on the proper and safe use of tools and equipment used to fabricate prototyping equipment and tools. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 21300 - Project Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Project management is an ad hoc technique for accomplishing specialized missions or work. Examples of projects include research and development studies, consulting projects, reorganizations efforts, implementation of total quality management, installation of new equipment, advertising campaigns, construction or other one-time efforts. This course will provide a leadership approach to project management, including team development and team selection. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 21400 - Introduction To Supply Chain Management Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to supply chain management technology. Topics include supply chain functions including how to organize a supply chain, supply chain strategy, supply chain process mapping, and use of supply chain technologies, analysis, and performance measurements. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 23500 - Introduction To Lean And Sustainable Systems


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides the foundation for technology systems processes and practices. The content covers the discussion of current systems issues, basic systems technology processes, and the role of systems engineering professionals in a global business environment. Topics include basic principles of systems thinking, the concepts of performance and cost measures, alternative design concepts, lean processes, and sustainable life-cycle management. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 25300 - Principles Of Technology Strategy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores technological strategy and the innovation process from an organizational perspective. The evolutionary path of technologies is dependent upon a variety of factors that when understood can lead to sound technology leadership practices. These factors include innovative organizational processes, economic enablers, and public policies. Students will explore these factors and their interrelationships with attention to how they contribute to practices such as technological evaluation, assessment, planning, strategy, and forecasting. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 25400 - Leading Change In Technology Organizations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a framework for creating, monitoring, and leading change within technology-rich organizations. Students will learn how to be change consultants, diagnose organizational problems, identify and implement change interventions at various outcome levels (i.e. individual, group, process, and the organization as a whole), and evaluate the success of change efforts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 25500 - Foundations Of Human Resource Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Much has been discussed about the importance of people in organizations, difficulties within organizations, and challenges faced by todays organizations. This course covers the field of human resource development (HRD) as an important area of practice within organizations. The course provides an introduction to HRD theories, principles, concepts, and practices. It provides foundations through the study of history, current paradigms, and perspectives on the future of the field of HRD while specifically focusing on training and development, organization development, and career development as organizational functions within HRD. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 26200 - Foundations Of Integrated STEM Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides students with a conceptual understanding of an integrated approach to teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Integrated STEM pedagogies include project/problem-based (PBL), design-based, and inquiry-based approaches to teaching. Students engage in a co-teaching model to deliver STEM instruction and observe local K-12 classrooms. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 26500 - Teaching The TE Of STEM


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course for teacher education majors that provides rationale and techniques for integrating engineering and technological literacy into the K-12 mathematics and science curriculum. Experiences focus on the engineering design process, mechanisms, robotics, strength of materials, electrical circuits, and electronics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 29000 - Independent Study In Technology Leadership And Innovation


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Supervised individual study in technology leadership and innovation topics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 29900 - Special Topics In Technology Leadership & Innovation


    Credit Hours: 1.0 to 3.00. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faulty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of Technology Leadership and Innovation is provided by Technology faculty, subject to TLI curriculum committee approval. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 31300 - Technology Innovation And Integration: Bar Codes To Biometrics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides the foundation for automatically capturing data in a system. The content covers an introduction to technology used in automatic identification and data capture systems, including: bar codes; radio frequency identification; smart cards, and biometrics. Topics also include an immersive semester project that examines the integration of these technologies, as well as advanced problem solving. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 31400 - Leading Innovation In Organizations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides the foundation for understanding the manner in which companies capture innovation and use it to set themselves apart from competitors. Topics covered include the attributes of organizations that are successful in fostering a culture of innovation; the characteristics and roles of leaders and members in innovative organizations; managerial processes and organizational systems that facilitate the successful development, commercialization, and adoption of innovative technologies, products, and services; and methods used to measure innovation-related outcomes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 31500 - Innovative Product Development And Testing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the process of technological innovation and new product development from concept to commercialization. Topics covered include ideation, R&D, prototyping (design and modeling), testing for quality, the patent process, intellectual property rights, marketing and cost evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 31600 - Statistical Quality Control


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the application of statistical and probability tools to develop, implement, and maintain effective quality assurance in technology and service systems. A systems approach to product or service quality from inception to disposal is employed. Factors affecting variation in quality are studied. The concepts and implications of quality from a global business environment are examined. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 33400 - Economic Analysis For Technology Systems


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines techniques of economic analysis for systems technologists, engineers, and leaders who evaluate and determine the financial attractiveness of multiple alternatives. Emphasizes economic feasibility and applying time value of money concepts to cost-volume-profit decisions. Topics include present worth, rate of return, benefit-cost, payback, breakeven analysis, depreciation, economic optimization, and decision-making under uncertainty. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 33520 - Human Factors For Technology Systems


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides the foundation for examining the intersection of people, technology, policy, and work across technology systems. Topics include the evaluation, analysis, and design recommendations for improving the safety and efficiency of human-technology interactions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 33610 - Risk Analysis And Assessment


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the tools for identifying and analyzing inherent risks associated with the decision making process. The challenges of quantitative risk assessment are introduced using decision trees, influence diagrams, and probability models. The concepts of risk index, options, avoidance, prevention, and reduction are discussed in the context of technology systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 33620 - Total Productive Maintenance


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course emphasizes the importance of effective maintenance planning and execution for efficient and economical operation of service or technology systems. A systems approach to maintenance planning is taken. Maintenance activities are discussed from reliability and productivity perspectives in the context of technology systems. Semester-long, team based research project is typically required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 34200 - Warehouse And Inventory Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to develop understanding of types of warehouses, methods of organizing the warehouse environment, and determining efficient inventory control procedures. Technology applications related to the management of warehouse and inventory stock keeping units (SKU) are investigated. Storage of inventory, placement of inventory, picking, packing, shipping, and other internal logistics management topics will be explored. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 34250 - Purchasing And Contract Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the processes by which goods and services are acquired through purchasing and contract management. Topics include procurement, contract strategies, source selection, identifying contract type, product liability and risk, the bid process and response evaluation; contract risk assessment, contract negotiation, and contract law. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 34300 - Technical And Service Selling


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of sales models and techniques for technical and service sales in business to business environments, including development of channel relationships, long-term sales agreements, customer relationship management efforts, total cost of ownership tools and complex sales presentations. Covers critical sales skills such as e-economy sales and marketing, lead management, building credibility, consultative selling, ethical negotiations, and sustainable product management. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 34350 - Business To Business Sales Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers key topics in sales management while emphasizing customer relationship management, sales productivity, and the effects of technology on the sales function. Topics include analyzing multiple channel models; establishing sales plans; incentivizing and motivating the sales force; and evaluating, monitoring, and managing the effectiveness of the sales force. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35510 - Training And Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to develop theoretical and applied perspectives on needs assessment, design, development, delivery, and evaluation of training and development in organizational contexts. Emphasis is place on assessing learning and performance outcomes throughout the training and development process. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35520 - Organization Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to major theories, concepts, skills and techniques for the practice of organizational change and team leadership in business and industry. Its primary goal is to give a basic understanding of organization development processes and interventions using a consultancy approach. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35530 - Strategic Planning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Strategic planning is viewed holistically and framed within the context of systems thinking. This course seeks to provide students with both theoretical understanding and the practical skills needed to develop effective strategic plans and interpret organizational budgets from a holistic perspective. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35540 - Staffing Organizations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of the processes by which organizations staff positions with both internal and external applicants. The course covers theory, research, and legal foundations that inform organizational staffing actions. Topics include staffing strategy and context, measurement of staffing effectiveness, job/competency analysis, human resource planning, recruitment and job choice, retention, and internal and external selections practices. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35550 - Compensation And Rewards


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the compensation and reward structures of organizations. It covers the planning and implementation of a total compensation system, including job evaluation, salary survey and analysis, benefits, and development of a structured pay systems. Included are behavior implications and legal compliance issues related to compensation and rewards. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35560 - Legal Aspects And Issues In Organizations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a foundation for understanding the broad impact of legal issues in organizations. Topics include corporate social responsibility, employment law, environmental issues, and global challenges. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 35600 - Global Technology Leadership


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines leadership of high-tech organizations across cultures and national boundaries. Topics covered may include forging strategic alliances, negotiating contracts, meeting ISO requirements, managing a multinational workforce, identifying emerging markets, and driving innovation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 36100 - Engineering And Technology Education Instructional Planning And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses selecting content, writing instructional objectives, planning lessons, preparing a unit of study, and evaluating student progress. Emphasis is placed on evaluating instruction and student achievement to include developing valid, reliable testing instruments as they relate to measuring student achievement in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 36700 - Teaching Design And Innovation I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the development of appropriate engineering design knowledge and skill required to effectively teach middle and high school engineering/technology education courses by infusing engineering design into the curriculum. Students will use 3-D solid modeling software, rapid prototyping, and other design technologies as they engage in the engineering design process through an open-ended engineering design challenge. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 41400 - Financial Analysis For Technology Systems


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course provides students with financial tools needed by managers in technical and service fields. Topics include financial statement analysis, using common-sized statements and financial ratios; the strategic profit model; total cost of ownership; pricing for profitability; margin management; cash flow cycles; and budgeting. A corporate financial analysis project is typically required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 43530 - Operations Planning And Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of enterprise operations and management, demand forecasting, capacity analysis, research and development, production, personnel, and sales. Examples of the procedures necessary to provide a product or service are included. The course focuses on the tools necessary to solve problems, such as decision analysis, linear programming, transportation modeling, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and forecasting models. Field trips may be required and industry-sponsored research projects are typically completed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 43540 - Facilities Planning And Material Handling


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course takes a systematic approach to design of facilities and material handling systems for effective and lean production of goods and services. An array of qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques are introduced and utilized, emphasizing lean principles, waste reduction, and overall efficiency of operations. Flow analysis and optimization tools, including computer simulation, are introduced. Strong emphasis is placed on a comprehensive semester-long team project as an integral component of this course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 43630 - Design Of Experiments


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to statistical design of experiments. The course examines the difference between single, multivariate, and factorial experimental designs. Concepts of optimization and response surface methodologies are introduced. The course focuses on interpreting and communicating experimental results. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 43640 - Lean Six Sigma


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the Lean Six Sigma quality and process improvement methodology, using the define, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC) process. The course addresses advanced topics in statistical quality; introduces quality management concepts as they pertain to the Lean Six Sigma methodology; and provides preparation for the Green Belt Certification exam. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 44275 - Global Transportation And Logistics Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the various aspects of logistics. The development, implementation, and control of physical transportation systems, product distribution, warehousing, and inventory policy models will be emphasized. A working knowledge of third and fourth party logistics and transportation strategies will be analyzed. The impact of logistics and transportation in the global environment will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45570 - Cross-Cultural Issues In Organizations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the challenges and opportunities associated with cross cultural issues in a global environment. Topics include international and cultural comparisons of work motivation, communication, leadership and decision-making, as well as organizational structures and characteristics. Dimensions of culture and its analysis across the globe, as well as cross-cultural conflict resolution strategies, are explored. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45580 - Human Resource Information Systems


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This class surveys the complex field of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) including with how communication in organizations is facilitated or impeded by existing structure and processes, methods for improving communication flows and facilitating technology implementations and change management. Emphasis placed on rational decision making, diagnosing the relationship between an organizations mission and culture, facilitating system-wide change, and improving organizational effectiveness through the use of technology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45700 - Technology Policy And Law


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a foundation of understanding the broad impact of technology policies and laws on organizational performance, innovation, corporate accountability, and sustainability. Topics include corporate social responsibility, employment and contract law, intellectual property, e-commerce, and environmental and global challenges. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45800 - Leadership For Competitive Advantage


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Organizations who consistently outperform competitors realize bottom-line impact through efficient leveraging of organizational strategy, leadership, internal and external talent acquisition, organizational culture, and marketing strategies. This course will explore the relationships between these areas and introduce organizational tools and concepts to enable the student to recognize and build capacity for sustainable competitive advantage in technology organizations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45810 - Internship Program


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An internship designed to combine university study with work experience directly related to the student’s plan of study. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45820 - Internship Program Seminar


    Credit Hours: 2.00. An internship designed to combine university study with work experience directly related to the student’s plan of study. Includes reflection on interning experience as well as a written final paper and oral presentation covering the student’s internship experience. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45830 - Service Learning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Service learning is a reflective experience in which students actively engage in the community and integrate that experience into the classroom. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 45900 - Technology Focus Seminar


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide the synthesis between each student’s technology focus area and technology leadership. Students will apply advanced leadership knowledge and skills to technology-based problems while working in diverse teams. Topics include team leadership, integration of technologies to develop innovative solutions, and project management. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • TLI 46000 - Teaching Design And Innovation II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course expands the engineering design process, incorporating rapid prototyping and other fabrication technologies to create a specified solution. The course emphasizes process flow chart planning and logistics of engineering/technology education laboratory management. Prototypes will be tested in real situations and data gathered on performance. Designs will be revised to reflect a deeper understanding of manufacturing and use, being sensitive to structure, function, and behavior from a systems-level perspective. Intellectual property, marketing, and infrastructure will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
 

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