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2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Business - Graduate Level
  

  • BUS 247 - Big Data Management

    3 units
    Exploration of Big Data and how businesses are succeeding (or failing) in using it.  Learn to extract value from Big Data by getting data ready for analysis (âdata wranglingâ), and by understanding and communicating the business value.

    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 248 - Cyber Risk Management

    3 units
    This course surveys cyber risk management concepts and best practices. Topics include cyber security threats, countermeasures, vulnerabilities, cost/benefit analysis, incident handling/response, business contingency planning, ethics, and legal imperatives within the organizational context.

    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 250 - Law and Ethics

    3 units
    Course focuses on both law and ethics in the business environment, how individuals and organizations approach law and ethics, as well as the ethical, legal and social consequences of disregarding law and ethics in favor of other objectives.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Restricted to Business - MBA majors only
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 251 - Strategic Human Capital Performance Management

    3 units
    This course utilizes case and research discussions as well as quantitative costing and utility analyses to develop practical skills in the global deployment of human resources to achieve and sustain strategic competitive advantage.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 252 - Managing Organizational Change

    3 units
    The focus will be upon applied organizational change by covering organizational behavior from a normative, policy-oriented perspective. The perspective will be one of viewing the person (student) as an actual or potential change agent; a consultant (internal or external), innovative personnel specialist, or middle or top level manager.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 253 - Negotiation and Conflict Management

    3 units
    Introduces a theoretical framework and skill-building exercises/simulations for negotiating agreements in adversarial or competitive relationships. Explores conflict resolution methods applicable to commercial transactions, employee relations, union management negotiation and contract disputes, as well as international diplomacy.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 254 - Advanced Personnel Management

    3 units
    Selected human resource management topics are studied, including: computer applications and quantitative methods, forecasting, job analysis, personnel recruitment and selection, training and development, EEO, compensation, performance appraisal, OSHA requirements, labor relations.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 251  (or equivalent); statistics and computer applications; graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 255 - Diversity in the Workforce

    3 units
    Analysis of communication, leadership, motivation, group dynamics, decision-making, problem solving, training, change, conflict resolution and other behavioral concerns as they apply to the management of the multicultural workforce.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 258 - Leading Edge Managers

    3 units
    Experiential seminar to develop specific managing and leading capabilities. Focus on skills typically missing from MBA education: managing a multi- and cross-cultural workforce; developing effective teams and collaborative work; building a high-performing work system.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 259 - Mg Legal Aspects of Tech & New Prod Dev

    3 units
    This course addresses emerging issues in intellectual property - patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets laws - with an emphasis toward managing and protecting innovation and new product development in areas such as computer technology, biotechnology, and cyber-space.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 260 - Managerial Decision Analysis

    3 units
    Concerns the inherent complexities in the process of choice. Covers decomposition of the decision environment, the use of decision trees, value theory, analysis of criterion, the statistical measurement of risk and uncertainty, preposterior analysis, and problems of collective choice.

    Prerequisite(s): Business statistics and graduate standing; restricted to Business - MBA majors only
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 261 - Legal Challenges for the International Manager

    3 units
    Learn how legal systems affect international business. Topics include: securities law in international transactions; US trade law; export regulations; foreign legal problems; legal risk analysis; labor law systems; control of capital and currency; intellectual property rights; licensing; business with state-controlled agencies.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 262 - Leadership

    3 units
    Explores classic and contemporary models of leaders and leadership and defines the difference between management and leadership. Practical applications of theory emphasizing the contingency perspective.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 262A - Global Leadership and Innovation

    3 units
    This course provides an in-depth introduction to global leadership and its development and to fostering innovation and global change. Through assessments and behavioral simulations, it prepares students to do global work effectively in a complex context with people from various cultures.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 262B - Global Leadership Development

    3 units
    Students learn about global leadership and, in particular, its development in the Global Leadership Laboratory. As GLLab Associates, they help facilitate high impact experiential exercises, learn to give feedback, and supervise and coach student teams in global leadership courses.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 263 - High Performance Management

    3 units
    An intense analysis of management with main focus on understanding organizations as systems. Use of academic theories as tools with which you solve real-world tactical performance problems. Emphasizes critical thinking and problem solving.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 264 - Introduction to Technology Planning and Management

    3 units
    Develops technology strategies through a qualitative (scenario and strategy map-based) and a quantitative (decision analysis and option theory-based) approach for technology portfolio planning and management. It provides practical, stimulating, and easy-to-use methods for realistic applications.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 264A - Professional/Business Ethics

    3 units
    Ethical principles relevant to decision-making in business situations. Using case studies, examines and analyzes moral issues to determine the most appropriate actions. Experiential and self-reflective as well as theoretical.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 265 - Silicon Valley Experience

    2 units
    This course is designed to develop the “whole student” for success in the business world, including professionalism, ethics, case competitions, communications, networking, career success, and work/life balance. It includes lectures, speakers, panels, competitions, and other events providing students with an in-depth exposure to Silicon Valley.

    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 267 - Alternative Compensation Systems

    3 units
    A systematic exposure to theories and practices of various organizational reward systems. Drawing on managerial, behavioral, and economic frameworks to review various compensation topics and tackle some of the most controversial or innovative issues in compensation management.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 268 - Managing Across Cultures

    3 units
    A comprehensive foundation for understanding, managing, and successfully interacting in the multi-faceted, culturally-embedded contexts of multinational firms. Understanding major issues facing multinational corporations in the management of international operations; insights into cultural, historical and institutional factors; skills for working effectively in international multicultural teams.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 268A - Global Business Management

    3 units
    A global view on business, investigating why and how companies succeed internationally. It provides students a conceptual tool by which to understand how economic, social and political factors influence both domestic and international operations.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 269 - Strategic Management in the Computer Industry

    3 units
    The online course focuses on the industry-specific strategic challenges faced by companies that comprise the sector that is preeminent in the Information Age. Case studies favor PCs over big Iron and software over hardware.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 270 - Financial Management

    3 units
    Introduces the structure, markets and regulatory factors within the financial system. Develops basic skills in preparing financial plans/budgets, valuing capital costs, financial assets and evaluating the firm’s capital structure, cost of capital, working capital, dividend policies, financing and investment decisions.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 220  or BUS 231B and graduate standing; restricted to Business - MBA majors only
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 271 - Capital Markets

    3 units
    Driven by technological change, deregulation and globalization, course provides students an overview of the U.S. and international financial environment through financial media, spreadsheets and the Internet. Students leave the class with knowledge of interest rates, flow of funds, derivatives, money and capital markets and financial intermediaries.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 272 - Current Topics in Finance

    3 units
    Presented as a collection of topics of current interest and concern to managers, investors and creditors. A seminar approach emphasizes discussion, illustrations, examples and applications drawn from current financial practice to encourage exploration of all facets of select financial issues.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 273 - Business Valuation

    3 units
    Course uses accounting and market data to determine the value of public and private businesses. The course considers methods and models whereby business values are created and destroyed. Techniques, from basic rules of thumb to holistic computer models are considered.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 220  and BUS 270 .
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 274 - Financial Analysis of Technology-Based Firms

    3 units
    Students will learn to develop financial strategies in practical settings. This includes the ability to construct and interpret pro forma financial statements, planning and control models, working capital analysis, capital structure studies, capital budgeting and cost of capital models, and valuation analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 275 - Corporate Finance: Cases in High Tech Firms

    3 units
    Course is a continuation of corporate finance where finance concepts directly related to high technology firms are examined. The concepts are enhanced by using five Harvard cases. Other data and handouts are provided to supplement these cases and the textbook.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 276 - New Venture Finance

    3 units
    New ventures face different business and financing environments than large, publicly-traded firms. The risk of R&D failure is more severe for new ventures. Examines how business and financing decisions are intertwined. Topics: Venture capital, joint ventures and intrapreneurship.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 277 - Investment Analysis and Management

    3 units
    Principles of financial and portfolio analysis applied to investments in common stocks and bonds. Descriptive characteristics of financial markets reviewed, with main emphasis on application of financial theory and statistics to understanding movements in security prices and portfolio values. A financial management viewpoint will be taken in conducting fundamental valuation analysis and formulating portfolio policy.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 278 - International Corporate Finance

    3 units
    The finance manager’s responsibilities, risks, problems and need for strategic planning. Unique aspects of financial analysis for international business discussed and applied to real and/or similar decision situations.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 270  and graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 280 - Operations and Supply Chain Management

    3 units
    Analysis of effective and efficient flow of materials, products, services, and information within and across organizations. Includes: process flow analysis, capacity planning, quality, lean supply chain, layout, aggregate planning, supply chain networks, inventory management, sourcing, ERP, and logistics planning.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. Restricted to Business - MBA majors only
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 280IS - Independent Study

    1-6 units
    Independent study for the student with a specific project in mind, in an area not covered by existing coursework. The student must submit a one-page formal proposal to be accepted by an assigned faculty member and approved by the appropriate graduate program director. Number of units assigned are based on depth and breadth of project. 

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • BUS 281 - Management of High Technology Organizations

    3 units
    Investigates ingredients for sustained profitable innovation. Emphasizes management of technological innovation, including: innovation strategies, organization, project selection, project management, managing and integrating functional areas. Analyzes developmental processes which enable small firms to grow and prevent large organizations from stifling innovation.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 282 - Silicon Valley: The Business of Technology

    3 units
    The Silicon Valley Business of Technology course prepares students for fast-paced and pressure-packed conditions to accelerate development of Critical Thinking Skills; providing a unique insight into the Silicon Valley culture. Students will apply technology to various industries by understanding its origins, categories, and functionality.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 282A - Essentials of Management and Organizational Behavior

    3 units
    Familiarizes students with the challenges that arise for managers in organizational settings; surveys theories and practices relating to managerial roles, organizational cultures, strategy, planning, team building, communication, motivation, leadership, decision-making, control, structure, and change.

    Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MBT program.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 282B - Essentials of Operations Management

    3 units
    Familiarizes students with the role and importance of operations management and how it interacts with other parts of the organization; develops skills in applying analytical tools and techniques to operations management challenges.

    Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the MBT program.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 283 - Entrepreneurship

    3 units
    Examines the growth and nature of entrepreneurship and the support infrastructure of tasks, people, finances and technology. Emphasizes entrepreneur characteristics sought by venture capitalists and investors, role of the business plan and evolutionary stages of start-up activity.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 284 - Managing Product Development

    3 units
    Views product development as a cross-functional business process. Examines concepts used and management challenges faced in structuring product development activity and in strategically managing a portfolio of product development projects.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 284C - Managing Medical Product Development

    3 units
    Views medical product development as a cross-functional business process. Examines concepts used and management challenges faced in structuring medical product development activity and in strategically managing a portfolio of medical product development projects. Examines industry practices and cases relevant to medical product development.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPDM program and completion of BUS 224C , BUS 286  and SMPD 289A .
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 285 - Total Quality Management

    3 units
    Documents forces which propel quality (competition, Deming, Baldridge, etc.) and impact on planning, benchmarking and competitive analysis. Includes design for manufacturability, design of experiments, Taguchi methods, systems analysis, continuous process development and statistical process control.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 286 - Project Management

    3 units
    Covers both strategic and operational points of view for managing projects. Quantitative methods include project planning, budgeting, selection, scheduling, evaluation and control. Qualitative methods include project organization, staffing and team building.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 287 - Advanced Topics in Global Supply Chain Management

    3 units
    In depth analysis of current issues in global SCM with emphasis on industry best practices from around the globe. Topics may include continuous replenishment, value of information, outsourcing, collaboration, strategic alliances, e-SCM, supply chain risk, performance metrics, SCM simulations.

    Prerequisite(s): BUS 280 . Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 288 - Manufacturing Planning, Cost and Control

    3 units
    Methods for analyzing cost/volume/profit relationships, job costing, process costing and activity-based accounting. Creating budgets, standards and performance measurements applied to cost of quality and internal control systems. Develops financial tools for non-financial managers.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 289 - Managing Information and High Technology

    3 units
    Applies convergence among information, technology and strategy to organization and design of information and business systems for competitive advantage. Practical uses of electronic data interchange, expert systems and design and control of database systems to manage high-tech production.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 294 - Management Simulation Competition

    3 units
    Developing analytical and general management decision-making skills as member of a team competing in the regional business schools’ management simulation game. Extensive use of computers for simulation and analytical/planning tools.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 295 - Management Consulting Field Experience

    1-3 units
    Apply management theory and learn consulting skills by carrying out an intensive project. Identify and analyze actual business problems, develop and evaluate alternative solutions and present plan to management.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 298 - Master’s Project

    3 units
    Supervised completion of the Plan B (Project) culminating experience.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy and instructor consent. Not available to Open University Students.
    Grading: Mandatory CR/NC/RP


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  • BUS 298C - Applied Business Experience Internship

    3 units
    The course provides students with an opportunity to translate their academic training into real world practice and gain overall knowledge of key functional areas of business. The internship must offer students a valuable learning experience and must significantly increase their knowledge of business organizations. Students are responsible for identifying a specific internship opportunity and obtaining an official offer from an employer. Upon approval from the MBA Director, the students will be able to enroll in the 3-unit course which will count as one of the MBA electives. The course requires the preparation of an internship journal & report. The internship qualifies as Curricular Practical Training (CPT) for international students.

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to Candidacy
    Grading: Graded


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  • BUS 298I - Applied Business Experience Internship

    1 units
    For the student with a specific internship providing a quality experience that reinforces the curriculum and involves meaningful work. The student must submit a one-page formal proposal to the graduate program director. A final report is required. The internship must qualify as Curricular Practical Training (CPT) for international students.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 2 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Approved advancement to candidacy.
    Grading: Mandatory CR/NC/RP


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Chemical Engineering
  

  • CHE 109 - Heat Transfer in Electronics

    3 units
    Introduction to thermodynamics and heat transfer, including conduction, convection and radiation. An emphasis on applications for electronics; including heat transfer in computer components, heat sinks, liquid and air cooling and heat pipes.

    Prerequisite(s): EE 98 , PHYS 51  and one of the following courses: MATH 129 or MATH 123  or MATH 129. Allowed Declared Majors: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 131 - Air Pollution Meteorology

    3 units
    Quantitative description of contaminants in the atmosphere: sources, dispersion and sinks; their effects on atmospheric energy balance and condensation.

    Prerequisite(s): METR 121B  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 151 - Process Engineering Thermodynamics

    4 units
    Analysis of the ideal and real behavior of gases, liquids and solids from a macroscopic viewpoint; 1st and 2nd Law; phase rule, volumetric properties of fluids; heat effects; solution theory and applications; vapor-liquid and solid-solid equilibrium; chemical reaction equilibria.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/calculation period 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 115  and ENGR 10 
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 160A - Unit Operations I

    4 units
    Materials transportation, fluid metering, mixing, sedimentation, filtration, heat exchange and evaporation; types of equipment used and numerous practical applications. Introduction to transport theory.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 115  and CHE 190 .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 160B - Unit Operations II

    4 units
    Continuation of CHE 160A . Mass transfer operations, diffusion, absorption, extraction, distillation, humidification, membrane separations, drying and crystallization. Field trips to process industries. Integrate global and social issues in engineering.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/calculation period 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 115 , CHE 151 , CHE 160A , CHE 162  and CHE 190  (with an average of “C” or better in the five courses); ENGR 100W . Allowed Declared Major: Chemical Engineering.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 161 - Process Safety and Engineering Ethics

    1 units
    Topics include principles of chemical process safety, risk assessment, analysis of ethics issues, and the application of the engineering ethical code using case studies. Integrate global and social issues in engineering.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 1 hour.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1B .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 162 - Engineering Statistics and Analysis

    2 units
    Topics will include error analysis, probability, statistics including hypothesis testing, confidence limits and control variables, design of experiments and statistical process control as they are utilized in the chemical, materials and process engineering industries.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 1 hour/ Lab 3 hours

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 133A .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 163L - Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory II

    2 units
    Chemical engineering principles with an emphasis on traditional and novel applications in focuses such as environmental engineering and biotechnology. Written and oral reports are required. 

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 1 hour/lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 100W , CHE 161L 
    Corequisite(s): CHE 158  and CHE 160B 
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 165B - Plant Design II

    3 units
    Continuation of the technical and economic evaluation of a chemical processing plant, including most aspects of a typical industrial design. Major plant design project report required.

    Misc/Lab: 2 hours lecture/ 2 hours lab

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 165A ; instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 172 - Biofuels Process Engineering

    3 units
    Focus on the practical applications of engineering principles and practices used to produce the three major biofuels products commonly available today: ethanol, biodiesel and methane. Differences between entrepreneurial efforts and more traditional processes will be explored.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 160A 
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 176 - Energy Storage Systems

    3 units
    Principles and technology of energy conversion relateed to energy storage systems such as batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and super capacitors. Relationships among electricity, chemistry, heat and mass transfer in energy storage systems. Energy storage system design and applications are emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing. Engineering and Science majors only
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 180R - Undergraduate Research and Projects

    1-3 units
    Individual work on special topics by arrangement.  This section is for students working on formal, structured research or projects that are substantial enough to meet the requirements of the elective ChE lab requirement in each of the emphasis tracks.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 185 - Chemical Process Dynamics and Control

    3 units
    Dynamic behavior of representative chemical processes. Process control; dynamics of open-loop systems; techniques of closed-loop control.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 2 hours/lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 160B .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 190 - Introduction to Transport Phenomena

    3 units
    Introduction to thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Basic thermodynamics with first and second laws. Laminar and turbulent flow of incompressible fluids. Boundary layer analysis. Convection and steady state and transient conduction.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 51  (with a grade of “C-” or better); MATH 133A ; CHEM 1B , CE 99 
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 193 - Microbiological Techniques

    1 units
    Microbiological techniques for non-biologists.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing; lower division biology; or instructor consent. Must be a declared Biology Major (all).
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 194 - Biochemical Engineering Lab

    3 units
    Principles, concepts and mechanisms of growth and purification of products from biological systems investigated, with emphasis on scale-up procedures. Recombinant DNA techniques and bioinformatics included.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 2 hour/lab 3 hours.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): CHE 192 .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 197 - Cooperative Education Project

    3 units
    Part or full-time on-site paid work experience based on a pre-approved project assignment in area of student’s career objective. Oral presentations, written final report and evaluation by project supervisor. Approved technical elective.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 199 - Special Topics in Chemical and Materials Engineering

    3 units
    Special Topics in Chemical and Materials Engineering. Content varies from semester to semester. Course is repeatable for a total of 6 units.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 200 - Research Methods

    3 units
    Introduction to key statistical, experimental, and computational tools for independent project and research investigation in chemical and materials engineering. Literature review, experiments, data analysis, and individual written reports.

    Satisfies GWAR: Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

    Prerequisite(s): Conditional graduate standing in Chemical or Materials Engineering
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): This course satisfies graduate-level GWAR.


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  • CHE 211 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

    3 units
    Quantitative development of fundamental laws of thermodynamics and their application to chemical processes. Equilibria and thermal effects in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. Studies of behavior of complex mixtures and high pressure phenomena.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 151  and MATH 133A .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 218 - Reaction Kinetics

    3 units
    Theoretical background of simple homogeneous reactions collision theory and absolute reaction rate theory; mechanisms of complex homogeneous reactions. Mechanisms of reactions catalyzed by solids; diffusion in solid catalyst. Reactor design.

    Satisfies GWAR: Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 133A , CHE 151  and CHE 158 .
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): This course satisfies graduate-level GWAR in this master’s program.


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  • CHE 219 - Transport Processes

    3 units
    Derivation of general differential equations for transport of heat, mass and momentum; kinetic theory of fluids and its application to transport phenomena based on molecular motion; methods for estimating transport coefficients in fluids.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 160B .
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 281 - MS Thesis/Project Preparation Seminar

    1 units
    Development of project or thesis proposal.

    Misc/Lab: Lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Classified standing, completion of minimum 9 units towards MS degree, candidacy form submitted, satisfactory completion of university graduate writing requirement.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • CHE 291 - Industrial Bioseparations

    3 units
    Industrial considerations for downstream bioseparation processes including design, troubleshooting, scale-up, economics and validation with a focus on pharmaceutical products.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 192  or biochemistry or relevant industrial experience.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 293 - Applied Bioinformatics

    3 units
    Bioinformatics theory and applications including sequence search, proteomics, molecular modeling, and combinatorial chemistry. Students will work in teams and be guided in independent inquiry to solve practical bioinformatics problems.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior or graduate standing in engineering or science.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHE 298I - MS Research/Project Internship

    1-3 units
    Master’s project work in Chemical Engineering.  This section is for students completing their Master’s project work at an off campus location. 

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 3 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to candidacy. Not available to Open University Students
    Grading: Mandatory CR/NC/RP


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  • CHE 299I - Master’s Thesis Internship

    1-3 units
    Master’s thesis work in Chemical Engineering.  This section is for students completing their Master’s thesis work at an off campus location.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 3 units.

    Prerequisite(s): CHE 281 , CHE 298 .  Not available to Open University Students.
    Grading: Mandatory CR/NC/RP

    Note(s): CHE 298  may be taken co-currently wtih instructor approval.


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  • CHE 1290R - Culminating Experience Supervision

    1 units
    Continued work on dissertation, thesis, or project or in preparation for comprehensive exams beyond the minimum required units for cases in which final deliverables are still in progress and all other degree requirements except the culminating experience have been fulfilled.

    Prerequisite(s): Outstanding RP grade in a previous semester in ChE 298 or 299
    Grading: CR/NC, No Degree Credit

    Note(s): No Degree Credit


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  • CHEM 1A - General Chemistry

    5 units
    Topics including stoichiometry, reactions, atomic structure, periodicity, bonding, states of matter, energy changes, solutions using organic and inorganic examples. Lab program complements lecture.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lecture 1 hour/lab 3 hours.

    Satisfies B1 + B3: Physical + Lab Science

    Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in high school chemistry or CHEM 10  (with a grade of “C” or better; “C-” not accepted) or instructor consent; proficiency in high school algebra and eligibility for MATH 19 ; Writing Enrollment Group W-I or W-II, or ENGL 1AF  with a grade of CR, or ENGL 1A  with a grade of C- or better.
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHEM 1B - General Chemistry

    5 units
    Topics including stoichiometry, colligative properties, kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Lab program complements lecture.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab

    Satisfies B1 + B3: Physical + Lab Science

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1A  (with a grade of “C” or better; “C-” not accepted).
    Grading: Graded


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  • CHEM 8 - Organic Chemistry

    3 units
    Introduction to the chemistry of carbon compounds for allied health majors and others requiring only 3 units of organic chemistry lecture.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1B  (with a grade of “C” or better; “C-” not accepted).
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): CHEM 008 is not a satisfactory prerequisite for CHEM 112B . No credit toward Chemistry major or minor.


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  • CHEM 9 - Organic Chemistry Lab

    1 units
    Organic chemistry laboratory for allied health majors and others requiring only 1 unit of organic chemistry lab.

    Misc/Lab: Lab 3 hours.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): CHEM 8 .
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): No credit toward Chemistry major or minor.


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  • CHEM 10 - Chemical Calculations and Concepts

    3 units
    Fundamental concepts in chemistry and problems in chemical symbolism and calculations. For students wishing to continue in chemistry, but lacking prerequisites for CHEM 1A .

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 2 hours/activity 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): One year high school algebra.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): No credit towards chemistry major or minor.


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