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CEGR 742 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Modeling in Raster
Three hours.
3 Credits
Advanced geographic information system (GIS) modeling concepts, principles, methodology, and applications are presented and illustrated. Map algebra, pattern recognition, model formulation, implementation and verification, and advanced raster data structures for dynamic modeling will be emphasized. Cross-disciplinary approaches of GIS modeling of real world problems will also be presented. Student will be required to complete a GIS modeling project, make an oral presentation, and submit a written report of their findings as part of the final grade for this course.
Prerequisite(s) Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 743 - Finite Element Method in Geomechanics
Three hours.
3 Credits
Theoretical concepts and principles of the Finite Element Method (FEM) as well as applications to Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Establishment of conceptual, mathematical, numerical, and mechanical models. Time and spatial discretization. Solution of matrix equations and programming in FORTRAN and C. Applications of FEM to geomaterials which exhibit linear and nonlinear elastic, viscous, elasto-plastic behavior. Applications of FEM to solve 2D and 3D problems in Geotechnical Engineering.
Prerequisite(s) Mechanics of Materials, Soil Mechanics, MATH (PDE) and FORTRAN or C Programming
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 744 - Tensor Analysis in Geomechanics
Three hours.
3 Credits
Concepts, principles of tensors and their applications in Geomechanics. Coordinates and transformation of coordinates. Vectors and tensors, stress and strain tensors in elasticity. Gradient, divergence and rotations, derivatives of tensors and applications to Geomechanics.
Prerequisite(s) Vector and Matrix Analysis
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 745 - Advanced Analysis of Slope Stability
Three hours.
3 Credits
Study advanced concepts and principles in limit equilibrium theory. Analyze soil and rock slope stability with theoretical approaches as well as numerical methods (e.g., FEM and FDM). Apply the limit equilibrium theory to slope stability. Back analysis and its applications to prediction of potential failure of slope. Slope design and problem solving in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering.
Prerequisite(s) Soil Mechanics
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 746 - Advanced Soil Dynamics
Three hours.
3 Credits
Emphasis on theoretical and applied study in soil dynamics including soil stress-strain relations, strength and failure under dynamic loading, loading rate effect, small and larger deformation under repeated loading , propagation of stress wave in soils. Investigation of soil dynamic parameters through lab and field. Solving problems in engineering such as sand liquefaction due to earthquake, foundation stability analysis under vibration, wave propagation because of pile driving or earthquake, etc.
Prerequisite(s) Soil Dynamics, MATH (PDE), Mechanics of Materials.
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 747 - Well Hydraulics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course emphasizes theoretical and applied well hydraulics including steady and unsteady flow toward a well within confined, semi-confined or unconfined aquifers. Analytical solutions of well drawdown, analysis of aquifer parameters through aquifer testing, and applications to water resources exploitation are discussed.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 748 - Design of Pile Foundations
Three hours.
3 Credits
Study of theories and principles such as structure characteristics, load transfer mechanics, pile load tests, consolidation settlement of group piles, negative skin friction laterally loaded piles. Design of different types of pile foundations, estimate pile length and installation of piles.
Prerequisite(s) Geotechnical Engineering
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 749 - Earthquake Engineering
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers seismic wave and its propagation in porous media, analytical and numerical analysis for elastic, plastic and viscous waves, analysis of ground motion and field responses due to an earthquake, soil-structure interaction induced by earthquakes, soil liquefaction and site characterization, geotechnical designs with consideration of seismic forces.
Prerequisite(s) Soil Dynamics
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 750 - Advanced Geotechnical Experiments
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course emphasizes advanced geotechnical experiments conducted in laboratories and fields, including designing and planning geotechnical tests, introduction to conventional and advanced laboratory and field equipment, data acquisition experiments, and stress analysis for experimental investigation.
Prerequisite(s) Soil Engineering
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 755 - Construction Cost Management
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will teach the students cost estimating concepts as it relates to owner and contractor in the construction industry. Students will acquire the skills to manage and control project costs that would benefit the owner, the contractor and the public at large.
Prerequisite(s) CEGR 645 or CEGR 646 .
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 756 - Advanced Construction Cost Management
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will introduce the student to the advanced construction cost management concepts. It will enhance the student’s knowledge of financial analysis and develop competence in advanced construction cost estimation and management.
Prerequisite(s) CEGR 645 or CEGR 646 .
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 760 - Dissertation Research & Writing for Construction Students
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will teach the students topic selection, research planning, data collection and methodology, including the structuring and writing the dissertation.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 765 - Law for Architects, Business, Engineers and Construction Managers
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course explores legal concepts related to architects, business, engineers and construction managers. It will encourage students to become conscious of the legal implications of their actions as professionals and how to adapt the legal concepts to the day-to-day practice.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 780 - MSU/JHU Engineering Education Study
Two hours.
2-6 Credits
This course will facilitate educational exchange between students at Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins University.
Prerequisite(s) Approval from advisor and Graduate coordinator
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 788 - Seminar I
One hours.
1 Credits
This is the first part of an advanced seminar course taken during the first two semesters of the Master of Engineering Program in which students from different engineering disciplines (Civil, Electrical, and Industrial Engineering) work together to identify and solve problems.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 789 - Seminar II
One hours.
1 Credits
This is the second part of an advanced seminar course taken during the first two semesters of the Master of Engineering Program in which students from different engineering disciplines (Civil, Electrical, and Industrial Engineering) work together to identify and solve problems.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 790 - Research in Civil Engineering
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides for independent inquiry into a civil engineering related topic. Through research of appropriate literature, the student will gain depth in a particular subject area or breadth in other fields related to civil engineering. At the commencement of the semester, a student must submit an outline of the proposed work for approval. A written report is required.
Prerequisite(s) Instructor Approval
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 791 - Research in Civil Engineering II
Three hours.
3 Credits
This is the second part of a CEGR 790 course and continues research related to the civil engineering related topic. At the end of the semester, a student must submit the final report for the proposed work by CEGR 791 to the supervising faculty member. A final report is required.
Prerequisite(s) CEGR 790
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course conveys full-time status to a master’s graduate student engaged in study prior to the achievement of master’s candidacy. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations or for a thesis proposal defense enroll in this course. Additionally, students needing additional time to complete a Master’s Project enroll in this course after initial enrollment in the appropriate Master’s Project course. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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CEGR 795 - Project Report
Three hours.
3 Credits
Project Report provides a student with an opportunity to formulate and develop a proposal for a professional engineering project. The student may work as a project at the University or off-site, under the supervision of a faculty advisor. The student then works on the approved project under the supervision of a faculty advisor. The student must address advanced professional engineering issues, which may include analysis, design, synthesis, feasibility, development of alternatives, standards and codes, and other relevant issues as defined in the proposal. This professional engineering experience culminates in a final report.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
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CEGR 797 - Thesis Guidance
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a master’s student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s thesis chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the thesis. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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CEGR 799 - Thesis Defense
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course allows master’s students the opportunity to defend their thesis for approval by the student’s thesis chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the thesis chairperson and committee, the thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and is counted as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL OR SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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CEGR 993 - Pre-doctoral Candidacy
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course conveys full-time status to a doctoral student as a full-time student engages in study prior to the achievement of doctoral candidacy. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations or preparing for a proposal defense enroll in this course. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CEGR 997 - Dissertation Guidance
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a doctoral student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s dissertation chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the dissertation. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CEGR 998 - Dissertation Defense
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course allows doctoral students the opportunity to defend their doctoral dissertation for approval by the student’s dissertation chairperson and committee after the dissertation has been completed. After gaining approval of the dissertation chairperson and committee, the dissertation is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and is counted as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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CREP 501 - Principles and Practices of City & Regional Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course provides an introduction to the practices and principles of city and regional planning in the United States and beyond. It explores theory and practice from historic and contemporary perspectives and includes discourse on planning ethics and diversity.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 502 - Geographic Information Systems for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications. It includes content to facilitate spatial thinking, representation and problem solving, and training to develop basic proficiency in using GIS software.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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CREP 506 - Urban Land Use for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course surveys and examines urban land use planning practices across North America and the world at district, city and regional scales. Employing several critical lenses, its focus is oriented towards exploration and critique of planning and development processes and consideration of plan outcomes to serve public interests.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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CREP 510 - City & Regional Planning Studio I
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course introduces students to professional planning practice. Working with a client and multiple stakeholders, students create a plan for a neighborhood or city. Students engage with all aspects of the planning process including defining problems and opportunities, creating goals and objectives, designing and executing field study, gathering and analyzing data; soliciting and mediating among diverse interests; and developing recommendations and implementation strategies.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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CREP 512 - Urban Economics for Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course exposes students to urban economics and enables them to observe, understand, analyze and communicate urban planning and policy issues and phenomena through an economic lens. The curriculum includes economic theory and its relationship to cities and regions, and how economics shapes the patterns of urban development within and beyond cities.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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CREP 513 - History of City & Regional Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course surveys the principal concepts that have guided the growth of cities and the development of the practice and profession of urban planning, from its earliest inceptions through the present day. Through lecture, discussion, projects and field study, students examine the history of the American city and determine how it has been impacted by various plans, movements and development initiatives.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 514 - Seminar in Urban Design I
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course explores the physical form of cities and how it evolves over time. Introducing students to urban design theories and practices, it includes strategies for interpreting and engaging city form and generating meaningful critique of urban development.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 515 - Seminar in Urban Design II
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course takes a comparative approach to exploring contemporary and historic issues and theories of city and urban design. It examines the socio-political dimensions of urban design in public as well as private sector projects in the U.S. and internationally from colonial to modern times, and considers how these projects have influenced the quality of the built environment.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 520 - City & Regional Planning Studio II
Three hours.
3 Credits
Building upon Planning Studio I, this core course asks students to undertake a complex planning project working with a client in team or individual formats. Typically, students develop a detailed comprehensive plan for an urban neighborhood, district or region.
Prerequisite(s) CREP 510
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 521 - Computer and Data Applications for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course introduces computer and data analysis practices such as data management, interpretation and visualization. It includes several quantitative analysis techniques and students develop competencies working with standard planning computer applications and data sets, and creating population and economic projections.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 522 - Land Development Law
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course provides students with knowledge about the legal context of planning and land development. The curriculum is focused on major legal doctrines and cases, which apply to public and private uses of the built environment and impact the urban development practices. Students also become acquainted with the legal framework, legislative and administrative processes regarding public response, review, and input on development rules and regulations.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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CREP 523 - Quantitative Analysis and Methods for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core intermediate level quantitative course covers methods commonly used in planning practice. It includes statistics, projection methods, housing analysis, cohort survival models, impacts analysis, economic analysis and financial modeling. The emphasis is how to integrate quantitative analysis results, graphics, and narratives to prepare a strong professional planning report.
Prerequisite(s) CREP 521
Co-Requisite(s) None
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CREP 524 - Public Facilities Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will investigate the factors contributing to alternative locations for activities/facilities as determined by transportation, land use patterns, performance standards, etc. The economics, spatial context, and patterns of location of public facilities will be considered.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 526 - Urban Transportation Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course introduces students to theories and practices of urban transportation planning and policy in city, regional, state and national contexts. Students discuss historic, contemporary and future directions of federal transportation policies, and examine topics including transportation finance, public transit, mobility, transportation demand management, pedestrian and bicycle network planning, and other sustainable and/or equitable transportation strategies.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 532 - Municipal Finance and Budgeting
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course examines government financial issues and various financing programs that support planning efforts. It discusses local public service provision and its funding, theories of taxation, the budgetary process of local government, fiscal impacts of development, tax base and school funding. Students will analyze fiscal distress and urban decline and examine the various programs to stimulate local development.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 533 - Planning Administration and Management
Three hours.
3 Credits
Theories of planning process are compared with concepts of organizational structures, functions, and processes. National, state, regional, city neighborhood, and corporate structures are examined.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 534 - Public Policy Analysis
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on understanding and interpreting public policy and developing techniques of policy analysis that are relevant to city and regional planning practices. Course topics include identifying information sources useful to policy assessments, project monitoring and evaluation, and the formal and informal politics of policy development.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 537 - Program Development and Implementation
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on urban program design and implementation, including grant application preparation, studies of marketing feasibility, needs assessment, project management and budget control. Students also learn ex post evaluation (monitoring) skills so as to assess program performance.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 538 - Neighborhood and Community Development
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of neighborhood and community development practices. It is designed to stimulate student thinking about the elements that comprise equitable, healthy, sustainable and prosperous neighborhoods. Topics discussed include community development, economic development, local engagement strategies, equity planning, transportation, food systems, commercial corridor revitalization and Main Street programs, and heritage planning.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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CREP 539 - Housing and Land Development
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course exposes students to practices of housing and land development. It includes exploration of housing economics, markets and finance, and strategies for developing affordable housing. Students also learn from creating a housing development plan for a local site and build knowledge in vital aspects of the development process including community profile, site inventory, acquisition/feasibility study, and development proposals with pro forma.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 542 - Environmental Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on understanding environmental issues and their impact on cities and urban development while creating sustainable and resilient planning strategies. Topics include topography, soil structure and land-based hazards, brownfields remediation and redevelopment, natural resource characteristics, pollution control and mitigation, assessing the impacts of land use and development, land conservation strategies, environmental disclosure practices and compliance with city, state and federal legislation and policy.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 546 - Environmental Evaluation Techniques for Land Planning
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course exposes the student to the use of various physical maps, aerial photographs, including a range of other geographic information systems to undertake land suitability analysis for land use planning.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 550 - Regional Scale Planning-Land Planning Studio
Six hours.
6 Credits
This studio will deal with large-scale regional development in the Baltimore metropolitan region. The course will address the many facets of city and regional development including financial, social, and environmental concerns. Proposals of criteria for development, land use programming and physical built form will be dealt with on an area-wide basis.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 552 - Site Planning for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will address how the attributes of nature can be incorporated into the urban fabric through the design of open space. The concern for literal and figurative connections with nature, sustainable landscape design, and environmental health will be emphasized. These elements are studied in relation to land use patterns, site context, and social, economic and cultural issues.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 553 - Landscape Resources for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course explores basic principles governing ecosystems and examines natural factors as determinants of land use. It examines strategies for resource protection, conservation, management and development, and explores ethical frameworks for evaluating the use and exploitation of natural resources.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 560 - City & Regional Planning: Land Planning Workshop
Six hours.
6 Credits
This workshop will introduce students to land planning and community design. Projects undertaken will be those having impacts reaching far beyond site boundaries. The student will develop programming, planning and design for large or complex sites taking into account natural and cultural features, market and economic conditions, user needs, and public policy. Strategies for project implementation, phasing, and maintenance will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 601 - Planning and Designing the New Urban Waterfront
Three hours.
3 Credits
This seminar surveys and examines contemporary waterfront planning, design and development practices. It draws upon a mix of national and international best practices and exploits Baltimore’s great and varied number of waterfronts for local field studies and student projects.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 714 - BES Internship for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course provides credit for internships, work experiences or community engagement projects related to professional planning. Prior to registering, students must first discuss their proposed project with the instructor and have the standard Morgan State University Field Experience Agreement signed by their internship or work sponsor. Requirements include meeting regularly with the instructor and writing a reflective paper documenting the internship or work experience.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 788 - Supervised Research for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
These courses are designed to enable students to participate in research areas of their competence under the supervision of faculty. Students are required to submit research findings in a term paper and to submit a written research proposal at the beginning of the semester.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 789 - Supervised Research for Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
These courses are designed to enable students to participate in research areas of their competence under the supervision of faculty. Students are required to submit research findings in a term paper and to submit a written research proposal at the beginning of the semester.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 792 - Thesis Research and Professional Report Preparation
Three hours.
3 Credits
This core course that prepares students to write a thesis or a professional capstone project (which are thesis alternates for the Program). The curriculum includes immersion into research methods and design strategies. Students should enroll in this course in the semester prior to the one in which they intend to graduate.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL
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CREP 794 - Professional Project in City and Regional Planners
Three hours.
3 Credits
Building on the experience of CREP 792, this core course provides students with the skills and knowledge to conduct an applied planning project, write an individual professional report, and make a presentation to a professional or academic audience. Each student executes a detailed study of a project typical of planning practice.
Prerequisite(s) CREP 792
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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CREP 797 - Thesis Guidance
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s thesis chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the thesis. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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CREP 799 - Thesis Defense
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their thesis for approval by the student’s thesis chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the thesis chairperson and committee, the thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) CREP 792
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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COSC 541 - Scientific Visualization
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces principles, concepts, methods, techniques, algorithms, tools and strategies for scientific visualization. It covers the fundamentals of scientific visualization including perception; image techniques and data acquisition; surface extraction; volume visualization; methods for time-varying data; vector visualization; tensor visualization; flow visualization; information visualization; virtual reality; computer animation.
Prerequisite(s) BIOI 511 and BIOI 531 and advisor permission.
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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COSC 572 - Genetic Algorithms and Programming
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course introduces principles, concepts, methods, techniques, tools, and strategies of genetic algorithms and programming. It focuses in depth on a small set of important and interesting topics particularly in machine learning, scientific modeling, and artificial life.
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CUIN 522 - The Elementary/Middle School Curriculum
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course examines the content and organization of curriculum experiences appropriate to meeting the needs of urban elementary school children in a multicultural environment. Attention is given to reviewing and evaluating forces which shape the elementary/middle school curriculum and reflective approaches to generalizing principles of curriculum development.
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CUIN 563 - Modern Curriculum Strategies in Content Areas
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an opportunity to examine effective processes of curriculum design and implementation with selective study and analysis of recent curriculum trends and materials; discussion and evaluation of research. Major issues and problems relating to teaching of English, mathematics, reading, science or social studies will be discussed.
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CUIN 567 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary Math and Science Curriculum
Three hours.
3 Credits
This interdisciplinary workshop for teachers is designed to develop and enhance curricula strategies and instructional methodologies in mathematics and science courses.
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CUIN 568 - Effective Classroom Instructional Techniques for the Urban Teacher
Three hours.
3 Credits
The course seeks to enhance the skills necessary to provide appropriate instructions in an urban school. Specifically, opportunities will be provided to learn both instructional strategies and classroom management strategies.
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CUIN 577 - Co-Curriculum Program
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to help teachers and administrators in the organization of those areas of supervision not directly concerned with the curriculum. Such areas as athletic programs, in-service training, school plant utilization, personnel problems and student problems will be emphasized.
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CUIN 581 - Techniques in Programmed Instruction
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is an analysis of programmed instruction techniques such as selection, utilization and evaluation of existing programs and teaching machines. The student will be required to develop learning objectives while writing and validating programs.
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CUIN 590 - Designing Systematic Approaches to Teaching and Media
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is intended to offer the teacher or school administrator an overview of modern trends and to analyze in detail several new elements and approaches which have contributed to creative teaching. The course content is a blend of the science of learning and the art of teaching. Special focus will be centered on the learner, definition of behavioral objectives, instructional designs, selection of media, and the teacher as the manager of the learning process.
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CUIN 596 - Practicum in Instructional Methodology
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an opportunity to apply learning principles and instructional techniques and to use educational materials in the planning and implementation of broad educational activities. Laboratory experiences complement the theory.
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CUIN 660 - Urban Systems Analysis
Three hours.
3 Credits
Emphasis is placed on the interactive effect between systems. Techniques of systems analysis will be studies with an emphasis on their application to the roles of the urban education administrator.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered SPRING
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Earth Science |
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EASC 521 - Earth and Planetary Science
Four hours.
3 Credits
An overview of earth systems with emphasis on energy sources, earth system cycles, their interactions, and change with time. The solid earth, hydrosphere, and atmosphere will be studied using basic chemical and physical principles. The course will include lecture and laboratory.
Prerequisite(s) Consent of instructor.
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EASC 524 - Planetary System Science
Four hours.
3 Credits
A comprehensive study of planetary systems with emphasis on chemical and physical processes that formed and influenced members of the planetary system. In addition to the inner and outer solar system planets, the course will also discuss the primitive objects in the solar system comets, asteroids, and meteorites.
Prerequisite(s) Consent of instructor.
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Economics |
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ECON 501 - Survey of Macro and Micro Economics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course cover topics in macro, micro, international and development economics with emphasis on public economic policy.
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ECON 507 - Economics of Education
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is a survey of the field of economics of education with an emphasis on the urban environment. Models of investment returns in education. Resources allocation environment and its subdivisions. Educational financing.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 512 - Business Cycles and Forecasting
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers the causes of cyclical fluctuations in general business activity as well as techniques for forecasting these fluctuations. Topics covered include theories of and patterns in cyclical business/economic fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policy stabilization tools.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 513 - Statistical Analysis
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will cover data collection, averages, probability distribution, hypothesis testing, statistical quality control decision theory, time series and correlation analysis.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 514 - Economic Development
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers theories of economic development of developing countries. Planning and institutional practices of selected countries. Optional solutions to problems such as dualism, investment, development assistance, fiscal, monetary trade, and population policy.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 515 - Probability & Statistics for Business: Decisions I & II
Three hours.
3 Credits
The presentation and interpretation of statistical data; descriptive statistics; principles, methods, techniques and procedures governing the conduct of scientific surveys; and the use, of statistical measures to improve decision-making. Probability theory, statistical inference, statistical decision theory, and elements of econometrics.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 520 - Micro-Economic Theory
Three hours.
3 Credits
Topics include: theory of consumer choice; the theory of production; income distribution and welfare theory; alternative market structure; and partial and general equilibrium theory.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 521 - Macro-Economic Theory
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers aggregative theory of income, employment, interest, and the price level; consumption, savings and investment; macro dynamic growth theory; and fiscal and monetary policy.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 522 - Econometrics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers the application of mathematical and statistical methods to economic theory. Topics covered include; Regression and Correlation Analysis; Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Regression Models; and Simultaneous Equations Models and Methods. Emphasis is placed on statistical and econometric theory.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 523 - Development of Economic Thought
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is a survey of economic thought from Adam Smith to J. M. Keynes and modern thinkers: Classical, Marxian, Marginalist, Neo-classical, and contemporary schools of thought.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 531 - Monetary and Fiscal Theory and Policy
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is a survey of modern monetary and fiscal theory and policy: basic models of macro-theory, Keynesian theory, Monetarism, public debt management, policy objectives and tradeoffs, synthesis of theory of employment and stabilization policies.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 536 - Statistical Methods
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course develops the concepts and application of statistical methods to economic and managerial problems, including quality control, time series analysis, hypothesis testing, and multivariance analysis.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 541 - International Trade Theory
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers theories of international trade, factor mobility, balance of payments, exchange rates, tariffs, quotas, and other restrictions.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 542 - Multi-National Business and Economic Policy
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers issues and policies in international trade, technology transfer, and investment.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 541
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 545 - Industrial Organization
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers the strategic interactions of firms in a market setting. An advanced microeconomic course, this course will give students a detailed understanding of how firms make decisions in a variety of market situations.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 520
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 555 - Economics of Transportation
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course covers the economic underpinnings of one of the most important industries in our modern economy. The course will present both a theoretical and practical framework for understanding the transportation industry and the impact it has on the economy.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 520
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 611 - Managerial Economics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course deals with the theory of the firm and production function. This course takes the manager’s view and emphasizes the analytical approach.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 622 - Advanced Econometrics
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides a more detailed understanding of econometric techniques and the handling of large empirical problems. Students will be presented theoretical models for handing more complex data problems and will work with data to actually experience the application of these models.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 522
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 788 - Supervised Research
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to enable students to participate in research in areas of their competence under the supervision of qualified individuals. Students are required to submit research findings orally in a seminar and to submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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ECON 797 - Thesis Guidance
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s thesis chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the thesis. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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ECON 799 - Thesis Defense
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their thesis for approval by the student’s thesis chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the thesis chairperson and committee, the thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
Contact Hours Three
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Education |
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EDUC 500 - Introduction to Teaching
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is the introductory course to the Master of Arts in Teaching program. It is designed to provide candidates with an overview of the teaching profession and with current trends and viewpoints in American education.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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EDUC 501 - Cognitive Basis for Instruction
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint the candidates with current research in the field of cognitive psychology. The nature of teaching as well as how teachers teach will be examined for implications for curriculum development and teaching.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 500
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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EDUC 505 - Field Experience in Urban Education
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is an adjunct experience to EDUC 506 . Specifically, it is organized to illuminate and supplement the theory offered in EDUC 506 - Seminar in Urban Education . Its purpose is to help students deepen their understanding of urban education, relate theory to their previous knowledge, and test knowledge in their professional experiences. The course, conducted primarily outside the classroom, must be taken concurrently with EDUC 506 .
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EDUC 506 - Seminar in Urban Education
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides opportunity to work on individual problems relating to the education of the disadvantaged. Currently research problems and programs are reported and analyzed. The seminar is to be taken concurrently with EDUC 505 .
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EDUC 515 - Utilization of Computers in Teaching
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course is a laboratory-based course on the uses of technology and the related skills of applying technology to strengthen the school program, including networks and databases; software selection; instruction; and assessment and evaluation. This course addresses skills and competencies necessary for the support and the assessment of national technology standards for teachers and administrators.
Prerequisite(s) None
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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EDUC 519 - The Socio-Cultural Context of Schooling
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will identify the social and cultural factors that impinge on the nature of urban schooling. Among the topics discussed are race and ethnicity, the politics and economics of education, and the history of modern urban school systems.
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EDUC 523 - Methods of Teaching/Content Areas
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course will examine both general and specific methods of teaching at the secondary school level in various content areas. Specialists from the University disciplines that prepare teachers will join in cooperative instruction with faculty from the School of Education and Urban Studies.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 500 , EDUC 501 , EDSR 517 , REED 518 , REED 520 , SFED 582 .
Co-Requisite(s) None
Offered FALL/SPRING
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