2006–2007 - Florida Institute of Technology

ORP 5021 QUEUING THEORY (3 credits). Includes queuing processes;
imbedded and continuous time parameter processes; Markov, semi-Markov and
semi-regenerative processes; single-server and multiserver queues; processes of
servicing unreliable machines and computer applications; and controlled stochastic
models. (Requirement: Instructor approval or prerequisite course.) Prerequisites:
MTH 5411.
ORP 5030 DECISION ANALYSIS (3 credits). Covers normative models of
decisions under certainty, risk and uncertainty; assessment of subjective probability
and utility functions; Bayesian decision analysis and the value of information;
influence diagrams; and descriptive aspects of decision making. (Requirement:
Undergraduate statistics course.)
ORP 5031 MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION ANALYSIS (3 credits).
Covers normative models of decisions considering multiobjective and multiattribute
models. Includes multiattribute utility theory, the analytical hierarchy
process, linear multiobjective programming and goal programming. Prerequisites:
ORP 5001, ORP 5030.
ORP 5040 QUALITY ASSURANCE (3 credits). Covers the principles and
application of statistical quality control and statistical process control. (Requirement:
Undergraduate statistics course.)
ORP 5041 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS (3 credits). Covers the principles of
reliability analysis and assessment; reliability probability models; combinatorial
and system reliability; and reliability estimation. (Requirement: Instructor approval
or prerequisite course.) Prerequisites: MTH 5411.
ORP 5042 RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY
(3 credits). Discusses maintainability concepts relating to system effectiveness
and support-system design. Includes basic mathematical concepts, design concepts
and data analysis used in quantifying availability, maintainability and reliability
as measures of operational readiness and system effectiveness. Prerequisites:
ORP 5041.
ORP 5050 DISCRETE SYSTEM SIMULATION (3 credits). Covers the
principles of building and using a discrete event simulation; construction and
statistical testing of random variate generators; statistical analysis and validation
of results; design of simulation projects; and variance reduction methods.
(Requirement: Instructor approval or prerequisite course.) Prerequisites:
MTH 5411.
ORP 5051 APPLIED EXPERT SYSTEMS (3 credits). Covers the concepts
and methods of rule-based expert systems; methods of knowledge representation;
and use of an expert system shell to build a small expert system. Noncredit for
CS majors.
ORP 5070 SEQUENCING AND SCHEDULING (3 credits). Bridges the
gap between scheduling theory and its application in manufacturing and service
environments. Emphasizes basic scheduling principles and uses selected readings
and case studies to illustrate the use of these concepts in industrial environments.
ORP 5090 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1 (3
credits). Content variable depending on the fields of expertise of the faculty and
the desire and needs of the students.
ORP 5091 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH 2 (3
credits). Content variable depending on the fields of expertise of the faculty and
the desire and needs of the students. Prerequisites: ORP 5090.
ORP 5999 THESIS RESEARCH (0–6 credits). Individual research under
the direction of a major adviser approved by the chair of the program. A maximum
of six credits may be credited toward the master’s degree.
ORP 6010 ADVANCED TOPICS IN MATHEMATICAL PROGRAM-
MING (3 credits). Overviews selected topics in the theory of optimization.
Unifies much of the field by use of a few principles of linear vector space theory.
The concepts of distance, orthogonality and convexity play fundamental roles in
this development. Prerequisites: MTH 5101, MTH 5102, ORP 5010.
ORP 6030 ADVANCED TOPICS IN DECISION MODELS (3 credits).
Discusses current methods and research in decision analysis. May include large-
scale multicriteria decision analysis, behavioral analysis of decision making,
methods of uncertainty representation and decision making in the public domain.
(Requirement: Instructor approval or prerequisite course.) Prerequisites:
ORP 5031.
ORP 6095 PREPARATION FOR CANDIDACY/OPERATIONS
RESEARCH (1–6 credits). Research under the guidance of a member of the
operations research faculty in a selected area of operations research. Repeatable
as required. (Requirement: Program chair approval.)
ORP 6999 DISSERTATION RESEARCH (0–6 credits). Research and
preparation for the doctoral dissertation. (Requirement: Admission to doctoral
candidacy.)
Physical Education
PED 1010 INTRODUCTION TO ROWING AND SCULLING (1 credit).
Overviews the fundamentals of rowing, emphasizing techniques.
PED 1020 INTRODUCTION TO SAILING (1 credit). Introduces sailing
small boats, and acquaints beginners with boat and sail forms and racing.
PED 1021 ADVANCED SAILING (1 credit). Examines advanced techniques
of racing, spinnaker setting and seamanship. Prerequisites: PED 1020.
PED 1035 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHERY (1 credit). Emphasizes target
shooting with information about its history, shooting techniques, equipment and
safety.
PED 1046 INTRODUCTION TO WEIGHT LIFTING (1 credit). Provides
a source of information about safe and reliable habits of weight training to help the
student plan a personalized fitness program.
PED 1050 INTRODUCTION TO FENCING (1 credit). Introduces the fundamentals
of fencing, including the basic elements of footwork, attack and defense.
PED 1053 INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETIC TRAINING (1 credit).
Introduces the basic knowledge and skills needed in the prevention and care of
athletic injuries.
PED 1060 INTRODUCTION TO TENNIS (1 credit). Develops basic tennis
skills. Includes performance and the application of basic skills, rules and etiquette.
PED 1062 ADVANCED TENNIS (1 credit). Develops advanced tennis skills.
Includes study of performance and the application of advanced skills, rules and
etiquette.
PED 1071 INTRODUCTION TO DANCE AEROBICS (1 credit). Incorporates
aerobic conditioning, muscle toning and flexibility exercises that are
choreographed with simple dance movements. Also provides practical information
to develop and maintain good habits of fitness.
PED 1080 INTRODUCTION TO GOLF (1 credit). Designed for beginning
golfers. Teaches the fundamentals of golf. Emphasizes stance, swing and grip of
the various clubs (wood, iron and putters). Also studies rules, strategy and scoring.
PED 1081 ADVANCED GOLF (1 credit). Emphasizes course play and stroke
refinement.
PED 1086 INTRODUCTION TO FLAG FOOTBALL (1 credit). Emphasizes
developing skills and knowledge of flag football as a recreational sport.
PED 1090 INTRODUCTION TO KARATE (1 credit). Teaches the basics
of Korean Karate (Tang Soo Do), including basic hand technique, foot technique,
noncontact sparring and philosophy, emphasizing self-defense.
PED 1091 ADVANCED KARATE (1 credit). Advanced training in hand technique,
foot technique and self-defense. Emphasizes mental aspects and defense
against weapons, as well as board-breaking.
PED 1154 INTRODUCTION TO OPEN-WATER DIVING (.5 credits).
An introductory certification course in scuba diving that includes studies in diving
physics, physiology, environment and dive safety.
PED 1155 ADVANCED OPEN-WATER DIVING (.5 credits). A continuing
education certification course for certified divers. Includes compass and natural
navigation, search and recovery, spring, drift and deep diving. Prerequisites:
PED 1154.
PED 1156 RESCUE DIVER (.5 credits). Teaches diver rescues, managing
diving accident situations, first aid and qualifying for dive master training.
Prerequisites: PED 1155.
PED 1159 INTRODUCTION TO WRECK DIVING (.5 credits). Provides
the skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks in wreck
diving. Prerequisites: PED 1155.
Physics
PHY 1001 PHYSICS 1 (4 credits). Includes vectors; mechanics of particles;
Newton’s laws of motion; work, energy and power; impulse and momentum; conservation
laws; mechanics of rigid bodies, rotation, equilibrium; fluids, heat and
thermodynamics; and periodic motion. Prerequisites: MTH 1001. Corequisites:
MTH 1002.
PHY 1050 PHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE SEMINAR (1 credit).
Introduces some of the major contemporary problems and research areas in physics
and space sciences.
PHY 1091 NANOSCIENCE/NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (1
credit). Introduces science/engineering freshmen interested in careers in nanoscience
research/nanotechnology to techniques of nanomaterial fabrication by thin
film deposition and chemical synthesis, and sample characterization techniques
like atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes. (Requirement: Freshman
status or instructor approval.) Prerequisites: CHM 1101.
PHY 2002 PHYSICS 2 (4 credits). Includes electricity and magnetism, Coulomb’s
law, electric fields, potential capacitance, resistance, DC circuits, magnetic
fields, fields due to currents, induction, magnetic properties; and wave motion,
vibration and sound, interference and diffraction. Prerequisites: PHY 1001.
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