2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog - Kettering University
2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog - Kettering University
2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog - Kettering University
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Course Descriptions / 143<br />
EE-580 Automotive Electronic Systems 3 0 2 4<br />
Prerequisites: EE-320 and EE-432 or MECH-430<br />
Practical application of contemporary electronic control techniques to selected<br />
automotive systems, including engine control and chassis control systems<br />
are studied. Topics include: basic coverage of electronic circuits,<br />
microprocessors, and feedback control systems; practical application of these<br />
principles to automotive electrical systems including power and signal<br />
distribution, electronic ignition, and charging and voltage regulation systems;<br />
automotive sensors and actuators, engine management systems, and antilock<br />
brake systems. Terms Offered: Winter, Spring<br />
EE-582 Robot Dynamics and Control 4 0 0 4<br />
Corequisite: EE-432<br />
Principles of robot analysis, design, and operation are presented. Topics<br />
include: coordinate systems, kinematics and robot dynamics; feedback,<br />
feedforward, and adaptive methods for arm control; vision and intelligence;<br />
and mobile robots. Terms Offered: Summer, Fall<br />
EE-584 Wireless Communications for Automotive Applications<br />
Prerequisite: EE-430 4 0 0 4<br />
This course includes the description, analysis, selection and design of wireless<br />
communication systems, particularly those for automotive applications. The<br />
topics of the course include familiarization with practical methods of wireless<br />
communications as well as development of skills necessary to assess and<br />
select a preferred method. Practicality and analysis of simple systems form<br />
the focus of the course. Terms Offered: Winter, Spring<br />
FINC-310 Financial Markets 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisite: ACCT-212<br />
The purpose of this course is to provide students with (1) the theoretical<br />
models that underlie the values of stocks and bonds; (2) an understanding of<br />
the financial markets where securities are traded and (3) investment<br />
alternatives such as mutual funds, options and commodities. The importance<br />
of these topics to both the firm and the individual investor will be stressed.<br />
Terms Offered: Summer, Fall<br />
FINC-311 Financial Management 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisite: FINC-310<br />
This course identifies and discusses the role financial management plays in<br />
the successful operation of a business enterprise. Highlighted is the risk vs.<br />
return tradeoff that is inherent in financial decisions. Subject areas include<br />
the capital asset pricing model, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital<br />
structure management, working capital management and financial statement<br />
analysis. Terms Offered: Winter, Spring<br />
FINC-315 Introduction Financial Management and Business Law<br />
Prerequisites: ACCT-315 and Junior Standing 4 0 0 4<br />
This course covers two subjects. First, it identifies and discusses the role<br />
financial management plays in the successful operation of a business<br />
enterprise. Highlighted is the risk vs. return tradeoff that is inherent in<br />
financial decisions. Subject areas include the capital asset pricing model,<br />
capital budgeting, and working capital management. In its second half, this<br />
course identifies the basic areas of law that relate the nature, objectives, and<br />
functions of conducting business transactions. It emphasizes the court system,<br />
contracts, commercial paper, and government regulation of business activities.<br />
Terms Offered: All<br />
FINC-411 Corporate Finance 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisite: FINC-310<br />
This course provides the student with an in-depth survey of advanced finance<br />
topics. Topics covered include: managing for shareholder value; planning<br />
the firm’s financing mix; working capital management; short tem financing;<br />
current asset management; risk management; international business finance<br />
and corporate restructuring. Terms Offered: Summer, Fall - Even Years<br />
HIST-306 International Relations 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
A study of the central issues and problems in the history of modern<br />
international relations. This course will explore such issues as the connection<br />
between the First World War and the Second World War, the impact of the<br />
policies of great powers on conflicts in the non-western world, and the causes<br />
and consequences of the Cold War. This course will also examine the rise of<br />
international organization, the expansion of Western power, and the<br />
acceleration of global interdependence. Terms Offered: As Needed<br />
HIST-308 America and the World 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
A study of the central issues and problems in the history of America’s relations<br />
with the larger world. This course will examine such topics as American<br />
independence and expansion, the Civil War and the “new empire”, the<br />
Spanish-American War, American involvement in the First World War, U.S.<br />
foreign relations in the interwar period, American involvement in the Second<br />
World War in the Pacific and Europe, The Cold War, the impact of the U.S.<br />
in Latin America, Asia and Africa, and Americas and the world since 1989.<br />
Terms Offered: As Needed<br />
HIST-310 Imperialism 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
A broad comparative study of the central issues and the problems in the<br />
history of modern imperialism. This course will encompass historical writing,<br />
novels, poetry, film, and primary documents to examine such themes as the<br />
meaning of “imperialism;” colonial rule and administration; the technology<br />
and economics of empire; the tensions between cultural diversity and political<br />
unity; the impact of imperialism on art, architecture and society;<br />
decolonization; and the legacies of imperialism for contemporary Africa, Asia,<br />
the Americas, and Europe. Terms Offered: As Needed<br />
HIST-312 History of Science 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
This course explores selected topics, figures, and ideas in the history of science.<br />
Attention is paid to transitions between patterns of scientific thinking; the<br />
social, political, and religious dimensions of scientific theory and practice;<br />
the relationship between science and technology; and the impact of modern<br />
science on understandings of human purpose and identity. (Social Science<br />
Credit)Terms Offered: As Needed<br />
HIST-314 Human Conflict & Conflict Resolution 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
A broad comparative study of the central issues and problems in the history<br />
of human conflict and of conflict resolution. This course will encompass<br />
historical writing, novels, poetry, film and primary documents to examine<br />
conflicts involving different states and peoples in different historical eras.<br />
Students will explore how and why states have resorted to violence, why<br />
people fought and died for those states, and how the violence finally ended.<br />
Terms Offered: As Needed<br />
HIST-316 History of the Atlantic World 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
This course examines the creation and development of the Atlantic world<br />
from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Transcending the constraints of<br />
national histories and modern state boundaries, the course explores the<br />
connections among the various parts of the Atlantic intercontinental world<br />
and the important historical forces and processes that transformed it. Through<br />
investigations of the experiences of four continents, this course traces the<br />
evolution of new institutions in the Americas; addresses issues of ethnic,<br />
racial, and religious differences and interactions; and attempts to provide<br />
new framework for understanding human diversity. Terms Offered: As Needed<br />
HIST-318 Africa in the 20th Century 4 0 0 4<br />
Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201<br />
This course deals with the events and processes leading to the colonization<br />
of Africa by European powers and subsequent changes in African societies<br />
under colonial rule and after independence. It is a course about Africans and<br />
the challenges that have confronted them over the last century. An exploration<br />
of African initiatives in rapidly changing political, economic, social and<br />
ideological contexts, the course explores the impact of colonial rule, the<br />
opportunities and challenges of independence and the difficulties associated<br />
with the task of nation-building. Terms Offered: As Needed