Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

CE 513 Construction Management - Threesemester hours. Same as CE 413 An introduction toconstruction project planning and scheduling bynetwork diagrams. Estimating and project controlfundamentals. Various equipment and productivityare included. Prerequisite: undergraduate studies orexperience in constructionCE 514 Design of Timber Structures - Threesemester hours. Same as CE 414. A study of woodas an engineering design material. Beams, columns,plywood design, and glued laminated structuralmembers as used in actual design and constructionare covered. Prerequisite: undergraduate course instructural analysisCE 550 Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow -Three semester hours. Same as CE 450. A study ofthe mechanics of fluid flow in open channels, as anextension of basic engineering hydraulics andexperimental concepts applied to the theory, design,and shape optimization of open channels.Classification of flow, channel cross section,hydraulic jump, stilling basins, specific energy,culvert hydraulics, and the use of design charts andtables are included. Prerequisite: undergraduatecourse in hydrogeologyCE 555 Wastewater Treatment - Three semesterhours. Same as CE 455. An introduction towastewater characteristics and treatment processes;biological mechanism, reactors, waste treatment,and kinetics. The engineering design of physicalprocesses such as sedimentation, thickening, andfiltration, as well as chemical processes, processingof sludge and advanced wastewater treatmentprocesses are included. A field trip to wastewatertreatment plant is required. Prerequisites:undergraduate course in hydrogeologyCE 556 Solid Waste Disposal - Three semesterhours. Same as CE 456. An introduction to theproblem of solid waste management, types andquantities of wastes, collection and transportation ofwastes, composting, landfill and incineration, andrecycling of wastes and resource recovery.Prerequisite: undergraduate course or experience inenvironmental analysisCE 557 Hazardous Waste Management - Threesemester hours. Same as CE 457. An introduction tothe transportation, storage, and disposal ofhazardous wastes. Legal aspects of hazardousmaterials, cleanup of hazardous material spills, andthe impact of hazardous materials on theenvironment are all covered. Prerequisite:undergraduate course or experience inenvironmental analysisCOMPUTER SCIENCECMP 511 Design and Analysis of Algorithms -Three semester hours. Introduces and illustratesbasic techniques for designing efficient algorithmsand analyzing algorithm complexity. Topics will bechosen from graph algorithms, sorting andsearching, NP-complete problems, pattern matching,parallel algorithms, and dynamic programming.(Prerequisite: CMP 215)CMP 521 Object Oriented Programming andDesign - Three semester hours. Object modeling,dynamic modeling, functional modeling, analysis,system design, and object design methodologies.Introduction to various object-oriented designmethodologies, including the Unified ModelingLanguage. (Prerequisites: CMP 215, CMP 440)CMP 531 Computer Architecture - Threesemester hours. Introduces computer architectureand system organization including virtual memorysupports, cache, pipeline, vector processing,multiprocessor, and RISC architecture. Study andcompare typical architectures to the extent that timepermits. (Prerequisites: CMP 380)CMP 541 Operating System Principles - Threesemester hours. Examines process synchronization,I/O techniques, buffering, file systems, processorscheduling, deadlocks, memory management, virtualmemory, job scheduling, resource allocation, systemmodeling, operating system security, performancemeasurement and evaluation.(Prerequisites: CMP 215, CMP 380)CMP 551 Database Management Systems - Threesemester hours. Provides a conceptualunderstanding of database management systems interms of the hierarchical, network, and relationalmodels. Data modeling, database design andadministration. Includes a review of file structuresand a discussion of database implementationtechniques. (Prerequisite: CMP 103)CMP 561 Software Engineering Methodology -Three semester hours. Explores the traditionalapproach to software construction, software crisis,and software characteristics. Covers varioussoftware engineering paradigms, and thefundamental concepts of analysis, design, coding,114