Dynamic and cyclical labor demand are examined theoretically and empirically. Models of unemployment are considered, including search theory and the implicit contract model. Aspects of labor unionism are examined including changes in union membership, strikes, and union wages and employment. The incentive effects of compensation are discussed, including sorting models and the principal-agent problem.
Theory and empirical analysis of the effects of trade and trade policy.
A mixed methodology conceptual framework is used to examine various approaches for designing, implementing, and analyzing practitioner data generated in a variety of instructional settings. Topics include epistemological, methodological, and ethical issues involved in action research, classroom discourse analyses, and mixed methods curriculum inquiry.
An in-depth examination of theory research and personal attitudes concerning gender development over the lifespan. Interaction of gender with effective personal functioning in family, educational, and work-related settings.
This course has been designed for those faculty or future faculty who plan to teach via distance education technology. This course will review current literature on how to deliver distance education content with attention to developing materials, setting delivery timelines, facilitating interactions, and using appropriate teaching strategies.
Design of electronic systems to minimize (1) emission of electromagnetic signals that cause interference in other electronic systems, (2) the susceptibility of that system to electromagnetic signal from other electronic systems, and (3) the susceptibility of that system to its own, internally generated signals. A set of brief laboratory experiments demonstrate the design principles and provide familiarity with modern test equipment.
The purpose of this course is to examine methods and systems from the perspectives of modeling, simulation, and control of manufacturing facilities. The emphasis will be primarily on techniques that can be used to model and evaluate performance of systems. Students are encouraged to think critically about available technologies, identify relative strengths and weaknesses, and analyze the technologies toward developing improved solutions to factory control and information management problems.
Study of topics in hydrogeology and surficial processes. Recent topics include: models of surface processes; contaminant hydrogeology; modeling in hydrogeology. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles.
This course will introduce the relationship of energy, pollution control technology, and the environment. The scientific and engineering aspects of energy production are examined and the associated environmental problems and control technologies are discussed.
