Principles and applications of environmental biotechnology for water quality control. Process microbiology and kinetics for various water and wastewater treatment processes.

Prevention of water-related diseases by appropriate supply and sanitation practices with designs applicable to small systems and rural areas of developing nations.

Application of systems analysis, mathematic modeling, and optimization in water resources management and design. Solution of engineeering problems found in water supply, water quality, urban drainage, and river basin development and management by use of linear, nonlinear, and dynamic programming models.

Application of the principles of soil mechanics to the design and analysis of foundations and earth structures.

This course will introduce students to the basic chemical and biochemical principles of forensic science utilized on popular science/science fiction television shows. Forensic science involves the application of techniques from instrumental chemical analysis and molecular biology to identify and quantify evidence collected from crime scenes. By using popular television shows to introduce specific techniques students should gain a basic understanding of the capabilities and limitations of forensic science as it is presently practiced.

This course will examine the intellectual history of China's classical period, from the late Shang until the sixth century CE, and critically engage fundamental concepts of early Chinese philosophy and religion including: the Dao, the discourse of tradition, formation of philosophical "schools," cosmic and social gender, the Sage, and human nature. This course will also consider "Religion" and "Philosophy" as terms of inquiry, and synthesize this literature to describe and analyze changes and continuities to Chinese thought during the classical era.

This course is designed to expand student understanding of the theory and practice of leadership, conflict management, and decision-making. It is also designed to focus on issues of cohesiveness, trust, motivation, vision, and goals. Students must integrate their personal ethics and definition of leadership in various course assignments and projects

This course focuses on the emergence and persistence of community inequalities in contemporary American society. This begins by identifying, describing, and analyzing inequalities within and among American communities and then considering the implications for organizational and community processes. The essential questions that will guide this course are: How do we define, measure, and evaluate the differences among communities? What factors contribute to the emergence and persistence of the inequalities among communities?

This course is designed as a service-learning/community engagement experience. It is organized with a field component related to the student's area of interest and an in-class experience that provides students with the opportunity to share and process their field experiences and to learn and grow from them through a variety of interactive exercises, readings, films and guest presentations. At the heart of the seminar is the requirement for in-depth journaling and the recording of field experiences through fieldnotes.

The purpose of this course is to develop an overview and basic understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics. As a result, students will be able to organize and summarize quantitative data; interpret data; make generalizations from sample data to populations or theory; and, read and understand research reports.