A study of stress and strain in deformable solids with application primarily to linear elastic materials: stress and strain transformations; simple tension and compression of axial members; torsion of shafts; bending of beams; combined loading of members; buckling of columns.
Study of the motion of bodies. Kinematics: cartesian and polar coordinate systems; normal and tangential components; translating and rotating reference frames. Kinetics of particles and rigid bodies: laws of motion; work and energy; impulse and momentum.
Spiders are fascinating in their own right, and also are major predators in terrestrial food webs. This course examines the ecology and behavior of spiders as model predators in systems ranging from undisturbed forests and meadows to agroecosystems and the urban landscape. While focusing on spiders, the course also intertwines two general sub-themes: (1) the advantages of employing diverse approaches (e.g.
Identification and analysis of the legal and governance issues in medieval, reformation and American colonial universities and their implications for contemporary issues of governance, autonomy and academic freedom.
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.
May be repeated indefinitely.
A series of presentations by experts in the field on environmental systems topics including topics from the fields of law, economics, social sciences, medicine, biology, engineering and physical sciences. May be repeated to a maximum of two credits.
Earth systems: environmental impacts of natural and human processes; the role of water systems on the earth including surface water systems, groundwater sytems, and water quality and contamination systems; the role of atmospheric systems on earth including the nature and source of air pollutants, meteorolgical principles, radiation balance, climatology and air pollution, and air pollution control methodology; and processes and principles involved in waste producing organizations.
An introduction to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing environmental health hazards that may adversely affect the health of current and future generations.
