Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022
Course Descriptions
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Humanities |
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HUMN 1180 - History of American Indians in Media
Credits: 3
This course is designed to allow students to examine the careers and lives of American Indians with a focus on the history of American Indians in Media. Media is a word which encompasses a broad range of topics. Students will explore issues through film, the spoken word, the written word and live performance which may be relevant to the historical significance of how American Indians are viewed. This includes contemporary fiction/non-fiction writings, filmmaking and acting, theater performances, musical and spoken word recordings, and radio and television broadcasting with an emphasis on Native Language Revitalization. In addition, the course will attempt to broaden the student’s ability to analyze and evaluate oral and written communication in terms of situation, audience, purpose, aesthetics and diverse points of view, while exploring the voices of North American Indigenous Peoples.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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HUMN 1996 - Topics in Humanities
Credits: 3-Jan
Specific subjects to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Offered: Occasionally
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HUMN 2996 - Topics in Humanities
Credits: 3-Jan
Specific subjects to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Offered: Occasionally
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Industrial Engineering |
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IE 195 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Topic of relevant engineering material not usually included in the Industrial Engineering curriculum appropriate for the freshman level student.
Offered: Fall or Spring.
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IE 213 - Structure and Properties of Materials
Credits: 3
The students will learn behavior of different engineering material under various conditions. Chemical, electrical and mechanical properties of material will be investigated.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1230C , CHEM 1120C .
Offered: Fall.
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IE 223 - Design and Manufacturing Processes I
Credits: 3
An introductory course in manufacturing processes and systems will be covered. In addition, various manufacturing processes will be studied, including casting, forming, machining, and welding. Also, manufacturing systems such as industrial robotics and fundamentals of production lines will be covered. Students will develop hands-on skills through team projects.
Offered: Fall.
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IE 235 - Lean Production
Credits: 3
This course will introduce the student to variations of the Toyota Production System as it is used in industry and business to improve efficiency and to build a problem solving culture in an organization. Topics will include: 5S, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, Kanban, Takt Time, Process at A glance and organizational culture change. Course will also compare other manufacturing philosophies and systems for manufacturing and production.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
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IE 243 - Strength of Materials
Credits: 3
Stresses and stress, strain energy, elastic and plastic deformation will be discussed. The student will be able to understand how the strength of materials affects all industrial engineering applications.
Prerequisites: IE 213 .
Offered: Spring
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IE 295 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Topic of relevant engineering material not usually included in the Industrial Engineering curriculum appropriate for the sophomore level student. Others may take with permission of the instructor.
Offered: Occasionally.
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IE 312 - Summer Internship
Credits: 3
Students will work part-time to full-time in a manufacturing related industry. The internship must be approved by the instructor and students will be required to prepare written and oral presentations to appropriate classes as assigned by the instructor.
Offered: Fall, Summer and Spring.
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IE 323 - Human Factors in Product Design
Credits: 3
Students will learn physical and psychological factors which affect human performance in system design. In addition, course material will cover performance as applied to safety, reliability, productivity, stress reduction. The human/equipment interface design will also be discussed.
Prerequisites: ENGR 236
Offered: Fall.
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IE 343 - Design and Manufacturing Processes II
Credits: 3
This course will cover machining, process planning, blueprint reading, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and measuring instruments. The students will develop hands-on learning in team projects.
Prerequisites: IE 223 .
Offered: Spring.
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IE 363 - Design of Experiment
Credits: 3
Analysis of variance for different types of factorial designs (single factor, nested, and random factors) will be discussed. Also, different factors during design of experiment, i.e., dependent, independent, and control variables will be explored.
Prerequisites: ENGR 236 .
Offered Spring.
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IE 380 - Project Management
Credits: 3
This course examines the organization, planning, and controlling of projects and provides practical knowledge on managing project scope, schedule and resources. Topics include project life cycle, work breakdown structure and Gantt charts, network diagrams, scheduling techniques, and resource allocation decisions. Concepts are applied through team projects and tutorials using project management software.
Prerequisites: Junior status.
Offered: Fall.
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IE 395 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Topic of relevant engineering material not usually included in the Industrial Engineering curriculum appropriate for the Junior level student. Others may take with permission of the instructor.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
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IE 413 - Quality Control
Credits: 3
This course covers digital inspection utilizing computer-aided verification. Geometric dimensioning and tolerance control and basic size inspection will also be covered along with surface inspection and the basics of quality control.
Prerequisites: IE 363 .
Offered: Fall.
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IE 423 - Capstone I
Credits: 3
The Capstone I course will provide the students an opportunity to utilize the skills gained from classes taken during their course of study in their program. Students will be assigned a two semester project containing elements from many classes including project management. Students must work in multidisciplinary groups each group containing at least one Industrial Engineering student and one Electrical Engineering student. The initial project proposal will contain the research and planning of the project along with a project proposal complete with deliverables. Students will provide weekly project reports, a final project report, a final presentation and deliverables as agreed upon in the project proposal.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing, IE 223 , IE 343 & IE 380
Offered: Fall.
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IE 424 - Capstone II
Credits: 3
The Capstone II course will provide the students an opportunity to utilize the skills gained from classes taken during their course of study in their program. Students will be assigned a two semester project containing elements from many classes including project management. Students must work in multidisciplinary groups each group containing at least one Industrial Engineering student and one Electrical Engineering student. The initial project proposal will contain the research and planning of the project along with a project proposal complete with deliverables. Students will provide weekly project reports, a final project report, a final presentation and deliverables as agreed upon in the project proposal. This Capstone II will be a continuation of the project started in IE 423 .
Prerequisites: IE 423 .
Offered: Spring.
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IE 433 - Metrology and Instrumentation
Credits: 3
Students will learn different types of measurement techniques, including laser scanning for computer-aided manufacturing and inspection, optical instruments, temperature, pressure, and force measurements. Medium to long range scanners and close range high quality scanners will be used in the course. Students will gain hands-on experience in capturing digital data, registering scan, and processing scans.
Prerequisites: IE 223 .
Offered: Fall.
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IE 453 - Engineering Optimization
Credits: 3
In this course data mining techniques and applications of operations research applied to financial engineering, site selection, and transportation will be learned.
Prerequisites: ENGR 236 & MATH 1520 .
Offered: Fall.
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IE 463 - Facility Planning & Material Handling
Credits: 3
Students will be able to learn how to plan a facility, location, layout models, design, analysis, supply chain relationships, and improvement of warehousing operations. Students will also study how to handle materials within the context of planning and implementation of processes.
Prerequisites: ENGR 313 .
Offered: Spring.
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IE 473 - Inventory Control & Production Planning
Credits: 3
In this course, manufacturing support systems and production planning are discussed. Different approaches to the planning of material and capacity as well as the differences between push systems, pull systems and theory of constraints will be explored.
Prerequisites: ENGR 313
Offered; Spring.
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IE 483 - Rapid Prototyping
Credits: 3
Different methods of rapid prototyping processes used in product design will be introduced. The operating principles and characteristics of current and developing rapid prototyping processes will be discussed.
Prerequisites: IE 223 .
Offered: Spring.
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IE 484 - Computer Aided Manufacturing & Robotics
Credits: 3
This course will introduce the use of computers as a tool to aid in manufacturing, distribution and service environments with computer numerically controlled machines, automated storage systems and robotics.
Prerequisites: ENGR 123 .
Offered: Fall.
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IE 494 - Computer Simulation for Industrial Engineering
Credits: 3
This course will introduce the use of computer simulation as a tool to create models of proposed physical systems for manufacturing or service environments to evaluate concepts and designs previous to their implementation. Students will learn to use one of the premier software packages to be able to create, evaluate and take descriptive statistics for use in assessing preliminary designs and to give feedback on projects.
Prerequisites: ENGR 236 .
Offered: Spring.
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IE 495 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Topic of relevant engineering material not usually included in the Industrial Engineering curriculum appropriate for the Senior level student. Others may take with permission of the instructor.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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Industrial Maintenance & Operations |
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IMO 101 - Industrial Maintenance I
Credits: 5
This course involves developing knowledge of fundamental skills of a certified industrial maintenance mechanic. Modules covered are Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA safety, construction math, introductory basic hand tools, basic power tools, basic construction drawings, basic rigging, communication skills, basic employability skills, and basic material handling.
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IMO 102 - Industrial Maintenance II
Credits: 5
The course involves developing a knowledge-based of fundamental skills required of certified industrial mechanics. Modules will include: orientation of trade, tools of the trade, fasteners and anchors, oxyfuel cutting, gaskets and packets, math, construction drawings, pumps and valves, test instruments, rigging, mobile and support equipment, and lubrication. Lab will be scheduled weekly to emphasize and anchor the course material.
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Intergrated Science |
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IS 090 - Integrated Science
Credits: 4
This course is designed for students who have taken inadequate, or no previous high school level science courses. The course will provide the needed background to gain clear understanding of the biological or chemical processes for University level courses. Specific simple science themes to be covered include, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, the Chemistry of Life (Biochemistry), Cell Organization and Basic Physics. Inorganic chemistry topics to be covered are Atomic structure, chemicals and symbols, atoms and molecules, ionization, liquid mixtures, diffusion and osmosis, and chemistry of nerve cell propagation. Topics to be covered in organic chemistry will include covalent bond, polar and nonpolar covalent bonds, and functional groups in organic compounds, hydrogen bonds, and isomers. Topics in biochemistry would include, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleotides, enzymes, methyl groups, biological oxidation, photosynthesis, and oxygen-carbon dioxide transport in blood. Topics to be covered in basic physics include, introductory mechanics and properties of matter, heat, light, sound waves, electricity, magnetism, atomic and nuclear energy. This course has no Prerequisites and laboratory sessions.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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Information Technology |
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IT 105 - Introduction to Programming
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the basics of programming concepts and techniques. Students will be introduced to the logic of design in programming and fundamentals of working with data types, conditional statements, loops, and simple algorithms. The Processing programming language will be used to introduce students to the concepts behind the Java programming language through structured code to create and manipulate graphical objects and animations.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 110 - Introduction to Digital Logic/Hardware Programming
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the knowledge base necessary for a deep understanding of how computers work from the transistor level to abstract programming to accomplish tasks and solve problems. Fundamental understanding of how information is stored and manipulated at the bit level will be explored within the context of what is necessary to be successful in crafting solutions as a programmer. Boolean algebra and number systems relevant to computing will be introduced and mastered as it pertains to digital logic design and hardware programming. Software Defined Hardware and Open Source hardware will be introduced and projects will be completed demonstrating the ability to apply what is learned from the content of the course.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 112 - Photography
Credits: 3
Students will learn the basics of using digital cameras, lighting, lenses, composition, posing, and editing. Students will learn how to create professional images that can be used in many digital media fields.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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IT 115 - Drawing and Visual Culture
Credits: 3
This course is will introduce students to the fundamental principles of visual representation and design. Students will develop familiarity with definitive works in the visual canon and important movements that have changed visual representation throughout history. Additionally, students will be asked to make subjective and objective evaluations of visual work.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 118 - Introduction to C++
Credits: 3
This course provides fundamentals and core of object-oriented programming principles and techniques using C++. Topics include Classes, Objects, Pointers, Dynamic memory allocation, Overloading, Data abstraction, Information hiding, Encapsulation, Inheritance, I/O Streams. Covers in detail Polymorphism, Virtua function, Exceptions Handling. Selected topics will include Class template, container classes, Vector classes.
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IT 120 - Operating systems
Credits: 3
This course introduces the structures of Operating Systems, including CPU scheduling, memory management, and device management. Considers the unifying concept of the operating system as a collection of cooperating sequential processes. Covers topics including file systems, virtual memory, disk request scheduling, concurrent processes, deadlocks, security, and case studies of Setting Up Local Network Services; Virtualization- Basic Concepts, Setting Up Xen, VMware on Linux Host and Adding Guest OS
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IT 125 - Introduction to Digital Video
Credits: 3
In this class students are introduced to the technical and aesthetic issues surrounding the moving image. The topics introduced in this class include optics, exposure, framing, lenses, resolution, compression, transfer, editing, audio production, pacing, documentary, and the film canon. Students are required to produce a brief documentary style project at the end of the semester. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to apply the Diné Philosophy of Learning to the course material.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 142 - Web Design Concepts
Credits: 3
This course provides a thorough and practical guide to creating professional web sites and web pages. Students will acquire the skills necessary to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files. Topics covered include simple XHTML, DTDs, CSS, optimizing web graphics, site development, hosting, domain names, and FTP.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 150 - Introduction to System Administration
Credits: 3
This course exposes students to the best practices of system and network administration, independent of specific platforms or technologies. Students will learn six key principles of site design and support practices: simplicity, clarity, generality, automation, the mutation, and basics. This course examines the major areas of responsibility for system administrators within the context of these principles. Students will also be introduced to change management and revision control, server-upgrades, maintenance windows, and service conversions.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 160 - Introduction to Digital Ethics
Credits: 3
Ethics is important to any professional field. In Digital Ethics a number of issues are important. These include ethics related to the developers/customers relationship, the importance of “non-compete” agreements in commercial settings, maintaining standards, maintaining integrity in the development of computer programs and the management of network systems, protecting individual privacy for users of the Internet, designing and implementing firewalls and security measures to protect user information, respect for trademarks and copyrights, maintaining professional relationships with clients, co-workers, or users of systems the technician/developer/designer develops, maintains, or implements, and developing habits of professional behavior such as follow-up, honesty, openness, communication of challenges, and respect for others.
Offered: Spring.
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IT 195 - Topics in Information Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of topics, trends, and emerging technologies of contemporary interest to those in information technology or related fields. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. Typically, the course that is offered under this heading is an elective and is offered according to interest, need, and demand.
Offered: Occasionally.
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IT 200 - Sound Design
Credits: 3
The prerequisite for this class is the completion of all general studies math requirements. This class is designed to introduce students to the audio production work flow. Topics covered include the fundamentals of acoustics, digital audio representation, microphones, DAWs, mixing, synthesis, and recording. Students are required to produce an audio project by the end of the semester that could take the form of a podcast, remix, radio play, original composition, or soundtrack. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to apply the Diné Philosophy of Learning to the course material.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 212 - Documentary
Credits: 3
Students will learn the art of documentary film making. Students will learn how to research, create surveys, create questions, create a thesis, conduct interviews, and use the three act story structure to tell their stories.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 215 - Motion Graphics
Credits: 3
This class is designed to introduce students to the technical and aesthetic challenges of creating two dimensional animations. Students are introduced to the history of animation, raster graphics, vector graphics, tweening, filters, lower-thirds, title sequences, and text animation. Students are required to produce a short (1-2 minute two dimensional animation project by the end of the semester.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 218 - Algorithms & Data Structures
Credits: 3
This course introduces the fundamentals of algorithm function and design for sorting and order statistics and advanced design and analysis techniques. Data structure discussion will include elementary structures, hash tables, binary search and red-black trees, Fibonacci Heaps, and disjoint sets. Selected topics will include multithreaded algorithms, matrix operations, linear programming, string matching, computational geometry, NP-completeness, and approximation.
Prerequisites: IT 105 .
Offered: Fall.
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IT 220 - Database Design
Credits: 3
This course exposes students to basic, platform-independent principles of relational database design. Students will apply common-sense design methodology for developing databases that work. Students will also learn the fundamental principles and syntax of structured query language (SQL).
Offered: Fall.
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IT 222 - Computer Security
Credits: 3
This course introduces the essentials of computer and network security and covers of all the objectives for CompTIA’a Security+ certification program. Best practices, roles, and responsibilities of security practitioners are covered. Defensive measures are also introduced to protect computer systems and networks from attacks.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 225 - Digital Video II
Credits: 3
“Introduction to Digital Video” is a prerequisite for this class. Digital Video II introduces students who already have basic camera competency to the technical and aesthetic challenges of narrative film making. The topics introduced in this class include set design, sound design, cinematography, advanced camera techniques, jibs, steadicams, chromakey, story boarding, script writing, directing, lighting, and scheduling. Each student is required to produce a short narrative project and crew on other student projects. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to apply the Diné Philosophy of Learning to the course material.
Offered: Spring.
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IT 262 - Internetworking
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to TCP/IP protocols, Internet architecture, and current networking technologies. Topics to be covered include layering and packet formats for all the Internet protocols, including TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, and DNS. Other areas of interest will be covered such as new trends in Internet systems, including packet classification, Software Defined Networking (SDN), and mesh protocols.
Prerequisites: IT 150 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 270 - Web Standards
Credits: 3
This course provides a thorough and practical guide to applying web standards enforced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Students will be exposed to standards that will allow content to be more compatible with multiple different viewing devices such as screen readers, cell phones, PDFs, HTML, XML, and CSS.
Prerequisites: IT 142 .
Offered: Fall.
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IT 275 - Media Criticism
Credits: 3
Radio, TV, Film, Internet have become the main channels of education, information and entertainment for today. This course presents an introduction into understanding and ‘reading’ Media. In the class you develop intelligent perception of Media, and look at the History, Present and Future of Mass Media. You learn about the slogan ‘The Medium is the message’ and its meaning, and develop a professional approach in dealing with Media.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 280 - IT Project Management
Credits: 3
This course examines the organization, planning, and controlling of projects and provides practical knowledge on managing project scope, scheduling and managing resources. Topics include project life cycle, work breakdown structure and Gantt charts, network diagrams, scheduling techniques, and resource allocation decisions. Concepts are applied through team projects and tutorials using project management software.
Offered: By Demand.
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IT 295 - Topics in Information Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of topics, trends, and emerging technologies of contemporary interest to those in information technology or related fields. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. Typically, the course that is offered under this heading is an elective and is offered according to interest, need, and demand.
Offered: Occasionally.
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IT 312 - Studio Recording
Credits: 3
Students will learn about studio recording. Including microphone selection, placement, hardware, and software applications, mixing, editing, and mastering. Students will be able to create professional sounding recordings used by many studio professionals.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 315 - Multicore Programming
Credits: 4
Multiprocessor Machines, or Multicores, as they are known in the industry, are quickly taking over every aspect of computing. The art of programming these systems, currently mastered by few, requires ad understanding of new computational principles, algorithms, and programming tools. This course seeks to introduce students to the tricks of the trade by providing a comprehensive presentation of the guiding principles ad algorithmic techniques necessary for effective multiprocessor programming.
Prerequisites: IT 218 .
Offered: Fall.
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IT 332 - Network Security
Credits: 4
This course provides a thorough and practical guide to network security through understanding your attacker in depth. System threats are covered including reverse engineering, SQL attacks, social engineering, anti- forensics, and other advanced attacks against UNIX and Windows systems. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the skill of reverse engineering to understand malware, trojaned binaries, spyware, and SQL injection.
Prerequisites: IT 222 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 335 - Data Visualization
Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to data visualization. Developing the skills to clearly and concisely visualize that data will be an invaluable tool in the future. Students will work with a variety of different visualization tools to produce static and dynamic visualizations. Students will analyze a variety of visualizations to determine what make certain methods effective, and what detracts from the clear and concise communication of information. The students work will them be collected in a multimedia web portfolio.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 345 - Editing Concepts
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the rules of editing through the use of non-linear editing systems. Students will learn about rhythms, screen direction, and continuity. Students will also learn about the key movements and concepts in the history of editing films, from Edwin S. Porter, to Segei Eisenstein to Hitchcock and contemporary editors. Students will speak the language of editing, apply the elements of editing to tell a story, explore and use sound track, and become proficient in the fundamentals of industry standard editing platforms.
Prerequisites: IT 225 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 350 - Programming Interactivity
Credits: 3
This class is designed to expose students to non-linear media design. Topics covered include Flash, action- script, Max/MSP, Quartz composer, Open Frameworks, and micro-controllers. Students are required to produce an original interactive media project by the end of the semester.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 375 - Javascript Core Skills
Credits: 4
This course exposes students to the Document Object Model (DOM) and how to use JavaScript to add dynamic effects and manipulate the structure of the document on the fly. Students will use JavaScript and the DOM to enhance web pages with client-side dynamic effects and create markup on the fly. Some topics to be covered include: application of dynamic behavior to web pages without inserting JavaScript; writing scripts that degrade gracefully when JavaScript isn’t available; using web standards to ensure cross
Prerequisites: IT 270 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 395 - Topics in Information Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of topics, trends, and emerging technologies of contemporary interest to those in information technology or related fields. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. Typically, the course that is offered under this heading is an elective and is offered according to interest, need, and demand.
Offered: Occasionally.
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IT 405 - Cluster Maintenance/Management
Credits: 4
This course offers information about building Linux clusters from the ground up. Best practices, helpful hints, and guidelines are covered that allow building one server or hundreds of servers at a level that administrators at any experience level can understand. Students will incorporate best practices and cutting edge approaches for bringing up a Linux cluster to production level.
Prerequisites: IT 260.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 415 - Audio Project
Credits: 3
The audio project is designed for students who have completed audio production. The student must create a pitch for their audio project at the beginning of the semester, and then, in close contact with their program advisor, spend remaining time writing, directing, recording, editing, and showing a work that demonstrates mastery of the technical and aesthetic challenges of audio production. Acceptable final project are musical recordings, net casts, or sound design for film.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 435A - HPC/Parallel Computing
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to determine how parallel computer environments can be successfully applied to large-scale scientific computations. Students will successfully implement clusters of multicore/manycore machines to solve specific problems. Intelligent workload management systems will be explored and applied to automate the scheduling, managing, monitoring, and reporting of HPC workloads on massive scale, multi-technology installations.
Prerequisites: IT 315 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 435B - HPC/Parallel Computing
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to determine how parallel computer environments can be successfully applied to large-scale scientific computations. Students will successfully implement clusters of multicore/manycore machines to solve specific problems. Intelligent workload management systems will be explored and applied to automate the scheduling, managing, monitoring, and reporting of HPC workloads on massive scale, multi-technology installations.
Prerequisites: IT 315
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 440A - Advanced Technology Security
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to apply computer and network security tools and environments to allow the deep analysis of compromised systems and test live environments for existing weaknesses and mitigate any potential loss of information those weaknesses may cause.
Prerequisites: IT 332 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 440B - Advanced Technology Security
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to apply computer and network security tools and environments to allow the deep analysis of compromised systems and test live environments for existing weaknesses and mitigate any potential loss of information those weaknesses may cause.
Prerequisites: IT 332
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 445 - 3D Modeling/Animation
Credits: 4
In this class students are introduced to the technical and aesthetic challenges of creating three dimensional animations. Topics covered include 3-D modeling, texturing, openGL, augmented reality, and 3-D environment design. Students who are interested in learning the fundamentals of basic computer geometry, will look at the basic elements that make up the 3D models. Students will be introduced to a couple of application programs that are used in today’s 3D modeling environment. Students will have hands on training in creating, lighting, editing and mapping of materials for the 3D models. Modeling projects will be planned, designed and produced. Students will be encouraged to work as a team. Students are required to produce a short (1-2 minute) 3-D animation project by the end of the semester.
Prerequisites: IT 215 .
Offered: Spring.
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IT 450 - Interactive Project
Credits: 3
The interactive project is designed for students who have completed Programming Interactivity. The student must create a pitch for their interactive project at the beginning of the semester, and then, in close contact with their program advisor, spend remaining time constructing, designing, and showing a work that demonstrates mastery of the technical and aesthetic challenges of interactive design. Acceptable final project is highly interactive website, programs, or installations.
Prerequisites: IT 350 .
Offered: Fall.
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IT 472A - Web App Development
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to apply HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to create and deploy web applications. Topics will include creating a user interface, writing a server, building client-server communication and using a cloud-based service to deploy applications.
Prerequisites: IT 375 .
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 472B - Web App Development
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to apply HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to create and deploy web applications. Topics will include creating a user interface, writing a server, building client-server communication and using a cloud-based service to deploy applications.
Prerequisites: IT 375
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 480 - Aural and Optical Perception
Credits: 3
The prerequisites for this class are completion of all general studies science and math requirements. This class is designed to introduce students to the aural and optical perception systems in the human body. Students learn the basic anatomy of the eye, ear, and how each communicates with the brain. An emphasis will be placed on the phenomena in perception that impact media design. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to apply the Diné Philosophy of Learning to the course material.
Offered: Fall.
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IT 485A - Advanced Technology Administration
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to apply virtualization solutions, including networking, storage, servers, operating systems, application optimization, security and clustering. Interoperable design tools will be used to implement highly-efficient architectures for new, expanded, or retrofit datacenter projects.
Prerequisites: IT 405
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 485B - Advanced Technology Administration
Credits: 3
This senior level course pair will bring together the knowledge and skill sets obtained in the program to apply virtualization solutions, including networking, storage, servers, operating systems, application optimization, security and clustering. Interoperable design tools will be used to implement highly-efficient architectures for new, expanded, or retrofit datacenter projects.
Prerequisites: IT 405
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 490A - Senior Project
Credits: 3
The senior project is designed for students in their senior year who have already demonstrated competency in video, audio, and animation. The student must create a pitch for their senior project at the beginning of the year, and then, in close contact with their program advisor, spend two semesters writing, directing, shooting, editing, and showing a work that demonstrates mastery of the technical and aesthetic challenges of media production.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 490B - Senior Project
Credits: 3
The senior project is designed for students in their senior year who have already demonstrated competency in video, audio, and animation. The student must create a pitch for their senior project at the beginning of the year, and then, in close contact with their program advisor, spend two semesters writing, directing, shooting, editing, and showing a work that demonstrates mastery of the technical and aesthetic challenges of media production.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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IT 495 - Topics in Information Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of topics, trends, and emerging technologies of contemporary interest to those in information technology or related fields. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. Typically, the course that is offered under this heading is an elective and is offered according to interest, need, and demand.
Offered: Occasionally.
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ITS 120 - Microsoft Office Suite
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience related to the personal computer and its uses in society. Application programs from the Microsoft Office Suite will be taught including Word, Excel, Outlook, Access and PowerPoint. This course is designed to provide students with a general introduction to word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software. Students will be completing many hands- on assignments and activities using a personal computer in a supportive lab setting.
Prerequisites: BCIS 1115 or permission of the instructor.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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ITS 195 - Topics in Information Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of topics, trends, and emerging technologies of contemporary interest to those in information technology or related fields. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. Typically, the course that is offered under this heading is an elective and is offered according to interest, need, and demand.
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ITS 295 - Topics in Information Technology
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of topics, trends, and emerging technologies of contemporary interest to those in information technology or related fields. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. Typically, the course that is offered under this heading is an elective and is offered according to interest, need, and demand.
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ITS 415 - Directing and Producing
Credits: 3
The producer’s job is to evaluate a story, secure the rights and pitch the story to secure financing. Students will learn this process: evaluate and improve a story, pitch the story, schedule the project, develop a basic budget and discuss and solve problems during production, or class projects. They will learn the producer’s role in the six phases of the film manufacturing process. The course will also examine the role of the director in relation to critical, creative areas of motion picture production. Students will work in digital video format to practice their skills.
Offered: By Demand.
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LAW 103 - Criminal Law
Credits: 3
Criminal Law is the study of U. S. Constitutional law as applied in the federal court systems, and Navajo Nation criminal laws as applied with the Nation. Students will become familiar with the sources of criminal law, essential elements that must be proven to determine if a crime has been committed, crimes against persons, property, the community, and a further study of defenses against accusations of crime.
Offered: Fall.
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LAW 104 - Legal Research and Writing
Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to on-line legal research as well as to traditional book-based research. Writing assignments include memorandums of law and legal briefs, as well as other legal research assignments relevant to the effective practice of law.
Prerequisites: Must be concurrently enrolled in or successfully completed (earned a grade of C or higher ENGL 1210 or ENGL 110 or a comparable English course.
Offered: Fall.
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LAW 105 - Advanced Legal Research and Writing
Credits: 3
This course is a continuation of LAW 104 and will hone the skills of students in finding the law, framing questions into legal categories, and organizing legal research to write effective, persuasive documents.
Prerequisites: LAW 104 .
Offered: Spring.
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LAW 112 - Evidence
Credits: 3
Topics to be covered include real [direct] and circumstantial evidence, presumptions, burdens of proof, province of courts [judges] and juries, uses of wrongfully obtained evidence, hearsay, and other forms of evidence. Presentation of evidence to the court and jury is included, with emphasis on laying proper foundations. Resources for this course will include evidentiary rules of the Navajo Nation District Courts and the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Offered: Fall.
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LAW 113 - Domestic Relations and Family Law
Credits: 3
This course examines the areas of marriage, divorce, annulment, adoption, child support and enforcement, and other domestic relations matters in the Navajo Nation judicial system. Criminal laws that pertain to family matters will also be studied, as well as federal laws that apply to the Nation such as the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Offered: Spring.
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LAW 195 - Topics in Law Education
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of legal topics of contemporary interest. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. This course is offered based upon demand, interest, and need.
Offered: Occasionally.
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LAW 201 - Consumer Law
Credits: 3
This course examines the typical consumer issues that confront Navajo people on the Reservation. Students will examine credit sales and purchases and repossessions, and learn how to prepare writs of sequestration and bonding in issues that may come before the Navajo Nation Court system.
Offered: Spring.
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LAW 202 - Procedure in Criminal and in Civil Cases
Credits: 3
This course examines the courtroom rules of litigation. The resource for this course will be the civil rules and Criminal Rules of Procedure for the District Courts of the Navajo Nation, as well as the federal rules of procedure. Students will learn alternative dispute resolution techniques as practiced in the Peacemaker Division of the Navajo District Court.
Offered: Spring.
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LAW 203 - Business Law
Credits: 3
The class will cover in-depth the law of contracts, credit, employment, agency, commercial paper, insurance, real and personal property, probate, and business organizations. Students will be expected to read and understand the various Navajo Nation Code provisions that apply to these business topics.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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LAW 204 - Advanced Business Law
Credits: 3
This class is a continuation of LAW 203 . Emphasis will be placed on the Navajo Uniform Commercial Code, the body of law that governs commercial contracts and other transactions on the Nation.
Prerequisites: LAW 203 .
Offered: Fall.
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LAW 205 - Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Credits: 3
The resource for this course is the Model Rules of Professional Conduct for members of the Navajo Bar Association.
Offered: Spring.
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LAW 211 - Administrative Law
Credits: 3
This course examines the Navajo Rules of Civil and Criminal Appellate Procedure. Administrative Law examines the delegation of legislative and executive authority by the Navajo Nation to its various agencies and boards, powers of the agencies, rule-making by the agencies, due process, hearing rights, and appeals for judicial review from adverse agency decisions.
Offered: Fall.
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LAW 212 - Trial Practice
Credits: 3
This course covers in-depth the conduct of a trial including pre-trial matters and motions, particularized rights, plea negotiation and pre-trial settlement, deferred prosecution, pretrial discovery, and the trial itself from jury selection to verdict. Students will attend available trials conducted in the Crownpoint District Court and will participate in a moot court.
Offered: Spring.
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LAW 221 - Law Advocate Internship
Credits: 3
Students will work as law-advocates-in-training in an office-related supervised work site. Ideally, the work site such as the office of the prosecutor, Legal Defense office, Family or Peacemaker Division, of District Court will be directly engaged in some aspect of the Navajo Nation legal and judicial system.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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LAW 225 - Navajo Nation Bar Review
Credits: 3
This course will help students prepare to take the Navajo Nation Bar exam. The course will review material covered in both the legal assistant and law advocate programs. The ultimate goal of the law advocate program is to provide the training and skills needed by students in order to pass the Navajo Nation bar and become law advocates for the Navajo Nation; this course will be the final step in attaining that goal.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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LAW 295 - Topics in Law Education
Credits: 1-3
This course examines a variety of legal topics of contemporary interest. Course content varies each semester so course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. This course is offered based upon demand, interest, and need.
Offered: Occasionally.
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ME 305 - System Dynamics
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to teach students to 1 model dynamic systems in the time and s-domain, 2 predicts dynamic system behavior and 3 design controllers for this behavior. Students will practice assembling systems of differential equations for electrical, mechanical and other physical problems. Techniques for solving these equations algebraically and with software tools such as MATLAB/Octave will also be studied.
Prerequisites: MATH 2410
Offered: Spring
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ME 316 - Mechanical Laboratory
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to teach students to 1 model manufacturing process tolerance, 2 predict material damage and properties after processing and 3 operate/maintain manufacturing equipment such as CNC machines, 3D printers and material test equipment. This will be done through multiple design assignments and lab sessions. Calculations and models developed for example design scenarios will be compared to real-world manufactured examples.
Prerequisites: MATH 1230
Offered: Fall
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ME 331 - Kinematics of Machinery
Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to teach students to 1 correctly apply basic kinematic terms and concepts, 2 analyze the kinematics of mechanisms and 3 include models of non-idealities such as friction. Multiple aspects of mechanisms will be analyzed through several techniques. Important mechanism characteristics such as their singularities and non-ideal behavior will be simulated using software.
Prerequisites: MATH 1230
Offered: Spring
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ME 345 - Statics
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the science of statics. During the course students will learn how to determine the relationships between forces acting on rigid bodies at rest. Areas covered will be scalar and vector quantities, resultants, analysis of structures, friction, centroids and center of gravity.
Prerequisites: MATH 1230 .
Offered: Fall.
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