engineering at illinois online course catalog

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Table of Contents

Why Engineering at Illinois? 4

How Online Learning Works 6

Getting Started 8

Master’s Degrees 10

Certificate Programs 12

Professional Development Courses 17

Contact Us 27

ENGINEERING AT ILLINOIS is consistently ranked among the top engineering colleges in the United States and worldwide. We offer graduate students exceptional opportunities to make remarkable discoveries and contribute to the scholarship and achievements that inspire and enrich the lives of people everywhere, every day. Engineering Online is designed to provide working professionals with the real-world challenges and authentic learning experiences you will need to pursue the highest levels of achievement in your professional career.

Master’s of Computer Science 10

Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering 11

Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering 11

Earn the degree that can take you further.

4 ENGINEERING ONLINE

Real ImpactThe College of Engineering at Illinois stands among the nation’s most prestigious and largest engineering institutions, with a rich history of accomplishment by faculty, students, and alumni. Our graduates have gone on to lead major global engineering firms and developed innovations that significantly impact our lives. Online courses are taught by the same distinguished faculty, and degrees earned through our online program are exactly the same as those awarded on-campus. With the online degree, you’ll join a tradition of excellence recognized around the world.

Real FlexibilityBalancing the demands of a professional career and family life with a rigorous academic schedule can be a challenging proposition for anyone seeking higher education. Through Engineering Online, this dream becomes a reality. Our sophisticated online learning platform offers the flexibility and convenience you’ll need to pursue an advanced degree, certification, or training without sacrificing home or career.

Real AccessStudents enrolled in Engineering Online courses at Illinois gain access to a variety of campus resources, including the University of Illinois Library, Grainger Engineering Library (the world’s largest engineering library), Engineering Work Station (EWS) computer laboratories, the CITES WebStore, and a variety of professional development services. Our mission is to provide you with the tools for success in your field, and our dedicated staff is on hand to help guide you through every step of your individual academic plan

Real ExperienceDesigned to create an inclusive and interactive learning environment, Engineering Online utilizes state-of-the-art technologies to deliver an authentic classroom experience. Engaging lectures delivered by world-class instructors often yield immediate real-world impacts for the work you’re doing in your field. Students are also encouraged to collaborate with faculty and peers on-campus to challenge new perspectives and develop innovative solutions.

Why Engineering at Illinois?

• 3 Top-Ranked Master’s Degrees

• 14 Certificate Programs

• Over 80 Individual Courses

• World-Renowned Faculty

• Same Degrees as On-Campus

• Interactive Virtual Classrooms

• Outstanding Student Services

• Career Development Resources

• Tradition of Excellence

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“I chose Illinois because it is the leading civil engineering program in the nation, and Engineering Online provides easy access to that top-shelf education. The online learning experience is updating and sharpening my skills, and will provide me with additional knowledge base to help me as an engineering problem-solving leader.”

Charles Gullakson, Civil Engineering


Virtual Classroom ExperienceAs an Engineering Online student, you can expect an immersive learning environment, with a challenging curriculum taught by our world-class faculty. Rich media tools such as Echo360 lecture-capture and interactive web-based communication tools such as Skype, Elluminate, and Adobe Connect enable students to experience the classroom setting and interact with the course in ways that were never before possible. You’ll progress through the course material along with students on campus, and may also have the opportunity to participate in class discussion and group projects.

Program & Course PacingOnline programs follow the same semester-based schedule as on-campus College of Engineering programs. Course instructors provide a syllabus which outlines the course material and lecture schedule, as well as timing for assignments, projects, and exams. Engineering Online courses are not self-paced, correspondence courses. Students are expected to complete their work and exams within the guidelines set by the instructor.

Test Proctoring & GradingAll students (including returning students) must submit proposed proctor information each semester. A proctor may not be related to (by blood, marriage, or other legal relationship), be a peer, report to, have equivalent title or responsibilities with, the individual enrolled in the course. The proctor will be responsible for receiving the exam, locking the exam in a secure place, following the specific guidelines for proctoring the exam (i.e., time frame, open or closed book/notes, use of calculators, etc.), and for delivery of the exam back to our office. Grading policies are set by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate College.

Course Numbering & CreditGraduate courses are offered at the 400 and 500 levels and graduate credit is given in terms of hours. Most graduate professional development certificates require the completion of between 6 and 12 credit hours. Graduate master’s degree programs require the completion of 32 or 36 credit hours.

Web Self-ServiceStudents who have been admitted to a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign online graduate degree program are directed to utilize the University’s Web Self-Service system to register for online courses.

Web Self-Service provides access to:• Registration & Records• Account Billing Information• Personal Information• Financial Aid• Graduation

Students taking courses for professional development, or toward a certificate program, who have not been admitted to an online degree program will register for courses through the Office of Online Continuining Education (OCE) at:https://www-s.continuinged.uiuc.edu/ServiceCenter/NonDegreeRegistration/Login/Login.cfm

All students will use the University’s new Web Self-Service system to access academic history and view final grades.

System RequirementsSince you will be conducting your coursework online, including watching lectures and submitting assignments, we recommend that you have a good quality computer and a reliable Internet connection. A fast, reliable Internet connection makes it easier to participate in the class. Taking classes with connections under 128Kbps is possible, but we recommend a broadband connection.

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

• 500 Mhz procecessor• 128 MB of RAM• High-speed Internet connection• 1024 x 768 resolution monitor• Audio card and speakers

Minimum Software Requirements:

• Engineering Online courses are completely cross-platform* and require a web browser (IE6+, Mozilla, Firefox), an email reader (such as Outlook Express), and Flash Player.

• Any additional course specific software requirements will be listed on the course website.

*with the exception of Math 446, which requires a Windows operating system, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player.

How Online Learning Works

“I decided to pursue an online education because I considered it to be the best alternative for working professionals aiming to further their education while maintaining an active professional career. Engineering Online at Illinois provides an accessible world-class education that will provide immediate impacts on your engineering skills sets. The instructors at Illinois do a great job at teaching real-world scenarios used in professional practice.”

Brian Castro, Civil Engineering


Online RegistrationYou do not need to be admitted to a degree or certificate program in order to enroll in an online course. Individuals are responsible for determining if they have the required course prerequisites prior to registering. Up to 12 hours of University of Illinois credit, taken prior to being admitted, will transfer into a degree program with departmental approval. To register online, visit the Engineering Online website and click the “Register for Fall 2013” button.

Register Online: http://online.engineering.illinois.edu

• Fall 2013 registration is now open.• Instruction begins August 26th and ends December 11th

(final exam period begins December 13th).• Students who have not been admitted to a degree

program should register by August 19, 2013. Registration after this date may delay receipt of NetID and NetID password.

• Contact us at [email protected] with any questions before enrolling.

Student Computer AccountsA University Network ID (NetID) and NetID password are required to participate in online credit courses.

• Degree students will recieve their University Identification Number (UIN), NetID and NetID password once admitted to a degree program.

• All other registrants will be asked to grant permission to provide their UIN by email. This UIN is required to claim a NetID and NetID password.

Approximately one week prior to the start of the semester, all registered students will receive an email directing them to a website to complete the following three steps:

1. Set up your official university email address. Official university correspondence and billing information will be sent to your official university email address.

2. Submit proposed proctor. With a few exceptions, all exams must be proctored. All students must submit proctor information each semester.

3. Review important policy information and access your individual course website(s). This page allows you to review current semester policies and will provide a link to your course website(s).

Tuition & FeesAll students enrolling in online courses pay the same tuition and fees regardless of residency or student status. Tuition and fees are due approximately one month after the start of the semester.

• Tuition Rate: $1017 per credit hour.• Administration Fee: $50 per credit hour. • The non-refundable administrative fee is part of tuition.

This fee covers a portion of the many direct costs related to providing instruction and administrative and academic supportservices.Off-campusstudentsreceivevariousforms of assistance, such as library support, toll-free phone numbers, general guidance, network IDs and passwords, and support in coordinating with other campus units. In addition, wide ranges of academic services are provided to the faculty andstaffwhoteachourcourses.Costsforsupportinginstruction and for developing and promoting new courses are also partially derived from tuition and fees. However, the administrative fee does not cover campus services such as insurance, transportation, etc.

• The university does not send tuition assessments by mail. Students are responsible for viewing their assessments online.

• Dropping all course sections before classes begin results in a cancellation for that term. Students who cancel their registration by 5:00 PM CST on August 25, 2013 are entitled to a full refund of tuition and fees. Dropping all course sections on or after on-campus classes begin results in a withdrawal for that term. Students who withdraw for the semester are entitled to a pro-rata refund of tuition (fees are not refundable and a withdrawal fee applies) if the withdrawal is made by 5:00 PM CST on November 9, 2013. If you drop a course(s), but not all courses, you will receive a full refund for the course(s) you have dropped, provided the change is made by 5:00 PM CST on September 10, 2013. No refund is available for dropped courses after September 10, 2013.

• Visit http://online.engineering.illinois.edu/prospective-students/tuition-and-fees for details.

“I had a very positive experience with the online program. My busy schedule was not conducive to on-campus classes so the online program gave me the opportunity to obtain a master’s degree and continue working full-time.”

John Dudley, MechSE

Getting Started

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Company or Sponsor BillingIf your education at the University of Illinois is being supported by an outside agency, the University Student Financial Services and Cashier Operations can bill the agency directly. Outside agencies can be your company or business, other schools, educational foundations, and governmental agencies.

A company authorization letter with the following information should be faxed to USFSCO (details avialable at http://online.engineering.illinois.edu/current-students/policies/billing-your-company-or-sponsor).

FERPA RightsThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, commonly known as FERPA, is a federal law that governs educational records. It grants specific rights to students and regulates how institutions must handle eductional records, including grades. The main focus of FERPA is to give students rights to see their records and to protect against disclosures of certain information without the student’s consent or specific legal authorization.

For more information regarding FERPA please visit:www.registrar.illinois.edu/transcripts/ferpa.html

Choosing a ProctorProctors must be available on all exam dates. If there is no one at your workplace who can proctor, please consult your local community colleges, Sylvan Learning Centers, Kaplan Centers, etc. If you live in Illinois, you may be able to take your exams at the University of Illinois facility in Grayslake.

• Grayslake contact: Kathy Johnson (847-446-1275, [email protected])

Please note that submission of proposed proctor information grants your consent to provide all necessary contact information to your proposed proctor. If you do not want our office to provide some portion of your contact information to your proctor, please e-mail Frank Hoskinson at [email protected] with your specific request.

In the event you need to change your official proctor, you must contact your testing coordinator at least two weeks in advance of your exam. There must be time for a new proposed proctor to go through the approval process.

Go to http://online.engineering.illinois.edu/current-students/policies/choosing-proctor and fill out and submit the online form to begin the approval process.

Feel free to contact the Office of Online Professional

Engineering Programs at 217-333-6634 if you have trouble locating a suitable proctor.

“The Engineering Online program is about more than just offering web-based courses, certificates and degrees. Our program is about providing lifelong learning opportunities with the same level of quality that students of the University of Illinois experience on-campus.”

Frank Hoskinson, Director of Online Professional Engineering Programs


Earn a Professional Master of Computer Science (MCS) degree from a leader in information technology entirely online with no required campus visits. All students receive the same lectures, class assignments, exams and projects as on-campus students. Online students can complete this degree in as little as three years (by completing 4 credit hours per semester). Online students must complete the program within 5 years. The degree awarded is the same as the on-campus Professional MCS degree.

MCS Admissions RequirementsApplicants must hold a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad. To be considered, applicants must have at least a 3.2/4.0 GPA Applicants must have sufficient background in computer programming, algorithms and data structures, computer organization, and theory of computation. All applicants must submit an application form, three letters of reference, and official transcripts from all completed university coursework. TOEFL scores may be required of International applicants.The MCS degree is a non-thesis program that requires the completion of 32 hours of credit. Online students have five years to complete the degree requirements. The degree awarded through our online program is the exact same degree awarded to on-campus MCS students.

Admissions DeadlinesSummer or Fall Semester: January 15Spring Semester: October 15

http://cs.illinois.edu/online

Revolutionizing Online EducationAt Illinois, we invent the next frontiers of science and engineering. By developing strong online learning opportunities, we also join the nation’s elite institutions dedicated to pioneering the future of higher education. The online lecture format allows practicing engineers to earn a master’s degree from our top-ranked university without leaving home. Using streaming technology, lectures are available online within hours after the conclusion of the on-campus class. Lectures are accessible 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and remain on the course website throughout the semester, allowing review of the lecture material in preparation for homework and exams. Our engineering and computer science online programs bring the classroom to you without sacrificing the quality you would expect from our institution. An investment in an online degree from Engineering at Illinois is an investment in your future.

Delivering Quality InstructionOnline classes are taught by the same faculty who teach classes on campus. The quality and prestige of our degree programs are products of a highly distinguished and diversely talented faculty, including various recipients of the Nobel Prize, Japan Prize, Wolf Prize, National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology, MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, and Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. While maintaining excellence in traditional areas of academic interest, our faculty are constantly adapting to new fields of endeavor.

Preparing Leaders of IndustryOur students graduate with a solid footing in engineering and flexibility to move into business, law, medicine and other fields. Our graduates become leaders in industries, agencies and institutions around the world--and even in space. Several of our graduates are famous, and many have changed society in significant and lasting ways.

For more information regarding online master’s degree programs, visit http://online.engineering.illinois.edu and click on “Degree Programs”, call the Office of Online and Professional Engineering Programs at (217) 333-6634, or e-mail [email protected].

Master’s Degrees

Master’s of Computer Science (MCS)

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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign enjoys an outstanding reputation for excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, and for research that improves the quality of life in our nation and around the world. CEE at Illinois consistently ranks among the most elite programs in the world. The MS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering requires 36 credit hours (a thesis is not required). Students choose a specialty area and also have the option to develop cross-disciplinary programs in consultation with their advisers. Online students have five years to complete the program.

MSCE Admissions RequirementsApplicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad. To be considered, applicants must have at least a 3.0/4.0 GPA. All applicants must submit an application form, three letters of reference, and official transcripts from all completed university coursework. TOEFL scores are required of applicants whose native language is not English, regardless of U.S. citizenship. The MSCE degree program offers a non-thesis (36 credit hours) option. Online students have five years to complete the degree requirements. The degree awarded through our online program is the exact same degree awarded to on-campus MSCE students.


http://cee.illinois.edu/ceeonline

The Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) degree is available completely online. As one of the oldest departments within the university, the Mechanical Science and Engineering department has provided curricula and support services for many decades, earning a reputation among engineering education professionals as one of the most respected programs in the nation. MechSE offers unparalleled strengths in key fundamental areas, such as biomechanical sciences, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer, applied physics, chemistry, dynamics and controls, computational science, and applied math.

MSME Admissions RequirementsApplicants must hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad. To be considered, applicants must have at least a 3.25/4.0 GPA. All applicants must submit an application form, three letters of reference, and official transcripts from all completed university coursework. TOEFL scores may be required of International applicants. The MSME degree program offers both a thesis (32 credit hours) and non-thesis (36 credit hours) option. Online students have five years to complete the degree requirements. The degree awarded through our online program is the exact same degree awarded to on-campus MSME students.


http://mechanical.illinois.edu

Master’s Degrees

Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)

Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)


Information SystemsMust complete the following 2 courses:• CS 411 – Database Systems or CS 412 – Intro Data Mining• CS 511 – Design of Database Management SystemsMust complete 1 of the following courses:• CS 423 – Operating Systems Design• CS 425 – Computer Networks and Distributed Systems

Software EngineeringMust complete the following 2 courses:• CS 427 – Software Engineering I• CS 428 – Software Engineering IIMust complete 1 of the following courses:• CS 527 – Advanced Topics in Software Engineering• CS 598 RJ – Object-Oriented Programming and Design

System SoftwareMust complete the following 2 courses:• CS 423 – Operating Systems Design• CS 523 – Advanced Operating SystemsMust complete 1 of the following courses:• CS 425 – Computer Networks and Distributed Systems• CS 438 – Communication Networks for Computers

Single Course Certificate OptionStudents who take an individual CS course online for credit and are not in either the certificate or degree program may request a Certificate of Completion if a grade of B- or higher is received. Up to 3 courses can be transferred towards the degree program if accepted for admission. Please note that the online (I2CS) program is restricted to off-campus professionals and is not intended for those who have access to our on-campus courses and programs.

Application RequirementsStudents who wish to apply as an online certificate student, must meet the following requirements:Graduated from an accredited institution with a minimum of a technical bachelor’s degree with sufficient computer science background. The cumulative grade point average (GPA) for the last 60 semester-hours or last two years of undergraduate study must correspond to a “B” (3.0 on a scale of A=4) or higher. If student has advanced degrees, the cumulative GPA for each degree must also be at least a 3.0 or higher.

Online Certificate Application DeadlinesFall Semester: June 30Spring Semester: October 30Summer Semester: March 30

For all inquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Certificate Programs

The following programs allow graduate students to receive certification in a specialized area of computer science. Each certificate requires students to complete three courses (4 hours each, a total of 12 hours). In addition, students are required to maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and receive a letter grade of “B-” or higher in each course. One 4 hour course in a certificate area can be taken before admission to the program and credit transferred if a letter grade of “B-” or higher is received.

Program Requirements To earn a Professional Development Certificate in one of the five areas, students must complete the specified courses, maintain an overall GPA of 3.0/4.0, and receive a grade of B- or higher in each course. One 4 hour course in a certificate area can be taken before admission to the certificate program and credit transferred if a letter grade of “B-” or higher is received. Admissions information and application forms can be found online at http://cs.illinois.edu/online.

SecurityMust complete the following 2 courses:• CS 461 – Computer Security I• CS 463 – Computer Security IIMust complete 1 of the following courses:• CS 523 – Advanced Operating Systems• CS 563 – Advanced Topics in Computer Security

Networks and Distributed SystemsMust complete the following 2 courses:• CS 425 – Computer Networks and Distributed Systems• CS 438 – Communication Networks for ComputersMust complete 1 of the following courses:• CS 423 – Operating Systems Design• CS 523 – Advanced Operating Systems

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The College of Engineering offers an online graduate program in civil and environmental engineering which allows students to pursue certification in a variety of specialized areas. Online students receive access to recorded on-campus lectures and follow the class syllabus, including the same assignments, exams, and projects as on-campus students. All courses are offered via web streaming technology.

Program Requirements To earn a Professional Development Certificate, studentsmust complete 3 of the following courses (one must be at the 500-level, except Railroad Engineering) earning a B- or higher in each course:

Construction Management (choose 3)• CEE 420 – Construction Productivity • CEE 421 – Construction Planning• CEE 422 – Construction Cost Analysis• CEE 525 – Construction Case Studies • CEE 598 COL – Const. Optimization and Decision Making• CEE 598 SCM – Sustainable Construction Methods

Environmental & Water Resources Engineering (choose 3)• CEE 440 – Fate Cleanup Environ Pollutant• CEE 446 – Air Quality Engineering• CEE 453 – Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics• CEE 457 – Groundwater • CEE 535 – Environmental Systems II• CEE 540 – Remediation Design • CEE 598 WT – Advanced Materials for Water Treatment • GE 530 – Multiattribute Decision Making

Pavement Engineering• CEE 406 – Pavement Design/Analysis I• CEE 503 – Construction Materials Deterioration• CEE 506 – Pavement Design/Analysis II• CEE 508 – Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation• CEE 598 ABM – Advanced Asphalt• CEE 598 IRO – Infrastructure Repair

Railroad Engineering • CEE 409 – Railroad Track Engineering • CEE 411 – Railroad Project Planning and Design• CEE 498 HSR – High Speed Rail

Transportation Engineering (choose 3)• CEE 406 – Pavement Design/Analysis I • CEE 407 – Airport Design• CEE 409 – Railroad Track Engineering• CEE 411 – Railroad Project Planning and Design • CEE 498 HSR – High Speed Rail• CEE 498 PT – Public Transportation• CEE 506 – Pavement Design/Analysis II• CEE 508 – Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation • CEE 509 – Transportation Soils • CEE 512 – Logistics System Analysis • CEE 598 ABM – Advanced Asphalt • CEE 598 IR – Infrastructure Repair • CEE 598 SS – Transportation Soil Stabilization

Application Requirements • BS degree in engineering or science from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad. The Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Certificate requires background knowledge of differential equations and fluid mechanics. The Transportation Certificate requires basic knowledge in the area of civil engineering and transportation, and the Construction Management Certificate requires basic knowledge in the area of civil engineering and construction management. Students with a non-engineering BS must have taken courses to gain this background knowledge.

• GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher for the last 60 semester hours in a BS program. Students who do not meet the 3.0/4.0 GPA criterion may still be eligible to enroll if they have significant experience outside of the classroom. Such students are encouraged to contact [email protected] to determine if they are eligible to register for online classes and participate in the certificate program.

Admission to a certificate program does not guarantee future admission to a degree program.

Application DeadlinesAugust 1 for Fall SemesterDecember 1 for Spring Semester

For all other inquiries, contact the Office of Online and Professional Engineering Programs at (217) 333-6634, or e-mail [email protected].

Civil & EnvironmentalEngineering


The College of Engineering offers a graduate certificate program for those interested in developing expertise within materials engineering. With departmental approval and acceptance into the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) program, 12 credit hours taken for the certificate program may be applied toward the online MSME degree. All courses are offered via the Internet using streaming technology. Please note: 400-level and 500-level courses are offered for graduate credit on the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Program RequirementsTo earn a Professional Development Certificate in one of the following areas, students must complete 3 of the specified courses, maintain an overall GPA of 3.0/4.0, and receive a grade of B- or higher in each course.

Materials (choose 3)• GE 411 – Reliability Engineering• ME 430 – Failure Mechanisms in Engineering Materials• ME 431 – Mechanical Component Failure• ME 450 – Modeling in Materials Processing• ME 471 – Introduction to Finite Element Analysis• ME 532 – Fracture Resistant Design• MSE 445 – Corrosion of Metals

Materials Failure Analysis (choose 3)• GE 411 – Reliability Engineering• ME 430 – Failure Mechanisms in Engineering Materials• ME 431 – Mechanical Component Failure• ME 450 – Modeling in Materials Processing• ME 532 – Fracture Resistant Design• MSE 445 – Corrosion of Metals


The College of Engineering offers a graduate certificate that concentrates on the principles and practice of systems engineering. Increasingly, engineers in many disciplines are called to integrate subsystems and processes across an enterprise or organization, and doing so requires a set of tools, techniques, and skills. The certificate is directed at students with an engineering background who aspire to rise in technical management and therefore need a more integrative set of planning and decision-making tools. All courses are offered via the Internet using streaming technology.

This program is restricted to off-campus professionals and is not intended for those who are in a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on-campus degree program.

Program RequirementsTo earn a Professional Development Certificate, students must complete 3 of the following courses earning a B- or higher in each course:

• GE 411 – Introduction to Reliability Engineering• GE 498 DA1 – Decision Analysis I• GE 530 – Multiattribute Decision Making• GE 531 – Genetic Algorithm Methods• IE 431 – Quality Engineering

Application RequirementsStudents who wish to apply must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, or science from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad (3.0/4.0 GPA required).

Mechanical Science& EngineeringSystems Engineering

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Application Requirements Students who wish to apply must have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or materials engineering from an accredited college in the United States or an approved institution of higher learning abroad (3.0/4.0 GPA required). Please note that a course cannot count toward more than one certificate.

Applying for the Materials Engineering or Systems Engineering Certificate ProgramTo apply, students should submit the application form located at http://online.engineering.illinois.edu/catalog under the “Certificates” page. Official transcripts reflecting the total bachelor’s degree program and any other degrees listed under the “Degree Information” section must be sent to the Office of Online and Professional Engineering Programs along with the application before it will be processed. Individuals will be notified of their acceptance by mail.

Application DeadlinesAugust 1 for Fall SemesterDecember 1 for Spring Semester

For all other inquiries, contact the Office of Online and Professional Engineering Programs at (217) 333-6634, or e-mail [email protected].

The Business Management for Engineers (BME) program is designed for students with an engineering or technology background who aspire to rise in management, make higher level strategic business decisions, and hone leadership skills. This program will provide students with the tools necessary in proposing and managing initiatives and evaluating technology innovation from a business standpoint.

This program is designed to provide a multiplier effect on the value of an engineering degree by offering students the


opportunity to explore the ways that technological innovations are created and adopted throughout the modern world. This certificate curriculum includes leadership and innovation material for those engineers who are interested in managing in an existing enterprise, rather than exclusively starting or leading a venture.

BME courses are taught by Fortune 500 executives, leading innovators in engineering, top domain experts, and distinguished academics.

Program Requirements Individuals who wish to obtain a certificate in BusinessManagement for Engineers must:– Hold a bachelor’s degree– Complete the BME form to indicate your intent to pursue the certificate.– Complete the following core courses: • ENG 560 - Managing Advanced Technology I (1 hour) • ENG 565 - Technology Innovation and Strategy (2 hours) * Students are required to take one of the following to fulfill their core courses: • ENG 561 - Managing Advanced Technology II (1 hour) • ENG 460 - Lectures in Engr Entrepreneurship (1 hour)– Complete any combination of the following elective courses for a total of at least two credit hours: • ENG 466 - High-Tech Venture Marketing (2 hours) • ENG 566 - Finance for Engineering Management (2 hours) • GE 400 - Engineering Law (3 hours)– Earn at least a B- in each course– Submit the following materials upon completion of coursework (please allow 4-6 weeks after receipt of materials for processing): • Application form • BME course grade report from the Self-Service system. • Processing fee: $100 check made payable to the University of Illinois

All materials must be submitted to the Technology Entrepreneur Center (TEC).Room 350 Coordinated Science Laboratory1308 West Main StreetUrbana, IL 61801-2307Attn: TEC - Certificate Programs

Since a course cannot count toward more than one certificate, please note that it is currently not possible to earn both a BME and an STM certificate.

Business Managementfor Engineers (BME)


The Strategic Technology Management (STM) certificate program is designed for students with an engineering background who aspire to lead a venture, make higher level strategic technology/business decisions, and develop leadership skills. From an innovation viewpoint, this program will provide students with the understanding and the tools to incubate new ventures and participate in the process of innovation and market adoption within corporate environments.

The certificate program is composed of three fundamental courses and at least two credit hours of elective courses. The required portion integrates concepts of business strategy and the entrepreneurial process of innovation. Electives are intended to allow students to choose one or more focus areas in order to develop strengths in marketing, finance, design, or quality issues and to complement the main focus of technology strategy.

STM courses are taught by Fortune 500 executives, leading innovators in engineering, top domain experts, and distinguished academics.

Program Requirements Individuals who wish to obtain a certificate in Strategic Technology Management must:– Hold a bachelor’s degree– Complete the STM form to indicate your intent to pursue the certificate (form is found on the STM Web site)– Complete the following core courses: • Entrepreneurship for Engineers (1 hour) • Technology Entrepreneurship (3 hours) • Venture Funded Startups (1 hour) – Complete any combination of the following elective courses for a total of at least 2 credit hours:

• Finance for Engineering Management (2 hours) • High-Tech Venture Marketing (2 hours) • Managing Advanced Technology I (1 hour) • Managing Advanced Technology II (1 hour) • Technology Innovation and Strategy (2 hours) • Engineering Law (3 hours)– Earn at least a B- in each course – Submit the application form, a printout of your grade report from the Self-Service system showing the completed STM courses, and the processing fee.

“There are plenty of places you can learn a programming language. Here you can learn how to master programming. I chose the I2CS program because I hoped it would, as my undergrad work here did, provide a solid foundation for a long career in the software field. Technology changes fast; it always has and it always will. The hot tool or language today will be replaced by a better one tomorrow. I didn’t want to learn the tools, I wanted to learn how to make the best use of them to solve whatever problems may present themselves. I wanted a broad and deep understanding of software, how to build it, how to test it, how to adapt it, and how to do that on both a small and large scale. I wanted to understand they theory behind it. I wanted to understand the architecture of the machines on which it would run today and tomorrow. I also wanted to learn how to keep learning so that I could pick up the next tool, and the next. I found all of these things.

This is not an easy program. It requires stretching the brain and spending the time. But it is worth all of the effort. The things the I2CS programs doesn’t have – like specific training in Java or C++ or web technologies, you can find in many places. The things this program does provide, the things I mentioned above, are much harder to find. And, here they are, all in one place.”

Steve Leighton, Computer Science (MCS)


Strategic TechnologyManagement (STM)

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Professional Development Courses

Engineering Online offers a wide variety of courses allowing you to work toward the completion of a graduate degree or simply update your professional skill set. Online courses are offered at the 400- and 500-levels for graduate credit. These courses and degree programs are exactly the same as the on-campus courses and programs. New courses will be added each semester in various areas of engineering and computer science.

Computer Science 17 Civil & Environmental Engineering 19Mechanical Science & Engineering 22Mathematics for Engineers 23Management & Technology Entrepreneurship 24Energy & Sustainability Engineering 26

CS 411 Database Systems

Course Description: This course examines the logical organization of databases: the entity-relationship model, the hierarchical, network, and relational data models and their languages. Functional dependencies and normal forms are also considered. Topics include design, implementation, and optimization of query languages, security and integrity, concurrency control, and distributed database systems.Prerequisites: A course in data structures, software principles, and algorithms. Application programming will be requiredCredit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate; certificate students must take this course for 4 hours)Instructor: Kevin Chang

CS 412 Intro to Data Mining

Course Description: This course is an introduction to the concepts, techniques, and systems of data warehousing and data mining, including (1) design and implementation of data warehouse and on-line analytical processing (OLAP) systems, and (2) data mining concepts, methods, systems, implementations, and applications.Prerequisites: A course in data structures and software principles (such as CS 225) Credit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate; certificate students must take this course for 4 hours)Instructor: Jiawei Han

CS 425 Distributed SystemsCourse Description: This course covers topics needed for a basic understanding of distributed computer systems. Protocols, specification techniques, global states andtheir determination, reliable broadcast, transactions and commitment, security, and real-time systems are also covered.Prerequisites: Familiarity with basic concepts of systems and networking or CS 423.Credit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate; certificate students must take this course for 4 hours)Instructor: Indranil Gupta

CS 427 Software Engineering ICourse Description: This course studies the principles, models, and techniques of software analysis and design. Topics include software development paradigms, system engineering, function-based analysis and design, and object-oriented analysis and design. The course will use team projects for hands-on exercises and builds on basic programming skills to introduce concepts of software engineering and programming-in-the-large.Prerequisites: A course in data structures and software principles (such as CS 225), and an introduction to theory of computation (such as CS 273).Credit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate; certificate students must take this course for 4 hours)Instructor: Darko Marinov

CS 446 Machine LearningCourse Description: This course studies theory and basic techniques in machine learning. Major theoretical paradigms and key concepts developed in machine learning in the

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context of applications such as natural language and text processing, computer vision, data mining, adaptive computer systems and others are covered. This course also reviews several supervised and unsupervised learning approaches: methods for learning linear representations; on-line learning, Bayesian methods; decision-trees; features and kernels; clustering and dimensionality reduction.Prerequisites: A course in theory of computation (such as CS 373) and an artificial intelligence course (such as CS 440).Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Julia Hockenmaier

CS 461 Computer Security ICourse Description: This course introduces the fundamental principles of computer and communications security and information assurance. Topics include ethics, privacy, notionsof threat, vulnerabilities, and risk in systems, malicious software, data secrecy and integrity issues, network security, and trusted computing. The course will cover mandatory, discretionary, and role-based access control policies as well as certification and accreditation of systems against security standards. Security mechanisms will include authentication, auditing, access control, confidentiality, non-repudiation, cryptography, protocols, availability, intrusion detection, and multilevel secure systems.Prerequisites: A course in data structures and software principles (such as CS 225) and a course in system programming (such as CS 241).Credit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate; certificate students must take this course for 4 hours)Instructor: Rakesh Bobba and David Nicol

CS 465 User Interface DesignCourse Description: This is a project-focused course covering fundamental principles of user interface design, implementation, and evaluation. Students will work in small teams on a term-long project that involves: analysis of the problem domain, user skills, and tasks; iterative prototyping of interfaces to address user needs; conducting several forms of evaluation such as cognitive walkthroughs and usability tests; implementation of the final prototype. Non-technical majors may enroll as non-programmers who participate in all aspects of the projects with the possible exception of implementation.Prerequisites: A course in data structures and software principles (such as CS 225).

Credit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate; certificate students must take this course for 4 hours)Instructor: Wai-Tat Fu

CS 523 Advanced Operating Systems Course Description: This course covers advanced concepts in operating system design and coverage of recent research directions, resource management for parallel and distributed systems, and interaction between operating system design and computer architectures. Topics include process management, virtual memory, interprocess communication, context switching, parallel and distributed file system designs, persistent objects, process and data migration, load balancing, security, and protection. Term projects will be assigned.persistent objects, process and data migration, load balancing, security, and protection. Term projects will be assigned. Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree and a course in operating systems design (such as CS 423).Credit: 4 hours (counts toward a CS certificate)Instructor: Roy Campbell

CS 527 Topics in Software EngineeringCourse Description: This course teaches high-level, up-to-date topics in software engineering including new methods, models, and theories. It includes advanced topics in software engineering, including fault-tolerant software, software architecture, software patterns, multi-media software, and knowledge-based approaches to software engineering. The course also includes a number of case studies.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree, a first course in software engineering (such as CS 427), and a second course in software engineering (such as CS 428).Credit: 4 hours (counts toward a certificate in CS)Instructor: TBA

“My favorite part about the program is that you’re getting world-class courses from world-class professionals in these areas. Some of the instructors that I’ve had are working on cutting-edge computer science research. Across the board, the people that we’re learning from are really involved in the industry as well.”

Jim O’Neill, Computer Science (MCS)

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CS 538 Advanced Computer NetworksCourse Description: This course teaches advanced concepts in computer networks, including congestion control, quality of service, naming, routing, wireless networks, Internet architecture, measurement, network security, and selected recent research directions.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree and a course in communication networks (such as CS 438).Credit: 4 hours Instructor: Philip Brighten Godfrey

CS 573 AlgorithmsCourse Description: This course covers theoretical analysis of various algorithms: sorting, searching, selection, polynomial evaluation, matrix multiplication, and multiplication of real numbers.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree and a course in Fundamental Algorithms (CS 473).Credit: 4 hours Instructor: Sariel Har-Peled

CEE 406 Pavement Design ICourse Description: This course covers analysis, behavior, performance, and structural design of highway flexible and rigid pavements; climate factors, drainage, traffic loading analysis, and life cycle cost analysis.Prerequisites: CEE 310 (Transportation Engineering). Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Jeffery Roesler

CEE 408 Railway Transportation EngineeringCourse Description: This course covers principles and analysis of railroad transportation efficiency, economics, energy, and engineering; effect on production and markets. Railroad infrastructure; locomotive and rolling stock design, function, and operation. Computation of train speed, power, and acceleration requirements; railway traffic control and signaling. Quantitative analytical tools for rail-transportation decision-making and optimization.Prerequisites: CEE 310Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Chris Barken and C. Tyler Dick

CEE 409 Railroad Track EngineeringCourse Description: This course examines railroad track engineering concepts including track component and system design, construction, evaluation, maintenance, load distribution, and wheel-rail interaction. Design and analysis tools for railroad track engineering and maintenance are also covered in this course.Prerequisites: CEE 310 (Transportation Engineering). Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Donald Uzarski

CEE 421 Construction PlanningCourse Description: Project definition; scheduling and control models; material, labor, and equipment allocation; optimal schedules; project organization; documentation and reporting systems; management and control are studied in this course.Prerequisites: CEE 320 (Construction Engineering)Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Khaled El-Rayes

CEE 440 Fate Cleanup & Environmental PollutantsCourse Description: In this course you will learn the principles that govern the transport, fate, and remediation of hazardous chemicals in the subsurface, including advection, dispersion, sorption, interphase mass transfer, and transformation reactions. You will also evaluate remediation

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technologies in the constructs of these governing principles and determine the physical, chemical, and biological properties that control their application.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in engineering or science and a course in Environmental Engineering. Credit: 4 hours (counts toward Env. & Water Res. Eng. cert.)Instructor: Charles Werth

CEE 446 Air Quality Engineering NotethatthisofferingofCEE446issubject to a minimum enrollment. Please enroll as early as possible if you’re interested in this course. If cancelled, you will not be responsible for payment of tuition and fees for this course.

Course Description: This course provides a description and application of chemical and physical principles related to air pollutants, aerosol mechanics, attenuation of light in the atmosphere, air quality regulation, generation of air pollutants, methods to remove gaseous and particulate pollutants from gas streams, and atmospheric dispersion.Course Topics: Background Information, Sources of Industrial Air Pollution, General Methods to Control the Generation and Emission of Contaminants into the Atmosphere, Particulate Contaminant Control, Gaseous Contaminant Control, Meteorological Considerations, Dispersion of Air ContaminantsPrerequisites: Environmental engineering and introductory fluid mechanics courses. Credit: 3 hours (counts toward a certificate in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering)Instructor: Mark Rood

CEE 457 GroundwaterCourse Description: This is an introductory course emphasizing the fundamental principles governing the movement of water and contaminants in groundwater systems. Topics include: physical properties of groundwater and aquifers, principles and fundamental equations of porous media flow and mass transport, well hydraulics and pumping test analysis, role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, and groundwater quality and contamination.Course Topics: Groundwater resource evaluation (e.g., well hydraulics, pump test analysis, groundwater-surface water interactions), Groundwater contamination (e.g., pollutant transport from localized sources such as landfills, impoundments, and tanks; design of groundwater remediation systems). However, the course is not applications-oriented. My pedagogical philosophy is that the most

effective approach to actual engineering problems is through rigorous application of fluid mechanical, mass transport, and mathematical principles.Prerequisites: Familiarity with quantitative hydrology and a course in introductory fluid mechanics or the equivalent.Credit: 3 hours (counts toward a certificate in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering)Instructor: Albert J. Valocchi

CEE 462 Steel Structures II Course Description: This course covers metal members under combined loads; connections, welded and bolted; moment-resistant connections; plate girders, conventional behavior, and tension field action.Prerequisites: CEE 460 (Steel Structures I)Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Larry A. Fahnestock

CEE 470 Structural AnalysisCourse Description: This course covers direct stiffness method of structural analysis; fundamentals and algorithms; numerical analysis of plane trusses, grids and frames; virtual work and energy principles; finite element method for plane stress and plane strain.Prerequisites: CEE 360 (Structural Engineering) Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: C. Armando Duarte

CEE 471 Structural MechanicsCourse Description: This course covers beams under lateral load and thrust; beams on elastic foundations; virtual work and energy principles; principles of solid mechanics, stress and strain in three dimensions; static stability theory; torsion; computational methods.Prerequisites: MATH 285 (Intro Differential Equations) and TAM 251 (Introductory Solid Mechanics)Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Oscar Lopez-Pamies

CEE 472 Structural Dynamics I Course Description: This course teaches the analysis of the dynamic response of structures and structural components to transient loads and foundation excitation; single-degree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom systems; response spectrum concepts; simple inelastic structural systems; and systems with distributed mass and flexibility.

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Prerequisites: CEE 360, MATH 285, and TAM 212Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: Billie F. Spencer Jr.

CEE 498 GIO Geographic Information SystemsCourse Description: This is a new course that provides students with a working knowledge of modern geographical information systems (GIS) applied to all areas of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The main focus will be on developing GIS-based solutions to open-ended design problems.Credit: 3 hoursInstructor: Joshua Peschel

CEE 498 HSO High-Speed Rail Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the technology, design, and construction of an HSR system and its subsystems. Although the basic elements of the technology resemble conventional rail transport, there are numerous engineering design differences, including the subgrade, track system, motive power, rolling stock, traffic control, power distribution system, traffic control and station design.Prerequisites: CEE 310 (Transportation Engineering) or permission of Instructor.Credit: 3 or 4 hoursInstructor: T. Kao

CEE 498 TRO Transportation Safety & Risk Course Description: One of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) strategic goals is to enhance public health and safety by working toward the elimination of transportation-related injuries and deaths. Near term targets include reducing highway fatalities, rail-related accidents and incidents, and the number of serious hazardous materials transportation incidents. Attaining the goal requires engineers to understand the causal factors and risks in accidents, and determine the most effective ways of mitigating the consequences of transportation accidents in all modes. This course provides an introduction to transportation risk management, and risk assessment concepts and methodologies to address safety and security of freight transport by railways, roads, waterways and

pipelines. Students learn about the tools needed to perform comprehensive mode-specific and multimodal transportation risk analyses. Each student is expected to work on a specific transportation safety problem of his/her interest, as a major final project to identify, assess and mitigate the risk in the most effective, feasible manner.Prerequisites: CEE 202 (Engineering Risk & Uncertainty) or equivalent, or permission of instructor.Credit: 3 hoursInstructor: M. Rapik Saat

CEE 508 Pavement Evaluation & RehabilitationCourse Description: Covers concepts and procedures for condition survey assessment; pavement evaluation by nondestructive testing and data analysis (roughness, friction, structural capacity, internal flaws, and thickness measurements): destructive testing, maintenance strategies, rehabilitation techniques of pavement systems for highways and airfields, cost analysis, preservation techniques.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree and a course in Pavement Design I (CEE 406)Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Imad L. Al-Qadi

CEE 525 Construction Case Studies Course Description: Case studies of bridges, tunnels, buildings, transportation systems, heavy industrial construction, waterways, and marine structures in the context of construction engineering and management. Research, a team-oriented term project, presentations, and discussions in studio-style format.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree and two of CEE 420 (Construction Productivity), CEE 421 (Construction Planning), and CEE 422 (Construction Cost Analysis)Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Liang Liu

CEE 581 Earth Dams Course Description: This course examines fundamentals of slope stability; seepage in composite sections and anisotropic materials; methods of stability analysis; mechanism of failure of natural and artificial slopes; compaction; and field observations.



Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree and credit or concurrent registration in CEE 484 (Applied Soil Mechanics)Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Timothy Stark

CEE 598 IUO Integrated Urban Water Infrastructure Course Description: Study of interacting subsystems relating to urban water systems, including the natural hydrologic cycle, the urbanized landscape, the potable-water distribution system, the sanitary sewage collection and treatment system, and the storm water collection and drainage system. Students use public-domain models to facilitate analysis of these systems.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Arthur Schmidt

ME 411 Viscous Flow & Heat Transfer

Course Description: Solution of internal compressible-flow problems by one-dimensional techniques, both steady and unsteady; flows with smooth and abrupt area change, with friction, with heat addition, and with mass addition; flows with weak and strong waves, multiple confined streams, and shock waves are covered in this course.Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics (ME 310).Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: M. Quinn Brewster

ME 430 Failure of Engineering Materials

Course Description: This course studies the anisotropy of material and elastoplastic properties at crystal level, microstructural basis for fatigue, fracture, and creep in metals, polymers, and ceramics. Failure mechanisms and toughening in composites, structure and behavior of metal matrix composites, and ceramic matrix and polymer composites are also covered.Prerequisites: Basic course in engineering materials.Credit: 3 or 4 hours (counts toward a certificate in Materials Engineering)Instructor: K. Jimmy Hsia

TAM 514 Elastodynamics and Vibrations

Course Description: Review of theory of multi-degree-of-freedom systems; problems in the free and forced vibration of continuous linear elastic structures, rods, beams, membranes, plates, and three-dimensional solid and fluid bodies; Lagrangian densities, Sturm-Liouville problems, time and frequency domains, damping, Green’s functions, and elastic waves; propagation and modal analysis; modeling of damping in structures; response of complex structures.Prerequisites: Undergraduate Degree and courses in Intermediate Dynamics, Solid Mechanics, and Mathematical Methods II.Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Harry Dankowicz

TAM 598 MSO Mechanics of Random Media

Course Description: This course covers planar and spatial random processes and models of material microstructures; elements of random processes and fields; lattice/quasi-particle models; statistical continuum methods for transport and elastic properties; mesoscale bounds for random media; random field models and stochastic finite elements (sfe); and advanced stochastic solid mechanics.Prerequisites: Undergraduate Degree (background in continuum mechanics and basic probablity theory and statistics isrecommended).Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Martin Starzewski

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The following ME courses are open to admitted MSME degree students only.

ME 597 Independent Study: Master’s ProjectPlease Note: In the past, registration for this course has been allowed throughout the semester. Registration must now be completed by the first day of classes to avoid a late registration fee of $15. At least 4 hours of ME 597 credit is required of students in the online MSME degree program choosing the non-thesis option. To register for ME 597, you must first find a professor who is willing to work with you on a non-thesis option Master’s project. We recommend that you begin with a professor with whom you’ve taken an online course. This professor must email OCEE at [email protected] with the following information: your name, course number, credit hours, semester for which you will enroll in ME 597. A CRN will be created and you will be automatically registered in the correct section of ME 597. It is very important that you follow this procedure so that you do not inadvertently register for the course as an on-campus student.Prerequisites: Admission to the online MSME degree program and consent of instructor.Credit: 1 to 4 hoursInstructor: Varies

ME 599 Thesis Research

Please Note: At least 4, but no more than 8, hours of ME 599 credit is required of students in the online MSME degree program choosing the thesis option. To register for ME 599, you must first find a professor who is willing to be your thesis adviser. We recommend that you begin with a professor with whom you’ve taken an online course. Once you have a thesis adviser, he/she must email OCEE at [email protected] with the following information: your name, course number, credit hours, semester for which you will enroll in ME 599. A CRN will be created and you will be automatically registered in the correct section of ME 599. It is very important that you follow this procedure so that you do not inadvertently register for the course as an on-campus student.Credit: 1 to 8 hoursInstructor: Varies

ENG 460 Entrepreneurship for EngineersCourse Description: An excellent course for the aspiring entrepreneur who wants to learn from those with experience. This course offers a changing roster of weekly guest lectures featuring successful entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers. Topics vary by semester, but typically include: Evaluation of technologies and business ideas generally; Commercializing new technologies in existing enterprises, as well as starting new businesses; Obtaining financing through private and public sources; Legal and business issues; Product development; Marketing; Strategic partnerships; Personal accounts of successes, failures, and lessons learned.Prerequisites: NoneCredit: 1 hour (counts toward the Strategic Technology Management certificate)Instructors: Paul Magelli

ENG 461 Technology EntrepreneurshipCourse Description: This class covers the critical factors affecting technology-based ventures: opportunity assessment; the entrepreneurial process; founders and team building; preparation of a business plan including market research, marketing and sales, finance, and manufacturing considerations.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degreeCredit: 3 hours (counts toward the certificate in Strategic Technology Management)Instructor: Brian Lilly

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ENG 466 High-Tech Venture MarketingCourse Description: With today’s highly competitive global markets, products cannot be created in a vacuum. Engineers (and inventors), as the product creators, must intimately understand the markets for which their products are created. Successful engineers understand the basic principles of marketing and sales and how these principles apply to product innovation. This course will introduce students to relevant marketing and sales topics and provide a foundation for applying these principles through the use of real-world cases. Topics include: engineering perspective on marketing and sales; customer-centric communication; establishing influence; methods of customer interaction; and channels of distribution, as well as the keys to marketing yourself.Prerequisites: Senior undergraduate standing or an undergraduate degree.Credit: 2 hours (counts toward either the Business Management for Engineers or the Strategic Technology Management certificate)Instructor: Rhiannon Clifton

ENG 560 Managing Advanced Technology ICourse Description: The role of advanced technology in industry has changed dramatically over the past decade, as a short-term view of both profitability and stock valuation is increasingly the primary focus of many senior executives. However, the long-term viability of any technology intensive business still depends critically on the success of advanced technology groups. This course will focus on managing advanced technology in industry, introducing students to strategic context, analytical financial tools, legal tools, and other issues in a context relating to developing advanced technology. The course will help prepare the student to operate effectively in advanced technology environments in industry, from corporate R&D groups to technology development groups in operating units. Course Objectives: To enable students to succeed in industrial advanced technology groups by building skills in:• Setting business-appropriate goals for their own work

and that of their colleagues, and• Effectively communicating the purpose and results of

their work to technical and non-technical management.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree

Credit: 1 hour (counts toward either the Business Management for Engineers or the Strategic Technology Management certificate) Instructor: Bruce Vojak

ENG 565 Technology Innovation and Strategy Course Description: This course is designed to help students develop strong conceptual foundations for understanding technological innovations. It will introduce concepts and frameworks for analyzing how firms can create, commercialize, and capture value from technology-based products and services. It will also highlight why some firms, that have successfully commercialized technology products as a new entrant, fail to sustain their success as technology changes and evolves around them. The focus of the course is on business, commercialization, and management aspects of technology. • How do new ventures become successful?• Why do large established firms fail? • Why are some firms more profitable than others?• When should a new technology be standardized?• When is it more profitable to be an innovator vs. a fast follower?This course answers these questions, and covers principles, practices, and strategies of technology commercialization for new companies as well as larger corporate environments. Course content also includes accepted best practices for new product introduction, new business lifecycle, market adoption, distribution channels, principles of innovation, and analysis techniques for industry landscape and business and corporate level strategies.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in engineering or science.Credit: 2 hours (counts toward either the certificate in Business Management for Engineers or the certificate in Strategic Technology Management) Instructor: Sanjiv Chopra

ENG 566 Finance for Engineering ManagementCourse Description: This class covers the cornerstone concepts of finance for engineers managing new or mature technology companies. A total of 15 one-hour segments will cover topics including: reading and analysis of balance

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sheets, income statements, day-to-day operations of practical accounting and finance, valuation concepts for new ventures including pre/post funding valuation, and term sheet items. The class will also cover the foundational concepts of portfolio analysis.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree. Credit: 2 hours (counts toward either the certificate in Business Management for Engineers or the certificate in Strategic Technology Management) Instructor: Brian Lilly

ENG 567 Venture Funded StartupsCourse Description: Venture capital has become an increasingly important source of financing for technology based startups over the past 15 years. However, the process and task of raising venture capital remains largely a black art to students and first time entrepreneurs. Without much prior knowledge they are often forced to negotiate terms of investment with professional investors largely on their own, sometimes making costly mistakes! This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts, tools, and language used by Venture Capitalists (VCs). In particular, we will look at how VCs evaluate, value, and structure new companies.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree.Credit: 1 hour (counts toward the certificate in Strategic Technology Management) Instructor: Sanjiv Chop

GE 400 Engineering Law Course Description: Introduces students to the basics of the legal system including sources of law and enforcing laws and agreements in court, the basics of contracts and torts, and the basics of Intellectual Property with a focus on practical application in their careers.Prerequisites: RHET 105 (Principles of Composition).Credit: 3 hours (counts toward either the Business Management for Engineers or the Strategic Technology Management certificate, but it is not applicable toward the MSME degree) Instructor: Joseph Barich

There are no formal lectures for MATH 415 and MATH 461. Each lesson is comprised of three Mathematica notebooks. A student works through the Basics notebook and the Tutorial notebook and then attempts a collection of problems. When these problems have been completed the student submits the solutions electronically as a Mathematica notebook to the C&M coursespace server, after which it is downloaded, graded, and returned. There are also literacy sheet problems which require handwritten solutions.

Please visit http://netmath.illinois.edu/emo for detailed information regarding the format of MATH 415 & MATH 461.

MATH 415 EGR Applied Linear AlgebraCredit for this course is not applicable toward the MSME degree and is restricted to online MCS, MSCEE, and MSME degree students. Course Description: This course provides a thorough introduction to matrix theory through the visual eyes of interactive Mathematica computer graphics and calculations. It includes dot product, cross product, and vector algebra; perpendicular frames; matrix action; and stretching, flipping, and shearing; Matrix Maker; SVD analysis; rank of a matrix; subspaces, dimension, and linear independence; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; and round off and conditioning. Credit for this course is not applicable toward the MSME degree. Prerequisites: A third-level course in calculus, including vector analysis.Required Software: A student version of Mathematica is available for registered students for a nominal fee at http://webstore.illinois.edu (NetID and NetID Password will be needed to access the site). Credit: 3 or 4 hours (instructor permission and an extra substantive project is required for students enrolling for 4 hours) Not applicable toward the MSME degree.Instructors: Bruce Carpenter

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• Solution methods for systems of linear differential equations; the stability and qualitative behavior of solutions of nonlinear differential equations and systems.

• The solution of second order linear differential equations including the Legendre and Bessel equations.

• Orthogonal functions, inner product spaces, Fourier series, Bessel series, and other orthogonal series and discrete Fourier transforms with applications to signal processing and the solution of boundary value problems in mechanical vibrations, heat flow and steady-state temperature distributions.

Prerequisites: Engineering calculus, elementary applied differential equations, and some familiarity with matrices. Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Tony Peressini

ENG 471 Seminar Energy & Sustainability EngineeringCourse Description: Challenges of developing energy systems and civil infrastructure that are sustainable in terms of resource availability, security, and environmental impact are considered. Lectures will focus on (i) global challenges: future energy demand, geologic sources of energy, climate change, energy-water nexus, and energy and security; (ii) markets, policies and systems: economic incentives, policy and law, and life cycle analyses; and (iii) opportunities for change: CO2 sequestration, renewable power, bioenergy feedstocks, biofuels for transportation, energy use in buildings, advanced power conversion, and the smart grid.Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in engineering or science.Credit: 1 hourInstructor: John Abelson

MATH 446 Applied Complex VariablesImportant Note: Math 446 is currently available for streaming exclusively in PC/Windows supported format. Course Description: This course is for graduate students who desire a working knowledge of complex variables and their applications. Standard topics and applications of complex functions and a complex number variable, including the derivatives and integrals of such functions are considered. Analytic functions, an introduction to integration by residues, the argument principle, conformal maps, and potential fields are also discussed. Additional material will cover the geometry of complex transformations with applications to computer graphics and conformal mapping and the z-transform with applications to signal processing and the solution of difference equations. Prerequisites: Calculus of several variables. Credit: 4 hoursInstructor: Tony Peressini

MATH 461 EGR Probability Theory This course is restricted to online MCS, MSCEE, and MSME degree students.Course Description: This course is an introduction to mathematical probability. Topics include calculus of probability, combinatorial analysis, random variables, expectation, distribution and moment-generating functions, and central limit theorem. Prerequisites: Calculus and advanced calculusRequired Software: A student version of Mathematica is available for registered students for a nominal fee at http://webstore.illinois.edu (NetID and NetID Password will be needed to access the site). Credit: 3 or 4 hours (an extra substantive project is required for students enrolling for 4 hours)Instructors: Bruce Carpenter

MATH 488 Methods in EngineeringCourse Description: This course covers:• Systems of linear equations and matrices, eigenvalues,

eigenvectors and diagonalization of matrices with applications to differential equations, least squares methods and numerical methods in linear algebra.


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