Courses

This course will engage students in the study of war and American society since 1865. It is not a class about military strategy or foreign policy. Rather, students will survey the radiating impact of armed conflict and military service on individuals, communities, culture, and politics. And in the other direction, students will examine the ways fundamental features of American society (race, gender, class, citizenship, sexual orientation, and so on) influence the country’s military experience.

This course provides an overview of the evolution of issues, processes, and war era. Specifically, the course will address the spectrum of security threats to emerge, such as Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives policies and processes instituted to address them.

This course is designed to provide instruction in maintenance procedures as applied to pulp/paper and chemicalindustries. The student will study and perform maintenance on piping systems, bearings, boilers, valves, pumps and heatexchangers. The student will also learn proper chemical handling procedures, lubricating techniques, and surfacepreparation practices and techniques.

This course acquaints students with basic processes used in the chemical industry by operation of the pilot plants at the college and extensive plant tours to local industries. Subjects covered include pilot plant operation of the most common process variables, operation of basic plant equipment (distillation, heat exchangers, and boilers), plant safety, workplace and plant skills, plant tours, special assignments related to the operation of the specific unit or plant visited.

This course is an introduction to the equipment and processes used in the paper and chemical industries. Topics include a study of vessels, piping systems, valves, pumps, heat exchanger, and filtering systems. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of vessels, feed systems, and equipment used in process industries.

Theoretical and practical understanding of basic unit operations required to design processes and equipment in the agricultural, biological, environmental, and food industries, with unique constraints presented by biological and agricultural systems considered in design of all units.

Design of food process engineering systems; basic concepts of rheology and physical properties of foods; fundamentals of heat and mass transfer and process control.

Design of food process engineering systems; basic concepts of rheology and physical properties of foods; fundamentals of heat and mass transfer and process control.

Performance tests on chemical engineering unit operations, such as distillation and heat transfer, are designed, operated, and analyzed in a formal report. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course. Offered fall and spring semesters.

This course introduces students to univariate and bivariate statistical concepts and techniques used in psychology research (e.g., probability, sampling distributions, t-tests, and analysis of variance, correlation). Emphasis is placed on developing skills in data analysis including the selection of appropriate techniques, using data analysis software, and interpretation of statistical results.