| BIO 2101: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: One year of high school chemistry, CHM 1100, or equivalent. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys scientific method, chemistry of living organisms, organization of cells, and foundations of genetics and molecular biology. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2102: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2101 or permission of instructor. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys animal classification, structure, function, development, and behavior. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2103: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2101 or permission of instructor. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys the non-animal kingdoms. Also covers plant structure and function, evolutionary mechanisms, and ecology. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2129: () Offerings |
| Studies the structure and function of the human organism. Includes cells and tissues, skeletal, integumentary, muscular, and nervous systems. Includes laboratory. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2130: () Offerings |
| Studies the structure and function of the human organism. Emphasizes the circulatory, immune, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, renal, and reproductive systems. Includes laboratory. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 3310: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: BIO 2103 and MAT 1360, or HSC 4044. Explores the factors and mechanisms responsible for population dynamics, community structure, and the function of ecosystems. Includes laboratory. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| BIO 3351: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: BIO 2101, or BIO 2129 and 2130. Gives an overview of the field of microbiology with an emphasis on the bacterial, viral and fungal organisms that cause disease in humans and animals. Required laboratory focuses on the appropriate handling, growth, and processing of microorganisms for clinical applications. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| BUS 2700: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: Bus 1700 and passing score on Mathematics Proficiency exam or completion of Arithmetic Review. Explores descriptive statistics, probability, random variable distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, and nonparametric statistics. |
| Attributes:Mathematics (MAT)
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| CHM 1211: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: Requires two years high school mathematics (including algebra), a passing score on the SPU Mathematics Proficiency exam (or completion of the required MAT 0120 credits), one year of high school chemistry, or CHM 1100 and passing the Chemistry Placement test. Introduces properties of matter, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, states of matter, chemical bonding, and atomic and molecular structure. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| CHM 1212: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1211 or equivalent. Builds upon CHM 1211 topics. Introduces molecular and solid state structure and bonding, properties of gases, liquids and solutions, concepts of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibribia, acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions. Includes lab. Extra fee. |
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| CHM 1330: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1211. Studies simpler laws of organic chemistry, nomenclature, and classification. Simple chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, integration of metabolisms, and chemistry of heredity. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| CHM 3225: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CHM 1212 or 2372, or permission of instructor. Laboratory-oriented course dealing with chemical equilibria in solution and their applications to quantitative analysis. Some types of reactions to be studied are precipitation, acid-base, complex formation, and oxidation-reduction. Traditional wet chemical and instrumental methods will be used. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CSC 1230: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: High school pre-calculus, math analysis, or equivalent and demonstratable computer literacy. An introduction to computer science, this course covers problem-solving methods and algorithm development; modern programming methodologies; and fundamentals of a high-level block structured language. |
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| EE 2726: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1228. Study of Basic Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws, voltage/current sources, nodal and mesh analysis, power transfer, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems and superposition. Introduction to operational amplifiers, inductance, capacitance and first-order state variable analysis. Includes lab problems and introduction to Circuit Simulation and MATLAB computer software. The first of a three-course sequence in which the engineer as servant is discussed. |
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| EE 2727: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2726. Introduction to second-order state variable analysis. Alternating current theory and analysis, power, frequency response, resonance and polo-zero concepts. Introduction to three-phase systems, transformers and analog filter design. Includes lab problems, Laplace transforms, Circuit Simulation and MATLAB. Extra fee. |
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| EE 3028: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. Introduction to two-port theory, analog filtering, and additional AC analysis techniques. The lab portion includes a design project, the use of Circuit Simulation, and Matlab. Includes a quarter long, team-based design project. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3500: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. Three-phase power generation, transmission and distribution systems. Safety and electric code standards. Practical training in material and component selection for commercial and industrial applications. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3510: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 3722. Studies semiconductor switching devices, rectification; switch-mode AC-DC, DC-DC, converters; switching dc power supplies, conditioners and uninterruptible supplies, residential and industrial applications. Includes laboratory exercises. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3550: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. An introduction to principles of modern communication systems with an emphasis on current technological applications. Covers basics such as transmission media (electrical, optical and wireless), analog and digital signaling techniques, data encoding methods and multiplexing mechanisms. Modern communication protocols for networks (Ethernet, IP) and radio links (CDMA, GSM) are analyzed. High-level issues such as security, encryption, and cellular management are studied. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4310: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228, MAT 2228, and either PHY 1103 or PHY 1123. Study of electrostatics, magnetostatics, boundary conditions and boundary-value solutions, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves and their propagation, transmission lines, and antennas. Includes computer and laboratory experiments. Extra fee.
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| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4950: () Offerings |
| An advanced course studying a special interest topic in electrical engineering. Topics and credits may vary between offerings. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| EGR 1125: () Offerings |
| Required for all freshmen engineering non-honors students unless they receive a waiver based on the results of the math test given the first week in calculus. Designed to provide additional skill sets in math and science problem solving, test taking and study habits. Students will develop an individualized study/work plan to ensure engineering success. Must be repeated for credit each of the first three quarters unless a score of B- or better is achieved in the previous quarter's math class. May be repeated for credit in the sophomore year. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
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| EGR 1402: () Offerings |
| Required for all freshmen engineering students. This course is an introduction to the engineering career field and includes guest speakers from industry, reports of student internships, interviews with engineers and a team-based Lego Mindstorm robotic design competition. Extra fee. |
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| EGR 2891: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1121. Studies vector forces and their analysis, equilibrium of particles and of rigid bodies, structural analysis, distributed forces, center of gravity and centroids, and internal forces on beams and cables. Extra fee. |
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| EGR 3000: () Offerings |
| This course is for all EAS third-year students and is preparation for the particular EAS option. It will include seminars and small-group discussions on topics related to the various EAS upper-division topics and on the engineering mission statement and goals. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3391: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CSC 1230 and EGR 2891. Study of stress and strain, properties of materials, axial load, torsion, bending, shear, strain and stress transformations, deflections of beams and shafts. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3401: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CHM 1211, MAT 1228, and either PHY 1103 or PHY 1123. Studies, at the macroscopic level, equilibrium properties of matter, conservation laws, equations of state and transformations of state for systems in which temperature is an appropriate variable. Considers engineering applications. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3402: () Offerings |
| Required for all transfer engineering students who have not taken EE 2726 at SPU. Introduction to the SPU engineering program. Provides instruction on the software and hardware that is utilized in the labs at Seattle Pacific University, which is normally covered in beginning classes. Included is the discussion of a Christian worldview, the engineering department's mission statement and goals, and their implications for engineers. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3600: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CHM 1211, BIO 2101. Studies the fundamentals of air- and water-quality systems: filters, scrubbers and precipitators, control of volatile organic compounds, gaseous emissions, particulate matter, waste water, and solid and hazardous wastes, environmental toxicity and industrial health and safety issues. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3650: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2726. Introduces different energy sources and investigates methods to convert this energy into a useful form. Energy sources that are investigated, designed, built and tested include solar, hydro, wind, biomass, hydrogen fuel cell and water purification. Includes examples of the use of each of these power sources. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3800: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: BIO 2101 and EE 2726, or special permission of instructor. Introduction to the history of biomedical engineering, biosensors, bioelectric phenomena, bioinstrumentation, biosignal processing, biomechanics, cardiovascular mechanics and ultrasound. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3841: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228, 2401, and PHY 1101 or 1121. Study of vectorial treatment of Newton's laws for undamped and damped linear, rotational and vibrational motion in several coordinate systems. Includes solving problems for particles and rigid bodies using energy, momentum and angular momentum conservation laws. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3871: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228, MAT 2401 and PHY 1123. Studies fluid mechanics, both statics and dynamics. Emphasis is on the control volume approach, covering the transport of mass, energy, momentum and angular momentum, with engineering applications. Offered on demand. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 4740: () Offerings |
| Preparatory course for those planning to take EGR 4940, Engineering Internship. Includes resume preparation, interviewing-skills development, exploration of job opportunities, and discussion of the Christian worldview on the internship experience. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| EGR 4899: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EGR 4940. Intended for EAS students only. Individualized or group senior project based on internship experience. Includes instruction on design and appropriate use of technology. Extra fee. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
Restrictions:Enginering and Applied Science Majors only. |
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| EGR 4940: () Offerings |
| Internship is normally a paid summer job with an engineering company or a university research lab. Other career-related job experiences may be considered. Students will give a written and oral presentation of their work the following Autumn Quarter. The job is fully coordinated between the intern's faculty advisor and an engineer in the host company. The jobs are intended to be a professional learning experience for the student. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| EGR 4961: () Offerings |
| Gives final preparation and evaluation of engineering portfolios which are recorded on a CD. Refines presentation skills. Also includes components such as design, internship, service and growth. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Computer Engineering, Enginering and Applied Science Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| MAT 1225: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1110 or its equivalent and passing score on Mathematics Proficiency exam. Explores differential and integral calculus of functions of one or more variables. Sequence begins both Autumn and Winter Quarters. |
| Attributes:Mathematics (MAT)
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| MAT 1226: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1225. Explores differential and integral calculus of functions of one or more variables. Sequence begins both Autumn and Winter Quarters. |
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| MAT 1228: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1226. Studies infinite series, general solutions of linear, and certain nonlinear differential equations, solutions of systems of differential equations and series solutions. |
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| MAT 1360: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra or its equivalent and passing score on Mathematics Proficiency exam. Explores descriptive statistics, elementary probability, binomial and normal distributions, sampling, estimating parameters, testing hypotheses, regression, and correlation. |
| Attributes:Mathematics (MAT)
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| MAT 2228: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1226, 2401. Studies vectors and analytic geometry in three dimensions, partial differentiation, and multiple integration. |
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| MAT 2401: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1226. Studies vector spaces, matrices, and linear transformations. |
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| MAT 3724: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228 and 2228. Studies vector analysis, Fourier series, partial differential equations, and boundary value problems. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| PHY 1121: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1225 may be taken concurrently. The first quarter of an introduction to physics using calculus. Covers mechanics. Lectures and laboratory each week. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1122: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1121 and MAT 1225. The second quarter of an introduction to physics using calculus. Covers gravitation, oscillations, fluid mechanics, thermal physics, waves and electrostatics. Lectures and laboratory each week. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1123: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1122. The third quarter of an introduction to physics using calculus. Covers electricity, magnetism and optics. Lectures and laboratory each week. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 2321: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228 and either PHY 1103 or 1123. (MAT 1228 may be taken concurrently). Introduction to the physics of the 20th century: relativity, waves and quanta with applications to areas of contemporary physics such as atoms, nuclei, particles and solids. |
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| PHY 3312: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 3311. Provides an integrated advanced laboratory course including experiments in optics, solid state physics, atomic physics and nuclear physics. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| PHY 3313: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 3312. Provides an integrated advanced laboratory course including experiments in optics, solid state physics, atomic physics and nuclear physics. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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