May 20, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

  
  • ECE 4043 Electronics II


    (3 hours)
    Direct coupled amplifiers, feedback principles, operational amplifiers, large signal models, power amplifiers, tuned amplifiers, and oscillators. Prerequisite: ECE 3143 . Corequisite: ECE 4041 .
  
  • ECE 4053 Classical Control Theory and Applications


    (3 hours)
    The design and analysis of feedback control systems, system stability, root locus, Nyquist and Bode methods. Design of system compensation. Prerequisite: ECE 3113 .
  
  • ECE 4073 Information and Communication Systems


    (3 hours)
    Information, its meaning and quantification. Modulation and transmission of information, classification and modeling of noise sources and their effects in communication systems. Introduction to the signal extraction problem. Prerequisites: ECE 3113  and STAT 4813 .
  
  • ECE 4103 Electrical Engineering and Computer Design Project I


    (3 hours)
    Students are assigned to groups and compete to design a product. Group dynamics and technical presentations are emphasized. A working prototype is produced. Prerequisites: ECE 4043  and ECE 2163 /CS 2163 , senior standing in electrical engineering, and permission of department chair.
  
  • ECE 4123 Radio Frequency Engineering


    (3 hours)
    Introduction to radio frequency engineering. Basics behind the analysis and design of radio frequency components. Transmission line and microwave network analysis. Use of the Smith Chart and signal flow graphs. Impedance matching, filters, and mixer. Prerequisite: ECE 3023  or PHYS 4063  .
  
  • ECE 4133 Power Systems Analysis


    (3 hours)
    Principles of balanced and unbalanced poly-phase AC power systems, load flow, component models and parameters. Prerequisite: ECE 3033 .
  
  • ECE 4143 VLSI Design


    (3 hours)
    Hierarchical design methodology for very large scale integration of NMOS and COMS. Physics of MOS devices. Design rules checking computer-aided design tools. Prerequisites: ECE 2163 /CS 2163  and ECE 4043 .
  
  • ECE 4153 Modern Control Systems


    (3 hours)
    Analysis and design of analog and digital control systems. Nonlinear and discrete data systems, concepts of controllability and observability, state variable feedback compensation. Introduction to parameter identification, adaptive and optimal control systems. Prerequisite: ECE 4053 .
  
  • ECE 4163 Computer Hardware Techniques


    (3 hours)
    Use of hardware description language (HDL) to implement hardware using a field programmable gate array (FPGA). Hardware techniques employed in various computer architectures, including microprocessors, supercomputers, exotic and special purpose computers, will be implemented using the FPGA. Instruction set design, instruction and data flow will be covered. Prerequisites: ECE 2163 /CS 2163  and ECE 2161 .
  
  • ECE 4173 Computer Networks


    (3 hours)
    An introduction to the basic principles of modern network communications. The OSI model from the physical layer to the application layer with emphasis on engineering limitation and solution. Transmission media, error control, channel allocation, congestion, addressing, routing, transport protocols, performance issues, security and modern network resources. Prerequisite: ECE 4073 .
  
  • ECE 4203 Electrical and Computer Engineering Design Project II


    (3 hours)
    Student selects a project or topic for research and is assigned to a faculty advisor. An engineering report describing the project and proposing a plan of action must be submitted. The plan of action is executed and a final engineering report is submitted. The project may be a continuation of ECE 4103 . Prerequisites:  ECE 4043 , ECE 2163 /CS 2163 , senior standing in electrical engineering and permission of department chair.
  
  • ECE 4213 Digital Signal Processing


    (3 hours)
    Introduction to digital signal processing and digital filtering. Topics include sampled data systems modeling and analysis, and digital filter design. Course material is applicable to a wide range of data processing applications. Prerequisite: ECE 3113  or permission of instructor.
  
  • ECE 4223 Antennas


    (3 hours)
    Maxwell’s Equations. Ideal versus practical dipoles. Radiation patterns. Impedance of antennas. Arrays. Yagi Uda antennas. Aperture antennas. Pattern multiplication techniques. Image theory. Feeding techniques. Introduction to pattern synthesis. Scanning. Prerequisite: ECE 3023 .
  
  • ECE 4233 Alternative Energy Sources


    (3 hours)
    Provides students with the basic knowledge and tools necessary for an engineering approach to the study of alternate and renewable energy systems. Introduces students to different sources of renewable energy and the way they work. Students study the different approaches to utilizing renewable energy resources and other systems needed for utilizing these resources such as inverters and transformers. Prerequisite: Senior standing in electrical engineering or permission of instructor.
  
  • ECE 4243 Applied Electronics


    (3 hours)
    Principles of operation and design of application specific electronic circuits, including comparator, differential line driver, power amplifiers, digital logic synthesis, active filters, instrumentation, oscillator and communication circuits. Prerequisite: ECE 4043  or permission of instructor.
  
  • ECE 4253 Digital Control Systems


    (3 hours)
    The use of digital computers in the real time control of dynamic systems such as servo mechanisms, chemical processes, aircraft, etc. Topics covered include sampling, z-transforms, digital filters, computer-aided design, design using transform techniques, design using state variable techniques, quantization, and system identification. Prerequisite: ECE 4053  or permission of instructor.
  
  • ECE 4263 Microprocessors in Digital Design


    (3 hours)
    Detailed survey of major microprocessor families with emphasis on architectural development of the processor family; the microcomputer system (the microprocessor and its support chips); application of microprocessor systems to realistic engineering problems; the microprocessor as a system component; single chip complete systems; and large, word-length, multi-chip systems. Prerequisites: ECE 2163 /CS 2163  and either ECE 2063  or CS 2033 .
  
  • ECE 4273 Optical Networking


    (3 hours)
    Basic level of proficiency in the design of optical networks. Capabilities and limitations of common network components, knowledge of common protocols to network design choices. Concepts that impact the quality of service requirements of a network. Develops basic skills with telecommunication equipment through series of laboratories. Prerequisite: ECE 3113 . Concurrent enrollment in ECE 4073  is strongly suggested.
  
  • ECE 4323 Electro-optics


    (3 hours)
    Geometrical wave and Fourier optics. Integrated optics. Optoelectronic devices. Modulation and detection. Interference, diffraction and coherence. Holography.  System design and tradeoffs. Prerequisite: ECE 3023 . Corequisite: ECE 4073 .
  
  • ECE 4353 Robotics


    (3 hours)
    Basic theories of robot mechanisms and their implications for engineers involved in analysis or design of robot manipulators. Kinematics, dynamics, and control aspects of designing robot arms. Spatial descriptions and transformations. Laboratory using both open-loop and closed-loop robots. Same as CS 4753 .
  
  • ECE 4413 Introduction to Neural Networks


    (3 hours)
    An introduction to artificial neural models, learning algorithms, implementation, and applications. Associative memories, supervised and reinforcement learning, Adaptive Resonance Theory. Prerequisites: ECE 2003 , MATH 3073 .
  
  • ECE 4523 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Applications


    (3 hours)
    Technology and Applications Introduction to radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. Basics behind RFID, attachment of sensors to RFID tags, interrogator design, RFID communication protocols, security, privacy, RFID standards, and methods to store data on RFID tags. Passive, battery assisted passive, and active RFID systems. Applications of RFID in areas such as healthcare, supply chain management, and business intelligence. Prerequisites: ECE 2163 /CS 2163  , ECE 4043 , and ECE 3023 , or permission of instructor.
  
  • ECE 4861-3 Special Topics


    (1 - 3 hours)
  
  • ECE 4991-3 Independent Study


    (1 - 3 hours)
    Independent or group studies on special topics. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair.
  
  • ECE 5133 Power System Reliability


    (3 hours)
    Fundamental techniques and concepts for evaluating long- and short-term reliability of any system, probability and Markov processes, static spinning generation capacity; transmission lines; composite, interconnected and DC system reliability evaluation; frequency and duration techniques.  Prerequisite:  STAT 4813 .
  
  • ECE 5243 Power Electronics


    (3 hours)
    Rigorous study of solid-state power electronic devices, converter, rectifiers, choppers, and power supplies.  Over current protection requirements and cooling requirements.  Prerequisite: ECE 4243 .
  
  • ECE 5263 Advanced Hardware Architecture


    (3 hours)
    Overview of superscalar and high-performance computing architecture and hardware implementation techniques.  Implementation of processing cores and memory systems using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Prerequisites: ECE 2263  and ECE 4163 , or permission of instructor.
  
  • ECE 5353 Aircraft Systems, Simulation, and Controls


    (3 hours)
    Development of aircraft digital computing systems including flight control, flight management, and high-level safety and decision systems. Development of simulation for verification and assessment of systems. Prerequisite: ECE 4053  or ME 4054 .
  
  • ECE 5363 Computer Architecture


    (3 hours)
    Overview of the metrics used to evaluate performance of a computing platform and the techniques employed to improve performance. Topics include memory hierarchy and architectures to expose instruction-level, data-level, and thread-level parallelism, vector processors, and warehouse scale computing.  Prerequisite:  ECE 4163  and permission of the instructor.

Energy Management

  
  • EMGT 2013 Practical Issues in Energy Management


    (3 hours)
    Provides in-depth history and overview of the oil and gas industry both internationally and in Oklahoma. Covers topics in current events in addition to exposure to the contracts and terminology inherent to the energy industry. Alternative forms of energy will also be introduced.
  
  • EMGT 3013 Oil, Gas and Environmental Law


    (3 hours)
    Provides an understanding of fundamental oil and gas law. Also covers analysis of the rights of mineral ownership, transfers of interest, and the doctrine of correlative rights, in addition to examining particular contracts associated with the oil and gas industry. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. Same as BL 3013 .
  
  • EMGT 3023 Commercial Transactions


    (3 hours)
    A comprehensive survey of commercial transactions, including the law of sales, warranties, risk of loss, negotiable instruments, bank collections and deposits, electronic fund transfers, secured transactions and bankruptcy. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Same as BL 3023 .
  
  • EMGT 3043 Practice of Land Management and Administration


    (3 hours)
    Survey of the tools, practices, roles, and responsibilities of landmen in contemporary energy corporations. Prerequisite: EMGT 2013 .
  
  • EMGT 3053 Fundamentals of Gas Processing, Refining and Power Generation


    (3 hours)
    Modular survey of the gas processing, refining, and power generation segments of the energy industry. Each module focuses on fundamental concepts and includes an overview of processes, technologies, and economics. Prerequisite: EMGT 2013  with a grade of C or higher, or permission of instructor.
  
  • EMGT 3103 Environmental Health and Safety for Energy


    (3 hours)
    A study of the environmental, health and safety regulations, policies and procedures applicable to the oil and gas industry. The emphasis will be on federal, state and local regulations and “best practices” designed for compliance.
  
  • EMGT 3413 Petroleum and Sedimentary Geology for Enegy Management


    (3 hours)
    Synthesis of geology, geophysics, and geochemistry as applied to petroleum exploration, petroleum production, reservoir characterization, and enhanced oil recovery. Considers both conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources.  Reviews physical geology within the context of the generation and evolution of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Prerequisite: EMGT 2013  with a grade of C or higher.
  
  • EMGT 3453 Non-Technical Petroleum Engineering


    (3 hours)
    Basic concepts of petroleum engineering for non-petroleum engineering students. Concepts in drilling, reservoir engineering, completions engineering, production engineering, formation evaluation and petroleum transactions. Prerequisite: EMGT 2013  with a grade of C or higher.
  
  • EMGT 4013 Fundamentals of Energy Commodity Trading


    (3 hours)
    Provides an understanding of the logistics and value chain associated with crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Covers the regulatory background of the industry, physical and financial trading and hedging (NYMEX contracts, swaps, spreads, and options), and elementary technical analysis. Students will experience “hands-on” trading using a “real-time” energy commodity trading simulator. Additional topics may include risk control, power trading, and weather derivatives. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
  
  • EMGT 4043 Real Property


    (3 hours)
    The study of real property, with emphasis on sources of law, ownership interests, encumbrances, easements and licenses, contracts, deeds, environmental issues, title examination and insurance, leases, surveys, and land descriptions. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Same as BL 4013 .
  
  • EMGT 4053 Energy Logistics and Value Chain


    (3 hours)
    Investigation of the logistics and “value chain” aspects of moving energy resources, products and supplies from the point of production to the marketplace (“midstream” and “downstream” components). Addresses the following resource/product groups-oil and refined products (gathering, intermodal transportation, refining, retail, exports), natural gas (gather and processing, transportation and storage,
    distribution, LNG exports), NGLs (fractionation, transportation and storage, exports), electricity (production - traditional and alternative/renewable, transmission, distribution, smart grid and distributed generation). Prerequisite: EMGT 2013  with a grade of C or higher, or permission of instructor.
  
  • EMGT 4063 Project Management and Business Analysis


    (3 hours)
    Study of contemporary project management tools, processes, and approaches used in business, particularly as they relate to the energy industry. The focus is on business analysis and operational efficiency. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
  
  • EMGT 4073 Geographic Information Systems for Energy Applications


    (3 hours)
    A detailed analysis of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with an emphasis on fundamental concepts of GIS, GIS in acquisition property rights, GIS in exploration and production, GIS in pipelines, GIS in alternative energy sources, data acquisition, data analysis, and key terms and regulatory requirements relating to GIS and the energy industry. Prerequisites: QM 2013  , QM 2023  (or their equivalents), both with a grade of C or higher.
  
  • EMGT 4083 Power Industry and Alternative/Renewable Energy


    3 hours
    A study of the electric power industry, with specific focus on all sources, industry organization, logistics and value chain, power demand management, conservation, and energy efficiency. Demand response methods and programs, as well as, smart grids will be discussed. Case studies in alternative power generation will also be utilized.
  
  • EMGT 4973 Seminar in Energy Management


    (3 hours)
    Selected topics in energy management. Prerequisites: Business core and senior standing, or permission of instructor.
  
  • EMGT 4981-3 Energy-related Internship


    (1-3 hours)
    Provides personal hands-on experience in the energy industry by combining the traditional academic classroom concepts with practical experience gained through the internship. Prerequisite: EMGT 2013  with a grade of C or higher and approval of the director of energy management prior to beginning internship.
  
  • EMGT 5013 Energy Mergers, Acquisitions, Deal Making and Financing


    (3 hours)
    Survey of the operational and financial aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions in the domestic and international energy industry. Prerequisite: Senior standing.

Engineering Science

  
  • ES 2011 Biomedical Engineering Seminar


    (1 hour)
    Introductory seminar for students pursuing the Biomedical Engineering Minor . Provides foundational understanding of the concepts and broad scope of this rapidly growing discipline.
  
  • ES 2013 Statics


    (3 hours)
    Statics of particles and rigid bodies, equilibrium of rigid bodies, distributed forces, centroids, forces in beams and cables, friction, and moments of inertia. Prerequisite: PHYS 2053 .
  
  • ES 2513 Engineering Applications Programming


    (3 hours)


    Introduction to programming using Matlab and the Python program language for the engineering disciplines.  Emphasizes topics in modularization, control structures, data manipulation and data visualization.  Other topics include algorithms and numerical analysis. Includes lecture and weekly laboratory assignments. Corequisite: MATH 2014 .

     

  
  • ES 3001 MADE at TU - Make a Difference Engineering


    (1 hour)
    Open-ended design-and-build projects for persons with special needs.  Hands-on introduction to the engineering design process.  Work with customers (therapists, etc.) in the special-needs community.  Communicate progress orally and in writing.
  
  • ES 3003 Introductory Fluid Mechanics


    (3 hours)
    Basic principles of fluid mechanics. Properties of fluids, fluid statics, concepts of control volume and transport theorem, equations of continuity and motion, Bernoulli’s equation, incompressible flow in pipes and over submerged bodies, fluid measurements. Prerequisites: MATH 2073 , PHYS 2053 . Corequisite: ES 3053 .
  
  • ES 3023 Mechanics of Materials


    (3 hours)
    Definition of stress, strain and mechanical properties of engineering materials. Stress and deflection analysis of mechanical components. Derivation of design relations between geometry, loading and material strength. Mohr’s circle, principal stresses and multi-axial strength analysis. Buckling and elastic stability. Design problems and design of experiments included. Prerequisites: ES 2013 , MATH 2073 .
  
  • ES 3033 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering


    (3 hours)
    Basic biology and engineering problems associated with living systems and health care delivery.  How basic concepts and tools of science and engineering can be brought to bear in understanding, mimicking and utilizing biological processes.  Course will focus on four areas:  biotechnology, biomechanics, biomaterials and tissue engineering and bioimaging.  Introduction of basic life sciences and engineering concepts associated with these topics.  Prerequisite:  PHYS 2053  
  
  • ES 3053 Thermodynamics


    (3 hours)
    First and Second Laws, application to closed and open systems. Flow processes. Thermodynamic properties of fluids. Steam. Prerequisite: PHYS 2053 . Corequisite: MATH 2073 .
  
  • ES 3063 Solid State Electronic Devices


    (3 hours)
    The physics and technology of semiconductors with emphasis on silicon and gallium arsenide. Conduction processes, p-n junctions, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors, photonic devices, and integrated circuits. Theoretical and practical aspects of device fabrication. Prerequisite: PHYS 2073  or CHEM 3033 .
  
  • ES 3073 Heat Transfer


    (3 hours)
    Transfer of heat by conduction, radiation, and convection. Analysis of steady-state and transient heat processes. Introduction to heat exchanger design. Introduction to numerical heat transfer using finite-element analysis. Corequisites: ES 3003  and MATH 3073 .
  
  • ES 3083 Engineering Economics


    (3 hours)
    Economic aspects of engineering, including evaluating alternative courses of action. Replacement analysis, depreciation and depletion analysis, cash flow, incremental analysis, rate of return analysis. Desirability of new processes or projects where engineering and economic factors are concerned. Prerequisite: MATH 2014 .
  
  • ES 3111 Engineers Without Borders


    (1 hour)
    Humanitarian engineering projects, including design, prototyping, and/or construction.  Report writing, fundraising, and community outreach.
  
  • ES 3121 Engineers without Borders Capstone


    1 hour
    Project management of a humanitarian engineering project through EWB-USA. Responsibility for team coordination at weekly meetings to 1) complete designs, trip plans, reports, presentations, and grant proposals as required that semester; 2) manage documents; and 3) update social media. Use of Gantt charts.
  
  • ES 3861-3 Special Topics in Engineering Science


    (1-3 hours)
  
  • ES 4001 Ethics and Responsibility in Scientific Research


    (1 hour)
    Discussion of basic principles for responsible and ethical research. Review of institutional, local, state, federal, and international policies governing ethical and responsible conduct of scientific research. Introduction to policies regulating the protection of human and animal subjects, internal review and the planning process. Confidentiality, intellectual ownership, reporting and managing conflicts. Data management, collaborations, and authorship. Prerequisite: CS 2103 .
  
  • ES 4233 Sustainable Energy


    (3 hours)
    Basic knowledge and tools necessary for an engineering approach to the study of sustainable energy systems.  Introduction of differing approaches to sustainable energy, available resources, and fundamental technical details of how they work.  Prerequisites:  PHYS 2063  and junior standing.
  
  • ES 4263 Practical Applications of Control Systems


    (3 hours)
    Hands-on, laboratory-intensive study of sensors, control systems, and output devices.  Tuned PID (proportional-integral-derivative) controls systems.  Ladder logic and graphical-interface implementation of PLC (programmable logiccontroller) and DCS (distributed control systems).  Exposure to modern controls theory and applications.  Exposure to cyber-security aspects of controls systems.
  
  • ES 4763 Robotics Projects


    (3 hours)
    Interdisciplinary course in which students participate in the design, component construction, assembly, and programming of a FIRST-class robot applying engineering design and project management concepts to produce a working robot capable of participating in FIRST robotics competitions under a very tight six-week schedule. At competitions, students participate as support engineers for the FIRST team. At the end of competition time, students propose robot designs that incorporate features from other robots in the competition. Prerequisites: Either ME 3063 , or ECE 2003  and CS 2163 /ECE 2163 , or CS 2123 .

English

  
  • ENGL 1004 Introduction to College Writing


    (4 hours)
    Review and practice in the fundamentals of college writing, including organization, paragraph development, basic research skills, logic, and mechanics. Lecture three hours per week, lab one hour per week. Some sections are designated for non-native speakers of English. Enrollment is determined by performance on placement tests.
  
  • ENGL 1033 Exposition and Argumentation


    (3 hours)
    Emphasis on the process, conventions, and production of academic writing; refining and developing an argument; library research and documentation of sources through a variety of writing assignments such as summary/critique, editorials, reviews, and research projects. Thorough and frequent revision is integral to the preparation of all written work. Prerequisite: ENGL 1004  or satisfactory placement and diagnostic test scores.
  
  • ENGL 1043 Poetry and the Modern World


    (3 hours) Block One
    Examines the ways and places that poetry appears in the modern world. Texts drawn primarily from English literature and song may be combined with poetry readings, performance, creative writing, and exploration of diverse cultural events where poetry is found, to discover the worldly and ‘otherworldly’ dimensions of poetry.
  
  • ENGL 1083 Conversion Narratives


    (3 hours)
    Studies in the literary treatment of conversion from ancient times to the present day. Readings from several religions representing the common events, images, and emotions of conversion narratives; the role of conversion in autobiography; adoption of religious stories and personal transformations in secular writing.
  
  • ENGL 1093 Reading Narrative: The World in the Book


    (3 hours) Block One
    The writer’s creation of an imaginative reality in narrative fiction, poetry and drama and the devices by which the world in the book is made to reflect, refract and represent realities of the world at large. Representative texts from all genres and periods in English and English translation.
  
  • ENGL 1123 Russian Poetry


    (3 hours) Block One
    Readings in representative works by major Russian poets; focus as to period and particular forms may shift from term to term.
  
  • ENGL 1133 Visual Confessions: Russian and European Cinema


    (3 hours) Block One
    Representative films from a range of Russian and European directors.
  
  • ENGL 1981 Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge Tutorial


    (1 hour)
    The TURC Tutorial is a four-course sequence of student-designed independent study for English majors enrolled in the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 1983 Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge Tutorial


    (3 hours)
    The TURC Tutorial is a four-course sequence of student-designed independent study for English majors enrolled in the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 2013 Shakespeare


    (3 hours) Block One
    An introduction to Shakespeare’s works and career, with attention to historical and theatrical contexts. Readings drawn from the range of Shakespearean plays and poetry.
  
  • ENGL 2043 Literary Constructions of the Self


    (3 hours) Block One
    Examines representations of the ‘self’ in literature: readings are drawn from various historical periods and genres to reflect modern constructions of ‘identity,’ the ‘subject,’ and ‘subjectivity’ in specific cultural contexts.
  
  • ENGL 2083 African-American Autobiography


    (3 hours) Block One
    African American “life writing” from early slave narratives to the present. Figures may include Douglass, Jacobs, DuBois, Hurston, Wright, Baldwin, Malcolm X, Angelou, and Walker. Attention to relation of personal to collective “voice” and the importance of autobiography to African American literary tradition in general.
  
  • ENGL 2133 Images of the American West


    (3 hours) Block Two HCGD
    The American West as envisioned and understood across a range of interpretations and iconographies, primarily in literature and historical narrative, but also in film, painting, and other forms of cultural representation. Various mythologizings of “the West” as defined over time, and the persistence of such mythologies in the present. Same as ARTH 2133  and HIST 2133 .
  
  • ENGL 2163 American Culture(s): Voice(s) and Vision(s)


    (3 hours) Block One
    Texts in fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiography dealing with personal identity and cultural consciousness in relation to American ethnicities (Native, African, Hispanic, and Asian American, and others). Emphasis on contemporary materials, against a background of the historical experience from which each “voice” and “vision” seems to emerge.
  
  • ENGL 2173 Reading American Culture


    (3 hours) Block Two
    An interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, treating literary texts as both producers and products of the network of ideas, images, and conflicts of American “culture”. Definitions of terms that shape reading (ideology, gender, race, ethnicity) and make evident political questions at issue in both writing and reading.
  
  • ENGL 2193 Literary Genders: Masculine Mystique/Feminine Myth


    (3 hours) Block One HCGD
    Investigations of stories told about gender in 20th-century writing, painting, advertisement, and film. Focusing in particular on modern images of women in their relations to men in culturally diverse texts in English literature, readings reflect the ways both sexes have been defined, redefined, and transformed in modern culture. Same as WS 2193 .
  
  • ENGL 2273 Film History


    (3 hours) Block One
    The development of cinema from its origins in the late 1890s to the present. Emphasis is on technological innovation; film styles and genres; national and international influences; the star and studio systems; the roles of writers, producers, directors; and the conjunction of aesthetic and commercial interests in the evolution of film. Same as FLM 2273 .
  
  • ENGL 2293 Foundation of Linguistics


    (3 hours) Block Two HCGD
    Basic linguistic concepts and analysis are introduced, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and historical linguistics. Emphasis on use of linguistic theories and methods of analysis in describing human cognition, culture, and the social order. Same as ANTH 2023 /LANG 2023 .
  
  • ENGL 2313 Reading Major American Writers


    (3 hours) Block One HCGD
    Reading and discussing important American poetry, prose, and drama from the beginnings to the present, exploring critical approaches to literary study, and learning to write literary criticism.
  
  • ENGL 2323 Environment and Literature


    (3 hours) Block One
    Explores the development of environmental writing over the course of the past two centuries in texts by British and American authors. Covers a wide range of geographical settings and literary genres, examines each text as an argument for a particular “reading” of the environment.
  
  • ENGL 2353 Masterpieces of Russian Literature


    (3 hours) Block One
    Study of major works in the Russian literary tradition. Same as CPLT 3723 .
  
  • ENGL 2393 Introduction to Digital Humanities


    Block One
    Introduces students to methods in humanities computing and related topics such as privacy in social media, open source vs. proprietary software, and the ways in which digital research methods are reshaping such fields as literary studies and history through a mix of hands-on projects and historical/analytic readings.
  
  • ENGL 2403 Introduction to Creative Writing


    (3 hours)
    Offers instruction and practice in four main genres of imaginative writing: poetry, fiction, performance, and creative non-fiction. Geared for beginners in creative writing who may possess some limited knowledge and practice in theses genres but who want to learn more and bring more formal discipline to their writing. Same as CPLT 2403 /FLM 2403 .
  
  • ENGL 2513 Reading Major British Writers I


    (3 hours) Block One
    Reading and discussing important British poetry, prose, and drama from the Anglo- Saxon period to 1800, exploring critical approaches to literary study, and learning to write literary criticism.
  
  • ENGL 2523 Reading Major British Writers II


    (3 hours) Block One
    Reading and discussing important British poetry, prose, and drama from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, exploring critical approaches to literary study, and learning to write literary criticism.
  
  • ENGL 2923 Beyond Bella: 21st Century Girls’ Adventure


    (3 hours) Block One HCGD
    A study of novels, TV shows, films, and comic books from the late 1990’s through the present day as they feature girls within the context of adventure. Looking at precursors such as Nancy Drew and reading these texts against the background of women’s movement, this course asks how these contemporary texts break with or reinforce gender stereotypes, adapting traditional her narratives to female characters or telling new stories about women. Same as WS 2923 .
  
  • ENGL 2933 American Culture and Organizations


    (3 hours)
    Exploration of American university practices and expectations of students as well as other U.S. organizations that international students confront, to support students’ academic success. 
  
  • ENGL 2981 Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge Tutorial


    (1 hour)
    The TURC Tutorial is a four-course sequence of student-designed independent study for English majors enrolled in the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 2983 Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge Tutorial


    (3 hours)
    The TURC Tutorial is a four-course sequence of student-designed independent study for English majors enrolled in the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  
  • ENGL 2992-3 Independent Study


    (2-3 hours)
  
  • ENGL 3003 Writing for the Professions


    (3 hours)
    Adapts principles of good writing to writing situations encountered in the professions. Letters, résumés, and a full investigative report in the student’s discipline are required. May not be used to satisfy electives in major. Prerequisites: Junior standing and ENGL 1033 .
  
  • ENGL 3053 Literature and Film


    (3 hours) HCGD
    Explores the relationship between literature and film, considering such topics as literature as a source for film, differences between sources and film, cinematic and literary languages, adaptation from literature to film, and the screenplay as a literary form. Course may be taken more than once on different topics. Same as FLM 3153 /WS 3153 .
  
  • ENGL 3103 TV Writing


    (3 hours)
    Covers the craft and business of writing for television. Students learn about the elements, structure, genre, and format of scripts for serial narrative including comedy and drama with a collaborative industry.
  
  • ENGL 3193 Black American Women Writers


    (3 hours) HCGD
    Representative works of poetry, fiction and drama by African American women, studied in cultural and historical context. Writers may include
    Wheatley, Jacobs, Hopkins, Larsen, Hurston, Marshall, Shange, Morrison, Lorde and Dandicat. Same as WS 3193 .
  
  • ENGL 3213 Fiction Writing


    (3 hours)
    A creative writing workshop focused on fiction.
  
  • ENGL 3223 Poetry Writing


    (3 hours)
    A creative writing workshop focused on poetry.
 

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