BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BB H)--CIVIL ENGINEERING (C E)

BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BB H)

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. in Biobehavioral Health

The Graduate Faculty

The graduate program in Biobehavioral Health (BB H) is an interdisciplinary graduate program provided by the College of Health and Human Development and involving faculty from its departments. The focus of the program is on the interaction of biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental variables in the etiology and prevention of health problems and in the promotion of healthy human development. The program is designed to cultivate competence in basic and applied research, in the evaluation of biobehavioral health intervention strategies, and in university teaching. Graduates are prepared for research, teaching, or policy roles in health care settings, private and public research laboratories, government agencies, and universities including medical schools.

Special resources available in the college that students may draw upon and potentially participate in for their research programs include a Health and Human Development Consultation Center, Nutrition Clinic, and Speech and Hearing Clinic; Centers for Gerontology, the Study of Child and Adolescent Development, Developmental and Health Genetics, Locomotion Studies, Worksite Health Enhancement, and Developmental and Health Research Methodology; special laboratories in Behavioral Endocrinology, Biomechanics, Human Performance, Motor Behavior, and Nutrition; and extensive computer resources. Additional resources, including elaborate mainframe and super computer capabilities, are available in other parts of the University.

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or from the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), are required for admission. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

College graduates with an undergraduate or masters degree, or a health professions degree emphasizing biological and/or behavioral sciences, or an interdisciplinary program combining aspects of these will be considered for admission. Applicants should have a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 (A=4.00), an above-average score on the GRE or MCAT, and three supporting recommendations. At the discretion of the graduate program, exceptions may be made to these requirements for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Admission will be offered to candidates who are the best qualified, in the judgment of the faculty, taking all factors in to account.

Entering students should have a basic background in biological sciences, the behavioral sciences, or a combination of the two. In addition, they should have a basic background in quantitative methods. They should have competence in English, as reflected in a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 600 or above. In exceptional cases, superior students who do not meet these requirements may be admitted provisionally, while correcting their deficiencies. This must occur during their first two semesters in the program.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

Formal admission to the doctoral program depends on satisfactory completion of the candidacy examination. This exam is designed to assess the student's potential and academic preparation for doctoral study. The candidacy exam must be completed no later than the end of their second semester in the program for students who enter with a masters or other advanced degree, and no later than their fourth semester for students who enter with a baccalaureate degree.

Communication and Language Requirement. Doctoral students must demonstrate competency in spoken English as judged by the faculty and in technical writing as demonstrated in research papers and/or publications. In addition, they must demonstrate competence in one of the following areas: (1) a foreign language; (2) computer science; (3) college teaching; (4) logic or philosophy of science.

Other Requirements. All students must take five core courses in Biobehavioral Health and 12 additional credits in research methods individually designed in consultation with and with the approval of the student's adviser and committee to develop doctoral-level competence in biobehavioral health and one or more related specialized areas.

BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BB H)

501. THEORIES OF BIOBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING (3) Examination of theories for understanding individuals as dynamic biobehavioral structural-functional units developing and functioning through continual environmental interactions.

502. (PSY) HEALTH: BIOBEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVES (3) Introduction to the role of psychology in maintaining health and in treating nonpsychiatric disorders.

503. BIOBEHAVIORAL FACTORS IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION (3) Defines health and considers the interaction of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors in cultivating health development and preventing illness.

504. BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTERVENTION STRATEGIES (3) Evaluation of intervention strategies from a biobehavioral health context; theories of change processes as they pertain to health are analyzed.

505. BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESEARCH STRATEGIES (3) Research strategies in biobehavioral health investigations are examined. Designs and data analytic models relevant to biobehavioral research are included.

555. (HL ED) WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDIES IN HEALTH EDUCATION (3) Analysis of the status of women as consumers and providers of health education, with emphasis on theories and influencing factors.

590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (BMMB)

RONALD D. PORTER, Director of Graduate Studies
322 South Frear
814-863-4903

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
Susan M. Abmayr, Ph.D. (Rockefeller) Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics
Robert W. Bernlohr, Ph.D. (Ohio State) Professor of Biochemistry
J. Martin Bollinger, Ph.D. (MIT) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jean E. Brenchley, Ph.D. (California, Davis) Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Don A. Bryant, Ph.D. (UCLA) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ernest C. Pollard
Professor in Biotechnology
Reginald A. Deering, Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gregory K. Farber, Ph.D. (MIT) Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nina V. Fedoroff, Ph.D. (Rockefeller) Willaman Professor of Life Sciences and Director, Biotechnology
Institute
James G. Ferry, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Anaerobic Microbiology
Richard J. Frisque, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Molecular Virology
Carol V. Gay, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Cell Biology and Poultry Science
David S. Gilmour, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
Roy H. Hammerstedt, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Professor of Biochemistry
Ross C. Hardison, Ph.D. (Iowa) Professor of Biochemistry
Wesley C. Hymer, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Biochemistry
Kenneth A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry
Teh-Hui Kao, Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Zhi-Chun Lai, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Assistant Professor of Biology and
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Andrea M. Mastro, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology
B. Tracy Nixon, Ph.D. (MIT) Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gary H. Perdew, Ph.D. (Oregon State) Professor of Toxicology and Pathobiology
Allen T. Phillips, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Professor of Biochemistry
Ronald D. Porter, Ph.D. (Duke) Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
B. Franklin Pugh, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Robert A. Schlegel, Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Esther Siegfried, Ph.D. (Washington) Assistant Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Robert T. Simpson, Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor and Holder of the Verne M. Willaman Chair in
Biochemistry
Ola Sodeinde, Ph.D. (UMass Medical Center) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
William D. Taylor, Ph.D. (Manchester) Professor of Biophysics
Ming Tien, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Professor of Biochemistry
Graham H. Thomas, Ph.D. (Edinburgh, Scotland) Assistant Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Chen-Pei David Tu, Ph.D. (Cornell) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Don M. Wojchowski, Ph.D. (UMass) Associate Professor of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science,
and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jerry L. Workman, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Arian Zarkower, D.V.M., Ph.D. (Cornell) Professor of Veterinary Science

The major goal of the program in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology is to train students for independent research and teaching in the principal areas of those scientific disciplines. Students may enter the program from a variety of backgrounds such as biochemistry, biology, biophysics, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, physics, and other related disciplines. The student's research may begin during the first year. Research areas of faculty include bacterial growth regulation and differentiation, biochemistry and molecular biology of photosynthesis, calcium metabolism in skeletal tissues, cell cycle regulation, chromosome organization and structure, control of gene expression, DNA repair, DNA- binding proteins, enzyme kinetics and mechanisms of DNA-acting enzymes, membrane structure and function, mobile genetic elements, molecular biology of development, molecular biology of xenobiotic metabolism, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, prokaryotic sensory transduction, recombination mechanism, regulation of amino acid metabolism, self-incompatibility in plants, spermatogenesis and spermatozoan maturation, structure and function of enzymes, virology, and X-ray crystallography.

Admission Requirements

Scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test (verbal, quantitative, and analytical) plus the Subject Test in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, or Chemistry or Biology are normally required for admission. Only under exceptional circumstances will an applicant be considered without these scores. Entering students should have taken courses in biology, organic chemistry, calculus, general physics, genetics, microbiology, and preferably physical chemistry. Any deficiencies may be made up concurrently with graduate studies. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION of the Graduate Bulletin.

Admission to the program is based on prior course records and grades, GRE scores, letters of recommendation and interviews. Virtually all students are admitted with the intent of obtaining a Ph.D. degree although a master's degree is obtained in some cases on the way to the Ph.D., or as a final degree.

Master's Degree Requirements
Students must meet the M.S. degree requirements specified by the Graduate School in the Graduate Bulletin. In addition, a research thesis must be submitted and defended before a committee of the faculty. In general, the master's program is expected to take about two years beyond a bachelor's degree.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

Admission to Ph.D. candidacy is decided on the basis of the student's performance in courses, research and teaching. In addition, a two-day written candidacy examination is taken at the beginning of the spring semester in the second year. The first part covers the candidate's factual knowledge in the fields of biochemistry, microbiology, and molecular biology as well as in the related area of cell biology. The second part tests the student's ability to synthesize this general knowledge in order to solve problems based on experimental observations. A comprehensive oral examination is taken before the student's Ph.D. thesis committee within approximately three semesters after the student has been admitted to candidacy. The student is expected to present a written proposal concerning his or her research problem in terms of the relevant current literature, the data that has been gathered and the future directions of the experimentation. Questioning may involve, but is not limited to, that research proposal.

The faculty requires that each student demonstrate the ability to collect, organize and present the results of their research in a professional manner before graduation. This is accomplished by preparing a manuscript based on the Ph.D. thesis research. The manuscript must be written primarily by the student and submitted for publication in a refereed journal. The final Ph.D. thesis defense is taken before the student's thesis committee at the end of the program. The student must also present a public seminar on the thesis research within the two week period preceding the thesis defense. Generally the Ph.D. degree takes about five years beyond a bachelor's degree.
Other Relevant Information

The director of graduate studies is in charge of advising students about academic and related matters until they have chosen a thesis adviser. Beginning students carry out a series of rotation projects in at least three different faculty laboratories before deciding on a research area. Students generally decide on their thesis research adviser at the end of their first fall semester. Each student must take a total of 16 credits in 400- and 500-level courses, required and elective, from a list approved by the program faculty.

Further course work and research are individually planned by the student and the research adviser in consultation with the Ph.D. thesis committee. The thesis committee is established according to the rules of the Graduate School once Ph.D. candidacy has been attained.

All students are required to participate as teaching assistants in undergraduate laboratory courses as part of their training. Students are required to register for 602 (Supervised Experience in College Teaching) for two semesters.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships available to students in this program and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin. Under normal circumstances, all students admitted and continuing in good standing are provided with graduate assistantship support from University sources and research grants.

BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOOLGOY, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (BMMB)

503. BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEM (1-10 per semester) Prosecution of an assigned problem under the guidance of an instructor.
507. SEMINAR IN BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (1 per semester)

508. CLASSIC PAPER IN BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (1) A critical examination of seminal papers in the research literature.

509. ETHICS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE (1) Discussion of ethical issues relevant to scientific research in the biomedical sciences.

510. CURRENT LITERATURE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (1) Discussion and analysis of recent scientific papers that form the core of current literature in molecular biology and related disciplines.

514. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND CELLULAR REGULATION (3) Structure, synthesis, and biochemical properties of nucleic acids; protein biosynthesis; control of gene expression; molecular genetics. Prerequisite: B M B 400.

520. CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, AND THEIR INTEGRATED METABOLISM (3) Chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, and membranes; interrelationships between lipid and carbohydrate biosynthesis and metabolism. Prerequisite: B M B 402.

525. PROTEINS AND ENZYMES (3) Properties of proteins and polypeptides, structural analysis and molecular interactions; enzyme structure, kinetic mechanisms, and control. Prerequisite: B M B 402.

536. GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY (3) Recent advances in microbiology, including immunology, virology, medical microbiology, microbial physiology and diversity and microbial genetics. Prerequisite: MICRB 201.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (B M B)
400. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE (3)
401. GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY (2)
402. GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY (3)
408. LABORATORY INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
411. SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
417. BIOCHEMICAL METHODS (4)
425. INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (4)
428. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY WITH BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (3)
430. (BIOL;ENT) DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY (3)
435. (MICRB;V SC) MEDICAL VIROLOGY (2)
437. PHYSIOLOGICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (3)
440. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES
443. LABORATORY IN PROTEIN PURIFICATION AND ENZYMOLOGY (3)
444. LABORATORY IN CARBOHYDRATES AND LIPIDS (1)
445. LABORATORY IN MOLECULAR GENETICS (3)
450. (MICRB) MICROBIAL/MOLECULAR GENETICS
451. SENIOR SEMINAR (1)
460. (MICRB) CELL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION (2)
474. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2)
475. MUTAGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, and DNA REPAIR (2)
480. (MICRB) TUMOR VIRUSES AND ONCOGENES (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-8)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

MICROBIOLOGY (MICRB)
400. INTRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2)
401. MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND STRUCTURE (3)
405A. SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (8)
405B. SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (1)
405C. SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (6)
405-. SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (5)
405E. SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (7)
405F. SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (3)
408. LABORATORY INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (1-2)
410. PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNOLOGY (3)
411. SURVEY OF MICROBIOLOGY (1 per semester)
412. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY (3)
413. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY (2)
415. BACTERIAL AND ANIMAL VIRUSES (3)
416. (BIOTC) MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (2)
421. LABORATORY OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY (2)
422. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY (2)
435. (B M B; V SC) MEDICAL VIROLOGY (2)
447. LABORATORY IN MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY (1)
450. (B M B) MICROBIAL/MOLECULAR GENETICS (2)
460. (B M B) ADVANCED CELL BIOLOGY (2)
476. THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROCESS (2)
480. (B M B) TUMOR VIROLOGY (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

529. (C E 579) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION MICROBIOLOGY (3) Fundamentals of microorganisms in water and wastewater treatment; indicators of pollution; activities of microorganisms in polluted waters, including biogeochemical cycles. Prerequisite: MICRB 400.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

JUDITH S. BOND, Chair of the Department
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA 17033
717-531-8585

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
V. P. Bhavanandan, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keith C. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. (NYU; Washington) Assistant Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Gary A. Clawson, M.D., Ph.D. (Miami; Michigan State) Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Kristin A. Eckert, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, andPathology
David H. Farrell, Ph.D. (California, Irvine) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michael G. Fried, Ph.D. (Yale) Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Charles W. Hill, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
James E. Hopper, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Weiping Jian, Ph.D. (Virginia Polytechnic) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ralph L. Keil, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Momcilo Miljkovic, Ph.D. (Eidg. Technische Hochschule, ZYrich) Associate Professor of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Ira J. Ropson, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Ph.D. (Seton Hall) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ross Shiman, Ph.D. (California) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jin-Feng Wang, Ph.D. (Columbia) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Opportunities for research and graduate study are available in the chemistry and metabolism of complex polysaccharides, mechanism of enzymatic reactions, molecular biology, biochemistry of complex lipids, conformational analysis of carbohydrates and proteins, natural product chemistry, and physical chemistry of macromolecules.
The program is offered only at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) generally are required for admission. At the discretion of a graduate program, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

Students with a 3.00 junior/senior grade-point average and with appropriate course backgrounds will be considered for admission. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students. Exceptions to the minimum 3.00 average may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Interested students should contact the department chair.

Degree Requirements
The nonthesis option is available for the M.S. Degree.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin.

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (BCHEM)

502. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY I (3) Structure-function relationships of macromolecules; pathways utilized for energy generation in mammalian systems; concepts of metabolic regulation.

503. (CMBIO, MICRO) MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3) Principles of molecular and microbial genetics; emphasis placed on experimental design toward problems in bacteria and lower eucaryotes. Prerequisite: BCHEM 502.

505. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY II (3) A continuation of BCHEM 502. Emphasis on interrelations of metabolic pathways, catabolic end products, and regulation. Prerequisite: BCHEM 502.

513. (CMBIO) PRINCIPLES OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE (3) Review of thermodynamics; physical chemistry and architecture of globular proteins; predictive approaches; laboratory in computer modeling of three-dimensional structure.

520. (CMBIO) GENETIC ANALYSIS (3) Genetics of organisms most used in the analysis of problems in molecular biology: drosophila, yeast, and bacteria.

523. METABOLISM (3) Molecular mechanisms employed by living systems to transform biological compounds, control proudction and utlization of energy, and regulate metabolic pathways.

528. (NEURO) NEUROCHEMISTRY (3) Study at the molecular level of processes that permit cells of the central nervous systems to perform their unique functions. Prerequisites: BCHEM 502, 505; NEURO 510 or PSIO.

533. BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) A physical, chemical, and structural approach to the study of simple and complex compounds occurring in biological systems. Concurrent: BCHEM 502.

551. (CMBIO) KINETICS AND CATALYSIS IN BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (3) Information obtainable from steady-state and transient kinetic measurement on enzymes and cellular processes. Molecular basis for enzyme specificity and catalysis. Prerequisite: BCHEM 502.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BIOENGINEERING (BIOE)

HERBERT H. LIPOWSKY, Head of the Department
233 Hallowell Building
814-865-1407
814-863-0490 (Fax)

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
Harry R. Allcock, Ph.D. (London) Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry
Abdellaziz Ben-Jebria, Ph.D. (Paris VI) Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
James G. Brasseur, Ph.D. (Stanford) Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Paul W. Brown, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering
Wenwu Cao, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Mathematics and Materials Science
Peter R. Cavanagh, Ph.D. (Royal Free Medical) Professor of Locomotion Studies
Cheng Dong, Ph.D. (Columbia) Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Andris Freivalds, Ph.D. (Michigan) Professor of Industrial Management Systems Engineering
John F. Gardner, Ph.D. (Ohio State) Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Roger P. Gaumond, D.Sc. (Washington) Associate Professor of Bioengineering
David B. Geselowitz, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Professor of Bioengineering and Medicine
William E. Higgins, Ph.D. (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Kane M. High, M.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Edward S. Kenney, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering
Herbert H. Lipowsky, Ph.D. (California, San Diego) Professor of Bioengineering
Joseph J. McInerney, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering
William S. Pierce, M.D. (Pennsylvania) Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fred W. Prior, Ph.D. (Illinois Inst. of Tech.) Assistant Professor of Radiology; Chief, Section of Radiologic Imaging and Computing Science
Joseph L. Rose, Ph.D. (Drexel) Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in Design
and Manufacturing
Gerson Rosenberg, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Bioengineering and Research Professor of Surgery
K. Kirk Shung, Ph.D. (Washington) Professor of Bioengineering
Michael B. Smith, Ph.D. (Arkansas) Associate Professor of Radiology; Chief, Center for NMR Research
Michael T. Snider, Ph.D. (Emory) Professor of Anesthesia, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Alan J. Snyder, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Senior Research Associate
in Surgery
John M. Tarbell, Ph.D. (Delaware) Professor of Chemical Engineering
James S. Ultman, Ph.D. (Delaware) Professor of Chemical Engineering
Robert F. Zelis, M.D. (Chicago) Professor of Medicine and Physiology

This intercollege program is designed to provide students with graduate level training in engineering and the life sciences by the application of engineering principles and techniques to the solution of problems in medicine and biology. Graduate instruction in bioengineering is under the direction of a program committee composed of graduate faculty representing several departments in the Colleges of Engineering, Health and Human Development, Science, and Medicine.

Opportunities for specialized research revolve around a delineation of the electrical, mechanical, and biophysical properties of biological materials at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels. Specific applications include: development of artificial organs, with an emphasis on the artificial heart and heart assist devices; cardiovascular hemodynamics, with an emphasis on the structure and function of the capillary network, and blood behavior in contact with the walls of blood vessels and artificial surfaces; cardiac and auditory electrophysiology; lung mechanics and pulmonary function; and non-invasive diagnostic techniques, with an emphasis on ultrasound and X-ray devices and medical imaging. Extensive computer facilities and specialized equipment are available to support a combination of studies that employ experimental observations and their analysis through mathematical modeling and computer simulations.
Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) are required for admission. However, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

Students with a degree in engineering, physics, or the life sciences will be eligible for admission. All students must have a strong background in physics and mathematics. This background should include 6 credits in chemistry, 9 credits in calculus-based physics, and mathematics through calculus and differential equations. Students who lack one or two courses may still be considered for admission but will have to make up any deficiency early in their graduate program. Students with a 3.0 junior/senior grade-point average and with appropriate course backgrounds will be considered for admission. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces available. Exceptions to the minimum average may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests.

Master's Degree Requirements

The particular course of study depends on the student's background and area of research specialization. Courses are selected from the life sciences, engineering, and bioengineering. Course requirements include BIOE 401, 402, and 403 plus two 500-level courses in bioengineering, 6 credits in the life sciences (including BIOL 472), and 6 credits in technically oriented courses outside bioengineering and the life sciences. In addition, students without a previous degree in engineering or physics are required to complete up to 24 additional credits in engineering. Most of this additional course work will be at the undergraduate level and typically includes statics and dynamics, electric circuits and fields, electronic devices, fluid mechanics, and linear systems.

A thesis is required for the M.S. degree. Students must continue to register at appropriate times until the thesis is approved.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

Candidates for the Ph.D. degree generally are expected to complete PHSIO (BIOL) 571-572 plus several additional courses in the life sciences, five courses in bioengineering, and five graduate-level courses in engineering, mathematics, and physics. Supporting courses are available at University Park and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in anatomy, biochemistry, biology, biophysics, chemistry, laboratory animal medicine, materials science, mathematics, physics, physiology, and the engineering departments.

The communication and foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. degree may be satisfied by demonstrating intermediate knowledge of an acceptable foreign language, or by taking an advanced technical writing course and presenting a formal proposal for thesis research to the doctoral committee.
Students must continue to register at appropriate times until the thesis is approved.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin.

BIOENGINEERING (BIOE)

401. INTRODUCTION TO BIOENGINEERING (3)
402. BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS (3)
403. BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY (1)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

501. (CH E) BIOENGINEERING TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (3) Application of the equations of mass, energy, and momentum conservation to physiological phenomena and to the design of artificial organs.

502. INTRODUCTION TO BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA (3) Electric phenomena in nerve and muscle, membrane potentials, Hodgkin-Huxley equations, volume conductor problem, applications to electrocardiography, electroencephalography, plethysmography.

503. (CH E) FLUID MECHANICS OF BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS (3) Cardiovascular system and blood flow, non-Newtonian fluid description, vessel flows, unsteady flows and wave motion, windkessel theory, transmission line theory.

504. PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS (3) Application of systems theory, control theory, and analytic modeling strategies to the study of physiological systems. Prerequisites: BIOL 472, MATH 250.

505. BIOENGINEERING MECHANICS (3) Passive and active mechanical properties of tissues, rheological materials, models of muscle contraction, pulmonary mechanics, forces in muscular-skeletal systems.

506. MEDICAL IMAGING (3) Medical diagnostic imaging techniques, including generation and detection of X-ray, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, and nuclear radiation; instrumentation and biological effects. Prerequisite: PHYS 202.

507. BIOENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF LABORATORY COMPUTERS (3) The organization of small laboratory computers and their use in real-time analysis of physiological date. Prerequisites: BIOE 402, CMPSC 201.

516. ULTRASONIC IMAGING (3) Advanced topics and recent developments in ultrasonic imaging. Prerequisite: BIOE 506.

519. ARTIFICIAL ORGANS DESIGN (3) Basic techniques and principles of a multidiscipline approach to artificial organs design.

552. (E MCH, I E) MECHANICS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM (3) Structure and biomechanics of bone, cartilage, and skeletal muscle; dynamics and control of musculoskeletal system models. Prerequisite: consent of program. Prerequisite or concurrent: BIOL 472.

553. (I E) ENGINEERING OF HUMAN WORK (3) Physics and physiology of humans at work; models of muscle strength; dynamic movements; neural control; physical work capacity; rest allocation. Prerequisite: BIOL 041 or 472.

570. TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION (1) Physiological basis, theory of operation, and practical aspects of clinical instrumentation.

576. BIOENGINEERING OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (3) Experimental and analytical studies of network branching patterns, regional blood flow, rheology and mechanics of blood cells and vessels. Prerequisite: BIOL 472.

580. BIOENGINEERING INTERNSHIP (3-6) Supervised experience at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, including rotation through services and work on a minor project. Prerequisites: BIOE 402; 3 credits in bioengineering at the 500 level.

590. BIOENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM (1-3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BIOLOGY (BIOL)

ROBERT MITCHELL, Interim Head of the Department
208 Erwin W. Mueller Building
814-865-4562

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
Adam Anthony, Ph.D. (Chicago) Professor of Biology
Sarah M. Assmann, Ph.D. (Stanford) Associate Professor of Biology
Andrew G. Clark, Ph.D. (Stanford) Professor of Biology
Daniel J. Cosgrove, Ph.D. (Stanford) Professor of Biology
Richard J. Cyr, Ph.D. (California, Irvine) Assistant Professor of Biology
Jonathan R. Day, Ph.D. (Delaware) Assistant Professor of Biology
Jill Deikman, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Assistant Professor of Biology and Biotechnology
William A. Dunson, Ph.D. (Michigan) Professor of Biology
Bertrand D. Eardly, Ph.D. (Oregon State) Associate Professor of Biology (CES/Berks)
Nina V. Federoff, Ph.D. (Rockefeller) Willaman Professor of Life Sciences
Charles R. Fisher, Ph.D. (California, Santa Barbara) Assistant Professor of Biology
Hector E. Flores, Ph.D. (Yale) Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Biotechnology, and Biology
Michael Gannon, Ph.D. (Texas Tech) Assistant Professor of Biology
Simon G. Gilroy, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) Assistant Professor of Biology
Mark J. Guiltinan, Ph.D. (California, Arcata) Assistant Professor of Biology, Assistant Professor
of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Horticulture, The Biotechnology Institute
Lauraine Hawkins, Ph.D. (New Mexico) Assistant Professor of Biology (CES/Mont Alto)
S. Blair Hedges, Ph.D. (Maryland) Assistant Professor of Biology
Dale Holen, Ph.D. (Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Assistant Professor of Biology (CES/Worthington Scranton)
Austin L. Hughes, Ph.D. (Indiana, Bloomington) Assistant Professor of Biology
Carl S. Keener, Ph.D. (North Carolina State) Professor of Biology
Ronald R. Keiper, Ph.D. (Massachusetts) Distinguished Professor of Biology (CES/Mont Alto)
Zhi-Chun Lai, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Assistant Professor of Biology
James H. Marden, Ph.D. (Vermont) Assistant Professor of Biology
June I. Medford, Ph.D. (Yale) Assistant Professor of Biology and Biotechnology
Robert B. Mitchell, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Biology
Masatoshi Nei, Ph.D. (Kyoto) Evan Pugh Professor; Director, Institute of Molecular and
Evolutionary Genetics
Ramesh Raina, Ph.D. (India) Assistant Professor of Biology
Steven W. Schaeffer, Ph.D. (Georgia) Associate Professor of Biology
Robert K. Selander, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Eberly Professor of Biology
Esther Siegfried, Ph.D. (Washington Univ., St. Louis) Assistant Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
Andrew G. Stephenson, Ph.D. (Michigan) Professor of Biology
Graham H. Thomas, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) Assistant Professor of Biology and Molecular Biology
Alfred Traverse, Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor Emeritus of Palynology
Christopher F. Uhl, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Associate Professor of Biology
Lisa Valburg, Ph.D. (Washington) Assistant Professor of Biology (CES/Worthington Scranton)
Alan Walker, Ph.D. (London) Professor of Biology and Anthropology
Thomas S. Whittam, Ph.D. (Arizona) Associate Professor of Biology
Edward W. Wickersham, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Associate Professor of Biology
Frederick M. Williams, Ph.D. (Yale) Associate Professor of Biology
James A. Winsor, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Biology (CES/Altoona)
C. B. Wolfe, Ph.D. (Tennessee) Professor of Biology (CES/Mont Alto)

The department will direct graduate programs in a broad spectrum of research areas, including biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, and systematics. The department houses the Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics. The Ph.D. in Biology may be taken with an option in Molecular Evolutionary Biology or Plant Biology. The courses of study are planned individually by the student and an adviser.

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) are required for admission. At the discretion of a graduate program, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

Admission is restricted to students who have the baccalaureate degree in a biological science and who present a cumulative undergraduate average of at least 3.00 on a scale of 4.00. Each applicant must provide a personal statement of interests and objectives and letters from three persons verifying the applicant's academic competence.

Master's Degree Requirements

Students obtaining an M.S. degree in Biology must complete course work as decribed in the General Information section of this bulletin, with guidance from their academic adviser. A thesis is usually required and must be defended before a faculty committee. The research must represent an original contribution, and the time allotted to it is about one year.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

The Ph.D. program is planned by the student's Ph.D. committee after a written and oral candidacy examination is passed. The Ph.D. thesis must represent a significant original contribution and will usually require two or three years of laboratory or field research.
Molecular Evolutionary Biology option: (1) The student must meet the criteria for the M.S. or Ph.D. in Biology. (2) The student's research adviser must be a member of the Biology program and/or a full member of the Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics. Other committee members may be chosen as needed providing that a majority of the committee is associated with the IMEG. (3) In addition to the normal Biology program requirements, the student must take (for both an M.S. or Ph.D. in Biology) 3 credits of course work in BIOL 591; 9 credits from among the following courses (to be selected in consultation with the student's committee): BIOL 405, 422, 427, 428, 514, 530, (ENT;WILDL) 542, 531, 524, 533, 590, B M B 514. (4) Any other course work or training deemed appropriate by the student's committee.
Plant Biology option: (1) The student must met the criteria for the M.S. or Ph.D. in Biology. (2) The student's research adviser must be a member of the Biology program. Other committee members may be chosen as needed to assure that a well-rounded graduate advisory committee is established. (3) In addition to the normal Biology program requirements, the student must take the required colloquia in the field of specialization and (for both an M.S. or Ph.D. in Biology) a minimum of 6 credits from among the following courses (to be selected in consultation with the student's committee): BIOL 414, 420, 422, 423, 427, 431, 441, 442, 448, 506, 514, 530, 544, 597, HORT 444, B M B 514. (4) Any other course work or training deemed appropriate by the student's committee.

Student Aid

In addition to the fellowships, traineeships, graduate assistantships, and other forms of financial aid described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin, the following award typically has been available to graduate students in this program:

EBERLY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE BRADDOCK SUPPLEMENT AWARDS
J. BEN AND HELEN D. HILL MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP
HENRY W. POPP GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGING TRAINEESHIPS--Available to doctoral students in selected graduate programs for research training in adult development and aging; stipend varies. Details available from the Gerontology Center, S-211 Henderson Building.

BIOLOGY (BIOL)

402. VERTEBRATE NEUROANATOMY (3)
405. MOLECULAR EVOLUTION (3)
407. PLANT ANATOMY (3)
409. BIOLOGY OF AGING (3)
410. MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT (3)
414. TAXONOMY OF SEED PLANTS (3)
415. ECOTOXICOLOGY (3)
417. INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (4)
420. (GEOSC) PALEOBOTANY (3)
421. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES (4)
422. ADVANCED GENETICS (3)
423. (GEOSC) INTRODUCTORY PALYNOLOGY (4)
426. INTRODUCTORY CYTOGENETICS (3)
427. (GEOSC) EVOLUTION (3)
428. POPULATION GENETICS (3)
430. (ENT, B M B) DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (3)
431. COMPARATIVE PLANT MORPHOLOGY (4)
435. ECOLOGY OF LAKES AND STREAMS (3)
437. HISTOLOGY (4)
440. EMBRYOLOGY (4)
441. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (3)
442. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (3)
446. PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY (3)
448. ECOLOGY OF PLANT REPRODUCTION (3)
450W. EXPERIMENTAL FIELD BIOLOGY (5)
454. HERPETOLOGY (2)
460. (ANTH) HUMAN GENETICS (3)
464. (ANTH) SOCIOBIOLOGY (3)
469. (BB H) NEUROBIOLOGY (3)
472. MAMMALIAN PHYSIOLOGY (3)
473. LABORATORY IN MAMMALIAN PHYSIOLOGY (2)
477. BIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY (3)
479. GENERAL ENDOCRINOLOGY (3)
482. COASTAL BIOLOGY (4)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
498. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (3)

501. ECOLOGICAL GENETICS (3) This course will integrate concepts from genetics and ecology, discussing actual data interpreting them in a theoretical context. Prerequisite: BIOL 427.

505. STATISTICAL METHODS IN EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS (3) Statistical methods that are used for analyzing and interpreting genetic data in molecular evolution will be discussed. Prerequisite: BIOL 222, STAT 250.

510. (PLPHY) MOLECULAR BASIS OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT (2) Critical examination of topics related to plant growth and differentiation with an emphasis on plant mutants and genetic engineering. Prerequisite: BIOL 441.

511. ADVANCED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (3) Physiology of plants, including uptake of water and minerals, translocations, mineral nutrition, energy relations, respiration, and catabolism. Prerequisite: BIOL 442.

512. ADVANCED PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (3) Continuation of BIOL 511. Physiology of plants, including photosynthesis, synthesis of cellular constituents, growth and development. Prerequisite:
BIOL 442.

513. PLANT CELLULAR SIGNALING (3) Introduction to themes of plan signaling through critical review of primary literature.

514. TOPICS IN SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION (2) Discussion of pertinent current literature in systematic biology and evolution.

518. SPECIAL PROBLEMS (1-6) Prosecution of an assigned problem under the guidance of a staff member. Throughout the year as arranged. By appointment.
524. SEMINAR IN GENETICS (1 per semester)

526. (GEOSC) PROBLEMS IN PALYNOLOGY (1-6) Individual research projects in various aspects of palynology, especially palynostratigraphy and paleoecological palynology. Prerequisite: BIOL 423.

542. (ENT, W F S) SYSTEMATICS (3) Principles and methods of classification, phylogeny, and speciation; taxonomic techniques; analysis of species; casual interpretation of animal diversity.

544. ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY (4) The physiological abilities of plants and animals to adapt to their abiotic environment.

545. ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS (3) Survey and discussion of recent literature on ecosystem structure and function. Prerequisite: BIOL 210.

546. ECOLOGY OF POPULATIONS (3) Ecological responses of organisms to environmental variables (food, etc.) that determine population behavior. Demography, competition, predation, and community principles.

571. (PHSIO) ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (3) Mammalian cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and gastrointestinal systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 472.

572. (PHSIO) ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (3) Mammalian nervous, endocrine, metabolic, and reproductive systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 473.
590. (ECLGY) COLLOQUIUM (1-3)

591. MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY SEMINAR (1) Continuing seminars in Molecular Evolutionary Biology consisting of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.

593. (ANTH, ENT, GEOSC, INTAG) TROPICAL FIELD STUDIES (Organization for Tropical Studies) (8) An intensive field course concentrating on field problems, experimental design, and data analysis in tropical habitats. Prerequisite: approval by the Committee on Tropical Studies.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (B A)

KENNETH LUSHT, Associate Dean for Research and Director of Doctoral and M.S. Programs
110 Business Administration Building
814-865-7669

GLENN PITMAN, Associate Dean, Professional Master's Programs
106 Business Administration Building
814-863-0474

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A.

The Graduate Faculty
Christopher Anderson, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance
Paul F. Anderson, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Professor of Marketing
John W. Bagby, J.D. (Tulsa) Associate Professor of Business Law
Anantaram Balakrishnan (Massachusetts) Professor of Managment Science and Smeal Chair in MSIS
Johann Baumgartner, Ph.D. (Stanford) Associate Professor of Marketing
Anne Beatty, Ph.D. (MIT) Assistant Professor of Accounting
Peter Bennett, Ph.D. (Texas) Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean
Donald Bergh, Ph.D. (Colorado) Assistant Professor of Management
Stewart W. Bither, Ph.D. (Washington) Professor of Marketing
Gary E. Bolton, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon) Assistant Professor of Management Science
Daniel J. Brass, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Organizational Behavior
Quanwei Cao, Ph.D. (Chicago) Assistant Professor of Finance
Joseph L. Cavinato, Jr., Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Business Logistics
Kalyan Chatterjee, D.B.A. (Harvard) Distinguised Professor of Management Science
Hyuk Choe, Ph.D. (Chicago) Assistant Professor of Finance
David P. Christy, Ph.D. (Georgia) Associate Professor of Management Science
Philip L. Cochran, Ph.D. (Washington) Associate Professor of Business Administration
John J. Coyle, Jr., D.B.A. (Indiana) Professor of Business Administration
Robert P. Crum, D.B.A. (Kentucky) Associate Professor of Accounting
Aniruddha Dasgupta, Ph.D. (Princeton) Assistant Professor of Management Science
Samuel G. Davis, Ph.D. (Syracuse) Associate Professor of Management Science
Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Ph.D. (Columbia) Assistant Professor of Management
Mark W. Dirsmith, Ph.D. (Northwestern) Professor of Accounting
Charles R. Enis, D.B.A. (Maryland) Associate Professor of Accounting
Rodney Erickson, Ph.D. (Washington) Professor of Business Administration and Geography
Peter Everett, Ph.D. (North Carolina) Associate Professor of Marketing
J. Russell Ezzell, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Finance
Duncan Fong, Ph.D. (Purdue) Associate Professor of Management Science
Marta Geletkanycz, Ph.D. (Columbia) Assistant Professor of Management and Organization
Fariborz Ghadar, D.B.A. (Harvard) Professor of Finance and William A. Shreyer Chair of Global Management, Policies, and Planning
Dennis A. Gioia, Ph.D. (Florida State) Professor of Organizational Behavior
Marvin Goldberg, Ph.D. (McGill) Professor of Marketing
Barbara L. Gray, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve) Professor of Organizational Behavior
Paul S. Greenlaw, Ph.D. (Syracuse) Professor of Management
J. D. Hammond, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) William Elliott Professor of Insurance and Dean
John Hansa, Ph.D. (Illinois) Assistant Professor of Accounting
David G. Harris, Ph.D. (Michigan) Assistant Professor of Accounting
Mary S. Harris, Ph.D. (Michigan) Assistant Professor of Accounting
Terry P. Harrison Ph.D. (Tennessee) Professor of Management Science
Frank M. Hatheway, Ph.D. (Princeton) Assistant Professor of Finance
Jack C. Hayya, Ph.D. (UCLA) Professor of Management Science
Benjamin N. Henszey, M.L.T. (Georgetown) Professor of Business Law
Douglas B. Holt, Ph.D. (Northwestern) Assistant Professor of International Marketing
Michael P. Hottenstein, D.B.A (Indiana) Professor of Management
Stephen F. Jablonsky, Ph.D. (Illinois) Associate Professor of Accounting
Austin J. Jaffe, Ph.D. (Illinois) Philip H. Sieg Professor of Business Administration
J. Edward Ketz, Ph.D. (Virginia Polytechnic) Associate Professor of Accounting
Martin Kilduff, Ph.D. (Cornell) Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
George B. Kleindorfer, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon) Professor of Quantitative Business Analysis
Robert W. Koehler, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Associate Professor of Accounting
Ronald S. Koot, Ph.D. (Oregon) Professor of Management Science and Associate Dean
William Kracaw, Ph.D. (Utah) Chair, Department of Finance; Professor of Finance
Holly S. Lewis, Ph.D. (South Carolina) Associate Professor of Management Science
Gary L. Lilien, D.E.S. (Columbia) Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science
Dennis K. J. Lin (Wisconsin) Associate Professor of Management Science
Kenneth M. Lusht, Ph.D. (Georgia State) Chair, Department of Insurance and Real Estate;
Professor of Business Administration; Associate Dean for Research; Director, Doctoral
and M.S. Programs
Nancy McDonnell Assistant Professor of Business Administration
James McKeown, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Ernst and Young Professor of Accounting
Carlos Mello-e-Souza, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Accounting
Eugene R. Melander, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Professor of Quantitative Business Analysis
James A. Miles, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Finance
James H. Miller, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Business Logistics
Aneil Mishra, Ph.D. (Michigan) Assistant Professor of Business Administration
J. Harold Mulherin, Ph.D. (California) Associate Professor of Finance
Chris J. Muscarella, Ph.D. (Purdue) Associate Professor of Finance
Jane F. Mutchler, Ph.D. (Illinois) Associate Professor of Accounting and Coopers and Lybrand
Faculty Fellow
Robert A. Novack, Ph.D. (Tennessee) Associate Professor of Business Logistics
Kofi O. Nti, Ph.D. (Yale) Associate Professor of Management Science
Jerry C. Olson, Ph.D. (Purdue) Chair, Department of Marketing; Earl P. Strong Executive
Education Professor
J. Keith Ord, Ph.D. (London) David H. McKinley Professor of Business Administration and Professor
of Statistics; Chair, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
Glenn Pitman, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Dean, Professional Master's Program and Professor of Business Administraiton
Lisa L. Posey, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Gordon Rands, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Assistant Professor of Management
Arvand Rangaswamy, Ph.D. (Northwestern) Associate Professor of Marketing
Edward T. Reutzel, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Management Science
Philip B. Shane, Ph.D. (Oregon) Assistant Professor of Accounting
Arnold F. Shapiro, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Professor and Robert G. Schwartz University Endowed Fellowof Businessness Administration
Jeffery M. Sharp, Ph.D. (Oklahoma) Associate Professor of Business Law
Dennis P. Sheehan, Ph.D. (California) The Virginia and Louis Benzak Professor of Finance
Charles H. Smith, Ph.D. (Penn State) Chair, Department of Accounting, KPMG Peat Marwick
Professor of Accounting
Scott A. Snell, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Management and Organization
Charles C. Snow, Ph.D. (California) Professor of Business Administration
John C. Spychalski, Ph.D., D.B.A. (Indiana) Chair, Department of Business Logistics;
Professor of Business Logistics
Alan J. Stenger, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Associate Professor of Business Logistics
John Stevens, Ph.d. (SUNY) Professor of Management and Organization
Harish Sujan, Ph.D. (UCLA) Associate Professor of Marketing
Mita Sujan, Ph.D. (UCLA) Professor of Marketing; Charles and Lillian Binder Faculty Fellow
Gerald I. Susman, Ph.D. (UCLA) Chair, Department of Management and Organization;
Robert and Judith Klein Professor of Management
James B. Thomas, Ph.D. (Texas) Associate Professor of Management
Evelyn A. Thomchick, Ph.D. (Clemson) Associate Professor of Business Logistics
Linda K. Trevi-o, Ph.D. (Texas A&M) Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Richard Twark, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Quantitative Business Analysis
John E. Tyworth, Ph.D. (Oregon) Professor of Business Logistics
Jerome Williams, Ph.D. (Colorado) Associate Professor of Marketing
Lisa R. Williams-Walton, Ph.D. (Ohio State) Assistant Professor of Business Logistics
David T. Wilson, Ph.D. (Western Ontario) Professor of Marketing; Alvin H. Clemens Professor
of Entrepreneurial Studies
J. Randall Woolridge, Ph.D. (Iowa) Professor of Finance and The Goldman Sachs & Co. and
Frank P. Smeal Endowed University Fellow
Susan H. Xu, Ph.D. (Rensselaer) Associate Professor of Management Science
Massoud Yahyazadeh, Ph.D. (Syracuse) Assistant Professor of Accounting
Abdullah Yavas, Ph.D. (Iowa) Associate Professor of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration program is a professional degree designed to prepare individuals for managerial positions in business, government, and nonprofit institutions. The M.B.A. curriculum blends technical rigor, managerial theory, and integrative learning experiences through case studies and other teaching methods. A managerial communications course is fully integrated into the program.

The Master of Science in Business Administration program is highly flexible and designed for advanced study in a specialized field. The M.S. program is directed toward the development of competency within a defined area of management. Fields such as accounting, business logistics, finance, insurance, marketing, management science, and real estate are examples of career opportunities requiring specialized knowledge and skill, including research.

The Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Business Administration program offers advanced graduate education for students contemplating careers in academic teaching and research in non-university settings. The faculty of the college views the Ph.D. as evidencing scholarship at the highest level.

Admission Requirements

Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

Applicants to any of the graduate programs in Business Administration are required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), which is administered by the Educational Testing Service four times a year. For dates, locations, and other information about the test, write for the Bulletin of Information, Graduate Management Admission Test, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Criteria for evaluating applicants include professional and academic accomplishments, GMAT scores, recommendations, and personal data from application forms that provide indications of future academic and professional accomplishment.

Work on the M.B.A. degree may be started fall semester only. M.S. and Ph.D. candidates may begin either the fall or spring semester. Individuals from all undergraduate disciplines are encouraged to apply.

While admission to the doctoral program does not require the applicant to hold a master's degree, that is ordinarily the case.

Master's Degree Requirements

The M.B.A. program consists of two distinct portions: (1) preprogram competency expectations, including accounting, economics, mathematics, and statistics; and (2) 48 credits of graduate courses. Individuals who did not have adequate preparation in accounting, economics, mathematics, and statistics in their undergraduate programs can develop the required minimum level of competency through the use of self-teaching guides available through the graduate office in business administration. This competency must be developed before graduate study can begin. The time required to complete this graduate program, based on full-time study, is twenty-one months. The student body is divided into diverse sections of approximately forty students, with each section proceeding through the same core classes each semester. Emphasis is placed on student interaction and shared learning both inside and outside the classroom.

The M.S. program consists of two distinct portions: (1) approximately 33 acceptable undergraduate foundation credits in business administration, economics, and mathematics; and (2) 30 graduate credits in business administration or related areas, including a paper or thesis. An applicant may be admitted without foundation courses, but they must be made up without degree credit. A professional paper and 3 additional credits of graduate-level course work can be substituted for the thesis. The time required to complete the graduate portion of this program, based on full-time study, is twelve to fifteen months.

Doctoral Degree Requirements
Competency Expectations: Entrance into the doctoral program in business administration does not require the completion of an undergraduate degree specifically in business. While almost any major at the undergraduate level may be acceptable, graduate study in business administration does presume a minimum level of competency in mathematics, statistics, and computing. No transcript credit is required for entering doctoral candidates in these areas, except where specified by particular fields of specialization. However, it must be emphasized that lack of minimum competency in mathematics, statistics and computing could be a significant disadvantage to the candidate.
Breadth Requirement: All candidates are expected to develop a broad understanding of the functions of the business organization. To achieve breadth, all Ph.D. candidates must show competency by completing 12 credits of graduate course work in a minimum of two of the approved fields of study within The Smeal College of Business Administration and in economics. The 12 credits in the breadth requirement must be taken in fields outside or separate from a candidate's primary, supporting, and research competency fields.
Primary Field Requirements: All candidates are required to achieve competency in a primary field of business administration. The primary field is the sphere of scholarship that commands the most extensive and intensive portion of a program and is the area in which the dissertation research and major professors are selected. Primary fields may be selected from the following: accounting; finance/insurance and real estate; management and organization; management science/operations/logistics; and marketing and distribution.

Graduate work in a selected primary field may require competency in prerequisite areas, including undergraduate work in the field itself as well as prior work in mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, and social and behavioral sciences. The prerequisite work will be specified by each primary field.
Supporting Field Requirements: All candidates must select a supporting field of study from business administration or related outside areas. Those spheres of scholarship complement the candidate's primary field. Supporting fields from business administration include all the primary fields. Outside supporting fields include, but are not limited to, anthropology, civil engineering, computer science, economics, industrial engineering, mathematics, political science, psychology, sociology, and statistics.
Research Methods Field: All candidates must develop a broad understanding of the scientific research process and in-depth competency in the research methods used in the primary field. Each candidate's doctoral committee shall specify a minimum of three graduate-level courses (beyond the M.B.A. core courses) to constitute a supporting field in research methods. One of these courses must focus on the philosophy of science. Others should cover specific methods and tools relevant for research in the primary fields. A member of the doctoral committee shall be designated to represent the research methods field and shall be responsible for evaluating the candidate's competence in the field.
Language and Communication Requirements: All candidates must be competent in the English language and must have demonstrated skills in communicating ideas both orally and in writing commensurate with the requirements of scholarly and professional work. Competency in the English language for candidates whose native language is not English can be demonstrated as follows: (1) a score of 585 or better on the TOEFL combined with a score of 250 or better on the Test of Spoken English or (2) satisfactory performance in SPCOM 115G.

Satisfactory skills in communicating ideas should be demonstrated by satisfactorily preparing and presenting a working paper for the faculty and peers in the primary field. The language and communication requirements must be satisfied before the scheduling of any portion of the comprehensive examination.

Other Degree Programs

QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT MASTERS PROGRAM (QMM)--The QMM program is an integrated, one-year academic program requiring 30 credits and leading to a master's degree in Manufacturing Management. The Penn State College of Engineering and The Smeal College of Business Administration have jointly developed this curriculum so as to integrate the viewpoints and fundamentals of the disciplines on engineering and business as applied to quality and manufacturing management. The objective of the QMM program is to develop graduates who are prepared to assume leadership positions in manufacturing and to contribute through functional integration to the firm's competitiveness in global markets.

M.B.A./M.H.A. CONCURRENT DEGREE PROGRAM--The MBA Program of The Smeal College of Business Administration and the Department of Health Policy and Administration of the College of Health and Human Development offer a concurrent degree program that will enable a student to finish in two academic years both a master's degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.) and a master's degree in Health Administration (M.H.A.). An M.B.A./M.H.A. graduate will be well-grounded in business management, health management, and the skills and expertise associated with functional areas of health services management. During the two academic years and intervening summer, the student will complete 63 credits of course work and a professional internship of 400 hours in a health care organization.

FIVE-YEAR SCIENCE B.S./M.B.A. PROGRAM--This program is the result of collaboration between the Eberly College of Science and The Smeal College of Business Administration. With the accelerated nature of the program, students can earn a B.S. degree in science and an M.B.A. degree in five calendar years after graduation from high school. For the first three and one-half years, including the first semester of the M.B.A. curriculum, students are enrolled as undergraduates in the Eberly College of Science. For the remaining three semesters, participants are graduate students formally enrolled in The Smeal College of Business Administration M.B.A. program. Successful completion of this program results in a B.S. degree in Science awarded by the Eberly College of Science during year four and an M.B.A. from The Smeal College of Business Administration at the end of year five.

Student Aid

In addition to the fellowships, traineeships, graduate assistantships, and other forms of financial aid described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin, other awards are available to graduate students in The Smeal College of Business Administration. Those awards are published by the college in a separate document.

ACCOUNTING (ACCTG)
Dr. Charles Smith, Chair; 814-865-0041
403. AUDITING (4)
404. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (4)
406. ADVANCED FEDERAL TAXATION (3)
413. AUDITING INTERNSHIP (3)
414. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP (3)
416. FEDERAL INCOME TAX FORM PREPARATION (1)
421. (I B) INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING (3)
432. ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS (4)
471. INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I (3)
472. INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II (3)
473. ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (4)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

501. RESEARCH METHODS IN ACCOUNTING (3) An introduction to the methods and techniques of contemporary research in accounting. Prerequisites: ACCTG 504, 507, and a course in statistical inference.

503. SEMINAR IN AUDITING (3) The attest function of independent public accountants, verification of financial statements; problems of evidence, independence, ethics, professional responsibilities. Prerequisite: ACCTG 403.

504. SEMINAR IN MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3-6) Accounting and the managerial process of planning, control, and decision making.
507. SEMINAR IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (3) Theoretical basis of financial accounting.
508. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING (3) Selected problems of current interest to the accounting profession.

511. FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3) Fundamental financial and managerial accounting concepts and issues from the viewpoint of the report user.

512. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING THEORY AND REPORTING PROBLEMS (3) Measurement and reporting of financial information for external purposes, with particular attention to current problems in asset and income measurement. Prerequisite: ACCTG 511.
514. SEMINAR IN FEDERAL TAXATION (3) The federal tax structure, including legal, economic, and
government implications; focusing on business decisions, research methodology, and tax planning.

515. DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING THOUGHT (3) Development of accounting thought from ancient civilizations to the present.

516. SEMINAR IN NOT-FOR-PROFIT ACCOUNTING (3) Measurement and structuring of financial information for managerial planning and control and external reporting.

524. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3) Concepts and techniques of accounting for planning, control, and motivation. Prerequisite: ACCTG 511.

538. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3) Analysis of information requirements for planning, decision making, and performance measurement in organizations. Prerequisite: ACCTG 531.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--ACCOUNTING (1-12)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (B A)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
499. FOREIGN STUDY--BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2-6)

500. MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3) Development of a marketing management focus, including market analysis, competition analysis, and decisions in pricing, products, promotion, and distribution channels.

501. MANAGING PEOPLE IN ORGANZIATIONS (2.5) Examination and application of concepts of human behavior to managing people in work organizations.
503. SEMINAR IN PUBLIC UTILITIES (3)

510. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (2) Integration and application of decision making to operational and policy problems within the business firm.

511. ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING (2) An integrative approach to the role of accounting information in the investment decision process and implementation of a firm's strategy.

512. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING (2) Construction and use of quantitative methods in business decision making.

513. (PSY, PHIL) PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF EMPIRICAL SCIENCE (3) Scientific methodologies and their presuppositions, with special emphasis on behavioral and social sciences. Prerequisite: doctoral candidacy in business administration or psychology or graduate status in philosophy.

517. COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR MANAGEMENT (1-3) Development of communication skills required for management; audience awareness, style, individual and group presentations. Prerequisite: admission to the Master of Business Administration program.

522. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING (1.5) Useof statistical analysis in understanding business data and making decisions.

531. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3) An intensive examination of techniques available to aid the financial manager in decision making.

533. PRICES AND MARKETS I (2) A survey of analytical concepts and techniques essential to an understanding of the business environment.

534. PRICES AND MARKETS II (1.5) A survey of macroeconomic analytical concepts and techniques essential to an understanding of the business environment.

555. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (2) Analysis of ethical, political, social, legal and regulatory, environmental, technological, and demographic diversity environment of business.

560. ENTERPRISE CONSULTING (3) Student groups engaging in consulting relationships with enterprises through use of managerial techniques for identification, analysis, and solution of managerial problems. Prerequisites: B A 511; B A 533; B A 501; MSIS 510, 511.

571. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (2.5) Analysis and application of strategy concepts and techniques in business organizations.

574. BUSINESS RESEARCH (1-3) A project paper, comparable in quality and scope of work to a graduate thesis, on problems of a company. Prerequisite: 15 credits of 400- and 500-level courses in business administration.

578. ENTREPRENEURSHIP (3) Study of the development or acquisition of a business appropriate to the objectives and resources of the individual entrepreneur.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (1-12)

BUSINESS LAW (B LAW)
410. CRIMINAL LAW IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY (3)
425. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, PROPERTY, AND COMMERCE (3)
445. BUSINESS AND PUBLIC LAW (3)
471. (ADM J) LEGAL RIGHTS, DUTIES, LIABILITIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3)
473. (ADM J) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

575. LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS (3) Theoretical/transactional analysis of financial market regulation: securities laws, disclosure, public offerings, insider trading, professional liability, proxies and tender offers.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BUSINESS LOGISTICS (B LOG)
Dr. John Spychalski, Chair; 814-865-1866
405. WAREHOUSE AND TERMINAL MANAGEMENT (3)
410. TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND POLICY (3)
415. PURCHASING AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (3)
420. URBAN TRANSPORTATION (3)
421. LOGISTICS ANALYSIS (3)
425W. LOGISTICS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (3)
430. TRANSPORT PROBLEMS (3)
455. INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

538. LOGISTICS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (3) Control of the movement of goods; coordination of supply and demand in creation and maximization of time and place utility.

540. TRANSPORT POLICY (3) Role of transport in the economy. Transport systems elements, development cost, and pricing characteristics. Public control and public policies.

541. SEMINAR IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT (3) Role of public transport in social and economic activity, policy, planning, and management topics; analytical methods applied to public transit issues.

542. LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT PLANNING (3) Techniques of analysis for public and private sector project and program decisions.

544. LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT (3) Design of optimal strategies for transport and logistics systems management under varying internal and external conditions. Prerequisites: 6 credits in business logistics.

546. PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT (3) Analysis, planning, and management of domestic and international procurement and supply activities.

560. SEMINAR IN TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND POLICY (3 per semester, maximum of 6) Comparative analysis of theoretical and empirical studies in transport cost, demand, pricing, and policy problems.
565. SEMINAR IN BUSINESS LOGISTICS (3-6)
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--BUSINESS LOGISTICS (1-12)

FINANCE (FIN)
Dr. William A. Kracaw, Chair; 814-863-0486
405. CAPITAL BUDGETING (3)
406. SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (3)
408. FINANCIAL MARKETS (3)
410. SPECULATIVE MARKETS (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
504. PROBLEMS IN FINANCE (3-6) Planned individual projects involving library, laboratory, or field work.

505. (I B) MULTINATIONAL MANAGERIAL FINANCE (3) Analysis of international aspects of managerial finance. Emphasis on the environmental and institutional factors influencing capital acquisition and allocation. Prerequisite: FIN 531.

506. PORTFOLIO THEORY AND POLICY (3) Rigorous examination and analysis of asset-holder behavior under conditions of risk and uncertainty.
508. ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS (3) Analysis of factors affecting price determination in financial markets.

510. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3) Critical investigation of problems of current interest in the market structure and internal operations of financial institutions.

532. FINANCIAL DECISION PROCESSES (3) Financial decision making under uncertainty; positive and normative models and current issues in financial management.

541. SECURITY ANALYSIS (3) Discussion and application of analytical techniques in security valuation, including use of computers.

561. SEMINAR IN FINANCE (3-6) Comparative analysis of research in the theories of finance; relationships to business management practices.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--FINANCE (1-12)

INSURANCE (INS)
Dr. Kenneth Lusht, Chair; 814-865-1190
400. ESTATE PLANNING (3)
401. FUNDAMENTALS OF PRIVATE PENSIONS (3)
405. CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT (3)
410. COMPOUND INTEREST AND ANNUITIES--CERTAIN (3)
411. LIFE CONTINGENCIES I (3)
412. LIFE CONTINGENCIES II (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-9)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

500. MANAGEMENT OF THE INSURANCE ENTERPRISE (3) Management planning associated with risk bearing; pricing, reserving, reinsurance, and regulation; Lloyds and other significant world insurance markets; insurance intermediaries.
504. PROBLEMS IN INSURANCE (3) Planned individual projects involving library, laboratory, or field work.

510. RISK MANAGEMENT (3) Analysis of managerial problems and responsibilities of risk analysis, removal or reduction, and allocation of corporate resources to provide indemnity.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--INSURANCE (1-12)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (I B)
Dr. Fariborz Ghadar, Director, 814-865-0544
407. (FIN) MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3)
421. (ACCTG) INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

500. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (3) Concepts and institutions affecting the international conduct of business; interface between nations and international firms; alternative policies businesses employ internationally.

501. COMPARATIVE BUSINESS SYSTEMS (3) Conceptual approach analyzing and predicting influences of social, political, and economic norms and values upon diverse societies' managerial decision making.

502. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACRO ANALYSIS (3) International economic, trade, political, and monetary tools are applied to national policy issues and international business operations. Prerequisite: I B 500.

503. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS POLICY (3) Analysis of the internal operations of multinational firms; design of optimal strategies of operation under varying environmental conditions. Prerequisite: I B 500.

504. SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (3-6) Seminar in techniques applied to selected topics; market structures; capital budgeting, investment; comparisons of foreign norms and values; multinational organization characteristics.

505. (FIN) MULTINATIONAL MANAGERIAL FINANCE (3) Analysis of the international aspects of managerial finance. Emphasis on the environmental and institutional factors influencing capital acquisition and allocation. Prerequisite: FIN 531.

515. (R EST) INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS (3) Analysis of economic, financial, legal, and political factors affecting the intenrational real estate decision making. Topics include cross-cultural property concepts, global real estate investment, and international land use policies.

518. (MKTG) GLOBAL MARKETING (3) Role of international marketing in the global business environment; development of marketing plans and implementation strategies under differing socio-economic conditions. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (1-12)

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION (MGMT)
Dr. Gerald I. Susman, Chair; 814-865-1789
401. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT (3)
424. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ORGANIZATIONS (3)
441. ADVANCED HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3)
471. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

501. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE IN BUSINESS (3) Application of behavioral science concepts and analytical methods to problems in business organizations. Analysis of administrative behavior and decision making.

505. MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (3) An analysis of the strategic, organizational, and human resource issues firms must face in order to implement advanced manufacturing technology and practices.

521. POWER AND NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES (3) This course covers strategies and tactics for understanding conflicts, for negotiating effectively, and for dealing successfully with power in organizations.

523. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: THEORY AND PRACTICE (3) Analysis of research, theory, and practice in dynamics of organizational change. Research literature reviewed for evaluation of concepts and methods.

528. SEMINAR IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (3) Current theoretical and research issues applicable to the study of individual and group behavior within organizational settings.

538. SEMINAR IN ORGANIZATION THEORY (3) Current theoretical and research issues applicable to the study of design and management of complex organizations.

541. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3) An in-depth examination of the strategic planning and implementation of human resource management, including staffing, development, appraisal, and rewards.

548. SEMINAR IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3) Current theoretical and research issues applicable to the study of the design, implementation, and evaluation of human resource practices and programs.

558. SEMINAR IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING (3) An in-depth examination of decision making, including bounded rationality, political behaviors, choice and post-decision processes.

573. CORPORATE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES (3) Survey of managerial issues involved in formulating and implementing a corporate innovation or technology strategy.

578. SEMINAR IN CORPORATE STRATEGY (3) Current theoretical and research issues applicable to the study of corporate strategy formulation and implementation.

588. SEMINAR IN MULTI-LEVEL ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH (3) The seminar addresses theory, research, and methodological issues surrounding the multi-level integration of micro- and macro-organizational concepts. Prerequisite: MGMT 528, 538, or equivalent.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--MANAGEMENT (1-12)

MARKETING (MKTG)
Dr. Jerry Olson, Chair; 814-865-1869
422. ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION MANAGEMENT (3)
424. MARKETING RESEARCH PROJECTS (3)
426. INDUSTRIAL MARKETING (3)
428. SALES MARKETING (3)
435, MARKETING AND SOCIETY (3)
440. SERVICES MARKETING (3)
445. (I B) GLOBAL MARKETING (3)
450W. MARKETING MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

510. PLANNING MARKETING STRATEGY AND PROGRAMS (3) Development of marketing strategy consistent with corporate plans, including integrated marketing mix programs based on environmental, customer, and competitive analysis. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

511. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR MARKETING DECISIONS (3) Application of quantitative and analytical tools for marketing decisions in forecasting, new product development, advertising, promotions, pricing, and personal selling. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

512. CONSUMER AND MARKET BEHAVIOR (3) Application of buyer behavior concepts from the behavioral sciences, including utility, culture, life cycle, personality, attitudes, learning, decision making. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

513. MARKET RESEARCH (3) User-oriented analysis of marketing research process, including problem definition, design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and presentation. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

514. MANAGEMENT OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS (3) Management of advertising, sales promotion, and personal selling programs. Topics: segmentation; copy, media, budget decisions; sales territory; and management issues. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

515. BUSINESS MARKETING (3) Study of marketing of goods and services to business, institutions, and government. Focus on organizational buying, market planning and analysis, and development of marketing mix. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

516. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT (3) Marketing and product strategies for new and old products are covered in this course. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

517. (MSIS) BARGAINING AND PROCUREMENT IN A MARKET CONTEXT (3) Bargaining and procurement arrangements between purchases of goods and services and potential suppliers; includes discussion of government procurement. Prerequisite: first-year MBA core requirements.

518. (I B) GLOBAL MARKETING (3) Role of international marketing in the global business environment; development of marketing plans and implementation strategies under differing socio-economic conditions. Prerequisite: MKTG 500.

551. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BUYER BEHAVIOR (3) Review of marketing and social sciences research related to understanding consumer and market behavior.
552. MARKETING THEORY (3) Theory building in marketing; the intricate relation of theory and research.

553. DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETING THOUGHT (1) Analysis of major contributions to the development of marketing thought.

554. RESEARCH METHODS IN MARKETING (3) Philosophical, methodological, and measurement issues involved in designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting research in marketing.

555. MARKETING MODELS (3) Topics in the model building approach to marketing decision making, focusing on current research issues.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--MARKETING (1-12)

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MSIS)
Dr. J. Keith Ord, Chair; 814-865-0073

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (OPMGT)
401W. (MSIS) STATISTICS AND QUALITY CONTROL (3)
416. OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL (3)
418. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (3)
419. QUALITY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION (3)
420. (MSIS) QUALITY ASSURANCE (3)
455. (MSIS) SIMULATION MODELS OF BUSINESS PROCESSES (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)

515. MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES (3) Examination of research-based findings in operations management, focusing on the design and reliability of production systems.

516. OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL (3) Examination of research-based findings in operations management. The focus is on the operation and control of production systems.

518. MANAGEMENT OF INVENTORY SYSTEMS (3) Analysis of business organizations as integrated inventory systems. Inventory theory and model building as tools for management decision making. Prerequisite: B A 510, MSIS 516, or I E 509.

520. MANUFACTURING AND OPERATIONS STRATEGY (3) Examination of the relationship among strategy, structure, and technology in manufacturing (operating) organizations with the goal of creating competitive advantage. Prerequisite: B A 510.

525. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (3) Concepts of design, assessment, and improvement of a quality system in an organization. Includes process documentation and international quality standards.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (1-12)

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MSIS)
401W. (OPMGT) STATISTICS AND QUALITY CONTROL (3)
402. REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND BUSINESS FORECASTING (3)
404. SAMPLING IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH (3)
427. MANAGEMENT DECISION THEORY (3)
450. MODELS AND METHODS FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING (3)
452. NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING (3)
455. (OPMGT) SIMULATION MODELS OF BUSINESS PROCESSES (3)
459. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3)
461. PROBABILISTIC MODELS IN BUSINESS (3)
465. MANAGERIAL FORECASTING (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
500. SEMINAR IN BUSINESS STATISTICS (3-6)

501. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS (3) Development and use of univariate and bivariate statistical models in the analysis of busiens decisions with emphasis on data analysis. Prerequisites: CMPSC 203, MSIS 402.

516. (I E) APPLIED STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (3) Discrete and continuous time stochastic processes, including discrete time Markov chains, Poisson processes, continuous time Markov chains, and renewal processes. Prerequisite: I E 322, MSIS 403, or STAT 318.

517. (MKTG) BARGAINING AND PROCUREMENT IN A MARKET CONTEXT (3) Bargaining and procurement arrangements between purchases of goods and services and potential suppliers; includes discussion of government procurement. Prerequisite: first-year MBA core requirements.

519. (I E) DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING (3) Deterministic and stochastic dynamic programming. Markov decision processes. Applications to economic and engineering systems. Prerequisite: I E 516 or MSIS 516.

527. ANALYSIS FOR DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY (3) Topics in decision making under uncertainty, including decision theory, Bayesian statistics; payoff function, including utility theory and multi-attribute measures.

528. GAME THEORY AND COMPETITIVE DECISION MAKING (3) Concepts, methods, and applications of game theory; modeling and analysis of strategic and competitive situations in business. Prerequisite: MSIS 501.

532. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SIMULATION (3) Application of computer simulation to the analysis and design of management decision systems. Design of simulation experiments in business research. Prerequisite: 3 credits of computer programming.

533. REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS (3) The development and use of regression models in the analysis of business decisions.

537. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS (3) The development and use of multivariate statistical models in the analysis of business decisions.

540. MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING (3) Theory and application of mathematical progamming methods. Prerequisite: prior course work in linear programming and linear algebra.

550. SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING (3-6) discussion of current mehods in math programming. Prerequisite: I E 510 or MSIS 540.

555. (MKTG) MARKETING MODELS (3) Topics in the model building approach to marketing decision making, focusing on current research issues.

565. MANAGERIAL FORECASTING (3) The use of time-series models, including exponential smoothing and Box-Jenkins (ARIMA) techniques for business and economic forecasting.

567. NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS (3) The use of nonparametric statistical techniques in the analysis of business decisions.

570. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE: IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL (3) Development and application of management science models. Model formulation and specification, sensitivity analysis, problems encountered in implemention and control.

580. TOPICS IN GAME THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (3) Recent developments in game theory and business/economic applications are studied. Students develop and present research ideas--topics vary. Prerequisite: ECON 521.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (1-12)

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (M I S)
433. COMPUTER AUDIT AND CONTROL (3)
437. INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (3)
438. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3)
439. DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3)

531. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3) Information system theories and methods applied to administrative structures and management decisions in organizations.

533. DATABASE DESIGN AND APPLICATION (3) Theoretical, conceptual, and practical issues concerning database design and management in business/industrial management environment. Prerequisite: M I S 531.

537. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN (3) Cost, value, and technical considerations in the analysis and design of information systems whose purposes are to aid decision making in organizations. Prerequisite: M I S 531.

538. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3) Analysis of information requirements for planning, decision making, and performance measurement in organizations. Prerequisite: M I S 531.

539. MANAGEMENT OF M I S (3) Organizational issues in managing computer-based information systems. Prerequisites: M I S 531, MGMT 501.
599. FOREIGN STUDY--MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS(1-12)

REAL ESTATE (R EST)
Dr. Kenneth Lusht, Chair; 814-865-1190
400. (B LAW) REAL ESTATE LAW (3)
409. REAL ESTATE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT (3)
410. THE VALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY (3)
425. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, PROPERTY, AND COMMERCE (3)
440. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS (3)
450W. SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE (3)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
499. FOREIGN STUDY--REAL ESTATE (1-12)

510. REAL ESTATE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (3) Real estate finance and investment analysis. Topics include housing, demand and supply of credit, and real estate investment strategies.

515. (I B) INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS (3) Analysis of economic, financial, legal, and political factors affecting the intenrational real estate decision making. Topics include cross-cultural property concepts, global real estate investment, and international land use policies.
540. REAL ESTATE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS II (3) Theories and methods of advanced real estate financial analysis.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
599. FOREIGN STUDY--REAL ESTATE (1-12)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (B ADM)

JOHN M. MAGENAU, Director of the M.B.A. Program
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Station Road
Erie, PA 16563

Degree Conferred: M.B.A.

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Stuart J. Allen, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Associate Professor of Management
S. Saad Andaleeb, Ph.D. (Illinois) Assistant Professor of Marketing
Michael P. D'Itri, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Assistant Professor of Management
David T. Doran, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) Assistant Professor of Accounting
John L. Fizel, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Associate Professor of Economics
Michele A. Govekar, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Assistant Professor of Management
James A. Kurre, Ph.D. (Wayne State) Associate Professor of Economics
Kenneth K. T. Louie, Ph.D. (Illinois) Assistant Professor of Economics
John M. Magenau, Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo) Associate Professor of Management
Jack Martin, Ph.D. (Penn State) Assistant Professor of Management
Ido Millet, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Jeffrey K. Pinto, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) Assistant Professor of Management
Timothy R. Smaby, Ph.D. (Cincinnati) Assistant Professor of Finance
Lakshminarayana Talluru, Ph.D. (Syracuse) Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Margaret A. Thoms, Ph.D. (Ohio State) Assistant Professor of Management
Jeffrey W. Trailer, Ph.D. (Houston) Assistant Professor of Management
Barry R. Weller, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Economics
Chester Wolford, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Business and English

The Penn State Erie M.B.A. is a general degree emphasizing development of the planning and problem-solving skills crucial in middle and upper management. Course work emphasizes the practical application of theory in the business world, often simulating problems and actual situations students are experiencing at work. Nearly all students are fully employed professionals who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the classroom. Both full-time and part-time study are possible and the program can be completed by attending evening and/or Saturday classes.

Admission Requirements

Admission is granted only to candidates who demonstrate high promise of success for graduate work. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

Applicants are required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) administered by the Educational Testing Service, Box 966, Princeton, NJ 08541; telephone (609) 771-7330.

Admission decisions are based on the following: undergraduate grade-point average; work experience; the degree of correspondence between the applicant's objectives and those of the program; three letters of reference; and GMAT score. Entering graduate students for whom English is not the first language are required to have a score of at least 550 on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination. Admission is open during the fall and spring semesters, as well as during the summer session.

Master's Degree Requirements

The Master of Business Administration degree program consists of a core of twelve required courses (36 credits) and four elective courses (12 credits). The core courses cover accounting, business environment, communications, economics, finance, information systems, management, marketing, organizations, planning and policy, production and operations management, and statistics. Where appropriate, each core course also contains an international business component.

These core courses develop the qualitative and quantitative tools that managers need for problem solving. Information systems foster skills in the organization and use of data. The focus of the M.B.A. program is the appropriate use of these tools and skills in solving unstructured problems that involve several functional areas.

Elective courses allow students to pursue a particular area in depth and to gain an appreciation of more complex issues facing managers. Program participants may select from courses in human resources, information systems, international business, marketing, operations management, and quantitative
analysis.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin.

COURSES

ACCOUNTING (ACNTG)

501. FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3) Comprehensive study of financial accounting: financial information for internal management, planning and special decisions, cost determination, performance evaluation, and control. Prerequisite: ACCTG 101 or 104.

521. ADVANCED ACCOUNTING THEORY (3) Intensive study of accounting principles at an advanced level for students who have had a thorough accounting program. Prerequisite: ACTNG 501.

531. INCOME TAX (3) Tax regulations applicable to partnerships, corporations, estates, and trusts, with emphasis on tax determination and planning.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

COMMUNICATIONS (COMMU)

501. BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (3) A survey of, and practice in, methods and procedures of good business communications.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

ECONOMICS (ECNS)

501. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (3) Application of economic theory to managerial decision making. Prerequisite: ECON 002 or 004.

502. MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY (3) Analysis of factors influencing the level of aggregate economic activity. Prerequisites: 3 credits of macroeconomics.
521. MONEY AND BANKING (3) Principles of money, banking, and credit.

541. BUSINESS FORECASTING (3) A survey of contemporary business forecasting techniques, including smoothing, decomposition, regression, and time series analysis. Prerequisite: QANLY 501.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

FINANCE (FNC)

501. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3) Financial management of the firm, with special emphasis on financial planning, capital budgeting, and cost of capital concepts. Prerequisite: ACNTG 501.

521. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3) Characteristics of financial institutions: services, assets management and growth; investment demand, government policies, consumer behavior, and savings intermediaries. Prerequisite: FNC 501.

531. INVESTMENT THEORY (3) Advanced literature pertaining to investments; special reference to the theory of random walks, stock valuation models, and portfolio management. Prerequisite: FNC 501.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (INT B)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

MANAGEMENT (MANGT)
501. PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (3) An overview of the basic functions of management.
531. ORGANIZATIONS (3) An examination of organizational theories and processes of organizational behavior.

543. LEGAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS (3) The interaction of business with society and with the legal and political environments.

545. ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES (3) The contribution of the entrepreneur to the enterprise system, supporting public policies and personal requirements for entrepreneurial success. Prerequisites: ACNTG 501, FNC 501.

551. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3) An overview of areas of human resources management. Prerequisites: MANGT 501.
553. LABOR RELATIONS (3) Labor relations in the modern business organization.

571. STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUSINESS POLICY (3) Formulation of objectives and implementation of programs to promote long-range success of the organization in a changing environment. Prerequisite: completion of 24 graduate-level credits in the MBA program, including FNC 501, MANGT 501, MRKTG 501.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MISBD)

501. INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ORGANIZATIONS (3) Understanding and analyzing information in organizations; fundamental concepts of systems and information.

521. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (3) Introduces tools of information analysis and requirements specification in organizations; development strategies, management, behavior, problem finding, requirements determination, and specification. Prerequisite: MISBD 501.

531. DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3) Introduces concepts of file structures, access techniques, data management, models and implementations, database administration, data query, update, and report generation. Prerequisite: MISBD 501.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

MARKETING (MRKTG)

MARKETING (MRKT)

520. MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3) Consideration of modern marketing concepts, application, and managerial issues. Prerequisites: BUS 501, ECNMS 510.

570. MARKETING STRATEGY AND PLANNING (3) Analysis of management's marketing problems, including marketing analyses, pricing, channels of distribution, promotion, competition, product strategies, and marketing research. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

571. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR (3) Factors influencing buyer behavior; contributions of the behavioral sciences to the study of selected phenomena. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

572. MARKETING RESEARCH (3) Management information needs, evaluation of research proposals and findings, methods of data collection and analysis, integration of research and decisions. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

585. BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETING (3) Marketing of products and services to other businesses and organizations, including strategy, planning, research, communications, pricing, distribution, and global issues. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

501. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3) Quantitative models to aid in the decision-making process connected with operating and controlling the production of goods and services.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (QANLY)

501. STATISTICS FOR MODERN BUSINESS DECISION MAKING (3) A survey of statistical techniques to aid in the decision-making process.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BADMN)

NOTE: Information in printed version of 1996-98 Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin contains some inaccurate BADMN program information. This information supersedes the printed version.

Director of Graduate Studies

Penn State Harrisburg

School of Business Administration

777 West Harrisburg Pike

E-355 Olmsted Building

Middletown, PA 17057-4898

717-948-6140

Degree Conferred: M.B.A.

The Graduate Faculty

Harvey Arbelaez, Ph.D. (Temple) Assistant Professor of Finance

Melvin Blumberg, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Management

Karen L. Brown, D.B.A. (Louisiana Tech) Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Terence A. Brown, D.B.A. (Maryland) Associate Professor of Transportation and Marketing

Refik Culpan, Ph.D. (NYU) Associate Professor of Management and International Business

Jacob De Rooy, Ph.D. (Rutgers) Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Statistics

Carolyn R. Dexter, Ph.D. (Columbia) Professor of Management and Marketing

Krishna S. Dhir, Ph.D. (Colorado) Professor of Business Administration

Eugenia Fernandez, Ph.D. (Purdue) Assistant Professor of Information Systems

Janet Greenlee, Ph.D. (Kentucky) Assistant Professor of Professional Accountancy

Jean Harris, Ph.D. (Virginia) Associate Professor of Professional Accountancy

Erdener Kaynak, Ph.D. (Cranfield) Professor of Marketing

Mehdi Khosrowpour, D.B.A. (Nova) Associate Professor of Information Systems

Mukund S. Kulkarni, Ph.D. (Kentucky) Associate Professor of Finance

Ching-Chung Kuo, Ph.D. (Northwestern) Associate Professor of Operations Management

Robert Larson, Ph.D. (Utah) Assistant Professor of Professional Accountancy

David A. Morand, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Management

Vedula N. Murti, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Assistant Professor of Economics and Statistics

Sudhir Nanda, Ph.D. (Massachusetts) Assistant Professor of Finance

Kurt H. Parkum, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Associate Professor of Management

Robert D. Russell, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) Assistant Professor of Management

Stephen P. Schappe, Ph.D. (Ohio State) Assistant Professor of Management

Girish Subramanian, Ph.D. (Temple) Associate Professor of Information Systems

Gayle J. Yaverbaum, Ph.D. (Temple) Associate Professor of Information Systems

Ugur Yucelt, Ph.D. (New School) Associate Professor of Marketing

The students served by the M.B.A. program are, primarily nontraditional and reside within the Capital Region. With the exception of a small percentage who are full time, students are employees of area businesses, state and local governments, and not-for-profit organizations and study on part-time basis. The program is intended not only to satisfy current individual needs for professional growth, but also to foster lifelong learning. As an outcome of the program, students may expect to gain problem-solving skills as well as technical expertise, critical thinking skills, desirable attitudes and values, and participative strengths.

To strengthen the educational experience, the curriculum places high priority on teaching and currency of curriculum. Oral and written communication, research, integration of concepts throughout the curriculum and cross-functional approaches are emphasized.

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) are required for admission. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

An applicant must hold a baccalaureate degree in any field from a regionally accredited, college-level institution. Admission decisions are based primarily on an applicant's junior/senior cumulative grade-point average and Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores. Results of any postbaccalaureate course work, professional experience, and the applicant's statements provided in the application also are considered. Letters of recommendation are optional. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces available for new students.

In addition to GMAT scores, applicants whose native language is not English must provide scores, and must achieve a minimum score of 550, on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). To reflect an applicant's current aptitude for business studies accurately, both GMAT and TOEFL tests should have been completed within the past five years.

The GMAT and TOEFL tests are administered by the Educational Testing Service in October, January, March, and June. For applications, specific dates, locations, and any other information about the tests, applicants may write to the Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6103, Princeton, NJ 08541-6103, USA. All arrangements for taking the tests are made directly with the Educational Testing Service.

Application Deadline: Candidates may enter the program at the beginning of the fall or spring semester, or the summer session. To allow time for processing the applications, all required information must be received by July 18 for the fall semester, November 18 for the spring semester, and April 18 for the summer session.

Applicants who wish an early decision must have all required information on file by April 18 for the fall semester, July 18 for the spring semester, and November 18 for the summer session. Because of the need to obtain various clearances, applicants from outside the United States should submit all required information by the dates required for early admission decisions. Applications may be requested from the Penn State Harrisburg Admissions Office (717-948-6200 or 800-222-2056).

Transfer Credits: Academic credit up to a maximum of 10 credits of high- quality graduate work completed at other accredited institutions may be applied toward requirements for the M.B.A. degree. However, credits used to complete a previous degree may not be applied. Transferred academic work must have been completed within five years prior to admission to the program, must be of at least B quality, must appear on a graduate transcript, and must have the approval of the M.B.A. program. Pass-fail grades are not transferable to an advanced degree program unless the "Pass" can be substantiated by the institution where it was earned as having at least B quality. Transfer credits may reduce the number of credits required at Penn State Harrisburg.

Waivers: The M.B.A. program is clustered into three groups of course work: (1) core courses, (2) breadth courses, and (3) electives. The courses in the core may be waived on the basis of a minimum of 6 credits of equivalent advanced undergraduate course work or credits earned in equivalent graduate-level course work completed with an average grade of B or better at a regionally accredited, college-level institution within five years prior to admission. Another 500-level graduate elective course must replace a waived course. A maximum of 6 credits may be waived.

Limitation on Transfer Credits and Waivers: Students who have been admitted to the M.B.A. program at Penn State Harrisburg may not subsequently receive transfer or waiver credits for courses taken at another institution unless prior written approval has been obtained.

Mathematics Requirement: Students are required to demonstrate competence in mathematics through college-level calculus prior to enrolling in their M.B.A. course work. This may be demonstrated by: (1) satisfactory completion of a college-level calculus course, such as QUANT 310 offered at Penn State Harrisburg, with a grade of C or better or (2) successful completion of a mathematics proficiency examination approved by the MBA program. A waiver may also be granted for completion of an undergraduate degree program that would have demonstrated the appropriate level of mathematics or quantitative competence.

Computer Requirement: Students are required to demonstrate competence in computers through a college-level microcomputer applications course prior to enrolling for their M.B.A. course work. This may be demonstrated by (1) satisfactory completion of a college-level microcomputer course, such as INFSY 305 offered at Penn State Harrisburg, with a grade of B or better within six years prior to admission to the MBA program, (2) successful completion of a microcomputer proficiency examination approved by the MBA program; or (3) validated work experience, approved by the MBA program.

Proficiency in Writing: The ability to think clearly and write effectively is important to address today's managerial demands and, therefore, are skills required prior to entering the program. These skills may be demonstrated by a score of "4" or more on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) Analytical Writing Assessment. For students who do not achieve this score, additional course work in college-level English with a grade of B or better and/or other remedial work, as approved by the MBA program, will be required.

Continuity of Registration: A student who does not register for one or more semesters (with the exception of summer session) must apply through the Admissions Office for permission to resume studies. Students who are granted permission to resume studies by the School of Business Administration will be required to update their programs to meet current M.B.A. program requirements.

Time Limitation on Admission: Candidates for the M.B.A. program are granted admission only for the semester, or summer session, stated in their letters of admission. Students who fail to enroll must obtain the permission of the School of Business Administration to begin studies at a later semester (or summer session) and must meet the requirements for the M.B.A. program in effect for the semester (or summer session) when they commence study for the degree.

Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating of information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Sanctions imposed for acts of academic dishonesty may range from receiving an F for the course involved to expulsion from the University. (See Policies and Rules, policy 49-20.)

Master's Degree Requirements

(NOTE: Courses in the MBA program are reserved exclusively for graduate students.)

The M.B.A. degree requires 48 credits of course work, all at the graduate level. University policy permits the transfer of up to 10 credits. Thus, the number of credits may be reduced for students having applicable transfer credits or course waivers. These credits must be distributed over the three groups of courses described here.

1. Core Courses (18 credits): Core courses provide a foundation in theory, tools, and techniques required for competent, legal, and ethical management of profit and/or nonprofit organizations along with an understanding of regulatory, technological, environmental, demographic diversity, social, and political influences as they affect such organizations. The core is also designed to provide a basic understanding of the concepts and applications of financial reporting, domestic and global economic environments of organizations, creation and distribution of goods and services, and human behavior in organizations. Required courses are: BUS 501, ECNMS 510, MNGMT 510, MRKT 520, P ACC 501, and MNGMT 522. See course list below for titles and descriptions.

2. Breadth Courses (18 credits): Breadth courses provide advanced work beyond that required by the core courses and are aimed at developing a general competence for overall management. Required courses are: BUS 548; BUS 550 and 551 or BUS 554; BUS 584; BUS 588; FINAN 521; INFSY 540; and P ACC 540. With the exception of BUS 588, all core courses should be taken before breadth and elective courses are taken. BUS 588 must be among the last 6 credits taken in the program. See course list below for titles and descriptions.

3. Elective Courses (minimum of 12 credits): Elective courses allow students to select additional courses of interest. Electives may be selected from courses offered by the Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration and/or courses offered by other academic programs. Electives must be approved by the student's faculty adviser.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin.

COURSES

*Courses in the M.B.A. program are reserved exclusively for graduate students.

BUSINESS (BUS)

501. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS (3) Application of statistical techniques to the formulation, analysis, interpretation, and solution of business problems. Prerequisite: admission to M.B.A. or M.S.I.S. program.

520. ADMINISTRATIVE MODELS (3) Formulation and solution of decision models for administrative problems. Analysis of decision making under certainty, risk, and uncertainty. Prerequisite: BUS 548.

548. QUANTITATIVE METHODS (3) Advanced topics in quantitative analysis including game theory, integer and dynamic programming, waiting line models, Markov process and simulation. Prerequisite: MNGMT 522.

550. BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS (1) Selection of a research topic, construction of a bibliography, literature survey and data collection, and preparation of a research proposal. Prerequisite: This course must be completed successfully (grade of A, B, or C) before registering for the last 6 credits of the M.B.A. program. Concurrent: BUS 551.

551. MASTER'S PAPER (2) Completion of a professional paper in the student's major field of interest under supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: This course must be completed successfully (grade of A, B, or C) before registering for the last 6 credits of the M.B.A. program. Concurrent: BUS 550.

552. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS (3) Application of multivariate statistical methods for analyzing the relationships between two or more variables. Prerequisite: BUS 501.

554. MASTER'S PROJECT (3) Development of an original master's project in the student's professional field of interest and preparation of a paper. Prerequisite: This course must be completed successfully (grade of A, B, or C) before registering for the last 6 credits of the MBA program.

556. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS FORECASTING (3) Application and evaluation of methods for forecasting regional economic change and business activity. Prerequisites: BUS 501, ECNMS 510.

560. SAMPLING THEORY AND PRACTICE (3) Study of scientific method of obtaining representative samples, collection of information, techniques of estimation. Prerequisite: BUS 501.

584. BUSINESS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY (3) Business sector and society relations; international and cultural issues; corporate values and ethics; relationship to stakeholders; social, political, legal environments. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or MS/IS program.

588. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3) Analysis of administrative problems from a total organization viewpoint. Case studies of actual organizations are used for analysis. Prerequisite: all course work or permission of the program.

589. SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM (1-3) Advanced study and practice in small business management through field assignments with cooperating firms to analyze and solve managerial problems.

590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

ECONOMICS (ECNMS)

ECONOMICS (ECNMS)

510. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (3) Economic analysis of demand for the firm's output and production costs; implications of various market structures; government regulation. Prerequisite: admission to the M.B.A. or M.S.I.S. program.

560. MACRO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (3) Macro-economic theory; international trade and finance; monetary and fiscal policies and their effects on the firm. Prerequisite: ECNMS 510.

521. CORPORATE FINANCE (3) An in-depth analysis of concepts and techniques of corporate financial management. Prerequisites: P ACC 501.

522. INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (3) Investment analysis and portfolio management theory and applications. Prerequisite: FINAN 521.

526. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE (3) Basics of corporate finance extended to the international environment through a special consideration of exchange rate behavior and its management. Prerequisite: FINAN 521.

530. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3) An in-depth examination of techniques and models of financial decision making in a business environment. Prerequisite: FINAN 521.

531. MANAGING FINANCIAL OPERATIONS (3) A course for financial managers; working capital management; financial planning, financial controls, reporting, financial strategies; theory and practice. Prerequisite: FINAN 521.

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

540. INFORMATION RESOURCES IN MANAGEMENT (3) Information systems analysis, design, application, operation, and management; methods for integrating information resources into a decision support framework. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

545. PROGRAM, DATA, AND FILE STRUCTURES (3) Program, data, and file structures are studies as they relate to management of data in information systems. Prerequisites: graduate standing; 6 credits of programming.

550. MICRO-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3) Study of microcomputer applications in business. Provides a systematic approach for developing familiarization with common business software micro-based systems. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

554. MASTER'S PROJECT (3) Development of an original master's project in the student's field of interest and preparation of a paper. Prerequisite: last 6 credits of MS/IS program.

555. DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3) Concepts and theory of database management systems explored through data modeling and planning techniques. Prerequisite: INFSY 545.

560. DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS (3) Hardware and software concepts relevant to current communications and networking technology. The importance of telecommunications is emphasized. Prerequisite: INFSY 540.

565. EXPERT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (3) Expert systems and decision support with emphasis on managerial applications and the support of the decision making process. Prerequisites: graduate standing; 6 credits of programming.

570. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IN THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3) Software engineering concepts, specifically the analysis and design of structured information systems using computer-aided software engineering (CASE). Prerequisite: INFSY 545.

575. SEMINAR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (3) Examination of selected topics relevant to current d future managerial and organizational issues of information technology. Prerequisite: INFSY 555 or 570.

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (3)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (3)

MANAGEMENT (MNGMT)

505. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (3) Problems in effectively selecting, utilizing, and developing human resources from the viewpoint of the total organization-both private and public. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or MS/IS program.

510. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (3) Examination of concepts of human behavior in formal organizations, systems analysis, conceptual models, and decision processes. Prerequisite: admission to graduate degree candidacy.

512. ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY (3) Advanced analysis of selected areas of administrative theory and research, with special emphasis on application to current organizational problems. Prerequisite: MNGMT 510.

515. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS (3) Labor relations issues; collective bargaining agreement, negotiations, and administration; legal framework of collective bargaining; labor relations in larger social context. Prerequisite: admission to graduate degree candidacy.

520. ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION (3) Treats methods, practices, and theory of organizational empowerment, quality management, process redesign, reengineering, restructuring, and planned change. Prerequisite: MNGMT 510.

522. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3) Integration and application of decision making to operational and policy problems within the business firm. Prerequisite: ECNMS 510.

560. MANUFACTURING METHODS (3) Survey of manufacturing technologies and management techniques for controlling production systems. Prerequisite: MNGMT 522.

576. MANAGING FOR TOTAL QUALITY (3) Treats methods and techniques of modern quality improvement, including change management, empowerment, leadership. Prerequisite: MNGMT 510.

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

MARKETING (MRKT)

520. MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3) Consideration of modern marketing concepts, application, and managerial issues. Prerequisites: BUS 501, ECNMS 510.

570. MARKETING STRATEGY AND PLANNING (3) Analysis of management's marketing problems, including marketing analyses, pricing, channels of distribution, promotion, competition, product strategies, and marketing research. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

571. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR (3) Factors influencing buyer behavior; contributions of the behavioral sciences to the study of selected phenomena. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

572. MARKETING RESEARCH (3) Management information needs, evaluation of research proposals and findings, methods of data collection and analysis, integration of research and decisions. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.

585. BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETING (3) Marketing of products and services to other businesses and organizations, including strategy, planning, research, communications, pricing, distribution, and global issues. Prerequisite: MRKT 520.
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY (P ACC)

PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY (P ACC)

501. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS (3) Study of financial reporting, financial statement analysis, capital markets, asset pricing and impact of ethical, legal, regulatory, and environmental concerns. Prerequisite: admission to the M.B.A. or M.S.I.S. program.

540. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3) Accounting concepts and issues from a managerial perspective. Prerequisite: P ACC 501.

596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)

597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CMBIO)

BRIAN WIGDAHL, Director of the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA 17033
717-531-6608

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
V. P. Bhavanandan, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Melvin L. Billingsley, Ph.D. (George Washington) Professor of Pharmacology
Judith S. Bond, Ph.D. (Rutgers) Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keith C. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. (New York/NYU) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, and Pathology
Joseph Y. Cheung, M.D., Ph.D. (Duke/Penn State) Professor of Medicine, and Cellular and
Molecular Physiology
Michael J. Chorney, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Pediatrics
Gary A. Clawson, M.D., Ph.D. (Miami/Michigan State) Professor of Pathology, and Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
James R. Connor, Ph.D. (California) Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy
Richard J. Courtney, Ph.D. (Syracuse) Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology
Rebecca C. Craven, Ph.D. (Tennessee) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Zahi Damuni, Ph.D. (Dundee) Associate Professor of Microbriology and Immununology, and Pediatrics
Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D. (California, Santa Barbara) Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Kristin A. Eckert, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Assistant Professor of Pathology, and Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
David H. Farrell, Ph.d. (California, Irvine) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joanna Floros, Ph.D.(Temple) Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Michael G. Fried, Ph.D. (Yale) Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Thomas Frielle, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh, School of Medicine) Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Ellen J. Hess, Ph.D. (UCSD) Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy
James M. Hammond, M.D. (Washington University Medical School) Professor of Medicine, and Cellular
and Molecular Physiology
Charles W. Hill, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Anita K. Hopper, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
James E. Hopper, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Harriet C. Isom, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology
Leonard S. Jefferson, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt) Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Sebastian Joyce, Ph.D. (Medical College of Virginia) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and
Immunology
Ralph L. Keil, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
John W. Kreider, M.D. (Pennsylvania) Professor of Pathology, and Microbiology
and Immunology
Kathryn F. LaNoue, Ph.D. (Yale) Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Robert Levenson, Ph.D. (SUNY, Stony Brook) Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, and
Pharmacology
Steven W. Levison, Ph.D. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy
Erich Lieth, Ph.D. (North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy
Christopher J. Lynch, Ph.D. (Northeastern) Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Jan M. McAllister, Ph.D. (UCSD) Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular
Physiology
Craig Meyers, Ph.D. (California, Los Angeles) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Kathleen M. Mulder, Ph.D. (SUNY at Buffalo) Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Yuk-Chow Ng, Ph.D. (Michigan) Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Anthony E. Pegg, Ph.D. (Cambridge) Evan Pugh Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Pharmacology; J. Lloyd Huck Professor of Cell and Moelcular Biology
Patrick G. Quinn, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
D. Eugene Rannels, Ph.D. (Penn State) Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Stephen R. Rannels, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Ph.D. (Seton Hall) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ross Shiman, Ph.D. (California) Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
David J. Spector, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Associate Professor of Microbiology and
Immunology
Bruce A. Stanley, Ph.D. (Cornell) Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D. (Stockholm, Sweden) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Mary Judith Tevethia, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Satvir S. Tevethia, Ph.D. (Michigan State) Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Thomas C. Vary, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Michael F. Verderame, Ph.D. (Columbia) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Keith Verner, Ph.D. (Cornell) Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Danny R. Welch, Ph.D. (Texas-Houston) Assistant Professor of Pathology
Brian Wigdahl, Ph.D. (Medical College of Wisconsin) Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
John W. Wills, Ph.D. (Tennessee) Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Teresa L. Wood, Ph.D. (California, Los Angeles) Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy
Ian S. Zagon, Ph.D. (Colorado) Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy

The Cell and Molecular Biology graduate program is an interdepartmental program within the College of Medicine that is designed to enable students to take an integrated series of courses leading to the Ph.D. degree. The program encompasses both the fundamentals of cell and molecular biology and advanced laboratory training in a specialized area. All courses are available at the College of Medicine.

Faculty in this program are competent to prepare students in almost all subfields of cell and molecular biology, including membrane structure, receptors, and modulators; the role of extracellular matrix in cellular function; organelle assembly, structure, and function; cell division, differentiation, adhesion, communication, and movement; recombination, organization, and expression of genes; gene mapping and recombinant DNA; and regulation of gene expression. Modern, well-equipped laboratories are available for graduate students from the molecular to tissue level.

Admission Requirements

Qualified students with undergraduate preparation in either the biological, biochemical, or physical sciences and an overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better will be considered for admission. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted on a space-available basis. Applications must include transcripts, three letters of recommendation, Graduate Record Examination scores (or scores from a comparable examination accepted by the graduate program, e.g., MCAT exam), and a brief personal essay summarizing the background and professional goals of the applicant. The M.S. degree may be sought as part of the doctoral program.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

The formal course requirements depend upon the individual student's career goals. Each student will be required to complete the following successfully: (1) A candidacy examination covering the general course material that will consist of a written portion to test factual knowledge and an oral portion to examine research potential. The examination will be given after completion of the spring semester of the first year. (2) A communications requirement to be completed after the candidacy examination. (3) A comprehensive examination consisting of a written research proposal and an oral defense of that proposal will be required after completion of the spring semester of the second year. (4) An original research project under the supervision of a Cell and Molecular Biology faculty adviser. (5) A thesis. (6) A final oral defense of the thesis. The program is designed for completion within four years, but this can vary depending on the individual progress of the student.

Student Aid

Graduate Assistantships and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin. Graduate assistantships in the program are awarded by the Cell and Molecular Biology Program Committee. After the second year, Cell and Molecular Biology students are eligible for departmental teaching or research assistantships and other assistantships supported by grant funds of individual faculty members. The program encourages all Ph.D. candidates to apply for fellowships, scholarships, and stipend support from outside sources. For students obtaining outside fellowships, scholarships, and stipend support, supplementation to the level of the assistantships will be provided.

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CMBIO)

501. METHODS IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3) Emphasizes modern techniques in cell and molecular biology, including protein biochemistry, structural biology, and molecular biology.

503. (BCHEM, MICRO) MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3) Principles of molecular and microbial genetics; emphasis placed on experimental design toward problems in bacteria and lower eukaryotes. Prerequisite: BCHEM 502.

513. (BCHEM) PRINCIPLES OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE (3) Review of thermodynamics; physical chemistry and architecture of globular proteins; predictive approaches; laboratory in computer modeling of three-dimensional structure.

518. (PHARM) EUKARYOTIC GENE REGULATION (2) Emphasis will be on the regulation of gene expression in higher organisms. Prerequisites: BCHEM 502, 503, 505, MICRO 503.

520. (BCHEM) GENETIC ANALYSIS (3) Genetics of organisms most used in the analysis of problems in molecular biology; drosophila, yeast, and bacteria.

530. (PSIO) METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY (3) Regulation of carbohydrates, fatty acid, and protein metabolism; regulation of hormone secretion; effects of hormones on water and cell metabolism.

540. (PSIO) CELL BIOLOGY (3) Lectures in cell biology, including membrane, cytoskeleton, and organelle structure and function; cell division, differentiation, adhesion, communication, and movement. Prerequisite: BCHEM 502.

541. (PHARM) CELLULAR COMMUNICATION (2) This course explores the cellular and molecular basis of signal generation and information transduction in cells. Prerequisites: BCHEM 502, 505,
CMBIO 540.

551. (BCHEM) KINETICS AND CATALYSIS IN BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (3) Information obtainable from steady-state and transient kinetic measurement on enzymes and cellular processes, Molecular basis for enzyme specificity and catalysis. Prerequisite: BCHEM 502.

553. (MICRO) SCIENCE OF VIROLOGY (3) Emphasizes replication of viruses and effect on host, including transfer of genetic information, immunology, and oncogenic properties of viruses.

560. (MICRO) CONCEPTS IN IMMUNOLOGY (3) Lectures in advanced immunology, including T and B cell function, receptors, gene rearrangements, and synthetic vaccines.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
594. RESEARCH TOPICS (1-8)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (CH E)

J. LARRY DUDA, Head of the Department
160 Fenske Laboratory
814-865-2574

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
Ali Borhan, Ph.D. (Stanford) Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Alfred Carlson, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Lance Collins, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Wayne R. Curtis, Ph.D. (Purdue) Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Ronald P. Danner, Ph.D. (Lehigh) Professor of Chemical Engineering
Thomas E. Daubert, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Chemical Engineering
J. Larry Duda, Ph.D. (Delaware) Professor of Chemical Engineering
Kristen Fichthorn, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Arthur E. Humphrey, Ph.D. (Columbia) Professor of Chemical Engineering
Themis Matsoukas, Ph.D. (Michigan) Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
John R. McWhirter, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Chemical Engineering
Ramanathan Nagarajan, Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo) Professor of Chemical Engineering
Jonathan Phillips, Ph.D. (Wisconsin) Professor of Chemical Engineering
John W. Tarbell, Ph.D. (Delaware) Professor of Chemical Engineering
James S. Ultman, Ph.D. (Delaware) Professor Chemical Engineering
M. Albert Vannice, Ph.D. (Stanford) Professor of Chemical Engineering
James S. Vrentas, Ph.D. (Delaware) Professor of Chemical Engineering

Course offerings or research facilities are available in the following areas: applied thermodynamics, physiological transport studies, biotechnology, catalysis and surface science, polymer and colloid science, transport phenomena, tribology and lubrication.

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) are required for admission. At the discretion of a graduate program, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

To be admitted, a student should be a graduate of an accredited major in chemical engineering or the equivalent. Graduates of other accredited engineering or physical science majors may be admitted but will be required to make up certain undergraduate deficiencies without graduate credit. Students with a 3.00 junior/senior average (on a 4.00 scale) and with appropriate course backgrounds will be considered for admission. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students.

Master's Degree Requirements

A minimum of 18 course credits is required and must include at least 12 credits in the 500-series chemical engineering courses. A thesis is required. There is no communication or language requirement.
Continuous registration is required for all graduate students until the thesis is approved.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

A minimum of 30 graduate course credits is required and must include a minimum of 15 credits of 500-series Chemical Engineering courses taken at the University. There is no communication or language requirement. The comprehensive examination consists of a written research proposal or project defended orally after it has been accepted.
Continuous registration is required for all graduate students until the thesis is approved.

Other Relevant Information

The department wishes to have its graduate students begin their thesis research as soon as possible. Consequently, all new graduate students are matched to available research projects as soon as possible, usually within a month, after they join the department.
Student Aid

Graduate assistantships available to students in this program and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (CH E)

401. CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING (3)
407. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY (3)
413. MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS (3)
414. KINETICS AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY (3)
415. MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (3)
420. CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING (3)
431. ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY APPLICATIONS (3)
441. POLYMER PROCESSING (3)
446. INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (3)
448. ADVANCED MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS (3)
450. PROCESS DYNAMICS (3)
453. THERMODYNAMICS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS (3)
455. CHEMICAL REACTOR DESIGN (3)
464. DESIGN OF CHEMICAL PLANTS (3)
465. DESIGN PROJECTS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (1-6)
494. RESEARCH PROJECTS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (1-6)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

501. (BIOE) BIOENGINEERING TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (3) Application of the equations of mass, energy, and momentum conservation to physiological phenomena and to the design of artificial organs.

503. (BIOE) FLUID MECHANICS OF BIOENGINEERING SYSTEMS (3) Cardiovascular system and blood flow, non-Newtonian fluid description, vessel flows, unsteady flows and wave motion, windkessel theory, transmission line theory.

516. METHODS OF PROCESS DESIGN (3) Survey of mathematical techniques of chemical process design, with emphasis on economic choice and optimal decision making.

524. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, APPLICATION OF THERMODYNAMICS (3) Elements of thermochemistry and thermodynamics of greatest importance in chemical engineering.

528. COLLOIDAL FORCES AND THERMODYNAMICS (3) Unified treatment of formation, growth, and stability of colloids based on principles of intermolecular and colloidal forces and thermodynamics. Prerequisite: CHEM 451, CH E 304 or an equivalent background in chemical thermodynamics.

535. CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING (3) Optimal design of batch and continuous chemical reactors and reactor batteries; effect of mixing on reactor operation.

536. HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS (3) Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption and reactions and solid surfaces, heat and mass transfer effects, theory and correlations in catalysis. Prerequisites: CHEM 451, 452.

544. GENERAL TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (3) Formulation and solution of transport problems involving momentum, hear, and mass transfer, with chemical engineering applications. prerquisites: CH E 302, 413.

545. TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I (3) Momentum transport, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer analysis, non- Newtonian flow, mechanical energy balance, chemical engineering application.

546. TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II (3) Heat and mass transfer, steady and unsteady state, coupling, molecular diffusion, moving boundaries, transfer coefficients, chemical engineering applications.

550. DYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL SYSTEMS (3) Systems models; steady-state multiplicity; linear and nonlinear stability; oscillatory and chaotic states; multivariable and optimal; nonequilibrium thermodynamic stability. Prerequisite: CH E 450.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

CHEMISTRY (CHEM)

STEVEN M. WEINREB, Head of the Department
152 Davey Laboratory
814-865-6553

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S.

The Graduate Faculty
David L. Allara, Ph.D. (UCLA) Professor of Materials Science and Chemistry
Harry R. Allcock, Ph.D. (London) Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry
James B. Anderson, Ph.D. (Princeton) Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry
John V. Badding, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Alan J. Benesi, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Lecturer in Chemistry
Stephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D. (Cornell) Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry
Robert A. Bernheim, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Chemistry
A. W. Castleman, Ph.D. (Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn) Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry
Andrew G. Ewing, Ph.D. (Indiana U.) Professor of Chemistry
Kenneth S. Feldman, Ph.D. (Stanford U.) Professor of Chemistry
Raymond L. Funk, Ph.D. (California) Professor of Chemistry
Barbara J. Garrison, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Professor of Chemistry
Gregory L Geoffroy, Ph.D. (Cal. Tech.) Professor of Chemistry; Dean, Eberly College of Science
L. Peter Gold, Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor of Chemistry
Gordon A. Hamilton, Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor of Chemistry
Julian P. Heicklen, Ph.D. (Rochester) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
William DeW. Horrocks, Jr., Ph.D. (MIT) Professor of Chemistry
Lloyd M. Jackman, Ph.D. (Adelaide) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Peter C. Jurs, Ph.D. (Washington) Professor of Chemistry
Frederick W. Lampe, Ph.D. (Columbia) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Juliette T. J. Lecomte, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon) Associate Professor of Chemistry
John P. Lowe, Ph.D. (Northwestern) Professor of Chemistry
Thomas E. Mallouk, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Professor of Chemistry
Mark Maroncelli, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Chemistry
Przemyslaw Maslak, Ph.D. (Kentucky) Associate Professor of Chemistry
C. Robert Matthews, Ph.D. (Northwestern) Professor of Chemistry and Eberly Family Professor
of Biotechnology
Kenneth M. Merz, Ph.D. (Texas) Associate Professor of Chemistry
Robert D. Minard, Ph.D. (Cornell) Lecturer in Chemistry
Karl T. Mueller, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Michael J. Natan, Ph.D. (MIT) Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Roy A. Olofson, Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Herman G. Richey, Jr., Ph.D. (Harvard) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Ayusman Sen, Ph.D. (Chicago) Professor of Chemistry
William A. Steele, Ph.D. (Washington) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Steven M. Weinreb, Ph.D. (Rochester) Russell and Mildred Marker Professor of Natural Products
Chemistry
Paul S. Weiss, Ph.D. (California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Chemistry
Nicholas Winograd, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve) Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry
Xumu Zhang, Ph.D. (Stanford) Assistant Professor of Chemistry

The Ph.D. program in Chemistry provides students with a broad background in chemistry and intensive research experience culminating in the preparation of a formal thesis. The goal of the program is to prepare students for a variety of careers in academia, government, or industry. The exceptionally high quality of our laboratory and computer facilities enables us to provide students with outstanding research opportunities. Distinguished visiting scholars conduct informal discussions each week at a departmental colloquium.

Admission Requirements

Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) are required for admission. In extenuating circumstances, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in the program without these scores. Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

For admission, at least integral calculus plus one year's work in general physics, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and either analytical or inorganic chemistry are normally required. Students who have appropriate course backgrounds and who present a 2.50 average (on a 4.00 scale) in all undergraduate courses in chemistry, physics, and mathematics will be considered for admission. The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students. Exceptions to the minimum 2.50 grade-point average may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests.

Master's Degree Requirements

The program of the M.S. candidate must include a total of at least 30 graduate-level course credits (CHEM 431, 451, 452, 457, 458, 489, and 500 may not be included in this credit count.)

Additional requirements of the M.S. program are that the candidate must write either a thesis or research report and must defend this thesis or report at an oral examination. The thesis or report will be accomplished under the sponsorship of a faculty member, and the candidate must schedule at least 6 credits of CHEM 600 (for a thesis) or CHEM 589 (for a research report) to fulfill this requirement. The candidate's attainments under a thesis or research report must be approved by a committee of at least three faculty members, one of whom will be the candidate's sponsor.

Qualifying examinations in analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry will be given to all new students upon entrance in the fall semester. These cover subject matter at the level of the basic courses offered for the B.S. degree in chemistry at Penn State. For certification as an M.S. candidate, proficiency in two areas is required. These must include physical chemistry. Such proficiency may be demonstrated either by (1) passing the area examination upon entrance, or (2) obtaining a grade-point equivalent of 3.0 in at least 3 credits of graduate-level course work in the area. The courses to be used to fulfill this latter option will be designated by the graduate counseling committee. This course work must be completed successfully during the student's first two semesters.

A final oral examination will be administered by a committee consisting of the student's research preceptor and two other faculty members. This examination is scheduled after the M.S. thesis or research report has been completed.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

Candidates for the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry must meet the following requirements established by the department faculty.

A Ph.D. candidate shall be required to take a minimum of five 3-credit courses in chemistry at the 400-500 level (only CHEM 408, 439, 448, and 455 can be used). The candidate's doctoral committee may require additional specific courses.

Qualifying examinations in analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry will be given to all new students upon entrance in the fall semester. These cover subject matter at the level of the basic courses offered for the B.S. degree in chemistry at Penn State. As a part of the requirements for certification as a Ph.D. candidate, each student will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in three areas of chemistry, including physical chemistry. Such proficiency may be demonstrated either by (a) passing the area examination upon entrance, or (b) obtaining a grade-point equivalent of 3.0 in at least 3 credits of graduate-level course work in the area. The courses to be used to fulfill this latter option will be designated by the graduate counseling committee. This course work must be completed successfully during the student's first two semesters.

In order to qualify for the oral comprehensive, a Ph.D. candidate shall pass six cumulative examinations during the first two years of residency. Cumulative examinations will be given monthly.

A Ph.D. candidate shall take the oral comprehensive examination during his or her first two and one-half years of residency.
Every Ph.D. candidate shall present at least one area or department seminar during the course of residency.

A final oral examination based on a defense of the doctoral thesis is required of all candidates. This exam is given as a formal seminar with a subsequent meeting with the doctoral committee.

Other Relevant Information

All candidates for advanced degrees must schedule CHEM 602, Supervised Experience in College Teaching, for 1 to 2 credits for at least one semester. This requirement may be waived or modified for students who have attained satisfactory competence in teaching as a result of prior experience.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships available to students in this program and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin. It is important to note that department policy limits financial support from department funds to the first two years of graduate study of an M.S. candidate and to the first five years of graduate study of a Ph.D. candidate. Financial support beyond these periods is permitted from other than department funds, e.g., a research assistantship funded from an individual faculty member's research grant(s).

CHEMISTRY (CHEM)
400. CHEMICAL LITERATURE (1)
405. (NUC E ) NUCLEAR AND RADIOCHEMISTRY (3)
408. (CMPSC) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY (3)
410. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3)
411. TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY (3)
427. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS (2)
428. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS (2)
429. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS (2)
*431W. ORGANIC AND INORGANIC PREPARATIONS (3)
439. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (3)
448. SURFACE CHEMISTRY (3)
*451-452. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3 each)
453. THERMODYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL SYSTEMS (3)
454. INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (3)
455. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF HIGH POLYMERS (3)
*457. EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (1-2)
*458. EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (1-2)
463. CHEMICAL KINETICS (3)
*489. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL RESEARCH (1-10 per semester, maximum of 20)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

500. SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY (1 per semester)
516. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Systematic treatment of inorganic chemistry in terms of modern concepts.
517. ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY (3) Organometallic compounds and their use in catalysis and organic synthesis.

518. PHYSICAL METHODS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Elements of group theory, transition metal electronic spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, magnetic resonance, magnetism, X-ray and photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray structure determination.
524. ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (3) Modern instrumental methods of analysis; electrochemistry.

525. ANALYTICAL SEPARATIONS (3) Modern instrumental analysis, including chromatography and other separation methods.

526. SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS (3) Modern instrumental analysis, including absorption, emission, electronic, and magnetic spectroscopies.
527. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (2-12)
531. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3-12) Prerequisite: CHEM 536.

535-536. ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS I AND II (3 each) Reaction mechanisms and their determination by kinetic and nonkinetic methods. Reactive intermediates. CHEM 439.

537. SYNTHESIS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Theory and methods of directed synthesis, including stereospecific and stereoselective schemes; biologically inspired syntheses. Prerequisite: CHEM 536.

539. MECHANISTIC BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Advanced organic reaction mechanisms, particularly those applicable to biological systems. Prerequisites: CHEM 535, BIOCH 401.

540. BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3) Structure of biomacromolecules, physical techniques for the study of structure and function, thermodynamic and kinetic studies of biomacromolecules in solution. Prerequisite: CHEM 452.

544. CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS (3) Development of thermodynamic theory, with special reference to common physical changes and chemical reactions. Prerequisite: CHEM 452.

545. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS (3) Basic principles of statistical mechanics with application to the calculation of thermodynamic properties of gases and condensed phases. Prerequisite: CHEM 451, 452.
560. TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (2-6)

563. CHEMICAL DYNAMICS (3) Molecular dynamics of chemical reaction, energy transfer, and scattering. Reaction rate theory and experiment. Prerequisite: CHEM 565.

565. QUANTUM CHEMISTRY I (3) An introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics and their application to chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 452.

566. QUANTUM CHEMISTRY II (3) Modern techniques in quantum mechanics, with applications to problems in molecular structure and interactions. Prerequisites: CHEM 565.

567. MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY (3) Principles and methods of molecular spectroscopy and their applications to chemical problems. Prerequisite: CHEM 565.
571. POLYMER CHEMISTRY (3) The synthesis, reactions, and structure determination of high polymers.

589. STUDIES IN CHEMISTRY (1-9) Theoretical research, experimental research, or a critical survey of the literature in an area of chemistry.
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

*Graduate credit not allowed for students majoring in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering.

CIVIL ENGINEERING (C E)

CHIN Y. KUO, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
212 Sackett Building
814-863-3084

Degrees Conferred: Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng.

The Graduate Faculty
David A. Anderson, Ph.D. (Purdue) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Ana P. Barros, Ph.D. (Washington) Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
William D. Burgos, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Fred S. Cannon, Ph.D. (Illinois) P.E. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Donald W. Christensen, Jr. (Penn State) Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Brian A. Dempsey, Ph.D. (North Carolina) Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Christopher J. Duffy, Ph.D. (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology) P.H. Associate Professor
of Civil Engineering
Ageliki Elefteriadou, Ph.D. (Polytechnic University) Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
William J. Gburek, Ph.D. (Penn State) Adjunct Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Konstadinos Goulias, Ph.D. (California, Davis) Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Dennis R. Hiltunen, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Walter P. Kilareski, Ph.D. (Penn State) P.E., P.L.S. Professor of Civil Engineering
Theodor Krauthammer, Ph.D. (Illinois) Professor of Civil Engineering
Chin Y. Kuo, Ph.D. (Princeton) P.E., P.H. Head, Professor of Civil Engineering
Jeffrey A. Laman, Ph.D. (Michigan) P.E. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
John M. Mason, Jr., Ph.D. (Texas A&M) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Jack V. Matson, Ph.D. (Rice) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Archibald J. McDonnell, Ph.D. (Penn State) Professor of Civil Engineering
Arthur C. Miller, Ph.D. (Colorado State) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Martin T. Pietrucha, Ph.D. (Maryland) P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Raymond W. Regan, Sr., Ph.D. (Kansas) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Andrew Scanlon, Ph.D. (Alberta) S.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Gary R. Smith, Ph.D. (Purdue) P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Shelley M. Stoffels, D.Eng. (Texas A&M) P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
H. Randolph Thomas, Jr., Ph.D. (Vanderbilt) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Paul J. Tikalsky, Ph.D. (U Texas, Austin) P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Richard F. Unz, Ph.D. (Rutgers) Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Mian C. Wang, Ph.D. (California) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Harry H. West, Ph.D. (Illinois) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
Gour-Tsyh Yeh, Ph.D. (Cornell) P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering
James C. Young, Ph.D. (Stanford) P.E. Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering

Students may specialize in construction engineering and management, environmental engineering, hydrosystems engineering, materials, pavement design and geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and transportation engineering.

Admission Requirements

The requirements listed here are in addition to the general requirements stated in the GENERAL INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.

Candidates must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited engineering program. Students with a 3.00 junior/senior grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale) and appropriate course backgrounds may be considered for admission. Exceptions to the minimum 3.00 grade-point average may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests.

Applicants to the Civil Engineering program are required to provide the department with a statement of objectives and three letters of recommendation. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) program will change significantly in 1997 and this change will affect the graduate admission requirements for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Our current requirement is that all applicants must submit scores from the General GRE Aptitude Test (verbal, quantitative, and analytical). However, once the new GRE is introduced, applicants should take the package of the General Test measures containing the Mathematical Reasoning test. Questions about requirements for admission should be directed to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In addition, all international applicants whose native language is not English must present an acceptable TOEFL score (560 minimum) in order to be considered for admission. Resumes are encouraged, but not required.

Degree Requirements

Continuous registration is required for all graduate students until the thesis or engineering report is approved.

A thesis is required for the M.S. degree. An engineering report is required for the M.Eng. degree. In addition to demonstrating competence in English, each candidate for the Ph.D. degree must satisfy the associated research and communication skills requirements established by the department.

Other Relevant Information

Students in this program may elect to participate in the dual-title degree program option in Operations Research for the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees.
See also Environmental Engineering.

Student Aid

Graduate assistantships and other forms of student aid are described in the STUDENT AID section of the Graduate Bulletin. International applicants who wish to be considered for a teaching assistantship must present an acceptable score (250 to 300 or 55 to 60) on the Test of Spoken English (TSE). The TSE can be taken in many countries, or at Penn State after arrival.

CECIL M. PEPPERMAN MEMORIAL GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP--Available to a graduate student in civil or environmental engineering specializing in one of the following fields, listed in order of priority: waste treatment and management, water pollution control, environmental engineering, or related fields.

CIVIL ENGINEERING (C E)

400. SEMINAR (1-3)
421W. HIGHWAY DESIGN (3)
422. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (3)
423. TRAFFIC OPERATIONS (3)
431W. CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION (3)
432. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTROL (3)
433. RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (3)
446. ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS I (3)
447. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS BY MATRIX METHODS (3)
448W. ADVANCED STRUCTURAL DESIGN (3)
449W. DESIGN OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES (3)
451. HYDROLOGIC PROCESS, ANALYSIS, AND DESIGN (3)
462. OPEN CHANNEL HYDRAULICS (3)
465W. RIVER AND WATERWAYS ENGINEERING (3)
471. ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION (3)
472W. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROCESSES (3)
473. WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT (3)
474. MANAGEMENT OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROCESSES (3)
475. (E R M) WATER QUALITY CHEMISTRY (3)
476. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (3)
477. INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS AND RESIDUAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (3)
479. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY (1)
481. PAVEMENT MATERIALS AND DESIGN (3)
482W. PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE AND AGGREGATES (3)
494. SENIOR THESIS (1-9)
496. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
497. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)

511. ENGINEERING SOIL CHARACTERISTICS (3) Applications of physico-chemical principles in soils engineering; soil composition; factors influencing engineering soil properties. Prerequisite: C E 244.

512. SOIL MECHANICS II (2-5) Evaluation of strength parameters and compressibility of soils; elastic analysis of stress and strain; techniques of forecasting foundation settlement; slope stability analysis. Prerequisite: C E 446.

513. ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING (3) Practical applications of soil mechanics principles to geotechnical engineering problems; dewatering techniques; design of deep foundations and retaining structures. Prerequisite: C E 244.

520. PAVEMENT DESIGN (3) Fundamental principles; properties of pavement components; design tests; design of flexible pavements; design of rigid pavements; pavement evaluation and strengthening. Prerequisite: C E 280.

521. TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (3) Techniques of transportation network, user, stochastic user, and variable demand equilibrium; transportation activity system; computer simulation techniques and forecasting methods. Prerequisite: 3 credits in computer science.

522. HIGHWAY OPERATIONS (3) Theory and application of traffic signals and networks; capacity analysis of intersection and highway sections; computer evaluation programs; geometric design interactions. Prerequisite: C E 423.

523. ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION DEMAND (3) Theories of travel behavior, least squares and maximum likelihood, estimation methods, continuous dependent variable models, utility maximization, discrete econometric techniques. Prerequisite: 3 credits in probability and statistics.

524. ADVANCED PROBLEMS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS (2-6) Study in the literature and by laboratory investigation of selected topics on field-controlled civil engineering materials.

526. HIGHWAY AND STREET DESIGN (3) Technical analysis of the design elements of roadways, alignment, cross- section features, and intersection and interchange design considerations. Prerequisite:
C E 421W.

527. ROADSIDE DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (3) Roadside safety and design, safety management, pavement management, lighting, signs, signals, and markings, clear zone, guiderail, impact attenuators. Prerequisite: C E 421W.

531. LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION (3) Basic legal doctrines, contractual relationships between parties, analysis of construction contract clauses, contract performance, and professional practice problems. Prerequisite: C E 431W.

533. CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (3) Construction productivity concepts and models; productivity measurement, control, and forecasting;

analysis of factors affecting productivity; methods improvement techniques. Prerequisites: STAT 401; C E 431W or A E 474.
539. APPROXIMATE METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (3) Structural analysis through

the application of initial-value methods, Newmark's method, Fourier series, finite difference techniques, and work and energy procedures. Prerequisite: C E 240.

540. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS BY CLASSICAL METHODS (3) Analysis of continuous trusses and beams, frames, arches, grids, curved beams, suspension systems, and space frames. Prerequisite: C E 240.

541. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (3) Theory of various finite elements as applied to civil engineering structures. Term paper required. Prerequisite: C E 447.

544. BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS (3) Study of flexure, shear, torsion, compression, combined forces, shrinkage, creep, and deflections applied to beams and frames. Prerequisite: C E 341.

545. DESIGN OF METAL STRUCTURES (3) Steel, aluminum members; flexible connections; composite, hybrid, prestressed beams, tension-field beams; buckling; plastic analysis, design; test data; timber design. Prerequisite: C E 342.

546. REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS (3) Behavior, analysis, and design of floor systems; elastic, ACI Code method, yield line theory; two-way, flat slab, flat plate. Prerequisite: C E 341.

548. STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR DYNAMIC LOADS (3) Dynamic behavior of structural systems of one or more degrees of freedom; earthquake, blast-resistant analysis, and design of structures. Prerequisites: E MCH 012, C E 240.

550. ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (3) Management fundamentals for construction contracting; organization, project planning, scheduling and control, bonding and insurance, labor legislation and regulation, cost and control. Prerequisite: C E 431W.

551. PROBABILITY, STATISTICS, AND DECISION ANALYSIS IN WATER RESOURCES (3) Application of statistics, probability theory, stochastic modeling, and decision theory in the analysis, design, and management of water resource systems. Prerequisites: C E 351; introductory probability and statistics.

553. PLANNING MULTIPURPOSE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS (3) Study of multipurpose hydrologic schemes within a social, economic, and political framework. Prerequisites: C E 451, ECON 014.

554. URBAN HYDROLOGY (3) Several hydrograph methods. Design storm and IUH application; airport drainage; flood plains; impact of urbanization upon groundwater and sediment. Prerequisite: C E 451.

555. GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY: ANALYSIS AND MODELING (3) Introduction to groundwater resource analysis, model formulation, simulation, and design of water resource systems using symbolic and numerical methods. Prerequisites: C E 451, MATH 251.

556. TRACER AND CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS (3) Introduction to mathematical models for tracer and contaminant transport in groundwater. Topics include formulation, visualization, environmental tracers, and remediation. Prerequisites: C E 451, MATH 251.

557. COMPUTATIONAL SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY I: FLOW (3) Subsurface flow processes, numerical methods, practical matrix solvers, flow equations, algorithm development, coding consideration, subsurface flow codes, field problem application. Prerequisites: C E 351 or 451;
E MCH 407.

558. COMPUTATIONAL SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY II: FATE AND TRANSPORT (3) Transport processes, numerical methods for advection-dominant transport, fate and transport codes, geochemical equilibrium, geochemical kinetics, microbes dynamics, biodegradation, heat transport. Prerequisites: C E 351 or 451; C E 557, E MCH 407.

560. DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEORY OF MODELS (3) Principles of dimensional analysis and similitude, with engineering applications primarily to problems in hydromechanics. Prerequisite:
C E 261.

564. HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING DESIGN (3) Design and analysis of selected units of a typical hydraulic engineering project. Prerequisite: C E 362.

570. ENVIRONMENTAL AQUATIC CHEMISTRY (3) Speciation, reactivity, and distribution of contaminants in water, with emphasis in inorganic chemicals. Prerequisite: C E 475.

571. PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES (3) The theory of physical-chemical processes used in the treatment of potable water and municipal and industrial wastewaters. Prerequisite:
C E 472W and 475.

572. BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES (3) The theory of biological processes used in the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters. Prerequisite or concurrent: C E 475, MICRB 400.

573. FATE AND TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS (3) Theory, measurement, and estimation of the transformations of hazardous materials in ambient environments. Prerequisite: C E 475.

574. LABORATORY ANALYSES IN WATER QUALITY CONTROL (3) Experiments illustrating current chemical and biochemical methods of water and waste treatment and analytical methods used in research and control. Prerequisite: C E 475.

575. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT (2) Surveys and data analysis; use of unit processes to meet regulatory agency requirements; disposal of gaseous and solid residues. Prerequisite: C E 472W.

577. TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN (1-6) Design of works for the treatment of water and wastewater for municipalities and industries. Prerequisites: C E 472W; 3 credits in hydraulics.

579. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION MICROBIOLOGY (3) Fundamentals of microorganisms in water and wastewater treatment; indicators of pollution; activities of microorganisms in polluted waters, including biogeochemical cycles. Prerequisite: MICRB 400.

580. SURFACE WATER QUALITY MODELS (3) Development and application of water quality models for rivers, lakes, and estuaries; biological and chemical reactions in natural systems. Prerequisite: C E 270.

581. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION (3) Techniques of network and project level pavement management, field evaluation methods and equipment, maintenance and rehabilitation strategies, overlay design procedures. Prerequisite: C E 421W.
590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
598. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)