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Paper 71.http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cec_coursecatalogs/71NOVA COLLEGE The Corporate Division Develop Your Technical Potential Part TIme and Full TIme Degree Programs Electrical Engineering Electronic Technology Computer Science Mathematics Basic Electronics Advanced Electronics Computer Science Designed for the Working Adult in Cooperation with Industry "Second Bachelor" Programs for those who now need a 1echnical Degree FORMAT Classes will meet for 4.5 hours for 9 sessions either In the evening from 6-10,30 PM or on Saturday from 8,30 AM -WO PM at the main Nova campus, or at Industrial sites. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Students must be high school graduates (or equivalent), and take the Corporate Division Placement '!est. which will evaluate ability to read. write. and perform mathematical calculations (hand cal-culator permitted) on the level needed for college work_ College Board or Miller Analogy scores may be substituted by students In lieu of Placement Test. A student may take up to 2 courses as a Special Student or while In the process of applying before taking the Placement Test. CAN I TAKE A COURSE OR TWO WITHOUT ENROLLING IN A DEGREE PROGRAM? YES. In this case, you check "Special Student" on the application form. You do not have to take the Placement Test to take one or two courses as a "speclal student." FOR INFORMATION CALL: BROWARD COUNTY, 475-7650 DADE COUNTY: 940-6644. Ext. 7649/ 50 (toll free) PALM BEACH COUNTY, 732-6600. Ext- 7649/ 50 (toll free) HOW DO I APPLY FOR ADMISSION? Complete the applica tion forms and return with a non-refundable $15.00 application fee by maIl or In person. All checks should be made payable to NOVA UN IVERSITY. All materials should be sent to Nova College, Registrar'S Office, Nova University. 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314. HOW DO I REGISTER? DIscuSS your needs with the counselor. by phone or in person, complete the registration form. It should be returned with a check in the appropriate amount made out to NOVA UNIVERSITY. and sent to the same address as Indicated In the admission question above. WHAT IS THE COST OF ATTENDING? Application fee (non-refundable ); Registration fee: 1\.1itlon {per credit) Late registration fee (after Dec. 19) WHAT CREDIT CARDS CAN I USE? Master Charge VISA Hollywood Buy-O-Matlc $15.00 $15.00 $75.00 $10.00 Nova University / College Avenue / Fort Lauderdale. Florida 33314 Nova University Is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools J Please mail to, Dr. Anna Mae walsh Burke. Director Nova College , The Corporate Division Nova Univers ity 3301 College Avenue Ft. Lauderdale . FL 33314 Please send information on Corporate Division Programs: NAME. ________________________________ __ ADDRESS ______________________________ _ (City) (Sta te ) (Zip) Electrical Engineering Electronic Technology Computer Science Computer Systems Other HOME PHONE __________________________ __ EMPLOYER ____________________________ ___ BUSINESS PHONE ________________________ ___ (THIS IS NOT A REGISTRATION FORM) -----------------------------------------------------COURSES BEGINNING JANUARY 5. 1981 COURSE NO. SEC. DESCRIPTION DAY TIME CS 160 B Digital Systems TH 8,30·1000 CS 160 A Digital Systems TH 6,00-10,30 CS 170 B Computer Programming I T 8 ,30-1000 CS 170 A Computer Programming 1 T 6,00-10030 CS210 A Fortran \,w.Jl'S..w 6,00-10030 CS 340 A In troduction to File Processing T 6,00-10030 EE 410 A Elect romagnetic Theory ETR 130 A Elect ronics Lab 1 ETR 250 A Networks 11 ETR 320 A Electronics 11l MAT 210 A Calculus 1 MAT 230 A Calculus 11l PHY 150 A PhYSiCS 11 PHY 210 A Modern Ph ysics COURSE DESCRIPTIONS C5-160 Digital Systems History of computer technology. functi ons 01 operat· ing systems, data representaticn , central processing system, the control unit , input/output devices , stor-age deVices , octal and hexadecimal numbers . Boolean algebra , gates . concepts of machine languages, as-sembly languages . CS-170 Computer Programming I An introduction to good prog ramming techniques in-cl uding flow charting , code design . debugging tech-niques and documentation , problem-solving methods and algorithm development to be used in the design of computer programs . The lan guage, BASIC. will be taught as part at th is course . An mtroductlOn to the use of microcomputers and compute: terminals . CS-210 Fortran ~ :1troducti on to the language Fortran with reference to the latest standards. special techniques for program-ming In Fortran CS 340 Introduction To File Processing An Introduction to Ihe concepts and techniques of structuring data on bulk storage deVices . applicatio ns 01 data slru ctures and file process ing . arrays . i ~cords . strin gs . lists. trees . slacks ManiPulat ions and liml-tallons oi fi les. Prerequisite: Some programming courses . W 6,00-10,30 M 600-10,30 T 6,00-100 30 S 8,30-1,00 S 8,30-1000 TH 6,00-100 30 W 6,00- 10,30 M 6,00-10030 EE-410 Electromagnetic Theory Fundamentals of static electriC and magnetic fields , electro-quasl-statics potentia l and voltage, charge singularities. boundary conditions, as well as Max-well's equations in cartesian. spheri cal and cy lindrical coordinates subject to given bound<lry conditions. Ampere 's law, Gauss ' law, electric and magnetic functions . Prerequisite: Physics II , Calculus III ETR-130 Electronics Lab 1- (1 cr. ) lab work to complement electrOnics theory course . Prerequisite: Networks I, or Circuit Theory I and Clrcuil Theory II, and Electronics I ETR 250 Networks II A C. CIrCU it theory. capacitance . inductance . source free Al & AC CIrCUits. application of Unit step forCing fu nctron . RlC cirCUits . sinusoidal analYSIS . phasor sinusoidal steady state response . Polyphase ci rCUits . average power and AMS power. Prerequisite: Cal-culus I. ETR-320 Electronics III Passive and wave-shaping circuits : logiC circuits , multi -Vibrators and blockmg oscillators: investigation of limitatIOns . advantages and methods employed in integ rated circuit technology A strong use of mathe-mallcs to solve a number of problems in electronics analys is course. Fourier & l ap lace tran sforms. Pre~ requ isite: Calculus II & ElectroniCS II PARKER ROOM 208 208 208 208 ~ .. ,e?.;2, 130 209 3rd Floor 2 13 Coral Springs Cotal Springs 209 107 208 • SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS J: r ",U u Wr",<;>.WW WWU::;;",<:Q< x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x • x All courses are 3 semester hours of credit unless otherwise Indicated . Communications (3 cr.) Communications (3 cr. ) Social Science (3 cr.) Social Science (3 cr.) Humanities (3 cr. ) Humanities (3 cr, ) Behavioral _Science (3 cr,) BehaVioral SCience ( j cr.) MAT-140 Technical Mathemaucs MAT-ISO Colleoe Mathematics MAT-2l0 Calculus I MAT-220 Calculus II MAT-230 Calculus 1II MAT-3JO Differential Equations MAT-320 Advanced Calculus MAT-420 Linear Algebra MAT-430 Fns. ofa Complex Variable MAT-440 Numerical Analysis MAT-4S0 Probability & Statistics PHY-I40 Physics I PHY-ISO Physics II PHY-160 Physics 1II PHY-2JO Modern Physics PHY-212 Science of Maner or Chemistry CS-160 Digital Systems CS-170 Computer Programming I CS-21O Fortran CS-220 Business Oriented Language (COBOL) CS-230 Structured Programming CS-240 Digital Design CS-2SS Computer Programming II CS-31O Programming Techniques CS-320 Organization of Programming Languages CS-340 Introduction to File Processin~ CS-3S0 Computer Circuit Design CS-360 Computer Architecture L~-4Iu ~ystem Ueslgn &: J\naIysls CS-420 Operating System Concepts CS-430 Simulation & Modeling CS-440 Microcomputers CS-4S0 Data Base Management Systems Design J: r",uu Wr",:;:;>'WW WWU<",<:Q< x x x x x x x x x x x x x CS-460 Assemblers and System Proeramming CS-470 Informalion Systems Analysis and Design ETR-I IO Networks I ETR-120 Electronics I ETR-130 Electronics Lab I (I cr.) x x x ETR-220 Electronics II x x x ETR-230 Electronics Lab II (I cr.) x x x ETR-2S0 Networks II x x x ETR-2SS Electrici ty Laboratory (I cr.) x ETR-320 Electronics III x ETR-430 Networks III x EE-4IO x EE-420 x EE-430 x x EE-440 x EE-4S0 x EE-460 x EE-470 x x MT-220 x x x MT-320 x MT-330 x MT-3S0 x x MT-380 x x ET-2IO x x ET-3IO x x ET-4IO x x ET-420 x x x x x X PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS B.S. Electrical Engineering (EE) B.S. Computer Science (CS) B.S. Computer Science with a Business Systems Option B.S. Electronic Technology (ET) Basic Electronic Cert. (BEC) Advanced Electronic Cert. (AEC) Computer Scie nce Cert. Individualized 100 level are beginning courses 200 and 300 level are intermediate courses 400 level are advanced courses Electromagnetic T heory Field Transmission Lines Fund. of Communication Systems Energy Systems Control Systems Micro-electronics Elect. En • . Analysis/Design Pnnciples of Technology Engineering Drawing (2 cr. ) Industrial Plan nine Fund. of Control System Technology Strength of Materials (4 cr.) Instrumentation I Instrumentation II Electronic Technology Fund. of Communication Technolo2v Electives (in credits) ~O credits in Business DEGREE CODE 138 credits 460 120 credits 463 120 credits 463 120 credits 461 30 credits 360 30 credits 361 30 credit s 363 -'fOI~Olj 31 'fOtl30n'f l ~~ 988 ' ON J.1~t;t3d Ol'lfd 3~"J.SOd 's 'n Course Descriptions MAT-210 Calculus I Functions, limits. denvatives of algebraic functions. Introduction to derivatives of trigonometric func-tlons , logarithmic functions, application of derivatives to phYSICS pro blems, rel ated rates and maxI -mum/minimum problems. definite and indefinite inte-grals with iipplicatlons . MAT-230 Calcu lus III Sequences and series . Taylor senes , Vector analysis functions of several variables , partial derivatives. total differential chain rule: multiple Integral and apphcation functions of a complex vanable. Prerequisite: Cal· culus II or Equivalent WHAT ARE REGISTRATIO N POU O ES? How to Drop and Add Courses. The first week of classes Is the Drop/Add Period. After a class has met once you must receive written permission from the Instructor or your counselor to add the class. The normal refund policy applies to a course dropped during tbe drop and add period unless another course of equal credit. with the same term beginning date , is added in its place. The Registrar's Office must be notified In wrtting of the course to be dropped. This may be done by complet ing a cbange of Registration form available in the Registrar's Office or by mailing a simple written note to the Registrar's Office. Thltlon Refund Policy The following refund pellcy will be computed based upen the date written notification of the drop is received by the Regis-trar's Office; 100% refund prior to the first class meetlng. 75% refund prior to the se<:ond class meeting. regardless of class attendance. 50% refund prior to the third class meeting. regardless of class attendance. Fees are non-refundable. NOVA COLLEGE OFFERS A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS IN BOTH DAY AND EVENING FOR-MAT. For Information call, 475-7340 PHY-150 Physics II Electrostatics, electnc currents , electric fields and electric potential, AC and DC circuits , magnetic fields , capacitance . mductance and electromagnetic waves . Prerequisite or Co-requisite Calculus I PHY-210 Modern Physics An Introduction te modern concepts of physics includ-ing atomicsiruc1urE: and mlCfOSl:opil: structure of mat· ter, quantum mechanics , elementary particles, special relativity, wave particle duality, statistical physics , X-rays . molecular binding . nuclear physics. including nuclear structure . Prerequillte: Physics I,ll, III, Ga l· culull After the third class meeting, a student may withdraw from a course by completing a "Withdrawal Form" available In the Registrar's Office. After one half of the course is completed. Instructor's or counselor's approval Is required to withdraw from a course. How to Withdraw If you wish to withdraw from a course after the refund period is over you must submit a completed withdrawal form to the registration office within the first half of the course. Between that time and the last class meeting before the final exam. you may withdraw and obtain a "W" only with the consent of the Instructor or academic counselor on the withdrawal form. You are expected to attend all classes and may be administratively withdrawn if you fail to meet attendance reqUirements of the instructor. How to 'lake an Incomplete With the written approval of the course Instructor. you may have up to one additional term to complete the course and receive a letter grade An incomplete form must be completed and signed by the instructor in order to receive a grade of 'T'. The grade of 'T remains permanently on the record if the work is not completed within the extension period. FINANCIAL AID Nova University participates In various governmental finanCial aid programs for the benefit of its students. For Information call: 475-7410 • 't'altl Ol ~ 3 1\lOtl3.a n \l ' u 999 ·ON .1.1V'it:t3 d Ol'lfd 3'D'd.1.SOd ·s ·n PHY-140 PhysiCS I MAT~310 Differential Equations Solving first order ordinary differential equations. exact, separable and linear. Applications to rates and mechanics, theory of higher order linear differential equations. Methods of undetermined coefficients and vanation 01 parameters, application to vibrating mass and electric ClfCUlts; power series solutions. Partial differential equations: the methOds of separation ot variables, linear partial differential equations and their application to electronicS and electrical engmeering problems; solutions of imtial boundary problems: Basic principles of mechanics including Vectors , force, equilibrium , displacement, velOcity, accelera· tion. masS, Newton's Laws , work. energy, gravitation, momentum. rotational motion, mechanics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Course Descriptions MAT-150 College MathematicS (precalculus) Review of algebra, trigonometriC functions, graphs of functions, logarithms , exponents, functions of the natural number, introduction of calculuS, concept 01 limits, integrals . Prerequisite Calculus I MAT-220 Calculus II Riemann sums, the definite integral, methods of inte· gration, continuation of exponential logarithmic functions, inverse trigonometriC functions, L'Hopita!'s rule, and improper integrals. Prefequlslte: Calculus 1 Fourier senes and Founer transforms; inhomogene· ous problems: introduction of numerical methods . Laplace transforms. Prerequisite: Calculus III Of Equil4alent or Equivalent WHAT ARE REGISTRATION POLlCIESl How to Drop and Add Courses. The first week of dasses is the Drop! Add Period. After a dass has met once yOU must receive written permission from the Instructor or your counselor to add the dass . The normal refund poliCY applies to a course dropped during the drop and add period unless another course of equal credit. with the same term beginning date, is added in its place. The Registrar'S office must be notified in writing of the course to be dropped. This may be done by completing a change of r ._ ~ . , .. ;h hlf' in the Registrar's .. ?ffice or by mailing After the third dass meeting. a student may withdraw from a course by completing a "Withdrawal Form" available In the Registrar's office. After one half of the course is completed. instructor's or counselor's approval is required to withdraw from a course. How to Withdraw If yOU wish to withdraw from a course after the refund period is over you must submit a completed withdrawal form to the registration office within the first half of the course. Between that time and the last class meeting before the final exam. you may Withdraw and obtain a "w" only with the consent of the instructor or academic counselor 00 the withdrawal form. You "e expected to attend aU dasses and may be administratively ~ . ' . _ _ ..... t ~ttpndance requirements of the 

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