2026 – 2027 Course Review Site

Subject

Course Number

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AI

New

–N/A–

New subject/prefix “AI” for Artificial Intelligence

8-27

BME

New

–N/A–

New subject/prefix “BME” for Biomedical Engineering

8-27

BME

101

New

–N/A–

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering I 1 Overview of current topics, issues, and careers in Biomedical Engineering. Typically offered Fall. S,F grading.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1950323

8-27

BME

102

New

–N/A–

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering II 1 Overview of current topics, issues, and careers in Biomedical Engineering. Typically offered Spring. S,F grading.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1950388

8-27

BME

201

New

–N/A–

Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals 3 Course Prerequisite: CHEM 106; MATH 172; PHYSICS 201 or concurrent enrollment. Fundamental Biomedical Engineering problem-solving techniques with applications of momentum, charge, material, and energy balances. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1950325

8-27

BME

401

New

–N/A–

[M] Biomedical Engineering Regulatory and Quality Science 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 301 (or approved alternative professional ethics course); STAT 370 (or approved alternative statistics course). Skills for working in life sciences industry with emphasis on manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical devices, including validation, quality control, and manufacturing processes focusing on testing, systems evaluations, FDA compliance, and reporting. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1950481

1-28

CHE

451

Revise

[CAPS] [M] Chemical Process Analysis and Design II 3 Course Prerequisite: CHE 450 with a C or better; junior standing. Development, design, and economic evaluation of chemical and related processes as practiced in industry. Typically offered Spring.

[CAPS] [M] Chemical Process Analysis and Design II 3 (0-6) Course Prerequisite: CHE 450 with a C or better; junior standing. Development, design, and economic evaluation of chemical and related processes as practiced in industry. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1949995

1-27

KIN ACTV

104

New

–N/A–

Tactical Strength and Conditioning V 1 (0-2) to 2 (0-4) May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 credits. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer. S, F grading.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1939161

1-27

ME

473

New

–N/A–

Value Stream Engineering and Lean Manufacturing 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: ME 312. Fundamentals of manufacturing processes, product-based manufacturing process design, value-stream mapping, and lean manufacturing principles. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1868007

1-27

MECH

101

Revise

Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 2 Course Prerequisite: MATH 171 or concurrent enrollment. Introduction to mechanical engineering profession, engineering problem solving, computers in engineering design methods. Typically offered Spring.

Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 171 or concurrent enrollment. Introduction to the mechanical engineering profession, fundamentals of mechanics, engineering ethics. Resources, opportunities, and knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in engineering.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1935168

1-27

MECH

251

Revise

Numerical Computing for Engineers 2 Course Prerequisite: MATH 172 or 182, or concurrent enrollment; MATH 220 or concurrent enrollment. Introduction to numerical computing in the context of problem solving including data analysis, data visualization, MATLAB programming and numerical techniques. Typically offered Fall.

Numerical Computing for Engineers 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 172 or 182, or concurrent enrollment; MATH 220 or concurrent enrollment. Introduction to numerical computing in the context of problem solving including data analysis, data visualization, MATLAB programming and numerical techniques. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1903327

1-27

MECH

416

Revise

[M] Mechanical Systems Design I 2 Course Prerequisite: MECH 310; MECH 404; MECH 414 or concurrent enrollment. First term of the year-long capstone design; integrative design in mechanical engineering; multidisciplinary design project considering technical and nontechnical contexts. Typically offered Fall.

[M] Mechanical Systems Design I 3 Course Prerequisite: MECH 310; MECH 404; MECH 414 or concurrent enrollment. First term of the year-long capstone design; integrative design in mechanical engineering; multidisciplinary design project considering technical and nontechnical contexts. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1902289

1-27

MSE

411

New

–N/A–

Semiconductor Processing and Fabrication 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: MSE 302. Introduction to semiconductors and semiconductor fabrication process, including oxidation, diffusion, photolithography, plasma and acid etching, thin film deposition, and device fabrication. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1935411

8-27

MSE / ME

431

New

–N/A–

Nanoscale Materials and Nanotechnology 3 Introduction to nanoscience, nanoscale materials, and modern nanotechnology including structure, fabrication, and applications. (Crosslisted course offered as MSE 431, ME 431.) Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1936743

1-27

MSE / ME

463

New

–N/A–

Fission and Fusion Materials 3 Course Prerequisite: MSE 201. Understanding key mechanisms affecting material behavior in fission and fusion reactors, material degradation mechanisms, development of irradiation-tolerant materials, nuclear fuel cycle and waste management strategies. (Crosslisted course offered as MSE 463, ME 463.) Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1935473

1-27

MUS

457

Revise

Seminar in Jazz Arranging/ Composition 2 Course Prerequisite: MUS 257. Arranging and composing for instrumental jazz ensembles. Typically offered Odd Years – Fall.

Jazz Arranging 2 (0-6) Course Prerequisite: MUS 257. Advanced techniques in arranging, orchestration, theory, and form analysis for jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s and instrumentation ranging from small ensembles to large orchestras.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1908867

1-27

NEP

202

New

–N/A–

Modern Concepts in Human Health: Nutrition Science and Policy for Health Professionals 3 Course Prerequisite: BIOLOGY 101 or BIOLOGY 106 or equivalent. Concepts and controversies surrounding the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, lifecycle nutrition, nutrition care and support, Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) including enteral and parenteral support, and management and treatment of nutrition-related diseases.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1911423

1-27

NEP

485

New

–N/A–

Modern Concepts in Human Health: Nutrition Policy and Public Health 3 Course Prerequisite: NEP 101 or NEP 202. Nutrition policies, policies that address other social determinants of health, research design and methods to evaluate policies, and impact of policies on population health. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1932199

1-27

PHARMEDS

420

Revise

–N/A–

Foundational Human Immunology 3 Foundations of human immunology for the health sciences including immune system components and processes, innate and adaptive immunity, pathogen response, autoimmunity, vaccinations, and cancer immunotherapy. Recommended preparation: TMP 350 or a similar course in biochemistry.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1938081

1-27

PHIL

240

New

–N/A–

AI Ethics 3 How to live, learn, and work in a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence, examining ethical issues related to the development and use of AI, such as cognitive offloading, algorithmic bias, human-AI relationships, the Alignment Problem, and the Responsibility Gap. Typically offered Fall in Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1919549

5-27

PUBHLTH

495

Revise

Public Health Internship V 1-3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 hours. Course Prerequisite: By department permission. Internship with a public health
agency, a nonprofit organization, or a private
sector company that aligns with the student’s chosen career path. S, F grading.

Public Health Internship V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4
credits. Course Prerequisite: By department permission. Internship with a public health
agency, a nonprofit organization, or a private sector company that aligns with the student’s chosen career path. S, F grading.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1792658

1-27

TCH LRN

469

Revise

Pre-Internship for Secondary Teachers V 2 (0-6) to 3 (0-9) Course Prerequisite: TCH LRN 317. Field experience with classroom observation and teaching prior to student teaching; weekly seminar included. Typically offered Fall and Spring. S, F grading.

Pre-Internship for Secondary Teachers V 2 (0-6) to 3 (0-9) May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Course Prerequisite: TCH LRN 317. Field experience with classroom observation and teaching prior to student teaching; weekly seminar included. Typically offered Fall and Spring. S, F grading.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1936534

8-27

ANIM SCI

468

Revise

[M] Applied Physiology of Cultured Fish 3 Course Prerequisite: ANIM SCI 313; ANIM SCI 330; ANIM SCI 350. Development and management of finfish aquaculture systems and production strategies. Typically offered Spring. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.

[CAPS] [M] Applied Physiology of Cultured Fish 3 Course Prerequisite: ANIM SCI 313; ANIM SCI 330; ANIM SCI 350. Development and management of finfish aquaculture systems and production strategies. Typically offered Spring. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.

8-26

SOC

415

Revise

[CAPS] Globalization 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. Structural foundations of global social change; theories of intersocietal interactions and interdependencies. Recommended preparation: SOC 101. Typically offered Fall.

Globalization 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. Structural foundations of global social change; theories of intersocietal interactions and interdependencies. Recommended preparation: SOC 101. Typically offered Fall.

1-27

Subject

Course Number

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Current

Proposed

Effective

Date

MED CLIN

645

Revise

Clinical Rotation – Forensic Pathology 2 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 2 credits. Course Prerequisite: MED CLIN 524; exceptions granted by the Associate Dean for Curriculum or designee. Anatomic and clinical pathology including case meetings, autopsy activities, scene visits, and pathologist-led teaching sessions. S, F grading.

Clinical Rotation – Forensic Pathology V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 12 credits. Course Prerequisite: MED CLIN 524; exceptions granted by the Associate Dean for Curriculum or designee. Anatomic and clinical pathology including case meetings, autopsy activities, scene visits, and pathologist-led teaching sessions. S, F grading.

1-27

ME

518

New

–N/A–

Cryogenics 3 Cryogenic hydrogen includes thermophysical properties at cryogenic temperatures, instrumentation, liquefaction, transfer, storage, and safety relevant to aerospace, clean energy, and high-energy physics applications. Recommended preparation: ME 301, ME 303, and ME 304. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1949485

1-27

SF

all

Revise

SAFP – “Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production”

SF – “Sustainable Fuels”

1-27

SPMGT

578

Revise

Sports in Society 3 The social significance of sports; sociology of sport research. Required preparation must include SPMGT 367 or equivalent. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

Sport and Sustainability 3 A critical analysis of the role of sport as a driver
of sustainability and its reciprocal relationship with climate change, with particular attention to sport’s potential for
promoting sustainable development. Typically offered Odd Years – Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1903323/assignments/syllabus

1-27

Subject

Course Number

New Revise Drop

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Proposed

Effective

Date

ANTH

456/

556

New

–N/A–

Applied Anthropology 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. Applied anthropological approaches to real-world problems in community, nonprofit, government, and private-sector settings, emphasizing client collaboration, evidence-based recommendations, professional communication, ethics, and career preparation. Credit not granted for both ANTH 456 and ANTH 556. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Odd Years – Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951287

8-27

BME

210

New

–N/A–

Biomedical Engineering Problem Solving 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 201 with a C or better; MATH 315 or current enrollment. Methods for analysis and problem solving in Biomedical Engineering; introduction to mathematical modeling, programming, and numerical methods for Biomedical Engineering applications. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952336

8-27

BME

301

New

–N/A–

Biomedical Engineering Ethics and Professional Development 2 Course Prerequisite: BME 201 or concurrent enrollment. Ethical topics in Biomedical Engineering, including responsibilities to
society and scientific conduct; topics related to the professional development of Biomedical Engineers. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1950518

1-27

BME

310

New

–N/A–

Introduction to Machine Learning for Biomedical Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 210 with a C or better or CHE 211 with a C or better or alternate Python course with instructor approval. Introduction and application of the concepts of machine learning for Biomedical Engineering applications. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1950517

8-27

BME

321

New

–N/A–

Cellular Biomedical Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 201. Integrating cellular biology and engineering science by applying quantitative engineering principles for development of cellular-based materials, diagnostic devices and sensor designs. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952424

8-27

BME

322

New

–N/A–

Transport Processes in Tissue and Organ Systems 4 (3-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 321. Integrating tissue and organ systems with transport processes, including cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal systems. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1953638

8-27

BME

330

New

–N/A–

Biomedical Engineering Operations I 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 321; E E 261; STAT 370. Introduction to and application of tools used for prototyping, testing, and analyzing chemical, mechanical, and electrical systems related to Biomedical Engineering, with topics including experimental design and implementation and communication of procedures and results. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952626

8-27

BME

410

New

–N/A–

[M] Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project I 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 322; BME 330; BME 401. Part I of capstone engineering design project including problem definition, design requirements, conceptual design, detail design, and technical writing and presentation. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952758

8-27

BME

411

New

–N/A–

Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project II 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 410 with a C or better. Part II of capstone engineering design project; prototype implementation, verification, validation, and delivery. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952956

8-27

BME

420

New

–N/A–

Dynamics in Physiological Systems 4 (3-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 322. Modeling of dynamic systems applied to physiological systems and introduction to feedback control, including neural, endocrine, and metabolic systems and homeostasis. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1954563

8-27

BME

430

New

–N/A–

Biomedical Engineering Operations II 2 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: BME 330 with a C or better. Continuation of BME 330 with topics including Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Quality Management System Regulation for biomanufacturing and medical device manufacturing. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952751

8-27

PHYSICS

458/

558

New

–N/A–

Quantum 3 (0-9) Course Prerequisite: PHYSICS 450 or equivalent (e.g., University of Idaho PHYS 4620 via the WSU UI cooperative program.) Experimental/ computational skills and an understanding of quantum technology that emphasize entanglement, decoherence, quantum spin control, quantum simulations/computations of many-body dynamics and error-correcting codes, and hands-on lab skills with optical design, radio circuits, electronic control, and data analysis. Recommended preparation: PHYSICS 455/555 as a prerequisite or co-requisite and Introductory Qiskit experience. Credit not granted for both PHYSICS 458 and PHYSICS 558. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951298

8-27

ANTH

456/

556

New

–N/A–

Applied Anthropology 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. Applied anthropological approaches to real-world problems in community, nonprofit, government, and private-sector settings, emphasizing client collaboration, evidence-based recommendations, professional communication, ethics, and career preparation. Credit not granted for both ANTH 456 and ANTH 556. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Odd Years – Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951287

8-27

CSSTE

546

Revise

Arts-Informed Perspectives in Educational Research 3 Course Prerequisite: ED RES 562; ED RES 564. Exploration and application of alternative forms of qualitative research and representation through the arts. Typically offered Spring.

Arts-Informed Perspectives in Educational Research 3 Course Prerequisite: ED RES 562; ED RES 564. Exploration and application of alternative forms of qualitative research and representation through the arts. (Formerly ED RES 569.) Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952458

8-27

PHYSICS

458/

558

New

–N/A–

Quantum 3 (0-9) Course Prerequisite: Graduate standing and quantum
mechanics at the level of PHYSICS 450. Experimental/computational skills and an understanding of quantum technology that emphasize entanglement, decoherence, quantum spin control, quantum simulations/computations of many-body dynamics and error-correcting codes, and hands-on lab skills with optical design, radio circuits, electronic control, and data analysis. Recommended preparation: PHYSICS 455/555 as a prerequisite or co-requisite and Introductory Qiskit experience. Credit not granted for both PHYSICS 458 and PHYSICS 558. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951298

8-27

Subject

Course Number

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Date

AI

101

New

–N/A–

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 Interdisciplinary introduction to AI for all majors; history, data, machine learning, neural networks, language, vision, generative AI, robotics, agents, and applications; hands-on no-code exploration, evaluation of AI outputs and limitations, and responsible use. No prior programming or advanced mathematics required. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951402

8-27

AI

102

New

–N/A–

Ethics, Safety, and Responsible AI 3 Ethics, safety, and societal dimensions of artificial intelligence including application of ethical theories and responsible-AI frameworks to data, bias, privacy, transparency, human oversight, generative-AI risks, misuse, accountability, and governance through case analysis and a practical AI risk-and-impact audit. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951403

8-27

AI

141

New

–N/A–

Programming Fundamentals I 4 (3-3) Course Prerequisite: MATH 108, 171, 172, 182, 201, 202, 216, or 220, each with a C or better, CPT S 111 with a B+ or better, a min ALEKS math placement score of 78%, or by permission with an AP Exam in Cpt S Principles or Cpt Sci A with a 4 or better. Core concepts of computational thinking and programming in Python with generative AI integrated as a programming and learning tool. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951399

8-27

AI

142

New

–N/A–

Programming Fundamentals II 4 (3-3) Course Prerequisite: AI 141 with a C or better. Object-oriented design, key data structures, Big-O analysis, recursion, and concurrency using Python and incorporating generative AI. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951400

8-27

AI

217

New

–N/A–

Theory of Computation for AI 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 142 or CPT S 122 with a C or better. Formal and discrete foundations of artificial intelligence: logic, proof,
combinatorics, graphs, trees, automata, formal languages, grammars, Turing machines, decidability, reductions, and computational complexity; applications to AI representation, language, agents, and computational limits. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951405

8-27

AI

240

New

–N/A–

Foundations for Artificial Intelligence 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 142 or CPT S 122 with a C or better; MATH 225 with a C or better. Mathematical, representational, and computational foundations of artificial intelligence, including formulation and implementation of AI problems using symbolic and numerical representation, linear algebra, tensors, contemporary AI frameworks, automatic differentiation, optimization, evaluation, and reproducible computational workflows. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951404

8-27

AI

260

New

–N/A–

Computer Systems for AI 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 101 with a C or better; AI 142 with a C or better. Computer systems principles for executing AI workloads efficiently; logic and data representation; assembly language; processor organization; pipelining; memory and cache hierarchies; memory management; scheduling; I/O; networking; concurrency; system telemetry; bottleneck analysis; performance optimization; and architectural trends. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951401

8-27

AI

337

New

–N/A–

Machine Learning Operations and AI Systems Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 142 with a C or better; AI 260 with a C or better; CPT S 322 with a C or better. Design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of production machine learning systems, including reproducible data and model pipelines, versioning, experiment tracking, registries, orchestration, containerization, CI/CD, cloud deployment, monitoring, drift, scalability, reliability, testing, security, privacy, governance, and responsible AI. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951410

8-27

AI

401

New

–N/A–

Multimodal AI and Foundation Models 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 240 with a C or better; AI 434 with a C or better; AI 437 with a C or better. Principles and methods for multimodal AI and foundation models across text, images, audio, video, and sensor data, including multimodal alignment and fusion, contrastive learning, cross-modal projection, vision-language models, retrieval, orchestration, adaptation, evaluation, robustness, safety, privacy, bias, and responsible AI. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951406

8-27

AI

402

New

–N/A–

Multiagent Systems 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 240 with a C or better. Formal models and algorithms for systems of interacting autonomous agents; game-theoretic foundations; cooperation, competition,
coordination, communication, negotiation, decentralized decision making, multiagent learning, emergent behavior, tool-enabled agent collaboration, performance and risk evaluation, and real-world applications. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951407

8-27

AI

403

New

–N/A–

Natural Language Processing and Conversational AI 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 240 with a C or better. Natural language processing and conversational AI: text processing, language and sequence modeling, attention, transformers, diffusion and flow-based models, classification, information extraction, question answering, summarization, generation, fine-tuning, prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, dialogue, evaluation, safety, and responsible AI. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951408

8-27

AI /

CPT S

436 /

536

New

–N/A–

Distributed Machine Learning 3 Course Prerequisite: AI/CPT S 437 with a C or better; MATH 220 or 225 with a C or better; STAT 360 with a C or better. Distributed and federated machine learning; centralized and decentralized optimization; gradient and stochastic methods; FedAvg and methods for data and system heterogeneity; communication efficiency, personalization, client selection, differential privacy, robustness, fairness, and implementation on real datasets. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 436, CPT S 436.) Credit not granted for more than one of AI 436/536 or CPT S 436/536. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959001

8-27

AI /

CPT S

444 /

544

New

–N/A–

Generative AI 3 Course Prerequisite: AI/CPT S 437 with a C or better; AI/CPT S 440 with a C or better. Foundations and modern advances in generative AI for text, images, video, and other data; variational autoencoders, generative adversarial networks, normalizing flows, diffusion models, flow matching, generative pretraining, and large language models; theoretical principles, implementation, evaluation, and applications. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 444, CPT S 444.) Credit not granted for more than one of AI 444/544 or CPT S 444/544. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958994

8-27

AI /

CPT S

446

New

–N/A–

Agentic AI 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 240 with a C or better; OR CPT S 321, 322, or 355 with a C or better; junior standing. Design and development of software systems using agentic AI; AI-assisted development workflows; agent architectures, orchestration, coordination, and production pipelines; tool integration and Model Context Protocol; workflow reliability and evaluation; and project-based applications in web, mobile, game, data science, and machine learning systems. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 446, CPT S 446.) Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959015

8-27

AI

449

New

–N/A–

AI Hardware Accelerators and Edge AI 3 Course Prerequisite: AI 260 or CPT S 260 with a C or better. Architecture, design, and optimization of AI hardware accelerators and edge systems, including GPUs, TPUs/NPUs, FPGAs, memory hierarchies, dataflow, interconnects, parallelism, quantization, pruning, sparsity, compression, hardware-software co-design, deployment, and evaluation of performance, energy, accuracy, security, and reliability. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1951409

8-27

AI /

CPT S

474 /

574

New

–N/A–

Reinforcement Learning 3 Course Prerequisite: AI or CPTS 437 with a C or better; MATH 220 or 225 with a C or better; STAT 360 with a C or better. Reinforcement learning and sequential decision-making: Markov decision processes; dynamic programming; value, policy, and temporal-difference methods; function approximation; deep reinforcement learning; bandits; safe and constrained learning; offline learning; imitation and inverse reinforcement learning; and learning from human feedback. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 474, CPT S 474.) Credit not granted for more than one of AI 474/574 or CPT S 474/574. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959004

8-27

BME

440

New

–N/A–

Bioinstrumentation 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: E E 262. Principles, design, and implementation of instrumentation applicable to biomedical devices. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1957948

8-27

BME

441 /

541

New

–N/A–

Biomechanics 3 Course Prerequisite: CE 211 with C or better; MATH 315 with C or better. Mechanical behavior of biological and engineering materials, including relationships between external loads and internal stresses and strains within a structure and methods for the analysis of both rigid body and deformational mechanics applied to skeletal joints, limbs, and whole body movements with applications in the fields of orthopedics, tissue engineering, prosthetics, ergonomics and exercise science. Credit not granted for both BME 441 and BME/ME 541. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958263

8-27

BME

442

New

–N/A–

Bioelectric Phenomena and Devices 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 440 with C or better. The electrophysiology of excitable tissues (neurons and muscle) and human health applications involving recording activity or stimulating these tissues; Integration of engineering principles with neural physiology for design and analysis of biomedical devices. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959155

8-27

BME

455

New

–N/A–

Metabolic Engineering 3 (2-3) Course Prerequisite: BME 210 or CHE 211, each with a C or better; MATH 315 with a C or better. Introduction to the application of molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology, mathematical techniques, and engineering principles to the metabolism of organisms to create cellular factories for desired bioproducts. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958110

8-27

BME

456 /

556

New

–N/A–

Protein Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 321 with C or better. Integrating molecular biology and engineering sciences to analyze, change, and design the structure and function of proteins. Credit not granted for both BME 456 and 556. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958307

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BME

475 /

575

New

–N/A–

Bioreactor Design and Separations 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 455 with C or better. Introduction to bioreactor design and operation and processes for separations of bioproducts. Credit not granted for both BME 475 and 575. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958342

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BME

476

New

–N/A–

Synthetic Biology and Microbial Engineering 3 Course Prerequisite: BME 455. Introduction to the principles and tools used to understand, analyze, and engineer microbial systems across multiple biological scales with examples highlighting applications in health, sustainability, biomanufacturing, and environmental biotechnology. Typically offered. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958237

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CHEM

160

New

–N/A–

Nuclear Safety 1 Course Prerequisite: CHEM 101 or CHEM 105, or concurrent enrollment. Introduction to a nuclear safety culture, radiation safety, obtaining dosimetry, and the basic principles of nuclear safety and working/learning in a nuclear environment. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959408

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CHEM

163

New

–N/A–

Reactor Operations Lab 3 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: CHEM 162 with a C or better. Nuclear reactor theory, facility licensing, emergency planning, training, response, policies, and procedures from the previous courses through hands on training, lab reports, and oral examinations to finalize preparation for the U.S. NRC Licensing Exam. Typically offered Summer Session.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959413

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CHEM

360

New

–N/A–

Nuclear and Radiochemistry 3 Course Prerequisite: CHEM 101 or CHEM 105, or concurrent enrollment. Nuclear theory, nuclear physics, nuclear structure, radiation safety, radiation effects on matter, detection of radioactive material, nuclear reactions, production and separation of radionuclides, and nuclear fuel cycle. Typically offered Fall. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959484

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CHEM

362

New

–N/A–

Health Physics and Radiation Shielding Laboratory 3 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: CHEM 361. Modern spectroscopic techniques for the analysis of radioactive materials to assess radiological hazards and provide radiation safety recommendations. Typically offered Fall. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959488

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CHEM

461

New

–N/A–

Advanced Health Physics 3 Course Prerequisite: CHEM 101 or CHEM 105, or concurrent enrollment. How ionizing radiation affects the environment and human body, with an emphasis on radiation safety, utilizing critical thinking to address and lead in the safe handling of health physics scenarios. Typically offered Spring. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959489

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CHEM

462

New

–N/A–

Advanced Health Physics Laboratory 3 (1-6) Course Prerequisite: CHEM 361. Modern spectroscopic techniques for the analysis of radioactive materials in health physics scenarios to assess radiological hazards and utilize critical thinking to provide radiation safety recommendations. Typically offered Spring. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959490

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COMJOUR

250

New

–N/A–

Media Literacy 3 A hands-on introduction to reading media critically in the AI, including how to verify claims, spot bias and framing, tell human-made content from AI-generated content, and understand the algorithms shaping your feed. Recommended preparation: COM 101. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1953334

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CPT S /

AI

441/541

New

–N/A–

Computer Vision 3 Introduction to computer vision covering classical image analysis, fundamental machine learning, and modern deep neural networks, with applications to object detection, segmentation, video understanding, and generative models. Credit not granted for both CPT S/AI 441 and CPT S 541. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1874611

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CRWR

New

–N/A–

New subject/prefix “CRWR” for Career-Ready, World Ready

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CRWR

300

New

–N/A–

Career Narrative and Professional Portfolio 1 Course Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Curating and articulating academic, cocurricular, and extracurricular experiences through a professional portfolio; reflect on learning, skills, and growth while using the CAS Career-Ready, World-Ready competencies to demonstrate readiness for future opportunities. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959619

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DATA

463

New

–N/A–

Machine Learning in Data and AI 3 Course Prerequisite: DATA 302, DATA 219, and STAT/DATA 360. Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to data analytics problems, including data preparation, predictive modeling, deep learning, generative AI, and model evaluation, with emphasis on explainability, fairness, privacy, and responsible AI use. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959694

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HISTORY

327

New

–N/A–

Introduction to Public History 3 An introduction to the field of public history through the study of museums, libraries, archives, historic preservation, and other areas where historians can work. Typically offered Odd Years – Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1952785

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MATH

301

Revise

Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 220, 225, or 230, each with a C or better. Mathematical arguments and the writing of proofs. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.

[M] Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 220, 225, or 230, each with a C or better. Mathematical arguments and the writing of proofs. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1957717

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PHIL

190

New

–N/A–

How to Survive and Thrive in the World of AI 3 Practical reasoning skills for the more responsible and effective use of AI, including hands-on AI training. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959928

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STAT

111

New

–N/A–

AI Unplugged 3 An exploration of how AI works – how it learns, recognizes patterns, makes predictions, creates images and text, recommends what you watch and listen to, and powers technologies you use every day – and how to use AI effectively. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1957749/

assignments/syllabus

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Subject

Course Number

New Revise Drop

Current

Proposed

Effective

Date

AI /

CPT S

436 / 536

New

–N/A–

Distributed Machine Learning 3 Course Prerequisite: CPT S 570. Distributed and federated machine learning; centralized and decentralized optimization; gradient and stochastic methods; FedAvg and methods for data and system heterogeneity; communication efficiency, personalization, client selection, differential privacy, robustness, fairness, and implementation on real datasets. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 436, CPT S 436.) Credit not granted for more than one of AI 436/536 or CPT S 436/536. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus:

https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959001

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AI /

CPT S

444 / 544

Revise

Generative AI 3 Course Prerequisite: CPT S 570. Introduction to the foundations and modern advances of generative artificial intelligence, covering core models such as variational autoencoders, generative adversarial networks, normalizing flows, diffusion models, flow matching, and large language models, with emphasis on theoretical principles, algorithmic design, and real-world applications. Typically offered Spring.

Generative AI 3 Course Prerequisite: CPT S 570. Foundations and modern advances in generative AI for text, images, video, and other data; variational autoencoders, generative adversarial networks, normalizing flows, diffusion models, flow matching, generative pretraining, and large language models; theoretical principles, implementation, evaluation, and applications. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 444, CPT S 444.) Credit not granted for more than one of AI 444/544 or CPT S 444/544. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958994

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AI /

CPT S

474 / 574

New

–N/A–

Reinforcement Learning 3 Reinforcement learning and sequential decision-making: Markov decision processes; dynamic programming; value, policy, and temporal-difference methods; function approximation; deep reinforcement learning; bandits; safe and constrained learning; offline learning; imitation and inverse reinforcement learning; and learning from human feedback. (Crosslisted course offered as AI 474, CPT S 474.) Credit not granted for more than one of AI 474/574 or CPT S 474/574. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1959004

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BME / ME

441 / 541

New

–N/A–

Biomechanics 3 Mechanical behavior of biological and engineering materials, including relationships between external loads and internal stresses and strains within a structure and methods for the analysis of both rigid body and deformational mechanics applied to skeletal joints, limbs, and whole body movements with applications in the fields of orthopedics, tissue engineering, prosthetics, ergonomics and exercise science. Credit not granted for both BME 441 and BME/ME 541. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958263

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BME

456 / 556

New

–N/A–

Protein Engineering 3 Integrating molecular biology and engineering sciences to analyze, change, and design the structure and function of proteins. Credit not granted for both BME 456 and 556. Offered at the 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958307

8-27

BME

475 / 575

New

–N/A–

Bioreactor Design and Separations 3 Introduction to bioreactor design and operation and processes for separations of bioproducts. Credit not granted for both BME 475 and 575. Offered at 400 and 500 level. Typically offered Spring.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1958342

8-27

CPT S

520

New

–N/A–

Web Security 3 Comprehensive introduction to web security, covering the browser security model, web application vulnerabilities, authentication, cross-domain policies, client- and server-side attacks, online tracking, and modern defense strategies.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1900638

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CPT S / AI

441 / 541

Computer Vision 3 Introduction to computer vision covering classical image analysis, fundamental machine learning, and modern deep neural networks, with applications to object detection, segmentation, video understanding, and generative models. Credit not granted for both CPT S/AI 441 and CPT S 541. Offered at 400 and 500 level.
Typically offered Fall.

Syllabus: https://wsu.instructure.com/courses/1874611

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