Centers for Research and Service

Center for Grapevine Biotechnology

The Center explores genetic resources and identifies health-promoting compounds in diverse grapevine species for securing the profitability and sustainability of the grape and wine industry and for improving human health.

Center for Resource Planning and Management

The Center provides educational training, applied research and community outreach services in the field of urban planning and community development. Services provided to local governments, state and federal agencies and civic organizations include small town planning, comprehensive planning, grant writing, economic development planning, digital cartographic services and specialty planning services. The Center is an affiliate census data center of the Missouri State Library and is the administrative agent of the Southwest Missouri Advisory Council of Governments.

Darr Agricultural Center

Missouri State's William H. Darr Agricultural Center, located on a 100-acre site in southwest Springfield, is a unique asset that supports the Department of Agriculture's diverse programs. 

Agriculture is a key economic component of the region. The food, fiber, and renewable resources that traditional agriculture provides are basics required for life. Missouri State's metropolitan location and the Darr Agricultural Center provide a unique opportunity to demonstrate the interactions between traditional agriculture's rural origin and the more urban setting of modern America. Springfield is home to significant agricultural businesses and government agencies that provide trade and service centers for producers, manufacturers, and consumers. These businesses and agencies are valuable educational assets that allow Missouri State University students to participate in off-campus education activities such as field trips and internships. 

The Darr Agricultural Center serves as a laboratory and field experience classroom for the study of livestock management, equine studies, horticulture, agronomy, animal science, and wildlife conservation and management. An additional benefit of the Center is that it provides agricultural/green space within the rapidly expanding Springfield metropolitan area. 

The University is improving the Center through renovation of existing facilities and development of new facilities.  The grand opening of Pinegar Arena took place in 2007. The University plans to build a learning/service building at the Center that will help serve educational, technical assistance and customer service needs for the following components of the community: agriculture, continuing education, community development, business and industry, human-environmental sciences, horticulture, consumer studies, and youth development.

Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute (OEWRI)

The Institute supports efforts to protect and restore water quality and supply in the Ozarks Region of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a hub for science-based monitoring and assessment of water and sediment quality trends, watershed function and disturbance, and land use/land cover change in the Ozarks. In addition, it will initiate and support research programs aimed at solving environmental problems by working in partnership and cooperation with university researchers, environmental groups, and governmental agencies.

Graduate Program

A Master of Natural and Applied Science degree is administered by the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. Additional graduate programs are offered through the academic departments in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. See the department sections of this catalog and the Graduate Catalog for more information. 

Accelerated Master of Natural and Applied Science degree: Eligible undergraduate students majoring in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences may apply for preliminary acceptance into the Master of Natural and Applied Science program after admission requirements for the accelerated masters program have been satisfied. If approved, a maximum of 12 hours of approved graduate level courses may be designated as "mixed credit" and counted toward both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs. This option offers an opportunity for CNAS majors whose goals, academic capabilities, and career planning include graduate work, to complete the requirements for the masters degree in less time than would otherwise be possible. See the Graduate Catalog or contact the MNAS program director for further information and guidelines. 

For courses to be designated as Mixed Credit, the graduate advisor, undergraduate department head, and Graduate College dean must approve by signing the Permission for Mixed Credit form. This form must be provided to the Office of the Registrar in Carrington Hall 320 no later than the end of the Change of Schedule Period for the semester.

Engineering Program

Collaborative Programs in Civil and Electrical Engineering with Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri - Rolla)

Director: Professor Douglas R. Carroll Ph.D.

Professor: Robert I. Egbert Ph.D., P.E.

Web Site: http://science.missouristate.edu/engineering.htm

Missouri State University and Missouri University of Science & Technology are proud to offer two engineering programs on the Missouri State University campus – Civil and Electrical Engineering.  Missouri State University will continue to offer a strong pre-engineering program to all students who wish to transfer to Missouri University of Science & Technology (or other universities) and major in other areas of engineering.

The Cooperative Engineering Program will be phased in over a four year period.  Year 1 of the Civil and Electrical Engineering cooperative programs will be offered during the 2008-2009 academic year on the Missouri State University campus.  Years 1 and 2 will be offered during the 2009-2010 academic year.  Years 1-3 will be offered during the 2010-2011 academic year, and the full program will be offered starting in the 2011-2012 academic year.  The first graduates of the Cooperative Engineering Program will be in May 2012.  The Cooperative Engineering Program is being developed to meet all ABET accreditation standards.

All entering students into the Civil or Electrical Engineering programs must first satisfy the admission requirements in the Missouri State University catalog.  Admission into the Cooperative Engineering Program will be made by Missouri University of Science & Technology, in consultation with Missouri State University, according to the admission criteria described in the Missouri University of Science & Technology catalog.  Students will apply for admission after completing the freshman year curriculum.

Details for the programs are available in the Engineering office, 226 Kemper Hall.

Freshman Year (32 Credits):  The Freshman year curriculum is the same for all engineering majors.  The EGR 110 - Study and Careers in Engineering course will discuss the different fields of engineering and will help students decide which field of engineering they wish to study.  Students should take this course in their freshman year.  The common freshman curriculum is below:

First Semester                    Second Semester

EGR 110¹ (1)                       ENG 110 (3)

IDM 110 (3)                           MTH 280⁴ (5)

MTH 261² (5)                        PHY 203⁴ (5)

CHM 160 (4)                         ECO 155 (3)

History³  (3)                          Total = 16 hours

Total = 16 hours

1) A grade of “C” or better is required for graduation in Civil Engineering

2) See prerequisite requirements for MTH 261.

3) The History requirement is selected from HST 121, HST 122 or PLS 101.

4) Prerequisite for MTH 280 and PHY 203 is a grade of “C” or better in MTH 261.  Students must make a “C” or better in MTH 280 and PHY 203 in order to enroll in the subsequent math, science and engineering courses.

 The remaining three years of the engineering curriculum depends on the major selected.  Students majoring in Civil or Electrical Engineering will complete their degree at the Missouri State University campus.  Students pursuing other engineering degrees should consult with an academic advisor to plan their second year of coursework at Missouri State University, and to prepare to transfer to Missouri University of Science & Technology (or another university) to complete their degree.

Civil Engineering – Years 2-4 Curriculum (99 hours)

General Education Requirements

Each student's program of study must contain a minimum of 21 credit hours of course work in general education and must be chosen according to the following rules:

1) All students are required to take one American history course, one economics course, one humanities course, and English 110. The history course is to be selected from History 121, History 122, or Political Science 101. The economics course must be Economics 155 or 165. The humanities course must be selected from the approved lists for Art, English, Foreign Languages, Music, Philosophy, Speech and Media Studies, or Theater.

2) Depth requirement. Three credit hours must be taken in humanities or social sciences at the 200 level or above and must be selected from the approved list.  This course must have as a prerequisite one of the humanities or social sciences courses already taken. Foreign language courses numbered lower than 200 will be considered to satisfy this requirement if they have a prerequisite (i.e. the second course in the foreign language sequence). Students may receive humanities credit for foreign language courses in their native tongue only if the course is at the 300 level or higher.  All courses taken to satisfy the depth requirement must be taken after graduating from high school.

3) The remaining two courses are to be chosen from the list of approved humanities/social sciences courses and may include one communications course in addition to English 110.

4) Any specific departmental requirements in the general studies area must be satisfied.

5) Special topics and special problems and honors seminars are allowed only by petition to and approval by the student's department chairman.

Civil Engineering Curriculum

The Civil Engineering program is characterized by its focus on the scientific basics of engineering and its innovative application; indeed, the underlying theme of this educational program is the application of the scientific basics to engineering practice through attention to problems and needs of the public.  The necessary interrelations among the various topics, the engineering disciplines, and the other professions as they naturally come together in the solution of real world problems are emphasized as research, analysis, synthesis, and design are presented and discussed through classroom and laboratory instruction.

Sophomore Year

First Semester                     Second Semester

GRY 275² (3)                        MTH 345 (3)

MTH 302 (3)                          GLG 110 (4)

PHY 204 (5)                           MTH 303 (3)

^*CE 3 (2)                                ^*ME 150 (2)

^*CE 50²  (3)                           ^*CE 110² (3)

Total = 16 hours                   ^*CE 120 (1)

                                                Total = 16 hours

Junior Year 

First Semester                         Second Semester

^*EMGT 137² (2)                     ^*CE 216 (3)

^*CE 217² (3)                            ^*CE 242 (3)

^*CE 230² (3)                            ^*CE 211 (3)

^*CE 261 (3)                             ^*CE 234 (4)

^*CE 215 (3)                             ^*CE 223 (3)

Gen. Ed.¹ (3)                           Total = 16 hours

Total = 17 hours

Senior Year 

First Semester                        Second Semester

^*CE 210 (1)                             ^*CE 298 (3)

^*CE 248 (3)                             ^*CE Depth^3,6 (3)

^*CE 221 (3)                             ^*CE Tech^3,4 (3)

^*CE Depth^3,4 (3)                     ^*CE Tech^3,4 (3)

^*CE Tech^3,6 (3)                       Gen. Ed.¹ (3)

Gen. Ed.¹ (3)                           Gen. Ed.¹ (3)

Total = 16 hours                     Total = 18 hours

^*Engineering courses will be offered by Missouri S&T on the Missouri State University campus.  Students must be admitted to Missouri S&T prior to enrolling in engineering courses. 

1)  All general education electives must be approved by the student's advisor. One general education elective must be from ENG 210, 221, 310, 321 or COM 115.  One general education elective must satisfy the depth requirement.

2)  A grade of 'C' or better required to satisfy graduation requirements.

3)  A grade of 'C' or better may be required in CE technical and depth elective prerequisite courses. Refer to the Missouri State University undergraduate catalog for this prerequisite information.

4)  Choose depth electives using Guidelines for Depth and Technical Electives.

5)  Choose technical electives using Guidelines for Depth and Technical Electives.

NOTE: All Civil Engineering students must take the Fundamentals of Engineering examination prior to graduation.  A passing grade on this examination is not required to earn a B.S. degree, however, it is the first step toward becoming a registered professional engineer.  This requirement is part of the Missouri S&T assessment process as described in Assessment Requirements found elsewhere in this catalog. Students must sign a release form giving the University access to their Fundamentals of Engineering Examination score. 

Civil Engineering Guidelines for Depth and Technical Electives

Please consult the Department’s Advising Center or your academic advisor for guidelines regarding the selection of depth and technical electives.

Course Listings by Area  

Construction Engineering

345 Construction Methods

346 Management of Construction Costs

348 Green Building

349 Engineering and Construction Contract Specifications 

Materials Engineering

312 Bituminous Materials

313 Composition and Properties of Concrete

317 Pavement Design 

Environmental Engineering: 

265 Water/Wastewater

360 Environmental Law and Regulations

361 Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater and Soil

362 Public Health Engineering

363 Solid Waste Management

366 Indoor Air Pollution

367 Introduction to Air Pollution

368 Air Pollution Control Methods

369 Sanitary Engineering Design        

Geotechnical Engineering: 

229 Foundation Engineering

314 Geosynthetics in Engineering

315 Intermediate Soil Mechanics

316 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

329 Foundation Engineering II 

Water Resources Engineering

330 Hydraulic Transients

331 Hydraulics of Open Channels

335 Water Infrastructure Engineering

337 River and Harbor Engineering

338 Hydrologic Techniques

Structural Engineering: 

318 Smart Materials and Sensors

319 Applied Mechanics in Structural Engineering

322 Analysis and Design of Wood Structures

323 Classical and Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis

326 Advanced Steel Structures Design

327 Advanced Concrete Structures Design

328 Prestressed Concrete Design

374 Infrastructure Strengthening with Composites

375 Low-Rise Building Analysis and Design 

Transportation Engineering: 

311 Geometric Design of Highways

351 Transportation Applications of Geophysics

353 Traffic Engineering

373 Air Transportation   

Electrical Engineering – Years 2-4 Curriculum (98 hours)

General Education Requirements

Each student's program of study must contain a minimum of 21 credit hours of course work in general education and must be chosen according to the following rules:

1) All students are required to take one American history course, one economics course, one humanities course, and English 110. The history course is to be selected from History 121, History 122, or Political Science 101. The economics course must be selected from Economics 155 or 165. The humanities course must be selected from the approved lists for Art, English, Foreign Languages, Music, Philosophy, Speech and Media Studies, or Theater.

2) Depth requirement. Three credit hours must be taken in humanities or social sciences at the 200 level or above and must be selected from the approved list.  This course must have as a prerequisite one of the humanities or social sciences courses already taken. Foreign language courses numbered lower than 200 will be considered to satisfy this requirement if they have a prerequisite (i.e. the second course in the foreign language sequence). Students may receive humanities credit for foreign language courses in their native tongue only if the course is at the 300 level or higher.  All courses taken to satisfy the depth requirement must be taken after graduating from high school.

3) The remaining two (3 credit hour) courses are to be chosen from the list of approved humanities/social sciences courses and may include one communications course in addition to English 110.

4) Any specific departmental requirements in the general studies area must be satisfied.

5) Special topics and special problems and honors seminars are allowed only by petition to and approval by the student's department chairman.

Electrical Engineering Curriculum

The Electrical Engineering program is characterized by its focus on the scientific basics of engineering and its innovative application; indeed, the underlying theme of this educational program is the application of the scientific basics to engineering practice through attention to problems and needs of the public.  The necessary interrelations among the various topics, the engineering disciplines, and the other professions as they naturally come together in the solution of real world problems are emphasized as research, analysis, synthesis, and design are presented and discussed through classroom and laboratory instruction.

Sophomore Year

First Semester                                       Second Semester

^*El Eng. 151^1,3,4 (3)                              ^*El Eng. 121^1,3,4,7 (3)

^*El Eng. 152^1,3 (1)                                 ^*El Eng. 122^1,3,4 (1)

^*Cp Eng. 111^1,3,5 (3)                             ^*El Eng. 153^1,4,6 (3)

^*Cp Eng. 112^1,3 (1)                                MTH 303¹ (3)

MTH 302¹ (3)                                          ^*IDE 140 (3)

PHY 204¹ (5)                                          CSC 125 (4)

Total = 16 hours                                     Total = 17 hours

Junior Year

First Semester                                         Second Semester

^*El Eng. 253^1,3,6,7 (3)                               ^*El Eng. 271^1,3,6 (3)

^*El Eng. 255^1,3,6,7 (1)                               ^*El Eng. 272^1,3,6 (1)

^*El Eng. 215^1,3,6 (3)                                 ^*El Eng. 217^1,3 (3)

^*El Eng. 216^1,3,6 (1)                                 ^*El Eng. 218^1,3 (1)

MTH 533 (3)                                               ^*El Eng. Elect. A^7,9 (3)

COM 115 (3)                                               MTH 345 (3)

Hum/SS Elect.² (3)                                    ENG 321⁸  (3)

Total = 17 hours                                      Total = 17 hours

Senior Year

First Semester                                             Second Semester

^*El Eng. Power Elect.^1,3,6,10 (3)                ^*El Eng. Elect. C^7,9 (3)

^*El Eng. Power Elect. Lab^1,3,6,10 (1)         ^*El Eng. Elect. E¹² (3)

^*El Eng. 235 (3)                                              ^*El Eng. 392 (3)

^*El Eng. Elect. D^7,11 (3)                                 Hum./SS upper level²(3)

^*El Eng. 391 (1)                                              Free Elective¹³ (3)

Free Elective¹³ (2)                                         Assessment¹⁴ (0)    

Hum./SS Elect.² (3)                                       Total = 15 hours

Total = 16 hours                                                     

^*Engineering courses will be offered by Missouri S&T on the Missouri State University campus.  Students must be admitted to Missouri S&T prior to enrolling in engineering courses. 

1)  A minimum grade of "C" must be attained in MTH 261, 280, 302, and 303, PHY 203 and 204, Cp Eng 111, 112, El Eng 151, 152, 153, 121, 122, 215, 216, 217, 218, 253, 255, 271, 272, and the Electrical Engineering power elective.  Also, students may not enroll in other courses that use these courses as prerequisites until the minimum grade of "C" is attained.

2)  All electives must be approved by the student's advisor.  Students must comply with the general education requirements with respect to selection and depth of study. These requirements are specified in the current catalog.

3)  Students who drop a lecture prior to the last week to drop a class must also drop the corequisite lab. 

4)  Students must earn a passing grade on the El Eng Advancement Exam I (associated with El Eng 151) before they enroll in El Eng 153 or 121 and 122.

5)  Students must earn a passing grade on the Cp Eng Advancement Exam (associated with Cp Eng  111) before they enroll in any course with Cp Eng 111 and 112 as prerequisites.

6)  Students must earn a passing grade on the El Eng Advancement Exam II (associated with El Eng 153) before they enroll in courses that have El Eng 153 as a prerequisite.

7)  Students must earn a passing grade on the El Eng Advancement Exam III (associated with El Eng 121) before they enroll in El Eng 253 and 255 or other courses with El Eng 121 as a prerequisite.

8)  ENG 321 is preferred, but students may replace ENG 321 with ENG 210, 221 or 310.

9)   Electrical Engineering Electives A and C must be chosen from the El Eng 205 and 208, 207 and 209, 225, 243, 254, and Cp Eng 213.

10)   The Electrical Engineering Power Elective may be satisfied with El Eng 205 and 208 or El Eng 207 and 209.

11)   Electrical Engineering Elective D must be a 300-level El Eng or Cp Eng course with at least a 3-hour lecture component. This normally includes all El Eng and Cp Eng 3xx courses except El Eng or Comp. Eng. 300, 390, 391, and 392.

12)   Electrical Engineering Elective E may be any 200 or 300-level El Eng or Cp Eng course except El Eng 281, 282, and 283 and El Eng or Cp Eng 391 and 392.

13)  Students are required to take five hours of free elective in consultation with their academic advisors.  Credits that do not count toward this requirement are deficiency courses (such as algebra and trigonometry) and extra credits from courses meeting other requirements. Any courses outside of engineering and science must be at least three credit hours.

14)  All Electrical Engineering students must take the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination prior to graduation. A passing grade on this examination is not required to earn a B.S. degree, however, it is the first step toward becoming a registered professional engineer. This requirement is part of the Missouri S&T assessment process as described in Assessment Requirements found elsewhere. Students must sign a release form giving the University access to their Fundamentals of Engineering Examination score.

Emphasis Areas for Electrical Engineering

Note: The following emphasis areas identify courses from which a student may opt to develop an emphasis area. It is not required that students obtain an emphasis specialty within electrical engineering.

Circuits and Electronics

• El Eng 254-Electronics II

• El Eng 256-Electronics II Laboratory

• El Eng 351-Advanced Electronic Circuits

• El Eng 353-Power Electronics                                                                         

Communications-Signal Processing

• El Eng 243-Communication Systems

• El Eng 341-Digital Signal Processing

• El Eng 343-Communications Systems II

• El Eng 345-Digital Image Processing 

Computer Engineering

• Cp Eng 213-Digital Systems Design

• Cp Eng 214-Digital Engineering Lab II

• Cp Eng 254-Electronics II

• Cp Eng 215-Computer Architecture

• Cp Eng 319-Digital Network Design 

Controls

• El Eng 231-Control Systems

• El Eng 235-Controllers for Factory Automation

• El Eng 331-Digital Control

• El Eng 335-Advanced PLC 

Electromagnetics

• El Eng 225-Electronic & Photonic Devices

• El Eng 371-Grounding & Shielding

• El Eng 373-Antennas and Propagation

• El Eng 377-Microwave and Millimeter Wave Engineering &     Design

• El Eng 379-Microwave Principles for Mixed-signal Design 

Power

• El Eng 205-Electromechanics

• El Eng 208-Electromechanics Lab

• El Eng 207-Power System Analysis & Design

• El Eng 209-Power System Analysis & Design Lab

• El Eng 305-Electric Drive Systems

• El Eng 307-Power Systems Engineering

• El Eng 353-Power Electronics

Engineering Courses

EGR 110 Careers in Engineering

Examination of fields of engineering and career opportunities in engineering. Professional expectations of engineers. Introduction to resources for assisting student success. 1(1-0) F

Details for the programs are available in the Engineering office, 226 Kemper Hall.

Environmental Sciences and Policy Minor

Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science

Administrator: Professor Innocent C. Onwueme, Ph.D.

Administration of the minor: The Environmental Sciences and Policy minor is administered by the College of Natural and Applied Sciences with the Dean, or his/her designate, serving as program coordinator. Courses must be approved by the faculty on the Environmental Focus Committee for inclusion in the minor. The coordinator must approve the course of study for each student who wishes to complete the minor.

The minor in Environmental Sciences and Policy consists of 18-20 credit hours. It is interdisciplinary and will permit students in various fields to complement their academic major with a minor emphasizing Environmental Sciences and Policy.

A.      Natural Science Courses: Select 3 of the following. (9-11 hours)

1. BIO 369 General Ecology (4)
2. CHM 260 Principles of Environmental Chemistry (3) or CHM 460 Environmental Chemistry (3)
3. GLG 171 Environmental Geology (4)* or GRY 108 Ecology and Society (3)**
4. GRY 351 Conservation or Natural Resources (3)

B.       Policy: Select 3 of the following courses (9 hours)

1. ECO 540 Economics of the Environment (3)
2. PHI 302 Environmental Ethics (3)
3. PLS 555 Public Policy for a Global Environment (3)
4. RIL 537 Environmental Regulation (3)
5. PSY 379 Environmental Psychology (3)

Recommended: At least one statistic course.

*GLG 171 partially fulfills the Natural World general education requirement

**GRY 108 partially fulfills the Culture and Society general education requirement