Transcript Category I Proposals for the March 2014 Faculty Senate Meeting Proposal 87438:

Category I Proposals for the
March 2014 Faculty Senate Meeting
March 13, 2014
Proposal #88214:
Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry
Proposal 87438:
PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry
Executive Summary:
The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (FES) seeks to create
this Ecampus program. This program requires 18-20 credits: 12 credits are
required and 6-8 are elective. It is Ecampus-only. This is designed for
those already working in the field. It can be taken as a standalone
Certificate, or perhaps as a “test the waters” start to a Masters in Natural
Resources. It is the first program of its kind in North America.
Rationale: Almost 80% of the US population lives in urban areas. Urban
Foresters have increasingly pivotal roles in dealing with environments that
include both nature and human habitat.
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry
Budget Impacts: Expected to cost $152,360 over four years. This is
expected to be offset with $202,606 of Ecampus revenue in those four
years.
Year 1
Students
Year 2
6
Year 3
Year 4
10
15
20
Cost
$29,168 $29,763
$46,247
$47,182
Income
$30,099 $38,335
$57,502
$76,670
External Letters of Support:
• USDA
• Society of Municipal Arborists
• Davey Resource Group
• Arbor Day Foundation
• District of Columbia Department of Transportation
• International Society of Arboriculture
Ecampus endorses this program
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry
Issues: There was some discussion of whether or not there was
adequate FTE to teach the Ecampus courses. This has been resolved.
(Part of the teaching is being supported by the Oregon Department of
Forestry.)
CC Vote: The Curriculum Council unanimously approved this proposal.
Urban
Forester
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics
Executive Summary:
This proposal seeks to create a new degree program in “Robotics”. This is
a combined effort between Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,
and Computer Science. It is an on-campus program.
Rationale:
Robotics is inherently a multidisciplinary topic. This proposal creates an
integrated degree program which flags students as roboticists, rather than
majors in just one of those areas. It also enforces the taking of certain
robotics core courses.
A Robotics Cat-1?
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics
Academic Home: School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing
Engineering (MIME)
Curriculum:
PhD: 108 credits
Masters: 45 credits
All students will take 15 core credits, selected from a list of 19 ME, ECE,
and CS courses. Seven of these courses will be using the new ROB
course designator.
External Letters:
• Carnegie Mellon
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• University of Washington Medical Center
• Altman Browning and Company
• Northwestern University
• (PSU and OIT did not respond)
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics
Demand: The robotics field is exploding. In 2011, the sale of
manufacturing robots grew by 44%, the number of surgeries performed by
robots grew 40%, and service robots grew by 30%. OSU’s current
generation of robotics grad students have been in heavy demand.
Issues: None.
Budget:
Year 1
Cost
Year 2
$36,221 $37,287
Year 3
Year 4
$38,927
$40,642
(Support staff and library acquisitions).
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014
PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics
CC Vote: The Curriculum Council was persuaded to vote unanimously to
approve this proposal. 
Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council
March 13, 2014