Transcript School of C C Committee Action

School of Engineering C & C
Committee Action
Marty Wood
SOE C & C Committee recommends
approval of the following motions
– Motion 1: “Approve the replacement of BME 221 in
the BME minor portion of the Catalog with the
BME 220”
– Motion 2: “Approve the changes to the MSE major
program and add CHEG 3156 (CHEG 256) as a
course that can be taken to fulfill the MSE minor”
– Motion 3: “Approve new minor in Nanotechnology”
offered initially by ECE Dept
– Motion 4: “Approve the changes to the ECE major
program”
– Motion 5: “Approve the change to ME 3260 from a
W course only to a non-W course as well”
Expanded C & C Initiative
Report
Marty Wood
Committee’s Charge
• How are we delivering the fundamental
competencies of “the Engineer of 2010”
• Review the FIRST year courses for purpose,
content, delivery styles, experiential
learning, etc. and make recommendations
• Increase freshmen to sophomore promotion
rate.
Physics/Chemistry subcommittee
recommendations
• Require entering students to have both HS
Chemistry and Physics not just one or the
other
• Retain the current topics covered in Eng
Physics I and II.
• Increase the laboratory portions of both
courses to a minimum of 25% if not 30% of
the final grade
CSE 123C subcommittee
recommendations
• Objectives:
– To provide a level of computing skills that can
be built upon each semester, resulting in
graduates who are proficient in the use
computers in their discipline.
– To change the current culture, so that
engineering students further develop these
computational skills by solving problems in
their technical courses.
CSE 123C subcommittee
recommendations
• Increase the credits for this course to 3-credits by
increasing the computer lab time to 2-hours and
retaining the two 1-hour lectures.
• Use an engineering-oriented programming
language and environment (MATLAB).
• Have assignments in the class be programming for
math, engineering, and science applications.
CSE 123C subcommittee
recommendations
• Obtain representative word problems from
departments and knowledge required for
second semester courses (i.e. ENGR 166,
MEM 151, ECE 110, & CSE 133)
• Administer a survey at the end of the course
• Offer as pilot in Spring 09
• Based on pilot, implement fully in Fall 09
ENGR 100, 166, MEM 151,
ECE 110 subcommittee
recommendations
• Enhance ENGR 100 by:
– Including alumni as presenters describing the
disciplines and their experiences
– Have students visit departmental laboratory
courses as well as departmental demos as in the
past
– Add two new modules from FYE curricular
• Stress Management
• Health and Wellness
ENGR 100, 166, MEM 151,
ECE 110 subcommittee
recommendations
• Introduce design element topics to experiential
learning projects
• Have 4-5 simultaneous program workshops for
students describing our programs and answering
questions (DH or designated rep)
• Retain several of the current modules: Time
Management, Study Skills, Problem Solving, Goal
Setting, Ethics, Academic Misconduct, etc.
ENGR 100, 166, MEM 151,
ECE 110 subcommittee
recommendations
• Investigate options to have student groups
connected/associated with upper division
students (similar to the Uconnect Program)
• Administer an exit survey to assess the
effectiveness of the course