Engineering Faculty Discipline Review Group

(FDRG)

Articulation WorkshopApril 2015

Engineering FDRG

CSUs:

• Sacramento State• San Jose State• CSU Maritime• Cal Poly - SLO• CSU Northridge • CSU Chico (no show)

Community Colleges:

• Mission College• Cabrillo College• College of Marin• College of the

Sequoias• Ventura College• Reedley College

Constraints of SB-1440

• CCs to create AS-T degrees that are no more than 60 units and that provide a pathway to a CSU degree in similar major

• CSU to guarantee BA/BS degree in no more than 60 additional units after the AS-T

• AS-T degree to include IGETC or CSU general education breadth

FDRG worked in the spirit of SB-1440

• Created common course outlines through the C-ID project for the most common engineering courses.

• Created lower division model curricula using the C-IDs

• Sought for common ground and compromise

• Trimmed units where possible

• Focus on preparation for junior level coursework

• Assumed students would complete the BS degree in an additional 60 units after the AS-T

Initial proposal of the FDRG using input from DIG two meetings

• Eleven C-IDs

• Two ISMC (Intersegmental Model Curricula) for two clusters of majors)

• ME/Aero/Civil/Manufacturing

• EE/CompE

• The above were vetted Spring 2013

Results of first vetting

The following C-IDs were modified slightly based on first vetting comments and were finalized in Spring-14:

• Engr 130 – Statics• Engr 140 – Materials Science and Engineering• Engr 150 – Engineering Graphics• Engr 180 – Surveying• Engr 220 – Programming & Problem Solving (MATLAB)• Engr 230 – Dynamics• Engr 240 – Strength of Materials• Engr 260 – Circuit Analysis• Engr 260L – Circuit Analysis Lab

2nd Vetting- Spring 2014

• Engr 110 – Introduction to Engineering• Engr 120 – Introduction to Programming Concepts and

Methodologies for Engineers (includes the use of sensors and interfacing with the physical world)

• One Engineering Model Curriculum (MC) with three tracks:

ME/Aero/Civil/Manufacturing

EE

Computer

Revised Model Curriculum now has 4 tracks with a common core

Mech, Aero, or Manuf. Track

Civil Track

Electrical Track

Computer or Software Track

C-IDs now seen in www.assist.org

Some Engineering ISMC “Fine Print”

Engineering Model Curricula are based on the assumption of completion of CSU GE (32 minimum additional units) or IGETC (26 minimum additional units).

Four-year programs accepting an AS into a corresponding baccalaureate degree program may require coursework of up to the total units of that baccalaureate degree less 60 units.

After FDRG voted on ISMC

o A faculty sub-group of the ICW (Intersegmental Curriculum Workgroup) provided the “final acceptance” of the ISMC.

o The Engineering ISMC is now ready to be sent to the Dean, Articulation Officer, and Dept. Chairs at each CSU campus that has an engineering program.

Example of what could happen

“Yes, the Dept. at CSU Campus will honor the ISMC for the next year five years.”

or

“No, the Dept. at CSU Campus will not honor the ISMC at this time.”

What needs to happen at CSUs for CSUs to accept transfer students who have completed degrees based on one of the ISMC?

What does it mean to honor the ISMC?

What benefits are there to students?

Role of Inter-segmental Oversight Committee (IOC)

Determine benefits for completing an Intersegmental Model Curriculm (ISMC), such as:

• Reciprocity – multiple pathways

• No additional LD required after transfer

• Tot units after transfer would be capped at 60 or tot units for the chosen major less 60.

• GPA bump for AS-T completers, priority admissions, etc.

How to “brand” degrees and communicate value?

Benefits

• Transfer students come in with same coursework; a more equal footing.

• Students’ strengths and weaknesses are more uniform therefore easier to build a “bridge” experience & cohort.

• Alignment of transfer students is more effective.• Majority of transfers are better prepared since all have completed

the LD critical path sequences (math, physics, and engineering).• Counseling is simplified – there is no TMC for GE• Students focus on course completion and not how fast they can

transfer out of the community college.• Students can aim for multiple 4-year schools with out having to

complete the union of different requirements.• More certainty about degree completion

Accreditation and Assessment

• All engineering programs may be accredited by ABET– Common set of general criteria– Specific program criteria for each engineering discipline

• FDRG design objective– Do not define tracks more narrowly than required by ABET,

maintain the curricular freedom that ABET allows• Assessment opportunity

– Very beneficial to the BS degrees if the CCs were to systematically assess the student’s learning achievements with respect to the course learning objectives in the MCs, and share the results with the transfer target BS programs

– Coordinated assessment methodologies would be a win-win

This is important!

• The State of California needs competent engineers – and lots of them

• The CSU appreciates well-prepared transfers– Grounded in the necessary math and science– Well-rounded in the general background– Ready for more advanced material

• Engineering for all– Not just a (civil) right to opportunity and education– California cannot afford to waste talent just because the

parents are from a disadvantaged socio-economic background.

Engineering ISMC “Fine Print”

Required Physics topics listed:1. Simple Harmonic Motion2. Mechanical Waves3. Properties of EM Waves4. Fluids5. Laws of Thermodynamics

a. Heat Enginesb. Kinetic Theoryc. Entropy

Topics must be covered in Phys 205 and/or Phys 210 otherwise students are recommended to take Phys 205, 210, and 215.