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MEMORANDUM

TO: University Curriculum Committee

FROM: Mark E. Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

RE: Curriculum Change in Civil Engineering

The College of Engineering has approved and endorsed the attached proposed curriculum change

for Civil Engineering. This is in part driven by national accreditation standards. For Civil

Engineering, "The program must prepare graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through

differential equations, calculus-based physics, chemistry, and at least one additional area of basic

science." To maintain compliance, Chemistry II has been replaced in the curriculum with a course

from a list of courses in related science areas.

We urge approval of this change.

MEMORANDUM

DATE: 9 January 2012 FROM: Dr. Robert J. Thieke, Undergraduate Coordinator TO: College of Engineering Curriculum Committee SUBJECT: Proposed Civil Engineering B.S. Curriculum Change for Meeting 11 January 2012

CCE Curriculum Change

CE Undergraduate Curriculum changes in order to satisfy new ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria which specify requirement for additional basic science (approved by CCE Faculty on 12 December 2011):

- Remove CHM 2046 Chemistry 2 as a required course. - Reduce critical tracking requirement from 8 courses to 7 courses. - Add as a core requirement an additional 3 credit course to be selected from the following list:

BSC 2010 Biological Science GLY 2030C Environmental and Engineering Geology URP 4273 Survey of Planning Information Systems (GIS) SWS 4720C GIS in Soil and Water Science MET 3053 Weather and Forecasting GEO 3520 Climatology Or equivalent course subject to approval of undergraduate coordinator

- Additional basic science course may NOT be double-counted as out-of-department elective in final 15 credits.

- CHM 2046 Chemistry 2 will be added to list of allowable out-of-department electives.

(See following sheet for proposed curriculum in “advising” format).

Civil Engineering Curriculum (proposed)

BSCE degree requires 60 credits of lower division and engineering fundamentals, 3 credits of additional basic science, 53 credits of required civil engineering course work and 15 credits of advanced electives, for a total of 131 credits. Lower Division and Engineering Fundamentals

(60 credits)

Semester 1

MAC 2311 (4) Calculus I

CHM 2045 (3) Chemistry I

CHM 2045L (1) Chemistry Lab HUM (3) Humanities SOC (3) Social Science Semester 2

MAC 2312 (4) Calculus II (MAC 2311) CHM 2046 (3) Chemistry II (CHM 2045) PHY 2048 (3) Physics with Calculus I (MAC 2311) PHY 2048L (1) Physics I Lab ENC 3254 (3) Prof. Communication for Eng. CGN 2002 (1) Introduction to Civil Engineering

Semester 3

MAC 2313 (4) Calculus III (MAC 2312) PHY 2049 (3) Physics with Calculus II (PHY 2048) PHY 2049L (1) Physics II Lab HUM (3) Humanities SOC (3) Social Science CGN 2002 (1) Introduction to Civil Engineering

Semester 4

MAP 2302 (3) Differential Equations (MAC 2312) EGM 2511 (3) Statics (PHY 2048, Co: MAC 2313) EML 3007 (3) Thermodynamics (MAC 2313, PHY 2048) STA 3032 (3) Engineering Statistics (MAC 2311) HUM or SOC (3) Humanities or Social Science Semester 5

EGM 3400 (2) Dynamics (EGM 2511) EGM 3520 (3) Mechanics of Materials (EGM 2511)

Additional Basic Science (3 credits) Students select one course from:

BSC 2010 Biology 1 GLY 2030C Environmental and Engineering Geology URP 4273 Survey of Planning Information Systems (GIS) SWS 4720C GIS in Soil and Water Science MET 3053 Weather and Forecasting GEO 3520 Climatology Or equivalent course subject to advisor approval

Required Civil Engineering Courses (53 credits)

General:

CGN 3421 (4) Computer Methods in CE (≥3EG) CGN 3710 (3) Experimentation (PHY 2049) CGN 2328 (3) Technical Drawing &

Visualization (≥2EG) CGN 3501C (4) CE Materials (Co: EGM 3520) EGN 4034 (1) Professional Ethics (≥3EG)

Construction: CGN 4101 (3) CE Cost Analysis (≥3EG) CCE 4204 (4) Methods & Management (Co: CGN 4101)

Geotechnical: CEG 4011 (4) Soil Mechanics (EGM 3520) CEG 4012 (3) Geotechnical Engineering (CEG 4011) Hydraulics and Water Resources: CWR 3201 (4) Hydrodynamics (EGM 3400, MAP 2302) CWR 4202 (3) Hydraulics (CWR 3201) ENV 4514C* (3) Water and Wastewater Treatment

Structures: CES 3102 (4) Structural Analysis (Co: EGM 3520) CES 4702 (3) Reinforced Concrete (CGN 3501, CES 3102)

Transportation: SUR 4201+ (3) Route Geometrics TTE 4004C (4) Transportation Engineering (≥3EG) See next page for Advanced Courses (15 credits)

All courses in bold print require a grade of C or better Courses in bold italic are 7 Critical Tracking classes - must average a 2.5 GPA based on best of two attempts (including withdrawals) All required CE courses will be offered both Fall and Spring. Course pre- (or co-) requisites are listed in SMALL TYPE after each course. Schedule courses to meet pre-requisites for desired advanced electives.

+Course taught outside of CCE department (Forest Resources) *Course taught outside of CCE department (Environmental Engineering)

Advanced Courses (15 credits)

All advanced courses are 3 credits and all students must take 15 credits of these courses (5 courses). Most advanced courses will only be offered once a year (F=Fall; S=Spring). Capstone design courses in bold (taken in final semester).

Choose 4 courses from (at least one must be a design class *):

CCE 4015 Construction Estimating (F,S) (CCE 4204)

*CEG 4104 Retaining Wall/Embankment Design (S) (CEG 4012) *CEG 4111 Foundation Engineering Design (F) (CEG 4012) CES 4141 Analysis of Structural Systems (S) (CES 3102, CGN 3421) *CES 4605 Analysis and Design in Steel (F) (CES 3102, CGN 3501C) *CES 4704 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (F) (CES 4702) *CES 4608 Advanced Steel Design (S) (CES 4605) *CGN 4503 Pavement Design (F, S) (CGN 3501C) CGN 4905 Building Codes and Professional Practice (S) (CES 4702) CWR 4114 Surface Hydrology (S) (CWR 4202) CWR 4120 Groundwater (S) (CWR 4202) *CWR 4306 Urban Stormwater Design (F) (CWR 4202) CWR 4542 Water Resources Engineering (F) (CWR 4202) TTE 4106 Urban Transportation Planning (F) (TTE 4004C) TTE 4201 Traffic Engineering (S) (TTE 4004C) TTE 4300 Transportation Systems Analysis (F) (TTE 4004C) *SUR 4463+ Subdivision Design (S)

(Co: SUR 4201)

OR One advanced out-of-department elective class from: Environmental Engineering, Geology, Urban and Regional Planning, Building Construction, Architecture, Soil and Water Science, Mechanical Engineering or Geography.

(see complete list of courses on second green sheet) +Course taught outside of CCE department (Forest Resources Department)

Choose 1 of capstone design from:

CCE 4811 Construction Engineering Design (F, S) (CCE 4204)

CGN 4806 Water-Transportation Design (F, S) (TTE 4004C)

CGN 4910 Structures Design (F, S) (CES 4702 and co: CES 4605)

All students are required to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination prior to graduation.

Example Advanced Courses for a Structures Emphasis:

CES 4605 Analysis and Design in Steel (F) (CES 3102, CGN 3501C) CES 4141 Analysis of Structural Systems (S) (CES 3102, CGN 3421) CES 4704 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (F) (CES 4702) CES 4608 Advanced Steel Design (S) (CES 4605) CGN 4910 Structures Design (F,S) (CES 4702 and co: CES 4605)

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Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering (CCE) – Faculty Meeting CCE Department Head, Dr. Robert Thieke 

Monday, December 12, 2011, 1:00 pm 365 Weil Hall 

 Faculty attending: 

Bloomquist, Dave Consolazio, Gary Cook, Ron Ferraro, Chris Gurley, Kurt Hatfield, Kirk 

Krauthammer, Ted Lybas, John Masters, Forrest Najafi, Fazil Rice, Jennifer Roque, Rey   

Sheremet, Alex Sputo, Tom Srinivasan, Siva Thieke, Bob Tia, Mang Washburn, Scott

  Others in attendance:  Nancy McIlrath‐Glanville, Academic Support Coord., CCE Graduate Student Records (part of meeting).  Meeting was opened by CCE Department Head, Dr. Bob Thieke, who asked Dr. Kirk Hatfield, Director of the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE), to begin discussing the first agenda item.  Item 1:   Ph.D. Program Review – (Dr. Kirk Hatfield) 

  Hatfield first referred to ENG trading and funded trading handled by Diane Bryant, accounting coordinator in ESSIE for the CCE Department and the College of Engineering, to make the switch to projects getting paid during the summer, which is important due to federal agencies requiring payment throughout the year on their projects.   

>  10 to 30% funding will be switched from Spring term to cover summer term. 

>  ESSIE will pay researchers the same dollars during the summer term. 

  Hatfield announced new effort reporting is to begin in January (2012). 

>  The system will automatically try to charge faculty 5% right away. 

>  This can be a problem because many faculty members save dollars to pay students.  In this case, faculty would need to designate minimum dollars for self and the remainder as student dollars, then as needed, move dollars from students to self, because it is not allowed to move dollars from self to students. 

>  Two options are: 

1)  New contracts with most of funding on students (then move as needed) 

2)  Have faculty volunteer for cost sharing, where the department pays time and leaves dollars in the contract.  Everyone must be as honest and accurate as possible on their time records 

>  A faculty member suggested Hatfield get and pay for graders.  Hatfield indicated this would be discussed further later in today’s meeting. 

>  There are still constraints on travel by the state. 

>  Overhead can be charged only on research‐related items. 

>  Hatfield recommended faculty speak with Dianne Bryant, if they had further questions. 

  One year ago, UF evaluated doctoral programs by rating them on nine parameters or criteria, and the results for the CCE doctoral programs have been received (see Attachment #1). 

>  The Provost was not satisfied with the results of the evaluation of UF’s 60 doctoral programs, and will oversee approximately $7 million invested in what is needed to improve programs on the Department and College levels and in ideas to improve attracting of more funding. 

>  CCE doctoral programs received an overall rating of “B”.  (Chemical Engineering received an “A”). 

>  CCE’s performance compared well to that of the best schools in the first five criteria (enrollment; median time to degree; percent completion; graduates per year; and PhD students per faculty).   

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  Hatfield feels CCE is good shape in the five areas mentioned, and with the hiring of new faculty, the program should continue to improve.  

  Other improvements could be made in these areas, too, such as getting students through the program sooner, with better monitoring and/or best practices. 

>  Concerning the other four criterion (percent minorities; percent applicants admitted; percent admitted who accepted; percent retention): 

  In percent of minorities, CCE is doing pretty well at 11% with a more diverse population than most, but more attention is needed to diversify CCE further, and therefore, attract more diversity and creativity.  Hatfield is keen on developing more academic relations with South American countries in particular.  The five‐year goal is slightly more than double at 23%. 

  The percentage of applicants admitted to CCE (2006‐2010) was 53%, while the percentage for others was 22%.  The 5‐year goal is 20%. 

  The percentage of those admitted to CCE (2006‐2010) who accepted was only 24%, so it appears CCE is         not good at recruiting.  CCE needs to expand the pool of applicants and improve the program to make it more successful at attracting committed students.  Recruiting will be intensified to go after good students. The five‐year goal is to increase acceptances to 83%. 

– Hatfield would like to see top candidates identified and interviews held before admitting students. 

–  A faculty member suggested asking students who do not accept why they decided not to come – Hatfield responded that lack of funding was often the problem.   

 –  Hatfield would like to emulate what Dr. John Lybas has done in the successful Structures program, which is to not admit without funding.  He would like to follow Lybas’ guideline, which is to target a number of new students and then admit the select 15 or 16 instead of 100. 

 –  Some definite recruitment improvements that Hatfield and Thieke would like implemented include: 

 Expanding the pool of qualified applicants through a new website, student lists, and sending program representatives 

  Identifying the best candidates (active evaluations) 

 Predicting more accurately the target number of new students (how many new students are wanted?) 

 Recruiting those admitted aggressively (active recruiting) 

 –  Further discussion yielded ideas:  Give money up front for recruiting students; interview students at least one semester before they intend to come to UF; communicate with colleagues around the country to ask for the name of a potential student candidate to pursue (so as not to rob other institutions of their best students); being selective in the methods of recruiting to help assure admission and acceptance. 

  The retention percentage for CCE was found to be 70% for 2006‐2010, the standard for top quartile being 77%.  The five‐year goal for CCE is 85%.  Hatfield wants to change the mentoring programs. 

 –  Some improvements that Hatfield and Thieke would like implemented for retaining students include: 

 Establishing “Best Practices” for mentoring (particularly being consistent with messages of expectations and identifying a timeline) 

 Upgrading research and academic programs through improvements in academic environment, recognition, and IGERTs. 

  Focusing on degree completion, recognition, and funding during the final term. 

–  Hatfield described the timeline as giving students specific target dates for completing classes and taking the qualifying exam, because otherwise students do not have a guideline, and sometimes get off‐track in their program, sometimes causing delayed graduation. 

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  Another improvement in the academic area was identified:  The number of teaching assistants (TA’s) in CCE is low compared to other institutions.  Hatfield indicated a portion of the Provost’s funding for improvement will probably go to funding TA’s. 

  Hatfield indicated that if professors agree on particular points, the general department guidelines could be put on‐line.  Advisors would need to sign off on an item when completed. 

  Hatfield referred to a document he e‐mailed out to faculty last weekend.  It provides more detail concerning a 5‐year plan to meet the goals of improvement discussed above, and he requests that faculty give him feedback. 

>  Related thoughts were discussed: 

  One suggestion mentioned again was to interview students who decide to go elsewhere, to see if a perceived or real weakness can be identified. 

  If lack of funding is established as a cause, then look at a way to increase funding.    –  Hatfield responded with one scenario that appears to be happening:  funding is advertised, such as a 

grad school fellowship good for 4 years of funding, and then the available projects do not provide 4 years of funding, resulting in losing the student. 

Attracting quality students is another challenge. 

 –  A recruitment fair event was proposed, with one or two people available to answer questions, who could identify persons showing interest. 

 –  Send a recruiter to schools for the purpose of recruiting. 

  The idea of requiring students to write a paper or dissertation before graduating was brought up.  –  Another suggestion would require two papers instead of a thesis (student’s choice), especially if the 

student is interested in pursuing academics.   

–  Concern was expressed that this would be difficult to make a rigid requirement, or that mixed topics might cause a problem. 

–  It was suggested that this could be tried for a couple of years, working out some details with the grad school, and see how it goes.  It seems that it could be as restrictive or relaxed as desired. 

 –  Hatfield would like time to consider the ramifications of this kind of requirement.  Item 2:   TA Allocation and Constraints – (Hatfield/Thieke) 

  The allocation of teaching assistants (TAs) is pinched between the Dean’s system and the goals of the Graduate Student Union. 

>  The Dean provides fee waivers from one pool of money. 

  If TA costs exceed a set amount, the expense goes to the Department 

  An alternative way to fund TAs is needed >  The argument by the Graduate Student Union is that appointment of hourly undergrad students is stealing the 

grad student TA labor position. 

>  To avoid grievances, definitions and descriptions have been designated: 

  The label of TA will now denote the duty of teaching class or a class lab. 

  The TA label may not be used for other duties, such as for a student performing grading. 

  Now, grad TAs must assume more of a supervisory role and grading duties are considered secondary. 

  Under these restrictions, the majority of current undergrad TAs may no longer be officially called TAs. 

  Grad TAs (the leads) will handle all lab sessions, although hourly undergrads may help in the lab 

  Hourly undergrad students may perform grading and can help with class (including lab sessions), but not as lead instructor 

  Grad TAs will no longer be labeled “grader” and graders may not teach or instruct. 

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>  A faculty member commented that contact between the TAs and the students should be ensured.  They could be required to hold regular office hours and keep appointments with the students. 

  Other considerations were discussed regarding TAs: 

>  CCE will minimize TAs with 0.25 appointments, and the College will pick up TAs with 0.50 appointments. 

>  TAs with 0.50‐time may possibly be used for two courses and may be required to grade, too. 

>  A faculty member wondered if the new profile for TAs disallows non‐TA graders from meeting with students.  Hatfield indicated graders would not have office hours and students would need to meet with the professors, with any issues going to himself as Director of ESSIE. 

>  Large classes really need a graduate TA, some graduate TAs are graders, lecture classes would be a problem. 

>  Hatfield also indicated the first year of a graduate TA’s work needs to be on a research project, if done on a non‐thesis basis, it increases the burden on faculty. 

>  Some departments (e.g., Chemical Engineering, and Agricultural and Biological Engineering) do not have TAs, and rather require every doctoral student to teach class for one semester or develop course material. 

  Since it is a course requirement, the department pays tuition. 

>  The new code for TA’s is effective in Spring (2012), however, CCE will not be replacing the current grad TAs, and will be carrying them until finished, unless the class involved is a lab class. 

>  Hatfield concluded that possibly by the Spring and next Fall, associated problems might surface and the College might re‐consider the guidelines at that time.  Meanwhile,  

  If a grader is currently a graduate student, then there will be an immediate position label change to TA. 

  If currently an undergrad TA, then position title will change.  An undergrad TA working in a lab (of which CCE has many) must now be supervised by a grad TA on appointment, since an undergrad may not be primary. 

  If a grader is needed through the Spring, it will probably be easy, the problem is office hour support in a class that does not have a lab. 

  These types of problems and complications will be reported to the College.  Item 3:   Vote on ABET Program Educational Objectives – (Thieke) 

  Dr. Thieke brought up the first item for faculty vote concerning the revised Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) (see Attachment #2). 

>  A mock ABET review was held June‐July 2011. 

>  Originally, there were five PEOs. 

>  Thieke indicated these streamlined revisions have already recently been approved by the CCE Advisory Board and the CCE Curriculum Committee. 

>  The proposed revised copy reads:  

  The UF Civil Engineering Program will prepare graduates to: 

1) Meet the needs and expectations of Civil Engineering employers and proceed toward the attainment of a Professional Engineering (P.E.) license; 

2)  Continue their education and pursue advanced degrees if they so desire. 

  A MOTION WAS MADE TO ACCEPT THE REVISED PEOS FOR THE ABET REPORT.  THE MOTION WAS SECONDED:  ALL APPROVED, WITH NONE OPPOSING.   

 Item 4:   Vote on CE Undergraduate Curriculum Changes – (Thieke) 

  Thieke went on to mention the next item for faculty vote concerning revision to the CE Undergraduate Curriculum in order to satisfy new ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria which specify requirements for additional basic science (see Attachment #2). 

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>  The current statics course is not considered by ABET authorities to satisfy the “basic” science requirement, and they want courses more basic than that.  Some Geographic Information Systems (GIS) courses do fit.  So, changes are proposed to specify some acceptable basic science courses. 

>  Another proposed change is to remove CHM 2046 (Chemistry 2) as a required course in the CE curriculum.   

  If there is an objection from a student concerning removing CHM 2046, then this course may become one of the out‐of‐department electives. 

  Again, the CCE Advisory Board and the CCE Curriculum Committee recently approved the proposed changes below. 

  Proposal : 

  –  Remove CHM 2046 Chemistry 2 as a required course. 

  –  Reduce critical tracking requirement from 8 courses to 7 courses. 

  –  Add as a core requirement an additional 3‐credit course to be selected from the following list: 

  BSC 2010 Biological Science   GLY 2030C Environmental and Engineering Geology 

  URP 4273 Survey of Planning Information Systems (GIS) 

  SWS 4720C GIS in Soil and Water Science 

  MET 3053 Weather and Forecasting 

  GEO 3520 Climatology 

  Or equivalent course, subject to approval of undergraduate coordinator –  Additional basic science course may NOT be doubled‐counted as out‐of‐department elective in final 15 credits. 

  –  CHM 2046 Chemistry 2 will be added to list of allowable out‐of‐department electives. 

  For current and proposed CE curriculum to reflect the above modifications, see Attachment #3.  

  A MOTION WAS MADE TO ACCEPT THE REVISED CE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM CHANGES TO MEET ABET CRITERIA.  THE MOTION WAS SECONDED:   ALL APPROVED WITH NONE OPPOSING. 

 Item 5:   Additional curriculum matters – (Thieke) 

  Thieke reported to faculty some of the curriculum committee’s deliberations: 

>  It is possible (until some later point) the Construction Methods and Management course may later be moved to elective status. 

  This would require that some of the topics covered in this course would need to be covered in other required course(s). 

>  The proposed issue of requiring CE students to take the FE Exam to graduate is on hold. 

  The CCE Advisory Board is against removing this requirement for students to take the FE Exam to graduate. 

  If the requirement is kept, one possible scenario is to put the student’s FE exam status in a degree audit, with a flag on the student’s record denoting a requirement not met for graduation. This would likely ensure the student becoming aware of the exam requirement.   

   Item 6:   ABET Outcomes Assessment Forms – (Thieke) 

  Thieke announced the ABET outcomes assessment forms would be sent out to faculty before Christmas.  Item 7:   Official Course Numbers from SCNS in Tallahassee – (Thieke)

  Official course numbers are to be established by the Statewide Course Numbering System (SCNS) for some 6905 courses.  

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>  Two 6905 courses that will be receiving official course numbers are the capstone course taught by Steve Scanlon, and the Highway Capacity course taught by Bill Sampson. 

>  The system is predicted to be all electronic in about a year (September/October 2012), so the course number assignment process is more effective and may be tracked and feedback given. 

>  If there are questions concerning dealing with the specific format of curriculum for undergrad courses, contact the curriculum committee chair, Dr. Chick Glagola. 

 Item 8:   Other business – (Thieke) 

  Work on the official grading scale needs to continue.  The last version had designated 93 to 100 as an A, and 90 to 93 as an A–), therefore, with the overlap for the grade value of 93, the scale was sent back for resolution. 

 ~1:55 pm   Meeting was adjourned.       . . . Minutes taken by Candace Leggett

Word Processing OperatorDepartment of Civil & Coastal Engineering

Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and EnvironmentUniversity of Florida

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College of Engineering Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes

January 11, 2012 Room 307 Weil

The following members were in attendance: E. Douglas – MSE R. Fox – ECE C. Glagola - CCE M. Law – ex officio J. Leary – ABE A. Lindner – ex officio Y. Tseng – CHE S. Tufekci – ISE H. van Oostrom – BME J. Wilson - CISE Absent: B. Carroll (MAE) Also in attendance: A. Buhler (Library), P. Dickrell (EDGE) M. McDonald (MSE), Jiangeng Xue (MSE) and D. Lupi (recording secretary) The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.

1. Approval of November 15, 2011 minutes - approved pending correction to typographical errors in

committee member listing.

2. New Courses: Biomedical Engineering BME3xxx – Computer Applications for BME – Approved

3. Proposed course changes: Agricultural & Biological Engineering ABE3212 – Land and Water Resource Engineering - Approved

ABE5015 – Empirical Models of Crop Growth and Yield – Approved

Materials Science and Engineering EMA3414c – Characterization of Electronic Materials – Approved with addition of contact base hours

EMA4666 – Polymer Processing – Approved

EMA4914 – Research in Materials Science & Engineering 2 - Approved

4. Tabled Items Returned to Agenda:

Industrial Systems Engineering

EIN4354 – Engineering Economy – Approved with changes to prerequisite

5. Miscellaneous:

a. Proposed Civil Engineering B.S. curriculum change – Approved b. Changes to MSE undergraduate curriculum – Douglas – Approved c. EDGE - Proposal for Certificate in Nuclear Radiation and Reactor Analysis – Approved d. EDGE – Proposal for Certificate in Nuclear Thermal Systems Analysis – Approved with

recommended update of course credits

6. Additions to the agenda:

a. Electrical & Computer Engineering New Course: EEL 5737 Principles of Computer Systems Design – Approved

7. Notices: a. Dr. Law reminded the committee that departments are to provide UCC with catalog mark-up. b. Dr. Douglas introduced Jiangeng Xue as the new representative to the college Curriculum

Committee representing both the MSE and NE programs. The meeting adjourned at 1:45 p.m.