UNIVERSITY
FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document
for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing department should complete this form. For more information, call the Faculty Senate
Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: ____Thomas
Department: _____Mechanical
Engineering____________email address buchanan @udel.edu_
Action: __Revision of MEM (Master of Mechanical Engineering: Mechanical)_
(Example: add
major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration, revise major/minor/concentration, academic unit name change, request for
permanent status, policy change, etc.)
Effective term_________________07F______________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
Current degrees_____MEM_______________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ,
HBA,
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: ____________MEM ___________
(Example:
BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed name:______________N/A_________________________________________________
Proposed new name for revised or new major
/ minor / concentration / academic unit
(if
applicable)
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate
major / Concentration:______________________________________
(Example: Applied Music – Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate
minor:____________________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business
Administration, English, Leadership,
etc.)
Graduate
Program Policy statement change:_____See
Attached_________________
(Must attach your Graduate Program
Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________
(Example: Animal
Science: MS Animal
Science: PHD Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate
minor / concentration:___________________________________________
Note: all graduate studies
proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy
Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.
Attached
List new courses required for
the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program
objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?
(Be aware that approval of the curriculum is
dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge
list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
N/A
Explain, when appropriate, how
this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
N/A
Identify other units affected
by the proposed changes:
(Attach
permission from the affected units. If
no other unit is affected, enter “None”)
N/A
Describe the rationale for the
proposed program change(s):
(Explain your
reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)
There are two
program changes:
1) Change from a
fixed set of required Master’s classes to a more flexible list - this change is
to make the graduate program less narrow so we can better address new areas of
study, especially in our Qualifying Exams.
2) Change current
33 course credits for direct PhD, 27 course credits for PhD when has Masters,
to 33 course credits for PhD, but allow Master’s level courses which we didn’t
count for someone who came with a Masters - this change simplifies the document
and just recognizes that if you don’t already have a Master’s there are key
courses required by the qualifier that are based on the Master’s template of
courses.
Program Requirements:
(Show the new or
revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog. If this is a revision, be sure to indicate
the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side
comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed
change.) See attached; in addition
modified Program Policy Statement (indicating program changes and changes to
the qualifying exam - to complement program changes) is also included.
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:
(Please do not remove supporting documentation.)
Department
Chairperson Date
Dean of
College Date
Chairperson,
College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson,
Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies
Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty
Senate Date
Date of Senate
Resolution Date to be
Effective
Registrar Program Code Date
Vice Provost for
Academic Programs & Planning
Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee
Notification Date
Revised
First Change, for
both of the existing Master’s degrees, MSME and MEM:
OLD:
A. The following five courses are required (15
credits):
MEEG 690
Intermediate Engineering Mathematics
MEEG 610
Intermediate Solid Mechanics
MEEG 620
Intermediate Dynamics
MEEG 630
Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
MEEG 640
Intermediate Heat Transfer
NEW:
A. The following five courses are required (15
credits):
MEEG 690
Intermediate Engineering Mathematics
Two courses
from the following list:
MEEG 610 Intermediate Solid Mechanics
MEEG 620 Intermediate Dynamics
MEEG 630 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
MEEG 640 Intermediate Heat Transfer
Two additional
courses either from the list immediately above or from a list of approved ME
specialty courses.
Second Change, for
the PhD degree:
OLD:
The Ph.D. program in Mechanical Engineering
consists of 27 credit hours (for a post M.S. student) or 33 credits (for a post
B.S. student) of graduate level course work plus nine credits of Doctoral
Dissertation.
NEW:
The Ph.D. program in Mechanical
Engineering consists of 33 credits of graduate level course work plus nine
credits of Doctoral Dissertation.
OLD:
An individual course can be used
to meet more than one of the requirements A, B or C provided the total number
of credits is at least 27 (post M.S.) or 33 (post B.S.). MEEG868, and any
course counted toward a Master's degree (for a post M.S. student) cannot be
used toward these requirements. The Ph.D. qualifying exam is based on the
materials in the courses MEEG 610, 620, 630, 640, and 690. As stated in Section
III, students will write tests in three of the five subject areas corresponding
to these five courses. The three corresponding MEEG6x0 courses cannot be
counted towards the course requirements.
NEW:
An individual course can be used
to meet more than one of the requirements A, B or C provided the total number
of credits is at least 33. MEEG868 cannot be used toward these requirements.
The Ph.D. qualifying exam is based on a
'template' of courses that includes MEEG 610,
620, 630, 640, and 690 as well as specialized
subjects in particular areas of faculty interest, as defined under Section III,
Qualifying Examinations. As stated in Section
III, students will write tests in three of the five subject areas corresponding
to these five courses.