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: Prof. Richard Braun phone number 831-1869
Department: Mathematical Sciences email:
braun@math.udel.edu
Action: Revision to MS program in
Applied Mathematics ________________
(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: 09F (use format
04F, 05W)
Current degree: MS in Applied Mathematics
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: no change
(Example: BA,
BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed name:____no change_______________
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: X (Must attach your Graduate Program Policy
Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:____MS in Applied Mathematics____________
(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.
In appendix B, the changed document is attached. The old text is struck out and the new text
is in blue or red.
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”)
None
Explain, when appropriate,
how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate
education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
This is a graduate program so this category is not
applicable.
Identify other units affected
by the proposed changes:
(Attach permission from the affected units. If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)
The only unit affected could be Electrical and Computer
Engineering, and they would be affected by moving Math 694 from the fall to the
spring. They agree to this move; see
appendix C for an email agreeing to the change.
Describe the rationale for
the proposed program change(s):
(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the
curriculum or program.)
The department voted to eliminate the seminar
requirement for this degree. The
students were not happy with it, and we will encourage them with methods other
than a requirement to attend seminars and colloquia. We believe that this will help us recruit
students to the program.
The syllabus for the first year analysis courses, Math
600 and 602, have been adjusted because of the removal of more advanced courses
in analysis (Math 805 and 807). The
remaining changes don’t have any affect on the MS in Applied Mathematics.
A Thesis Option has been added for both the MS in
Applied Mathematics and the MS in Mathematics.
This option will allow students to explore a topic of interest in more
depth, and to get valuable experience in writing via the MS thesis. We believe that this option will aid in
recruiting strong students to our program.
Additional course scheduling and complete program
changes are listed in Appendix A.
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.)
The only program requirement change is the removal of 4
credits of seminar credits; all other requirements remain the same. A comparison of the requirements before and
after the proposed change follows.
Before After
Core requirements 18 credit hours Core requirements 18 credit hours
Additional MS requirements 12
credit hours Additional
MS requirements 12 credit hours
Seminars-colloquia 4 credit hours
A thesis option has been added with up to 6 credits
being earned through research (Math 868 Research) and the thesis (Math 869
Master’s Thesis) ; the total number of credits is
still 30.
New Old
Core requirements 18 credit hours Core requirements 18 credit hours
Research (M868) 3
credit hours Additional
MS requirements 12
credit hours
Thesis (M869) 3
credit hours
Additional MS Requirements 12
credit hours
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 Affairs
& International Programs Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
Revised
Appendix A. List of changes to the
graduate programs in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. The MS in Applied Mathematics program is
affected by the changes in green.
Appendix B. Modified Program Policy Statement
with old text struck out, and new text in color.
Appendix C. Email agreement to moving Math 694.
[…header info edited…]
From: Javier Garcia-Frias <jgarcia@ee.udel.edu>
To: braun@math.udel.edu
Cc: Gonzalo R Arce <arce@ece.udel.edu>, Javier Garcia-Frias <jgarcia@ee.udel.edu>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Moving
Math 694 from fall to spring]
Date:
Dear Rich,
We are fine with the move. By
the way, there are very interesting
topics in optimization from an EE
perspective (related with the new
field of compressed sensing). I am
not sure if they could also be of
interest to you? Perhaps we could
briefly talk about it?
Regards,
Javier
__________________________________________________
Javier Garcia-Frias
Professor
ECE Department
On
> Rich:
>
> Gonzalo or Javier, who
is now in charge of the graduate program,
> should give any official
response. So I defer to them.
>
> Ken
>
> [E-mail composed using
speech recognition. Please ignore
errors.]
> -----------------
> Kenneth E. Barner
> Professor
> Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
>
> Phone: (302) 831-6937
Fax: (302) 831-4316
> Email: ken@barner.net
Web: www.ece.udel.edu/~barner
>
> From: Richard Braun
[mailto:braun@math.udel.edu]
> Sent:
> To: barner@ece.udel.edu;
Gonzalo R Arce
> Cc: Rich Braun
> Subject: [Fwd: Moving
Math 694 from fall to spring]
>
> Dear Ken and Gonzalo,
>
> The Math department
would like to move Math 694 to the spring semester
> from
the fall semester when it is currently taught.
A fair number
> of
ECE students take this course, and on the phone, Ken mentioned that he thought
it
> would be better if we
did move the course because first year grads would get a
> semester
under their belts before taking this course.
>
> The Math department has
approved this move with a vote.
>
> Could you please confirm
via whether you will agree with this move?
> It turns out that it
would be helpful to have a documented agreement
> for
the course change process. I have an
October 31st deadline, but
could
> really
use a response as soon as possible to get a bunch of changes
> into
the system.
>
> Many thanks,
> Rich
> (Director of Grad
Studies in Math)
> -------- Original Message
--------
> Subject: Moving Math 694 from fall to spring
> Date: Thu,
> From: Richard Braun
<braun@math.udel.edu>
> Reply-To: braun@math.udel.edu
> Organization: Math
Sciences, U of
> To: barner@ece.udel.edu
> CC: Rich Braun <braun@math.udel.edu>
>
> Dear Ken,
> It looks like there may
be advantages for some of our graduate students
> to move Math 694 Methods
of Optimization from being offered in the fall each
> year (the current
situation) to the spring. I'm writing you
about this because quite a
> few ECE grad students
take this course, and we wouldn't want to prevent them
> from continuing to do
so. Do you know if such a move will
present any problems
> for your grad students
who want to take this course?
> Thanks for your help.
> Best wishes,
> Rich
> --
>
__________________________________________________________
>
> Richard Braun http://www.math.udel.edu/~braun
> Department of Math
Sciences Voice: (302) 831-1869
>
>
>
__________________________________________________________
Appendix D. Modifications to the actual catalog pages are
shown in this scanned document.
