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: __Michael Keefe ___phone number__302-831-8009___

                               

Department:  ___Mechanical Engineering___email address__  keefe@udel.edu  __

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:  _Revise the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree program _

(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 degree______ BME ___________________________________________________

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: _____ BME _____________________________

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

 

Proposed name:_____________________________

                                            Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:____Mechanical Engineeing ____________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies,  Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:_________________________________

                                                                  (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.

 

 

 

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”)

 

New College of Engineering course: EGGG101, Introduction to Engineering, is currently in the course challenge system for permanent-course approval.

 

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

 

This change will require all Mechanical Engineering students to take EGGG101 which will be a First-Year Seminar course and thus will satisfy the required First-Year Experience for all College of Engineering undergraduates.

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

(Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

 

Computer Science.

 

Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.) 

 

The College of Engineering is implementing a common first semester that will be required of all engineering freshmen. This first semester will consist of a new EGGG101, Introduction to Engineering, 2 credit course [this course is being taught experimentally during Fall 2006] that will provide the necessary first-year experience for all engineering students; a modified CISC106, General Computer Science for Engineers, 3 credit course that will provide the principles of computer science illustrated and applied through programming in Matlab; MATH241, Calculus A, 4 credits; CHEM103, General Chemistry, 4 credits; and ENGL110, Critical Reading & Writing, 3 credits. We will accommodate the new EGGG101 and modified CISC106 (5 credits total) by using them to replace our current MEEG101, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, 3 credits; and MEEG102, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Labs, 1 credit (4 credits total) - thus requiring us to add one credit to our total number required for graduation. However, that will still leave Mechanical Engineering at 123 credits to graduate - compared 126 for Civil Engineering and 125 for Chemical , Computer, Electrical and Environmental Engineering. Because our current program has MEEG101 in the Fall and MEEG102 in the spring, it will adjust our first year from the current: 14 credits fall, 15 credits spring; to 16 credits fall, 14 credits spring. Our current MEEG101 and the new EGGG101 both emphasize team-based, hands-on experiences that introduce practical engineering to the incoming student; and MEEG101 also introduced computing which will be covered in CISC106. The lab experience will be covered in our current first lab course, MEEG215, taught in the fall semester of the sophomore year.

 

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 document.

 

 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 5/02/06   /khs

Proposed - strikeout indicates changed MEEG course credits; shaded rows are proposed course addition:

UD Catalog, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree program to read:

 

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

ENGL 110 

Critical Reading and Writing (minimum grade C-) ..................................

31F

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

 

Breadth Requirements .........................................................................

18

College Breath Requirements. One of these courses must fulfill the University multicultural requirement.

 

 

CHEM 103

General Chemistry 

41

CISC 106

General Computer Science for Engineers 

31F

EGGG 101

Introduction to Engineering 

21F

MATH 241

Analytic Geometry and Calculus A 

41F

MATH 242

Analytic Geometry and Calculus B 

41S

MATH 243

Analytic Geometry and Calculus C 

42F

MATH 351

Engineering Mathematics I 

32F

MATH 352

Engineering Mathematics II 

32S

MATH 353

Engineering Mathematics III 

32S

PHYS 207

Fundamentals of Physics I 

41

PHYS 245

Introduction to Electricity and Electronics 

42S

PHYS 310

Introduction to Thermal Physics 

33F

MSEG 302

Materials Science for Engineers 

32S

MEEG 101

Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 

31F

MEEG 102

Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Labs

11S

MEEG 112

Statics 

31S

MEEG 202

Computer-Aided Engineering  Design

32S

MEEG 211

Dynamics 

32F

MEEG 215

Mechanics of Solids 

42F

MEEG 301

Machine Design - Kinematics and Kinetics 

33F

MEEG 304

Machine Design - Elements 

33S

MEEG 311

Vibration and Control 

43F

MEEG 321

Materials Engineering 

33F

MEEG 331

Incompressible Fluids 

43F

MEEG 332

Compressible Fluids 

33S

MEEG 342

Heat Transfer 

33S

MEEG 344

Thermodynamics 

33S

MEEG 346

Thermal Lab 

13S

MEEG 401

Senior Design 

64F

 

 

 

Technical Electives

124

400-level or above courses in engineering, science or mathematics selected by the student with the approval of their advisor.

CREDITS TOTAL A MINIMUM OF

122

123

 

The following charts show the old and proposed programs in a semester format for the first year (the only year that changes between the current and proposed programs):

 

CURRENT:

 

FALL

 

 

SPRING

 

FIRST YEAR

 

MEEG101

Intro to Mechanical Engineering

3

 

MEEG102

Intro to Mechanical Engineering Labs

1

CHEM103

General Chemistry*

4

 

MEEG112

Statics

3

MATH241

Calculus A

4

 

PHYS207

Physics I*

4

ENGL110

Critical Reading & Writing*

3

 

MATH242

Calculus B

4

 

 

 

Breadth 1*

3

 

14

 

15

                                                                          *can be taken fall or spring

 

 

 

PROPOSED (with common first semester, College of Engineering):

 

FALL

 

 

SPRING

 

FIRST YEAR

 

EGGG101

Intro to Engineering

2

 

 

 

 

CHEM103

General Chemistry*

4

 

MEEG112

Statics

3

CISC106

Gen Comp Science for Engineers

3

 

PHYS207

Physics I*

4

MATH241

Calculus A

4

 

MATH242

Calculus B

4

ENGL110

Critical Reading & Writing*

3

 

Breadth 1*

3

 

16

 

14

                                                                          *for ME majors, can be taken fall or spring

 

 

 Engineering

 

 

Math

 

 

 

Science

 

 

 

Engineering/Math/Science

 

 

 

Breadth Requirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: Tue 17 Oct 21:51:11 EDT 2006
From: "Eric W. Kaler" <kaler@UDel.Edu>
Subject: Re: CISC 106 for the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum
To: Dave Saunders <saunders@cis.udel.edu>
Cc: Dan Boulet <boulet@UDel.Edu>, "'Dan Chester (CIS Assoc. Chair)'" <chester@cis.udel.edu>, "'Phillip Conrad'" <pconrad@UDel.Edu>, "'Michael Keefe'" <keefe@UDel.Edu>, "'Thomas Buchanan'" <buchanan@UDel.Edu>, "'Michael J Chajes'" <chajes@ce.udel.edu>, "'Eric W. Kaler'" <kaler@che.udel.edu> 

Many thanks Dave
 
Dave Saunders wrote:
 
> Dan, sorry for the delay and thanks for your patience.  Your email got 
> buried on the stack, it seems.
>
> Our impressions are at this point that CISC 106 is working well and we 
> are prepared to commit to expanding it by about 80 students next fall. 
> We will know more this spring about how well the transition to CISC 
> 181 works out (for those who do it), but all signs are positive at 
> this point.  Please do let me know if your enrollment projections change.
>
> Best,
> -dave
>
> Dan Boulet wrote:
>
>> Dave,
>>
>> The Department of Mechanical Engineering is proposing to revise their 
>> undergraduate curriculum to accommodate the existence of our new 
>> Engineering Undecided fall semester.
>>
>> This would mean that Mechanical Engineering would require all their 
>> students to take CISC 106 in the fall of the freshman year.  This 
>> would add roughly 80 students to the EGU, EE, and CPEG students who 
>> are presently taking CISC 106.  This curriculum revision would be 
>> effective in Fall 2007.
>>
>> Does this proposal meet with your approval?
>>
>> If approved, I would expect that our other five majors would follow 
>> with similar proposals next year to be effective in Fall 2008 (of 
>> course, EE and CPEG are already taking CISC 106 on a trial basis).
>>
>> Thank you for considering this matter.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dan
 
-- 
Eric W. Kaler
Dean
College of Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, DE  19716
Tel: (302) 831-3553
Fax: (302) 831-6751
email: kaler@udel.edu