BMEN 3601 -- New Course

Wed Nov 13 10:38:46 2013

Approvals Received:

Department
on 11-12-13
by Jessica Baltzley
(baltz016@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

College/Dean > Provost > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1143 - Spring 2014

Course:

BMEN 3601

Institution:
Campus:

UMNTC - Twin Cities
UMNTC - Twin Cities

Career:

UGRD

College:

TIOT - College of Science and Engineering

Department:

11143 - Biomedical Engineerng, Dept of

General

Course Title Short:

BME for Med. Devices Careers

Course Title Long:

Biomedical Engineering for Medical Devices Careers

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

1.0 to 1.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Local industry speakers describe the various job roles available to our BBmE graduates at graduation. Input from our Career Center on internship/job searching/interviewing.
Exposure to other aspects of the medical devices industry (e.g. failure mode analysis, tolerancing, reading/critiquing
clinical literature, etc).

Print in Catalog?:

Yes

CCE Catalog
Description:

Grading Basis:

A-F only

Topics Course:

Honors Course:

Online Course:

Instructor
Contact Hours:

1.0 hours per week

Years most
frequently offered:

Every academic year

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Spring

Component 1:

LEC (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

LEC

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
1.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
1.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

000892 - BMEN upper div

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Faculty
Sponsor E-mail Address:

Student Learning Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes:

* Student in the course:

- Can communicate effectively

Please explain briefly how this outcome will be addressed in the course. Give brief examples of class work related to the outcome.

Students will learn the roles of the role of a quality engineer, verification/validation engineer, design engineer, process development engineer, test engineer, product development engineer, and manufacturing engineer, which draw from multidisciplinary skills.

How will you assess the students' learning related to this outcome? Give brief examples of how class work related to the outcome will be evaluated.

Write a test protocol. Interview a medical device engineer and write report on the engineers duties. The grade will be based on these 2 writing projects.

- Understand the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines

Please explain briefly how this outcome will be addressed in the course. Give brief examples of class work related to the outcome.

Students will learn the roles of the role of a quality engineer, verification/validation engineer, design engineer, process development engineer, test engineer, product development engineer, and manufacturing engineer, which draw from multidisciplinary skills.

How will you assess the students' learning related to this outcome? Give brief examples of how class work related to the outcome will be evaluated.

Students will write a test protocol. Interview a medical device engineer and write report on the engineers duties. The grade will be based on these 2 writing projects.

Liberal Education

Requirement
this course fulfills:

None

Other requirement
this course fulfills:

None

Criteria for
Core Courses:

Describe how the course meets the specific bullet points for the proposed core requirement. Give concrete and detailed examples for the course syllabus, detailed outline, laboratory material, student projects, or other instructional materials or method.

Core courses must meet the following requirements:

They explicitly help students understand what liberal education is, how the content and the substance of this course enhance a liberal education, and what this means for them as students and as citizens.

They employ teaching and learning strategies that engage students with doing the work of the field, not just reading about it.

They include small group experiences (such as discussion sections or labs) and use writing as appropriate to the discipline to help students learn and reflect on their learning.

They do not (except in rare and clearly justified cases) have prerequisites beyond the University's entrance requirements.

They are offered on a regular schedule.

They are taught by regular faculty or under exceptional circumstances by instructors on continuing appointments. Departments proposing instructors other than regular faculty must provide documentation of how such instructors will be trained and supervised to ensure consistency and continuity in courses.

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Criteria for
Theme Courses:

Describe how the course meets the specific bullet points for the proposed theme requirement. Give concrete and detailed examples for the course syllabus, detailed outline, laboratory material, student projects, or other instructional materials or methods.

Theme courses have the common goal of cultivating in students a number of habits of mind:

thinking ethically about important challenges facing our society and world;
reflecting on the shared sense of responsibility required to build and maintain community;
connecting knowledge and practice;
fostering a stronger sense of our roles as historical agents.

LE Recertification-Reflection Statement:
(for LE courses being re-certified only)

Writing Intensive

Propose this course
as Writing Intensive
curriculum:

Question 1 (see CWB Requirement 1):

How do writing assignments and writing instruction further the learning objectives of this course and how is writing integrated into the course? Note that the syllabus must reflect the critical role that writing plays in the course.

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Question 2 (see CWB Requirement 2):

What types of writing (e.g., research papers, problem sets, presentations, technical documents, lab reports, essays, journaling etc.) will be assigned? Explain how these assignments meet the requirement that writing be a significant part of the course work, including details about multi-authored assignments, if any. Include the required length for each writing assignment and demonstrate how the minimum word count (or its equivalent) for finished writing will be met.

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Question 3 (see CWB Requirement 3):

How will students' final course grade depend on their writing performance? What percentage of the course grade will depend on the quality and level of the student's writing compared to the percentage of the grade that depends on the course content? Note that this information must also be on the syllabus.

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Question 4 (see CWB Requirement 4):

Indicate which assignment(s) students will be required to revise and resubmit after feedback from the instructor. Indicate who will be providing the feedback. Include an example of the assignment instructions you are likely to use for this assignment or assignments.

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Question 5 (see CWB Requirement 5):

What types of writing instruction will be experienced by students? How much class time will be devoted to explicit writing instruction and at what points in the semester? What types of writing support and resources will be provided to students?

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Question 6 (see CWB Requirement 6):

If teaching assistants will participate in writing assessment and writing instruction, explain how will they be trained (e.g. in how to review, grade and respond to student writing) and how will they be supervised. If the course is taught in multiple sections with multiple faculty (e.g. a capstone directed studies course), explain how every faculty mentor will ensure that their students will receive a writing intensive experience.

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Statement of Certification:

This course is certified as Writing Internsive effective as of

Readme link. Course Syllabus requirement section begins below

Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus:

For new courses and courses in which changes in content and/or description and/or credits are proposed, please provide a syllabus that includes the following information: course goals and description; format;structure of the course (proposed number of instructor contact hours per week, student workload effort per week, etc.); topics to be covered; scope and nature of assigned readings (text, authors, frequency, amount per week); required course assignments; nature of any student projects; and how students will be evaluated. The University "Syllabi Policy" can be found here

The University policy on credits is found under Section 4A of "Standards for Semester Conversion" found here. Course syllabus information will be retained in this system until new syllabus information is entered with the next major course modification. This course syllabus information may not correspond to the course as offered in a particular semester.

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Biomedical Engineering for Medical Devices
Dept: Biomedical Engineering
Designator: BMEN 3xxx
Credits: 1
Day and Time: Monday, 2:30-3:20 PM
Instructor: Mark Kroll kroll051@umn.edu
Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering Junior
Goals and Objectives:
To learn how to prepare for a career in life science technology or the medical device industry. Learn positions available and for which BME graduates are best suited. Understand the role of a quality engineer, verification/validation engineer, design engineer, process development engineer, test engineer, product development engineer, and manufacturing engineer.
General quality and regulatory standards for medical device design. Which standards require what type of test. How to write a test protocol to verify compliance with required standards. Design principles (i.e. material choice, specification and tolerance setting, and concept justification). Introduction to LEAN manufacturing practices
Medical device and life science companies, their products, and locations. How the companies rank and what jobs they offer vs. your aspirations. Start-up vs. larger company pros and cons. Career progression ⿿ how to keep that first job and move ahead.

Textbook:
Principles of Design controls for Medical Device: A handbook for Professionals in the Medical Device Industry (Volume 1) by Muchemu

Required Work:
Write a test protocol. Interview a medical device engineer and write report on the engineers duties. The grade will be based on these 2 writing projects. There will be no exams.

Guest Lecturers:
There will be a broad sampling of guest lecturers from industry.

Readme link. Strategic Objectives & Consultation section begins below

Strategic Objectives & Consultation

Name of Department Chair
Approver:

Robert T. Tranquillo

Strategic Objectives -
Curricular Objectives:

How does adding this course improve the overall curricular objectives ofthe unit?

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Strategic Objectives - Core
Curriculum:

Does the unit consider this course to be part of its core curriculum?

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Strategic Objectives -
Consultation with Other
Units:

In order to prevent course overlap and to inform other departments of new curriculum, circulate proposal to chairs in relevant units and follow-up with direct consultation. Please summarize response from units consulted and include correspondence. By consultation with other units, the information about a new course is more widely disseminated and can have a positive impact on enrollments. The consultation can be as simple as an email to the department chair informing them of the course and asking for any feedback from the faculty.

Two emails pasted below:

I do approve. I will give more detailed feedback later.

Dave Thomas
Professor
Biochem,Molec Biol,Biophy TMED (office: Biochem, Molec Biology/Biophysics)
UMN Twin Cities
ddt@umn.edu

This sounds like an excellent course, and I am not aware of any similar course that is offered through GCD.

Melissa Gardner
Assistant Professor
Genetics, Cell Biol, Dev TCBS
UMN Twin Cities
klei0091@umn.edu