CSE Curriculum Committee Minutes
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Items Requiring Committee Action and Department Representative
Presence
| Course |
Title |
Changes |
Actions |
| BBE 4743 |
Nanobioengineering & Nanobiotechnology |
BBE 4743 -- New Course
Additional
Consultation. (pdf)
BBE 4743 -- New Course (as
finally submitted) |
Approved
completed
2016-6-15 |
| BBE 4753 |
Air Quality and Pollution Control Engineering |
Catalog Description Air quality and pollution
control engineering systems. Air pollutant sources, emissions transformations,
dispersion, fate and impacts. Introduction to air quality and pollution laws,
regulations and permits. Control technologies including energy conservation,
cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, absorbers, adsorbers,
incinerators and biofilters.
3 Credits
Course
Prerequisites BBE 3012, 3043, upper division CSE, graduate student or
instructor consent Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for
CEGE 5561 |
Tabled |
| EE 1705 |
Energy from Renewables: Envisioning a Sustainable
Future |
EE 1705 -- New Course
overlap
with BBE 2201 Renewable Energy and the Environment? |
Tabled |
Items for Approval without Objection
| Course |
Title |
Changes |
Actions |
| ESCI 4701 |
Geomorphology |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1169 - Fall 2016
Old: 1153 -
Spring 2015 |
Max-Min Credits
for Course: |
New: 4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)
Old:
4.0 to 3.0 credit(s) |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Origin, development, and continuing evolution
of landforms in various environments. Environmental implications.
Weathering, slope and shore processes, fluvial erosion and deposition,
arid region processes, glacial processes. This course includes lecture and
laboratory components, including field trips.
prereq: ESCI 2201, 2203
and 3202; MATH 1272; and PHYS 1301; or instructor consent.
Old:
Origin, development, and continuing evolution of landforms in various
environments. Environmental implications. Weathering, slope and
shore processes, fluvial erosion and deposition, arid region processes, glacial
processes.
prereq: 1001, Math 1031 or instr consent |
Instructor
Contact Hours: |
New: 4.0 hours per week
Old: 3.0
hours per week |
| Course typically offered: |
New: Fall Even Year
Old: Periodic
Fall |
| Component 1 : |
New: LAB (no final exam)
Old: LEC (with final exam)
|
| Component 2 : |
New: LEC (with final exam)
Old:
|
Auto-Enroll
Course: |
New: Yes
Old: No |
Graded
Component: |
New: LAB
Old: LEC |
Academic
Progress Units: |
New: Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0
credit(s)
Old: Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0
credit(s) |
Financial Aid
Progress Units: |
New: Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0
credit(s)
Old: Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0
credit(s) |
| Editor Comments: |
New: Last time this course was taught was Fall
2009. Since then, we have hired a new faculty member in the area of
surface processes and he is increasing the lecture time as well as adding a
lab/field trip component to the course.
Course details:
Lectures:
MWF (time TBA)
Labs: F (time TBA)
Field trips: 2 overnight field trips
(dates TBA)
Course description: Landscapes and the processes that
shape them, encompassing fluvial, hillslope, glacial, aeolian, and coastal
environments. Mechanics of solids and fluids at Earth's surface. Erosion,
deposition, and sediment transport.
Grade Distribution:
Lab
assignments, including those from field trips 50%
Midterm Exam 25%
Final Exam 25%
Tentative Course Outline (Reading assignments every
week):
Week 1-Global overview of landforms
Week 2-Fluid flow 1:
Deriving and nondimensionalizing N
Week 3-Fluid fkow 2: Laminar, turbulent,
and boundary-layer
flows; open-channel flow
Week 4-Fluvial form and
process; stream morphology, hydrology, and hydraulics;Field Trip 1: Stream
survey
Week 5-Drainage basin morphometry, rivers and their tributaries,
rainfall-runo relationships
Week 6-Sediment transport: derivations of force
and momentum balances and grainmotions; bedforms bedforms in
fluvial and
aeolian settings, from ripples to
dunes
Week 7-Aeolian systems and
desert environments: Sand dunes, loess, desert soils; Field trip 2: Paleozoic
Plateau region of southeastern Minnesota and south-western Wisconsin
Week
8-Glacial systems;Midterm Exam
Week 9-Hillslope geomorphology
Week
10-Soils and dating methods
Week 11-Coastal geomorphology: nearshore
hydraulics, longshore sand transport,beaches, and barrier islands
Week
12-Fluvial geomorphology 2: drainage basins, sediment transport and
channelform
Week 13-Landscape evolution 1: Coupled geomorphic processes
Week 14-Landscape evolution 2: tectonics, climate, and planet geomorphology
Old: <no text provided> |
| Proposal Changes: |
New: Lectures will be three times a week instead of
two; lab/field trip component will be added; therefore, credits changing from 3
to 4 for the course.
Old: <no text provided> |
| History Information: |
New:
Fall 2016- changed lectures to 3X per week;
added lab/field trip component; changed credits from 3-4. Changed prereqs.
Old:
<no text provided> |
|
completed
2016-2-24 |
| ESCI 4702 |
General Hydrogeology |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1173 - Spring 2017
Old: 1153
- Spring 2015 |
Max-Min Credits
for Course: |
New: 4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)
Old:
3.0 to 3.0 credit(s) |
Academic
Progress Units: |
New: Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0
credit(s)
Old: Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0
credit(s) |
| Proposal Changes: |
New: Change in credits from 3 to 4 due to the fact
that the lectures are 75 minutes, twice per week; in addition to the 115 minute
lab section.
Old: Change in Chemistry course prereq only
|
|
completed
2016-2-17 |
| IE 4044 |
Industrial Assignment III |
IE 4044 -- New Course |
completed
2016-4-1 |
| IE 4091 |
Independent Study |
IE 4091 -- New Course |
completed
2016-4-1 |
| IE 4094 |
Directed Research |
IE 4094 -- New Course |
completed
2016-4-1 |
| IE 4096 |
Curricular Practical Training |
IE 4096 -- New Course |
completed
2016-4-1 |
| IE 4894H |
Senior Honors Thesis |
IE 4894h -- New Course |
completed
2016-4-6 |
Items For Information Only
| Course |
Title |
Changes |
Actions |
| EE 2701 |
Sustainable Electricity Supply: Renewables and
Conservation |
Catalog
Description: |
New: General overview of energy usage, role of
electricity in it and the contribution to global warming/climate change. With
this backdrop, understanding of the present electric power systems with
conventional generation and transmission, and the possibility of introducing
renewable sources such as solar (PVs) and wind. Future electric transportation
systems consisting of electric and hybrid vehicles. Conservation using LEDs and
their use in green houses for growing vegetables. In the context of
applications described above, understand the fundamentals of electric power
systems, power electronics and electric machines/drives concepts to apply them
to these various applications.
This course satisfies the ?Technology and
Society? theme of the Liberal Education requirement. Ethical thinking will be
infused throughout this course by constantly relating the topics being
discussed to the environment and the ethics of it.
Prereq: EE 2001
Old: Overview of energy usage, role of electricity and its
contribution to global warming/climate change. Electric power systems with
conventional generation and transmissio, and renewable resources such as solar
and wind. Electric and hybrid vehicles, conservation using LEDs and green house
applications. Power electronics and electric machines/drives. |
| Grading Basis: |
New: Stdnt Opt
Old: A-F only
|
Requirement
this course fulfills: |
New: TS Technology and Society
Old:
|
|
completed
2016-1-7 |
| CEGE 4011 |
Special Topics |
add spring topic: CPT for International Students |
completed
2016-1-7 |
| CEGE 3201 |
Transportation Engineering |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1165 - Summer 2016
Old: 1159
- Fall 2015 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Applying laws of motion to vehicle
performance, determining constraints for highway designs. Traffic flow
principles, their relation to capacity and level of service. Geometric design,
pavement design, transportation planning.
prereq: PHYS 1301, CEGE
3101, CEGE 3102
Old: Applying laws of motion to vehicle
performance, determining constraints for highway designs. Traffic flow
principles, their relation to capacity and level of service. Geometric design,
pavement design, transportation planning.
prereq: PHYS 1301, 3101,
3102 |
Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based
or
non-course-based) |
New: Phys 1301, CEGE 3101 and CEGE 3102
Old: No prerequisites |
|
(needs syllabus) |
| CSCI 5980 |
Special Topics in Computer Science |
add fall 2016 topic: Computational Field Robotics &
Human Interaction |
completed
2016-2-16 |
| ESCI 1901 |
Freshman Seminar |
fall 2016: Geology of Minnesota |
completed
2016-2-16 |
| ESCI 1905 |
Freshman Seminar |
fall 2016: Tsunamis: an Underrated Hazard |
completed
2016-2-16 |
| AEM 3100 |
Software Applications in AEM |
fall 2016 topic: Visualization of Data: Asymptote and
Git |
completed
2016-2-17 |
| IE 5080 |
Topics in IE |
fall 2016 topic: Learning, Predictions, Data-Driven
Optimization |
completed
2016-2-24 |
| AEM 1905 |
Freshman Semianr |
fall 2016 topic: High-Power Rocketry |
completed
2016-2-29 |
| ESCI 1901 |
Freshman Seminar |
fall 2016 topic: Caves and Karst: Rocks, Water, and Human
Impact |
completed
2016-3-2 |
| ESCI 3004 |
Water and Society |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1169 - Fall 2016
Old: 1119 -
Fall 2011 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: For non-science majors. Study of (1) the role
of humans as agents influencing the composition (quality) of water resources
through domestic, agricultural, industrial, and other land-use practices; (2)
the role of water in various ecosystem services which may be at odds with the
anthropocentric view of water as a resource; (3) how population increase and
climate change, coupled with human actions, is affecting the quality and
quantity of available water, leading to lack of access to clean water and
decent sanitation, and to severe water shortages (e.g., for irrigation) in some
areas, especially in developing nations and politically unstable regions; and
(4) how the availability of water shapes a society?s view of water as a
resource and its view of the non-human demands for water (which is not uniform
across the globe).
Old: Processes that influence formation,
circulation, composition, and use of water. Human influence on water quality
through agricultural, industrial, and other land-use practices. International
case studies examine human interaction with surface environment, influence of
local land-use practices. |
| Editor Comments: |
New: We are requesting this course be LE certified
with the environmental theme.
In addition to the catalog
description:
ESCI 3004 begins with an analysis of the physical aspects of
the hydrologic cycle and the chemical and physical nature of water on Earth by
looking at the processes that influence the formation, circulation, and
modification of water at, or near, the surface of the earth. Building
from this science of natural water systems, we will investigate the sensitivity
and vulnerability of these systems to natural and anthropogenic changes.
Examples include overdrawing of groundwater system, contamination (point-source
and non-point-source), sewage treatment and wastewater reclamation, and storm
water management. The course will also consider the role of politics and ethics
in developing sustainable environmental policies or adjudicating over conflicts
on issues such as water supply and quality on both short- and long-term time
scales. The course will draw heavily on examples from Minnesota.
Class
Meets: MWF 9:05-9:55,110PillsH
Format:75% lecture, 10% participation, 15%
in-class activity
Grading:
Examination [30%]- Monday
November 21, in class
Short papers [40%] Four short (~5 pages, 1.5
lines-spaced) papers, each summarizing a specific topic
Team
Project[30%]See below for more information
Work Load: 30-40 pages of
reading per week, 1 exam, a team poster presentation.
Team Project:
The project will culminate in a group presentation (oral & visual);
coherent and visually attractive PPT presentation lasting 10 minutes.
Textbook:
Required:
Shimon C. Anisfeld (2010), Water Resources
(Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series), Island Press,
SBN-10: 1597264954, ISBN-13: 978-1597264952. List price $30.00.
Suggested:
David Sedlak (2014) Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of
the World?s Most Vital Resource, Yale University Press, ISBN-10: 030017649X,
ISBN-13: 978-0300176490. List price: $28.50
Old: <no text
provided> |
| Proposal Changes: |
New: Add environmental theme.
Old:
<no text provided> |
|
completed
2016-3-3 |
| CSCI 3980, 4980 |
|
Deactivate |
completed
2016-3-21 |
| CEGE 4011 |
Special Topics |
Fall 2016 add topic: Sensors in Civil, Environmental, &
Geo-Engineering |
completed
2016-3-23 |
| IE 4042 |
Industrial Assignment II |
deactivate |
completed
2016-3-28 |
| IE 5080 |
Topics in IE |
add fall 2016 topic: Learning, Predictions, Data-Driven
Optimization |
completed
2016-3-30 |
| CEGE 4011 |
Special Topics |
add fall 2016 topic: Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation
|
completed
2016-3-30 |
| HSCI 1011 |
Digital World |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1173 - Spring 2017
Old: 1163
- Spring 2016 |
| Component 1 : |
LEC (with final exam)
|
| Component 2 : |
New: DIS (no final exam)
Old:
|
Graded
Component: |
New: DIS
Old: LEC |
|
completed
2016-3-31 |
| IE 4043 |
Industrial Assignment III |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1165 - Summer 2016
Old: 1153
- Spring 2015 |
| Course Title Short: |
New: Industrial Assignment II
Old:
Industrial Assignment III |
| Course Title Long: |
New: Industrial Assignment II
Old:
Industrial Assignment III |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Solution of system design problems that
require developing criteria, evaluating alternatives, and generating a
preliminary design. Final report emphasizes design communication and describes
design decision process, analysis, and final recommendations.
prereq:
3041
Old: Solution of system design problems that require
developing criteria, evaluating alternatives, and generating a preliminary
design. Final report emphasizes design communication and describes design
decision process, analysis, and final recommendations.
prereq: 4042 |
Add Consent
Requirement: |
New: Department
Old: No
required consent |
|
completed
2016-4-1 |
| ESCI 5980 |
Seminar: Current Topics in Earth Sciences |
Add Fall 2016 topic: Global and Regional Climate
Variability |
completed
2016-4-4 |
| AEM 4295 |
Problems in Fluids |
add spring 2017 topic: Molecular Aerothermodynamics |
completed
2016-4-5 |
| IE 3041 |
Industrial Assignment I |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1165 - Summer 2016
Old: 1153
- Spring 2015 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Industrial work assignment in engineering
intern program. Evaluation based on student's formal written report covering
semester's work assignment.
prereq: ISyE upper division, registration
in ME co-op program
Old: Industrial work assignment in
engineering intern program. Evaluation based on student's formal written report
covering semester's work assignment.
prereq: ME upper division,
registration in ME co-op program |
Instructor
Contact Hours: |
New: 2.0 hours per week
Old: 0.0
hours per week |
Add Consent
Requirement: |
New: Department
Old: No
required consent |
Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based
or
non-course-based) |
New: 004254 - Ind & Systems Engr B I Sy E,
sr
Old: No prerequisites |
|
completed
2016-4-6 |
| AST 1905 |
Freshman Seminars |
Fall 2016 topoics: Cosmic Catastrophies, Exoplanets,
Ultimate, Nothing |
completed
2016-4-7 |
| ESCI 5980 |
Seminar: Current Topics in Earth Sciences |
Fall 2016 topic: Paleobiology |
completed
2016-4-8 |
| CSCI 5980 |
Special Topics in Computer Science |
Spring 2017 topic: Computer Graphics and Architectural
Design |
completed
2016-4-11 |
| MATH 5990 |
Topics in Math |
Fall 2016 topic: Number Theory |
completed
2016-4-12 |
| BBE 4401 |
Bioproducts Separation and Purification Processes |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1165 - Summer 2016
Old: 1155
- Summer 2015 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Unit operations of bioproducts
engineering/manufacture; separations and purification processes.
prereq: [3012, 3033, 3043, 4013 or concurrent registration in 4013, CSE Upper
Division] or instr consent
Old: Unit operations of
bioproducts engineering/manufacture.
prereq: [3012, 3033, 3043,
concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4013, CSE Upper Division]
or instr consent |
Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based
or
non-course-based) |
New: [3012, 3033, 3043, 4013 or concurrent
registration in 4013, CSE Upper Division]
Old: 004632 - BBE
3012, BBE 3033, BBE 3043, &BBE 4013, CSE Upper Division |
| Editor Comments: |
New: 4/14/16 - Add Syllabus, Update catalog
description & prereq: [3012, 3033, 3043, 4013 or concurrent registration in
4013, CSE Upper Division] or instr consent
Old: Change the
course title. Enforce prerequisites & update the prerequisites for
the catalog. |
|
completed
2016-4-15 |
| CHEN 4402W, 4706, 4712, 5595 |
|
Deactivate courses |
completed
2016-4-21 |
| ME 4042 |
Ind Assignment II |
Deactivate course |
completed
2016-4-21 |
| PHYS 1901, 4071, 5702 |
|
Deactivate courses |
completed
2016-4-21 |
| CEGE 4011 |
Special Topics |
Summar 2016: CPT for International Students
fall 2016:
CPT for International Students
spring 2017: CPT for International
Students |
completed
2016-4-25 |
| BBE 4303 |
Introduction to Bio-based Materials Science |
syllabus updated |
completed
2016-4-25 |
| BBE 4900 |
Intern Reports |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1165 - Summer 2016
Old: 1153
- Spring 2015 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Students participating in industrial or
experiential learning assignment. Evaluation based on formal final report;
coordinated with faculty and industry advisor.
prereq: [CSE or CFANS]
student in BBE, instr consent
Old: Reports on intern work
assignments reviewed by faculty/industry advisers.
prereq: [CSE or CFANS]
student in BBE, instr consent |
| Grading Basis: |
New: A-F or Aud
Old: S-N or
Aud |
|
completed
2016-4-25 |
| MATH 1031 |
College Algebra and Probability |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1169 - Fall 2016
Old: 1153 -
Spring 2015 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Graphs of equations/functions, transformations
of graphs; linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions, with
applications; inverses/composition of functions; exponential and logarithmic
functions, with applications; basic probability rules, conditional probability,
binomial probabilities.
prereq: 3 yrs high school math or satisfactory
score on placement exam or grade of at least C- in [PSTL 731 or PSTL 732 or CI
0832]
Old: Graphs of equations/functions, transformations of
graphs; linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions, with
applications; inverses/composition of functions; exponential and logarithmic
functions, with applications; basic probability rules, conditional probability,
binomial probabilities.
prereq: 3 yrs high school math or satisfactory
score on placement exam or grade of at least C- in [PSTL 731 or PSTL 732] |
Course
Equivalency: |
New: 02451 - CI 1806/Math 1031
Old:
01772 - Math1031/Math1051/CI 1806 |
|
completed
2016-4-25 |
| MATH 1051 |
Precalculus I |
| Effective Term: |
New: 1169 - Fall 2016
Old: 1153 -
Spring 2015 |
Catalog
Description: |
New: Graphs of equations/functions, transformations
of graphs; linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions, with
applications; zeroes of polynomials; inverses and composition of functions;
exponential and logarithmic functions, with applications; coverage beyond that
found in the usual 3 years of high school math.
prereq: 3 yrs of high
school math or satisfactory score on placement test or grade of at least C- in
[PSTL 731 or PSTL 732 or CI 0832]
Old: Graphs of
equations/functions, transformations of graphs; linear, quadratic, polynomial,
and rational functions, with applications; zeroes of polynomials; inverses and
composition of functions; exponential and logarithmic functions, with
applications; coverage beyond that found in the usual 3 years of high school
math.
prereq: 3 yrs of high school math or satisfactory score on
placement test or grade of at least C- in [PSTL 731 or PSTL 732] |
Course
Equivalency: |
New: No course equivalencies
Old:
01772 - Math1031/Math1051/CI 1806 |
|
completed
2016-4-25 |
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