UN I VE RS IT Y OF MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST 1119 Main Administration Building College Park, Maryland 2072-501 01.05.5252 TEL 01.05.8195 FAX July 1,2015 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Darryll Pines Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering Elizabeth Beise Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs Proposal to Modify the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (PCC log no. 106) The proposal to modify the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering has been administratively approved. A copy of the approved proposal is attached. This change is effective Fall 2015. Please ensure that this change is fully described in the Undergraduate Catalog and in all relevant descriptive materials, including the undergraduate program's four-year plan (contact Lisa Kiely at likely(a),umd.edu for more information), and that all advisors are informed. MDC/ Enclosure cc: Gregory Miller, Chair, Senate PCC Committee Barbara Gill, Office of Student Financial Aid Reka Montfort, University Senate Erin Taylor, Division of Information Technology Pam Phillips, Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment Anne Turkos, University Archives Linda Yokoi, Office of the Registrar Cynthia Stevens, Office of Undergraduate Studies William Fourney, A. James Clark School of Engineering Rama Chellappa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK PROGRAM/CURRICULUM/UNIT PROPOSAL Please email the rest oflhe proposal as an MSWord altachmenl to pcc-submissionstf unid.edu. PCC LOG NO. 106 Please submit the signed form to the Office of the Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs, 1119 Main Administration Building, Campus. ^.. /c. College/School: ^ " Please also add College/School Unit Code-First digits: Department/Program: Please also add Department/Program Unit Code-Last 7 digits: Type of Action (choose one): O Curricuium change (including infonnal specializations) 0 Cwriculum cliange for an LEP Program 0 0 0 0 New Professional Studies award iteration New Minor Request to create an online version of an existing program Summary of Proposed Action: Departmental/Unit Contact Person for Proposal: APPROVAL SIGNATURES - 1. Department Committee Chair Departmcnl Chair. CoUege/Schaol ^pc Chat. Dean 5. Dean of the Graduate School reauired) 6. Chair, Senate PCC 7. Univer.sit>' Senate Chair (if required) 8, Senior Vice President and Provo.st
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE) CURRICULUM CHANGE PROPOSAL REQUIRED INFORMATION 1. Current requirements as shown in the undergraduate catalog: See attachment A. 2. Proposed new requirements: See attachment B.. Identification of and rationale for the changes: a. Proposed changes: (1) Require students to talce ENEElOl Introduction to Electrical & Computer E (ECE). (2) Eliminate the requirement to take ENEE200 Societal and Ethical Issues in Technology. () Both changes would apply to all new students to ECE in Fall 2015. b. Rationale: To provide ECE students the opportunity to learn and have a clear understandin curriculum and topics in their first year. To provide ECE students an opportun first year to learn about and develop a clear understanding of the ECE curricu topics. c. Detailed Summary: (1) Addition of ENEElOl Even the most informed entering freshman student does not have a clear unde the ECE curriculum. This is expected since ECE is extremely broad and spans of physics and mathematics, hardware and software, as well as covering fund principles of devices and highly integrated complex systems. Furthermore, i plan of study, ECE students do not typically enroll in ECE courses until th semester (except for programming courses). In addition, most students are n cognizant of the relevance of these courses in their overall curriculum. Di design (ENEE2), for example, teaches the theory of the design and analysi combinational and synchronous sequential systems, but students find it diff these concepts in the absence of a clear context where they are used. Simil 222 Elements of Signal Analysis teaches discrete-time and continuous-time s can appear to be another mathematics course as students have a minimal und of the central role played by transforms in many areas of electrical and co engineering. By introducing applications of these principles in ENEE 101, i anticipated that the overall quality of the educational experience will be enhanced, resulting in better retention and graduation rates as well as gra better prepared for academics and industry. (2) Elimination of ENEE200: The new curriculum will drop the requirement that ENEE200 from the curricul change is necessary to provide room in the graduation plan to add the new E course. The ABET Student Outcome of understanding professional and ethical responsibility will be satisfied in the following manner: Instead of having course to address engineering ethics, the pedagogy will be spread over seve with varying degrees of expose.
i. ENES 100 Introduction to Engineering Design is required for all Cl School engineering students and devotes a section on ethical issue engineering. It has a lecture entitled "Product Liability and Ethic illustrates the impact of product designs and consumer safety. All are required to attend the lecture, and in most cases, a follow up discussion about the lecture. We regard this as '"preliminary expos ENEElOl, students will be required to study the extensive literatur Institutional Review Board published by University of Maryland and a written examination, which will be a course requirement. The IRB literature includes ethics issues on intellectual property, privacy property rights. on a case study about a current ethical dilemma. We regard these ac ii. Additionally, students in ENEElOl will be required to write a reac "intensive exposure" to ethics. iii. Finally, students will be required to address ethical implication their culminating design experience (capstone courses). Admittedly, will be some variations on the depth of ethical discussions dependi the capstone course, but at the very least, students will write a s ethical standards as part of their final design report. We regard t application of ethics". Through these three courses, which will pro measured and systematic introduction to ethics within engineering d students will have satisfied the ABET student outcome of understand professional and ethical responsibility. () External Transfer Student Exception: External transfer students admitted to the department who have completed th ENEE courses and an equivalent of ENES 100, will be exempted from ENEElOl. reason behind this exemption is that ENEElOl is mainly an introductory cour students unfamiliar with ECE topics. External transfer students who have al lower level ENEE courses, will be very familiar with the introductory topics ENEElOl. In order to acquire the ethics portion covered in ENEElOl, these students m of the following: i. Complete the University of Maryland IRB workshop; write and submit position paper on a current relevant ethics topic. ii. Use a previously taken ethics course (at their previous institutio this ethics requirement. iii. Take an ethics course here at UMD (i.e. PHIL10. GFMS10, or ENEE () Non-ECE Students at UMD First-year University of Maryland students interested in the ECE major will opportunity to enroll in ENEElOl based on seat availability. This will inclu other Engineering majors. Letters & Sciences students, and students in othe majors. A sample program under the proposed requirements: See attachment B.
The department will continue to offer ENEE200 so students in who are following the p 5. Chart showing timetable of course implementation: curriculum can fulfill this requirement. ENEElOl will be required and offered for al students entering in Fall 2015. 6. New Course(s): ENEElOl Introduction to Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) The proposed ENEE 101 class is a credit, hands-on class with a 50 minute lecture laboratory per week. The topics are organized into 6-7 unique modules that highlight of ECE. Each of the modules include key elements of both EE and CpE curriculum, incl computing systems and software, communications and controls, electrodynamics and wa microelectronics and signal processing, and power. Among proposed the modules are: a. Developing applications on the android operating system b. Thermal control feedback system for cooking eggs. c. Data collection and signal analysis of brain EEC. d. Wavelength division fiber optic communication. e. Image processing, data encryption and recovery, f Model-based software design implementation. g. Microprocessor and Matlab interfacing. h. Augmented reality. i. Measuring electron drift velocity in semiconductors, j. Ethics and IRB A set of modules may vary from semester to semester, with the exception of Ethics a will be part of every offering. 7. Deleted Requirements: ENEE200 will no longer be a major requirement for new students in the ECE department 2015. The department will continue to offer ENEE200 for pre-fall 2015 students who the course as a major requirement. At this point, the department is contemplating s ENEE200 to Undergraduate Studies for approval in the General Education program. 8. Other departments impacted by change: No other departments are impacted by the proposed changes. Per the guidelines of th Science in Engineering (ASE) continuous review process, the ECE Department will notify t Oversight Council's Continuous Review Committee (CRC) of the changes to our program (http://www.mhec.state.md.us/ase/continuous Review Process with ABET notes.pdf). 9. Students enrolled in the program prior to the curriculum change: The department will continue to offer ENEE200 for pre-fall 2015 students in the depar need to take the course as a major requirement.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Sample Graduation Plan for Old Curriculum FIRST YEAR CHEM 15 General Chemistry PHYS 161 General Physics MATH 10, 11 Calculus I, II ENES 100 Intro/Eng. Design ENEE 150 Programming Concepts for Engineers ENEE 2 Digital Logic Design ENGLlOl Introduction to Wridng GenEd Total Credits 1 ]6 SOPHOMORE YEAR 1 II MATH 21 Calculus III MATH 26 Differential Equations PHYS 260 & 261 General Physics II PHYS 270 & 271 General Physics III ENEE 200 Society, Ethics, and ECE ENEE 205 Electric Circuits ENEE 222 Elements of Discrete Signal Analysis ENEE 25 Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory 2 General Education Course Total Credits I6~" JUNIOR YEAR MATH xx Advanced Elective Math ENEE 0 Analog and Digital Electronics ENEE 07 Electronics Circuits Design Lab 2 ENEE 1 Intro, to Device Physics ENEE 22 Signal and System Theory ENEE 2 Engineering Probability ENEE 50 Computer Organization ENEE 80 Electromagnetic Theory ENEE 81 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation GenEd$ Total Credits 15 SENIOR YEAR Technical Electives EE Technical Electives 7 6 Technical Electives General Technical Electives 6 ENGL9 Technical Writing GenEd$ Total Credits 16 it t NOTE: Schedule assumes General Education courses satisfy more than one GenEd requirement. * Students may need to take ENEE 10 or an exemption exam before taking ENEE 150.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Sample Graduation Plan for New Curriculum FIRST YEAR CHEM 15 PHYS 161 MATH 10, 11 ENES 100 ENEE 150* ENEElOl ENGLlOl General Chemistry General Physics Calculus 1, II Intro/Eng. Design Programming Concepts for Engineers Introduction to ECE Introduction to Writing Total Credits 1 16 SOPHOMORE YEAR MATH 21 MATH 26 PHYS 260 & 261 PHYS 270 & 271 ENEE 205 ENEE 222 ENEE 2 ENEE 25 I II Calculus III Differential Equations General Physics 11 General Physics III Electric Circuits Elements of Discrete Signal Analysis Digital Logic Design Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory 2 Total Credits 17 17 JUNIOR YEAR MATH xx ENEE 0 ENEE 07 ENEE 1 ENEE 22 ENEE 2 ENEE 50 ENEE 80 ENEE 81 Advanced Elective Math Analog and Digital Electronics Electronics Circuits Design Lab Intro, to Device Physics Signal and System Theory Engineering Probability Computer Organization Electromagnetic Theory Electromagnetic Wave Propagation 2 Total Credits 15 1 SENIOR YEAR Technical Electives EE Electives Technical Electives General Technical Electives ENGL9 Junior English 1 II 7 6 6 Total Credits 16 15 I NO IL: Schedule assumes General Education courses satisfy more than one GenEd requirement. * Students may need to take ENEE 10 or an exemption exam before taking ENEE 150.