U N I V E R S I T Y OF
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MARYLAND
OFFICE OF T H E SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
July 1,2015
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Darryll Pines
Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering
FROM:
Elizabeth Beise
Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs
SUBJECT:
Proposal to Modify the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (PCC log
no.14062)
The proposal to modify the Bachelor of Science in Computer 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 likelyfgiumd.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
T H E UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, C O L L E G E PARK
PROGRAM/CURRICULUM/UNIT PROPOSAL
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PCC
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14062
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for Academic Planning and Programs, 1 i !9 Main Administration Building, Campus.
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Department/Program: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Please also add Department/Program Unit Code-Last 7 digits; 1320901
Type of Action (choose one):
n Curriculum change (including informal specializations) • New academic degree/award
program
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• New Professional Studies award iteration
• Renaming oj program or formal Area of Concentration
• New Minor
D Addition/deletion offormal Area of Concentration
D Request to create an online version o f an existing
D Suspend/delete program
program
Summary of Proposed Action:
Addition of ENEE101 Introduction to Electrical & Computer Engineering (EGE) as a requi
the Computer Engineering major. Elimination of ENEE200 Societal and Ethical Issues in
Engineering Technology, as a major requirement in Computer Engineering.
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C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G (CpE) C U R R I C U L U M C H A N G E PROPOSAL
REQUIRED INFORMATION
1.
Current requirements as sliown in the undergraduate catalog:
See attachment A.
2.
Proposed new requirements:
See attachment B.
3.
Identiflcation 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.
(3) 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 o f the ECE curricu
topics.
c.
Detailed Summary:
(1) Addition of E N E E l O l
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 o f devices and highly integrated complex systems. Furthermore, i
plan o f study, ECE students do not typically enroll in ECE courses until th
semester (except for programming courses). In addition, most students are n
cognizant o f the relevance o f these courses in their overall curriculum. Di
design (ENEE244), for example, teaches the theory o f the design and analysi
combinational and synchronous sequential systems, but students find it diff
these concepts in the absence o f a clear context where they are used. Simil
222 Elements o f 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 o f electrical and co
engineering. By introducing applications o f these principles in ENEE 101, i
anticipated that the overall quality o f 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 E N E E 2 0 0 :
The new curriculum will drop the requirement that ENEE200 from the curriculu
change is necessary to provide room in the graduation plan to add the new E
course. The A B E T Student Outcome o f understanding professional and ethical
responsibility w i l l be satisfied in the following manner: Instead o f having
course to address engineering ethics, the pedagogy w i l l be spread over seve
with varying degrees o f expose.
(3)
i.
ENES 100 Introduction to Engineering Design is required for all Cl
School engineering students and devotes a section on ethical issues
engineering. It has a lecture entitled "Product Liability and Ethic
illustrates the impact o f product designs and consumer safety. A l l
are required to attend the lecture, and in most cases, a follow up
discussion about the lecture. We regard this as "preliminary exposu
E N E E l O l , students will be required to study the extensive literatur
Institutional Review Board published by University o f Maryland and
a written examination, which w i l l be a course requirement. The IRB
literature includes ethics issues on intellectual property, privacy
property rights.
ii.
Additionally, students in ENEElOl will be required to write a reac
on a case study about a current ethical dilemma. We regard these ac
"intensive exposure" to ethics.
ill.
Finally, students will be required to address ethical implication
their culminating design experience (capstone courses). Admittedly,
w i l l be some variations on the depth o f ethical discussions dependin
the capstone course, but at the very least, students will write a s
ethical standards as part of their final design report. We regard th
application o f 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 o f understand
professional and ethical responsibility.
External Transfer Student Exception:
External transfer students admitted to the department who have completed the
ENEE courses and an equivalent o f ENES 100, will be exempted from E N E E l O l . T
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, w i l l be very familiar with the introductory topics
ENEElOl.
In order to acquire the ethics portion covered in E N E E l O l , these students m
o f the following:
i. Complete the University o f 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.
ill. Take an ethics course here at U M D (i.e. PH1L140. GEMS104, or ENEE
(4)
N o n - E C E Students at U M D
First-year University o f 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
See attachment B.
requirements:
5.
Chart showing timetable of course implementation:
The department w i l l continue to offer ENEE200 so students in who are following the p
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 3 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 o f the modules include key elements o f both EE and CpE curriculum, inc
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 o f brain E E C
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 o f modules may vary from semester to semester, with the exception o f Ethics a
will be part o f every offering.
Deleted Requirements:
ENEE200 w i l l 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. A t 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 o f th
Science in Engineering (ASE) continuous review process, the ECE Department will noti
Oversight Council's Continuous Review Committee (CRC) o f the changes to our program
(hnp://wwvv.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 depa
need to take the course as a major requirement.
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COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
Sample Graduation Plan for Old Curriculum
FIRST Y E A R
CHEM 135
PHYS 161
MATH 140, 141
CMSC 132*
ENES 100
ENEE 200
ENGL 101
GenEdj:
Total Credits
SOPHOMORE Y E A R
MATH 246
CMSC 216
CMSC 250
CMSC 351
PHYS 260/261
ENEE 205
ENEE 222
ENEE 244
ENEE 245
Total Credits
JUNIOR Y E A R
CMSC 330
CMSC 412
ENEE 303
ENEE 307
ENEE 322
ENEE 324
ENEE 350
ENEE 446
GenEdJ
Total Credits
Semester
I
II
General Chemistry
General Physics
Calculus 1,11
Object Oriented Programming 11
Intro, to Engineering Design
Society, Ethics, and ECE
Introduction to Writing
General Education
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
17
13
Semester
I
II
3
Differential Equations
4
Introduction to Computer Systems
4
Discrete Structure
J
Algorithms
4
General Physics
4
Electric Circuits
Elements of Discrete Signal Analysis4
Digital Logic Design
3
2
Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory
15
17
Semester
I
II
3
Organization of Prog. Languages
4
Operating Systems
Analog and Digital Electronics 3
2
Electronics Circuits Design Lab
3
Signal and System Theory
3
Engineering Probability
3
Computer Organization
3
Computer Design
3
6
General Education
17
SENIOR Y E A R
Technical Electives
ENGL393
GenEdj:
Total Credits
3
16
Semester
I
II
12
Technical Writing
General Education
10
3
3
15
3
16
NOrt;; Schedule assumes General liducation courses satisfy- more than one G e n l i d requirement
* Students may need to take C M S C 131 or an exemption exam before taking C M S C 132,
COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
Sample Graduation Plan for New Curriculum
Semester
1
II
FIRST Y E A R
C H E M 135
PHYS 161
M A T H 140, 141
CMSC 132*
ENES 100
ENEE 101
E N G L 101
GenEdJ
General Chemistry
3
General Physics
4
Calculus 1,11
Object Oriented Programming 1!
Intro, to Engineering Design
3
Introduction to ECE
Introduction to Writing
General Education
3
3
4
4
3
3
17
Total Credits
16
SOPHOMORE Y E A R
Semester
M A T H 246
CMSC 216
CMSC 250
PHYS 260/261
ENEE 205
ENEE 222
ENEE 244
GenEdJ
ENEE 245
Differential Equations
3
Introduction to Computer Systems
4
Discrete Structure
4
4
General Physics
4
Electric Circuits
Elements o f Discrete Signal Analysis 4
3
Digital Logic Design
General Education
3
Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory
2
Total Credits
15
JUNIOR Y E A R
Semester
CMSC 330
CMSC 351
ENEE 303
ENEE 307
ENEE 322
ENEE 324
ENEE 350
ENEE 446
GenEdJ
Organization o f Prog Languages 3
Algorithms
Analog and Digital Electronics
Electronics Circuits Design Lab
Signal and System Theory
3
Engineering Probability
Computer Organization
3
Computer Design
General Education
3
16
3
2
3
6
Total Credits
15
SENIOR Y E A R
Semester
I
II
Technical Electives
ENGL393
CMSC 412
CpE Technical Electives
Technical Writing
Operating Systems
Total Credits
% NO IE:
Schedule assumes General
* Students may need to take C M S C
12
3
10
4
15
Education courses satisfy
17
14
more than one Gen Ed
131 or an exemption exam before taking C M S C
requirement.
132.