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MARYLAND
OFFICE OF THE 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 Electrical Engineering (PCC log
no. 14063)
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, C O L L E G E PARK
PROGRAM/CURRICULUM/UNIT PROPOSAL
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Summary of Proposed Action:
Departmental/Unit Contact Person for Proposal:
APPROVAL SIGNATURES 1. Department Committee Chair
Departmcnl Chair
3. CoUege/Schaol ^ p C Chat
4. Dean
5. Dean o f the Graduate School reauired)
6. Chair, Senate PCC
7. Univer.sit>' Senate Chair ( i f required)
8, Senior Vice President and Provo.st
E L E C T R I C A L ENGINEERING (EE) C U R R I C U L U M CHANGE PROPOSAL
REQUIRED INFORMATION
1.
Current requirements as shown in the undergraduate catalog:
See attachment A.
2.
Proposed new requirements:
See attachment B.
3.
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.
(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 curricul
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.
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 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 expos
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 will 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.
iii.
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 dependi
the capstone course, but at the very least, students will write a s
ethical standards as part o f their final design report. We regard t
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.
(3) External Transfer Student Exception:
External transfer students admitted to the department who have completed th
ENEE courses and an equivalent o f 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, 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.
i i i . Take an ethics course here at U M D (i.e. PHIL140. GFMS104, 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 w i l l
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.
5.
Chart showing timetable of course implementation:
The department will 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, 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 o f brain EEC.
d.
Wavelength division fiber optic communication.
e.
Image processing, data encryption and recovery,
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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 o f every offering.
7.
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 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.
E L E C T R I C A L ENGINEERING
Sample Graduation Plan for Old Curriculum
FIRST Y E A R
C H E M 135
PHYS 161
M A T H 140, 141
ENES 100
ENEE 150
ENEE 244
ENGLlOl
GenEd|
Semester
I
II
General Chemistry
General Physics
Calculus I , I I
Intro/Eng. Design
Programming Concepts for Engineers
Digital Logic Design
Introduction to Wridng
General Education Courses
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
Total Credits
13
SOPHOMORE Y E A R
MATH
MATH
PHYS
PHYS
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
241
246
260 & 261
270 & 271
200
205
222
245
GenEdJ
Total Credits
4xx
303
307
313
322
324
350
380
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Semester
1
II
Calculus III
Differential Equations
General Physics I I
General Physics I I I
Society, Ethics, and ECE
Electric Circuits
Elements o f Discrete Signal Analysis
Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
2
General Education Course
3
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JUNIOR Y E A R
MATH
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
ENEE
4
Semester
I
II
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
ENEE 381
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
GenEd$
General Education Courses
Total Credits
SENIOR Y E A R
Technical Electives
EE Technical Electives
Technical Electives
General Technical Electives
ENGL393
Technical Writing
GenEd$
General Education Courses
Total Credits
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
15
Semester
I
II
7
6
3
3
3
16
t N O T E : Schedule assumes General Education courses satisfy more than one G e n E d requirement.
* Students may need to take E N E E 140 or an exemption exam before taking E N E E 150.
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E L E C T R I C A L ENGINEERING
Sample Graduation Plan for New Curriculum
FIRST Y E A R
C H E M 135
PHYS 161
M A T H 140, 141
ENES 100
ENEE 150*
ENEElOl
ENGLlOl
GenEdJ
Semester
I
II
General Chemistry
General Physics
Calculus 1, I I
Intro/Eng. Design
Programming Concepts for Engineers
Introduction to ECE
Introduction to Writing
General Education Courses
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
Total Credits
13
SOPHOMORE Y E A R
Semester
I
II
M A T H 241
M A T H 246
PHYS 260 & 261
PHYS 270 & 271
ENEE 205
ENEE 222
ENEE 244
ENEE 245
GenEdJ
Calculus III
4
Differential Equations
3
General Physics 11
4
General Physics I I I
Electric Circuits
4
Elements o f Discrete Signal Analysis
Digital Logic Design
3
Digital Circuits and Systems Laboratory
General Education Courses
3
16
4
4
2
3
Total Credits
17
JUNIOR Y E A R
Semester
M A T H 4xx
ENEE 303
ENEE 307
ENEE 313
ENEE 322
ENEE 324
ENEE 350
ENEE 380
ENEE 381
GenEdJ
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
General Education Courses
17
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Total Credits
15
SENIOR Y E A R
Semester
1
II
Technical ElectivesEE Electives
Technical ElectivesGeneral Technical Electives
ENGL393
Junior English
GenEdJ
General Education Courses
7
3
3
3
3
Total Credits
16
15
I N O I L : Schedule assumes General Education courses satisfy more than one G e n E d requirement.
* Students may need to take E N E E 140 or an exemption exam before taking E N E E 150.
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