Academic Programs Committee of Council
Course Challenge Oct. 2, 2009
The following curricular changes are being circulated for approval through the University
Course Challenge:
College of Engineering
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For approval: program revisions and prerequisite changes in Chemical Engineering,
Engineering Physics, Geological Engineering, Biochemical Option.
For information: Special Topics courses, minor course revisions
College of Graduate Studies & Research
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For approval: new courses in Anatomy & Cell Biology, Biology, and MBA
For information: correction to Computer Science course.
Schedule for approval:
Date of circulation: Oct. 2, 2009
Date by which Challenge must be received: Oct. 15, 2009
Date by which changes will automatically be considered approved in the absence of
Challenge: Oct. 29, 2009
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
The following items have been approved by the College Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee:
Chemical Engineering
CHE Items for the Calendar
Course Description Change
CHE 422.6 Process Engineering and Design II
From: Detailed design of an actual industrial chemical process including
preparation of the engineering flow sheet, process simulation and
optimization, plant energy and material balances, equipment sizing
and design, plant layout, hazards and operability and
environmental impacts, and economic analysis of the chemical
process.
To: Detailed design of an actual industrial chemical process including
preparation of the engineering flow sheet, process simulation and
optimization, plant energy and material balances, equipment sizing
and design, plant layout, hazards, safety, environmental impacts,
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and economic analysis of the chemical process. Students will also
employ project management skills to ensure timely completion of
projects.
Rationale: Cleans up the description and identifies project management skills that
are used in the class.
Prerequisites and Corequisites Changes
CHE 422.6 Process Engineering and Design II
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 325
Corequisite(s): CHE 315 and 411
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 315, CHE 324 and CHE 325
Corequisite(s): CHE 411
Rationale: When CHE 324 was removed as a corequisite of CHE 325, students
could get into CHE 422 without having taken a class in Heat Transfer. This
should not be so. Thus CHE 324 has been added as a prerequisite to CHE 422.
Also, students need to have completed the term 2 class CHE 315 - Mass Transfer
I if they are going to design separators. Having CHE 315 only as a corequisite for
CHE 422 is not adequate for this purpose.
CHE 325.3 - Process Engineering and Design I
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 220 and CHE 323
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 220 (CHE 323 Taken)
Rationale: CHE 323 is in Term 1. CHE 325 is in Term 2. Because of the limited
quantity and method of coverage of related topics in CHE 325, having CHE 323
as a "Taken" will be sufficient for the students to succeed in the CHE 325.
CHE 364.3 - Petrochemical Engineering
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 220, 223, and CHEM 250
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 220 and CHEM 250
Rationale: The thermodynamic component of CHE 364 is small enough that any
thermodynamics required would have already been covered in CHEM 250 and its
prerequisites. Thus removal of CHE 223 as prerequisite is justified.
CHE 414.2 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 320 and 333 (taken)
Corequisite(s): CHE 413
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 315, CHE 320 and CHE 333 (taken)
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisites(s): CHE 423
(The addition of CHE 315 to the prereqs is because CHE 414 contains a
significant amount of mass transfer in the lab.)
CHE 423.3 Process Control
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 413
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 322
CHE 424.2 Chemical Engineering Laboratory III
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From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 414 (taken) and CHE 421 (taken).
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CHE423
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 414 (taken), CHE 421 (taken) and
CHE 423 (taken)
Rationale: If CHE 413 is deleted from the program and CHE 423 is moved to
Term 1, these will clear up the calendar prerequisites and corequisites.
CHE 315.3 Mass Transfer I
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 311 and 323 (taken)
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 323
(NOTE: CHE 315 is mainly about Equilibrium Staged Separations, thus they
must pass CHE 323. If they can pass CHE 323, they have the Math background.)
CHE 322.3 Mathematical Modelling
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 311 (taken)
To:
Prerequisite(s): MATH 224 (taken) and CHE 220.
CHE 324.3 Heat Transfer
From: Prerequisite(s): CHE 210 (taken) and 311 (taken)
To:
Prerequisite(s): CHE 210 (taken)
Corequisite(s): CHE 322
Rationale: If CHE 311 is replaced with GE 210 in the CHE program, these
changes will clear up the calendar prerequisites and corequisites. Math portion of
CHE 311 is now covered in CHE 322.
Delete Courses
From: CHE 413.3 - Process Dynamics
Yr. 4 Term 1
To:
Group B or a 400 level Technical Elective from another
Department (3 credit units)
Yr. 4 Term 2
This course will be removed from the Chemical Engineering program and
replaced with a third technical elective. In this case the technical elective
may be a Group B Technical Elective or a 400 level Technical Elective
taken from another Department. For scheduling purposes, this new
elective slot should be in Year 4, Term 2.
Rationale: CHE 413 and CHE 423 have a lot of duplication - Bode plots, Nyquist
plots, development of transfer functions, etc. The advanced process control topic
in CHE 423 will be removed, making room for the background material required
from CHE 418. The changes required for CHE 423 will be minor. Having an
additional elective spot in our program will increase the variety of engineering
courses our students can take.
From: CHE 311.3 - Mathematical Modeling I Yr. 3 Term 1
To:
GE 210.3 Probability and Statistics Yr. 3 Term 1
The replacement course is GE 210.3 - Probability and Statistics.
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Rationale: CHE 311 is principally a statistics class with differential equations
and energy balances taught near the end of the term. The ordinary differential
equations covered are covered again in CHE 322. GE 210 is a class dedicated to
statistics and will allow students more flexibility in scheduling their classes. This
change will increase our department's GE responsibilities and we may find
ourselves teaching a new section of GE 210 because of this change.
Deletion of Group A Electives on the Chemical Engineering Program
That EE 311.3 and EE 314.3 be removed the from the Group A Electives
on the Chemical Engineering program.
Rationale: These courses have been deleted from the Department of Electrical
Engineering.
Change Title and Terms
From: CHE 423.3 - Process Control
Year 4, Term 2
To:
CHE 423.3 Process Dynamics and Control
Year 4, Term 1.
Rationale: The name will better reflect the content of the course. If CHE 413 is
removed from the program, moving CHE 423 to Term 1 makes the CHE "math"
stream continuous. Students can better use CHE 423 concepts in their CHE 422
design projects if the material is covered in Term 1. Students will be better
equipped to understand and learn from the process control lab in CHE 424 (Term
2) if the material is covered in Term 1.
From: CHE 322.3 Mathematical Modelling II
To:
CHE 322.3 Mathematical Modelling
Rationale: If CHE 311 is removed from our program, having a Modelling II class
without a Modelling I class does not make sense.
Engineering Physics
Engineering Physics Items for Calendar
Prerequisite Change
EE 472.3 Optoelectronics and Photonics
From: EE 372
To:
EE 372.3 or EP 317.3
Add to Year 4 EP List
That the EE 471.3 and EE 472.3 be added to the Year 4 elective list on the
EP program.
Rationale: That EP students will be able to take this elective course on their
program. Approval from the instructor has been obtained.
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Geological Engineering
GEOE Items for the Calendar
ADD ENVE 300 as elective
That ENVE 300.3 be added to the Group A elective for the Geological
Engineering program.
Biochemical Option
Due to changes in the Biomedical Sciences program, the following changes of
courses numbers and abbreviations will affect the Biochemical Option:
BIOC 200.3 has been CHANGED to BMSC 200.3
BIOC 212.3 Introductory Biochemical Techniques is DELETED
BMSC 240.3 will fulfill the BIOC 212 requirement.
BMSC 240.3 is NOT equivalent to BIOC 212.3.
That these courses be replaced on the BIOC Option:
BMSC 200.3 (in lieu of BIOC 200.3)
BMSC 240.3 (in lieu of BIOC 212.3)
Item for information:
ME 498 Special Topics – Acoustics and Vibrations in Design (second offering)
That the ME 498.3 Special Topics: Acoustics and Vibrations in Design be offered
in the 2009-10 academic year in Term 2 for a second offering.
GE 298.3 Special Topics: Contemporary Physics
The Physics and Engineering Physics Department is willing to teach PHYS 128 as
a GE 298 Special Topics course for the College of Engineering this upcoming
academic year.
That the GE 298.3 Special Topics: Contemporary Physics course be
approved for the 2009-10 academic year.
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COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH
October 2009 Course Challenge
Anatomy and Cell Biology
New Graduate Course:
ACB 834.3
Prerequisite:
Permission of the course coordinator.
Calendar Description:
This course will provide graduate students with detailed neuroanatomical knowledge that
will enable them to explain the basis for functional alterations that accompany a variety
of neurological disorders.
Rationale:
Graduate students in neuroscience-related programs from various units need to have
access to a graduate course in functional neuroanatomy. The proposed course will
regularize a course that has been offered several times as Special Topics (ACB 898). As
a component of the course, graduate students will attend all lectures given to
undergraduate students in ACB 334.3 – Introductory Human Neuroanatomy and will
write both the midterm and final examinations. In addition, graduate students will
participate in a graduate seminar/journal club, in which they will present and discuss
findings from the current literature on the functional neuroanatomy of nuclei and
pathways chosen in consultation with the course coordinator. Combining the
undergraduate lecture component with the graduate seminar component is necessary in
order to avoid duplication of lectures and to address the scarcity of human brains
available for dissection. This format has worked very successfully when the course has
been offered historically as ACB 898.3.
Contact Person:
Ric Devon
Approval: College of Graduate Studies and Reseach, July 2009
Biology
New Graduate Course:
BIOL 830.3
Prerequisite:
BIOL 430.3 or permission of the instructor
Calendar Description:
Advanced studies on current research investigating neural mechanisms that underlie
natural animal behaviour. Students will critique, present and discuss recent literature in
the field based on selected topics.
Rationale:
This course has been offered twice as BIOL 898 – Neurobiology of Behaviour and can no
longer be offered as a Special Topic. The course is currently intended for graduate
students in the Department of Biology and will become part of a future Neuroscience
graduate program for students from additional colleges.
Contact Person:
Peta Bonham-Smith
Approval: Graduate Programs Committee September 8, 2009
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Edwards School of Business
New Graduate Course:
MBA 875.2
Prerequisite:
MBA 803 - Business and Society, MBA 805- Managing Organizations – Value Through
People
Calendar Description:
Provide students with a comprehensive framework through which the reward and
compensation strategy that best fits a given organization can be identified and developed.
Key processes include development of base pay, performance pay, and indirect pay, as
well as alignment of the pay system with the market. Special topics will include
individual incentives, profit sharing plans, employee plans and executive pay.
Rationale:
The MBA program continually seeks to evolve its curriculum to stay current and provide
elective options for students and utilize outstanding resources within our faculty and
industry professionals.
Contact Person:
Brooke Dobni
Approval: Graduate Programs Committee September 8, 2009
Computer Science
Correction:
CMPT 868.3 – Social Computing
CMPT 868 was submitted to Course Challenge August 18, 2009 as a 6-credit unit course,
but it is actually a 3-credit unit course.
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