St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 11
Information Literacy and Technology
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Prepared by: Mark Petzold
Phone: 8-4182
Proposal Number:
Email: mcpetzold@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: ECE Dept.
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: ECE 102, Problem Solving for Engineering
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
ECE 102. Engineering Problem Solving
A programming language appropriate to engineering, such as FORTRAN or C, will be used to model and
simulate problems drawn from the engineering disciplines. Prereq.: MATH 112 or equivalent. Coreq.: MATH 113
or equivalent. 3 Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
Satisfies program requirements for programs in the ECE Dept., MME Dept., and EAS Dept.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
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for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
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12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 11: Information Literacy and Technology
To locate, evaluate critically, and use information to meet an identified information need and develop
appropriate information technology skills.
Develop skills necessary to research problems and their solutions in an engineering/scientific environment.
Besides learning to use computers to solve problems posed to them, students will learn to use the literature
pertanent to their major to research potential problem solutions.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 11, it must address 4 of the 4 student learning outcomes
(SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Identify and analyze an information need effectively and efficiently.
2. Access information using an effective search strategy and appropriate resources.
3. Critically evaluate information and its sources in order to determine information reliability and accuracy, and
discern its point of view, bias, and authority.
4. Access and use information ethically and legally.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
SLO 1. Students learn to determine their need for information for a problem that has been posed to them.
They determine which information they need, and the best way to go about obtaining that information.
SLO 2: Students learn how to search for information, which sources are more reliable, and how to understand the
basic literature of their field of study.
SLO 3: Students will solve problems with the information they obtain, and evaluate whether that information is
reliable, biased, or authoratative. The effects on their problem solution will be studied.
SLO 4: Students will discuss issues such as intellectual property in relation to engineering information.
15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
Introduction to Problem Solving
5
Problem Solving: Information Sources
5
Problem Solving: Ethical Uses of Information in Engineering
5
Introduction to Computer Programming
5
Programming: Data and Data Types
15
Programming: Execution Control
20
Programming: File I/O
15
Applications in Problem Solving: Numerical Methods
10
Applications in Problem Solving: Engineering Problems
10
Current Engineering Problems
10
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
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Proposal Number
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course or Course(s): ECE 102
Tim Vogt
Department or Unit Chair Signature
1/25/2010
Date
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair
of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
Recommendation of General Education Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of University Curriculum Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of Faculty Association:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
FA Senate
Signature
Date
Action of Academic Vice President:
Approve
Disapprove
Signature
Entered in Curriculum Data File
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Remarks:
Date