Members in Attendance: R. Monroe, C. Bachman, M. Mesbahi, T. Carter (for Wiseman), C.C. Hung, J. Fadyn, G. Conrey, R. Schroeder, R. Richardson

Ex-officio attendees: M. Murphy, R. Aynsley, A. Gabrielli, L. Whitenton

Guests: L. Cochrane, B. Nuhfer-Halten, H. Smith, P. Carden, S. Duggins, R. Rutherfoord

In Tom Wiseman’s absence, Richard Monroe served as Committee Chair and called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm.

Under Old Business – Monroe stated that all carry over items from the previous meeting had been handled electronically or withdrawn in favor of new proposals at this meeting.

First order of new business was the third item on the agenda:

Prof. Bernice Nuhfer-Halten presented the proposal for the Undergraduate Certificate Program in Spanish.

The committee recommended the proposal for the Undergraduate Certificate in Spanish.

Next Dean Gabrielli explained the proposals for:

• the Biology Minor
• a change in lab & credit hours for Biology 3300 Ecology
• a change in prerequisites for the Physics major – TCOM 2010 replaces A&S 2023

Each proposal was voted on separately and all three were recommended by the committee.

Prof. Mehrdad Mesbahi presented the CET Proposals:

• Change CET 4444 course title to Hydrology
• Change CET 3343 course title to Fluid Mechanics
• Change CET curriculum to allow either MET 3400 or 3401 to meet one course requirement
• Add new prerequisite for CET 1002 – Math 1113 as prereq.

The committee recommended the above four proposals from CET.

After several questions from the three Deans in attendance two additional proposals were sent back to CET for revision and/or clarification.

• Change CET 4411 course title & description – to "FE Exam Preparation"

Questions included – "Why doesn’t Continuing Ed teach this?; How are the lab hours used? And Are new graduates eligible to take the afternoon portion of the FE exam where these materials are needed?"

• Change lab & lecture hours for CET 4480 from 1-9-4 to 1-6-4.

A concern was voiced that actual lab hours had been scheduled as 3 hours recently.

Both proposals were returned to CET.

Three Course Substitution Petitions were submitted by L. Whitenton on behalf of the following students:

Each petition involved substituting a lower level course or courses for an upper level course. There was a discussion on the merits of this type of substitution and there was also some questioning as to the differences in course content.

Prof. R. Richardson made a motion to recommend the substitutions for Andry & Hedberg and to deny the petition by Morris. A second of the motion was called for and none was given.

Monroe asked if there was a motion to approve all three petitions. The motion was made and seconded. The committee voted to recommend all three petitions with 5 yes votes, 2 no votes and 1 abstention.

Prof. G. Conrey explained the proposal from MET

• Change prereq. for MET 3132 to read "CHEM 1211K, MET 3131 or concurrently"

The committee recommended the MET proposal.

Prof. H. Smith presented two TCOM proposals:

• Add TCOM 4600 Independent Study
• Change prereqs. for the listed TCOM courses to "TCOM 2020 or 2030 as prerequisite or concurrently"

Both TCOM proposals from HTC were recommended by the committee.

Prof. S. Duggins explained the proposed changes to the BS in SWE curriculum

• CS 3424 added as prereq for SWE 3633
• CS 3223 added as prereq for SWE 3103
• Rename track to "Embedded Systems Software" removing "Yamacraw"

The committee recommended the three proposals from SWE.

Prof. R. Rutherfoord presented the proposed changes for IT

• IT – BS curriculum changes – 6 new courses as detailed in submitted documents.

The committee recommended the proposals for IT.

Prof. P. Carden explained the IET proposals

• changes to 4 Certificate Program requirements to require at least 20 credit hours
• change IET curriculum requirement from CS 2123 to IT 1113
• add EG 1210 as prereq. For IET 3322 & change course description
• add TCOM 2010 as a prereq. For IET 3401
• add IT 1113 as prereq. For IET 2227

The committee recommended the proposals from IET.

Those in attendance were thanked with apologies for the conflict with the Senate meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 12:59 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Richard Monroe, UCC Secretary and Acting Chair