UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing
document for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing
department should complete this form.
For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted
by: _Steven Dentel _________________________phone
number__x-8120___
Action: _______________Create four formal concentrations for BENE degree ____
(Example: add
major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration, revise major/minor/concentration, academic unit name change, request for
permanent status, policy change, etc.)
Effective
term
______06F_____________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
Current
degree _____BENE_________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)
Proposed
change leads to the degree of: ____
BENE
____________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)
Proposed
name: Major: Environmental
Engineering
Concentrations:
1)
Contaminant Transport and Control Processes
2) Environmental Facilities Design and
Construction
3) Environmental Biotechnology
4) Water Resources and Water Quality
____________________________________________
Proposed
new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if
applicable)
Revising
or Deleting:
Undergraduate major /
Concentration:_Environmental
Engineering
(Example: Applied Music – Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate
minor:_______________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy
statement change:____________________________
(Attach
your Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of
Study:__________________________________________
(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor /
concentration:______________________________________
List
program changes for curriculum revisions:
See attached
List
new courses required for the new or revised curriculum:
(Be aware that approval of the curriculum is
dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge
list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
None
Other
affected units:
(List other departments affected
by this new or revised curriculum.
Attach permission from the affected units. If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)
Biological Sciences -
BISC 302 General Ecology
BISC 321 (Environmental Biology)
is catalogued but no longer taught.
Chemistry:
CHEM 443 Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 331 Organic Chemistry
CHEM 333 Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 342 Intro. to Biochemistry
Each of above is required for
one concentration. Estimate 2-5 students
per year. We've had approximately this
same number of students in these courses already as Technical Electives.
Chemical Engineering:
CHEG 332 Chemical Engg Kinetics
CHEG 342 Heat and Mass Transfer
- required for one concentration. Estimate 2-5 students per year. We've had approximately this same number of
students in these courses already as Technical Electives.
Plant and Soil Sciences –
PLSC 319 Environmental Soil Microbiology
- required for one concentration. Estimate 2-5 students per year.
Engineering Technology –
– add EGTE 321 Storm Water Management to one new concentration. Estimate 5-10 students per year.
Rationale:
(Explain your reasons for
creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)
See attached
Program
Requirements:
(Show the new or revised
curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog. If this is a revision, be sure to indicate
the changes being made to the present curriculum.)
See attached
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not
remove supporting documentation.)
Department
Chairperson Date
Dean
of College Date
Chairperson,
College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson,
Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary,
Faculty Senate Date
Date
of Senate Resolution Date to be
Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice
Provost for Academic Programs & Planning Date
Provost Date
Board
of Trustee Notification Date
Memorandum
January 12, 2006
TO: Keith Goossen, Chair,
Educational Activities Committee
FROM: Steven K. Dentel, Dept. Of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
RE: Proposed revision to
Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering -
II.
Concentrations
The
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering wishes to propose the
following revisions to the Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering:
1. New area of concentration: Add Water Resources and Water Quality as a new area of
concentration.
2. Creation of formal concentrations: Convert all of the
current “areas of concentration” into formal Concentrations, to be listed as
such in the Course Catalog and on the received BENE degree.
These proposed changes stem from careful assessment
of our existing curriculum and the abilities and interests of our
graduates. In addition to the
deliberations of our own faculty, we also obtained input from our Constituent
Committee of outside stakeholders, student focus groups that we assemble prior
to their graduation, the Alumni Survey that we conduct annually, and a
questionnaire sent to alumni specifically regarding the proposed
revisions. These changes have been
approved by the faculty group involved with Environmental and Water Resources
Engineering, the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, and the Chairman of our department.
Below are presented the justifications for both of
the revisions summarized above. Appended
to this document is the complete tabulation of the curriculum as it should
appear with the enactment of these revisions.
1. New area of concentration: Add Water
Resources and Water Quality as a new area of concentration.
This
is a significant field within Environmental Engineering which was not previously
available. Our faculty possess
considerable expertise in this field and there are significant career
opportunities.
The
proposed area of concentration uses the core ENEG core curriculum and adds the
following as the core technical elective courses:
EGTE
321 Storm Water Management (4cr)
CIEG
468 Principles of Water Quality Criteria
(3cr)
CIEG
498 Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport (3cr)
CIEG
430 Water Quality Modeling (3cr)
The
inclusion of these courses satisfies our Earth Sciences requirement for
purposes of ABET accreditation, eliminating this specification as a separate
criterion when electing this concentration.
These
courses are already available and taught on a regular basis. The anticipated increase in student numbers
in these classes will be modest, so no new resources are required. One of the courses, EGTE 321, is from outside
the CEE Department, and the attached letter from Dr. William Ritter, the chair
of Bioresources Engineering (which teaches the EGTE courses) supports the use
of this course.
The
short listing will suffice for Catalog purposes if this is added as an “area of
concentration.” However, the remaining
portion of this proposal is asking for conversion of this “area of
concentration” and the three others into formal “Concentrations.” We therefore present the Water Resources and
Water Quality addition as a formal concentration, along with three others that
were previously available only as informal “areas of concentration.”
2. Creation of formal concentrations: Convert all of the current “areas of
concentration” into formal Concentrations, to be listed as such in the Course
Catalog and on the received BENE degree.
As the original BENE degree was first proposed and
approved, the program required students to choose from two possible
“concentrations.” These were not entered
into the catalog as separate “Concentrations” – which means that they are
described, and have been administered, as “areas of concentration” ever since. This practice was then extended to the third
“area of concentration” when it was added.
The three “areas of concentration” are listed in the current Catalog,
along with the required technical electives for each, under the one description
of requirements for the BENE degree. The
“area of concentration” also does not appear on the degree itself.
The formal “Concentration” differs in these two
respects. The overall course
requirements are presented in completely separate tabulations and, the
title of the concentration does appear on the degree.
It is the first of these that leads us to propose
the conversion into formal Concentrations, because the actual course
requirements for each concentration cannot be presented with adequate clarity
under the aegis of one listing. Beyond a
clerical inconvenience, this arises from the distinct character of each
concentration. In essence, this also
supports the inclusion of the Concentration on each degree, because the
significant differentiation should be carried through to the degree itself.
Appended to this proposal are the course listings
for the four Concentrations presented in both in Catalog format and in student
checklist format. The Catalog format is
largely based on that used for the Bachelors Degree in Biological
Sciences. The listings include the
changes to core curricular requirements as proposed in the first of our two
proposals.
Addendum: It has come to our attention that
CHEM 119 is proposed to be increased from 2 credits to three. Should this be approved, minor adjustments
will be necessary for the
Concentration in Contaminant Transport and Control
Processes: the number of free technical elective credits will be reduced by one
in order to maintain an overall credit requirement of 125.
Degree: Bachelor of Environmental Engineering
Major: Environmental Engineering
Concentration: Contaminant
Transport and Control Processes
Freshman Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
241 Calculus A |
4 |
|
MATH
242 Calculus B |
4 |
|
CHEM
111 General Chemistry I |
3 |
|
CHEM
112 General Chemistry II |
3 |
|
CHEM
119 Quantitative Chemistry I |
2 |
|
PHYS
207 General Physics I |
4 |
|
CIEG
135 Intro. to Env. Engineering |
1 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
ENGL
110 Critical Reading & Writing |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
Sophomore Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
243 Calculus C |
4 |
|
MATH
302 Differential Equations |
3 |
|
CIEG
211 Statics |
3 |
|
BISC
302 General Ecology |
3 |
|
CIEG
233 Env. Engineering Processes |
3 |
|
CIEG 212 Solid
Mechanics |
3 |
|
ENGL
410 Technical Writing |
3 |
|
CIEG 213 Solid
Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
CIEG
126 CAD, GIS, Surveying |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
16
|
Junior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
305 Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
|
CIEG
337 Environmental Engg Labb |
3 |
|
CHEG
231 Thermodynamics I |
3 |
|
CIEG
306 Fluid Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
CIEG
438 Water & WW Engineeringa |
3 |
|
CIEG
315 Prob. & Stats. for Engineers |
3 |
|
CIEG
440 Water Resources Eng. I |
3 |
|
CHEG 325 Thermodynamics II |
3 |
|
CHEM 443 Physical Chemistry I |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
16 |
Senior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
436 Solid Waste Managementb |
3 |
|
CIEG
437 Water Quality Laba |
3 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
CHEG 332 Chemical Engg Kinetics |
3 |
|
CIEG
434 Air Pollution Control |
3 |
|
Technical
& Earth Science Elective |
3 |
|
CHEG 342 Heat and Mass Transfer |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
4 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
Several Junior and Senior
level courses are taught on alternate years:
a – taught in even year
b – taught in odd year
Degree:
Bachelor of Environmental Engineering
Major: Environmental Engineering
Concentration: Environmental Facilities Design and
Construction
Freshman Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
241 Calculus A |
4 |
|
MATH
242 Calculus B |
4 |
|
CHEM
104 General Chemistry |
4 |
|
CHEM
104 General Chemistry |
4 |
|
CIEG
135 Intro. to Env. Engineering |
1 |
|
PHYS
207 General Physics I |
4 |
|
ENGL
110 Critical Reading & Writing |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
Sophomore Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
243 Calculus C |
4 |
|
MATH
302 Differential Equations |
3 |
|
CIEG
211 Statics |
3 |
|
BISC
302 General Ecology |
3 |
|
CIEG
233 Env. Engineering Processes |
3 |
|
CIEG 212 Solid
Mechanics |
3 |
|
ENGL
410 Technical Writing |
3 |
|
CIEG 213 Solid
Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
CIEG
126 CAD, GIS, Surveying |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
16
|
Junior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
305 Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
|
CIEG
337 Environmental Eng’g Labb |
3 |
|
CHEG
231 Thermodynamics I |
3 |
|
CIEG
306 Fluid Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
CIEG
438 Water & WW Engineeringa |
3 |
|
CIEG
315 Prob. & Stats. for Engineers |
3 |
|
CIEG 301 Structural Analysis |
4 |
|
CIEG 302 Structural Design |
4 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
15 |
Senior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
436 Solid Waste Managementb |
3 |
|
CIEG
437 Water Quality Laba |
3 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
CIEG
440 Water Resources Eng. I |
3 |
|
CIEG
434 Air Pollution Control |
3 |
|
CIEG
320 Soil Mechanics |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
CIEG
323 Soil Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Technical
& Earth Science Elective |
3 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
17 |
Several Junior and Senior
level courses are taught on alternate years:
a – taught in even year
b – taught in odd year
Degree: Bachelor of Environmental Engineering
Major: Environmental Engineering
Concentration: Environmental
Engineering Biotechnology
Freshman Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
241 Calculus A |
4 |
|
MATH
242 Calculus B |
4 |
|
CHEM
103 General Chemistry |
4 |
|
CHEM
104 General Chemistry |
4 |
|
CIEG
135 Intro. to Env. Engineering |
1 |
|
PHYS
207 General Physics I |
4 |
|
ENGL
110 Critical Reading & Writing |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
Sophomore Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
243 Calculus C |
4 |
|
MATH
302 Differential Equations |
3 |
|
CIEG
211 Statics |
3 |
|
BISC
303 General Ecology |
3 |
|
CIEG
233 Env. Engineering Processes |
3 |
|
CIEG 212 Solid
Mechanics |
3 |
|
ENGL
410 Technical Writing |
3 |
|
CIEG 213 Solid
Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
CIEG
126 CAD, GIS, Surveying |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
16
|
Junior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
305 Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
|
CIEG
337 Environmental Eng’g Labb |
3 |
|
CHEG
231 Thermodynamics I |
3 |
|
CIEG
306 Fluid Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
CIEG
438 Water & WW Engineeringa |
3 |
|
CIEG
315 Prob. & Stats. for Engineers |
3 |
|
CHEM 331 Organic Chemistry |
3 |
|
PLSC 319 Environmental
Soil Microbiology (Earth Science) |
3 |
|
CHEM 333 Organic Chemistry Lab |
1 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
16 |
Senior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
436 Solid Waste Managementb |
3 |
|
CIEG
437 Water Quality Laba |
3 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
BISC 300 Intro. to Microbiology |
4 |
|
CIEG
434 Air Pollution Control |
3 |
|
CIEG
440 Water Resources Eng. I |
3 |
|
CHEM 342 Intro. to Biochemistry |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective (Engineering) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Technical
Elective |
2 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
16 |
Several Junior and Senior
level courses are taught on alternate years:
a – taught in even year
b – taught in odd year
Degree: Bachelor of Environmental
Engineering
Major: Environmental Engineering
Concentration: Water
Resources and Water Quality
Freshman Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
241 Calculus A |
4 |
|
MATH
242 Calculus B |
4 |
|
CHEM
103 General Chemistry |
4 |
|
CHEM 104 General Chemistry |
4 |
|
CIEG
135 Intro. to Env. Engineering |
1 |
|
PHYS
207 General Physics I |
4 |
|
ENGL
110 Critical Reading & Writing |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
Sophomore Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
MATH
243 Calculus C |
4 |
|
MATH
302 Differential Equations |
3 |
|
CIEG
211 Statics |
3 |
|
BISC
302 General Ecology |
3 |
|
CIEG
233 Env. Engineering Processes |
3 |
|
CIEG 212 Solid
Mechanics |
3 |
|
ENGL
410 Technical Writing |
3 |
|
CIEG 213 Solid
Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
CIEG
126 CAD, GIS, Surveying |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
16
|
Junior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
305 Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
|
CIEG
337 Environmental Eng’g Labb |
3 |
|
CHEG
231 Thermodynamics I |
3 |
|
CIEG
306 Fluid Mechanics Lab |
1 |
|
CIEG
438 Water & WW Engineeringa |
3 |
|
CIEG
315 Prob. & Stats. for Engineers |
3 |
|
CIEG
440 Water Resources Eng. I |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Breadth
Requirement |
3 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
16 |
Senior Year
|
|
Cr. |
|
|
Cr. |
|
CIEG
436 Solid Waste Managementb |
3 |
|
CIEG
437 Water Quality Laba |
3 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
CIEG
461 Senior Design |
2 |
|
EGTE 321 Storm Water Management |
4 |
|
CIEG
434 Air Pollution Control |
3 |
|
CIEG 468 Principles
of Water Quality Criteria a |
3 |
|
CIEG 498 Groundwater
Flow and Contaminant Transport (Earth Sci.) |
3 |
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
CIEG 430 Water Quality Modeling |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Technical
Elective |
3 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
17 |
Several Junior and Senior
level courses are taught on alternate years:
a – taught in even year
b – taught in odd year
