TTU Curriculum Committee

Tennessee Technological University

The University Curriculum Committee met Thursday, February 14, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. in the Deans Conference Room, Derryberry Hall.  

PROCEEDINGS

Approval of Agenda as Revised  
Dr. Mills requested the removal of item 8 from the Department of Music and Art.

Motion.  Dr. Stein moved to approve the agenda as revised.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Jordan and carried.

Approval of minutes  
Motion.  Ms. Mannle moved to approve the November 8, 2007 minutes as submitted.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser and carried.

Approval of  TnCIS Program Courses   

In a memorandum dated January 31, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Additions:
TCIS 2990  TnCIS Program  Cr. 1-12
Study Abroad with the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies.  May be repeated once.

TCIS 4900  TnCIS Program  Cr. 1-12
Study Abroad with the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies.  May be repeated once.

Motion.  Dr. Stephens moved to approve the course additions with the following amendments, effective Summer 2008:

TCIS 2990, 2991, 2993, 2993.  TnCIS Program.   Credit 3     Max. 12 hours credit 
Study Abroad with the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies.

TCIS 4990, 4991, 4992, 4993.   TnCIS Program.   Credit 3     Max. 12 hours credit
Study Abroad with the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies.

The motion as amended was seconded by Dr. Loutzenhesier and carried.

Approval of Curriculum Changes from the Department of Physics  

In a memorandum dated January 18, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Curriculum Changes:
1.    Replace ENGR 1120 and ENGR 2121 in the Physics Curriculum by CSC 2100, Introduction to Problem Solving and Computer Programming.

2.    Add CSC 3020, Numerical Methods, as a requirement for physics majors, and delete 3 hours of electives.

Motion.  Dr. Robinson moved to approve the changes effective with the next catalog.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Laurila and carried.

Dr. Mills relinquished the chair to Dr. Roberts.

Approval of Course Change from the Department of Mathematics 

In a memorandum dated January 23, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Change:  
From:
MATH 4250 
Prerequisite:  "C" or better in Math 2110 OR 2120

To:
MATH 4250
Prerequisite:  "C" or better in MATH 2110 AND 2120

Motion.  Dr. Mills moved to approve the change effective Fall 2008.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Boles and carried.

Dr. Roberts returned the chair back to Dr. Mills.

Blanket Approval for Department of English Requested Additions and Changes

Motion.  Dr. Kemp moved a blanket approval of the following memorandums:

Memorandum dated October 31, 2007
Changes to Professional Communication Minor 
Change the minor course requirements:
FROM:
Curriculum:  A minor in Professional Communication will consist of PC 2500 and at least 15 hours of coursework (1) ENGL 4411; (2) PC/ENGL 4970; (3) PC/JOUR 4940; (4) PC 4850; and (5) PC/JOUR 4360.

TO:
Curriculum:  A minor in Professional Communication will consist of PC 2500 or SPCH 2410 and at least 12 additional hours of coursework from the following:

PC 3250  Professional Communication I
PC 3700  Technical Documents in the Professions
PC 3750  Ethics in the Professions
PC 4850  Internship
PC 4940  Technical Editing
PC 4970  Professional Communication II
PC 4990  Seminar in Professional Communications

NOTE:  Except for PC 2500, there are no additional lower-division courses in Professional Communication.

EFFECTIVE:  Fall 2008

Memorandum dated October 31, 2007
Added Option to the Professional Communication Concentration in the English Bachelor of Arts   
Curriculum Change:  
Add Corporate Culture as an option under the Professional Communication Concentration.
It would be composed of the following courses:

SPCH 4430  Interpersonal Communication
SPCH 4630  Persuasion
SPCH 4410  Organizational Communication
BMGT 3510  Management and Organizational Behavior
BMGT 3630  Human Resource Management

EFFECTIVE:  Fall 2008

Memorandum dated October 31, 2007
Addition of UNIV 1020 to Web Design and Change in Internship Credit Hours 
Curriculum Changes:  
A.    Add UNIV 1020 to the Web Design curriculum in the freshman year

B.    Change elective hours
        From:  4 hours
        To:       6 hours

Course Changes: 
Change the credit hours for WEBD 4995 Internship
From:  6 hours
To:       3 hours

Change the course description of WEBD 4995
From:    Prerequisite:  WEBD 4950.  Part-time employment in a professional or institutional situation related to web design.
To:        Prerequisite:  WEBD 4950.  Part-time employment in a professional or institutional  situation related to web design.  May be repeated twice for credit.

EFFECTIVE:  Fall 2008

Memorandum dated October 31, 2007
Creating a Minor for Web Design  
Curriculum Addition:  
Create a minor in Web Design
A minor in Web Design would be beneficial for students in several disciplines (such as Business, Education, and English) who would like a basic background in Web Design.

The minor in Web Design would consist of the following courses:

CSC 1070  Elementary Programming or Approved Programming course
WEBD 1500  Introduction to Web Design
WEBD 2300  Web Site Design
WEBD 4950  Advanced Web Page Design
WEBD 4975  Seminar in Web Design

EFFECTIVE:  Fall 2008

Memorandum dated January 10, 2008
Clerical revisions to the BS in Communication with a speech communication concentration  
Curriculum Changes in the four-year curriculum included in the 2006-07 catalog:  
A.    In the junior year, add JOUR 3400 in place of ENGL 4551.  Move ENGL 4551 from the Junior year to the Senior year in place of "Choose from Selected courses."

B.    In the Junior year change from "Choose from selected courses" to "Electives."

C.    In the freshman and sophomore years, change social/behavioral science Elective to "Social Science."

D.    In the sophomore year, delete "Choose 1 of the following:  ENGL 2130, 2230, or 2330."
Leave "ENGL 2330"

E.    Add SPCH 3000 to the sophomore year in place of "Choose from selected courses."

EFFECTIVE:  Spring 2008

Memorandum dated February 4, 2008
SPCH 3000  Computer Mediated communication 
Course Addition:
SPCH 3000 Computer Mediated Communication  Lec. 3, Cr. 3
An examination of computer, internet, and digital interaction as a form of human communication achieved through computer technology.  Analysis of how the use of electronic devices such as email, instant messaging, cell phones, internet, blogs, and video games affects interpersonal and group dynamics.

EFFECTIVE:  Fall 2008

Memorandum dated February 4, 2008
Ending date for PC 2700-2703 
At the February 16, 2006 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee, the Committee approved the deletion of PC 2700-2703 from the Professional Communication curriculum.  However, the proposal to delete these courses did not include and ending/effective date.  The courses are therefore still being included in the catalog.

EFFECTIVE:    Immediately

Approval of Course Addition from the Academic Development Program 

In a memorandum dated February 4, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Addition: 
ADPM0810  Review of Basic Mathematical/Algebraic Concepts/Terminology
                                                                        Lec./Lab. 3  Cr. 3 (non-graduation credit)
Requirement for placement in the course:  Prerequisite:  Approval of student's major chairperson and chairperson of ADP.

Course Content:  Fundamental operations and concepts involving basic arithmetic; fractions; area, perimeter and volume; operations with signed numbers; simple linear equations/inequalities; mathematics vocabulary; English for math word problems.

Motion.  Ms. Whitaker moved to approve the addition, as amended above, effective Summer 2008.  The motion was seconded by Ms. Mannle and carried.

Dr. Armistead alerted the committee that we are currently waiting TBR approval of this proposal.  This motion will be contingent upon TBR's approval.

NOTE:  On February 15, Dr. Armistead received word from TBR that we will not be able to offer this course.

Approval of Course Addition, Change and Curriculum Changes from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering  

In a memorandum dated January 23, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Addition:
CEE 3430  Environmental Engineering Lab.   Lab. 2, Cr. 1
Prerequisite or corequisite:  CEE 3413.  Laboratory experiments to illustrate the application of engineering fundamentals to environmental systems.

Course Change: 
From:
CEE 3410 Water Supply and Pollution Control   Lec. 3, Lab. 2, Cr. 4
Prerequisites:  CHEM 1120, MATH 2110.  Fundamental principles of water and wastewater treatment.

To:
CEE 3413 Environmental Engineering   Lec. 3, Cr. 3
Prerequisites:  CHEM 1120, MATH 2110.  Fundamentals of environmental engineering with applications in water quality, water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, air pollution, and hazardous waste management.

Curriculum Changes:  
CEE 3410 will be deleted Spring 2009 and replaced by CEE 3413 in Junior year.
Lab selection in Senior year is being changed from CEE 3040 or 3120 at 1 credit hour to CEE 3040, 3120 and/or 3430 at 2 credit hours.

Motion.  Dr. Huo moved to approve the addition and changes effective Spring 2009.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser and carried.

Approval of Course Addition and Deletions from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering  

In a memorandum dated December 3, 2007, approval was requested for the following:

Course Addition: 
CEE 4450 (5450)  Water Quality Modeling   Lec. 3, Cr. 3
Prerequisite:  CEE 3410 or consent of instructor.  Mathematical modeling of chemical and biological processes occurring in streams, lakes, and estuaries, emphasizing oxygen demand and nutrient processes.

Course Deletions: 
CEE 4340 (5340)  Structural Model Analysis   Lec. 2, Lab. 2, Cr. 3

CEE 4650 (5650)  Traffic Control Devices Design   Lec. 3, Cr. 3

CEE 4820  Geotechnical Engineering II   Lec. 3, Cr. 3

CEE 4910  Civil Engineering Seminar   Lec. 1, Cr. 1

Motion.  Dr. Huo moved to approve the addition and deletions effective Fall 2008.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser and carried.

Approval of Course Changes from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 

In a memorandum dated February 6, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Changes:
From:
ECE 3160  Digital Systems Laboratory   Lec. 3, Cr. 1
Prerequisite:  ECE 2060.  Corequisite:  ECE 2110.  Hardware considerations and performance of digital devices including gates, flip-flops, multiplexers and decoders.

To:
ECE 3160  Digital Systems Laboratory   Lec. 3, Cr. 1
Prerequisites:  ECE 2060 and ECE 2110.  Hardware considerations and performance of combinational and sequential digital devices including gates, flip-flops, multiplexers and decoders.

From:
ECE 4020 (5020) Digital Signal Processing   Lec. 3, Cr. 3
Prerequisites:  ECE 3010, ECE 3120.  Introduction to the analysis and design of digital filters, discrete Fourier transform and FFT.

To:
ECE 4020 (5020) Digital Signal Processing  Lec. 3, Cr. 3
Prerequisites:  ECE 3020, ECE 3120.  Introduction to the theory and practice of digital signal processing: z transform, discrete-time signals and systems, A/D and D/A conversion, filter design, DSP architecture and implementation, programming, DSP applications.

Informational Item  
The Fundamentals in Engineering Exam is no longer a requirement for graduation.  However, we encourage students to take the exam during their last semester on campus.

Motion.  Dr. Parke moved to approve the changes effective August 2008.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Stein and carried.

Approval of Course Deletion and Curriculum Change from the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering  

In a memorandum dated January 28, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Deletion: 
ISE 4910  Fundamentals of Industrial Engineering Review   Lec. 1, Cr. 0

Note:  ISE 4910 also to be removed from the curriculum.

Motion.  Dr. Elizandro moved to approve the changes effective Fall 2008.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser and carried.

Curriculum Changes:  
Remove ENGR 2121  Engineering Applications in C 

Motion.  Dr. Elizandro moved to approve the changes effective Fall 2008.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser and carried.

Approval of Course Deletions from the Department of Mechanical Engineering  

In a memorandum dated January 31, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Course Deletions:  
ME 2000  Intro to Mech. Engineering and Computing  Lec. 3, Cr. 3
ME 3022  Measurements in Mechanical Systems  Lec. 1, Cr. 1
ME 3032  Measurements in Mechanical Systems Lab.  LAB. 2, Cr. 1

Motion.  Dr. Hoy moved to approve the deletions effective Fall 2008.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Kemp and carried.

Approval of WGS 2010 to General Education Core from the General Education Committee 

In a memorandum dated February 6, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

The Women and Gender Studies Curriculum Committee requests the addition of the following course to the Social/Behavioral Sciences category of the general education core:

WGS 2010  Introduction to Women and Gender Studies   Lec. 3, Cr. 3
Interdisciplinary, team-taught examination of issues in women and gender studies.

Motion.  Dr. Eisen moved to approve the addition to the General Education core effective Spring 2009.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Roberts.

NOTE:  Approval of this motion is contingent upon approval by  the TBR General Education Committee this Fall.

Approval of Curriculum Change from the School of Agriculture 

In a memorandum dated February 6, 2008, approval was requested for the following:

Curriculum Change:  
Change to elective requirement for Agribusiness Management concentration in the Agribusiness Major:

FROM:
Note:  A student would be able to qualify for consideration into the MBA program at Tennessee Tech by completing the following courses as Business/Economics electives:  MKT 3400, BMGT 3510, FIN 3210, DS 3620, LAW 3810 and ECON 3610.)

1.    No more than one course from any Agriculture discipline.  (AGBE, AGED, AGET, AGHT, AGRN, and ANS)
2.    From University approved list.
3.    may not be a course in Agriculture.

TO:
Note:  A student would be able to qualify for consideration into the MBA program at Tennessee Tech by completing the following courses as Business/Economics electives:  MKT 3400, BMGT 3510, FIN 3210, DS 3620, LAW 3810 and ECON 3610.)

1.    No more than one course from any Agriculture discipline.  (AGBE, AGED, AGET, AGHT, AGRN, and ANS)
2.    From University approved list.

Motion.  Dr. Faw moved to approve the change effective immediately.  The motion was seconded by Dr. Stein and carried.

Other Such Matters  

Dr. Armistead alerted the committee that TBR is in the process of revising policies, guidelines and forms for new academic programs or units and for modifications of existing academic programs.  He stated that he will inform this committee and the Academic Council when they are approved and available.

The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.