University Curriculum Committee Report

Fall Semester 2003

November 2003

New Courses

AtSc 460 Mesoscale Dynamics 3 cr

ChE 535 Metallic Corrosion and Polymer Degradation 3 cr

Geog 378 Global Position Systems: Applications and Theory 2 cr

Senate approval is not required for the following report items

Course Change Requests

AtSc 270 Computer Concepts in Meteorology – Add AtSc 110 to prerequisites

AtSc 350 Atmospheric thermodynamics – replace AtSc 110 prerequisite with AtSc 270

ChE 301 Introduction to Transport Phenomena – Add ChE 201 to prerequisites

ChE 306 Unit Operations in Chemical Engineering – change course number to 206

ChE 331 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II – change prerequisites to ChE 201 and ChE and 206 and change in program description

ChE 332 Chemical Engineering Laboratory III – change prerequisites to ChE 331 and ChE 333 and completed or concurrent enrollment in Chem 465; change in course description

ChE 333 Basic Experimental Strategies – change corequisites to ChE 331 and change frequency from S to F

ChE 412 Chemical Engineering Plant Design II – change credits from 3 to 5

ChE 421 Chemical Engineering Reactor Design – change prerequisites to ChE 201, ChE 206, Chem 465 and Math 266

ChE 512 Transport of Mass – change title to Advanced Separations, add ChE 405 and Math 265 to prerequisites, change in course description

CSci 160 Computer Science I – change in course description

CSci 161 Computer Science II – change in course description

CSci 170 Computer Programming II – change in course description

CSci 250 Assembly Language Programming – change frequency from F,S to F

MBio 328 Introduction to Immunology – change from 2 to 3 credits

MBio 509 Immunology – change from 2 to 3 credits

Program Requirements Change Requests

B.S. in Chemical Engineering Increase the required credit hours for courses in the category of Technical Elective II from 3 credit hours to 6 credit hours; decrease the required credit hours for courses in the category of Technical Elective I from 6 to 3 credit hours; increase the credit hours for ChE 412 from 3 credit hours to 5; eliminate Chemical Engineering elective requirement

M.S. Chemistry (non-thesis option) Change from stand alone Master’s program to a 5-year program that combines both

the graduate (non-thesis M.S.) and baccalaureate) B.S. with a major in chemistry degrees).