UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
The Graduate School
At meeting No. 398
held November 19, 2004, the Graduate Council considered and approved the
following curricular matters which are now submitted to the Faculty Senate for
information or confirmation as indicated.
I.
Matters of
Information
A. College of
Engineering
1. Department of Electrical Engineering
a.
Changes:
ELE 537 VLSI System Design change title, credits, description and
prerequisite to read:
ELE 537 Digital Integrated Circuit Design II
(4) Device physics for CMOS
technology, design techniques for static and dynamic logic families and
arithmetic elements, design capture tools, synthesis strategies, scaling and
next generation CMOS technologies, design project (Lecture 3, Lab 3). Prerequisite: ELE 447 and ELE 501.
ELE 539 Analog VLSI change title, credits, description and
prerequisite to read:
ELE 539 Analog Integrated Circuit Design (4) IC processing, device modeling and simulation,
building blocks for analog circuits, amplifiers, continuous and discrete-time
filters, band-gap references, Nyquist-rate converters, oversampled converters,
design project (Lecture 3, Lab 3).
Prerequisite: ELE 447 and ELE
501.
A. College of Arts and
Sciences
1. Department of Psychology
b.
Changes:
PSY 625: Seminar: Social Psychology
change in descrption to read:
625 Seminar: Social Psychology (3) Emphasis on a major area in contemporary social
psychology. Empirical studies
analyzed for their relevance to theoretical and applied issues: students will
design an original investigation.
(Seminar) Pre: graduate standing or permission of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 12
credits with different topic.
II.
Matters
Requiring Confirmation by Faculty Senate
A. College of
Engineering
1. Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
a.
Add (New):
CVE 543X Traffic Flow Theory Fundamentals (3)
This course familiarizes the student with the fundamentals of traffic
flow characteristics, including their definitions, their distributions, their
relationships and the current techniques for their measurement. These fundamentals are indispensable to
the formulation and to the understanding of traffic models and traffic analysis
tools used in the design and operation of streets and highways. Fundamental concepts are guided by the
latest version of the Monograph on Traffic Flow Theory from the Transportation
Research Board, as available at www.tfhrc.gov/its/tft/tft.htm.
B. Graduate Council
1.
Requested Change
to University Manual Section 8.85.30 Classification
The Graduate Council recommends that a new
classification category be developed for any new program such as
post-baccalaureate certificate programs where no additional funding resources
are necessary.