UNIVERSITY
OF RHODE ISLAND
The
Graduate School
CURRICULAR
REPORT FROM THE GRADUATE COUNCIL TO
THE
FACULTY
SENATE: REPORT NO. 2004-2005-8
At meeting No. 403 held April 22, 2005, 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 501 Linear Transform
Analysis – change in description and prerequisite to read:
ELE 501 Linear
Transform
Analysis (3)
Transform analysis
(including Fourier, Laplace, and z-transforms) of continuous- and
discrete-time systems and signals. Properties of transforms,
computational efficiency, and applications such as compact
representations of video and sound. (Lec. 3) Pre:
vectors, matrices, calculus with real and complex variables.
2. Department of
Chemical Engineering
a. Changes:
CHE 501, 502 Graduate
Seminar – change in description to read:
CHE 501, 502 Graduate
Seminar
Seminars presented by
speakers from academia and industry. (Seminar) Required of all
graduate students, with a maximum of 1 credit per year allowed.
May be repeated for a
maximum of 2 credits. S/U credit.
CHE 513 Advanced Chemical
Engineering Thermodynamics I – change in description to read:
CHE 513 Advanced
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
Applications of the
first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics and their relation to
chemical
engineering processes. Emphasis on properties of fluids, chemical
and physical equilibria, phase stability, and polymers. (Lec. 3)
Pre:
313, 314 or equivalent, graduate standing, or permission of
chairperson.
In alternate years.
CHE 530 Polymer Chemistry
–
change in description to read:
CHE 530 Polymer
Chemistry
Molecular weight
distribution, polymer synthesis, chain conformation, solution
properties and phase behavior, and characterization techniques.
(Lec. 3) Pre: CHM 228 and CHE 332 or permission of
instructor. In alternate years.
CHE 531 Polymer
Engineering – change in description:
CHE 531 Polymer
Engineering
Glass and crystalline
transitions, viscoelasticity, time-temperature superposition, polymer
processing, and
mechanical properties of plastics, fibers, and elastomers. (Lec.
3)
Pre: CHE 348 or MCE 448 or permission of instructor. In
alternate
years.
CHE 541 Transport
Phenomena I – change in description:
CHE 541 Transport
Phenomena I
Analysis of transport
processes including momentum, heat and mass transfer. Development
of mathematical models and their solutions. (Lec. 3) Pre:
347, 348 or equivalent, graduate standing, or permission of
chairperson. In alternate years.
CHE 548 Separations for
Biotechnology – change in description:
CHE 548 Separations for
Biotechnology
A study of methods of
concentration used in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries for
production and isolation of products. (Lec. 3) Pre: 348 or
447. In alternate years.
CHE 614 Advanced Chemical
Engineering Thermodynamics II – change in description:
CHE 614 Advanced
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II
Advanced topics in
phase
stability, phase and chemical equilibrium, and statistical
thermodynamics.
CHE 641 Transport
Phenomena II – change in description:
CHE 641 Transport
Phenomena II
Steady, unsteady, and
multidimensional heat transfer. Mass transport at low and high
fluxes; approximate
methods for heat and mass transfer problems. (Lec. 3) Pre: 541 or
permission of instructor. In alternate years.
3.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering:
a. Temporary Course:
CVE 543X Traffic Flow
Theory (3)
A review and critical
analysis of the fundamentals of traffic flow theory and its advanced
topics including the two-and three-dimensional relationships between
characteristics, and
the simulation of traffic flow. Pre: STA 409 or CVE 442.
4.
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
a.
Changes:
IME 513 Statistical
Quality Assurance – change in title to read:
IME 513 Quality
Engineering
IME 525 Simulation –
change in title to read:
IME 525 Systems
Simulation
IME 555 Engineering
Applications of Mathematical Programming – change in title and
description to read:
IME 555 Deterministic
Systems Optimization (3)
Linear, non-linear and
integer
formulations and solutions. Sensitivity
analysis and pricing problems; degeneracy and duality; decomposition
methods
for large-scale systems; topics in applied convex, integer, nonlinear,
and
quadratic programming methods. Use of mathematical programming
languages.
Alternate years. Pre: MTH 362 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor.
IME 660 Methods of
Optimization – change in title to read:
IME 660 Non-Linear
Optimization
5. Department of
Mechanical Engineering
a.
Changes:
MCE 501, 502 Graduate
Seminar – change in description to read:
MCE 501, 502 Graduate
Seminar (1 each)
Seminars and
discussions
presented by members of academia and industry. Attendance
required
of all students in graduate residence.
MCE 550 Theory of
Continuous Media – change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 550 Theory of
Continuous Media (3)
Foundations for
advanced
studies in mechanical and thermal behavior of solids and fluids.
Cartesian
and general tensors, small and large deformation theory, Cauchy and
Piola-Kirchhoff stress, conservation principles, constitutive laws with
applications to
materials of engineering interest. Pre: CVE 220, MCE 354, 372 or
equivalent.
MCE 561 Computational
Methods in Solid Mechanics – change in description and prerequisite to
read:
MCE 561 Computational
Methods in Solid Mechanics (3)
Finite and boundary
element methods based on variational and weighted residual concepts;
implementation to statis and dynamic field problems in elasticity,
plasticity, and heat
conduction. Pre: 466 and 571 or permission of instructor..
MCE 563 Advanced Dynamics
–
change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 563 Advanced
Dynamics (3)
Newtonian mechanics,
motion in rotating coordinate systems, Lagrangian Mechanics, Hamilton’s
principle.
Variational methods, nonconservative and nonholonomic systems;
matrix-tensor specifications of rigid body motions, normal
coordinates. Hamilton’s equation of motion, canonical
transformation, Hamilton-Jacobi theory.
Pre: 366 and 372 or equivalent.
MCE 564 Advanced
Vibrations – change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 564 Advanced
Vibrations (3)
Theory of vibration of
lumped-parameter multi-degree-of-freedom systems; distributed-parameter
systems: exact and approximate solutions; nonlinear and random
vibrations. Experimental methods and design procedures.
(Lec 3) Pre: 366 or 464 or equivalent.
MCE 565 Wave Motion and
Vibration of Continuous Media – change in description and prerequisite
to read:
MCE 565 Wave Motion and
Vibration of Continuous Media (3)
Wave motion and
vibrations of strings, rods, beams, plates, and membranes; dynamic
elasticity theory; Rayleight surface waves; solutions using separation
of variables and integral transforms. (Lec. 3) Pre: CVE
220, MCE 372, 464, or equivalent.
MCE 571 Theory of
Elasticity I – change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 571 Theory of
Elasticity I (3)
Development of basic
field equations; general concepts of stress and strain; generalized
Hooke’s law; plane problems; stress functions; Saint Venant torsion and
flexure; introduction to three-dimensional problems. (Lec. 3)
Pre: CVE 220, MCE 372 or equivalent.
MCE 576 Fracture
Mechanics
– change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 576 Fracture
Mechanics (3)
Fundamentals of linear
and nonlinear materials behavior, linear elastic fracture mechanics,
stress
analysis and energy viewpoints, two- and three- dimensional problems,
elastic-plastic considerations, dynamic and time-dependent fracture,
fatigue crack growth, micro-mechanics of fracture processes,
experimental techniques, application to design. Lec. (3) Pre: 426
or 571 or permission of instructor.
MCE 666 Nonlinear
Mechanics – change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 666 Nonlinear
Mechanics (3)
Dynamics of nonlinear
systems, free and forced oscillations; qualitative geometric analysis,
perturbation methods, approximate methods, bifurcations, invariant
manifolds, chaos,
application to mechanics, physics and biology. (Lec. 3)
Pre:
464, 564 or equivalent.
MCE 671 Theory of
Elasticity II – change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 671 Theory of
Elasticity II (3)
Continuation of 571;
advanced topics selected from: complex variable methods;
anisotropic solutions; thermoelasticity; displacement potentials and
stress functions for three-dimensional problems; micromechanics
modeling; variational, approximate, and numerical methods. (Lec.
3) Pre: 571 or equivalent.
MCE 678 Micromechanics –
change in description and prerequisite to read:
MCE 678 Micromechanics
(3)
Mechanics of material
behavior from the micro structural viewpoint; physical mechanisms of
Deformation
and Fracture; continuum Mechanics and thermodynamics; rheological
classification of solids; thermodynamics and viscoelasticity;
plasticity and viscoplasticity; damage mechanisms; applications to
metals, ceramics and composites.
(Lec. 3) Pre: 571, CHE 333 or equivalent.
MCE 679 Theory of
Plasticity – change in description to read:
MCE 679 Theory of
Plasticity (3)
Uniaxial behavior of
plasticity; perfect plasticity, plastic potential; work-hardening
materials, loading
surface and loading rules, flow rules; stress-strain relationships;
non-linear
kinematic hardening models; foundation of state-variable approaches,
viscoplasticity; applications to engineering materials. (Lec. 3)
Pre: 571 or permission of instructor.
MCE 691, 692 Special
Problems – change in description to read:
MCE 691, 692 Special
Problems (1-3 each)
Advanced work under the
supervision of a faculty member arranged to suit individual student
requirements.
(Independent Study) Pre: permission of instructor. May be
repeated
to a maximum of 6 credits.
B.
College of Pharmacy
1. Request approved
to
allow students to simultaneously enroll in the Pharm.D. and M.S.
programs.
C.
College of Arts and Sciences
1. Graduate School of
Library and Information Studies
a. Changes:
LSC 528 Media in the
Library – change in title and description to read:
LSC 528 Instructional
Technology in Library & Information Services
Provides an
introduction
to instructional design, development, and motivation theories and their
application in producing instructional materials, including emerging
technology in library and information environments.
LSC 529 Theory and
Productions of Library Media Communications – change in title and
description to read:
LSC 529 Information
Design
Provides an
introduction
to the analysis, planning, presentation, and evaluation of effective
communication through the use of tools and theories of communication,
and message, instructional, and information design.
LSC 548 Internet for
Librarians – change in title and description to read:
LSC 548 Information
Architecture
Introduces principles
of
information architecture, library science and information science to
plan,
design, develop, and evaluate cohesive web sites and intranets that are
attractive,
navigable, manageable, and expandable.
II.
Matters Requiring Confirmation by Faculty Senate
A. College of
Engineering
1. Department of
Civil
and Environmental Engineering:
a. Changes:
CVE 681 Advanced
Geotechnical Engineering I – change in title, number and description to
read:
CVE 580 Consolidation,
Seepage, and Clay Mineralogy
Consolidation of soils,
permeability; steady state and transient seepage; stress distributions;
clay mineralogy.
(Spring, 3 credits, Lecture) Pre: CVE 381 or equivalent.
CVE 682 Advanced
Geotechnical Engineering II – change in title, number and description
to read:
CVE 579 Soil Behavior
Shear strength of soils,
including stress-strain and volume change behavior, stress paths, and
drained and
undrained behavior. Stability of slopes, including limit
equilibrium
approaches, analytical and number solutions. (Fall, 3 credits,
Lecture)
Pre: CVE 381 or equivalent.
2. Department of
Mechanical Engineering:
a. Delete course:
MCE 506 Expert Systems
for
Mechanical Design and Manufacturing (3)
Expert systems structure;
knowledge bases, inference engines, and artificial intelligence
languages. Applications to mechanical design and manufacturing
problems. Graph theory and
expert systems for mechanism design; features for design and
manufacturing.
(Lec. 3) Pre: 401 or equivalent.
3. Department of
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
a. New Course:
IME 552 Lean
Manufacturing
Systems (3)
Advanced study of
manufacturing system design. Specific topics include lean
manufacturing, waste elimination, reduction of cycle and set up times,
reconfigurable systems, quality and
performance analysis. (Lecture 3) Pre: 451 and 452 or permission
of
instructor.
B.
College of Arts and Sciences
1. Department of
Modern Languages:
a.
New Course:
SPA 513 Bilingualism in
Spanish-speaking Communities
Study of bilingualism
from
perspective of psycholinguistics. Study of different bilingual
educational
models and programs in the Spanish-speaking world and in the U.S.
2. Department of
Psychology:
a. New Course
PSY 626 Psychology of Sex
and Gender
Examines theory and
research relevant to sex and gender from social psychological,
multicultural and
interdisciplinary perspectives. Focuses on topics relevant to
men,
women, transgendered people, transsexuals and intersexuals. In
alternate
years.
3. Department of
Women’s Studies:
a. New Course:
WMS 500 Colloquium in WMS
(2)
Discussion of research
methods in WMS; presentations on current research and issues relevant
to women’s
and gender studies.
C. College of Nursing
1.
Deletion of emphasis areas:
Program Requirements:
Delete two areas of
emphasis under specialization in advanced critical practice (critical
care and parent-child nursing)
2.
Deletion of courses:
NUR 521 Theoretical Study
of Major Problems in Nursing Practice (3)
Major theories and
concepts for developing strategies in nursing practice. Emphasis
on developing nursing strategies through theoretical analysis of
problems viewed in the context of organizational and societal systems.
NUR 522 Practicum in the
Study of Major Problems in Nursing Practice (3)
Field study of major
nursing problems with emphasis on examination, evaluation, and revision
of nursing strategies for problems in the context of organizational and
societal systems
NUR 562 Advanced Clinical Study of Nursing Practice in Critical Care (6)
Study and application of
the theories of practice and of biopsychosocial interaction in advanced
critical care nursing. Analysis of patient problems and nursing
strategies
relevant to critical care patients.
NUR 569 Theoretical Study
of Advanced Nursing (3)
Theoretical foundations
of
advanced nursing practice. Emphasis is on the reciprocal nature
of
the relationship between theories, client problems, and nursing
strategies
in the areas of advanced practice.
3.
New Course:
NUR 550 Theoretical Study
of the Clinical Nurse Leader Role (3)
In-depth study of
concepts
of leadership central to hospital based, unit level practice of the
CNL:
advanced organizational communication, horizontal leadership, lateral
integration of care, role analysis and implementation.
(Fall. Seminar.)
Pre: NUR 505, 507, 510 or permission of instructor.