Elective Rules for BSCE CurriculumEngineering Faculty Document No. 42-03 TO: The Faculty of the Schools of Engineering FROM: The Faculty of the School of Civil Engineering DATE: March 26, 2004 SUBJECT: Clarification of Breadth and Design Technical Elective Rules for the BSCE Curriculum The Faculty of the Present Rules: Four of the ten technical electives must be chosen from a prescribed list of courses to guarantee minimum breadth of study. Three of the ten technical electives must be chosen from a prescribed list of design intensive courses to guarantee minimum design content in a plan of study. Proposed Rules:
Four of the ten technical electives must be chosen from a prescribed list of courses to guarantee breadth of study. Three additional technical electives must be chosen from a prescribed list of design intensive courses to guarantee design content in a plan of study. Reason: Since the two lists may contain duplicate courses, the current statement allows the satisfaction of both requirements with fewer than seven courses. Duplicate use of courses to satisfy both requirements may result in insufficient design content because some design content accrues from the “breadth” courses. This clarification is needed because this result is inconsistent with the original intent of the faculty. Fred L. Mannering Professor and Head |