EFDs Active in 2005-06

Engineering Faculty Documents (EFDs) are the formal process by which engineering faculty approve all academic policy and curricular changes. EFDs reviewed during the current academic year are linked in the following table. The Status column shows each document's stage in the approval process. Each EFD link opens an html-version of a document. Your browser is unlikely to display the document's original format, but PDF-versions offer correctly formatted viewing or printing.

Document No. and Source: Subject	PDF	Action Deadline	Status
EFD_08-04_from_CE: (New Grad Course, CE 556)			APPROVED
EFD_1-02_from_ECE: (New Course)			with originating unit
EFD_1-05_from_BME: (Permanent Dual Level Course, BME 528)			APPROVED
EFD_1-06_from_CE: (New Grad Course, CE 684)		9/1/06	in AC preview
EFD_10-05_from_ECE: (Title Changes to Grad Course ECE 573)		9/1/06	in AC preview
EFD_12-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 371)			APPROVED
EFD_13-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 470)			APPROVED
EFD_14-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 473)			APPROVED
EFD_15-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 474)			APPROVED
EFD_16-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 570)			APPROVED
EFD_17-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 572)			APPROVED
EFD_18-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 576)			APPROVED
EFD_19-03_from_COOP: (Creation of a Concentrated Coop Education Program)			APPROVED
EFD_19-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 577)			APPROVED
EFD_2-05_from_ECE: (New undergraduate-Level Course ECE 337)			APPROVED
EFD_2-06_from_CE: (New Grad Course, CE 685)		9/1/06	in AC preview
EFD_20-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 591)			APPROVED
EFD_21-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 592)			APPROVED
EFD_22-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 595)			APPROVED
EFD_23-04_from_ABE: (New Undergrad Course, ABE 301)			APPROVED
EFD_23-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 676)			APPROVED
EFD_24-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 456)			in CFR review
EFD_25-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 571 Course Schedule)			APPROVED
EFD_26-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 671Course Description)			APPROVED
EFD_27-05_from_CE: (Delete Course CE 678)			APPROVED
EFD_28-05_from_CE: (Delete Course CE 679)			APPROVED
EFD_29-05_from_EPCS: (Change course description 201)			APPROVED
EFD_3-06_from_CE: (New Grad Course, CE 686)		9/1/06	in AC preview
EFD_30-05_from_EPCS: (NEW Course 202)			APPROVED
EFD_31-05_from_ENE: (New Grad Course, ENE 601)			in CFR review
EFD_32-05_from_ENE: (New Grad Course, ENE 602)			in CFR review
EFD_33-05_from_ENE: (New Grad Course, ENE 696)			in CFR review
EFD_34-02_from_COOP: (Creation of an Advanced Technical Experience Program)			APPROVED
EFD_34-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 479)			in CFR review
EFD_35-05_from_CE: (Changes in CE 584)			in CFR review
EFD_36-03_from_EEC: (General Education Requirements)			with originating unit
EFD_38-02_from_COOP: (Creation of an Intensive Internship Program)			APPROVED
EFD_39-02_from_COOP: (Creation of an Advanced Leadership Experience Program)			APPROVED
EFD_39-04_from_ENE: (Change in course requirements for 1st year engr program)			APPROVED
EFD_4-05_from_AAE: (New Undergrad Course, AAE 395)			APPROVED
EFD_40-02_from_COOP: (Creation of an Internship Program)			APPROVED
EFD_40-04_from_ENE: (New Undergraduate Course ENGR 126)			APPROVED
EFD_41-02_from_COOP: (Creation of new courses)			APPROVED
EFD_41-04_from_BME: (New Undergrad Course, BME 296)			APPROVED
EFD_42-04_from_BME: (New Undergrad Course, BME 396)			withdrawn
EFD_43-04_from_BME: (New Undergrad Course, BME 498)			APPROVED
EFD_44-04_from_ECE: (New Dual Level Course Number ECE 528)			APPROVED
EFD_5-05_from_AAE: (New Grad Course, AAE 595)		8/25/06	awaiting CFR approval
EFD_6-05_from_ENE: (Change in physics course requirements for 1st year engr program)			APPROVED
EFD_8-05_from_AAE: (Curriculum Change for BS in AAE)			in CFR review
EFD_9-05_from_ECE: (Title Changes to Grad Course ECE 663)		9/1/06	in AC preview

All engineering academic policy and curricular changes or additions must be approved by the voting engineering faculty. Each proposed action must originate and be approved by an academic unit or Engineering committee. That proposal must then be described in an Engineering Faculty Document (EFD) which undergoes a review and approval process (see flow-chart) managed by the Committee on Faculty Relations (CFR). The basic sequence is:

1. An EFD defining a proposed program or course change by an engineering committee or academic unit is first submitted as an MS Word™ file to the Academic Affairs Office for preview by the Engineering Advisory Committee (AC). Any voting AC member(s) may request the proposal be placed on the agenda of its next meeting. If no member so requests within two weeks of posting, the EFD is tacitly approved for consideration by CFR. Possible AC actions for "discussion flagged" documents are: table, approve for CFR consideration, or return to the originating unit for reconsideration and/or revision.
2. CFR reviews the EFD, either approving it for distribution to the engineering faculty or returning it to the originating unit for revision. Approval for distribution implies CFR will subsequently give formal approval unless the document is "flagged" by a faculty member(s) for engineering faculty meeting consideration. CFR meets, takes actions, and submits documents to the faculty only during the fall and spring semesters; the clock for faculty review is suspended for holidays and when academic year faculty are in vacation status.
3. If no voting engineering faculty member, within two weeks after distribution, requests and provides her/his rationale for faculty meeting consideration, CFR is authorized to approve the EFD for the faculty. If one or more faculty so request ("flags" the document), the EFD is put on the agenda for action at the next engineering faculty meeting.
4. If an EFD is not "flagged", it moves to awaiting CFR approval status. This is a one-week period for electronic balloting by CFR acting "for the engineering faculty" to officially approve a document.