Minutes of the 2010-11 ECE Curriculum Committee
January 18, 2011
Present: Tangul Basar, Bishop, Levinson, Lumetta (representing Hwu), Makela, Vaidya
ECE 408 proposed by Prof. Wen-Mei Hwu was previously approved by the Curriculum Committee. However, a college subcommittee reviewing the course suggested some minor changes to the proposal, which Prof. Hwu has incorporated into his course proposal. The curriculum committee approved the revised course proposal.
We also discussed a proposal for ECE 498LG Principles of Experimental Research and a new course proposal for ECE 446 Principles of Experimental Systems by Prof. Lynford Goddard. The proposed course credit is 4 hours. Several members of the committee felt that a 3 hour course may be more attractive to a larger number of undergraduate students. The committee decided to convey this suggestion to Prof. Goddard.
The curriculum committee has previously discussed potential improvements to ECE 190 and 290. It was decided that faculty in Computer Engineering will be requested to form ad hoc committees to develop a potential course outline for revised versions of ECE 190 and 290. These committees will be asked to submit a report to the Curriculum Committee by the end of February 2011.