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Changes in School of Engineering Curriculum


Changes Effective Fall 2007

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Spring 2007 effective Fall 2007
  1. The academic curricula in Electrical Engineering (all emphases) were modified to require 128 credit hours for graduation
  2. -- As a part of the above change, changed prerequisites for EL E 453 and EL E 433
  3. -- As a part of the above change, modified EL E 367 and approved a new course, EL E 391
  4. The academic curriculum in Geological Engineering was modified to require 137 credit hours for graduation
  5. Required engineering electives in the BoE program were modified
  6. Deleted selected ENGR 500-level courses (ENGR 503-521 minus 515)

Changes Effective Spring 2007

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Fall 2006 effective Spring 2007
  1. The academic curriculum in Chemical Engineering was modified to require 128 credit hours for graduation

Changes Effective Fall 2006

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Spring 2006 effective Fall 2006
  1. Delete the following courses: ENGR 561 (Spacecraft Systems Design I), ENGR 562 (Spacecraft Systems Design II), ENGR 658 (Advanced Vibration), Geol 531 (Physical Marine Geology), Geol 532 (Chemical Marine Geology), and G E 435 (Field Camp - Geological).
  2. Numerous changes were made to co- and pre-requisites for 500 and 600 level graduate courses.
  3. Add ME 541 - Theory and Use of CAD and Solid Modeling, a three hour course.

Changes Effective Spring 2006

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Fall 2005 effective Spring 2006
  1. Numerous changes were made to co- and pre-requisites for Computer Science (CSCI) undergraduate and graduate courses.
  2. Changes were made to co- and pre-requisites for EL E 331, 367, and 443 courses.

Changes Effective Fall 2005

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Spring 2005 effective Fall 2005
  1. Several general catalog statement changes were made effective for Fall 2005.
  2. Policy with academic respect to students who take a course at the University of Mississippi more than once
  3. Creation of a "minor" option for students within the School of Engineering
  4. Establish a new graduate certificate program in environmental engineering within the School of Engineering built on the existing graduate emphasis in environmental engineering.
  5. Addition of ENGR 362 - Introductory Electric Circuit Theory, a three hour course in electric circuits available for non-electrical engineering students and ENGR 363 - Introductory Electric Circuit Laboratory, a one hour laboratory course that has been specially designed for non-electrical engineering students as the laboratory for ENGR 362.
  6. Addition of ENGR 540 - Environmental Transport Phenomena / Separations, a three hour course.
  7. Change the number of credit hours in ENGR 100 from two (2) to three (3) credit hours. This class also will change from being an on-campus course offered during the summer to a course offered in fall 2005 through long-distance learning for dual high school - university enrollment, allowing students to earn simultaneous high school and college credit. The course has been approved by the State Department of Education as a one-semester math elective for all Mississippi high schools.
  8. Revision of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Curriculum.

Changes Effective Spring 2005

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Fall 2004 effective Spring 2005
  1. No changes were made in the School of Engineering curriculum during the Fall 2004 semester

Changes Effective Fall 2004

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Spring 2004 effective Fall 2004
  1. Change GEOL 221 to correct co requisites
  2. Change C E Undergraduate Curriculum - see the Department of Civil Engineering for details
  3. Change El E Undergraduate Curriculum including the addition of three new emphases areas in Computer Engineering, RF/Wireless, and Telecommunications to the existing BSEE program. See the Department of Electrical Engineering for details
  4. Add new course ENGR 323 - Fluid Mechanics
  5. Add new course ENGR 402 - Engineering Fundamentals
  6. Delete C E 453: replaced by ENGR 453 - Probability and Statistical Analyses in Engineering Design
  7. Delete ENGR 651 - Groundwater Hydrology
  8. Change EL E 385 from a two credit hour course to a three credit hour course
  9. Establish a new graduate emphasis in Hydrology at both MS and Ph.D. levels

Changes Effective Spring 2004

Actions by the School of Engineering Curriculum and Policy Committee in Fall 2003 effective Spring 2004
  1. Change GE Undergraduate Curriculum - see the Department of Geological Engineering for details
  2. Add ENGR 626 - Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics
  3. Modify ENGR 628 - Adv Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics
  4. Add ENGR 637 - Groundwater Modeling
  5. Add ENGR 645 - Contaminant Transport

Changes Effective Fall 2003

Core Topic Area Requirements

Core Topic Area Requirements for all Professional Engineering Programs

All professional engineering departments in the School of Engineering require students to take six engineering science topic areas from seven stated areas; students also must take one additional course to be chosen from an approved set of courses such that no less than 20 credit hours are represented by the seven courses.

The seven topic areas are dictated, not the exact courses. School of Engineering Topic Area Committees are charged with determining the content requirements that courses must meet to be included in the topic area. At present, the courses included within the seven topic areas are given below.

  1. Statics/Dynamics (ENGR 309)
  2. Thermodynamics (ENGR 321)
  3. Transport (ENGR 322, ENGR 323)
  4. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (ENGR 310, ENGR 410, ENGR 453)
  5. Electric Circuits (ENGR 360)
  6. Materials (ENGR 313, Ch E 545, C E 315, El E 533, Geol 221, M E 533)
  7. Computer Science (CSCI 111, CSCI 251)

In addition to taking six of seven engineering science topic areas, students are required to take a seventh course from an approved list of courses. Initially, this list includes the following courses.
CSCI 111 Computer Science I 3
CSCI 251 Programming for Engineering and Science 3
ENGR 309 Mechanics 3
ENGR 310 Engineering Analysis I 4
ENGR 312 Mechanics of Materials 3
ENGR 313 Introduction to Materials Science 3
ENGR 321 Thermodynamics 3
ENGR 322 Transport Phenomena 3
ENGR 323 Fluid Mechanics 3
ENGR 330 Engineering Systems Analysis and Design 3
ENGR 360 Electric Circuit Theory 4
ENGR 361 Electric Circuits Theory Lab 1
ENGR 410 Engineering Analysis II 4
ENGR 453   Probability and Statistical Analyses in Engineering Design   3
ENGR 553 Heat Transfer 3
M E 325 Intermediate Dynamics 3
G E 305 Geomechanics 3

Changes Effective Spring 2003

Social Sciences and Humanities / Fine Arts Electives

Social Sciences and Humanities / Fine Arts Electives

The general education requirements of the undergraduate degree programs of the School of Engineering are consistent with the University of Mississippi's tradition of educating engineering leaders through the school's strong interaction with the University's liberal arts programs. Further, these requirements are established to fulfill the School's published mission of preparing "students with a broad based education" intended to develop "leadership skills" and "communication…skills."

The general education requirements consists of 18 credits as described below, but students should check with the department to learn the specific requirements for an individual program.

Fifteen credits of liberal arts

Students must complete at least 15 semester hours consisting of social sciences, humanities, and fine arts course work, with at least 3 semester hours from each of those areas. For the purpose of these requirements
social science will include anthropology, economics, Latin American studies, political science, psychology, and sociology;
humanities will include classics, English, history, modern languages (200-level and above), philosophy, religion, and Southern studies; and
fine arts will include courses in the history, appreciation, and criticism of art, dance, music, and theatre arts. (Courses emphasizing the enhancement of skills and performance are not acceptable.)
Honors, Afro-American studies, and Gender Studies courses may be used to meet these requirements as appropriate, depending upon their topical content.

Three credits of additional general education course work

Students must complete an additional 3 semester hours of course work beyond the 15 hours required above. These additional 3 hours are to be composed of any additional fine arts, humanities, or social science course work (as defined above) or any combination of credits from the courses listed below:
Course Course Title Credits
AS 301 Air Force Leadership Studies I 3
AS 302 Air Force Leadership Studies II 3
BUS 250 Legal Environment of Business 2
BUS 271 Business Communication 3
EDLD 110 Chancellor's Leadership Class I 1
EDLD 111 Chancellor's Leadership Class II 1
EDLD 120 Introduction to Leadership Studies 3
EDLD 220 Foundations of Leadership Studies 3
ENGR 400 Leadership and Professionalism in Engineering 1
MGMT 371   Principles of Management 3
MSC 102 Military Science 1: Basic Leadership & Management    2
NSC 211 Naval Leadership and Management I 2
SPCH 105 Business / Professional Speech 3


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