Changes in School of Engineering Curriculum

Changes Effective Fall 2009

1. Modify the BS Geological Engineering Curriculum

The impact of these changes can be summarized as altering the prerequisites for GE 440 and GE 420, eliminating the requirement of GE 305 and adding the requirement of GE 440. In addition, GE 440, which has previously been available to B.S.G.E. students as a technical elective, will be removed from the list of approved technical electives for students graduating after Spring 2009

Remove co-requisite requirements for GEOL 111, 112, 114, and 115

2. Modify the BS Civil Engineering Curriculum

Curriculum Major Changes
1. Created 4 Professional Focus Areas, each with required and recommended courses. Students will be required to declare a Professional Focus Area during junior year.
2. A science elective (3) is added.
3. Changed one soc/hum/art course (3) to a Public Policy Leadership Elective (3).
4. Changed ECON 310 Engineering Economy (3) to an Economics Elective (3).
5. Combine ENGR 310 Engineering Analysis (4) and ENGR 453 Probabilistic Design (3) into a single course engineering mathematics elective (3).
6. Other modification of course name, description, pre- and co-requisites.
7. Updated course syllabi.
8. Reduced the number of credit hours from 129 to 128. (maximum 130 allowed.)

Changes Effective Spring 2009

1. Change general education requirements within the School of Engineering to meet IHL guidelines and add SPCH 102 to acceptable list of additional courses

General Education/Core Curriculum

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 fulfil the school's published mission of preparing "students with a broad-based education" intended to develop "leadership skills" and "communication skills."

The core/general education requirements for the School of Engineering include Engl 101, Liba 102 (or Engl 102); Math 261-262; and a minimum of 8 credit hours of laboratory science courses as specified by each department.

In addition, 18 credit hours as described below must be taken, but students should check with the department to learn the specific course requirements for an individual program in that they may be more prescriptive than the general requirements listed below.




Fifteen credits of liberal arts

Students must complete at least 15 semester hours consisting of social/behavioral sciences, humanities, and fine arts course work. At least 6 credit hours must be in the social/behavioral sciences, and at least 9 credit hours must be in combined humanities and fine arts courses with at least 3 semester hours from each of these areas. For the purpose of these requirements, social/behavioral sciences 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, African 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/behavioral science course work (as defined above) or, dependent on the approval of the student's department, 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	3
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
Engr400	Leadership and Professionalism in Engineering	1
Mgmt 371	Principles of Management	3
Msl 102	Military Science I: Basic Leadership & Management	2
Nsc 211	Naval Leadership and Management I	2
Spch 102	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
Spch 105	Business/Professional Speech	3

Changes Effective Fall 2008

1. Corrected number of credit hours listed on-line for CSCI to correct value of 127 hours
2. Drop requirement that BSCS students have a grade of "C" or greater in all core CSCI courses
3. Modify prerequisites for the following CSCI courses

(1) CSCI 112 Prerequisite: CSCI 111 with a minimum grade of C.
(2) CSCI 211 Pererequisite: CSCI 112 with a minimum grade of C.
(3) CSCI 223 Prerequisite: CSCI 112 with a minimum grade of C.
(4) CSCI 311 Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in CSCI 112. No change in co-requisite: Math 301.
(5) CSCI 387 Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in CSCI 211 and in CSCI 223.
(6) CSCI 423 Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in CSCI 211 and in CSCI 223.
(7) CSCI 433 Prerequisite: Math 301, Minimum grade of C in CSCI 211.
(8) CSCI 450 Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in CSCI 211 and in CSCI 223.
(9) CSCI 487 Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in two courses from CSCI 311, 387, 423, 433, and 450.
4. Change ENGR 309 from "Statics and Dynamics" to "Statics"

Changes Effective Spring 2008

1. Changed the Speech requirement in CSCI to Spch 102 or 105

Changes 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

1. The academic curriculum in Chemical Engineering was modified to require 128 credit hours for graduation

Changes 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

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

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

1. No changes were made in the School of Engineering curriculum during the Fall 2004 semester

Changes 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

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

Changes Effective Spring 2003