School of Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
– Undergraduate
Change a degree-major of an existing program
Bachelor of Science – Mechanical Engineering
Summary of the changes:
The School of Engineering has been
asked to reduce all programs from 128 credit hours to 120 credit hours. This
request was initiated at the Board of Governors and has been relayed as a key
priority by the UNF administration.
In order to implement the reduction
of 8 hours, the three engineering programs have agreed on common mechanisms to
optimize general education credits where possible to achieve a reduction of 6
credit hours. Each program has devised individual mechanisms to reduce the two
remaining credit hours while maintaining curricular needs and adhering to
constraints of our accrediting body.
In coordination with the General
Education Council (a faculty body of elected and appointed representatives) the
General Education curriculum for all engineering majors will, on a temporary
basis, be structured as follows:
Writing Effectively (6 credits
reduced from 9 in cooperation with the Gen Ed Council)
ENC1101 Introduction to Rhetoric
and Writing (3 credits)
ENC3250 Professional Communications
(3 Credits)
Thinking Critically (12 credits)
State of Florida “Common Core” in
Social Sciences (3 credits)
State of Florida “Common Core” in
Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
One course from the approved list
of UNF courses in “Diversity and Difference” (3 credits)
One course from the 3 above or an
additional list of approved courses (3 Credits)
Reasoning and Analyzing
Quantitatively (15 credits increased from 12 in cooperation with the Gen Ed
Council)
4 credits satisfied by MAC 2311
Calculus I
4 credits satisfied by MAC 2312
Calculus II
3 credits satisfied by MAP2302
Ordinary Differential Equations
3 credits satisfied by PHY 1041
Physics for Engineers I
1 credit satisfied by PHY 2048L
Calculus-Based Physics I Lab
Experiential or Integrative
Learning or Additional Credits from the 3 other areas (3 credits)
3 credits satisfied by PHY2042
Physics for Engineers II
Engineering students will be
allowed to substitute 3 credit hours from a General Education course in
Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis and the Scientific Method for 3 credit
hours in Writing Effectively, on a temporary basis (as detailed in the attached
proposal from the General Education Council). Doing so allows a total of 18
credits of Engineering prerequisites to also count toward General Education.
The General Education Council
agreed to allow this curricular adjustment for a period of three years, for
students who have declared an Engineering major. During the three-year period
the General Education Council and broader UNF community will consider how the
General Education curriculum can be modified to provide additional flexibility
to all UNF students.
The reduction in credits from
Writing Effectively will be compensated by the addition of writing
instructional content in EGN1001C (Introduction to Engineering, 3 credits) and
EML4551 (Senior Capstone Design I, 3 credits) and EML4552 (Senior Capstone
Design II, 3 credits). This supplemental writing instructional content will be
supported by the Writing Center in alignment with the goals of the QEP. In
addition, each program is adding ENC3250 (Professional Communications, 3
credits) as a degree requirement and a prerequisite to senior design to ensure
increasing proficiency in student writing throughout the curriculum.
Support letters for the writing
changes are included from COAS Associate Dean Krista Paulsen (Chair Gen Ed
Council), Dr. Keith Cartwright (Chair of English Department), and Dr. Linda
Howell (Director of Writing Center).
The mechanical engineering program
has devised the mechanisms below to reduce the two remaining credit hours while
maintaining curricular needs and adhering to constraints of our accrediting
body.
Program requirement
ENC3250 (Professional
Communications, 3 credits) is being added as a program requirement.
Addition of pre-requisite
ENC3250 (Professional
Communications, 3 credits) will be now be included as a prerequisite course for
EML 4551 (Senior Capstone Design I, 3 credits). As part of the reduction,
general education requirements for mechanical engineering students are changing
and additional writing content will be included in the senior capstone design
sequence of courses EML 4551 (Senior Capstone Design I, 3 credits) and EML 4552
(Senior Capstone Design II, 3 credits).
Course termination and removal from
the program of study
Terminate the 3-credit course
EML4313 (Control of Machinery, 3 credits) since the course material will be
inserted into the combined course EML4301C (Control of Machinery, 3 credits).
This change was done to integrate the course and the laboratory.
Removal of co-requisite
Removed the co-requisite of EML4313
(Control of Machinery, 3 credits) from EML4301L (Mechanical Systems Laboratory,
1 credits) since the EML4313 (Control of Machinery) course was terminated.
Credit hour change
Changed EML4301L (Control of
Machinery, 1 credit) from a 1 credit hour course to a 3-credit hour course due
to the addition of the content from EML4313 (Control of Machinery, 3 credits).
Course name change
Changed EML4301L (Mechanical Systems
Laboratory, 1 credit) course to be a combined course named EML4301C (Control of
Machinery, 3 credits). The credit hour and course name change was done to
EML4301L (Mechanical Systems Laboratory, 1 credit) instead of EML4313 (Control
of Machinery, 3 credits) in order to keep the lab fees associated with the lab
component.
Changed course descriptions
EML4301C (Control of Machinery) (3
credit hr). Added the content from the EML4313 (Control of Machinery) course
since these courses were combined.
The mechanical engineering program
is reducing the number of credits for EML4552 (Senior Capstone Design II, 3
credits) from 4 to 3. This reduction will align the credit hours assigned to
Senior Capstone Design II in all three engineering programs and with the typical
3 credit hours for a course.
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Terminate an
existing course
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Control of
Machinery
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EML
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Senior (4xxx)
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313
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Terminate the 3-credit course EML4313 (Control of Machinery) since
the course material will be inserted into the combined course EML4301C
(Control of Machinery). This change was done to integrate the course and the
laboratory together.
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Change an existing
course
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Mechanical Systems
Laboratory
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EML
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Senior (4xxx)
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301 L
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Removal of co-requisite
Removed the co-requisite of EML4313 (Control of Machinery, 3 credits)
from EML4301L (Mechanical Systems Laboratory, 1 credits) since the EML4313
(Control of Machinery) course was terminated.
Credit hour change
Changed EML4301L
(Mechanical Systems Laboratory, 1 credit)
from a 1 credit hour course to a 3-credit hour course due to the addition of
the content from EML4313 (Control of Machinery, 3 credits).
Course name change
Changed EML4301L (Mechanical Systems Laboratory, 1 credit) course to
be a combined course named EML4301C (Control of Machinery, 3 credits). The
credit hour and course name change was done to EML4301L (Mechanical Systems
Laboratory, 1 credit) instead of EML4313 (Control of Machinery, 3 credits) in
order to keep the lab fees associated with the lab component.
Changed course descriptions
EML4301C (Control of Machinery) (3 credit hr). Added the content from
the EML4313 (Control of Machinery) course since these courses were combined.
New Course Description:
EML4301C Control of Machinery (3 credit hrs)
Prerequisite: EML 4312
Description: This course covers the theory and design of linear
systems control techniques applied to control of machinery. The study of
design and implementation of control systems using conventional automatic
controllers for linear systems, compensation techniques, and discrete-time
control systems for machine control is covered. One or more advanced topics
in modern control theory including adaptive control, optimal control, control
of nonlinear systems are introduced. Simulation and/or hardware of modern
control systems is covered.
Course Fees: $40
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Change an existing
course
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Senior Capstone
Design II
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EML
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Senior (4xxx)
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552
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Credit hour change
The mechanical engineering program is reducing the number of credits
for EML 4552 (Senior Capstone Design II) from 4 to 3. This reduction will
align the credit hours assigned to Senior Capstone Design II in all three
engineering programs.
As part of the reduction, general education requirements for
mechanical engineering students are changing and additional writing content
will be included in the senior capstone design sequence of courses EML 4551
(Senior Capstone Design I, 3 credits) and EML 4552 (Senior Capstone Design
II, 3 credits) to bolster the learning outcomes related to writing.
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Change an existing
course
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Senior Capstone
Design I
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EML
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Senior (4xxx)
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551
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Addition of pre-requisite
ENC 3250 (Professional Communications) will be now be included as a prerequisite
course for EML 4551 (Senior Capstone Design I). As part of the reduction,
general education requirements for mechanical engineering students are
changing and additional writing content will be included in the senior
capstone design sequence of courses EML 4551 (Senior Capstone Design I) and
EML 4552 (Senior Capstone Design II).
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