ECE Curriculum Committee Meeting Agenda for April 11, 2008

Members: Jont Allen, Tangul Basar, Stephen Bishop, Nikita Borisov, Donna Brown, Patrick Chapman, Matthew Frank, Kuang-Chien Hsieh, Yih-Chun Hu, Douglas Jones, Erhan Kudeki, Stephen Levinson, Xiuling Li, Jonathan Makela, Sean Meyn, Michael Oelze, Ada Poon, Pramod Viswanath, Bruce Wheeler

Review minutes of the April 4, 2008 meeting
Chair presents medium-term curricular review/revision plan for Committee
- Spring 2008 (4/11, 4/18, 4/25): Finish initial review of advanced core courses and discuss changes with course directors
  - ECE 410 done
  - ECE 440: 4/11, 4/18 as needed
  - 329/450 on 4/11 or 4/18 (Kudeki)
  - 430: Meet w Pete Sauer on 4/18
  - 442 and 443: Meet with Elyse Rosenbaum, David Zhang and colleagues on 4/25
- Fall 2008
  - Make final decisions on which (revised) courses to retain, remove, or add to the required core and "M of N" advanced core for EE curriculum
  - Decide which revised courses to include in CompE curriculum
  - Review EE core courses (110, 210, 313)
- Spring 2009
  - Submit revised courses, curricula to College, University for approval
  - Review CompE core courses (190, 290, 385, 391)
  - Monitor progress on advanced core course revisions
Dick Blahut leads discussion of Andrew Muehlfield's plan to promote study abroad.
Discuss various options for including physical electronics material in the ECE core and take informational poll to narrow down options.
Erhan Kudeki leads discussion of ECE 329 and ECE 450 revision plans (time permitting).
Adjourn by 11:50 AM