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Senate
Bill Krane, Chair
Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies
Faculty of Applied Sciences (SCUS 11-44)
DATE
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October 14, 2011
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For information:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of October 13, 2011, SCUS approved the following
curriculum revisions effective Summer 2012:
1. School of Engineering Science (SCUS 11-44a)
(a) New Course Proposal: ENSC 411-4, The Business of Entrepreneurial Engineering
(b) Changes to prerequisite and/or/ title and/or description for ENSC 201, 283, 384 and 476
Senators wishing to consult a more detailed report of curriculum revisions may do so by going to
Docushare: https://docushare.sfu.ca/dsweb/View/Collection-12682
If you are unable to access the information, please call 778-782-3168 or email shelley gair@sfu.ca.
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FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
ATTENTION Bill Krane, Chair SCUS
FROM
Rob Cameron, Associate Dean,
Faculty of Applied Sciences
SCUS 11-44
RE
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Undergraduate Curriculum Changes
DATE
September 19, 2011
The following changes have been approved by the FAS Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee and are appended here for approval by SCUS and
recommendation to Senate.
1. Engineering Science:
New Course Proposal: ENSC 411 Business of Entrepreneurial
Engineering (includes revision to current ENSC 201)
Course Change: ENSC 201 - The Business of Engineering
Course Change: ENSC 283 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Course Change: ENSC 384 Mechatronics Design II
Course Change: ENSC 476 Biophotonics and Microscopy Techniques
SIMON PRASER UNIVERSITY
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SIMON ERASER UNIVERSITY
Senate Committee for Undergraduate Studies
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
Course Number:
ENSC 411-4
Course Title:
The Business of Entrepreneurial Engineering
Long - for calendar/schedule no more than 100 characters including
spaces/punctuation
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Entrepreneurial Engineering
State number ofhours for Lect ( 3) Sem( ) Tut (1 ) Lab ( )
Course Description (for Calendar). Attach a course outline to this proposal.
This course combines the engineering economics covered in ENSC 201 with a
series of guest lectures on entrepreneurship and the writing of a business plan in
collaboration with students from the Faculty of Business
Prerequisite:
Students must have completed 90credits and have a GPA above 3.0.
Students who have taken ENSC 201cannot take this course for credit
Corequisite:
None
Special Instructions: i.e. does this course replicate the content of a previously-
approved course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for both
courses. Ifso, this should be noted in the pre-requisita.
This course is similar to ENSC 201 and students cannot take both forcredit.
Course(s). to be dropped if this course is approved:
None
Rationale for Introduction of this Course:
SCUS 2011
This course is intended for final-year students in Engineering with an interest in
entrepreneurship and a GPAabove 3.0. It will be taught in the same seminar as
BUS 477. ENSC and BUS students will attend a weekly lecture together and will
collaborate in developing a business plan. This course is introduced as an
alternative to ENSC 201, to ensure that those ENSC students collaborating with
BUS will have the background and the interest to do so effectively.
Scheduling and Registration Information:
Indicate effective
semester/year
course would be first offered and planned
frequency
of
offering thereafter.
First offered Fall 2011 and every year thereafter.
There is a two-semester wait forimplementation of any new course.
Waiver required
Yes
Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum?
ENSC studentsarerequired to take either ENSC 201 (the default) or ENSC 411 (an
elective option for those who qualify).
What is the probable enrolmentwhen offered?
30
Which of your present CFL facultyhave the expertise to offer this course?
Jones, Abdulhussein
Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition
fees? (ifso, attach mandatory supplementary fee approval form)
No.
Resource Implications:
Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by
Senateuntil funding has been committed for necessarylibrary materials. Each
new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, if
appropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been addressed.
Campus where course will be taught:
Burnaby
SCUS2011
Library report status
No library resources required
Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to
accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be eliminated or will
the frequency of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in
pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering?
This course will require no additionalresources. Students will take two of their
weekly lectures together with the engineering students in ENSC 201, and the
third together with business students in BUS 477.
Any outstanding resource issues to be addressed prior to implementation: space,
laboratory equipment, etc.
No
Approvals
1. Departmental approval
indicates that the Department has approved the
content of the course, and has consultedwith other Departments and Faculties
regarding
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proposed
proposed
coursecourse
contentcontent
andand
overlapoverlap
issues,
issues.
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Date
Chair, Faculty Curriculum Committee
Date
2.
Faculty approval
indicates that all the necessary course content and overlap
concerns have been resolved, and that the Faculty/Department commits to
providijw the rpfjuired Library funds.
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ENSC 411-4
The Business of Entreprenurial Engineering
Prerequisites:
90 or more credits; students should have a GPA above 3.00. Students will
normally
have
have
completed
their
capstone
design
course.
Overview:
This course is an elective alternative to ENSC 201, Engineering Economics. It covers the entire
syllabus of that course: the time value of money, simple and compound interest, replacement
analysis, taxes, inflation, and decision-making under conditions of risk and uncertainty. In
addition, it involves attending one additional lecture per week of the business course, BUS 477,
and working in small teams with the business students in that course to develop a business plan
for an engineering invention. Enrollment for this course is restricted in order to ensure that
students have the background and motivation to collaborate on equal terms with final-year
business students. Students cannot take both courses for credit.
Course Text:
Global Engineering Economics,
Fraser, Jewkes et al.. Pearson 2009.
Course Requirements:
Business plan
40%
Mid-term
20%
Final Exam
40%
The School expects that the grades awarded in this course will bearsome reasonable relation to established
university-wide practices with respect to both levels and distribution of grades. In addition, the School will follow
Policy T10.02 with respect to "Intellectual Honesty" and "Academic Discipline" (see the current Calendar, General
Regulations section).
SCHEDULE
Week 1: Equivalence
Week 2: Annuities
Week 3: Rates of Return
Week 4: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Week 5: The Company
Week 6: Depreciation
Week 7: Taxation
Week 8: The CCTF
Week 9: Inflation
Week 10: Uncertainty Analysis
Week 11: Risk Analysis
Week 12: Decision Trees and the Monte Carlo Method
Week 13: Qualitative Considerations
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
COURSE CHANGE/DELETION
Existing Course, Changes Recommended
Please check appropriate revision(s):
Course number
Credit
•
•
Indicate number of hours for: Lecture_
FROM
Course Number:
ENSC 283
Credits (Units)_
3
TITLE
Title
•
Description
•
Seminar
Prerequisite
IX|
Tutorial
to
Course Number_
Credits (Units)
(1) Long title for calendar and schedule, no more than 100 characters including spaces and punctuation.
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
(2) Short title for enrolment and transcript, no more than 30 characters including spaces and punctuation.
Intro. Fluid Mech.
DESCRIPTION
Physical properties of fluids and fundamental
concepts in fluid mechanics. Hydrostatics.
Conservation laws for mass, momentum and energy.
Flow similarityand dimensional analysis as applied to
engineering problems in fluid mechanics. Laminar
and turbulent flow. Engineering applications such as
flow measurement, flow in pipes and fluid forces on
moving bodies.
Course deletion
•
Lab
PREREQUISITE: From:
PHYS 141, MATH 152, and 310
PREREQUISITE: To:
PHYS 140, MATH 152, and 310
Rationale
In the original submission, there was a typo with regards to Physics course. Instead of PHYS 140, it was
written PHYS 141. Introduction to Fluid Mechanic (ENSC 283) requires prior knowledge of Mechanics and
Modern Physics (ENSC 140).
Does thiscoursereplicate the content of a previously approved course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for both
courses?If so, this should be
noted in the prerequisite.
Effective term and year
Fall 2011
SFU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
COURSE CHANGE/DELETION
Existing Course, Changes Recommended
Please check appropriate revision(s):
Course number
Credit
D
•
Indicate number of hours for: Lecture_
FROM
Course Number_
384
Credits (Units)_
4
TITLE
ENSC
Title
•
Description
•
Seminar
Prerequisite
m
Tutorial
to
Course Number_
Credits (Units)_
(1) Long title for calendar and schedule, no more than 100 characters including spaces and punctuation.
Mechatronics Design II
(2) Short title for enrolment and transcript, no more than 30 characters including spaces and punctuation.
Mechatronics Desn. II
DESCRIPTION
Interweaves mechanisms, electronics, sensors, and
control strategies with software and information
technology to examine the demands and ideas of
customers and find the most efficient, cost-effective
method to transform their goals into successful
commercial products. Most of the term is devoted to a
significantdesign project in which student groups
work independently and competitively, applying the
design, process to a project goal set by the faculty
Course deletion
•
Lab
PREREQUISITE
ENSC 382, 381, and 182. ENSC 312, 332
and 387 can either be taken as prerequisites
or concurrently
Rationale
PREREQUISITE
ENSC 382, 381, 182. ENSC 332 and 387 can
either be taken as prerequisites or concurrently
Removing ENSC 312 as a prereq:ENSC 312 is not required for ENSC 384.
Does this course replicate the content of a previously approved course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for both
courses?If so, this shouldbe
noted in the prerequisite.
Effective term and year Summer 2011
SFU
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Existing Course, Changes Recommended
Please check appropriate revision(s):
COURSE CHANGE/DELETION
Course number
Credit
•
•
Indicate number of hours for: Lecture_
FROM
Title
Description
H
Seminar
Prerequisite
Tutorial
Course deletion
•
Course Number_:
ENSC
476
Credits (Units)
4
TITLE
to
Course Number_
Credits
(Units)_
Lab
(1) Long title for calendar and schedule, no more than 100 characters including spaces and punctuation.
FROM
Biophotonics
TO:
Biophotonics and Microscopy Techniques
(2) Short title for enrolment and transcript, no more than 30 characters including spaces and punctuation.
From: Biophotonics
To Biophotonics/Microscopy
DESCRIPTION FROM
Basic physics of light-biomatter interactions and
tissue optics. With this background students will
embark on practical issues such as light-induced
effects in bio-systems, diagnostic techniques and
instrumentation, therapeutic instrumentation and
applications, introduction to optical tomography,
and finally they will learn about recent
developments in optical sensors and
applications. Lectures are accompanied by
laboratory activities ending with a few basic
evaluation projects and a final design and
fabrication project. After this course the students
will be able to evaluate feasibility of new
photonic-based medical devices, such as
diagnostic tools and light treatment technologies,
and design and optimize these devices.
PREREQUISITE
ENSC 376
Rationale
To
Basic physics and applications of light-biomatter
interactions, tissue optics and microscopy
instrumentation. With this background students will
embark on practical issues such as light-induced effects
in bio-systems, microscopy diagnostic techniques,
therapeutic instrumentation and applications, optical
tomography and recent developments in optical
sensors. Lectures are accompanied by laboratory
evaluation projects plus a final design and fabrication
project.
PREREQUISITE
Phys 121 or 102 or 141 required. ENSC 376 or 470 recommend.
Rational:
This course expanded to meet the needs for both biomedical engineering students and students in biology or
physics. Prereqs changes to fit the wider audience. Also ENSC 470 has replaced ENSC 376 in the course
offerings.
Does this course replicate the content of a previously approved course to such an extent that students should not receive credit for both
courses? If so, this shouldbe
noted in the prerequisite.
Effective term and year
Fall 2011_
