THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                         FACULTY SENATE 

Senate Document Number  3191S 
Date of Senate Approval     3/28/91

 
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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:   

APC DOCUMENT #28:  Addition of Two Engineering Courses

1.   Addition of the Courses ENGR 211, Electric Circuits I, and
     ENGR 213, Electric Circuits I Laboratory to the UNCA Catalog


CATALOG DESCRIPTIONS:

ENGR 211  Electric Circuits I (3)
          Introduction to analysis and design of electric circuits. 
          Circuit elements and parameters, resistance, capacitance,
          inductance, impedance, admittance, charge, current,
          voltage, energy, power.  Kirchoff's voltage and current
          laws.  Superposition, periodic functions, RMS values,
          phasors, resonance, Q, bandwidth.  Balanced three-phase
          systems. D-c, a-c steady state and transient conditions.
          Prerequisite: MATH 192 and PHYS 221.  Co-requisite: MATH
          291 and PHYS 222.

ENGR 213  Electric Circuits I Laboratory (1)
          Laboratory work on material treated in ENGR 211
          emphasizing elementary design principles.  Co-requisite: 
          ENGR 211.


2.   RATIONALE
     When the 2 + 2 Engineering Program was instituted at UNCA,
     most students were expected to take the three mechanics
     subjects Statics (ENGR 206), Dynamics (ENGR 208) and Solid
     Mechanics (ENGR 314).  (Subsequently, two of the three courses
     became required at UNCA for Industrial and Engineering
     Management as well.)

     With the offering of ENGR 100, Introduction to Engineering,
     and the mechanics courses, it was feasible to complete in four
     years the requirements for all NCSU engineering curricula
     except Bio.- & Ag.- and Nuclear Engineering.  These are not
     advertised in the 2 + 2 Program even though we have had a
     total of one student in each of the two tracks in the last
     three years.  Curriculum changes in Chemical, Civil and
     Electrical Engineering led to the inclusion of two or four
     summer courses between the sophomore and junior years for    
     2 + 2 students.  As an example, the now obsolete Electrical
     Engineering curriculum display is attached.  

     We were still able to advertise a "2 + 2" Engineering Program. 
     However, the most recent change in the Electrical Engineering
     curriculum included the establishment of a third Electrical
     Engineering lecture and lab course combination in the 
     sophomore year.  In consequence, it is no longer possible to
     catch up in the summer for an Electrical Engineering 2 + 2
     student who is "on schedule".

     A further development is that fully half of the new
     engineering freshmen this year expressed their choice of
     Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (similar
     curriculum to electrical).

     Therefore, in order to serve this large segment of the 2 + 2
     Engineering population at UNCA and to re-establish the 4-year
     timetable as a feasible pattern for Electrical Engineering, we
     must offer the first electric circuits course on the UNCA
     campus.

     RESOURCES
     The plan is for NCSU Adjunct Associate Professor Richard
     Potter to teach the course and the laboratory.  The Physics
     Department has promised to make facilities available for the
     lab.  The students will pay for the supplies they consume. 
     The added use of oscilloscopes, etc. will add an increment to
     maintenance and replacement for the Physics Department.

     EXPECTED ENROLLMENT
     10-15, based on offering the course once a year, in the
     spring.  If we are able to retain a larger percentage of our
     students, this could go up further.


     CURRICULA FOR WHICH THESE COURSES ARE REQUIRED
     The courses, ENGR 211 and ENGR 213, will be required for
     Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and may be
     taken as electives by other engineering and physics majors.

3.   Effective Spring Semester 1992