Administrative Actions

	REPORT

March, 2009

I.	ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION					Journalism
A.	Revise	Course								Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.	JOUR-565	Corporate Public Relations and Reputation (3)
NEW: Planning, managing and evaluating strategic public relations campaigns that achieve 
corporate business goals by effectively communicating with key constituencies and managing 
organizational reputation.
CURRENT: Planning, managing and evaluating strategic public relations campaigns to 
effectively communicate with the investor community, regulators and related constituencies 
regarding the financial performance and reputation of the business entity and its management.
>	Approved

II.	VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING			
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
A.	Terminate sixteen Courses					Eff. Term: Summer 2009

1.	AME-413	Fuels and Combustion Fundamentals (3)
Fuel properties related to combustion processes; fundamentals of combustion processes, standard combustion tests, and calculation of flame properties. Applications.
>	Approved

2.	AME-431	Thermal Design and Analysis of Electronic Equipment (3)
Cooling problems in electronic equipment; convective cooling; extended surfaces; cold plates; 
phase-change methods; thermoelectric cooking; Peltier refrigeration. Application to space 
avionics and modern computers.
>	Approved

3.	AME-452	Intermediate Kinematics (3)
Analytical solutions to problems in rigid body kinematics. Complex number and matrix formulations; degrees of freedom and constraint; applications to mechanism synthesis.
>	Approved

4.	AME-454	Aerospace Structural Design Project (3)
Synthesis of aerospace structural systems with prescribed strength and stiffness constraints; project proposals; concept generation and preliminary analysis; evaluation of alternate design approaches; project management; technical presentations.
>	Approved

5.	AME-480	Environmental Design and Control (3)
Detailed analysis of psychometric, heat-transfer, and thermodynamic parameters affecting domestic, commercial, and space environmental control; selection of equipment and instrumentation. Case studies.
>	Approved

6.	AME-486	Fundamental Processes in High Temperature Gases (3)
Fundamental collisional and radiative processes (ionic, atomic, and molecular); basic concepts and principles of microscopic approach to description of physical properties of energetic gas 
>	Approved

7.	AME-489	Numerical Methods in Engineering (3)
Numerical techniques suitable for computer solution of roots of equations, integration, simultaneous algebraic equations, ordinary and partial differential equations, polynomial approximations, eigenvalue problems. Recommended preparation: FORTRAN or C 
>	Approved

8.	AME-512	Advanced Thermodynamics (3)
Thermodynamics of irreversible processes; Onsager relations; kinetic theory; transport processes; statistical thermodynamics; ideal gas properties at high temperatures.
>	Approved

9.	AME-531	Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies (3)
Formulation of linearized theories for evaluating forces and moments on flight geometrics in subsonic and supersonic flow.
>	Approved

10.	AME-534	Lubrication, Friction, and Wear (3)
Theories of lubrication, friction, and wear; their application to the design of mechanical systems and components, including gears, bearings, clutches, and brakes.
>	Approved

11.	AME-536	Rotating Fluid Machinery (3)
Aerodynamics of compressors and turbines; subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flow characteristics; secondary flow and stall; stability; component matching of total engine; nondimensional representation of performance.
>	Approved

12.	AME-546	Basic Aeroelasticity (3)
Interaction of aerodynamic and structural forces. Static aeroelasticity: life effectiveness, divergence, reversal. Vibration and flutter: eigenvalues, introduction to unsteady aerodynamics. Computers: influence coefficient, modal solutions.
>	Approved

13.	AME-547	Advanced Aeroelasticity (3)
Transient, frequency, and random response: dynamic loads, atmospheric turbulence, numerical analysis, power spectral analysis; servo system interaction; unsteady compressible potential theory.
>	Approved

14.	AME-556	Systems Architecture Design Experience (3)
This course gives the student design experience which mirrors the activities of a systems architect during the architecturing process. Interdisciplinary skills are emphasized.
>	Approved
Note: This course is to be removed from a list of technical elective options for the MS, Product Development Engineering

15.	AME-570ab	Current Topics in Aerodynamics (3-3)
Selected material of current engineering interest in aerospace engineering and related fields.
>	Approved

16.	AME-589x	Management for Engineers (4)
Fundamentals of Project Management; interpersonal management, technology and market assessment; multiple perspective analysis; decision making based on qualitative and quantitative data. Not open to majors in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
>	Approved
Note: This course is to be removed from a list of technical elective options for the MS, Systems Architecting and Engineering

Biomedical Engineering
B.	Terminate Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.	BME-591ab	Mathematical Biophysics (3)
Formulation of biological problems in mathematical terms. Analytical and computational solution of the relevant equations.
>	Approved

Civil Engineering
C.	Revise Course								Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.	CE-549	Building Design Project (3)
NEW  Integrated design project following design office procedures. A building will be designed in detail using the team approach. Capstone course for M.Eng. in Structural Design. Corequisite(s) CE 539.  Prerequisites:  CE 459 or CE 541a, CE 458 or CE 529a, CE 537.
CURRENT prerequisites:  CE 458 or 488, CE 537, CE 539, CE 459
>	Approved
Change prerequisites.  No change to Corequisite.

D.	Terminate seven Courses						Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.	CE 105 Surveying for Civil Engineering (2)
Plane surveying, measurement of distances and angles, horizontal curves, surveying computations. Laboratory.
>	Approved

2.	CE-306	Civil Engineering Measurement Systems (3)
Mensuration and instrumentation for civil engineering practice. Cadastral, route, and construction surveying systems. Professional responsibility, managerial and supervisory controls for field surveying operations. Prerequisite: CE 105.
>	Approved

3.	CE-406	Microcomputer Applications in Civil Engineering (3)
Solution of civil engineering problems using microcomputers; frame analysis, beam and column design; common database problems, solution of large numerical problems using limited computer resources.
>	Approved

4.  CE-429	Structural Concept Design Project (3)
Synthesis of structural systems to meet strength and stiffness requirements: RFPs; structural behavior; concept generation; preliminary analysis; trade-off studies; evaluation criteria; project management; technical presentations.
>	Approved

5.  CE-512ab	Special Topics in Hydrology (3-3)
(a) Topics in the hydrology of groundwater and low flow. (b) Topics in the hydrology of floods and surface drainage.
>	Approved

6.  CE-526	Hydraulic Structures (3)
Technical and economic analysis of hydraulic structures for water power, irrigation, and flood control; masonry, earth and rock-fill dams, outlet works. Prerequisites: 446 and 476.
>	Approved

7.  CE-547	Engineering Rock Mechanics (3)
Basic characteristics of rocks; mechanical behavior of rocks, deformation, strength, and rock fracture; engineering applications, mining, excavation, tunneling, drilling, blasting, cutting, and slope stability. Prerequisite: CE-464
>	Approved

Computer Science
	E. Revise Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.  CSCI-402	Operating Systems (3)
NEW: Basic issues in concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization scheduling, memory management, protection and access control, inter-process communication, and structured design. Laboratory experiences with Unix-like operating system. 
CURRENT: Same as above, but with ':'Not available for graduate credit to computer science 
majors.'
>	Approved
Remove 'x' suffix from course number which means the following credit restriction will no longer apply: 'Not available for graduate credit to computer science majors.'

Electrical Engineering
F. Revise two Courses						Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.  EE-202L	Linear Circuits (4)
NEW: Lumped circuit elements; network equations; zero-input and zero-state responses; 
sinusoidal steady-state analysis; impedance; resonance; network functions; power concepts; 
transformers; Laplace transforms. Prerequisites: PHYS 152 and EE 200.
CURRENT: Lumped circuit elements; network equations; zero-input and zero-state responses; 
sinusoidal steady-state analysis; impedance; resonance; network functions; power concepts; transformers; Laplace transforms.   Corequisite: MATH-245. Prerequisites: PHYS 152 and EE 200.
>	Approved
Remove co-requisite.

2.  EE-596 Wavelets (3)
NEW: The theory and application of wavelet decomposition of signals. Includes subband coding, image compression, multiresolution signal processing, filter banks, and time-frequency tilings. Prerequisites:  EE 441 and EE 483.  Recommended preparation:  EE 569, MATH 570a
CURRENT: Same title and catalog description.  Prerequisite:  EE-483.   Recommended preparation: EE 569, MATH 570a.
>	Approved
Adding a prerequisite.

G. Terminate five Courses					Eff. Term: Summer 2009
1. EE-576	Analytical Techniques for Electromagnetic Theory (3)
Study of analytical techniques commonly used in electromagnetic theory including integral transforms, asymptotic approximations, modal expansions, series transformations, function theoretic methods, and variational formulations
>	Approved

2. EE-604	Microwave Solid State Devices (3)
Interactions between fields and drifting carriers which lead to active device operation at microwave frequencies. Avalanche, transferred electron, and acoustoelectric oscillators and amplifiers; parametric interactions. Recommended preparation: 537 or 601.
>	Approved

3. EE-605	Heterojunction Materials and Devices (3)
Heterojunction materials systems, heterojunction theory, majority and minority carrier transport, carrier confinement, tunneling, quasi-electric fields, modulation doping, lasers detectors, solar cells, transistors and quantum wells. Prerequisite: EE 601
>	Approved

4. EE-630	Advanced Electrical Circuit Theory (3)
Systematic formulation of electrical network theory leading to generalized analysis methods. Multiport networks and electrical adjoints for sensitivity analyses. Feedback and stability theory.
>	Approved

5. EE-689	Optical Computing Systems (3)
Systems for analog, discrete and binary numerical computations on 1-D or multidimensional data; matrix-vector processors; input/output; combinational and sequential logic; interconnections; parallel optical processors. Prerequisite: 566.
>	Approved

Environmental Engineering
H.   Revise Course						Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. ENE-535	Air Pollution Management: Exposure, Health Effects and Risk (3)
NEW TITLE: Air Pollution Management: Exposure, Health Effects and Risk
Pollutant sampling; occupational, community, and personal exposures; receptor modeling; data analysis; health effects of air pollutants. 
CURRENT TITLE: Applied Air Quality Management
>	Approved

Industrial and Systems Engineering
I.  Cross-list four courses						Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. CSCI-521	Optimization: Theory and Algorithms
Enroll in ISE-520.
>	Approved
Cross list with ISE 520

2. CSCI-536	Linear Programming and Extensions
Enroll in ISE-536.
>	Approved
Cross list with ISE 536

3. ISE-512	Software Management and Economics
Enroll in CSCI 510
>	Approved
Cross list with CSCI 510

4. ISE-560	Analysis of Algorithms
Enroll in CSCI 570
>	Approved
Cross list with CSCI 570

J.  Revise	Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. SAE-543	Case Studies in Systems Engineering and Management (3)
NEW TITLE: Case Studies in Systems Engineering and Management
Real-world case studies in DoD, NASA, and commercial arenas, employing new methodologies to cover the fundamental positive and negative development learning principles of systems engineering.  Prerequisites: SAE 541 and SAE 549.
CURRENT TITLE: Case Studies in Systems Engineering
>	Approved
Title change only.

	Petroleum Engineering
K. Revise	Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. PTE-508	Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Flow & Transport Processes (3)
NEW TITLE: Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Flow & Transport Processes
Formulation and numerical solution of the equations describing the underground flow of fluids through porous media. Includes mass (contaminant) transport in single and multiphase flow.  
Recommended Preparation	PTE-507 
CURRENT TITLE: Simulation of Subsurface Flow and Transport Processes 
Description same. Prerequisite: PTE-507 Recommended Preparation: or graduate standing in Engineering
>	Approved

III.	COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES					
											Chemistry
A.	Revise	Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. CHEM-201Lgx	Chemistry in the Environment, Energy and Society (4)
NEW: A range of issues where chemistry impacts society will be explored. Topics such as global warming, pollution, energy utilization and genetic engineering will be covered. Not available for major credit for Chemistry or Biological Science majors.
CURRENT: A range of issues where chemistry impacts society will be explored. Topics such as global warming, pollution, energy utilization and genetic engineering will be covered.
>	Approved
Add credit restriction to existing course, with no other changes.

Classics
B.	Terminate two Courses					Eff. Term: Summer 2009
1. CLAS-210	Greek and Latin Roots of English (2)
Greek and Latin components of English, including specialized vocabularies in medicine, technology, and law. Historical relationship of English to Greek, Latin, and other languages.
>	Approved

2. CLAS-220g	Egypt and India: Colonial Experiences (4)
A comparative evaluation of the colonial experiences of Egypt and India. Emphasis on primary sources. Distinct historical periods are considered.
>	Approved

Comparative Literature
C. Cross-list a Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. COLT-449	Dante
Enroll in ITAL 450.
>	Approved
Cross-listing ITAL 450

English
D. Revise two Courses							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. ENGL-695	Graduate Fiction Form and Theory (4, max 12)
NEW: Seminar. Studies in fiction form and function or critical theory.
CURRENT: Seminar. Studies in fiction form and function or critical theory. Open only to 
Creative Writing Ph.D. degree candidates
>	Approved
Remove registration restriction.  This action will not add the course to a list of optional courses 
for post code 382

2. ENGL-698	Graduate Poetry Form and Theory (4, max 12)
NEW: Seminar. Studies in poetry form and function or critical theory. 
CURRENT: Seminar. Studies in poetry form and function or critical theory. Open only to Creative Writing Ph.D. students.
>	Approved
Remove registration restriction.  This action will not add the course to a list of optional courses 
for post code 382.

IV. 	KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE						Academic Medicine

A.  Revise 7 Courses:						Eff. Term: Fall 2009
Remove prerequisites from the following 6 courses:
1.  ACMD-502	Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine Worldwide (3)
NEW: Current approaches to leadership within the context of global academic medicine and health professions education; individual applications, group dynamics, teamwork, and interpersonal skill enhancement.
CURRENT: Prerequisite(s)	ACMD-501
>	Approved

2.  ACMD-503	Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers (3)
NEW: Exploration and practice of skills for promoting programs within academic medicine and health professions' education; building trust, organizational change, conflict resolution, negotiation, and managing resources.
CURRENT: Prerequisite(s)	ACMD-502
>	Approved

3.  ACMD-511	Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health (3)
NEW: Acquisition of cognitive knowledge and problem solving skills in health professions worldwide; instructional methods, assessment techniques, designing curricula for health professions education
CURRENT: Prerequisite(s)	ACMD-501
>	Approved

4.  ACMD-512	Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health II (3)
NEW: Learning theory, teaching methods, assessment techniques related to acquisition and reinforcement of competencies related to patient care, practice-based learning and improvement and systems-based practice.
CURRENT: Prerequisite(s)	ACMD-511
>	Approved

5.  ACMD-514	Accreditation and Program Evaluation in Academic Medicine (3)
NEW: Evaluating health professions training programs within guidelines of relevant accreditation organizations; models of evaluation, designing plans and tools for evaluation of program elements.
CURRENT: Prerequisite(s) ACMD-501
>	Approved

6.  ACMD-591	Designing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine (2)
NEW: Introduction to design and scholarly review of innovations in health professions education; needs assessment, problem selection, use of research methods to study an innovation. (No prerequisite).
CURRENT: Prerequisite(s) ACMD-501
>	Approved

Revise Course	
7.  ACMD-598	Fieldwork: Designing Innovations for the Health Professions (1-3, max 3)
Individual projects designing curricular or other innovations for the home program as an application of Year 1 concepts and as part of the capstone experience. 
CURRENT: Units 1-3, max 18.	
>	Approved
Revise unit value only.

V. 	SCHOOL OF MUSIC							Music Education

A.  Revise a Course					Eff. Term: Fall 2009
MUED-549B	Directed Teaching: Public School Music (2)
NEW:  Observation and teaching under the guidance of a university supervisor and a directing teacher. Open only to MAT, Single Subject (Music Education) majors.
CURRENT: Observation and teaching under the guidance of a university supervisor and a directing teacher. (No registration restriction)
>	Approved
Add a registration restriction.

VI.	SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT	 

A. 	Terminate Two Programs					Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1. 	Certificate, Public Policy Analysis and Management (52)
>	Approved

2. 	Certificate, Training and Human Resources Development (52)
>	Approved

B.	Terminate Four Courses					Eff. Term: Summer 2009
1.  PPD-312	The Experience of Place (4)
The examination and planning of spaces from the framework of the elemental senses - taste, touch, movement, sight, scent, and hearing. A humanist approach to planning.
>	Approved

2.  PPD-353abcd	Los Angeles Semester (4)
Intensive seminar with fieldwork in the nature of the urban community; its culture, economics, environment, politics, and social problems. May be substituted for general or departmental requirements on the approval of the appropriate dean or major department chair.
>	Approved

3.  PPD-419	Analysis for Planning and Development (4)
Presentation of concepts central to planning and development; macroanalytics--national, regional, and urban systems; microanalysis--behavior of individuals; systems analysis; investment analysis.
>	Approved

4.  PPD-495	Research in Public Administration (4)
Philosophy of science; research theory in social sciences; survey and control research methodology; research designs and analysis; research literature; individual research. (For undergraduates and masters students with emphasis on understanding research).
>	Approved

VII.	SCHOOL OF THEATRE	

A.  Revise a Course						Eff. Term: Fall 2009
THTR-529a	Textual Studies for Performance (4)
NEW: Close textual reading of dramatic texts as a fundamental tool for rehearsal and performance.  (No corequisite)
CURRENT: Same as New, but with Corequisite(s) (THTR-515A and THTR-520A and THTR-540A)
>	Approved