Administrative Actions
	REPORT
April 7, 2009

I.	ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION	
	A. Communication
	Cross-list 1 Course							Eff. Term:  Fall 2009
1.	COMM-482	Comparative Media in Europe (4)
	Enroll in  JOUR 482
•	Approved

II.	ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION	
	A. Educational Policy, Planning and Administration
	Terminate 1 Course							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.	EDPA-623 Emerging Educational Enterprises: Schools, Colleges, and Universities as Economic 	Organizations (3)
Examination of trends of the education industry, including forces affecting emerging for-profit and "dot.com" educating businesses as well as traditional schools, colleges, and universities.
•	Approved

III.	VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING	

	A.	Industrial Systems Engineering
Cross-list a Course							Eff. Term Fall 2009
1.	ISE-556	Stochastic Systems and Finance (3)
Enroll in EE 556.
>	Approved
	
	B.  Materials Science
	Terminate 8 Courses							Eff. Term: Fall 2009
1.	MASC-507	Magnetic and Dielectric Properties of Materials (3)
Definitions, properties of field quantities, electric and magnetic energy; exchange coupling; ferro-, ferri-, and antiferromagnetism; ferro-electricity; crystalline anisotropy; permeability; dielectric constants; resonance; spin waves; relaxation. Prerequisite: 502.
•	Approved

2.	MASC-508	Imperfections in Solids (3)
Types of imperfections; point defects, dislocations; effects on optical, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties of solids; phase equilibria involving point effects; imperfection pairing; intersolubility effects. Prerequisite: 502 and 503.
•	Approved

3.	MASC-509	Phase Transformations (3)
Thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleation and growth, crystallographic processes in diffusional transformations, precipitation from solid solutions, eutectoid decomposition, cellular phase separation, ordering reactions, diffusionless transformations. Prerequisite: MASC-404.
•	Approved

4.	MASC-513	Multilayered Materials and Properties (3)
Fabrication methods, structural determination via x-ray and electron diffraction, electrical behavior, optical properties via absorption, luminescence, and light scattering.
•	Approved

5.	MASC-518	Semiconductor Materials for Devices (3)
Choice of materials systems, thermodynamics, kinetics and methods of bulk and epitaxial crystal growth of semiconductors and their alloys for electronic and optoelectronic devices.
•	Approved

6.	MASC-521	Corrosion Science (3)
Chemical thermodynamics of corrosion; electrochemical mechanisms; kinetics of electrode reactions; passivity; galvanic couples; localized corrosion; stress corrosion cracking; corrosion fatigue; corrosion inhibition; atmospheric corrosion.
•	Approved

7.	MASC-563	Dislocation Mechanics (3)
Athermal and thermally-activated flow; deformation mechanisms; strengthening processes; solid solution and dispersion hardening; effect of impurity clouds; ordering phenomena; diffusion-controlled processes. Prerequisite: 561.
•	Approved

8.	MASC-607	Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Wells and 	Superlattices (3)
Quantum well potential and particle confinement, electron-electron, electron-phonon and electron-impurity interactions, transport, magneto-transport, optical and magneto-optical properties, collective modes.
•	Approved

	C.  Petroleum Engineering
	Revise 1 Course								Eff. Term: Fall 2009
	1.	PTE-531	Enhanced Oil Recovery (3)
NEW:  Survey of current enhanced oil recovery processess, including water-flooding, miscible displacement, and thermal oil recovery. Prerequisite(s) PTE-464 . Recommended Preparation PTE 507

CURRENT: This course surveys current enhanced oil recovery processess, including water-flooding, miscible displacement, and thermal oil recovery. Prerequisite(s)	PTE 507
•	Approved