Memo

To: Randy Smith, Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Office of Academic Affairs

From: Rosie Quinzon-Bonello, Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Assessment RQB

Date: December 9, 2020

Re: Curriculum Changes – BS Engineering Technology

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Attached is a curriculum change proposal submitted by the Bachelor of Science Engineering Technology

program (BSET). Since its ODHE approval in October 2019, multiple curriculum changes have been made

following feedback received from multiple constituencies. The results from these discussions are

explained in detail in this proposal.

The College of Engineering Committee of Academic Affairs unanimously approved these curriculum

changes on December 4, 2020.

Thank you.

College of Engineering

Undergraduate Education & Student Services

122 Hitchcock Hall 2070 Neil Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210-1278

614-292-2651 Phone

614-292-9379 Fax

engineering.osu.edu

Ohio Manufacturing Institute 5054 Smith Laboratory

174 W. 18th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 614-256-3724 Phone

omi.osu.edu

November 1, 2020

Carolyn Sommerich Rebecca Dupaix Committee on Academic Affairs College of Engineering 122 Hitchcock Hall 2070 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210

RE: Update to the curriculum for BSET Program

Dear CCAA Co-chairs Carolyn Sommerich and Rebecca Dupaix,

The faculty associated with the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology program have undertaken two years of a unique coursework design process to develop the courses associated with the new four-year program that was approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education in Oct 2019. This process has collaboratively involved faculty from Columbus and regional campuses, including full professors in math and physics, clinical faculty in engineering, and associated faculty in engineering and related disciplines from Marion, Mansfield, Lima, and Columbus campuses. Teresa Johnson, director of Assessment and Curriculum Design at the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning as well as Jessica Hanna, instructional designer at Engineering Technical Services, have actively supported the effort in terms of curriculum design. Kathryn Kelley, executive director of the Ohio Manufacturing Institute, has engaged various industrial partners from Honda, Next Generation Films, Ford Motor Company, Whirlpool, and others to solicit feedback from their management and engineers.

This faculty-led collaboration has led to changes which include an increase in core math and science credit hours. In some cases, existing engineering, math, physics, science and business courses have replaced previously proposed new courses because the existing courses effectively meet the needs of the program.

During the process of developing the courses, program efficiencies allowed us to reduce the total number of credit hours from 122 to 120 hours which meets ODHE’s requirement as well as OSU’s target to “Finish in four” years of education while giving students back some precious time to pursue internships and part-time professional experiences. All changes and rationale are outlined in the attached document.

Please let us know of any questions or recommendations.

Sincerely,

Aimee T. Ulstad

Aimee Ulstad Curriculum Development Chair- BSET

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology Degree Proposal Changes Executive Summary In February 2019, the new Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology Degree was proposed through the College of Engineering with the courses being outlined, but not fully developed. Since that time, 2-3 years of detailed coursework have been developed using an innovative process involving Columbus and Regional campus faculty, industry partners, consultants involved in current four-year Engineering Technology programs, and the University Institute for Teaching and Learning. The purpose of this document is to outline the changes from the original proposal submitted in Feb. 2019 to the program as it currently stands.

Rationale for Changes There were 6 major reasons for the changes implemented: Increased Requirement for Math and Science: The original proposal had 6 credit hours

of calculus and 6 credit hours of physics and no chemistry. After consulting with Math and Physics faculty, they felt this was not sufficient to cover material required for this program. Also, industry partners asked for Chemistry to be included.

Ease of transition from Engineering to BSET: By using existing courses, Physics 1250 and Chemistry 1210/1250, not only would the students get sufficient material coverage, but students transitioning to BSET from engineering would not have to retake content in these subjects.

Course Delivery Efficiency: Currently, Regional campuses deliver courses in Physics, Chemistry, and Business Management. It makes sense to use those courses rather than developing new ones to increase student enrollment in those courses and in some cases blend business and engineering students to engage them in cross disciplinary teamwork.

Aligning Engineering and Engineering Tech: We expect that there are students starting on Regional campuses intending to pursue Engineering on Columbus campus after their first year or two on the Regional campus, but they may find Engineering Technology more attractive. Our goal was to allow transfer between programs to be as seamlessly as possible and not increase time to degree.

Maintaining courses in natural home departments: After starting course development, it was clear that courses like Math, Physics, and Statistics would be best housed in the home departments and also make them more transferrable if a student moves to another institution rather than completing their degree at Ohio State.

Overall program efficiency: The Ohio Department of Higher Ed (ODHE) and Ohio State University encourage the framework, “Finish in four,” which strives to target meeting degree requirements in as close to 120 credit hours as possible. By combining the content of some courses from disciplines to applications, we have been able to reduce total credit hours by 2. However, some courses are still under development and this may creep up slightly going forward.

The program changes are summarized as follows:

1) 16 Course Number Changes – Due to an administrative error, course numbers in the original proposal have been replace with different numbers, but course concepts remain the same

Original Course Number New Course Number ENGRTEC 1000 ENGRTEC 1600 ENGRTEC 1100 ENGRTEC 1500 ENGRTEC 1800 ENGRTEC 2300 ENGRTEC 2000 ENGRTEC 3100 ENGRTEC 2100 ENGRTEC 2500 ENGRTEC 2200 ENGRTEC 2800 ENGRTEC 2400 ENGRTEC 3900 ENGRTEC 3200 ENGRTEC 4200 ENGRTEC 3300 ENGRTEC 3700 ENGRTEC 3600 ENGRTEC 4500 ENGRTEC 3700 ENGRTEC 4300 ENGRTEC 4100 ENGRTEC 3600 ENGRTEC 4200 ENGRTEC 4100 ENGRTEC 4300 ENGRTEC 4400 ENGRTEC 4400 ENGRTEC 4150 ENGRTEC 4500 ENGRTEC 4700

2) Course additions, course removals, and replacements that result in credit hours changes

Subject Hour Increase

Hour Decrease

ENGRTEC Net +/-

a) EXP 1100 1 1 b) Math 11 6 5 c) Chemistry 4 4 d) Physics 8 6 2 e) ENGRTEC 1200 credit reduction

(4 cr to 1cr) 0 0 3 -3

f) ENGR 1181 & 1182 (4 cr) 4 0 4 g) ENGRTEC 2040 Business Tools

for EngTech (3cr) replaced by Engineering Economics (2cr)

2 3 -1

h) ENGRTEC 2500 Manufacturing Processes 2 (3 Cr to 2 cr) 0 2 -2

i) ENGRTEC 1900 Electrical Applications and Design 0 4 -4

j) ENGRTEC 3000 Data Collection and Analysis for Quality 0 3 -3

k) ENGRTEC 4700 Manufacturing Process Design Studio (3) 0 3 -3

a) Add EXP 1100 (1) new subject to curriculum This is a survey course, which is required of all UG programs, was not in the original curriculum.

b) Add Math 1149, 1154, 1155 (11) Remove ENGRTEC 1400, 1600 (6) Applied Technical Math I & II These courses were changed because most students will start at college pre-calculus which is important for them to master. Also, ENGRTEC 1400 & 1600 were math classes, but the math department decided to host the under their own department and when doing the course development, it was clear that 3 hours was not enough to time to cover the required material, so they became 4 cr each.

c) Add Chemistry 1250 (4) or 1210 (5) new subject to curriculum When working with the manufacturing partners, it was clear that having a fundamental understanding of chemistry was important for these students, so this was added.

d) Add Physics 1250, 1231 (8) Remove ENGRTEC 1300, 1700 (6) Applied Science I & II ENGRTEC 1300 and 1700 were originally expected to be applied physics. Based on working with the Physics faculty, there wasn’t much difference between these courses and the currently offered Physics 1250, so for the purpose of efficiency, this existing course was used. Physics 1251 has both electrical concepts which is required for engineering technology as well as waves and other concepts. To accommodate this program, Physics 1231 was developed with is the exact same course as the first 8 weeks of Physics 1251. The Physics 1231 students will merge with Physics 1251 students then at the end of electricity, they will take their final exam and finish the course.

e) Reduce ENGRTEC Foundations of Engineering Technology (4 to 1 cr)

This was both foundational problem-solving course and a professional development/exploration course. Because ENGR 1181/1182 does an excellent job of meeting the needs of foundational problem solving, it is already taught on regional campuses, and facilitates transfer from pre-engineering to engineering tech, these courses were used. Professional development and career exploration were put into the 1 cr ENGRTEC 1200 course.

f) Add ENGR 1181 and 1182 (4) new subject to curriculum

These course changes and additions provide students with an overview of engineering and allow easy transition from engineering to engineering technology.

g) Add ISE 2040 (2) Engineering Economy

Remove ENGRTEC 2040 (3) Business Tools for Engineering Technology Using ISE course until enrollment is sustainable

l) ENGRTEC 3100 Problem Solving and Troubleshooting (3) 3 -3

Total 30 32 -2

h) Reduce ENGRTEC 2500 Manufacturing Processes 2 (2) Because of the heavy project work aspect of ENGR 1182, extensive project work was less important, and this course can focus more on details of manufacturing.

i) Remove ENGRTEC 1900 Electrical Applications and Design (4) Electric Circuits, Industrial Automation Courses PLC1 and PLC2, as well as Electrical Applications in Industry will encompass the content for this course.

j) Remove ENGRTEC 3000 Data Collection and Analysis for Quality (3) Content of this class was picked up in 3 areas: Stats 3440 Statistics with applications in quality which was specifically designed around manufacturing applications. BusMgt 4250 Lean Six Sigma, Optional Capstone, BusMgmt 4251Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

k) Remove ENGRTEC 4700 Manufacturing Processes Design Studio (3) This material could be included in Capstone.

l) Remove ENGRTEC 3100 Problem Solving and Troubleshooting (3) This material could be included in Elective.

3) Course replacements that do not result in credit hour changes. Replacement courses are

already established courses that cover the same topics. Course to be replaced Replaced with a) CSE 2112 (3) CSE 2111 (3) b) ENGRTEC 2300 (3) STATS 3340 (3) c) ENGRTEC 4000 (3) BUSMGMT 3230 (3) d) ENGRTEC 3400 (3) BUSMGMT 4250 (3) e) ENGRTEC 1500 (3) PHILOS 1332 (3)

a) Remove CSE 2112 (3) Modeling & Problem Solving with Spreadsheets & Databases for Engineers

Add CSE 2111 (3) Spreadsheets & Databases CSE prefers that CSE 2111 be offered, as it is already offered on regional campuses. This may be changed after program enrollment increases.

b) Remove ENGRTEC 2300 (3) Statistics for Engineering Technology Add STATS 3440 (3) Applications in Quality Statistics created new course for the program

c) Remove ENGRTEC 4000 (3) Operations Management, Reliability & Sustainability Add BUSMGMT 3230 (3) Intro to Operations Mgmt Offered via Distance to Regional Campuses

d) Remove ENGRTEC 3400 (3) Lean/Six Sigma – Tools and Applications

Add BUSMGMT 4250 (3) Six Sigma Principles Offered via Distance to Regional Campus

e) Remove ENGRTEC 1500 (3) Communication & Professional Skills I Add PHILOS 1332 (3) Ethics in the Professions: Intro to Engineering Ethics

Currently offered as an ethics course.

4) Add Capstone Option Bus Mgmt. 4251 Six Sigma Projects (3) Offered via Distance to Regional Campuses

5) Add Technical Elective Option still under review by CCAA Students who gain a part-time internship (1 Cr hr =~10 hours/week) or full-time internship (2 cr hr = ~35+ hours/week) will have the option of adding a professional development course with this experience which will include 3 assignments and applying this as technical elective credit.

Original Curriculum Sheet

Total Program Hours 122

Updated Curriculum Sheet

Total Program Hours 120

YR Autumn Spring

1

___EXP 1100.....................................................................1 hr ___MATH 1149*….………………………………….…....................3 hr ___ENGRTEC 1500 Manufacturing Process I…………….……3 hr ___ENGRTEC 1200 Intro to ENG Tech..............................1 hr ___ENGR 1181 Fund Engr............................................... 2 hr ___General Education.................... .................................3 hr

Total 13 Topic - Not in original proposal *Also Math 1150 (5)

___ MATH 1154* …...…………….………………………..…….…...4 hr ___ PHYSICS 1250...........................................................5 hr ___ENGRTEC 2500 Manufacturing Process II………….…...2 hr ___General Education.....................................................3 hr ___ENGR 1182 Fund Engr 2............................................2 hr

Total 16

Topic - Not in original proposal *Also Math 1151 (5)

2

___ENGRTEC 1600 ENGR Graphics………………………………..3 hr ___ MATH 1155*……………….….…………………………..….…..….4hr ___ PHYSICS 1231............................................................ 3 hr ___General Education………………………..…………….……..…...3 hr ___General Education......................................................3 hr

Total 16 *Also Math 1172 (5)

___CSE 2111 Spreadsheets & Databases……..…………..……3 hr ___CSE 1222 Intro to C++……………………………………..……….3 hr

___ ISE 2040 Engineering Economics................................2 hr ___CHEM 1250* (4)………………….......................................4 hr

___ General Education PHIL 1332 Intro to ENG Ethics ...3 hr Total 15

Topic - Not in original proposal *Also CHEM 1210 (5)

3

___ENGRTEC 2300 Electric Circuits...................................3 hr ___ENGRTEC 3100 Materials Science w/App………….……..3 hr ___ENGRTEC 3800 Project Management.........................3 hr ___ STATS 3440 Applications in Quality…………………….…..3 hr ___General Education……………………………………………………3 hr

Total 15 hrs

___ENGRTEC 3700 Mech Processes.....................................3 hr ___ENGRTEC 3900 Indus Automation PLC1.........................3 hr ___ENGRTEC 3600 Indus Safety & Ergonomics………………...3 hr ___BUSMGMT 3230 Intro to Operations Mgmt...................3 hr ___General Education ………………………………….…..................3 hr

Total 15

4

___ENGRTEC 4100 Capstone 1...........................................3 hr ___ENGRTEC4200 Indus Automation PLC2 ......................3 hr ___ENGRTEC 4300 Facility Layout Integration………………..3 hr ___ENGRTEC 4400 Leader/Change Mgmt ........................3 hr ___BUSMGMT 4250 Six Sigma Principles……………………....3 hr

Total 15 hrs

___ENGRTEC 4150 Capstone 2 or BUSMGMT 4251 Green Belt……………………………….. ...3 hr ___ENGRTEC 4500 Industrial Robotics .............................3 hr ___ENGRTEC 4600 Electrical Application in Industry…………...3 hr ___ENGRTEC 4700 Technical Elective................................3 hr ___General Education...................................................... 3 hr

Total 15

Impact on other Departments Current enrollment for the BSET is 49 students across all three Regional campuses (Marion 19, Mansfield 19, Lima 11), which is excellent considering that the program was not approved by the Department of Higher Education until after the fall student recruiting season was over. For AU2021, we are expecting a significant increase in enrollment as the word spreads through our recruiting efforts, communication through our industry partners, and from students currently enrolled in the program. Once enrollment exceeds the nominal capacity of one class of students per campus, we’ll have to work together to provide instructional staff to teach these courses that may involve working with both Fisher College of Business (Ops Mgt/Lean) and The College of Arts and Sciences (Physics, Math, Stats) to support these programs. Impact on Regional Campuses The changes outlined in this program help the Regional campuses by using more existing courses to fill out class enrollment, improve efficiency, and reduce barriers for students to transfer between engineering and engineering technology. Regional campus Deans and Associate Deans meet regularly to discuss program requirements and resources. They have begun planning for instruction across three campuses and the possibility of doing hybrid/distance-enhanced delivery of some courses. It has become clear with COVID, that there are alternative ways of delivery course material effectively. This will allow campuses to share resources, which is currently being done in Math 1154 and may be expanded in the future. ABET Tracking Engineering Technology is accredited through the ABET-ETAC commission. The program cannot be accredited until after students have graduated, after the self-study has been completed to demonstrate the students met the ABET goals, and after a program evaluation visit has been performed to validate the information. Currently, the BSET program is effectively collecting data to support the ABET accreditation plan with the support of two competent faculty members on the Regional campuses. They have developed a process to collect data on not only each ENGRTEC course, but also Math, Physics, ENGR Fundamentals and other technical courses in the students take to gain an early understanding of how the effective the program is at delivering the outcomes. On-going changes Course proposals for the currently developed courses have been submitted by the BSET program to the College of Engineering CCAA for approval. By Spring 2021, the BSET-CDAC (Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee) will be in place to evaluate the program and align on recommended changes which will then be sent to CCAA for approval. Contact: Aimee Ulstad, Chair BSET Curriculum Development, Ulstad.2@osu.edu