Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum Council March 13, 2014 Category I Proposals for the March 2014 Faculty Senate Meeting March 13, 2014 Proposal 87438:

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

Category I Proposals for theMarch 2014 Faculty Senate Meeting

March 13, 2014

Proposal 87438:PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics

Proposal #88214:Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

Executive Summary:The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (FES) seeks to create this Ecampus program. This program requires 18-20 credits: 12 credits are required and 6-8 are elective. It is Ecampus-only. This is designed for those already working in the field. It can be taken as a standalone Certificate, or perhaps as a “test the waters” start to a Masters in Natural Resources. It is the first program of its kind in North America.

Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry

Rationale: Almost 80% of the US population lives in urban areas. Urban Foresters have increasingly pivotal roles in dealing with environments that include both nature and human habitat.

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

External Letters of Support:• USDA• Society of Municipal Arborists• Davey Resource Group• Arbor Day Foundation• District of Columbia Department of Transportation• International Society of Arboriculture

Budget Impacts: Expected to cost $152,360 over four years. This is expected to be offset with $202,606 of Ecampus revenue in those four years.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Students

6 10 15 20

Cost $29,168

$29,763

$46,247 $47,182

Income $30,099

$38,335

$57,502 $76,670

Ecampus endorses this program

Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

Issues: There was some discussion of whether or not there was adequate FTE to teach the Ecampus courses. This has been resolved. (Part of the teaching is being supported by the Oregon Department of Forestry.)

CC Vote: The Curriculum Council unanimously approved this proposal.

Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry

UrbanForester

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

Executive Summary:This proposal seeks to create a new degree program in “Robotics”. This is a combined effort between Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science. It is an on-campus program.

Rationale:Robotics is inherently a multidisciplinary topic. This proposal creates an integrated degree program which flags students as roboticists, rather than majors in just one of those areas. It also enforces the taking of certain robotics core courses.

PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics

A Robotics Cat-1?

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

Academic Home: School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME)

PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics

Curriculum:PhD: 108 creditsMasters: 45 creditsAll students will take 15 core credits, selected from a list of 19 ME, ECE, and CS courses. Seven of these courses will be using the new ROB course designator.

External Letters:• Carnegie Mellon• Worcester Polytechnic Institute• University of Washington Medical Center• Altman Browning and Company• Northwestern University• (PSU and OIT did not respond)

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

Issues: None.

Demand: The robotics field is exploding. In 2011, the sale of manufacturing robots grew by 44%, the number of surgeries performed by robots grew 40%, and service robots grew by 30%. OSU’s current generation of robotics grad students have been in heavy demand.

PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Cost $36,221

$37,287

$38,927 $40,642

Budget:

(Support staff and library acquisitions).

Mike Bailey, Co-Chair, OSU Curriculum CouncilMarch 13, 2014

CC Vote: The Curriculum Council was persuaded to vote unanimously to approve this proposal.

PhD, MS, MEng in Robotics