CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR WATER

CALL FOR UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Call Code: CoE-CFCD-FY20-01

Call Launch Date: May 6th 2020

Submission Deadline: May 28th 2020, 12:00 Cairo Local Time

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Center of Excellence for Water Call for Undergraduate Curriculum Development

The Center of Excellence for Water is a USAID funded project awarded to the American University in Cairo with the aim to create the Center of Excellence for Water at and in partnership with Egyptian Ministries and Governorates, US Universities (The American university in Cairo, Temple University, Utah State University, University of California at Santa Cruz and Washington State University), Egyptian Universities (, Alexandria University, Aswan University, and ), Egyptian Research Centers, and Egyptian and US foundations and the private sector. The Center of Excellence for Water aims at improving the relevance and quality of water curricula and develop effective / innovative teaching methods for undergraduate, graduate and professionals of water engineering, while elevating water related research capacities and the ability to produce market-driven research products towards achieving the Egyptian Sustainable Development Strategy and Vision 2030

It is within this context of elevating water research capacities in , that the Center of Excellence for Water is pleased to announce the: “Call for Undergraduate Curriculum Development” Needs Assessment for Course Development Within the activities of Pillar II of the Center of Excellence for Water titled “Instructional Innovation and Curriculum Development”, the team of the project have conducted an extensive needs assessment campaign to identify the courses to be developed at the five Egyptian Partner Universities. The Needs Analysis campaign was led by Utah State University and consisted of online questionnaires for university professors, research centers, public and private sectors. In addition, the Needs assessment campaign included a 3-weeks field visit to all stakeholders in Egypt during the month of September 2019. Included in the results of the needs assessment process is a list of 15 undergraduate courses (in addition to two prerequisites courses) that are needed to be developed covering various topics in Water Science and Engineering, as follows: 1. Numerical Methods/Modeling (Prerequisite) 2. Environmental Management/Environmental Engineering Science (Prerequisite) 3. Water Chemistry and Microbiology 4. Water Quality Analysis 5. Lab and Field Measurements in Water Resources 6. Groundwater Hydrology 7. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Water Engineering Projects 8. Groundwater Quality Modelling 9. Geographic Information Systems in Water Engineering 10. Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resources 11. Sustainable Water Resources Management Strategies in Egypt

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Center of Excellence for Water 12. Desalination 13. Application of Remote Sensing in Water Resources 14. Wastewater Treatment for Reuse 15. Non-Conventional Water Resources 16. Application of Renewable Energy in Water Resources 17. Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and Modelling Call for Curriculum Development Teams To develop the above-mentioned courses, the Centre of Excellence for Water is launching this call for curriculum development teams within the following constraints: • Each team should have one member from a US-Partner University (The American university in Cairo, Temple University, Utah State University, University of California at Santa Cruz and Washington State University); at least one member from one of the Egyptian Partner Universities (Ain Shams University, Alexandria University, Aswan University, Beni Suef University and Zagazig University); and a third member from any partner of the consortium (i.e. Egyptian Partner Universities, Research Centers, Ministries, Governorates, and Private Sector) • At least one of the Egyptian members of the team should be coming from a Faculty of Engineering • Course development teams are encouraged to have diversified team members (young faculty, female, faculty with special needs, etc.) while guaranteeing academic excellence • The application for a course development should be submitted by a member of the team on behalf of the whole team • Course development teams may participate in the development of more than one course (with multiple proposal documents) • Members of the development team should satisfy the following criteria: o Have a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience in a relevant course subject area o Have good technical English language skills o Have previous experience in developing courses o Be willing to work in a collaborative environment (demonstrated through past industrial links, research teams, previous projects, course development/teaching collaborations…etc.) Application Procedure By the specified deadline, each team is expected to submit a document stating the following: • Description and composition of the course development team • Statement of the team’s vision for the proposed course • Letter of Commitment from the team members (stating the willingness to devote the necessary time to develop the proposed course and are committed to collaborate to fulfill the e-development requirements) • CVs of the team • Timeline for the course development phases (six months at most) Once a team is selected to develop a specific course, a mandate will be issued from the Center of Excellence for Water stating the acceptance of the team composition and work, while detailing all administrative and financial aspects of the course development.

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Center of Excellence for Water It is planned that for each course, a total of 360 hours (45 man/day) will be spent on each course for the whole Egyptian team of the development. Days are compensated following the STDF compensation rates for Egyptian Professors (680 EGP per day). Final Course Deliverables: Each developed course should follow the Center of Excellence for Water’s Course Development guidelines https://bit.ly/3fpnQBe and shall include: • 15 weeks of instructional materials ready for integration into the CoE LMS system • Complete course specification (Center of Excellence for Water’s Course Specification Template, available at https://bit.ly/3b8bMRi to be developed no later than one month after the start of the course development • Lectures: 15 weeks of lectures or seminars in the form of slideshow presentations, 1 hour/week for 15 weeks per credit hour as shown in the Center of Excellence for Water’s Course Template https://bit.ly/2SEj0pP • Laboratory assignments/activities/lectures as appropriate (2 hours laboratory work/week for 15 weeks per credit hour) • Field work assignments/activities/lectures as appropriate (3 to 4 hours of field work or field trips/week for 15 weeks per credit hour) • Associated homework assignments and solutions, project assignments and grading rubrics, chat rooms and digital space for project-based courses • Associated quizzes, exams and solutions • Associated reading materials, required texts, videos, reference material, tutorials, etc., necessary for student learning • Any other teaching and student performance assessment materials relevant to the course as proposed by the Course Development Team. • It is expected that the course development team will report on a bimonthly basis (every two months) the progress to the Curriculum Development Committee of the Center of Excellence for Water, including a brief progress report. Title of Property, Ownership and Intellectual Property • AUC and the development team agree that ownership and other rights to intellectual property made, created, developed or first reduced to practice in the performance of any task as per the mandates of the course development team shall be determined in accordance with United States patent laws, United States copyright laws, and other United States intellectual property laws • All information, documents, software, reports, data, records, forms and other materials developed solely by a party in the course of performing any task as per the mandates of the course development team shall be owned by such party. All information, documents, software, reports, data, records, forms and other materials developed jointly by the parties in the course of performing any Task as per a research project shall be owned jointly by the Parties. • The United States Government reserves a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work for Federal purposes and to authorize others to do so. • It is understood that, while guaranteeing the intellectual property of the course development teams, courses developed under the Center of Excellence for Water could be

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Center of Excellence for Water reproduced, re published and re taught at other educational institutions whenever it deems necessary. • Courses developed within the framework of the Center of Excellence for water should be labeled and certified by the Center Course Development Guidelines The following table shows the 17 courses with their proposed composition (number of credit hours and the recommended distribution of credit hours among theoretical/practical forms of teaching). It is worth noting that course teams should focus on innovative modes of teaching of applied/practical education, rather than the classical theoretical education. Table 1. Undergraduate courses to be developed through the COE for Water in response to this Course Developer Call.

No. Course title Suggested Suggested Suggested Prerequisite Number of level of (if any) Credits teaching 1 Numerical Methods/Modeling (Program 3 Level 2 Mathematics 2 Prerequisite) 2 Environmental Management/Environmental 3 Level 2 Engineering Science (Program Prerequisite) 3 Water Chemistry and Microbiology 3 Level 3 4 Water Quality Analysis 3 Level 3 Water Chemistry, Microbiology 5 Lab and Field Measurements in Water 3 Level 4 Water Quality Analysis Resources 6 Groundwater Hydrology 3 Level 4 Hydraulics, Hydrology 7 Environmental and Social Impact 3 Level 4 Assessment in Water Engineering Projects 8 Groundwater Quality Modelling 3 Level 4 Groundwater Hydrology 9 Geographic Information Systems in Water 3 Level 4 Engineering 10 Climate Change Adaptation in Water 3 Level 5 Resources 11 Sustainable Water Resources Management 3 Level 5 Strategies in Egypt 12 Desalination 3 Level 5 13 Application of Remote Sensing in Water 3 Level 5 Resources 14 Wastewater Treatment for Reuse 3 Level 5 Wastewater Engineering 15 Non-Conventional Water Resources 3 Level 5 16 Application of Renewable Energy in Water 3 Level 5 Resources 17 Data Acquisition, Preprocessing and 3 Level 5 Modelling • All courses are recommended to be 3 credit hours for 15 weeks during a semester. The specific combination of lectures, laboratory, field work, etc., will be left up to the discretion

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Center of Excellence for Water of the individual course development teams, but should adhere to the following Egyptian standards for credit hour equivalents: o 1 credit hour = 1 hour lecture or seminar/week for 15 weeks, or o 1 credit hour = 2 hours laboratory work/week for 15 weeks, or o 1 credit hour = 3 to 4 hours of field work or field trips/week for 15 weeks. NOTE: The normal full-time registration for Egyptian students is 15 credit hours per semester or 30 credit hours per academic year. • Each course should highlight water related topics particularly relevant to Egypt through case studies, examples, field trips, guest lectures, directed class projects, etc. • Each course should contain some computer applications requiring students to develop and use spreadsheet/software computation/statistical analysis/coding/modeling techniques, etc., appropriate to the topic of the course, that demonstrate modern engineering tools and techniques used in the water engineering field. • Students group projects, representing a significant effort within a course, and representing a significant portion of the evaluation of a student’s comprehension and application of topical material, are highly encouraged where appropriate to achieve the intended course ILOs. These group projects are particularly appropriate in advanced level courses where student application of fundamental concepts along with advanced engineering and science concepts are to be applied to relevant, real-world problems. The following table presents a guide to the development of desired water engineering undergraduate courses to be upgraded/developed through the Center of Excellence for Water. This table identifies the topic of each of the courses that the CoE desires to be developed, along with suggested guidelines on when each course might be taught within a water engineering undergraduate, credit-based program within Egypt; and the relative weighting of theoretical content versus practical training content (wet lab, computer lab, project based learning, field work, and field trips). It is important to restate that these are meant to be guidelines and it is desired that each course development team details the specifics of these items for the course they are proposing to develop. The Center of Excellence for Water very much desires to encourage the course development teams to be creative in the configuration and development of these courses while meeting the overall program objectives and student learning outcomes stated for water engineering programs in Egypt. Table 2. Undergraduate courses upgrade/development guidelines through the COE for Water

Course Title Suggested Suggested Theoretical Wet / Project Field Prerequisites Number of Level for Content Computer Based Work Credits Teaching (Number of Lab work Credits) Numerical Methods/Modeling 3 2 2 1 X Environmental 3 2 1.5 1 0.5* X Management/Environmental Engineering Science Water Chemistry and 3 3 1 2 Microbiology Water Quality Analysis 3 3 1.5 1 0.5 Water Chemistry & Microbiology

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Center of Excellence for Water Lab and Field Measurements in 3 4 1 1 1 WQ Analysis Water Resources Groundwater Hydrology 3 4 1 1 1 Hydraulics, Hydrology Environmental and Social 3 4 1.5 1.5 Impact Assessment in Water Engineering Projects Groundwater Quality Modelling 3 4 1.5 1 0.5 GW Hydrology Geographic Information 3 4 1 1 1 Systems in Water Engineering Climate Change Adaptation in 3 5 1.5 1.5 Water Resources Sustainable Water Resources 3 5 1.5 1.5 0.5* Management Strategies in Egypt Desalination 3 5 1.5 0.5 1 Application of Remote Sensing 3 5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 in Water Resources Wastewater Treatment for 3 5 1.5 0.5 1 Wastewater Reuse Engineering Non-Conventional Water 3 5 1.25 0.5 1 0.25* Resources Application of Renewable 3 5 1.5 0.5 1 Energy in Water Resources Data Acquisition, Preprocessing 3 5 1.0 0.5 1 0.5 and Modelling *Field Trips to Relevant sites/plants throughout the semester Evaluation Criteria for Course Development Teams Since it is understood that teams should be competing for course development, the following criteria were set by the standardization group of the Center of Excellence for Water to be able to assess and rank the applications. The team with the highest score will be directly selected and mandated to start a course development. Evaluation of the applications will be conducted by a team of experts in curriculum development from the expertise disposed at the Center of Excellence for Water (while ensuring proper non- conflict of interest1). Table 3. Selection criteria of the course developers

Criteria for the proposal team Points Minimum of 3 years of teaching experience in a relevant course subject for the 10 main Course Developer. Team composition (Connection to industry, research entities, evidence of prior 10 collaboration, etc.)

1 A professor that is participating in the development of a course, cannot evaluate his/her course, but may be asked to evaluate other courses. All members of committees of the Center of Excellence for Water are eligible to apply to both develop and evaluate courses. A course evaluator cannot have any family relationship to the course development team. Center of Excellence for Water (CoE-CFCD-FY20-01) Page 7/8

Center of Excellence for Water Previous experience in developing courses 5 Good record of academic and professional contributions in relevant course 5 subject Demonstration of the methodology to transform the course to blended 5 learning Team’s vision for developing the course 10 Work Plan and Timeline 5 Total Score 50

Timelines for Selecting Course Development Teams The goal is to finalize the course development by the end of December 2020. The following timeline will be respected: • Launch of the Call: May 6th 2020 • Submission of Proposals: May 28th 2020 • Announcement of Teams formation (results of the selection): June 10th 2020 • Due date of final submission of the two Undergraduate program prerequisite courses: 15th November 2020 • Due date of final submission of all other Undergraduate water engineering program courses: 15th December 2020 How to Apply: All application materials are available at the following website: http://bit.ly/38npNJD. Complete applications must be uploaded to the website before the deadline of 12 noon, May, 28th 2020. Need Help? Send an email to: [email protected]

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