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University Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for Courses Numbered 0001 – 4999

Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.

Submission guidelines are posted to the UCC Web site: www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/cu/curriculum.cfm

1. Course Prefix and Number: GEOG 2510

2. Date: March 8, 2013

3. Requested Action (Check only one type):

New Course Revision of Active Course Unbanking and Revision of a Banked Course X Renumbering of Existing Course from # 3510 to # 2510

4. Method(s) of Delivery (Check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected future delivery methods within the next three years.): Current or Expected Proposed Delivery Future Delivery Method(s): Method(s):

X On-campus (face-to-face) X

Distance Course (face-to-face off campus)

Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online)

5. Justification for new course, revision, unbanking, or renumbering (Explain why your unit wishes to offer the course, identify the gap, describe how the course responds to the assessment of student learning, and identify who was involved in the assessment of the program. Indicate that faculty voted on and approved the curricular changes.):

We seek to change the course number of GEOG 3510 (Physical Meteorology) to GEOG 2510 (Physical Meteorology). In a separate course proposal we are also requesting a new course, which will be the cross-listed version of GEOG 2510: ATMO 2510. Currently, the atmospheric science curriculum has no 2000 level courses, and GEOG 3510 is the next course in the sequence after the introductory course GEOG 1300 (Weather and Climate). The renumbering to GEOG 2510 will clarify and emphasize for students that this course is a ‘bridge’ between programs and towards the study of higher-level meteorology. For example, GEOG 2510 will not require calculus, so Geography majors will be able to use it as an elective or any student Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 can take it as part of the Atmospheric Science certificate. Other students who have not declared a major can use this course as a launching pad to the Applied Atmospheric Science degree. The Geography faculty voted on Feb. 11, 2013 to pursue the establishment of the ATMO course prefix for core and elective courses in the Applied Atmospheric Science (AAS) BS degree program.

6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:

GEOG 2510 - Physical Meteorology

3 F Same as ATMO 2510

P: GEOG 1300 or ATMO 1300; MATH 1065; or consent of instructor. Basic principles of atmospheric hydrostatics, thermodynamics, cloud and precipitation processes, and radiative transfer.

7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:

Renumbering course.

8. Identify if the new/revised course will be a required and/or elective course in one of the degrees/minors/certificates offered by your unit.

Is this course required (yes/no)? Yes Is this course an elective (yes/no)? Yes 9. If writing intensive (WI) credit is requested, the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee must approve WI credit prior to consideration by the UCC.

Has this course been approved for WI credit (yes/no/NA)? No If Yes, will all sections be WI (yes/no/NA)?

10. If service-learning (SL) credit is requested, the University Service-Learning Committee (USLC) must approve SL credit prior to consideration by the UCC. Has this course been approved for SL credit (yes/no/NA)? No If Yes, will all sections be SL (yes/no/NA)? Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 11. If foundations curriculum (FC) credit is requested, the Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness (FCIE) Committee must approve FC credit prior to consideration by the UCC. If FC credit has been approved by the FCIE committee, then check the appropriate box (check at most one):

English (EN) Science (SC) Humanities (HU) Social Science (SO) Fine Arts (FA) Mathematics (MA) Health (HL) Exercise (EX)

12. Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher education programs):

X Not Applicable Applicable (CTE has given their approval)

13. Course Credit:

Lecture Hours 3 Per Week or Per Term = Credit Hours s.h. Lab Per Week or Per Term = Credit Hours s.h. Studio Per Week or Per Term = Credit Hours s.h. Practicum Per Week or Per Term = Credit Hours s.h. Internship Per Week or Per Term = Credit Hours s.h. Other (e.g., independent study): s.h. Total Credit Hours 3 s.h.

14. Anticipated yearly student enrollment: 15

15. Affected Degrees or Academic Programs:

Degree(s)/Course(s) Change in Degree Hours BA in Geography, BS in Applied Geography, BS in Geographic Information Science and Technology, BS in Applied Atmospheric Science

16. Overlapping or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 X Not Applicable Applicable (Notification and/or Response from Units Attached)

17. Instructional Format(s):

X Lecture Technology-mediated Lab Seminar Studio Clinical Practicum Colloquium Internship Other (describe below): Student Teaching

18. Statements of Support:

Please attach a memorandum, signed by the unit administrator, which addresses the budgetary and personnel impact of this proposal.

X Current personnel is adequate Additional personnel are needed (describe needs below):

X Current facilities are adequate Additional facilities are needed (describe needs below):

X Initial library resources are adequate Initial resources are needed (give a brief explanation and estimate for cost of acquisition of required resources below):

X Unit computer resources are adequate Additional unit computer resources are needed (give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition below):

X ITCS Resources are not needed

The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need): Mainframe computer system

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 Statistical services Network connections Computer lab for students Describe any computer or networking requirements of this program that are not currently fully supported for existing programs (Includes use of classroom, laboratory, or other facilities that are not currently used in the capacity being requested).

Approval from the Director of ITCS attached

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 19. Course Syllabus Information: a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country. Indicate whether text is required or optional. Include ISBN.

Required textbook:

Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers (2nd Edition). Roland B. Stull, Brooks/Cole, University of California, 2000. ISBN-13: 978-0-534-37214-9.

b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:  Identify the processes that govern the thermodynamics of the atmosphere, energy transfer, cloud formation, and precipitation.  Solve the basic physical equations of the atmosphere  Graphically analyze and forecast environmental conditions that give rise to clouds and precipitation.

c. Course topic outline

Week 1 Introduction; quantitative science, Homework expectations, – Appendix A (435-442), Ch. 1 pg. 15.

Week 2 Pressure in the atmosphere Hydrostatic and Hypsometric Equation

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 Week 3 1st Law of Thermodynamics; Heat flux Potential Temperature; Introduction to thermodynamic diagrams

Week 4 Lapse rate – thermodynamic diagrams

Week 5 Water in the Atmosphere Normand’s Rule

Week 6 Thermodynamic diagrams – saturated air Stability – Thermodynamic diagrams Pt. 3

Week 7 Stability – Thermodynamic diagrams Pt. 3

Week 8 Review

Week 9 Midterm Exam Cloud Formation and Stability

Week 10 CAPE Indices of Stability

Week 11 Precipitation: Ice crystals and liquid drops Precipitation: Kohler Curves

Week 12 Precipitation growth - snowflakes

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 Lightning

Week 13 Mesoscale Convective Systems

Week 14 Solar energy reaching the Earth

Week 15 Radiative transfer and Blackbodies Radiative Equilibrium; Greenhouse Effect

Week 16 Review

d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and the grading/evaluation system for determining the course grade.

Homework– 30%

Attendance and in-class assignments – 10%

Midterm Exam – 30%

Final Exam – 30%

Each exam, assignment, and homework is assigned 100 points, and is then weighted by the Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012 percentage each is worth toward your final grade. You can check your grades any time during the semester on Blackboard. Final grades are based on an absolute scale as specified below – there is no curve:

Grade Quality Points 7-Point Scale A 4.0 95-100 A- 3.7 90-94.99 B+ 3.3 87-89.99 B 3 83-86.99 B- 2.7 80-82.99 C+ 2.3 77-79.99 C 2 73-76.99 C- 1.7 70-72.99 D+ 1.3 67-69.99 D 1 63-66.99 D- .7 60-62.99 F 0 Below 60

NOTE: Beginning in fall of 2012, grading scales should reflect the implementation of the “+/-” grading scale adopted by the faculty.

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012