Members of the Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering are faculty members at colleges and universities offering or supporting bachelor's level engineering programs. A list of the members of the 2010-11 Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical) can be found below:
Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering 2010-2011
The Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering completed their work in the spring of 2011. Their deliverables packages can be seen below:
www.thecb.state.tx.us/Tuning_Engineering_in_Texas
Meetings have continued in 2011:
April 29, 2011 - FINAL meeting of Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering
Approval of Minutes from January 7 meeting
Course Alignment (all drafts)
Courses already aligned and in the ACGM - Annex A
New courses aligned for engineering and/or recommended for addition to the ACGM - Annex A1
Voluntary Statewide Transfer Compacts - Memorandum of Understanding
Recommended coursework flowcharts for engineering transfer compacts - Annex B
Tuning Committee Deliverables: (final packages are linked above)
Meeting Evaluation form
Minutes - draft
January 7, 2011: Agenda - full Council meeting
Presentations and Handouts:
Survey Results - Students
Survey Results - Employers
Survey Results - General
Course Alignment - UT-Tyler White Paper
January 6, 2011:
Agenda - January 6 Community College meeting
Audio Presentations (please note: questions were inaudible on recordings, so they have been cut; answers have been left for the value of the information provided):
Welcome, Introductions, Implementation, Timeline, and Purpose - Dr. Mary Smith, Office of Academic Planning and Policy, THECB
Implications and Discussion of the Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS) and the Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) - Dr. James Goeman, Division of Academic Affairs and Research, THECB
Texas Common Course Numbering System website - www.tccns.org
Methods for Necessary Course-Level Assessment - Dr. Lou Ann Berman, Associate Vice President for Student Success, The university of Texas at Tyler
The Changing Relationship Between Two- and Four-Year Institutions - Dr. Martha Ellis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Community College Partnerships, The University of Texas System
Transfer website - http://www.transfer101.org
Meeting Minutes - draft
Meetings were held throughout 2010, as shown below:
December 3, 2010: Face-to-face AND virtual LiveMeeting of the Electrical Engineering Committee
October 15, 2010:
Presentations and Handouts:
October 1, 2010: Virtual LiveMeeting of the Civil Engineering Committee
September 17, 2010: Virtual LiveMeeting of the Mechanical Engineering Committee
September 17, 2010: Virtual LiveMeeting of the Civil Engineering Committee
September 10, 2010: Face-to-face AND virtual LiveMeeting of the Electrical Engineering Committee
August 27, 2010: Virtual LiveMeeting of the Civil Engineering Committee
July 30, 2010:
Presentations and Handouts:
July 23, 2010: Virtual LiveMeeting of the Industrial Engineering Committee
May 21, 2010:
Presentations and Handouts:
Vertical Alignment - Dr. James Nelson
April 20, 2010:
Presentations and Handouts:
Learning Accountability from the Bologna Project
Lumina Alignment - Dr. James Nelson
Related Information:
Voluntary Mechanical Engineering Compact
Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering and Science 2011
Representatives have been selected for the Tuning Council for Engineering and Science 2011 and tuning will begin in two new areas of engineering: Biomedical and Chemical. In conjunction with this, Tuning will commence in the academic areas of Biology and Chemistry. The first meeting of the new committees was held on February 25, 2011. Additional information is posted here:
Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering and Science
Planning for Tuning Texas: information on the initial steps in planning for Tuning Texas