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ProposaltorevisetheCommunicationofScience&Technology(CSET)majorandminor

9April,2012

DavidA.WeintraubDirector,CSETProgram

[email protected]‐5034

ThemajorintheCommunicationofScience&Technology(CSET)urgentlyneedstoberevisedandupdated.Inthisproposal,Ipresentanupdateontheprogramitself(&I)andpresentthereasonswhysomechangesmustbemade(&II).Thecurrentcatalogcopy,withchangestotheprogramrulesnotedasstrike‐through(deletions)orinred(newtext)isfoundonpp.6‐12.Theproposednewcatalogcopyisfoundonpp.13‐17.TheproposalhasbeenvettedandapprovedbytheAffiliatedFacultyfortheCSETProgrambyavoteof5infavor,0opposed,4notvoting.Inaddition,JenniferFay(FILM)andJonathanMetzl(MHS)havebothenthusiasticallyendorsedincludingFILMandMHScoursesaschoicesforelectivesintherevisedprogram.Letters(emails)ofsupportfromAffiliatedFacultyofCSETandfromProfessorsFayandMetzlareprovidedonpages18‐24.AstringofquestionsfromtheDeanCampbellandtheCEPandanswersfrommeareattachedonpp.25–30.I.ProgramStatusI.a.StudentmajorsTheCSETmajorwasapprovedasaninterdisciplinarymajorduringthe2001‐2002academicyear.ItappearedforthefirsttimeintheUndergraduateCatalogin2002‐2003.ThefirststudenttoformallygraduatewithamajorinCSETdidsoin2005.Studentsintheclassesof2002,2003,and2004didprogramssimilartotheCSETmajor‐‐‐andonwhoseprogramsthemajorwasmodeled‐‐‐butformallycompletedself‐created,interdisciplinarymajors.Thenumberofstudentspursuingthismajorissmall(<10)butreasonablyconsistent.OneortwoofourmajorsmatriculateatVanderbilteachyearspecificallybecauseofthisprogram,asitremainsunique,toourknowledge,inthecountry.Asweshowinthetable,below,CSETmajorsaredoingwell,post‐graduation,totheextentthatwehavebeenabletokeeptrackoftheirpost‐graduateplansandpursuits.


Class NumberofGraduatingMajors

NumberofMinors

Post‐graduationdestinations

2002 6 Ph.D.,PublicHealth,Tulane M.S.,PublicHealth,Emory M.Ed.,Or.Leadership,Peabody(VU) OfficeofComm.,AmericanChemical

Society DeloitteandToucheconsulting CommunicationsRepr.,LockheedMartin

2003 6 Medtronic(medicaltechnologycompany)

MedicalSchool,Vanderbilt Nursepractitioner 3unknown

2004 7 DentalSchool,Univ.Mississippi Medtronic LawSchool,U.Chicago MedicalSchool,Baylor MedicalSchool,LomaLinda Ph.D.,Genetics,URochester M.S.,ScienceComm.,Univ.Hertfordshire;

M.S.inSciencePolicy,GWU2005 1 0 unknown2006 4 1 unknown2007 2 0 unknown2008 7 0 ProjectManager,WhitecoatStrategies

(biotechPRfirm) M.Ed.,Org.Leadership,Peabody(VU) CommissionedinNavy(ROTC) 4unknown

2009 6 0 unknown2010 7 0 LawSchool,Harvard

M.S.,PublicHealth(GWorEmory) SuperiorTubeCompany(Collegeville,

PA) ITRecruiting(SanFrancisco) Professional(CFL,Arena)footballplayer 2unknown

2011 5 0 LawSchool,U.Houston Ph.D.,Microbiology,Yale M.S.Science&Technology,UEdinburgh 2unknown

2012 2 1 HuronHealthcareConsulting


2013 6(currentlydeclared) 0 I.b.FacultyLeadershipThefirstprogramdirectorwasKassianKovalcheck(CommunicationStudies),whowasthepoint‐personforstudentinquiriesin2002‐2003.DavidErnst(Physics&Astronomy)wasappointedasprogramdirectorin2003andcontinuedinthatrolethroughthe2005‐2006academicyear.DavidWeintraub(Physics&Astronomy)wasappointedasprogramdirectorinJuly2006andcontinuesinthatrole.I.c.CSETcoursesTheCSETprogramnowhasfourofitsowncourses: CSET150:SpecialTopicsintheCommunicationofScience&Technology CSET289:DirectedStudy CSET290:ProjectinScienceWritingandCommunicating CSET291:HonorsThesis.

II.ReasonstorevisetheCSETmajorManyreasonsnowexistthatmotivatetheneedtoreviseandupdatetheCSETmajor.

1. Toobig.Whenthemajorwasestablished,interdisciplinarymajorswererequiredtoencompass48hoursofcoursework;theA&Sfacultyhavesincerelaxedthatrule.Currentrulesfordefinedinterdisciplinarymajorsrequiresuchprogramstohave27to48hours.CSETstillrequires48credithours(plusseveraluncountedpre‐reqcourses).Nootherdefinedinterdisciplinarymajorrequiresmorethan45hoursandmostrequire42orfewerhours(seetable,below).Reducingthenumberofhoursmayattractmorestudentstothemajorand,moreimportantlywillallowCSETmajorstomoreeasilypursuesecondmajors,especiallyinoneofthenaturalsciencedisciplines,whichwouldbeavaluableoptionforthesestudents.

DefinedInterdisciplinaryMajor credithours

CommunicationofScienceandTechnology 48EconomicsandHistory

FrenchandEuropeanStudies 45

AsianStudiesEuropeanStudies

GermanandEuropeanStudiesItalianandEuropeanStudiesModernEuropeanStudies

RussianandEuropeanStudiesSpanishandEuropeanStudies

Spanish,Portuguese,andEuropeanStudies

42


NeurosciencePublicPolicyStudies 39

AmericanStudiesAfricanAmericanandDiasporaStudies

EnglishandHistoryJewishStudies

LatinAmericanStudiesMedicine,Health,andSocietyWomen’sandGenderStudies

36

JewishStudies 30

2. TheA&Srulelimitingstudentstodouble‐countingonly6hoursaspartofboththeinterdisciplinarymajorandasecondmajorisahugeproblem.ReducingthenumberofrequiredhoursforCSETwilllessenthisproblem. AstudentwhodoublemajorsinPhysics(35hours)andMath(35hours)must

takeatleast29hoursinPhysicsand29hoursinMaththatareuniquetothosemajorsplus6hoursthatcountforbothmajors.Thus,thisstudenttakesatotalof64hours(29+29+6)tocompletethe70hoursforbothmajors.

AstudentwhodoublemajorsinCSET(48hours)andEES(minimum38hours)musttakeatleast42hoursinCSETand32hoursinEESthatareuniquetoeachmajor.Thisstudentmustcompleteatleast80hours(42+32+6)forbothmajors.ItmightseemreasonablethatastudentdoingtheCSET/EEScombinationcoulddouble‐countthreecourses,therebyhaving‘only’39and29uniquehoursinthetwomajors,andtakingatotalof77totalhours(39+29+9)tocompletebothmajors,butourstudents’appealsonthisissuehavebeenturneddown.

StudentsintheSchoolofEngineeringarenotaffectedbythisrule,so(forexample)aCSET/BMEdoublemajormaycountasmanyas24hours‐‐‐ES140(arequiredcourse),BME255W(anadvancedwritingcourse),BME260(anoptionfortherequired,calculus‐basedstatisticscourse),ES210W(anotheradvancedwritingcourse),allthreerequired‘engineering’courses,the‘fifthselectedcourse’‐‐‐towardbothCSETandBME.BecausewehavestudentsinbothENGandA&SmajoringinCSET,thisdoublestandardisproblematic.

3. CMST237isrequiredofallmajors;however,thecoursemaynotbetaughtagain.(In2011‐2012,weofferedCSET150asasubstituteforsomestudents.WehaveidentifiedsomeonewholikelywillteachCSET150in2012‐2013andbeyond.)Weneedasetofrequirementsthatdoesnotrestsofirmlyonthisonecourse,whichhadbeentheonlycoursethatallCSETstudentsmusttake.

4. Whenthemajorwasfirstputtogether,theFilmStudiesprogramdidnotexistandMHSofferedfarfewercourses.Asitis,studentslearnabitaboutmakingvideosinCMST237andCSET150,buttheylearnmostofthisontheirowninordertocompleteassignments.SeveralFilmStudiescourseswouldbereasonablechoicesforstudentsintheCSETmajor(bothasthemeanstolearnpracticalskillsinvideoworkandforlearningskillsinstorytelling),buttherulesforthemajorlacksufficientflexibilitysoatthistimewecannotcountFILMcoursestowardanyofthe


CSETrequirements.Similarly,manyMHScourseswouldbeexcellentchoicesforCSETmajorsbuttherulesofthemajorputmostMHScoursesofflimits.

5. ES120isnolongertaughtandES140isnotservingthepurposeforwhichitwasintended,atleastforCETmajors.ES120/140waspresumablygoingtobeabroadintroductiontotheengineeringdisciplinesforCSETstudents,butmostofthemenduptakingES140intheirsenioryear(withfirst‐yearengineeringstudents)afterhavenalreadytakensomeoralloftheirregularengineeringcourses.Sothiscourseisnotservingthepurposeforwhichitwasintended,atleastforCSETmajors.

6. Thestatisticscourseofchoice(Math180)isnolongeroffered.Thelossofthiscourseforcesstudentsintomuchmore(mathematically)advancedstatisticscoursesorintoEcon150,whichhascalculusasapre‐reqbutisnottaughtasacalculus‐basedstatisticscourse.StatisticsremainsanimportantcomponentofwhatwethinkCSETstudentsshouldstudy,butstudentsneedabroadersetofoptionsforfulfillingthisrequirement.

7. ThecoursesfromtheSchoolofEngineeringthatCSETstudentstakedonotsatisfytheoriginalintentofhavingstudentstake‘engineering’courses.StudentsmustchoosethreecoursesfromtheSchoolofEngineering.Historically,manyA&SstudentshavechosenEngineeringSciencecourses,butmostofthesearenolongertaught.OtherpopularchoicesareEngineeringManagementcourses.WhiletheESandEMGTprogramsofferinterestingcourses,thesecoursesdonotsatisfytheoriginalintentofhavingstudentstake‘engineering’courses(e.g.,MaterialsScience,ChemicalEngineering).


TheFull2011‐2012CatalogTextfortheCSETmajorwithstrike‐throughsandnew

textinredCommunicationofScienceandTechnologyDIRECTORDavidA.WeintraubAffiliatedFacultyPROFESSORSJayClayton(English),DavidJ.Ernst(PhysicsandAstronomy),RichardF.HaglundJr.(PhysicsandAstronomy),KassianKovalcheck(CommunicationStudies),GeraldJ.Stubbs(BiologicalSciences),JeffreyD.Schall(Psychology),DavidA.Weintraub(PhysicsandAstronomy)RESEARCHPROFESSORC.RichardChappell(PhysicsandAstronomy)ASSOCIATEPROFESSORJonathanM.Gilligan(EarthandEnvironmentalSciences)ASSISTANTPROFESSORSOleMolvig(History),DahliaPorter(English)ASSISTANTPROFESSOROFTHEPRACTICEOFENGINERINGChristopherRowe(GeneralEngineering)Thestudyofthecommunicationofscienceandtechnologyisaninterdisciplinaryenterprisethatdrawsuponthescientific,engineering,andcommunication,bothoralandwritten,resourcesofVanderbiltUniversity.Theprogramisdesignedforstudentswhohaveaninterestinscienceandtechnologyandalsoareinterestedinhowscienceandtechnologyarecommunicatedtothelargerworldoutsidescience,engineering,andmedicine.Interestedstudentsshouldcontactthedirectoroftheprogram,DavidA.Weintraub,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy.ProgramofConcentrationinCommunicationofScienceandTechnologyStudentsmajoringinthecommunicationofscienceandtechnologywillbeexpectedtocompleteacoreofcoursesthatareessentialtounderstandingcommunication,aswellasacoherentprogramofcoursesthatprovidescientificandengineeringbackground.Themajorconsistsofeither38or3947or48hours.

StudentsseekingasecondmajorwithintheCollegeofArtsandSciencemaycountamaximumof6hoursof200‐levelcourseworktomeettherequirementsofbothmajors.

Astudentmaycountasmanyas6hoursaspartofboththisinterdisciplinarymajor

andasecondmajor.Astudentmayonlyincludeamaximumof15hoursof100‐levelcoursework,notincludingCSET150andallHISTcourses.

RequiredCourses(15hours)CommunicationStudies237(TheCommunicationofScience,Engineering,and

Technology)


English118W(IntroductiontoLiteraryandCulturalAnalysis)orEnglish120W(IntermediateComposition)or200(IntermediateNonfictionWriting)or201(AdvancedNonfictionWriting)

CommunicationStudies201(Persuasion)or204(OrganizationalandManagerialCommunication)

EngineeringScience120(IntroductiontoEngineeringProblemSolving)orEngineeringScience140(IntroductiontoEngineering)

Mathematics218(IntroductiontoProbabilityandMathematicalStatistics),Economics150(EconomicStatistics)orEconomics155(IntensiveEconomicStatistics),orBME260(AnalysisofBiomedicalData)

NaturalScience(9hours)Anythree200‐levelcourses(minimum3credithourspercourse)fromatleasttwo

disciplinesinthenaturalsciencesfromthoselistedforcreditasMNScourseswithinAXLE.(NotethatMATHcoursescannotbeusedtofulfillthisrequirement.)Studentswouldonlycount9hoursofNaturalSciencecoursestowardthispartof48‐hourrequirement,eveniftheychoosetotakethree4‐hourcourses.

Engineering(9hours)Anythreecourses(minimum3credithourspercourse)fromatleasttwo

disciplinesintheSchoolofEngineering(excludingBME201,240a–240b,241a–241b,272,273;ChE233W,246,247,249;CE200a–200b–200c,248a–248b,252a–252b;CS101,103,240a–240b;EECE203,204,296,297;ES101,103,248a–248b;MSE209b–209c;ME209a–209b–209c,243,297).Studentswouldonlycount9hoursofEngineeringcoursestowardthispartof48‐hourrequirement,eveniftheychoosetotakethree4‐hourcourses.

SelectedCourses(15hours)AreaI(one3‐hourcourse):CommunicationStudies210(RhetoricandCivicLife),

220(RhetoricoftheAmericanExperience,1640–1865),221(RhetoricoftheAmericanExperience,1865to1945),222(TheRhetoricalTradition),241(RhetoricofMassMedia),294(SpecialTopics:CommunicationofSciencethroughtheMedia).

AreaII(two3‐hourcourses):ENGL200,201,orany200‐levelWcoursetaughtinEnglish,Engineering,oranyoftheNaturalSciencedepartments(notethatWcoursestaughtinEngineeringortheNaturalSciencedepartmentsdonotcounttowardtheEngineeringorNaturalSciencerequirementsofthismajor);History285W(Science,Technology,andModernity);English243,243W(Literature,Science,andTechnology)mayberepeatedonce(foratotalofupto6credits)aslongasthespecifictopicsforthecoursearedifferenteachtimeitistaken.Thetopicforeachofferingofthecoursewillbeindicatedintheofficialcourseschedule.NotethatacoursecountedtowardRequiredCoursescannotalsobeusedinsatisfactionoftheAreaIIrequirement.

AreaIII(one3‐hourcourse):Astronomy203(TheoriesoftheUniverse);CommunicationStudies223(ValuesinModernCommunication),241(RhetoricofMassMedia);EarthandEnvironmentalSciences205(Science,Risk,andPolicy);Economics226(EconomicHistoryoftheUnitedStates);History150(HistoryofModernSciencesandSociety),280(ModernMedicine),285W(Science,Technology,andModernity);Medicine,Health,andSociety221(ControversiesinMedicine);Philosophy244(Philosophyandthe


NaturalSciences);PoliticalScience253(EthicsandPublicPolicy),255(PublicPolicyProblems);Psychology252(HumanSexuality);Sociology237(SocietyandMedicine).

Choice:a)Oneadditional3‐hourcoursefromAreaI,AreaII,AreaIII,orfromthecourseoptionsthatsatisfytheNaturalScienceorEngineeringrequirementsorb)atleast1credithourearnedfromCSET289andatleast1credithourearnedfromCSET290.

1) WrittenandOralCommunicationscourses(9credithoursfrom3courses)Threecourses,withaminimum3credithourspercourse)asfollows:

a. IntrototheCommunicationofScience:CSET150(SpecialTopics)orCMST237(TheCommunicationofScience,Engineering,andTechnology).Ifneithercourseisofferedfortwoconsecutiveyears,majorsmay,withapprovaloftheprogramdirector,substituteacoursefromcategory‘1c’.

b. Oneadvancedpublic‐speakingcourse:CMST201(Persuasion)or204(OrganizationalandManagerialCommunication)

c. Oneadvanced(200‐level)‘W’coursefromanyofthefollowing:i. any200‐level‘W’coursefromanyNaturalScienceprogram(asusedhere,‘NaturalScience’includesallcoursesidentifiedas‘MNS’coursesinAXLEexceptMATHandPHILcourses),

ii. any200‐level‘W’coursefromanyEngineeringprogram,iii. any200‐level‘W’coursefromMHS,iv. ENGL200(IntermediateNonfictionWriting),201(Advanced

NonfictionWriting),orENGL243(Literature,Science,andTechnology),

2) NaturalScienceandEngineeringcourses(15credithoursfromfivecourses):

Fivecourses(minimum3credithourspercourse),atleastthreeofwhichmustbe200‐levelNaturalSciencecourses.(Asusedhere,NaturalScienceincludesallcoursesidentifiedasMNScoursesinAXLEexceptMATHandPHILcourses.)Theothertwocoursesmaybe200‐levelNaturalSciencecoursesorcoursestakenatanylevelfromtheSchoolofEngineering.Studentswillcount15hoursofNaturalScienceand/orEngineeringcoursestowardthispartof38or39‐hourrequirement,eveniftheychoosetotakefive4‐credit‐hourcourses.Engineering‘research,’‘project,’‘design,’‘seminar,’‘independentstudy,’andintroductoryprogrammingcourses(e.g.,BME240a,240b,241a,241b,272,273;ChBE233W,246,247,249;CE200a,200b,200c,248,249,252a,252b;CS101,103,240a–240b;EECE203,204,296,297;ENGM289,290,ES101,103,248,249;MSE209b,209c,ME209a,209b,209c,243,297;SC295A,295B,295C)donotcounttowardthisrequirement.Studentsmaycountthethree1‐credithourcoursesES140A,140B,and140Casequivalenttoasingle3‐credithourcourseiftheyearncreditforallthreecourses.

3) Statistics(3credithours)selectedfrom:ECON150(EconomicStatistics),155(IntensiveEconomicStatistics),MATH127b(ProbabilityandStatisticalInference),216(ProbabilityandStatisticsforEngineering),218(IntroductiontoProbabilityandMathematicalStatistics),


PSY209(QuantitativeMethods),PBYPSY2101(IntroductiontoStatisticalAnalysis),PBY2102(StatisticalAnalysis)BME260(AnalysisofBiomedicalData)SOC127(StatisticsforSocialScientists)

4) Onecoursebridgingscience,engineering,ormedicineandhealthwithnon‐science

contentandissues,includingpublicpolicycoursesandenvironmentalcourses(3credithours):

ANTH208(FoodPoliticsinAmerica),240(MedicalAnthropology),250(AnthropologyofHealing),260(Medicine,Culture,andtheBody),264(HumanNatureandNaturalLaw:PerspectivesfromScienceandReligion),270(HumanOsteology),274(HealthandDiseaseinAncientPopulations)ASTR203(TheoriesoftheUniverse)EES205(Science,Risk,andPolicy)EUS241(EnvironmentalPoliticsandPolicy)HIST149(TheModernHumanSciences),150(HistoryofModernSciencesandSociety),151(TheScientificRevolution),280(ModernMedicine),281(WomenHealth,andSexuality),282(ChineseMedicine),283(Medicine,Culture,andtheBody),284a(EpidemicsinHistory),284b(HealthandtheAfricanAmericanExperience),284c(ThePsychologicalCentury),285a(HumanBiologicalEnhancement),285W(Science,Technology,andModernity)MHS–any200‐levelcoursebelow290PHIL244(PhilosophyandtheNaturalSciences)PSCI253(EthicsandPublicPolicy),255(PublicPolicyProblems),256(PoliticsofPublicPolicy)PSY252(HumanSexuality)RLST202(NaturalScienceandtheReligiousLife),221(EthicsandEcology),241(Religion,Science,andEvolution)SOC221(EnvironmentalInequalityandJustice),237(SocietyandMedicine),270(HumanEcologyandSociety)WGS240(IntroductiontoWomen’sHealth),268(Gender,Race,Justice,andtheEnvironment)

5) Electives(8or9credithours)chosenfrom:

a. FILM105(FundamentalsofFilmandVideoProduction),125(IntroductiontotheStudyofFilm),175(IntermediateFilmmaking:AlternateForms),176(IntermediateFilmmaking:Fiction),227W(Screenwriting),275W(AdvancedScreenwriting),(nomorethan2courses)

b. category1c(nomorethan2courses)c. category2(nomorethan2courses)d. category4(nomorethan2courses)e. AcombinationofatleastonehourofCSET289(DirectedStudy)andatleast

onehourofCSET290(ProjectinScienceWritingandCommunicating)may


becountedtogetherasasingleelectivecourse.Nomorethan3hoursofCSET289and290maycounttowardthemajor.

InternshipsTheoff‐campusinternshipprograminvolvesworkinthenationalarenainsuch

placesasNASA,theDiscoveryChannel,theNationalInstitutesofHealth,CNN,andtheAmericanChemicalSociety.Ifaninternshipinvolvescoursecredit,creditwillbegivenfortheseinternshipsthroughInterdisciplinaryStudies280a–280b–280c(1houreach);theymustbetakenasP/Fhours,anddonotcounttowardthemajor.

HonorsProgramCSETHonorsisaselectiveprogramofindividualundergraduatework,supervised

byfacultyadvisers.Honorscandidatespropose,research,andwriteathesisthatdemonstratestheabilitytocommunicatescience,indepth,toanonscientificaudience.

RequirementsforAdmissionTobeadmittedtotheHonorsPrograminCSET,astudentmust1)beaCSETmajor,2)havecompletedatleast30oftherequiredhoursfortheCSETmajor,3)havecompletedonesemesterofCSET289andonesemesterofCSET290.,a)studentswhoenteredVanderbiltpriortofall2008maysubstitutetwosemestersofINDS280a–280b–280cforCSET289andCSET290b)wWithpermissionoftheprogramdirector,studentsmaysubstituteresearchexperiencetakenforcreditwithinascientificorengineeringprogramforCSET289,4)haveaGPAofatleast3.20inallworkpreviouslytakenforcredit,5)haveaGPAofatleast3.40inallcoursestakenthatcounttowardcompletionoftheCSETmajor.RequirementsforCompletion(minimum39credithours)ToearnHonorsorHighestHonorsinCSET,astudentmust1)completetheCSETmajor(minimum38credithours),2)completeatleastonesemesterofCSET296,3)presentanoraldefenseofthewrittenCSET296thesisbeforeafacultyexaminationcommittee,4)haveaGPAofatleast3.20inallworktakenforcreditand3.40inallcoursesthatcounttowardtheCSETmajor.CourseofStudyInterestedstudentsmayapplyinthespringoftheirjunioryearorthefallofthesenioryear.ApplicantsmusthavecompletedCSET289(ortheequivalent)andmusthavecompletedorbeenrolledinCSET290.Theapplicationincludesaone‐totwo‐pageproposaloftheplannedthesisandthesignatureofthefacultymemberwhowillbethethesisadviser.

StudentsintheHonorsProgramsignupforCSET296(HonorsThesis).StudentsmayenrollinCSET296foroneortwosemesters,forupto3hourspersemester.


Thefinalthesismustbesubmittednolaterthantwoweeksbeforetheendofclassesinthesemesterofgraduation.

Theoraldefenseofthethesiswilltakeplaceonetotwoweeksafterthefinalthesisissubmitted.Theexaminationcommitteeiscomposedofthethesissupervisorandtwoadditionalfacultymembers,atleastoneofwhommustbeafacultymemberaffiliatedwiththeCSETprogram.Theoraldefenseispublicandshouldtakeapproximatelyonehour,includingtimeforquestionsfrommembersofthecommittee.ThefacultyexaminationcommitteewilldeterminebymajorityvotewhetherthestudenthasearnedHonorsandwhethersaidstudentshouldreceiveHonorsorHighestHonors.HighestHonorsisreservedforstudentswithGPAsintheCSETmajorandoverallabove3.50,whosethesesareofnear‐publicationquality,andwhoseoraldefensesareatthehighestlevel.

MinorinCommunicationofScienceandTechnology

Theminorincommunicationofscienceandtechnologyconsistsofaminimumof24hoursdistributedasfollows:

RequiredCourses(9hours)CommunicationStudies237(TheCommunicationofScience,Engineering,and

Technology)English120W(IntermediateComposition)or200(IntermediateNonfiction

Writing)or201(AdvancedNonfictionWriting)CommunicationStudies201(Persuasion)or204(OrganizationalandManagerial

Communication)SelectedCourses(15hours)Thestudentmusttake1.twocoursesfromtheNaturalSciencelistforthemajor(seeabove);2.atotaloftwocoursesfromtheEngineeringlistforthemajor(seeabove);or

MaterialsScienceandEngineering150(MaterialsScienceI)andonecoursefromtheEngineeringlistforthemajor(seeabove);

3.onecoursefromanyofthecourseslistedaboveforthemajor.Nomorethantwooftheselectedcoursescanbetakeninanyonedepartment.Only3hoursfromeachofthefiveselectedcourseswillcounttowardthe24total

hoursoftheminor.


TheminorintheCommunicationofScienceandTechnologyconsistsofsevencourses,totalingaminimumof21hours,distributedasfollows:

1) WrittenandOralCommunicationscourses(3courses):a. CSET150orCMST237.Ifneithercourseisofferedfortwoconsecutiveyears,

minorsmay,withapprovaloftheprogramdirector,substituteacoursefromcategory‘1c’.

b. Oneadvancedpublic‐speakingcourse:CMST201or204c. Oneadvanced(200‐level)‘W’courseasdefinedintherulesfortheCSET

major2) NaturalScienceandEngineeringcourses(4courses):

a. Onecoursebridgingscience,engineering,ormedicineandhealthwithnon‐sciencecontentandissues,includingpublicpolicycoursesandenvironmentalcourses(selectedfromlistofcoursesformajors)

b. Threecourses(minimum3credithourspercourse)fromengineeringand/orthenaturalsciences,atleasttwoofwhichmustbe200‐levelNaturalSciencecourses(asdefinedforthemajor).Theothercoursemaybea200‐levelNaturalSciencecourseoracoursetakenatanylevelfromtheSchoolofEngineering.Studentsmaycount9hoursofNaturalScienceand/orEngineeringcoursestowardthispartof21‐hourrequirement,eveniftheychoosetotakethree4‐credit‐hourcourses.Studentsmaycountthe1‐credithourcoursesES140A,140B,and140Casequivalenttoasingle3‐credithourcourseiftheyearncreditforallthreecourses.


TheFull2012‐2013CatalogTextfortheCSETmajorCommunicationofScienceandTechnologyDIRECTORDavidA.WeintraubAffiliatedFacultyPROFESSORSJayClayton(English),DavidJ.Ernst(PhysicsandAstronomy),RichardF.HaglundJr.(PhysicsandAstronomy),JeffreyD.Schall(Psychology),DavidA.Weintraub(PhysicsandAstronomy)ASSOCIATEPROFESSORJonathanM.Gilligan(EarthandEnvironmentalSciences)ASSISTANTPROFESSORSOleMolvig(History),DahliaPorter(English)ASSISTANTPROFESSOROFTHEPRACTICEOFENGINERINGChristopherRowe(GeneralEngineering)Thestudyofthecommunicationofscienceandtechnologyisaninterdisciplinaryenterprisethatdrawsuponthescientific,engineering,andcommunication,bothoralandwritten,resourcesofVanderbiltUniversity.Theprogramisdesignedforstudentswhohaveaninterestinscienceandtechnologyandalsoareinterestedinhowscienceandtechnologyarecommunicatedtothelargerworldoutsidescience,engineering,andmedicine.Interestedstudentsshouldcontactthedirectoroftheprogram,DavidA.Weintraub,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy.ProgramofConcentrationinCommunicationofScienceandTechnologyStudentsmajoringinthecommunicationofscienceandtechnologywillbeexpectedtocompleteacoreofcoursesthatareessentialtounderstandingcommunication,aswellasacoherentprogramofcoursesthatprovidescientificandengineeringbackground.Themajorconsistsofeither38or39hours.

Astudentmaycountasmanyas6hoursaspartofboththisinterdisciplinarymajor

andasecondmajor.Astudentmayonlyincludeamaximumof15hoursof100‐levelcoursework,notincludingCSET150andallHISTcourses.

1. WrittenandOralCommunicationscourses(9credithoursfrom3courses)Threecourses,withaminimum3credithourspercourse)asfollows:

a. IntrototheCommunicationofScience:CSET150(SpecialTopics)orCMST237(TheCommunicationofScience,Engineering,andTechnology).Ifneithercourseisofferedfortwoconsecutiveyears,majorsmay,withapprovaloftheprogramdirector,substituteacoursefromcategory‘1c’.

b. Oneadvancedpublic‐speakingcourse:CMST201(Persuasion)or204(OrganizationalandManagerialCommunication)

c. Oneadvanced(200‐level)‘W’coursefromanyofthefollowing:i. any200‐level‘W’coursefromanyNaturalScienceprogram(asusedhere,‘NaturalScience’includesallcoursesidentifiedas‘MNS’coursesinAXLEexceptMATHandPHILcourses),

ii. any200‐level‘W’coursefromanyEngineeringprogram,iii. any200‐level‘W’coursefromMHS,


iv. ENGL200(IntermediateNonfictionWriting),201(AdvancedNonfictionWriting),orENGL243(Literature,Science,andTechnology),

2. NaturalScienceandEngineeringcourses(15credithoursfromfivecourses):Fivecourses(minimum3credithourspercourse),atleastthreeofwhichmustbe

200‐levelNaturalSciencecourses.(Asusedhere,NaturalScienceincludesallcoursesidentifiedasMNScoursesinAXLEexceptMATHandPHILcourses.)Theothertwocoursesmaybe200‐levelNaturalSciencecoursesorcoursestakenatanylevelfromtheSchoolofEngineering.Studentswillcount15hoursofNaturalScienceand/orEngineeringcoursestowardthispartof38or39‐hourrequirement,eveniftheychoosetotakefive4‐credit‐hourcourses.Engineering‘research,’‘project,’‘design,’‘seminar,’‘independentstudy,’andintroductoryprogrammingcourses(e.g.,BME240a,240b,241a,241b,272,273;ChBE233W,246,247,249;CE200a,200b,200c,248,249,252a,252b;CS101,103,240a–240b;EECE203,204,296,297;ENGM289,290,ES101,103,248,249;MSE209b,209c,ME209a,209b,209c,243,297;SC295A,295B,295C)donotcounttowardthisrequirement.Studentsmaycountthethree1‐credithourcoursesES140A,140B,and140Casequivalenttoasingle3‐credithourcourseiftheyearncreditforallthreecourses.

3. Statistics(3credithours)selectedfrom:

ECON150(EconomicStatistics),155(IntensiveEconomicStatistics),MATH127b(ProbabilityandStatisticalInference),216(ProbabilityandStatisticsforEngineering),218(IntroductiontoProbabilityandMathematicalStatistics),PSY209(QuantitativeMethods),PBYPSY2101(IntroductiontoStatisticalAnalysis),PBY2102(StatisticalAnalysis)BME260(AnalysisofBiomedicalData)SOC127(StatisticsforSocialScientists)

4. Onecoursebridgingscience,engineering,ormedicineandhealthwithnon‐

sciencecontentandissues,includingpublicpolicycoursesandenvironmentalcourses(3credithours):

ANTH208(FoodPoliticsinAmerica),240(MedicalAnthropology),250(AnthropologyofHealing),260(Medicine,Culture,andtheBody),264(HumanNatureandNaturalLaw:PerspectivesfromScienceandReligion),270(HumanOsteology),274(HealthandDiseaseinAncientPopulations)ASTR203(TheoriesoftheUniverse)EES205(Science,Risk,andPolicy)EUS241(EnvironmentalPoliticsandPolicy)HIST149(TheModernHumanSciences),150(HistoryofModernSciencesandSociety),151(TheScientificRevolution),280(ModernMedicine),281(WomenHealth,andSexuality),282(ChineseMedicine),283(Medicine,Culture,andtheBody),284a(EpidemicsinHistory),284b(HealthandtheAfricanAmericanExperience),284c(ThePsychologicalCentury),285a


(HumanBiologicalEnhancement),285W(Science,Technology,andModernity)MHS–any200‐levelcoursebelow290PHIL244(PhilosophyandtheNaturalSciences)PSCI253(EthicsandPublicPolicy),255(PublicPolicyProblems),256(PoliticsofPublicPolicy)PSY252(HumanSexuality)RLST202(NaturalScienceandtheReligiousLife),221(EthicsandEcology),241(Religion,Science,andEvolution)SOC221(EnvironmentalInequalityandJustice),237(SocietyandMedicine),270(HumanEcologyandSociety)WGS240(IntroductiontoWomen’sHealth),268(Gender,Race,Justice,andtheEnvironment)

5. Electives(8or9credithours)chosenfrom:

a. FILM105(FundamentalsofFilmandVideoProduction),125(IntroductiontotheStudyofFilm),175(IntermediateFilmmaking:AlternateForms),176(IntermediateFilmmaking:Fiction),227W(Screenwriting),275W(AdvancedScreenwriting),(nomorethan2courses)

b. category1c(nomorethan2courses)c. category2(nomorethan2courses)d. category4(nomorethan2courses)e. AcombinationofatleastonehourofCSET289(DirectedStudy)andat

leastonehourofCSET290(ProjectinScienceWritingandCommunicating)maybecountedtogetherasasingleelectivecourse.Nomorethan3hoursofCSET289and290maycounttowardthemajor.

InternshipsTheoff‐campusinternshipprograminvolvesworkinthenationalarenainsuch

placesasNASA,theDiscoveryChannel,theNationalInstitutesofHealth,CNN,andtheAmericanChemicalSociety.Ifaninternshipinvolvescoursecredit,creditwillbegiventhroughInterdisciplinaryStudies280a–280b–280c(1houreach);theymustbetakenasP/Fhours,anddonotcounttowardthemajor.

HonorsProgramCSETHonorsisaselectiveprogramofindividualundergraduatework,supervised

byfacultyadvisers.Honorscandidatespropose,research,andwriteathesisthatdemonstratestheabilitytocommunicatescience,indepth,toanonscientificaudience.

RequirementsforAdmissionTobeadmittedtotheHonorsPrograminCSET,astudentmust1)beaCSETmajor,2)havecompletedatleast30oftherequiredhoursfortheCSETmajor,


3)havecompletedonesemesterofCSET289andonesemesterofCSET290.Withpermissionoftheprogramdirector,studentsmaysubstituteresearchexperiencetakenforcreditwithinascientificorengineeringprogramforCSET289,4)haveaGPAofatleast3.20inallworkpreviouslytakenforcredit,5)haveaGPAofatleast3.40inallcoursestakenthatcounttowardcompletionoftheCSETmajor.RequirementsforCompletion(minimum39credithours)ToearnHonorsorHighestHonorsinCSET,astudentmust1)completetheCSETmajor(minimum38credithours),2)completeatleastonesemesterofCSET296,3)presentanoraldefenseofthewrittenCSET296thesisbeforeafacultyexaminationcommittee,4)haveaGPAofatleast3.20inallworktakenforcreditand3.40inallcoursesthatcounttowardtheCSETmajor.CourseofStudyInterestedstudentsmayapplyinthespringoftheirjunioryearorthefallofthesenioryear.ApplicantsmusthavecompletedCSET289(ortheequivalent)andmusthavecompletedorbeenrolledinCSET290.Theapplicationincludesaone‐totwo‐pageproposaloftheplannedthesisandthesignatureofthefacultymemberwhowillbethethesisadviser.

StudentsintheHonorsProgramsignupforCSET296(HonorsThesis).StudentsmayenrollinCSET296foroneortwosemesters,forupto3hourspersemester.

Thefinalthesismustbesubmittednolaterthantwoweeksbeforetheendofclassesinthesemesterofgraduation.

Theoraldefenseofthethesiswilltakeplaceonetotwoweeksafterthefinalthesisissubmitted.Theexaminationcommitteeiscomposedofthethesissupervisorandtwoadditionalfacultymembers,atleastoneofwhommustbeafacultymemberaffiliatedwiththeCSETprogram.Theoraldefenseispublicandshouldtakeapproximatelyonehour,includingtimeforquestionsfrommembersofthecommittee.ThefacultyexaminationcommitteewilldeterminebymajorityvotewhetherthestudenthasearnedHonorsandwhethersaidstudentshouldreceiveHonorsorHighestHonors.HighestHonorsisreservedforstudentswithGPAsintheCSETmajorandoverallabove3.50,whosethesesareofnear‐publicationquality,andwhoseoraldefensesareatthehighestlevel.

MinorinCommunicationofScienceandTechnology

TheminorintheCommunicationofScienceandTechnologyconsistsofsevencourses,totalingaminimumof21hours,distributedasfollows:

1) WrittenandOralCommunicationscourses(3courses):a. CSET150orCMST237.Ifneithercourseisofferedfortwoconsecutive

years,minorsmay,withapprovaloftheprogramdirector,substituteacoursefromcategory‘1c’.

b. Oneadvancedpublic‐speakingcourse:CMST201or204


c. Oneadvanced(200‐level)‘W’courseasdefinedintherulesfortheCSETmajor

2) NaturalScienceandEngineeringcourses(4courses):a. Onecoursebridgingscience,engineering,ormedicineandhealthwithnon‐

sciencecontentandissues,includingpublicpolicycoursesandenvironmentalcourses(selectedfromlistofcoursesformajors)

b. Threecourses(minimum3credithourspercourse)fromengineeringand/orthenaturalsciences,atleasttwoofwhichmustbe200‐levelNaturalSciencecourses(asdefinedforthemajor).Theothercoursemaybea200‐levelNaturalSciencecourseoracoursetakenatanylevelfromtheSchoolofEngineering.Studentsmaycount9hoursofNaturalScienceand/orEngineeringcoursestowardthispartof21‐hourrequirement,eveniftheychoosetotakethree4‐credit‐hourcourses.Studentsmaycountthe1‐credithourcoursesES140A,140B,and140Casequivalenttoasingle3‐credithourcourseiftheyearncreditforallthreecourses.

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From: Folgarait, LeonardSent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:23 AMTo: Bremer, Jonathan ESubject: RE: CSET assessment plan

Dear Jonathan, Excellent! With this news, I repeat the CEP approval of the CSET proposal, with a vote of 4 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining. Does this suffice for FC to now receive the proposal? My best, Leonard Leonard Folgarait Professor of History of Art Vanderbilt University Box 0274 GPC 230 Appleton Place Nashville, TN 37203 ________________________________________ From: Bremer, Jonathan E Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:14 AM To: Folgarait, Leonard Subject: CSET assessment plan Dear Leonard: Greetings! This message is to let you know that CSET has revised its assessment plan in accordance with the proposed revisions to its major, minor, and honors program. Have a great weekend, Jonathan Jonathan Bremer, Ph.D. Program Coordinator, A&S Dean’s Office A&S Executive Secretary of the Faculty Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy 304 Alumni Hall Vanderbilt University (615) 322‐7747

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