Undergraduate Course Catalog 2006-2007
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Independent Study and Projects
All departments within the college offer independent study and/or
projects. The content of these courses varies based upon current
scientific and technological needs and student and faculty interest.
Permission of the instructor and/or department chairperson is required.
(See the course descriptions for the independent study and project
courses and for specific requirements.) Students interested in working
with a faculty member on a project or independent study should discuss
this with their academic adviser.
Special Provisions
The requirement of a given course in any prescribed curriculum may be
waived by the faculty of a student’s college. The student’s petition
must be approved by his/her major adviser and the dean of the college.
This power will usually be delegated by the faculty to the dean or to a
committee. (Senate Rule 05.21(s): Waiver of Requirements in a
Prescribed Curriculum.)
This rule offers students the opportunity to develop a somewhat
individualized plan of study with intellectual incentives and
opportunities in addition to those in a regular curriculum.
A student with senior status and a grade point average of 3.2 may
petition to take a graduate course for undergraduate credit. In
addition, upon the recommendation of the department chairperson, a
superior student may be allowed to count credits from up to two
800-level courses toward both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s
degree, provided that the student has been admitted to the master’s
program.
Research Opportunities
The talents and expertise of the faculty in all departments are
reflected in the number of ongoing research projects. Undergraduates
are included in many of these research projects with the intent that
they discover and foster their creative talents. In funded research
projects, students may have an opportunity to receive pay while
learning.
A multiplicity of research programs is reflected in special facilities:
Bioelectronics Laboratory, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Solid State
Laboratory, Space Science Center, Wind Tunnel and Water Tunnel
Facilities, Structural Biology Laboratory, X-ray Diffraction
Laboratory, Data Visualization Laboratory, Nano-Manufacturing
Laboratory, Chaos and Dynamic Systems Laboratory, Structural
Engineering High Bay, Xeon Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory, Jere
A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory, Water Treatment Technology
Center, Recycled Materials Research Center, and Center for Contaminated
Sediment Research.
Students have the opportunity to acquire applied experience by working
with faculty members who undertake client-sponsored professional
projects in technical and managerial areas for business and industry
and for federal, state, and local governments.
Study Abroad Programs
http://www.unh.edu/cie/studyabroad/sap.html
Hungary
The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences provides its students
with the opportunity to spend the fall semester of their junior year at
the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in Budapest,
Hungary. Courses at BME are taught in English and receive prior
approval for degree credit. Students studying in Budapest, therefore,
can graduate on schedule at UNH. A general education course on the
language, geography, and culture of Hungary, taken at BME, is strongly
suggested. The foreign student office at BME will appoint a Hungarian
adviser for each student and will assist students in obtaining housing either in
dormitories or apartments. Further information is available from Meghan
Granger, academic counselor, CEPS Dean’s Office, or Jeff Sherman,
educational program coordinator, Center for International Education,
Hood House, or the college’s foreign exchange program coordinator,
Professor Andrzej Rucinski.
Puerto Rico
Students may spend one or two semesters at the University of Puerto
Rico (UPR) at Mayaguez, the second largest of the three major campuses
in the UPR system. While having the opportunity to learn in a Latin
American environment, participants maintain their status as UNH
students, pay UNH tuition, and will be able to graduate from UNH on
schedule. The exchange is open to students and faculty members from all
UNH majors. Since eighty percent of all courses at UPR are taught in
Spanish, participants must be proficient in Spanish. Interested CEPS
students should contact Paula DiNardo, National Student Exchange
Office, Hood House.
Scotland, Heriot-Watt University Exchange Program
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences students are eligible to
participate in a spring semester exchange with Heriot-Watt University
in Edinburgh, Scotland. The current program is designed for civil and
environmental engineering majors. For more information, contact Ray
Cook at (603) 862-1411 or the Center for International Education, Hood House.
Preparing for Teaching
Students interested in mathematics education (elementary, middle/junior
high, or secondary), chemistry and physics teaching, earth science
teaching, or general science teaching should refer to the Department of
Education and the appropriate department for a description of the
requirements.
Combined Programs of Study
In addition to pursuing a single major, students may combine programs of study as follows:
Minors: See University Academic Requirements; see also Degrees and
Major Programs of Study and Departmental Programs of Study in this
section.
Second Majors: See University Academic Requirements.
Interdisciplinary Majors: Many departments in the college offer
programs that combine a major with another field of interest. See the
descriptions that follow:
Dual-Degree Programs: See University Academic Requirements.
Student-Designed Majors: See Special University Programs.
Other combined and interdisciplinary opportunities: See Special University Programs.
