[CCoE Notice] Report #1: Study of High Risk Courses by Faculty Senate

[Lewis, Lindsay R]

Dear Colleagues of Engineering,
 
Here is my first report from the Faculty Senate Educational Policies and Student Affairs Committee (EPSAC).  
 
EPSAC is looking into the High Risk Courses, i.e. courses with high rates of DWIF grades. 
 
Attached below is a table of the top 30 courses with the highest rates of DWIF grades across all sections of the course with at least 20 students enrolled from fall 2008.   
 
CHEE 2332, CIVE2330 and ECE1331 are ranked among the top five on the list.
 
This is the data that the Office of Institutional Research was asked to pull together for SAG. I would appreciate inputs and guidance from all engineering faculty, in particular, those from Dean Tedesco, Undergraduate Dean Shattuck and the departmental undergraduate advisors.
 
Besides EPSAC, please also let me know if you have any concerns related to the Scholarship & Community Committee of which I am also a member.  Thank you.
 
Course	 Enrollment Total	 DWIF Count	 % DWIF	
CHEM 1332	 234	 172	 73.5%	
MIS 3370	 28	 17	 60.7%	
CHEE 2332	 22	 13	 59.1%	
CIVE 2330	 43	 24	 55.8%	
ECE 1331	 123	 68	 55.3%	
CHEM 3332	 229	 123	 53.7%	
PHYS 1321	 372	 192	 51.6%	
PHYS 1301	 506	 260	 51.4%	
MATH 3333	 36	 18	 50.0%	
AMER 3300	 60	 30	 50.0%	
COMM 1302	 557	 273	 49.0%	
MATH 1311	 49	 24	 49.0%	
MATH 3331	 37	 18	 48.6%	
GEOL 1376	 50	 24	 48.0%	
CHEM 1372	 388	 186	 47.9%	
HIST 4330	 21	 10	 47.6%	
MATH 1330	 1347	 632	 46.9%	
COSC 1304	 26	 12	 46.2%	
PHPS 3401	 22	 10	 45.5%	
MATH 3335	 29	 13	 44.8%	
ECON 4321	 25	 11	 44.0%	
PHPS 3300	 23	 10	 43.5%	
PHYS 1306	 74	 32	 43.2%	
HIST 3355	 21	 9	 42.9%	
GEOL 3130	 56	 24	 42.9%	
COMM 3353	 94	 40	 42.6%	
GEOL 3330	 59	 25	 42.4%	
MATH 3364	 26	 11	 42.3%	
GEOL 4330	 31	 13	 41.9%	
 
 
Steven Pei
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics
Executive Director, Southwest Public Safety Technology Center
Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Materials
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4005
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