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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear Colleagues of Engineering,<BR>
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Here is my first report from the Faculty Senate Educational Policies and Student Affairs Committee (EPSAC). <BR>
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EPSAC is looking into the High Risk Courses, i.e. courses with high rates of DWIF grades.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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CHEE 2332, CIVE2330 and ECE1331 are ranked among the top five on the list.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Course Enrollment Total DWIF Count % DWIF<BR>
CHEM 1332 234 172 73.5% <BR>
MIS 3370 28 17 60.7% <BR>
CHEE 2332 22 13 59.1% <BR>
CIVE 2330 43 24 55.8% <BR>
ECE 1331 123 68 55.3% <BR>
CHEM 3332 229 123 53.7% <BR>
PHYS 1321 372 192 51.6% <BR>
PHYS 1301 506 260 51.4% <BR>
MATH 3333 36 18 50.0% <BR>
AMER 3300 60 30 50.0% <BR>
COMM 1302 557 273 49.0% <BR>
MATH 1311 49 24 49.0% <BR>
MATH 3331 37 18 48.6% <BR>
GEOL 1376 50 24 48.0% <BR>
CHEM 1372 388 186 47.9% <BR>
HIST 4330 21 10 47.6% <BR>
MATH 1330 1347 632 46.9% <BR>
COSC 1304 26 12 46.2% <BR>
PHPS 3401 22 10 45.5% <BR>
MATH 3335 29 13 44.8% <BR>
ECON 4321 25 11 44.0% <BR>
PHPS 3300 23 10 43.5% <BR>
PHYS 1306 74 32 43.2% <BR>
HIST 3355 21 9 42.9% <BR>
GEOL 3130 56 24 42.9% <BR>
COMM 3353 94 40 42.6% <BR>
GEOL 3330 59 25 42.4% <BR>
MATH 3364 26 11 42.3% <BR>
GEOL 4330 31 13 41.9% <BR>
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Steven Pei<BR>
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics<BR>
Executive Director, Southwest Public Safety Technology Center<BR>
Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Materials<BR>
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4005<BR>
713-743-4433 (o); 832-228-1161 (cell); 713-743-3621 (CAM)<BR>
281-241-6000 (Yessica); 281-241-6001 (SWTC fax);<BR>
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