Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Health Physics
116 Radiation Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5902
T 541-737-2343
F 541-737-0480
http://ne.oregonstate.edu
To:
OSU Curriculum Committee
From: Todd S. Palmer, NERHP Undergraduate Program Chair (7-7064, [email protected])
Joan Stueve, NERHP Head Advisor (7-7039, [email protected])
RE:
Changes to the NE and RHP curricula
The purpose of this memo is to list the Category II proposal numbers, course identifiers, proposed
changes, and justification for each of the changes being made to the NE and RHP curricula. There are
several significant reasons for the proposals that have been generated: 1) elimination of two slash
courses (and subsequent change to the prerequisites for many of our courses), 2) a repackaging of our
Neutronic Analysis and Laboratory courses (separating lab from lecture, and offering lab in the Spring),
3) a repackaging of our Dosimetry and Shielding courses to eliminate redundancy and , and 4) a new
WIC course in the both the NE and RHP curricula.
Below is a list of the proposal numbers, course identifiers and names, proposed changes and
justification for the change.
Proposal
#
3704
Course # and Name
Proposed Changes
NE 482/582 – Applied
Radiation Safety
Drop NE 482
3798
RHP 482/582 –
Applied Radiation
Safety
Drop RHP 482
3799
NE 481/581 –
Radiation Protection
Drop NE 581
3737
RHP 481/581 –
Radiation Protection
Drop RHP 581
3703
RHP 483/583
3742
NE 490/590 –
Radiation Dosimetry
Course is offered every
year, instead of every
other year
Drop courses
Justification
The enrollment in this course was far
too large to be offered to NEs and RHPs
at both the graduate and undergraduate
level. The material is most important for
our graduate students, particularly for
our E-Campus RHP students.
The enrollment in this course was far
too large to be offered to NEs and RHPs
at both the graduate and undergraduate
level. The material is most important for
our graduate students, particularly for
our E-Campus RHP students.
The enrollment in this course was far
too large to be offered to NEs and RHPs
at both the graduate and undergraduate
level. The material is most important for
our undergraduate students.
The enrollment in this course was far
too large to be offered to NEs and RHPs
at both the graduate and undergraduate
level. The material is most important for
our undergraduate students.
RHP 483/583 is a required course in the
RHP M.S. and MHP programs and must
be offered every year.
3739
RHP 490/590 –
Radiation Dosimetry
Drop RHP 490, Change
name to Internal
Dosimetry, Change
prereqs to NE 481 or
equivalent
3740
NE 535 – Nuclear
Radiation Shielding
3804
RHP 535 – Nuclear
Radiation Shielding
3714
NE 654 – Neutron
Transport Theory
3709
NE 568 – Nuclear
Reactor Safety
3707
NE 542 – Low-Level
Radioactive Waste
Management
RHP 542 – Low-Level
Radioactive Waste
Management
NE 475/575 – Nuclear
Systems Design II
Change name of course
to Radiation Shielding
and External Dosimetry,
add NE 435, change
prereqs to remove
NE/RHP 581
Change name of course
to External Dosimetry and
Radiation Shielding, add
RHP 435, change
prereqs to remove
NE/RHP 581
Change name of course
to highlight emphasis on
computational aspects of
course
Course is offered every
year, instead of every
other year
Drop course
3802
2826
The external dosimetry portion of this
course is being moved to NE/RHP 535
(radiation shielding; in a separate Cat II)
because many of the concepts are
similar in those two topic areas.
Additionally, NEs will be required to take
the shielding/external dosimetry course,
but not the internal dosimetry course.
There is a great deal of overlap in
material currently taught in external
dosimetry; we're moving that material
into the shielding course. This new
course will be required of both NEs and
RHPs.
There is a great deal of overlap in
material currently taught in external
dosimetry; we're moving that material
into the shielding course. This new
course will be required of both NEs and
RHPs.
Highlight emphasis on computational
science, reduced emphasis on theory
NE 568 is a required course in the NE
M.S. and MEng degrees.
Faculty retirement
Drop course
Faculty retirement
Changing this course to
be the NE major’s WIC
course
NE 482, our previous WIC course, is
being dropped from the curriculum.
This design course already had a
significant writing focus. This course
was piloted as a WIC course in 07-08.
This course will formalize the
requirement for RHP students to
complete a capstone design course.
Furthermore, because RHP 482 is no
longer offered (previously, the WIC
course for RHP 482) this course will
also meet the WIC requirement for RHP
majors.
OSU TRIGA Reactor is unavailable
F2008, W2009 because of fuel
conversion, and labs will be taught by
OSTR Reactor Administrator and spring
works best for his schedule.
OSU TRIGA Reactor is unavailable
F2008, W2009 because of fuel
conversion, and labs will be taught by
OSTR Reactor Administrator and spring
works best for his schedule.
3767
RHP 475/575
Creating courses
3715
NE 451/551 –
Neutronic Analysis
and Lab I
Drop lab component,
reduce CH to 3, change
prereq, change name to
remove “and Lab”
3716
NE 452/552 –
Neutronic Analysis
and Lab II
Drop lab component,
reduce CH to 3, change
prereq, change name to
remove “and Lab”
3764
NE 457 – Nuclear
Reactor Laboratory
Add 2 CH lab course
taught in Spring term
3699
NE 474/574 – Nuclear
Systems Design I
3708
NE 553 – Advanced
Nuclear Reactor
Physics
3768
NE 526 –
Computational
Methods for Nuclear
Reactors
Change pre-reqs to
enforce NE 467 and
NE/ME 332
Change course
description, and change
from “offered every other
year” to offered every
year.
Change name, change
course description, and
crosslist with ME 575
3635
NE 467/567 – Nuclear
Reactor
Thermalhydraulics
NE 416/516 Radiochemistry
Change prereqs.
3806
RHP 416/516 Radiochemistry
Drop undergrad version
of course
3809
CH 416 Radiochemistry
Drop undergrad version
of course
3810
CHE 416
Radiochemsitry
Drop 416
????
NE 351 – Problem
Solving in Nuclear
Science
Add course
3632
Drop undergrad version
of course
OSU Triga Reactor is unavailable
F2008, W2009 because of fuel
conversion, and labs will be taught by
OSTR Reactor Administrator and spring
works best for his schedule.
Students need to have these courses to
be successful in NE 467.
The course description needs to be
updated to be consistent with what is
being taught, and this class is taught
each year because it is required for the
NE M.S. and MEng degrees.
For the past three years, NE 526 has
been co-taught with ME 575 (one year it
is taught by ME and the next it is taught
by NE). This proposal formalizes the
crosslisting.
ENGR 332 is no longer taught. Replace
this is a pre-req with NE/ME 332 (this is
the same material..)
Low undergraduate enrollment, fixed
laboratory resources, and a desire to
minimize slash courses to strengthen
our graduate program are the reasons
for this change. [Undergrads can still
take the grad course, should they so
choose.]
Low undergraduate enrollment, fixed
laboratory resources, and a desire to
minimize slash courses to strengthen
our graduate program are the reasons
for this change. [Undergrads can still
take the grad course, should they so
choose.]
Low undergraduate enrollment, fixed
laboratory resources, and a desire to
minimize slash courses to strengthen
our graduate program are the reasons
for this change. [Undergrads can still
take the grad course, should they so
choose.]
Low undergraduate enrollment, fixed
laboratory resources, and a desire to
minimize slash courses to strengthen
our graduate program are the reasons
for this change. [Undergrads can still
take the grad course, should they so
choose.]
3790
NE 561 – Nuclear
Reactor Lab
New course
Sincerely,
Todd S. Palmer
Professor
Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics
Oregon State University
116 Radiation Center
Corvallis, OR 97331-5902
There are no laboratories at this
university that examine both the
neutronic and thermal-hydraulic aspects
of nuclear reactor systems together. A
practical understanding of reactor
systems is becoming a crucial skill
required in today's workplace and
research institutions. OSU has the
unique ability to offer this course using
both the University's TRIGA reactor and
the Advanced Plant Experiment Facility.