Curriculum Committee ("CC") Minutes for 21 October 1994

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Attending:  Baker, Fujimura, Kerr, Perlman, Soundararajan, Tavenner,
Weide, Yagel, Yeack, Zhao


1. Report of ad hoc subcommittee on introductory courses (100, 101, 201,
   211, 212, 221, 294I) -- Quinlan, Soundararajan, Ware, Winters, Yagel,
   Yeack (chair)
   
   Preliminary recommendations -- all accepted as working objectives
   by the CC as a whole -- are:
   
   (a) Both CIS 100 and 101 (latter as beefed up to satisfy first course
       for Business students) should remain.  Details require more
       discussion before action is taken; referred back to this
       subcommittee for detailed consideration.
       
   (b) Both CIS 201 and 211 should not remain; 201 should be renumbered
       to 211 and 201 should then be withdrawn.  Details require more
       discussion before action is taken; referred back to this
       subcommittee for detailed consideration.
       
   (c) CIS 212 should be withdrawn.  Paperwork will be done and this
       will be brought before faculty for a vote later this quarter.
       
   (d) CIS 294I (C++ course for non-majors) needs more discussion.
       This is related to CIS 694I, which is on the agenda for the
       next CC meeting; after that these will be referred to a new
       subcommittee for further consideration of the role of C++
       in the CS curriculum, both for majors and non-majors.
       
2.  Report of ad hoc subcommittees on software "spine" courses for CS
    majors (221, 222, 321, 560, 680) and on scientific computation
    program -- Fujimura, Kerr (chair), Supowit; Perlman (chair), Zhao
    
    Some long-term curriculum questions are not easily decidable on a
    course-by-course basis, since they require phase-in periods.
    So there were recommended general questions that should be addressed
    early in the process when there is to be a proposal for major
    curriculum change (e.g., new program, new option, integrated revisions),
    and specific questions that should be addressed by those proposing
    the software "spine" revisions.  CC chair will consolidate these
    for presentation to the CC by the Nov 4 meeting, and they will be
    announced to the faculty after that; no faculty vote necessary.  Then
    the relevant questions will be posed to those proposing the software
    "spine" revisions and the scientific computing program.
    
3.  Report from Neelam on 694J (Social and Ethical Issues in Computing)
   
    This was piloted twice as a 2-hr course, and it will be piloted
    as a 1-hr course this Winter and Spring (all by Ken).  The 1-hr version
    does not emphasize writing so much, since the third writing course
    requirement is now satisfied by CIS 560.  The only CC issue is whether
    we ought to try to get this on the books as a permanent 1-hr course
    ASAP (before the Wi-Sp pilots), since it is part of ABET accreditation
    requirement and we need to have students graduating under an
    accreditable program before we can get accreditation.  CC will
    reconsider this question later this quarter after getting input from
    Stu.
    
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Next meeting: Friday, 4 November 1994, 2:30-3:20 PM, in DL 298.


Respectfully submitted,

	Bruce W. Weide, CC Chair