Curriculum Committee ("CC") Minutes for 4 November 1994

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Attending:  Fujimura, Kerr, Perlman, Soundararajan, Ware, Wenger,
Weide, Yagel, Yeack


1. Report on list of questions to be answered early by those proposing
   major (multi-course) curriculum changes and/or new programs
   
   Bruce presented two lists of questions and asked for feedback from the
   committee by e-mail.  (Note: No changes have been suggested as of 11-11-94.)
   He will ask Tim Long to answer both sets of questions (general questions
   regarding new programs, and specific questions regarding proposed
   changes to the software "spine" courses: 221, 222, 321, 560, 680),
   and will ask Saday to answer the first set (general questions) for
   the to-be-proposed scientific computation program.
  
2. Report on 694I: C++, and discussion of future role of 294I: Problem Solving
   Using C++, and the general question of the department's "main programming
   language"
   
   The committee discussed many aspects of the role of C++ and object-oriented
   programming notions (inheritance, polymorphism, dynamic binding, etc.)
   in the CS curriculum.  Neelam agreed to lead a group of faculty in
   making a comprehensive proposal that addresses this general issue.
   Interested parties should contact him to participate.
   
  
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Next meeting: Friday, 2 December 1994, 2:30-3:20 PM, in DL 298.


Respectfully submitted,

	Bruce W. Weide, CC Chair