Curriculum Committee ("CC") Minutes for 21 November 1995

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Attending:  Arora, Fleming, Fujimura, Goyal, Kerr, Mamrak, Michaylov, Ogden,
            Quinlan, Raghavan, Weide, Woodruff

* Discussion of proposed changes to CIS 211 (piloted as CIS 294J)
    
  Elley, Chris, Srini, and Doug presented information about the content
  of 294J: "Computer-Assisted Problem Solving for Business", which is 
  the proposed replacement for CIS 211 to meet the needs of our customers
  in the College of Business.
  
  CC made several recommendations:
    - Assign (temporarily at least) the number 200 to the proposed
      course, for discussion purposes.  With MATH 130 as a prerequisite
      (see below) this number seems reasonable.  Since the proposed course
      is so different from CIS 211, CC felt it was inappropriate simply to
      consider this a "change" to 211.
    - Check to see what computer use is required in UVC 100, ENGL 110,
      and any other courses that might be made prerequisites without getting
      objections from the College of Business.  Although CC recognized that
      even students who have used computers before might have some
      psychological barriers to overcome, it seems inappropriate to
      have things like word processing and e-mail as explicit topics in
      more than one required course.
    - Consider how the course content and assignments would change with
      MATH 130 as a prerequisite in place of currently listed MATH 075 (which
      also is the prerequisite for CIS 101).  CC agreed that we should seek
      College of Business concurrence that MATH 130 is an appropriate
      prerequisite for this course.
    - Rewrite the course objectives to be more specific about the depth of
      coverage of the various areas and tools (spreadsheets, databases,
      etc.).  These could be written in terms of "mastery", "familiarity",
      and "exposure" as defined in the unofficial Curriculum Committee
      home page (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~weide/curriculum-committee).
    - Continue CIS 100 and CIS 101 as-is for now, with the intent that
      CC will consider what to do with those courses separately during
      Winter quarter.  The College of Business is a big enough customer
      that we should try to fix 211 to solve their problems first.
      Over the longer term, however, we probably should plan to let 100 die
      out on its own (with perhaps a little help in the form of jawboning
      with counselors, closing out 100 rather than 101 sections, etc.).
      This would leave CIS 101 for students seeking a GEC course, and CIS
      200 for College of Business students and others with slightly better
      math background than just MATH 075.
    
  Elley agreed to follow up on these suggestions with the CIS 294J
  instructors and to come back in early Winter with a revised proposal.
  Bruce agreed to work with her on the paperwork (official proposed
  syllabus, etc.) to present to the CC then.
  
  
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Next meeting: Tuesday November 28, 12:30-1:30 in DL 698.


Respectfully submitted,

	Bruce W. Weide, CC Chair