Curriculum Committee ("CC") Minutes for 31 January 1996

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Attending:  Fleming, Fujimura, Goyal, Mamrak, Michaylov, Quinlan,
            Supowit, Weide, Yeack

* Discussion of proposed CIS 200 (CIS 211 replacement)

  CC voted to recommend the proposed new CIS 200 to the faculty at the next
  faculty meeting, along with the withdrawal of CIS 211, effective
  Winter 1997.  Bruce will work with Doug Kerr to make sure the official
  course change request paperwork is completed with respect to the questions
  about changes in teaching aid support and necessary budget adjustments.
    
  CC discussed several issues regarding the CIS 200 proposal:
    - A proposed phase-in schedule is as follows.  This is compatible
      with Stu's scheduling plans.
    
	Sp 96	200 pilot (294J, 1 section) + old 211
	
	Su 96	200 pilot (294J, 2 sections) + old 211
	
	Au 96	200 pilot (294J, 2 sections) + old 211
		
	Wi 97	new 200 (all sections); no more 211
    
    - The proposed changes will have some implications for the number
      of sections of 201 that will need to be scheduled.  Currently
      about 20% of the students in CIS 211 are expected to take CIS 201,
      and the remainder are expected to take 200 (as required by College
      of Business).  This will call for flexibility in terms of scheduling
      decisions, for next year especially, while we are assessing the
      demand fluctuations.
    - The proposed changes will have some IICF implications.  Students
      in 200 will use SoftPC or WABI running on HP servers, with the current
      Sun Classics in Hagerty and Baker acting as X-terminals.  (At
      least this is the current plan.  Alternatives that were less desirable
      for various reasons known to the Computer Committee were MS Windows
      servers, and 75-150 new MS Windows-NT machines.  The lengthy pilot
      schedule running through Au 1996 allows for acquisition of new
      equipment and software to implement the facilities plan for CIS 200.)
    - We need to communicate the proposed schedule and changes to
      prospective 200/201/211 students, AND to 221/222/321 students, soon.
      Bruce will work with Cheryl and Elley to put together an information
      sheet to be distributed to appropriate advisors, etc., once this
      proposal and the 221/222 proposal recommended last week are approved by
      the faculty.


* Discussion of proposed changes to EG 167 (just received)

  A note from Engineering Graphics requests concurrence for replacing
  EG 167 with EG 167.01 and EG 167.02.  The former would be identical to
  the existing EG 167 (which includes introductory programming in Fortran
  for most engineering students), and EG 167.02 would be similar but
  would teach C and C++ as the language.
  
  After some discussion, CC concluded that we are not sure this is from the
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science,
  or from a subset of their faculty who still refer to themselves as
  "Engineering Graphics".  CC also had many questions about the rationale
  and the proposed syllabus.  Rohit agreed to try to get more information
  from CEEGS, and to try to talk with some students who are taking EG
  167 this quarter.
  
  Bruce has already determined that EE (Computer Engineering option) will
  require CIS 221, 222, ... when it goes into effect in Au 1996.  However,
  apparently EE wants their other students to learn C++, which is the
  rationale listed for EG 167.02.  The role of CIS 230 in meeting this
  need is an important question.  Cheryl reported hearing of demand for
  CIS 230 in excess of our current scheduled offerings, suggesting that
  further study of this situation is in order.
  
  Concurrence for EG 167 changes is requested by Feb 6, which is very
  short notice.  Given the limited time to answer questions, we
  plan to respond by asking for more time to decide whether concurrence is
  appropriate.  This issue will also be discussed at the next faculty meeting
  when CC is on the agenda (probably Mon Feb 5).

  
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Next meeting: 14 February 1996, 3:30 PM, in DL 698.


Respectfully submitted,

	Bruce W. Weide, CC Chair