CR: Curriculum Changes April 2012 - Revision history

Soma: /* Honours Math */

2012-04-13T03:54:32Z

Honours Math

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	===Honours Math===		===Honours Math===
	* ''Old:'' Currently we require MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+		* ''Old:'' Currently we require MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+
	* ''New:''MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+ '''or''' MATH 1002 and MATH 1104 '''or''' MATH 1007 and MATH 1102		* ''New:'' MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+ '''or''' MATH 1002 and MATH 1104 '''or''' MATH 1007 and MATH 1102
	* ''Rationale:'' MATH 1002 and 1102 are completely rigorous, 1.0cr math courses. The second half of one of these courses is as valuable to our students as a random second year course. If students want to do both 1002 and 1102, that's taken care of by our general course equivalencies: 1002 is acceptable as a substitute for 1007, and similarly 1102/1104.		* ''Rationale:'' MATH 1002 and 1102 are completely rigorous, 1.0cr math courses. The second half of one of these courses is as valuable to our students as a random second year course. If students want to do both 1002 and 1102, that's taken care of by our general course equivalencies: 1002 is acceptable as a substitute for 1007, and similarly 1102/1104.

Soma: /* Honours Math */

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Honours Math

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	===Honours Math===		===Honours Math===
	* ''Old:'' Currently we require MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+		* ''Old:'' Currently we require MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+
	* ''New:''MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+ '''or''' MATH 1002 and MATH 1104		* ''New:''MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+ '''or''' MATH 1002 and MATH 1104 '''or''' MATH 1007 and MATH 1102
	'''or''' MATH 1007 and MATH 1102		* ''Rationale:'' MATH 1002 and 1102 are completely rigorous, 1.0cr math courses. The second half of one of these courses is as valuable to our students as a random second year course. If students want to do both 1002 and 1102, that's taken care of by our general course equivalencies: 1002 is acceptable as a substitute for 1007, and similarly 1102/1104.
	* ''Rationale:'' MATH 1002 and 1102 are completely rigorous, 1.0cr math courses. The
	second half of one of these courses is as valuable to our students as a
	random second year course. If students want to do both 1002 and 1102,
	that's taken care of by our general course equivalencies: 1002 is
	acceptable as a substitute for 1007, and similarly 1102/1104.

Soma: /* Proposed Course Description Changes */

2012-04-13T03:54:03Z

Proposed Course Description Changes

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	* ''Draft Course Description:'' An overview of computer graphics covering rendering, modeling, and animation. Topics: geometric primitives (points, lines, polygons, splines, and NURBS surfaces); image formation algorithms including raytracing, radiosity, and the Z-buffer; lighting, shading, color, and texture. Introduction to physics-based animation and character animation.		* ''Draft Course Description:'' An overview of computer graphics covering rendering, modeling, and animation. Topics: geometric primitives (points, lines, polygons, splines, and NURBS surfaces); image formation algorithms including raytracing, radiosity, and the Z-buffer; lighting, shading, color, and texture. Introduction to physics-based animation and character animation.
	* ''Rationale:'' We do not have a standard computer graphics course at the 3rd or 4th year, a major area of computer science and in the ACM CS curriculum. This course is not scheduled for 2012/2013 academic year; however, both David and Doron have expressed interest in teaching it.		* ''Rationale:'' We do not have a standard computer graphics course at the 3rd or 4th year, a major area of computer science and in the ACM CS curriculum. This course is not scheduled for 2012/2013 academic year; however, both David and Doron have expressed interest in teaching it.

			===Honours Math===
			* ''Old:'' Currently we require MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+
			* ''New:''MATH 1007, MATH 1104 and .5cr MATH 2000+ '''or''' MATH 1002 and MATH 1104
			'''or''' MATH 1007 and MATH 1102
			* ''Rationale:'' MATH 1002 and 1102 are completely rigorous, 1.0cr math courses. The
			second half of one of these courses is as valuable to our students as a
			random second year course. If students want to do both 1002 and 1102,
			that's taken care of by our general course equivalencies: 1002 is
			acceptable as a substitute for 1007, and similarly 1102/1104.

Soma at 03:51, 13 April 2012

2012-04-13T03:51:19Z

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	==~~update~~ on Curriculum Reinvention ~~committee~~==		==Update on Curriculum Reinvention Committee==
	* ~~acm review~~		* We reviewed the ACM Curriculum Recommendations and discussed to what extent our curriculum aligned with it, particularly in third and fourth year. Our proposed changes are largely focused on addressing the weaknesses that we found.
	* 3004		* We spent a lot of time discussing 3004. Currently J.-P. and Christine are making changes to reduce its workload in a way that does not require calendar changes.
	* 1405 ~~issues - placing~~ out, ~~alternative languages~~, ~~learning objectives~~		* We spent a lot of time discussing 1405 and 1406 as an ongoing concern. We have been trying to figure out their learning objectives, whether students should be allowed to place out of 1405, and what language should be covered in the courses. There will be two new versions of 1405 being taught this fall (by David and Pat), using Processing and Python. We plan to revisit 1405 after the new, experimental versions have been taught.


	==Proposed Course Description Changes==		==Proposed Course Description Changes==

Soma: /* Computer Graphics */

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Computer Graphics

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	===Computer Graphics===		===Computer Graphics===

	* ''Draft Course Description:'' An overview of computer graphics covering rendering, modeling, and animation. ~~Geometric~~ primitives: points, lines, polygons, splines, and NURBS surfaces~~. Image~~ formation algorithms including raytracing, radiosity, and the Z-buffer~~. Lighting~~, shading, color, and texture. Introduction to physics-based animation and character animation.		* ''Draft Course Description:'' An overview of computer graphics covering rendering, modeling, and animation. Topics: geometric primitives (points, lines, polygons, splines, and NURBS surfaces); image formation algorithms including raytracing, radiosity, and the Z-buffer; lighting, shading, color, and texture. Introduction to physics-based animation and character animation.
	* ''Rationale:'' We do not have a standard computer graphics course at the 3rd or 4th year, a major area of computer ~~scienc~~ and in the ACM CS curriculum. This course is not scheduled for 2012/2013 academic year; however, both David and Doron have expressed interest in teaching it.		* ''Rationale:'' We do not have a standard computer graphics course at the 3rd or 4th year, a major area of computer science and in the ACM CS curriculum. This course is not scheduled for 2012/2013 academic year; however, both David and Doron have expressed interest in teaching it.

Soma: /* Computer Graphics */

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Computer Graphics

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	===Computer Graphics===		===Computer Graphics===

	* ~~New~~ course, ~~remedies gap~~ in curriculum		* ''Draft Course Description:'' An overview of computer graphics covering rendering, modeling, and animation. Geometric primitives: points, lines, polygons, splines, and NURBS surfaces. Image formation algorithms including raytracing, radiosity, and the Z-buffer. Lighting, shading, color, and texture. Introduction to physics-based animation and character animation.
	* Not scheduled ~~yet~~		* ''Rationale:'' We do not have a standard computer graphics course at the 3rd or 4th year, a major area of computer scienc and in the ACM CS curriculum. This course is not scheduled for 2012/2013 academic year; however, both David and Doron have expressed interest in teaching it.
	* Description still being worked out

Soma at 14:38, 11 April 2012

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	==update on Curriculum Reinvention committee		==update on Curriculum Reinvention committee==
	* acm review		* acm review
	* 3004		* 3004

Soma at 14:38, 11 April 2012

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			==update on Curriculum Reinvention committee
			* acm review
			* 3004
			* 1405 issues - placing out, alternative languages, learning objectives


	==Proposed Course Description Changes==		==Proposed Course Description Changes==

Soma: /* Proposed Course Description Changes */

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Proposed Course Description Changes

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	* ''Rationale:'' The new description is higher-level and more open ended to permit experimentation with course content. In particular, there is the possibility of Prolog and Scheme being replaced with more modern languages, with the emphasis changing to functional programming in the context of multicore and distributed systems. This change would probably preclude significant coverage of logic programming. Note that such a course remains to be developed.		* ''Rationale:'' The new description is higher-level and more open ended to permit experimentation with course content. In particular, there is the possibility of Prolog and Scheme being replaced with more modern languages, with the emphasis changing to functional programming in the context of multicore and distributed systems. This change would probably preclude significant coverage of logic programming. Note that such a course remains to be developed.

			===Computer Graphics===

			* New course, remedies gap in curriculum
			* Not scheduled yet
			* Description still being worked out

Soma: /* 3007: Programming Paradigms */

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3007: Programming Paradigms

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	* ''New:'' An introduction to alternative programming methodologies. Topics may include functional, constraint-based, concurrent, and logic programming.		* ''New:'' An introduction to alternative programming methodologies. Topics may include functional, constraint-based, concurrent, and logic programming.

	* ''Rationale:'' The new description is higher-level and more open ended to permit experimentation with course content. In particular, there is the possibility of Prolog and Scheme being replaced with more modern languages, with the emphasis changing to functional programming in the context of multicore and distributed systems. ~~Such~~ a course remains to be developed.		* ''Rationale:'' The new description is higher-level and more open ended to permit experimentation with course content. In particular, there is the possibility of Prolog and Scheme being replaced with more modern languages, with the emphasis changing to functional programming in the context of multicore and distributed systems. This change would probably preclude significant coverage of logic programming. Note that such a course remains to be developed.