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This page contains notes and discussions related to the SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee.
This page contains notes and discussions related to the SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee.


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=Requests for more data=


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*Why are students leaving SCS?
**What are the grades in SCS-related courses for students who change majors out of SCS?
**What majors do they switch to? After how many terms?
*DFW and A/B rates for 2009/2010 versus past years in 1405, 1406, 1805?


=COMP 1405/1406 Redesign=
=Courses to be examined=


==Topic Brainstorming==
Introductory Programming
*COMP 1405 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
*COMP 1406 - Design and Implementation of Computer Applications


Add topics here at the end of the section.  Please ''don't'' '''remove''' anything!
Theory
*COMP 1805 - Discrete Structures
*COMP 2805 - Introduction to Theory of Computation
*COMP 2402 - Abstract Data Types and Algorithms
*COMP 3804 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms I


* problem solving, algorithms, what is computer science
Intermediate Programming
* pseudo-code ??
*COMP 1402 - Introduction to Systems Programming
* sequence of simple instructions
*COMP 2404 - Programming in C++
** top down coding in sequence (e.g., draw a house)
* variables
** declaring vs. assigning
** memory usage ??
** constants
** examples:
*** compute simple math formulas
*** interactive input (e.g., use mouse position)
*** motion (if doing graphics)
* CONDITIONALS
** simple IF/ELSE
** nested IF
** booleans(AND/OR)
** examples:
*** make choices based on runtime input
*** basic state machine
*** edge cases / error checking
* ITERATION
** repeating X times (REPEAT)
** counting (FOR)
** repeating until condition (WHILE)
** nested loops
** examples
*** sum/avg/max/min
*** counting matches
*** MonteCarlo approximation
*** loop until user input
*** searching (find first match)
* ARRAYS (1D and 2D)
* recursion
**likely 1406 material?
* my first wiki entry ever!  - djh


Should we copy the [http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2008/CourseHome/  MIT 6.00 outline] here?
Other Core-ish Courses
*COMP 2003 - Computer Organization
*COMP 2405 - Internet Application Programming
*COMP 3000 - Operating Systems
*COMP 3002 - Compiler Construction
*COMP 3004 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering
*COMP 3005 - Database Management Systems
*COMP 3007 - Programming Paradigms
*COMP 3008 - User Interface Architecture
*COMP 3203 - Principles of Computer Networks
*STAT 2507
*STAT 2605


===Sub categories?===
=Detailed Discussions=
Yes, we can add sub categories here.


==Weekly Outline==
*[[CR: COMP 1405/1406 Redesign|COMP 1405/1406 Redesign]]
 
*[[CR: Theory course redesign|Theory course redesign]]
We'll put the weekly outline here
*[[CR: Other CS approaches to Math/Theory]]
*[[CR: New course descriptions and rationale|New course descriptions and rationale]]
*[[CR: Survey of theory requirements in other Canadian Honours programs|Theory requirements survey]]
*[[CR: Reducing the Core Size|Reducing the Core Size]]
*[[CR: Learning Objectives]]
*[[CR: Proposal to Faculty May 2011]]
*[[CR: stream changes]]
*[[CR: Proposal to Faculty September 2011]]
*[[CR: Third and Fourth Year]]
*[[CR: Attracting advanced students]]
*[[CR: Curriculum Changes April 2012]]
*[[CR: to do list]]
*[[CR: Notes Fall 2012]]
*[[CR: New 3rd year courses]]
*[[CR: Curriculum Changes for 2015/2016]]
*[[CR: Winter 2014]]
*[[CR: Summer 2014]]

Latest revision as of 16:46, 28 April 2014

This page contains notes and discussions related to the SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee.

Requests for more data

  • Why are students leaving SCS?
    • What are the grades in SCS-related courses for students who change majors out of SCS?
    • What majors do they switch to? After how many terms?
  • DFW and A/B rates for 2009/2010 versus past years in 1405, 1406, 1805?

Courses to be examined

Introductory Programming

  • COMP 1405 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
  • COMP 1406 - Design and Implementation of Computer Applications

Theory

  • COMP 1805 - Discrete Structures
  • COMP 2805 - Introduction to Theory of Computation
  • COMP 2402 - Abstract Data Types and Algorithms
  • COMP 3804 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms I

Intermediate Programming

  • COMP 1402 - Introduction to Systems Programming
  • COMP 2404 - Programming in C++

Other Core-ish Courses

  • COMP 2003 - Computer Organization
  • COMP 2405 - Internet Application Programming
  • COMP 3000 - Operating Systems
  • COMP 3002 - Compiler Construction
  • COMP 3004 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering
  • COMP 3005 - Database Management Systems
  • COMP 3007 - Programming Paradigms
  • COMP 3008 - User Interface Architecture
  • COMP 3203 - Principles of Computer Networks
  • STAT 2507
  • STAT 2605

Detailed Discussions

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