SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee

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

• COMP 1405/1406 Redesign
• Theory course redesign
• CR: Other CS approaches to Math/Theory
• New course descriptions and rationale
• Theory requirements survey
• 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