Undergraduate Committee Issues

The undergraduate committee (UGC) reviewed the bachelor of science programs in CS and IT, and proposes the following changes to the faculty:

BS in CS:  Flowchart

Remove the rule "MAD2104[Discrete Math] as a prereq for CS major declaration"
(no changes to prereq/coreq requirements)

Remove "MAD2104 as a co-requisite for COP3337"

BS in IT:  Current flowchart     Proposed flowchart

Remove the minor requirement

Add 9-credit outside concentration

Addition of a new core course: HCI [will be presented by Christine]
Add HCI as a corequisite to COP3804

Addition of a new core course on Network Security: CNT4403 [will be presented by Jinpeng]

Remove COP3643 (Microcomputer Organization) and COP3348 (Intro to Using Linux/Unix Systems)
Replace CGS3767 (Computer Operating Systems) with a new syllabus [will be presented by Prabakar] -- Revise the course outcomes

Move CEN4023 (Component-Based Software Development)  from Application Development elective to core
and redesign its syllabus with web services and integrative programming concepts (required by ABET)
with new prerequisites as CGS4366 and CGS4854

Remove CEN4023 and CNT4403 from the CS Set1 elective

Addition of a new elective track: Informatics [will be presented by Tim]
The purpose of this track is to prepare students to take courses in informatics , as well as to pursue the MS-in-IT

Reference Links:  Undergraduate catalog     Course search

We encourage you to read this page as well as visit the links for clarification before the meeting (Fri, Jan 29th 10am).

Sincerely,

The Undergraduate Committee:
Peter Clarke
Tim Downey
Vagelis Hristidis
Norman Pestaina
Nagarajan Prabakar (Chair)