UGC Meeting-11: 2/25/19 10:30am - 12:30pm CASE-235

Present: Prabu, Rick, Tim, Trevor, Cristy, Erica, Geoff, Jason, Tiana

Restructuring goals:
    - provide flexibility for students to widen their skills,
    - streamline course dependency chain,
    - and to fulfill the latest ABET guidelines
Ref: https://www.cis.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/plan.cs_.since_082012-1.pdf

  * replace CDA-3103 & CDA-4101 with a combined 3-credit course (Fundamentals of Computer Architecture or another suitable name)
  - evaluate on the combined course syllabus draft (Prabu, Trevor, Tim - before 3/4/19)

  * change prereq for CEN-4010:  CGS-3095 and COP3337 (removing COP-3530 and COP-4710 from pre-req)
  - ensure basic data structures are included in Programming II with common FExam

  * change prereq for MAD-3512: COP-3530 (instead of COT-3541)
  - UGC supports this change

  * move the following core courses to elective courses: COT-3541, MAD-3512, COP-4710, COP-4555, and CNT-4713
  - ? to be resolved
  
  * group all elective courses into the following three elective groups (course list in each  group needs to be examined)
      Theory/Algorithm: COP-4555, COT-3541, MAD-3512, CAP-4506, COP-4534, COT-4521, MAD-3401, MAD-3305, MAD-4203, MHF-4302
      
      Systems: COP-4710, CNT-4713, CAP-4453, CDA-4625, CEN-4083, COP-4520, COP-4604, COP-4722
      
      Applications/Programming: CAP-4104, CAP-4630, CAP-4641, CAP-4710, CAP-4770, CEN-4021, COP-4226, CEN-4072

   - review elective groups and course list (with foundational courses) in each of them

   * add a 1-credit Grace Hopper conference community engagement course as an elective (Applications group)
   
   - UGC supports this new course

-- topics below to be visited at the next meeting
   
   * set minimum number of credits (3 or 6 credits) to be taken in each elective group (in accordance with ABET requirements)

   * strengthen programming courses (COP-2210, COP-2250, COP-3337, COP-3804) by adding a 0-credit mandatory lab (?recitation) for each course (COP-2210 credits will be reduced to 3)  with a common final exam for all sections of each of these courses. Additionally, rename all programming courses with suitable course titles.
    - ? introduce 0-credit lab/recitation for COP-2250 (as a pilot)
        and after its impact, adopt 0-credit lab/recitation for other Prog courses.


Next meeting: Mon 3/4/19 at 10:30am in CASE-235