Subject: Re: New undergraduate "Computer Architecture course - proposal From: Shekhar Bhansali Date: 3/20/2019, 11:53 PM To: Nagarajan Prabakar CC: Herman Watson , "S. S. Iyengar" , Shu-Ching Chen , Elias Alwan , Jean Andrian ECE would have no objections to what you are proposing Shekhar Bhansali, PhD, FAAAS, FNAI Alcatel Lucent Professor and Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Florida International University 10555 West Flagler St EC3900 Miami, FL 33174 Ph: (305) 348-4439 Fx: (305) 348-3707 http://mems.fiu.edu > On Mar 20, 2019, at 11:23 PM, Nagarajan Prabakar wrote: > > Dear Shekhar, > > SCIS is restructuring the undergraduate curriculum to reduce the length of course prerequisite chain and to accelerate the 4-year graduation rate for SCIS majors. > In this regard, we propose to replace the following two required architecture courses in the current model >    CDA-3103 "Fundamentals of Computer Systems" >    CDA-4101 "Computer Organization" > with one new course: CDA-3XXX "Computer Architecture" as in the proposed model. > > Please review this course syllabus of this course and let us know if there is any overlap with ECE courses. > > Sorry for the late notice. I would appreciate if you could inform your decision by this week. > > Thank you > Regards > --Prabakar > 305.348.2033 >