UGC Meeting-18: 4/30/20 10am - noon at https://fiu.zoom.us/j/3053482033

Present: Bill, Cristy, Erica, Joselyn, Prabu, Rick, Tiana, Tim 
Schedule conflict: Trevor

Agenda:
   - CS major elective:
      * IDC 3917 "Vertically Integrated Projects - B"
      It can be considered only as a General Elective (towards 120 credits)
      but not for CS Elective Groups.
      It can be one of the five electives (Systems/Security concentration) for IT majors
   
      * CGS 4854 "Website Construction and Management"
      It cannot be a CS elective since COP-3530 is not a prereq.
      Not qualified for CS elective groups (doesn't meet ABET requirements)

   - Upper limit for online classes for Required courses [CGS-3767]  (max 150). If more than x students enrolled, should the teaching load be considered for additional FTE load? - Differential Assignment Policy should determine the value for x.

   - Unified Programming-I course for all SCIS majors
     Current state: COP-2210 (3 + 1Lab cr) - for CS & IT-Software majors
                    COP-2250 (3 cr) - for other SCIS majors (IT & CyS)
     Issues of concern:
      Analytical gap between the CS & IT students
      Minimize attrition rate in IT majors
      Credit discrepancy 
      Students take advantage of switching major & credit discrepancy)
      Lab management
      
      UGC: 
      Q1: Should we teach one course for all SCIS majors in the first programming course? (COP-3804 and COP-3337 need to be restructured)
        No: 3; Yes: 3
      Undecided by UGC
       
      Q2: Should we teach the first programming course in Python/Java?
      Undecided by UGC.

      Q3: Should we replace COP-2250, COP-3804, CGS-4854 with a three new programming course sequence in Python for IT/CyS majors?
      UGC: Unanimously supports this proposal.
      Note: This proposal necessitates the separating CS from IT/CyS tracks.     
    
Meeting adjourned at noon.

Zoom recorded video link: https://fiu.zoom.us/rec/share/wcBEEO37rmxIY9Kd1E32evARA4j3T6a81SYcrPZYmB12JJ910sQG4pKoePhzP6q2