utah valley state college cns, peng, and eart planning meeting
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Fall Planning Meeting 2
Agenda
Welcome and IntroductionBusiness from Dean’s OfficeEART ProgramBusiness ItemsBudget InfoBreakABET Related Issues
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Welcome and Introduction
New Department (EART) in the groupDave Adams (Program Coordinator), Robert
Benson (Lecturer), David Porter (Lab Specialist)
New Faculty MembersDavid Keller (CNS, Lecturer)Robert Benson (EART, Lecturer)
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Business
Department Meetings CNS on Mondays (3:00 to 4:00) Pre Eng and EART (TBA)
T&C Group on UV Link Login to UV Link Click “groups” icon Click on “School of T&C” Link Info available
Calendar Items, School Practices, School Procedures
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Important Information
T&C Professional Development FundFiles T&C Procedures #1 Professional
Development Funds
Faculty School AttendanceFiles T&C Practices Practice #1 Faculty
AttendanceShould be in our offices four times a week and
have 10 hours of office hour each week
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Budget Info
CNS Pre Engr EART
Hourly Faculty $45,000.00 $4,219.00 $0.00
Hourly Staff$0.00 $0.00 $5,318.00
Current$19,000.00 $4,500.00 $7,000.00
Faculty Dev$14,000.00 $3,000.00 $2,000.00
Total$82,770.00 $12,166.00 $14,882.00
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MFAT Results -- Individual
Individual Comparison Individual
Mean Individual
Std Dev UVSC (12) 167 13 National* 149.6 15.3
*: 1000 seniors from 76 domestic institutions
Observations:Our students have a higher mean and a tighter distribution.Our average is 1.33 above the national individual average.
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MFAT Results – Institution
Institutional Comparison (76 domestic) Programming Discrete
Structure and Algorithms
Systems: Architecture, OS, Networking, DB
UVSC Mean
79 45 62
National Mean
57.3 35.0 44.2
National Std Dev
11.4 8.9 9.8
Observations: All three areas are better than the national average Programming and Systems are 2 above the national average. Discrete structure is only 1 above the national average.
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ABET Tasks and Time Line
Changes in ABETEmphasis areas
Tasks for Fall 2007Self Study: Keith OlsonIndividual Faculty Members:
Update CV using the ABET templateCollecting course related informationAssessment work
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Travel Policy
Dean’s office has additional faculty development fund
Faculty could apply if the department has a prioritized list on file
Draft
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Grader Related Issue (Roger)
Can multiple classes share a grader?Should graders also provide limited tutoring
service in the open lab for CS students?
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Mail Related Issues
Should the receptionist/office admin support open faculty’s packages?
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Outcomes vs. Course Matrix
List all the courses that support each program outcomes
1000 Level Courses
2000 Level Courses
3000 Level Courses
4000 Level Courses
Graduates are able to develop solutions to significant computing problems
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Performance Criteria
How do know/measure if our students achieved our program outcomes?
For each outcome, we need a few performance criteria
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Program Objectives
Describe the attributes of our graduates Meets ABET requirements and guides our
curriculum content Thanks to Dave, Neil, Afsaneh, Reza,
Chuck, and Keith Develop an umbrella objective for the BS
CS degree. Each specialization areas can develop
more objectives
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Program Objectives
Draft Objectives: Graduates will be Qualified and capable of functioning as
professional computer scientists in the workplace.
Prepared to enter appropriate graduate programs.
Committed to lifelong learning.
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Program Objectives -- cntnd
Draft Objectives Broadly educated through appreciation of fields
outside of their discipline such as the arts, humanities and wellness.
Able to communicate orally and in writing, function as citizens, and contribute to society. (?)
Empowered with the intellectual and ethical foundation necessary to make responsible choices. (?)
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Program Outcomes
Outcomes describe what our graduates will know and be able to do.
Graduates are able to develop solutions to significant computing problems (ABET IV-5, IV-7)(UVSC Objectives 1,2)
Graduates are proficient in using data structures and algorithms. They understand how to implement them, when to apply them, and the abstractions associated with their use (ABET IV-6) (UVSC Objectives 1,2).
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Program Outcomes
Graduates understand the basic constructs of programming languages and are proficient in at least two programming languages (ABET IV-6, IV-8) (UVSC Objectives 1, 2).
Graduates understand and are able to apply basic theory of automata and formal languages (ABET IV-5, IV-7) (UVSC Objectives 1, 2).
Graduates understand the foundations of computer architecture (ABET IV-6)(UVSC Objectives 1, 2).
Graduates understand the principles of operating systems. They are able to develop software on at least two operating system environments (ABET IV-5??)(UVSC Objectives 1, 2).
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Program Outcomes
Graduates have completed courses in discrete mathematics, differential and integral calculus, probability, and statistics (ABET IV-10, IV-11) (UVSC Objectives 1, 2).
Graduates have developed a depth of understanding in at least one advanced computer science area (ABET IV-9) (UVSC Objectives 1, 2).
Graduates have practical experience in applying the scientific method. (ABET IV-12, IV-13, IV-14) (UVSC Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4).
Graduates have the ability to effectively express their ideas orally and in writing (ABET IV-15, IV-16) (UVSC Objectives 1, 2, 3, 5).
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Program Outcomes
Graduates understand the social and ethical implications of computing and are prepared to use their computing skills to make a positive contribution to society (IV-17) (UVSC Objectives 1, 5, 6).
Listen Graduates