Industry Advisory Board October 20th, 2017 https://csns.calstatela.edu/wiki/content/department/cs/assessment/iab/

9.30AM – 11.00AM : College Presentation 11.00AM – 12.30PM : Department Presentation Undergraduate Curriculum Senior Design ABET and Assessment Graduate Curriculum 12.30PM – 1.30PM: Feedback and Working lunch

Students Undergraduate Incoming students – Increase Continuing students – Bulge Input # : Output # 130 seniors in 2018-2019 Graduate students - Drop Term First Time Freshman First Time Transfer Cont'd Undergrad New Grad Cont'd Grad Total  Input Undergrad Output Undergrad #  # Fall 2012 92 25 223 22 60 422 117   Fall 2013 84 55 269 48 71 527  139 35 Fall 2014 133 65 328 144 106 776  168 40 Fall 2015 167 74 436 89 181 947  241 Fall 2016 185 73 504 56 126 944 258 Fall 2017 191  90  41  281  115

BS CS MS CS ABET accreditation (6 year cycle) 2006-2012, 2012-2018 Spring 2018 – Submit Self Study Report Summer 2018 - Preliminary meeting in Washington D.C Fall 2018 – Site visit, Queries/Responses Spring/Summer 2019 - Result MS CS Program review (5 year cycle) Internal/External ….2009….2019

ABET Course Objectives Student Learning Outcomes Broader skills within a few years of graduation Program Educational Objectives Student Learning Outcomes Specific skills on completion of the program Course Objectives

ABET vocabulary – Pre 2018 PEO – we defined 1..3 SLO – we defined 1..10 Assess each Outcome Measures, Data, Graphs, Threshold Program Criteria – ABET defined “a”..”k” Not Outcomes – look like Outcomes How enabled in the curriculum Map 1..10 to “a”..”k” Many changed their SLOs to “a”..”k” Curriculum - guidelines Math, Physics, CS

ABET vocabulary – Post 2018 Replace Program Criteria “a”..”k” ABET defined Outcomes 1..6 (repackaging “a”..”k”) SLO’s have to be ABET defined 1..6 + ? Curriculum changes Additions: Networks/Communication/Security, Distributed Computing Changes: Physics/Science/Math What Math/Physics is required? 30units down to 21 units

BS Curriculum General Education (with certain waivers) CS Core CS Electives 120 units

BS curriculum: 39+9+72 = 120 units (Univ.) 24+0+96 = 120 units (CS)

CS4961-CS4962 Senior Design Projects Projects sponsored by Businesses: large and small, local and global Government: city, county, state, federal (e.g., Govt. printing office, DoD) The university: other departments, colleges, etc. Public-service organizations: Engagement, Service, and the Public good (e.g., hospitals, libraries) Year long group projects: typically five students and one or two faculty advisors https://csns.calstatela.edu/department/cs/projects

Senior Design Projects - Benefits Generate and strengthen connections between sponsors and faculty Get to know potential employees over an extended period—like a hassle-free year-long internship Enhance students’ appreciation of life-long learning by challenging them to become productive using unfamiliar technologies and areas of specialization Improve students’ resumes and job prospects Provide funding for student projects and the Expo

Russ Abbott <rabbott@calstatela.edu> Mohammad Pourhomayoun <mpourho@calstatela.edu> Zilong Ye <zye5@calstatela.edu> Ted Nye <Theodore.Nye@calstatela.edu> Project Title: Project Sponsor: (include email) Brief description of project: a brief list of goals/requirements Funding: $30K, $20K, $10K, $5K, other amount, public good The call for project proposals is available here: http://csns.calstatela.edu/wiki/content/department/cs/assessment/seniordesign/

Program Assessment (MFT – ETS): Programming/Algorithms-Theory/Systems Nation wide comparison : (5th /10 to 7th /10) & Median student (56th Perc.) Group of 10 with 6 other CSU’s: 4th /10

Program Assessment (Internal): Scale : 1(weak) to 5 (Strong) Theory, Programming, Algorithms, Systems Students scoring >=3: Better than 80%

Graduate curriculum (I) Breadth Requirement (9 units) Select one course each from three of the following five areas of study. Algorithms Network Systems Web Systems Advanced Programming Software Engineering (II) Chose Electives (18 units) CS4000/CS5000 level courses Wide range of areas Suits individual student career interests

Graduate Curriculum (III) Culminating Experience Thesis Sponsored Publications Comprehensive Exam 2 Extra courses Exam

Blended/Integrated program BS + MS 5 yrs (4+1) Up to 9 unit overlap BS120 9 MS30 10 students

IAB Goals Curricular feedback/guidance Industry sponsorships Undergraduate & Graduate projects EXPO 2018 (May 4th ?) - Undergraduate Student internships Industry experts as part-time faculty Outreach Talk to Freshmen Talk to Seniors