1. Utah Valley State College CNS, PEng, and EART Planning Meeting

2. Fall Planning Meeting2 Agenda  Welcome and Introduction  Business from Dean’s Office  EART Program  Business Items  Budget Info  Break  ABET Related Issues

3. Fall Planning Meeting3 Welcome and Introduction  New Department (EART) in the group Dave Adams (Program Coordinator), Robert Benson (Lecturer), David Porter (Lab Specialist)  New Faculty Members David Keller (CNS, Lecturer) Robert Benson (EART, Lecturer)

4. Fall Planning Meeting4 Dean’s Office ..

5. Fall Planning Meeting5 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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9. 9 Important Information  T&C Professional Development Fund Files  T&C Procedures  #1 Professional Development Funds  Faculty School Attendance Files  T&C Practices  Practice #1 Faculty Attendance Should be in our offices four times a week and have 10 hours of office hour each week

10. Fall Planning Meeting10 Budget Info CNSPre EngrEART Hourly Faculty $45,000.00$4,219.00$0.00 Hourly Staff$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

11. Fall Planning Meeting11 MFAT Results -- Individual  Individual Comparison  Observations: Our students have a higher mean and a tighter distribution. Our average is 1.33  above the national individual average.

12. Fall Planning Meeting12 MFAT Results – Institution  Institutional Comparison (76 domestic)  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.

13. Fall Planning Meeting13 ABET Tasks and Time Line  Changes in ABET Emphasis areas  Tasks for Fall 2007 Self Study: Keith Olson Individual Faculty Members:  Update CV using the ABET template  Collecting course related information  Assessment work

14. Fall Planning Meeting14 Travel Policy  Dean’s office has additional faculty development fund  Faculty could apply if the department has a prioritized list on file  Draft

15. Fall Planning Meeting15 Grader Related Issue (Roger)  Can multiple classes share a grader?  Should graders also provide limited tutoring service in the open lab for CS students?

16. Fall Planning Meeting16 Mail Related Issues  Should the receptionist/office admin support open faculty’s packages?

17. Fall Planning Meeting17 New Python Class

18. Fall Planning Meeting18 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

19. Fall Planning Meeting19 Performance Criteria  How do know/measure if our students achieved our program outcomes?  For each outcome, we need a few performance criteria

20. Fall Planning Meeting20 Outcomes we chose

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22. Fall Planning Meeting22 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

23. Fall Planning Meeting23 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.

24. Fall Planning Meeting24 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. (?)

25. Fall Planning Meeting25 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).

26. Fall Planning Meeting26 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).

27. Fall Planning Meeting27 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).

28. Fall Planning Meeting28 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

29. Fall Planning Meeting29 Assessments  Identify the outcomes that we want to assess during 07-08  Identify the courses that are relevant to the chosen outcomes  Identify the courses that would conduct the assessment in 07-08