Minutes

CSIS Curriculum Committee

Monday, October 22, 2007

1:00pm-3:30pm

Present: Don Amoroso, Tridib Bandyopadhyay, Hisham Haddad, Ken Hoganson, Solomon Negash, Amy Woszczynski

1) Meeting came to order at 1:05pm. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes from 4/25/07. There was no discussion. The motion was passed.

2) Amy Woszczynski was nominated as the committee chair for 2007-2008. The nomination was seconded. There were no further nominations. Amy was elected as chair.

3) A motion was made and seconded that the chair also serve as the scribe. The motion was passed.

4) Amy noted that an at-large member needs to be elected to replace Dick Gayler, who has accepted the position of BSCS Coordinator. Amy will send the guidelines for filling mid-year CSIS Curriculum Committee vacancies to Ben Setzer, who chairs the Department Faculty Council (DFC). The DFC will oversee the election of a new at-large member at the next regularly scheduled department meeting.

5) Don described 4 main charges to the committee.

a. The CSIS Curriculum Committee (CSIS-CC) will oversee and manage the recommendations of the ad-hoc Doctoral Initiative Committee. CSIS-CC may appoint a chair to lead the initiative.

b. CSIS-CC will manage the review of the two graduate programs (MSACS and MSIS). The graduate program review is an informal, internal process. The MSACS will be reviewed first. An ad-hoc committee should be formed to oversee the review process. The Graduate Program Director should not be a member of the ad-hoc committee. CSIS-CC, in conjunction with the ad-hoc committee, should decide what items need to be included in the review, such as academic standards, graduation rates, enrollment trends, assurance of learning (AOL), budgeting (MSACS only), etc. Since AOL reports are due by December 3, 2007, the committee should be prepared to release a final report prior to that date.

c. CSIS-CC will manage the review of the three undergraduate programs (BSCS, BSIS, and BSISA). An ad-hoc committee should be formed to oversee the review process. The Undergraduate Program Coordinator should not be a member of the ad-hoc committee. The review of undergraduate programs is a formal, SACS and USG Board of Regents initiative. A comprehensive program review (CPR) is due by December 3, 2007. The committee should be prepared to release a final report prior to that date. Don distributed a copy of the CPR guidelines to all committee members, and they are posted to the CSIS-CC site.

d. CSIS-CC will manage a review of CSIS 2101. Currently, 2101 is a service course filled predominantly by non-majors. An ad-hoc committee should be formed to discuss the future of the course and should report back to the CSIS-CC. In particular, the ad-hoc committee should determine if the department wishes to pursue adding CSIS 2101 as a general education requirement across the university. If so, the ad-hoc committee should draft a course of action to begin discussions with General Education committees across campus, with a projected timeline for implementation. In addition, if the committee recommends that 2101 become a general education class, the committee should present a resource allocation plan for managing multiple sections of 2101 to serve the university. Moreover, the ad-hoc committee should present current conversion rates of CSIS 2101 students to CSIS Department majors.

6) A motion was made and seconded to approve IS 8900 (Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence) as a special topic. The motion carried.

7) A motion was made and seconded to cross-list IS 8900 with CSIS 4490/91. The motion carried.

8) A motion was made and seconded to create a new course, CSIS 4550 – Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. The motion carried.

9) A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 3:35pm.

10) Next meeting: Monday, October 29, 2007 - 2:00pm-3:15pm, CL 3050

Respectfully submitted,

Amy Woszczynski, CSIS-CC Chair