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Below are proposed revisions to the CS BS degree.   
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Below are proposed revisions to the CS BS and MS degrees.  A few guiding principals...
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* BS - widen the split between the computing science and information science concentrations - making the IS concentration more doable/attractive to more students, and firming up the foundations in the CS concentration.
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* BS - shift to more 4 hour courses
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* MS - new DS concentration, streamline academic concentration
  
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= Undergraduate Degree - CS BS =
 
Note that the [https://catalog.indstate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=36&poid=5351&returnto=1058 current major] includes 10 courses required of all majors, 5 additional courses required for information science, 3 CS courses required of computing science, and 2 math courses required for computing science.   
 
Note that the [https://catalog.indstate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=36&poid=5351&returnto=1058 current major] includes 10 courses required of all majors, 5 additional courses required for information science, 3 CS courses required of computing science, and 2 math courses required for computing science.   
  
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* New requirements
 
* New requirements
 
** CS 260 (4) Object-Oriented Programming
 
** CS 260 (4) Object-Oriented Programming
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** Pass Qualifying Exam
 
* Total - 3+20 = 23 credits of CS
 
* Total - 3+20 = 23 credits of CS
  
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* CS 452 Software Engineering, CS 471 Operating Systems, CS 420 Theory of Computation, CS 421 Formal Methods, CS 473 Computer Networks
 
* CS 452 Software Engineering, CS 471 Operating Systems, CS 420 Theory of Computation, CS 421 Formal Methods, CS 473 Computer Networks
 
* Total - 5 courses, 15 credits
 
* Total - 5 courses, 15 credits
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= Graduate Degree - CS MS =
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Current requirements are at - [https://catalog.indstate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=37&poid=5589&returnto=1117]
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== Required for all CS Majors ==
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* Retain from current requirements
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** Culminating Experience - CS 685, 695, 699 (or BIO options for bioinformatics concentration)
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* New Requirement
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** Pass Qualifying Exam
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== Academic Concentration ==
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* Modifications of current requirements
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== Professional Concentration ==
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* Modifications of current requirements
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** CS 500 Programming Fundamentals - instead require CS 500 or CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I
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== Bioinformatics Concentration ==
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* Modifications of current requirements
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** CS 500 Programming Fundamentals - instead require CS 500 or CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I
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== Data Science - New Concentration ==
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* Required Coursework
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** CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I
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** CS 601 Programming for Data Science & Analytics II
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** CS 557 Database Processing
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** CS 617 Databases, Data Mining, and Big Data
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** CS 575 Artificial Intelligence
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** MATH 540 Statistics for Data Science & Analytics
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** MATH 503 Linear Algebra and Modeling for Data Science and Analytics
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This is 7 required courses.  Adding the 3 credit culminating experience then gives 8 courses, and 3 courses of electives.

Revision as of 13:37, 8 February 2019

Below are proposed revisions to the CS BS and MS degrees. A few guiding principals...

  • BS - widen the split between the computing science and information science concentrations - making the IS concentration more doable/attractive to more students, and firming up the foundations in the CS concentration.
  • BS - shift to more 4 hour courses
  • MS - new DS concentration, streamline academic concentration

Undergraduate Degree - CS BS

Note that the current major includes 10 courses required of all majors, 5 additional courses required for information science, 3 CS courses required of computing science, and 2 math courses required for computing science.

Open question - prerequisite structure. Things that required 201 now require 260 and/or 303/451?

Required for all CS Majors

  • Retain from current requirements
    • CS 151 (3) Intro to Programming, CS 470 (4) Programming Languages
  • Modifications of current requirements
    • CS 303 (4) - currently Discrete Structures, change to Intro to Theory of Computation ("theory lite")
    • CS 451 (4) - currently Architecture, change to Intro to Systems ("systems lite"), Change # to be 351?
    • CS 499 (4) - currently Senior Seminar, change to Senior Design, have students take it their last two semesters
  • New requirements
    • CS 260 (4) Object-Oriented Programming
    • Pass Qualifying Exam
  • Total - 3+20 = 23 credits of CS

Information Science Concentration

  • Retain from current requirements
    • CS 170 (4) Web Programming, CS 469 (4) Unix/Linux Administration and Networking, CS 479 (4) Web Programming II
  • New requirements
    • CS 101 Fundamentals of Computing, CSS 211 Intro to Computer Security, CSS 331 Files and Database Systems, CSS 210 Intro to Networking
  • Total - 24 credits of CS

Computing Science Concentration

  • Retain from current requirements
    • CS 201 (4) Computer Science I, CS 202 (4) Computer Science II, MATH 131 (4) Calculus I, MATH (4) 132 Calculus II
  • Modifications of current requirements
    • CS 458 (4) - currently Algorithms, becomes Algorithms and Theory of Computation
    • CS 456 (4) Systems Programming - becomes 4 credit hours
  • New requirements
    • Additional mathematics - choose 6 credits from - MATH 241 Principles of Statistics, MATH 313 Elementary Linear Algebra, MATH 341 Probability and Statistics, MATH 252 Programming in Mathematics
  • Total - 16 credits of CS, 8+6 = 14 credits of math

Data Science

New concentration

  • Retain from current requirements
    • CS 457 Database Processing, CS 475 Artificial Intelligence, MATH 131 Calculus I, MATH 132 Calculus II
  • New requirements
    • MATH 313 Elementary Linear Algebra, MATH 341 Probability and Statistics
    • CS 401 Programming for Data Science I (need to create 400 level version)
  • What else?
    • Could also use, but would need to create the 400 level version and confirm with Math group and department chairperson
      • MATH 403/503 Linear Algebra and Modeling for Data Science and Analytics, MATH 440/540 Statistics for Data Science and Analytics
    • Something else new?
  • Total - 9 credits of CS, 8+6 = 14 credits of math

No Longer Required

Courses that are no longer required in any concentration. Can be banked if we don't plan to offer.

  • CS 452 Software Engineering, CS 471 Operating Systems, CS 420 Theory of Computation, CS 421 Formal Methods, CS 473 Computer Networks
  • Total - 5 courses, 15 credits

Graduate Degree - CS MS

Current requirements are at - [1]

Required for all CS Majors

  • Retain from current requirements
    • Culminating Experience - CS 685, 695, 699 (or BIO options for bioinformatics concentration)
  • New Requirement
    • Pass Qualifying Exam

Academic Concentration

  • Modifications of current requirements

Professional Concentration

  • Modifications of current requirements
    • CS 500 Programming Fundamentals - instead require CS 500 or CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I

Bioinformatics Concentration

  • Modifications of current requirements
    • CS 500 Programming Fundamentals - instead require CS 500 or CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I

Data Science - New Concentration

  • Required Coursework
    • CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I
    • CS 601 Programming for Data Science & Analytics II
    • CS 557 Database Processing
    • CS 617 Databases, Data Mining, and Big Data
    • CS 575 Artificial Intelligence
    • MATH 540 Statistics for Data Science & Analytics
    • MATH 503 Linear Algebra and Modeling for Data Science and Analytics

This is 7 required courses. Adding the 3 credit culminating experience then gives 8 courses, and 3 courses of electives.

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