CS Curriculum Revisions 2019-2020

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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.
  • MS - new Data Science concentration, streamline academic concentration
  • BS and MS - shift some key courses to be 4-5 hour courses

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.

Required for all CS Majors

  • CS 151 - Introduction to Computer Science 3 credits
  • CS 201 - Computer Science I 4 credits
  • CS 202 - Computer Science II 4 credits
  • CS 303 - Discrete Structures 3 credits CS 203 - Intro to Theory of Computation 4 credits - focus more on fundamentals, reduce total number of different topics (some topics are moved to CS 201, 202, 458 instead)
  • CS 451 - Computer Architecture 3 credits CS 351 - Intro to Systems 5 credits - programming, a bit of architecture and assembly language
  • CS 452 - Software Engineering 3 credits
  • CS 456 - Systems Programming 3 credits
  • CS 470 - Programming Languages 3 credits
  • CS 471 - Operating Systems 3 credits
  • CS 499 - Senior Seminar 1 4 credits (2 credits/term last 2 terms)
  • New requirements
    • CS 260 Object-Oriented Programming - focus on important OO concepts, program design
    • MATH 241 or 341 Statistics
    • Pass Comprehensive Exam
  • Total - 25 credits

Course sequencing for starting in the fall

  • Fall 1 - CS 151
  • Spring 1 - CS 260, CS 203
  • Fall 2 - CS 351, MATH 241/341
  • Spring 2 -
  • Fall 3 - CS 499, CS 470
  • Spring 3 - CS 499

Information Science Concentration

  • Existing requirements
    • CS 170 - Web Programming 3 credits
    • CS 457 - Data Base Processing 3 credits
    • CS 469 - Unix/Linux Administration and Networking 3 credits
    • CS 473 - Computer Networks 3 credits
    • CS 479 - Web Programming II 3 credits
  • New requirements
    • CS 101 Fundamentals of Computing, CSS 211 Intro to Computer Security, CSS 331 Files and Database Systems, CSS 210 Intro to Networking
    • 6 credits of electives in CS courses
  • Total - 27 credits

Course sequencing for starting in the fall

  • Fall 1 - CS 101
  • Spring 1 - CS 170, CSS 210
  • Fall 2 - CSS 211, CSS 331
  • Spring 2 - CS 469
  • Fall 3 - CS 479
  • Spring 3 -

Computing Science Concentration

  • Moved from "required for all CS majors" to required for CS concentration
    • CS 201 Computer Science I 4 credits
    • CS 202 Computer Science II 4 credits
    • CS 456 Systems Programming 3 4 credits - some of the content that was in 471, 473 is put into 456
  • Existing requirements
    • MATH 131 - Calculus I 4 credits
    • MATH 132 - Calculus II 4 credits
    • CS 420 - Theory of Computation 3 credits
    • CS 421 - Formal Methods 3 credits
    • CS 458 - Algorithms 3 5 credits - some of the content that was in 303 and 420 is put into 458 instead
  • New requirements
    • Math 313 Elementary Linear Algebra
  • Total - 28 credits

Course sequencing for starting in the fall

  • Fall 1 -
  • Spring 1 - MATH 131, CS 201
  • Fall 2 - MATH 132, CS 202
  • Spring 2 - CS 456, MATH 313
  • Fall 3 - CS 458
  • Spring 3 -

Data Science

New concentration

  • Current courses
    • CS 457 Database Processing
    • CS 475 Aritificial Intelligence
    • MATH 313 Elementary Linear Algebra
    • MATH 131 Calculus I 4 credits
    • MATH 132 Calculus II 4 credits
    • MATH 231 Calculus III 4 credits
  • New courses
    • CS 401 Programming for Data Science I
    • MATH 403 Linear Algebra and Modeling for Data Science and Analytics
    • MATH 440 Statistics for Data Science & Analytics
  • Total - 30 credits

Course sequencing for starting in the fall

  • Fall 1 -
  • Spring 1 - MATH 131
  • Fall 2 - MATH 132
  • Spring 2 - MATH 313, MATH 403
  • Fall 3 - CS 401, CS 457, MATH 440
  • Spring 3 - CS 475

No Longer Required

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

  • 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

Minor/Certificate

current minor, current certificate

CS Minor

  • Existing requirements
    • CS 151 - Introduction to Computer Science 3 credits
    • CS 201 - Computer Science I 4 credits
    • CS 202 - Computer Science II 4 credits
    • 6 credits of CS electives
  • New requirements
    • CS 260 Object Oriented Programming
    • CS 203 Intro to Theory of Computation 4 credits
    • CS 351 Intro to Systems 5 credits
  • Total - 15 credits

CS Certificate

  • Existing requirements
    • CS 151 - Introduction to Computer Science 3 credits
    • CS 170 - Web Programming 3 credits
    • CS 201 - Computer Science I 4 credits
    • 6 credits of CS electives
  • New Requirements
    • CS 260 Object Oriented Programming 3 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)
    • Note - give incomplete in 685, 695 if they haven't done enough yet.
  • New Requirement
    • Pass Comprehensive Exam

Academic Concentration

  • Modifications of current requirements
    • CS 658 Algorithms II (5) (revised 658) - includes some of the content that was in 620, offer 658 once per year, stop offering 620
    • CS 671 Systems II (5) (revised 671) - includes some of the content that was in 670/673, offer 671 once per year, stop offering 670/673
    • No longer require third systems/theory course
  • New Requirements
    • CS 558 (4) Algorithms and Theory of Computation - required if 458 not taken as undergrad
    • CS 556 (4) Systems Programming - required if 456 not taken as undergrad

Professional Concentration

  • Retain from current requirements - just about everything
  • New requirements
    • CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics- required

Bioinformatics Concentration

  • Retain from current requirements - just about everything
  • Modifications of current requirements
    • CS 500 Programming Fundamentals - allow either CS 500 or CS 501 to count

Data Science - New Concentration

  • Required Coursework
    • CS 501 Programming for Data Science & Analytics I
    • CS 557 Database Processing (if 457 not taken as undergrad)
    • CS 575 Artificial Intelligence (if 475 not taken as undergrad)
    • CS 601 Programming for Data Science & Analytics II
    • CS 617 Databases, Data Mining, and Big Data
    • MATH 503 Linear Algebra and Modeling for Data Science and Analytics
    • MATH 540 Statistics for Data Science & Analytics

This is 7 required courses. Adding the 3 credit culminating experience then gives 8 courses, and 3 courses of 600-level electives (need all 3 to be 600 level so the total is 18 credits of 600 level).

Accelerated MS Program

policies, accelerated Math MS

  • Students must have 3.0 GPA and have completed 80% of their required credits by the start of their 4th year.
  • Students must finish their BS with 3.0 GPA.
  • Can take up to 9 credits of 500 level courses and 6 credits of 600 level courses in final year of BS. Up to 9 credits of 500 level can count for both BS and MS. Note that 600 level courses don't count towards being full time for financial aid.
  •  ??

Teaching Schedule

When these changes are in effect (2020-2021), the CS teaching schedule could be ...

  • Fall and Spring (52) - 101, 151, 151, 151, 170, 201 (4), 202 (4), 203 (4), 256, 256, 260, 351 (5), 499 (2), 500, 401/501, 685/695/699
  • Fall (30) - 479, CSS 210, CSS 331, 458 (4), 457, 470, 671 (5), 600, 603/611, 617
  • Spring (30) - 469, CSS 211, 456 (4), 475, 658 (5), 601, 602/610, 618/619, 609
  • Total - 52*2+30+30 - 164 credit hours,

And taught by ...

  • Abhyankar - fall CSS 210, 603/611, 470, 256 | spring 256, 256, CSS 211, 602/610
  • Baker - fall 457, 479, 351(5) | spring 351(5), 456(4), 469
  • Exoo - fall 617, 401/501, 671(5) | spring 475, 601, 401/501
  • Kinne - fall 151, GH 101 | spring 151, BD4ISU
  • Rafiey - fall 458(4), 600, 256 | spring 658(5), 618/619
  • Sternfeld - fall 500, 499(2), 170, 203(4) | spring 203(4), 500, 609, 499(2)
  • New CS Faculty Member - fall 202(4), 685, CSS 331 | spring 202(4), 685, 170
  • Boulware - fall 260 | spring 260
  • May - fall 101, 201(4) | spring 101, 201(4)
  • GAs - fall 151, 151, 260 | spring 151, 151, 260
  • not offered with current staffing - [420], [473], [452], [421], [471]

Note - this assumes that Math is able to offer MATH 403/503, 440/540

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