Subject: Jan Computing Sciences Department Retreat (First Draft Agenda)

Subject: Department Semi-annual assessment meeting
Last updated: January 28, 2009

Time, Date and Location: 10AM-2PM Thursday in Duke 203
Coffee at 10AM and Lunch at noon will be provided

General: This is an important working session as we prepare for external review in 2009-2010

References:

  1. Department five year plan
  2. Department goals and objectives for 08-09
  3. 2009-2010 Department course schedule
  4. Fall post course assessments and spring pre course assessments  for CIS / CSC
  5. New ABET Program Outcomes
  6. Enrollment trends
  7. Graduating seniors (Wow 28)
  8. Budget
  9. Key dates
  10. Sabbatical planning
  11. IS  Curricula Trends
  12. CSC 2008 Curricula
  13. Program Objectives (new)

Expected outcomes:
1. Fall 08 program assessment conclusions
2. New course matrix map for new program outcomes for AY 09-10
3. Suggestions for external reviewer and when the review should take place
4. ODK award nominations
5. Strategic short term goals for curriculum, enrollments, etc.
6. Identify program leads for Program Objective specification. (new)

Agenda

Perfect Time to Review the Plan, Work the Plan, Plan the Plan

  1. Business School Update - (MIS courses) - Alex
     
  2. CIS curriculum update and plans -Lynn
    (delete 2 hour courses, revise 465, update goals/obj. 211)
     
  3. CSC curriculum update and plans - Joel
    (Assess CSC 130 4 to 3 days, Assess impact of changes made in Fall 2007)
     
  4. ODK Awards
     
  5. Datatel Schedule for 2009-2010 - Dave
    - add CSC 111 Breaking the code section to spring?
    - add CSC 130 Computer Science I to spring?
     
  6. Selective 2008-2009 Department Objectives Update/Walkthrough
    - Programming Team (Joel)
    - ETS update (Dave)
    - ACM (Megan/Duke)
    - Internship update (Michele)
    - Women in computing (Shannon)
    - Department newsletter (Shannon)
    - Sabbatical planning (Dave)
     
  7. Celebrate Participation (Faculty research presentations)
    Duke
    Joel
    Lynn
     
  8. Student evaluations for spring semester
    - Does anyone not want them?
     
  9. Budget, Enrollment and Key Dates - Dave
     
  10. Fall 08 and Spring 09 CIS and CSC course assessment review
       -     CIS PO 2 CIS 320 Lynn
       -     CIS PO 3 CIS 330 Duke
       -     CSC PO 3 CSC 420 Shannon, CSC 462 Dave
       -     CSC PO 9 CSC 330 Dave, CSC 342 Joel
     
  11. External Reviewer suggestions and preferred scheduling (Dave)
        - Aspirant Schools (Villanova, Richmond, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt)
        - ABET (Don Bailes or Ken Modesitt)
        - Possible suggested dates: Sept. 27-28, October 4-5 - Feb. 28-March 1, March 7-8
     
  12. Discussion / Work session on adoption/modification of new ABET program outcomes (Working session)
    -Develop new course matrix map and program outcome assessment schedule (Complete tables 1 and 2)

    CIS Complete tables 1 and 2 and modify outcomes as deemed appropriate
    CSC Complete tables 1 and 2 and modify outcomes as deemed appropriate

    - Strategic planning / goal setting for 2009-2010 and beyond (what do we need to meet program outcomes)
    - Please look at IS and CSC latest curricula trends in references 11 and 12

    - Identify progam lead for program objectives
     

  13. Reconvene and wrap up