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GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING/REVISING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARING CATALOG COPY

 

All proposed revisions to degree requirements, including concentration areas and options, minors, and degree program admission requirements originate in the academic unit by the faculty and are processed through the academic unit curriculum committee, the appropriate college or school curriculum committee and the Council for Teacher Education, when appropriate. 

 

Revisions to undergraduate programs are submitted via e-mail to the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) for approval and are subject to the approval of the Faculty Senate and the chancellor.  Proposals regarding teaching programs should be approved by the Council on Teacher Education before they are submitted to the UCC.

 

The electronic submission should include the following:

  • Explanatory memo.
  • Course Proposal Forms.
  • Marked catalog copy.
  • Final (unmarked) catalog copy.
  • Email messages from the Office of the Registrar, affected departments, etc.

 

To make a copy of the current catalog text:

  • Access the current university online catalogs at www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/aa/.
  • Click on the text select icon on the tool bar.
  • Highlight the needed text, copy, and then paste into a word document.
  • Re-format the document as needed.

 

The catalog copy submitted to the UCC should indicate all proposed changes by striking through deletions and underlining new text as follows:

  • Changes to the hours specified for the total degree or in any area of the degree should be indicated by striking through the existing hours, inserting new hours using a blue font and underlining the proposed hours.
  • Degree requirements being deleted or replaced should be struck-through in red.  In addition to the copy of the degree with requirements struck-through and underlined, a copy of the degree as it is to appear in the catalog should also be submitted (remove underlining and delete struck-through text).
  • Requirements that are added should be typed and underlined.

 

Also, note the following:

  • Course additions should be complete with semester of offer, prerequisites, etc.
  • Any revisions to degree admission requirements should be justified by memo.
  • Any request to delete a degree or minor should include verification of unit faculty support.

 

 

 

Example Memo:

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  University Curriculum Committee

FROM:            Dr. Robert L. Bernhardt

                        Interim Chair

                        Department of Computer Science

DATE:             February 12, 2004

RE:                   Computer Science Curriculum Proposals          

 

Proposed curriculum changes for the Department of Computer Science:  Change the language describing the C policy for CSCI classes for both the BA and BS degrees as specified on page 259 in the following way:

 

B.A.

Old: Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C.

NEW: Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C being used to satisfy the requirements specified in the Core.

 

B.S.

Old: Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C.

NEW: Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C being used to satisfy the requirements specified in the Common Core, Concentration Area, and CSCI electives.

 

The purpose of this change is to properly codify an already approved policy that the D rule should not apply to CSCI 2427, 3584, and 5774 since they are only Cognate requirements.  This became an issue when courses that originally just had a MATH prefix became cross-listed as CSCI when Computer Science became a separate department. 

 

Thank you for your consideration of these proposals.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example Revised Catalog Text:

 

Insert on pp. 259 – 260 of 2003 – 2004 catalog:

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

 

Robert Bernhardt, Interim Chairperson, Austin Building

 

Students enrolled at East Carolina University or transferring from other institutions may be considered for admission to the Department of Computer Science provided the following departmental requirements are met. A student must have completed a minimum of 39 s.h. with a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA and have a minimum 2.4 GPA computed on CSCI 2510, 2610, 2611

 

BA in Computer Science

 

Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C.  Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C being used to satisfy the requirements specified in the Core.  Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

 

1. General education (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree Programs.) ..... ………………………………………………………………….42 s.h.

2. Foreign language through level 1004 (preferably French, German, or Russian)..................................................................................................................12 s.h.

3. Core ................................................................................................................... 34 s.h.

    CSCI 2510. Introduction to Computer Science I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or1066)

    CSCI 2610, 2611. Introduction to Computer Science II and Laboratory (4,0)  (F,S,SS) (P: CSCI 2510; C for 2610: CSCI 2611;C for 2611: CSCI 2610)

    CSCI 3510. Data Structures (3) (F,S,SS) (P: CSCI 2610; P/C: MATH 2427)

    CSCI 3601. Computer Organization and Programming (3) (F,S) (P: CSCI 3510 or 3526)

    CSCI 3675. Organization of Programming Language (3) (F,SS) (P: CSCI 3510)

    CSCI 4200. Software Engineering I (3) (WI) (F,S) (P: CSCI 3510; CSCI major)

    CSCI 4630. Operating Systems I (3) (S,SS) (P: CSCI 3601; CSCI major)

    Choose 12 s.h. CSCI courses above 1999, excluding CSCI 2600, 3584, and 5774

 

4. Cognates........................................................................................................... 6-7 s.h.

    CSCI/MATH 2427. Discrete Mathematical Structures (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or 1066)

    MATH 2119. Elements of Calculus (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:MA) (P: MATH 1065 with a minimum grade of C) or MATH 2122.  Calculus for the Life Science II (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 2121) or MATH 2171.  Calculus I (4) (F,S,SS) (GE:MA) (P: MATH1083 or 1085 or 2122 with a minimum grade of C)

5. Minor and electives to complete requirements for graduation.

 

BS in Computer Science

 

Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C.    Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C being used to satisfy the requirements specified in the Common Core, Concentration Area, and CSCI electives. Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

1.  General education (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree

 

 

 

 

Example Clean Catalog Text:

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

 

Robert Bernhardt, Interim Chairperson, Austin Building

 

Students enrolled at East Carolina University or transferring from other institutions may be considered for admission to the Department of Computer Science provided the following departmental requirements are met. A student must have completed a minimum of 39 s.h. with a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA and have a minimum 2.4 GPA computed on CSCI 2510, 2610, 2611

 

BA in Computer Science

 

Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C being used to satisfy the requirements specified in the Core.  Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

 

1. General education (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree

Programs.) ..... ……………………………………………………………………………………..42 s.h.

2. Foreign language through level 1004 (preferably French, German, or Russian)...............................................................................................................................12 s.h.

3. Core ................................................................................................................................ 34 s.h.

    CSCI 2510. Introduction to Computer Science I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or1066)

    CSCI 2610, 2611. Introduction to Computer Science II and Laboratory (4,0)  (F,S,SS) (P: CSCI 2510; C for 2610: CSCI 2611;C for 2611: CSCI 2610)

    CSCI 3510. Data Structures (3) (F,S,SS) (P: CSCI 2610; P/C: MATH 2427)

    CSCI 3601. Computer Organization and Programming (3) (F,S) (P: CSCI 3510 or 3526)

    CSCI 3675. Organization of Programming Language (3) (F,SS) (P: CSCI 3510)

    CSCI 4200. Software Engineering I (3) (WI) (F,S) (P: CSCI 3510; CSCI major)

    CSCI 4630. Operating Systems I (3) (S,SS) (P: CSCI 3601; CSCI major)

    Choose 12 s.h. CSCI courses above 1999, excluding CSCI 2600, 3584, and 5774

 

4. Cognates....................................................................................................................... 6-7 s.h.

    CSCI/MATH 2427. Discrete Mathematical Structures (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or 1066)

    MATH 2119. Elements of Calculus (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:MA) (P: MATH 1065 with a minimum grade of C) or MATH 2122.

    Calculus for the Life Science II (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 2121) or MATH 2171.  Calculus I (4) (F,S,SS) (GE:MA) (P: MATH1083 or 1085 or 2122 with a minimum grade of C)

5. Minor and electives to complete requirements for graduation.

 

 

BS in Computer Science

 

Credit toward a computer science major will not be given for any CSCI course with a grade less than C being used to satisfy the requirements specified in the Common Core, Concentration Area, and CSCI electives. Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

 

1. General education (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree