KSU Courses Meeting PSC Requirements (PSC Rule 505-3-.62)
PSC Requirement
1.i.I
The program shall prepare candidates who
perform laboratory-based activities that
demonstrate programming proficiency in a
modern high-level programming language
1.i.II
The program shall prepare candidates who
demonstrate knowledge of and skill regarding
common data abstraction mechanisms
1.i.III
The program shall prepare candidates who
demonstrate knowledge of and skill regarding
program correctness issues and practices.
1.i.IV
The program shall prepare candidates who
design, implement, and test programs of
sufficient complexity to demonstrate
knowledge’s and skills includes in 1.i.I
2.i.
The program shall prepare candidates who
effectively use a variety of computing
environments.
2.ii.
The program shall prepare candidates who
describe the operation of a computer system –
CPU and instruction cycle, peripherals,
operating system, network components, and
application – indicating their purposes and
interactions among them
3.i.
The program shall prepare candidates who
describe how data items are represented at the
machine level.
3.ii.
The program shall prepare candidates who
identify and provide usage examples of the
various data structures and files provided by a
programming language
3.iii
The program shall prepare candidates who
describe elements (people, hardware,
software, etc.) and their interaction within
information systems (database system, the
Web, etc.)
KSU Course meeting requirement
CS 2301 – Programming Principles I
CS 2301/2302 – Programming Principles I and
II
CS 2301/2302 – Programming Principles I and
II
CS 2301/2302 – Programming Principles I and
II
CSED 4416 Teaching of Computer Science
IS 2101 Computers and Your World
IS 2101 Computers and Your World
CS 2301/2302 Programming Principles I and II
CS 2301/2302 – Programming Principles I and
II
IS 2101 Computers and Your World
4.i.
The program shall prepare candidates who
demonstrate an understanding of computing
and potential issues and skill at recognizing,
researching, and analyzing issues to reach
defensible conclusions.
4.i.i
The program shall prepare candidates who
analyze a variety of social issues related to the
use of computers in society.
4.ii
The program shall prepare candidates who
demonstrate an understanding of significant
historical events relative to computing.
4.iii
The program shall prepare candidates who
discuss enrichment activities for secondary
computer science students.
5.i.
The program shall prepare candidates who
identify resources, professional organizations,
strategies, activities, and manipulatives
appropriate to teaching secondary computer
science.
5.ii.
The program shall prepare candidates who
plan direct instruction involving simultaneous
use of computing facilities by students.
5.iii
The program shall prepare candidates who
plan instruction involving students
independently using computing facilities..
IS 2101 Computers and Your World and CSED
4416 Teaching of Computer Science
IS 2101 Computers and Your World and
CSED 4416 Teaching of Computer Science
CSED 4416 Teaching of Computer Science
CSED 4416 Teaching of Computer Science
and CSED 4417 Computer Science Teaching
Practicum
CSED 4416 Teaching of Computer Science
and CSED 4417 Computer Science Teaching
Practicum
CSED 4416 Teaching of Computer Science
and CSED 4417 Computer Science Teaching
Practicum