Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date 12/07/2012
Department Computer Science
Division NAS
Goals and Recommendations from Program Plan
List the top five Goals and Recommendations from the last Program Plan and indicate whether they have been met?
Goals / Recommendations from six-year plan In progress
Goal Met
Comments
Curriculum: Fund the scheduling of three
new courses and two revised courses. 12 TU
@ $1700.00 = $20, 400 plus $2,000
software/hardware support every other year
or $11,200.00 annually.
Student Support and Student Success: Fund
tutor support. (40 hrs/week; $12/hr- Student
Assistant 4; 34 weeks, includes summer if
courses offered) annually.
Student Support and Student Success: Fund
database project to identify present CS
majors and alumni. $4000.00 one-time,
$200.00 annually.
Student Support and Student Success: Fund
course support materials for under-funded
students, annually.
Equipment and Supplies: computer hardware
and software upgrades for CS faculty,
annually.
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
(identify source
of funding)
No
Faculty
Grants for
Student
Success
$1850.00 Equipment for CIS 160MPA Mobile Platforms-iPhone
and Android spring 2013 which is taught by CS faculty but
offered through the CIS department. This course takes the
place of another we have decided to not offer.
Yes
CTC-IT
We continue to have one student tutor in the CTC funded by
IT to help CS programming students 19.5 hours per week. We
have one tutor available through Tutorials who was hired to
tutor math, but can also tutor computer science.
This may be completed through the STEM grant.
No
No
No
This may be completed through the STEM grant.
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
SLO Assessment: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and priorities identified as a result of your assessment below. Attach Departmental
Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters. (See Revolving Wheel of Assessment for recommended schedule).
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed. Example: all course
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
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SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2 Meeting 8/27/10
Fall 11 Course SLOs for
Department Meeting,
2/3/2012
CS 1, CS 19
Fall 11 AA and AS Computer Department Meeting,
2/3/2012
Science (1-2)
Spring 12 Core Competency 1
Communication
Department Meeting,
8/23/2012
Spring 12 Course SLOs for
CS12GP, CS 20J
Department Meeting,
8/23/2012
Program SLOs for Cert of
Department Meeting,
8/23/2012
Achievement Web
Programming (1-3) and Skills
Cert Web Fundamentals(1-3)
class.
CS 1- Encourage students to become more interested in computer
technology; not just as a user but as an inventor.
Programming CS 19- Provide more frequent or fuller feedback on student
progress; encourage students to begin program designer earlier.
A.A. & A.S Computer Science (SLOs 1–2)
The AA and AS degrees in Computer Science are equivalent in terms of
majors courses; the AS requires less GE.
SLO 1: The courses that comprise the AA and AS degrees articulate with
similar courses at CSU and UC. They meet industry standards (ACM) and
4-year university standards.
SLO 2: All final projects in courses supporting the two degrees require the
integration of hardware with software engineering. Students must
successfully complete these projects in order to successfully complete the
courses.
Core Competency: Communication- Complex programming projects
require clear user communication and the correct use of vocabulary.
Suggested improvements were to increase the number of points assigned to
clear written communication with the user and to introduce the design of
effective graphic user interfaces earlier in the courses.
Game Programming CS 12GP- 76% of students successful completed the
assignment/assessment. The assignment is a good one (piano visualize) but
students needed more lead-up exercises to do well. Suggested improvement:
Add a drill section to previous assignments via CodeLab or weekly quizzes.
Encourage students to begin earlier on this assignment and add weekly
progress checks.
Programming CS 20J- With 100% success no improvements necessary.
Programming Cert of Achievement Web Programming(1-3)
Programming Skills Certificate Web Fundamentals(1-3)
For both certificates all SLOs were assessed through the analysis of the
required final projects in the courses that comprise each degree. Eighty
percent of students completing the final projects met the goals of the three
SLOs. Of the 20% who did not, time management was the problem: starting
too late and running out of time.
o Improvements: The project assignments themselves do not need
modification. Requiring students to submit progress reports (and code)
for the final project earlier will be implemented the next time the
courses are taught.
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