SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
Revised Course Request: Common Course
This form is to be used to request a substantive change in a common course. Representatives from
all institutions offering the common course must participate in developing the proposed revisions to
a common course. Signatures from all institutions offering the common course must be included on
the final form submitted to AAC.
DSU
Institution
BIS
Division/Department
Institutional Approval Signature
Date
Institution
Form Initiator
Dean’s Approval Signature
Date
Institution
Division/Department
Institutional Approval Signature
Date
Indicate (X) the universities that offer the common course.
BHSU
X
DSU
NSU
X
SDSMT
SDSU
USD
Section 1. Course Title and Description
If changing from a course that previously had only a lecture or laboratory component to a composite
course, identify both the course and laboratory numbers (xxx and xxxL) and credit hours associated
with each.
Prefix & No.
Course Title
Credits
CSC 410
Parallel Computing
3
Course Description as it currently appears in the system common course database:
The fundamental ideas and issues involved in programming and using parallel computers. A survey of
modern architectures and operating systems. Parallel programming applications in business, economic
modeling, and science.
Section 2. Modification(s) Requested
Check all revisions that apply and provide detailed information in the Current and Revised fields
below. Provide the complete course description as it currently appears in the system common
course database. If changing a course that previously had only a lecture or laboratory component to
a composite course, identify both the course and laboratory numbers (xxx and xxxL) and credit hours
associated with each.
Current
Prefix Change from
Course Form #6
New
to
AAC 12/2006
Indicate any universities for which this must be added as a new prefix:
BHSU
DSU
NSU
SDSMT
SDSU
x
Course Number change from
to
Course Title change from
to
Credit Hours change from
to
USD
Course content/description change to:
The fundamental ideas and issues involved in programming and using parallel
computers. This course will cover topics in the design, analysis, and implementation
of parallel algorithms. Environments discussed and used may include a variety of
shared-memory and message passing models, cluster computing, and GPU
computing.
Prerequisites (for DSU only)
to
Corequisites
to
Registration Restriction
to
Course deletion
to
Indicate the universities which will be deleting the course:
BHSU
DSU
NSU
SDSMT
SDSU
Justification for all changes noted above:
DSU is adding CSC 410 to the BS in Computer Science. This course description needed
updating and modernizing, therefore, DSU reached out to Dr. Riley at SDSM&T and they are
acceptable of the change in course description.
Course Form #6
AAC 12/2006
USD