The request to close the Minor in Information Science, Certificate in Computer Programming, and Certificate in Computer Architecture

Memo Date: 
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
To: 
College of Computing & Informatics
From: 
Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Assistant
Approved On: March 2, 2011
Implementation Date: 2011

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs.  Insertions are underlined.


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Delete the following sections from the Undergraduate Catalog:

MINOR IN INFORMATION SCIENCE

Requirements for the minor in Information Science include completion of 24 hours of computer science: ITCS 1212, 1212L, 1213, 1213L, 2175, 2214, 3112, 3146, 3155, and 3160.

CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

The Department of Computer Science offers a certificate in Computer Programming to non-Computer Science majors. A certificate will be awarded by the Department of Computer Science to post-baccalaureate students (students having earned a bachelor's degree in any field, with one semester of calculus, who have enrolled with the graduate school as a post-baccalaureate student) who have completed the course requirements listed below:

ITCS 1212 Introduction to Computing I

ITCS 1212L Programming Lab I

ITCS 1213 Introduction to Computing II

ITCS 1213L Programming Lab II

ITCS 2175 Logic and Algorithms

ITCS 2214 Data Structures

ITCS 2215 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

ITCS 3112 Design and Implementation of Object-Oriented Systems

ITCS 3155 Software Engineering

ITCS 3160 Database Design and Implementation OR ITCS 4145 Parallel Computing

CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

The Department of Computer Science offers a certificate in Computer Architecture to non-Computer Science majors. A certificate will be awarded by the Department of Computer Science to post baccalaureate students (students having earned a bachelor's degree in any field, with one semester of calculus, who have enrolled with the graduate school as a post-baccalaureate student), who have completed the course requirements listed below:

ITCS 1212 Introduction to Computing I

ITCS 1212L Programming Lab I

ITCS 1213 Introduction to Computing II

•/del> ITCS 1213L Programming Lab II

ITCS 2214 Data Structures

ITCS 3146 Operating Systems & Networks

ITCS 3181 Logic & Computer Systems

ITCS 3181L Computer Systems Lab and Recitation

ITCS 3183 Hardware Systems Design

ITCS 4145 Parallel Computing

ITCS 4181 Microcomputer Interfacing