SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Educational Appreciation | |
| The ideal student will recommend fellow graduates to employers and recommend the Computer Science program to potential students Associated Goals: Lifelong Learning |
| Objective | Facility Access | |
| The ideal student will have access to high quality classroom and laboratory facilities Associated Goals: Lifelong Learning |
| Objective | Faculty Interaction | |
| The ideal student will have significant individual interaction with faculty including high quality teaching, advising and mentoring. Associated Goals: Lifelong Learning |
| Objective | Professional Association | |
| Professional Association ( edit )
Description The ideal student will understand the need for professional association and the maintenance of professional currency Associated Goals: Lifelong Learning, Specialized Competence |
| Objective | University Contact | |
| The ideal student will maintain contact with the university beyond graduation and participate in university life through alumni and other activities. Associated Goals: Lifelong Learning |
| Objective | Ethical Conflict Management | |
| The ideal student will be able to recognize the potential for conflict between professionally ethical imperatives. Associated Goals: Professional Ethics |
| Objective | Ethical Principles | |
| The ideal student will be able to examine and evaluate their ethical standards and principles. Associated Goals: Professional Ethics |
| Objective | Social Impact | |
| The ideal student will be able to identify and explain the social and technical impact of innovation. Associated Goals: Professional Ethics |
| Objective | Communication | |
| The ideal student will have the capability to communicate professionally and effectively. Associated Goals: Specialized Competence |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |
| Objective | Knowledge Of Mathematics, Science And Network Systems | |
| The ideal student will be able to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and computer and network Associated Goals: Specialized Competence, Technical Competence |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work. |
| Criteria | Alumni Technical Preparation 70% of alumni responding identify their technical preparation for work was acceptable or higher. |
| Finding | Alumni Technical Preparation The department did not survey alumni this year |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |
| Indicator | Student Evaluations Semester student course evaluations including evaluation of the course objectives against actual learning. |
| Criteria | Student Evaluations Students will evaluate their progress on Relevant Objectives (raw score) at 4.0 or higher in 80% of the classes offered in each semester. |
| Finding | Student evaluations average progress 4.56 minimum 4.4 Maximum 4.7 |
| Objective | Professional Association | |
| Professional Association ( edit )
Description The ideal student will understand the need for professional association and the maintenance of professional currency Associated Goals: Lifelong Learning, Specialized Competence |
| Objective | Professional Functionality | |
| The ideal student will be able to function professionally and effectively in a variety of network, hardware, operating system and application development environments. Associated Goals: Specialized Competence, Technical Competence |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |
| Indicator | Student Evaluations Semester student course evaluations including evaluation of the course objectives against actual learning. |
| Criteria | Student Evaluations Students will evaluate their progress on Relevant Objectives (raw score) at 4.0 or higher in 80% of the classes offered in each semester. |
| Finding | Student evaluations average progress 4.56 minimum 4.4 Maximum 4.7 |
| Objective | Teamwork And Projects | |
| The ideal student will gain experience and skill in team-oriented projects designed to solve real-world problems Associated Goals: Specialized Competence |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Objective | Abstraction | |
| The ideal student will be able to construct and employ abstractions and algorithms in pursuit of solutions to computational problems and represent such abstractions in computer languages Associated Goals: Technical Competence |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work. |
| Criteria | Alumni Technical Preparation 70% of alumni responding identify their technical preparation for work was acceptable or higher. |
| Finding | Alumni Technical Preparation The department did not survey alumni this year |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |
| Indicator | Student Evaluations Semester student course evaluations including evaluation of the course objectives against actual learning. |
| Criteria | Student Evaluations Students will evaluate their progress on Relevant Objectives (raw score) at 4.0 or higher in 80% of the classes offered in each semester. |
| Finding | Student evaluations average progress 4.56 minimum 4.4 Maximum 4.7 |
| Objective | Knowledge Of Mathematics, Science And Network Systems | |
| The ideal student will be able to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and computer and network Associated Goals: Specialized Competence, Technical Competence |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work. |
| Criteria | Alumni Technical Preparation 70% of alumni responding identify their technical preparation for work was acceptable or higher. |
| Finding | Alumni Technical Preparation The department did not survey alumni this year |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |
| Indicator | Student Evaluations Semester student course evaluations including evaluation of the course objectives against actual learning. |
| Criteria | Student Evaluations Students will evaluate their progress on Relevant Objectives (raw score) at 4.0 or higher in 80% of the classes offered in each semester. |
| Finding | Student evaluations average progress 4.56 minimum 4.4 Maximum 4.7 |
| Objective | Professional Functionality | |
| The ideal student will be able to function professionally and effectively in a variety of network, hardware, operating system and application development environments. Associated Goals: Specialized Competence, Technical Competence |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |
| Indicator | Student Evaluations Semester student course evaluations including evaluation of the course objectives against actual learning. |
| Criteria | Student Evaluations Students will evaluate their progress on Relevant Objectives (raw score) at 4.0 or higher in 80% of the classes offered in each semester. |
| Finding | Student evaluations average progress 4.56 minimum 4.4 Maximum 4.7 |
| Objective | Software Engineering | |
| The ideal student will be able to plan, structure, implement and demonstrate solutions to computational problems through accepted software engineering methodologies. Associated Goals: Technical Competence |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work |
| Indicator | Alumni Survey Alumni survey inquiring about technical preparation for work. |
| Criteria | Alumni Technical Preparation 70% of alumni responding identify their technical preparation for work was acceptable or higher. |
| Finding | Alumni Technical Preparation The department did not survey alumni this year |
| Indicator | Course Syllabi Computer Science course syllabi |
| Criteria | Course Material The course material offered in CIS courses will map to the program curriculum guidelines. |
| Finding | Course content The graduate curriculum is tasked with identifying the CIS curriculum content, modeled after the ACM undergraduate curriculum guideline structure. |
| Criteria | Course Syllabi objectives The course syllabi will contain objectives that map to the program objectives. |
| Finding | Syllabus Objectives Currently under review by graduate curriculum committee |
| Indicator | Final Project Assessment Documentation ,presentation and discussion on final project. |
| Criteria | Final Project Assessment Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of software engineering. |
| Indicator | Oral Examination Each student undergoes an Oral Examination in their final semester. |
| Criteria | Oral Examination Students graduating will have documented consensus of the graduate faculty that they meet professional standards of understanding and capability. |