From: B.David Saunders [saunders@cis.udel.edu] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:05 PM To: Charles Boncelet Cc: Dan Boulet; Gonzalo R. Arce; dnelson; Jorge A. Garcia; Keith S.Decker; Phillip Conrad Subject: Re: CPEG 202 changes Charlie, our ugrad comm has looked it over and sees no problem for CIS with the CPEG 202 change. Best, -dave Charles Boncelet wrote: > All, I need to let everyone in on changes being planned for CPEG 202. > These changes are a consequence of the engineering college's plan to > have a common first semester for engineering students. > > In fall 2007, the college will start its common full semester in > earnest. In fall 2006, only the engineering undecideds will take the > new, common curriculum. Therefore, next year is a transition year. > > As a result of the common curriculum, CPEG 202 will become a 3 credit > course (currently it is 4 credits) and will be offered in the spring. > This change will take place next year, i.e., spring 2007. > This change will inconvenience some students, notably those who hoped > to take CPEG 202 next fall to catch up (mostly students who > transferred into ECE, but perhaps some CISC students as well). If > those students wait until next spring, they cannot take CPEG 222 until > the spring of 2008. (Eventually, we will move CPEG 222 to the fall, > but that won't help these students.) > > Accordingly, ECE intends to offer one section of CPEG 202 next fall. > We don't know who will teach it. If Jorge can't, then we may look for > an adjunct person. > > But the bulk of the ECE students and, most likely, the CISC students > should take CPEG 202 next spring in the main section. > > David, is this ok for CIS? > Dan and Debbie, can you work together to pick a date and time for the > fall section and enroll those students? > Jorge, Gonzalo will talk to you about this. If you will be teaching > it in the fall, you may want some input into the scheduling. > > Dan, what do we have to do to reduce the credits for 202 to 3? > > Of course, if the fall section will be underenrolled, then we could > allow some ECE and CIS students to enroll early and fill it up. > > Questions? > > Charlie > > PS. FYI, the new first year will look like this: > > Fall: > CISC 105/6 (3 credits) > Math 241 (4 credits) > Chem 103 (4 credits) > Engl 110 (3 credits, or other breadth course) ENGR 101 (2 credits. > Next year, only the engineering undecideds. > Everyone the year after) > > Spring: > CPEG 202 (3 credits) > CISC 181 (3 credits) > Math 242 (4 credits) > Phys 207 (4 credits) > Gen. Ed. (3 credits) > -- David Saunders, Professor and Chair Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences, Univ. of Delaware email: saunders@cis.udel.edu Phone: 302-831-6238