The Department of Computer Science will provide the faculty, staff, physical and fiscal resources necessary to maintain strong undergraduate and graduate programs in Computer Science.
Objective
Strategic Planning
The department will establish a strategic planning process identifying departmental strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Indicator
Annual Strategic Plan
Criterion
Strategic Planning Document
The department chair will present a strategic planning document to the February department meeting
Finding
Strategic Plan
A Strategic Planning Document was not prepared for 2006/7. In lieu of this a comprehensive review and planning document was prepared for ABET accreditation including the components normally associated with a strategic planing document.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Department Meeting Minutes
Maintenance of departmental meeting minutes in and ongoing process and will be continued.
Action
Department Meeting Documentation
No additional actio nrequired
Action
Environmental Scan
The department curriculum committee will instigate an annual environmental scan as part of it preliminary data collection.
Objective
Budget
The department will establish, in consultation with the faculty, a budget that meets the requirements of the strategic planning process.
Indicator
Budget Request
Criterion
Budget Planning Documentation
The department chair will submit a draft budget request to the February department meeting for review and to the Dean by March 1.
Finding
Budget Planning Documentation
The budget Planning document was prepared, submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner and reviewed by the department ex post facto
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Budget Planning
The department will continue to develop budget planning documents based on strategic planning targets.
Objective
Resource Allocation
The department will allocate faculty and fiscal resources to meet programmatic, faculty development and research needs.
Indicator
Budget Request
Criterion
Budget Planning Documentation
The department chair will submit a draft budget request to the February department meeting for review and to the Dean by March 1.
Finding
Budget Planning Documentation
The budget Planning document was prepared, submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner and reviewed by the department ex post facto
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Objective
Public Relations
THe department will provide timely and effective communication of activities to internal and external agencies.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Indicator
Advertising Materials Review
Criterion
Advertising Materials Review
The department will review and update advertising materials for each of its programs on an annual basis
Finding
Advertising Materials Review
Advertising materials were reviewed by the department chair. Addition video advertising was initiated for graduate programs.
Objective
Advertising
The department will develop tools and procedures for effectively communicating program information to potential students and their parents
Indicator
Catalog Copy
Criterion
Catalog Copy
The appropriate curriculum committee will perform an annual review of catalog descriptions for each program within its purview and submit changes to the department chair for approval.
Finding
Catalog copy
Catalog copy for the undergraduate degree program, and all three graduate degree programs were submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner.
Indicator
Advertising Materials Review
Criterion
Advertising Materials Review
The department will review and update advertising materials for each of its programs on an annual basis
Finding
Advertising Materials Review
Advertising materials were reviewed by the department chair. Addition video advertising was initiated for graduate programs.
Action
Catalog copy
Continue catalog review on an ongoing basis
Action
Advertising Materials Review
Assessment in progress
Objective
Assessment
The department will establish and implement assessment procedures to provide performance information across all aspects of departmental and programmatic activity.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Assessment
Assessment in a continuous process. Assessment procedures should continue and be reviewed for improvement.
Objective
Recruitment
The department will provide timely and accurate information regarding programmatic offerings and entrance requirements to prospective students.
Indicator
Catalog Copy
Criterion
Catalog Copy
The appropriate curriculum committee will perform an annual review of catalog descriptions for each program within its purview and submit changes to the department chair for approval.
Finding
Catalog copy
Catalog copy for the undergraduate degree program, and all three graduate degree programs were submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Indicator
Advertising Materials Review
Criterion
Advertising Materials Review
The department will review and update advertising materials for each of its programs on an annual basis
Finding
Advertising Materials Review
Advertising materials were reviewed by the department chair. Addition video advertising was initiated for graduate programs.
Goal
Enrollment Growth
The Department of Computer Science will provide an environment in which enrollment growth in graduate and undergraduate programs can occur.
Objective
Public Relations
THe department will provide timely and effective communication of activities to internal and external agencies.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Indicator
Advertising Materials Review
Criterion
Advertising Materials Review
The department will review and update advertising materials for each of its programs on an annual basis
Finding
Advertising Materials Review
Advertising materials were reviewed by the department chair. Addition video advertising was initiated for graduate programs.
Objective
Advertising
The department will develop tools and procedures for effectively communicating program information to potential students and their parents
Indicator
Catalog Copy
Criterion
Catalog Copy
The appropriate curriculum committee will perform an annual review of catalog descriptions for each program within its purview and submit changes to the department chair for approval.
Finding
Catalog copy
Catalog copy for the undergraduate degree program, and all three graduate degree programs were submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner.
Indicator
Advertising Materials Review
Criterion
Advertising Materials Review
The department will review and update advertising materials for each of its programs on an annual basis
Finding
Advertising Materials Review
Advertising materials were reviewed by the department chair. Addition video advertising was initiated for graduate programs.
Action
Catalog copy
Continue catalog review on an ongoing basis
Action
Advertising Materials Review
Assessment in progress
Objective
Assessment
The department will establish and implement assessment procedures to provide performance information across all aspects of departmental and programmatic activity.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Assessment
Assessment in a continuous process. Assessment procedures should continue and be reviewed for improvement.
Objective
Recruitment
The department will provide timely and accurate information regarding programmatic offerings and entrance requirements to prospective students.
Indicator
Catalog Copy
Criterion
Catalog Copy
The appropriate curriculum committee will perform an annual review of catalog descriptions for each program within its purview and submit changes to the department chair for approval.
Finding
Catalog copy
Catalog copy for the undergraduate degree program, and all three graduate degree programs were submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Indicator
Advertising Materials Review
Criterion
Advertising Materials Review
The department will review and update advertising materials for each of its programs on an annual basis
Finding
Advertising Materials Review
Advertising materials were reviewed by the department chair. Addition video advertising was initiated for graduate programs.
Goal
Faculty Development
The Department of Computer Science will provide the necessary resources and administrative support and guidance to allow for sustainable improvement in faculty teaching quality and enable the development and implementation of coherent faculty research programs.
Objective
Budget
The department will establish, in consultation with the faculty, a budget that meets the requirements of the strategic planning process.
Indicator
Budget Request
Criterion
Budget Planning Documentation
The department chair will submit a draft budget request to the February department meeting for review and to the Dean by March 1.
Finding
Budget Planning Documentation
The budget Planning document was prepared, submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner and reviewed by the department ex post facto
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Budget Planning
The department will continue to develop budget planning documents based on strategic planning targets.
Objective
Resource Allocation
The department will allocate faculty and fiscal resources to meet programmatic, faculty development and research needs.
Indicator
Budget Request
Criterion
Budget Planning Documentation
The department chair will submit a draft budget request to the February department meeting for review and to the Dean by March 1.
Finding
Budget Planning Documentation
The budget Planning document was prepared, submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner and reviewed by the department ex post facto
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Objective
Faculty Performance Review
The department will provide university, College and departmental level policy documentation identifying acceptable faculty performance standards and the procedures by which performance is evaluated.
Indicator
Faculty Review Portfolios
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Objective
Assessment
The department will establish and implement assessment procedures to provide performance information across all aspects of departmental and programmatic activity.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Assessment
Assessment in a continuous process. Assessment procedures should continue and be reviewed for improvement.
Goal
Student Advisement
The department of Computer Science will provide timely and accurate advisement services to students within the undergraduate and graduate degree programs or engaged in service courses provided by the department.
Objective
Assessment
The department will establish and implement assessment procedures to provide performance information across all aspects of departmental and programmatic activity.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Assessment
Assessment in a continuous process. Assessment procedures should continue and be reviewed for improvement.
Objective
Student Advisement
The faculty will provide competent, timely and accurate advisement information to existing students
Indicator
Advisement Logs
Criterion
Advisement Records
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official advisement sessions and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Advisement Records
Advisement records are maintained jointly by the department chair and the senior faculty advisor. The records are computerized and available through the departmental office.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Review of Advisement Procedures
The department should urgently review the advisement process to effect two changes. first, the advisement load should be distributed among all competent faculty and second, the maintenance of advisement records should be centralized within the departmental offices.
Action
Advisement Records
No action required
Goal
Curriculum Planning
The Department of Computer Science will engage in a continuous curriculum planning process at the graduate and undergraduate level.
Objective
Assessment
The department will establish and implement assessment procedures to provide performance information across all aspects of departmental and programmatic activity.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Assessment
Assessment in a continuous process. Assessment procedures should continue and be reviewed for improvement.
Objective
Curriculum Planning Committees
The department will establish appropriate committee structures and protocols to maintain high quality and up-to-date curriculum offerings.
Indicator
Annual Strategic Plan
Criterion
Strategic Planning Document
The department chair will present a strategic planning document to the February department meeting
Finding
Strategic Plan
A Strategic Planning Document was not prepared for 2006/7. In lieu of this a comprehensive review and planning document was prepared for ABET accreditation including the components normally associated with a strategic planing document.
Indicator
Catalog Copy
Criterion
Catalog Copy
The appropriate curriculum committee will perform an annual review of catalog descriptions for each program within its purview and submit changes to the department chair for approval.
Finding
Catalog copy
Catalog copy for the undergraduate degree program, and all three graduate degree programs were submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner.
Indicator
Curriculum Committee Minutes
Criterion
Environmental Scan
Each curriculum committee will conduct an annual environmental scan.
Finding
Environmental Scan
The undergraduate curriculum committee conducted an environmental scan as part of it curriculum review cycle resulting in the addition of the Information Assurance and security track.
The Graduate curriculum committee conducted an environmental scan as part of its progress toward an Information Assurance and security degree program.
Criterion
Prerequisite review
Each curriculum committee shall conduct a review of program prerequisites
Criterion
Curriculum Committee Records
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all curriculum committee minutes and make those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Curriculum Planning Records
Curriculum Committee meeting records are on file and available in the departmental offices.
Criterion
Resource Allocation
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Curriculum Planning Records
Curriculum Planning Records are to be managed on line and available in the departmental web site in the accreditation segment.
Action
Environmental Scan
The department curriculum committee will instigate an annual environmental scan as part of it preliminary data collection.
Goal
Assessment
The Department of Computer Science will provide the resources and administrative resources to allow the implementation of a coherent and comprehensive assessment planning process.
Objective
Budget
The department will establish, in consultation with the faculty, a budget that meets the requirements of the strategic planning process.
Indicator
Budget Request
Criterion
Budget Planning Documentation
The department chair will submit a draft budget request to the February department meeting for review and to the Dean by March 1.
Finding
Budget Planning Documentation
The budget Planning document was prepared, submitted to the Dean's office in a timely manner and reviewed by the department ex post facto
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Budget Planning
The department will continue to develop budget planning documents based on strategic planning targets.
Objective
Assessment
The department will establish and implement assessment procedures to provide performance information across all aspects of departmental and programmatic activity.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Assessment
Assessment in a continuous process. Assessment procedures should continue and be reviewed for improvement.
Objective
Student Advisement
The faculty will provide competent, timely and accurate advisement information to existing students
Indicator
Advisement Logs
Criterion
Advisement Records
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official advisement sessions and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Advisement Records
Advisement records are maintained jointly by the department chair and the senior faculty advisor. The records are computerized and available through the departmental office.
Indicator
Department Meeting Minutes
Criterion
Department Meeting Documentation
The departmental office will maintain up-to-date records of all official department meetings and have those records available for on-site review.
Finding
Department meeting minutes
The department meeting minutes are on file in the department offices and available for review.
Finding
Assessment
The department maintains documentation on all academic and departmental activity. The documentation, collected though all departmental sources is centralized in department meeting minutes summarizing assessment activities and findings
Finding
Resource Allocation
Assessment in progress
Action
Review of Advisement Procedures
The department should urgently review the advisement process to effect two changes. first, the advisement load should be distributed among all competent faculty and second, the maintenance of advisement records should be centralized within the departmental offices.