The department chair and faculty will engage in strategic planning.
Objective
Strategic Planning
The department will maintain a strategic planning process identifying departmental strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
KPI
Annual Strategic Plan
Document generated by the department chair and presented to the department during the February department meeting.
Result
Strategic Plan
The Stretegic plan was operationalized as a budget request, presented to the faculty in February 2013 and to the Dean of the College of Sciences in Mrch 2013 as per university requirements.
KPI
Department Meeting Minutes
Adequate distribution of faculty resources.
Result
Resource Distribution
The department allocated $47,000 for faculty travel, and $10,000 for equipment to support research. The IT department addressed ongoing technology support in offices and classroom laboratories. In addition the department supported 3 graduate students presenting at a professional conference. The details of resource support for faculty, students and the department are on file in the departmental meeting minutes in the department office.
Action
Strategic Plan
The university has changed the timing of the strategic planning process. Strategic plans are due in November startgin with 2013/14 academic year. Strategic plannign review will take place in September with departmental approval of the plan in October.
Goal
Faculty Teaching
Faculty will demonstrate quality teaching.
Objective
Faculty Evaluation
Faculty will demonstrate quality teaching.
KPI
Teaching Materials
Faculty documents and provides evidence of research, teaching and service activites together with formal end of cycle evaluations of teaching, service and research. This evidence and formal evaluation documents are reviewed by the DPTAC and department Chair. FES forms 1 and 8 are signed by both chair and faculty member and maintained as an historical record from the initial point of employment.
Satisfactory performance requires that the department complete the DPTAC and the department chair complete the faculty evaluation process in accordance with university and departmental policy and forward the required documentation the the Dean of the College of Sciences by the date specified by the Office of Academic Affairs.
The department uses four metrics to establish the quality of teaching, IDEA evaluation scores, classroom observation by the department chair each semester, self-reflection of teaching by individual faculty members and documentation of activities that improve the classroom experience for students. Successful performance in the assessment of teaching will be evidenced by overall departmental IDEA scores being above the Institutional and Discipline averages.
Result
Teaching Materials
The annual Faculty Evaluation process was conducted according to university and departmental policy. The required materials were forwarded to the Dean of Sciences office before the due date.
The overall departmental IDEA evaluation scores were above the Institutional and Discipline averages.
The department developed and approved a policy for the performance evlaution of tenured and tenure track faculty. The policy was ratified by the Dean of the College of Sciences.
Action
Teaching Materials
The department should maintain electronic copies of all teaching materials used within the department. The materials will allow a more efficient mechanism for program evaluation and accreditation as well as supporting the acclimatization of new faculty members.
This will be addressed in the 2013/14 cycle.
Goal
Curriculum Planning And Evaluation
The department will maintain updated and quality curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Objective
Curriculum Review
The department will conduct continuous curriculum review for each degree program.
KPI
Curriculum Committee Minutes
Minutes of the meetings of the undergraduate and graduate curriculum committees.
Result
Curriculum Committee Minutes
Curriculum committee minutes are stored electronically in the departmental office. Key issues addressed this year in the Curriculum committees include:
A review of the undergraduate program in Computing Science as a result of feedback from the ABET onsite visit.
Reorganization of coursework in the Digital Forensics graduate program to ensure compliance iwth The Forensic Examiners Proffesional Accreditation program for Computer Forensics.
Development of a full degree program proposal in Software Engineering.
Development of a preliminary authority request for a doctoral program in Digital Forensic Science.
KPI
Curriculum Committee Reviews
The curriculum committees will be asked to review the curricula for both the undergraduate and graduate programs. The committees will issue annual reports to be distributed at department meetings.
Result
Curriculum Committee Reviews
Key issues addressed this year in the Curriculum committees include:
A review of the undergraduate program in Computing Science as a result of feedback from the ABET onsite visit.
Reorganization of coursework in the Digital Forensics graduate program to ensure compliance iwth The Forensic Examiners Proffesional Accreditation program for Computer Forensics.
Development of a full degree program proposal in Software Engineering.
Development of a preliminary authority request for a doctoral program in Digital Forensic Science.
Action
Annual Report
While the curriculum committees have completed the curriculum reviews as planned, no formal single annual report came from the committees. This should be addressed in the 2013-14 cycle.