SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS

New Course Request

 

DSU

 

College of BIS

 

 

 

 

Institution

 

Division/Department

 

Institutional Approval Signature

 

Date

 

1. Review of Course

 

 

 

 

 

XX

A. After reviewing the common and unique course lists, this course does not currently exist and therefore will be unique.  Provide the complete description as it will appear in the system unique database including prerequisites and corequisites.  If the course contains a lecture and laboratory component, identify both the course and laboratory numbers (xxx and xxxL) and credit hours associated with each.  Omit 1.B and 1.C. and complete the rest of the request form.

 

Prefix & No.

Course Title

Credits

 

 

CSC 483

Machine Learning Fundamentals

3

 

 

Course Description:

 

 

 

This course will study computer algorithms that automatically improve with experience.  Applications range from discovering general rules in data sets to intelligent information filtering or search systems that adapt users’ interests.  Topics may include: decision trees, artificial neural networks, Bayesian learning, genetic algorithms, support vector systems, and case-based learning.  Prerequisite: CSC 300 and MATH 316 or instructor approval

 

 

Comments from SDSM&T - We would like to request that DSU submit this as a * unique * course (and, consequently, with a different course number as we already have CSC 448/548 on our books). My CSC

colleagues thought it unlikely that the proposed course is a sufficiently close match to our course to label it as a common course.

 

2. FTE Implication

 

 

No.  Replacement of

 

,which is being deleted.

 

 

(prefix, number, name of course, credits)

 

 

Effective Date of Deletion:

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

No.  Schedule Management, explain:

The course will be scheduled as part of the course rotation schedule.  No additional FTE.

 

 

 

 

Yes.  Specify:

 

 

 

3.  Existing program in which course will be offered:

B.S. in Computer Science

 

4. Proposed CIP code:

110101

 

 

New CIP code for this university?

 

Yes

X

No


 

5.  Proposed Instructional Method by this university:

L

 

Provide a brief justification.

 

 

Lecture format.

 

6.  Proposed delivery method by this university:

001

 

7.  Term Change Effective:

Fall 06

 

8.  University Department Code:

DCSC

 

9.  Can this course be repeated for additional credit?

 

Yes

X

No

 

If the course is repeatable for additional credit, what is the limit on total credit that may
be earned in the course?

 

 

 

10.  Will the grade for this course be limited to S/U (pass/fail)?

 

Yes

X

No

 

11.  Will section enrollments be capped? 

 

Yes

X

No

 

 

If yes, what is the maximum enrollment per section?

Use of hardware and software determine the section size, but additional sections will be added as needed.

 

12.  Will this course be equated (considered the same course for degree completion) with any

 

other unique or common course in the course database? 

 

Yes

X

No

 

If yes, indicate the course(s) to which it will be equated.

 

 

 

13.  Proposed Prefix

CSC

 

 

Is this prefix already approved for your university? 

X

Yes

 

No