South Dakota Board of Regents

EXISTING PROGRAM: MINOR PROGRAM MODIFICATION

This form is used to request minor changes in already existing programs (majors, minors, specializations).

Minor program modifications are approved by the VPAA and included in the annual report.

1. INSTITUTION:

Dakota State University

2. PROGRAM TITLE:

BS Computer Science

3. THIS PROPOSAL DEALS WITH A CHANGE IN:

	Course deletions that do not change the nature of the program, or distribution of courses in the program, or change of total credit hours required
X	Course additions that do not change the nature of the program, or distribution of courses in the program, or change of total credit hours required
	Revised courses in the program

4. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE:

Fall 2007

5. LEVEL:			6. CATEGORY:
		Certificate		Minor
		Associate Degree	x	Major
	x	Bachelor’s Degree		Specialization
		Master’s Degree
		Doctoral Degree

7. PRIMARY ASPECTS OF THE MODIFICATION:

Existing Curriculum System-wide General Education* 30 Institutional Graduation Requirements** 11 * It is recommended that both natural science courses needed for the system-wide general education requirement be in the same discipline. Majors who test directly into MATH 123 will not need to complete MATH 102, but must take 3 credits of general education. ** Majors must take CSC 150 as part of the institutional graduation requirement.				Proposed Curriculum (Highlight Changes) System-wide General Education* 30 Institutional Graduation Requirements** 11 * * It is recommended that both natural science courses needed for the system-wide general education requirement be in the same discipline. Majors who test directly into MATH 123 will not need to complete MATH 102, but must take 3 credits of general education. ** Majors must take CSC 150 as part of the institutional graduation requirement.
Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs	Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs
Required courses			42	Required courses			42
				CIS	245	Info Sec Fund	3
CIS	332	Systems Analysis	3	CIS	332	Systems Analysis	3
CIS	385	Networking II	3	CIS	385	Networking II	3
CIS	447	Artificial Intelligence	3
CIS	484	Database	3	CIS	484	Database	3
CSC	250	Computer Science II	3	CSC	250	Computer Science II	3
CSC	260	Object Oriented	3	CSC	260	Object Oriented	3
CSC	300	Data Structures	3	CSC	300	Data Structures	3
CSC	314	Assembly	3	CSC	314	Assembly	3
CSC	317	Org & Arch	3	CSC	317	Org & Arch	3
CSC	456	Operating Systems	3	CSC	456	Operating Systems	3
CSC	461	Programming Lang	3	CSC	461	Programming Lang	3
CSC	466	Lang Processing	3	CSC	466	Lang Processing	3
CSC	470	Software Eng	3	CSC	470	Software Eng	3
CSC	482	Algorithms & Opt	3	CSC	482	Algorithms & Opt	3
Select 4 courses from the list			12	Select four 400-level CSC courses			12
		List of 24 courses
Support (Math & Engl)			22	Support (Math & Engl)			22
Electives			11	Electives			11

8. EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGE:

Each year, the “pick-from” list is out of date because of changes to the technology curriculum. This change allows the students to pick from any of the current offerings. It should help to cut down substitutions. The new Security Fundamentals course will provide students with a security foundation that can be referenced in all other technology courses. To make room for the security course, it was determined that the AI course could be removed from the core.