COUNCIL ON CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION

Thursday, 26 January 2006

3:30 p.m.

Algonquin Room - University Union

A G E N D A

I. Consideration of Minutes – 8 December 2005

II. Approvals from the Provost

III. Announcements

1. Terms Related to Academic Programming Chart – Update from Senate Executive Committee

IV. Old Business

V. New Business

A. Requests for Change in Prefixes

1. UNIV 201, Introduction to Environmental Studies, 3 s.h.

Current: UNIV 201

Proposed: ENV 201

2. UNIV 401, Colloquium in Environmental Studies, 3 s.h.

Current: UNIV 401

Proposed: ENV 401

B. Requests for Changes in Course Title and Description

1. CS 410, Systems Programming, 3 s.h.

Current: Systems Programming

Operational features of loaders, assemblers, compilers, interpreters, operating systems. Multiprogramming/multiprocessing systems. Memory and other resource managements.

Proposed: Operating Systems

Overview of the concepts/theory of operating systems with emphasis on process management, memory management, file management, scheduling, device management, and synchronization.

2. CS 411, Theory and Techniques of Compilers, 3 s.h.

Current: Theory and Techniques of Compilers

This course will cover lexical analysis, formal languages, parsing techniques, intermediate code generation, optimization, and creation of object code.

Proposed: Compilers and System Programming

This course will cover theory and operational features of compilers, loaders, assemblers and interpreters. Topics will include lexical analysis, formal languages, parsing techniques, intermediate code generation, optimization, and creation of object code.

B. Applicability of Multiple Titles to 450 Workshop Courses

VI. Provost’s Report

NEXT MEETING – 9 FEBRUARY 2006

ALGONQUIN ROOM