Committee name: Functionality
Committee purpose:
For each type of user, identify what they'll want to know and what they should be able to do.
Decisions Reached:
1. Combined High School Students and Community Groups
2. Combined SMSU Students who are CSC Majors and Faculty Groups
3. Added a Frequently Asked Questions Group which contains most common concerns among groups
Justification for Decisions:
The groups that were combined had many similar informational needs. The Frequently Asked Questions Group was added to reduce redundancy among the several groups.
Name of committee secretary: D’Lynn Robinson
Names of other committee members: Nichole Laney, Rick John, Scott Gossard
Date committee was formed: November 16, 1998
Deadline for completion of work: November 19, 1998
High School Students and Community
- FAQ Page
- Department announcements, awards, and accreditations, mission statement
- What classes they should be taking in HS, what courses to expect first year of college.
- Scholarship information
- Course pages – current professor, class requirements, assignments, notes, info on past classes
- Course flowchart link
- Info on faculty/staff – credentials, research areas, courses taught, contact info
- Projects done by students
- Sample 4-year schedule
- Computer ethics, conduct
- Community service performed by CSC Dept., Faculty & students
- Computer club/organization membership links i.e. ACM, IEEE, SWMLUC(Southwest Missouri Linux Users' Club)
Possible Transfer Students
- FAQ Page
- Contact information on what classes transfer (Records and CSC Department)
- Department announcements, awards, and accreditations, mission statement
- Course flowchart link
- Scholarship information
- Info on faculty/staff – credentials, research areas, courses taught, contact info
- Info about contests, activities, events, facilities
- Course pages – current professor, class requirements, assignments, notes, info on past classes
- Research materials, projects done by students
- address how long it takes to work through the CSC curriculum
- math and physics requirements for getting into CSC major track
SMS students who are not CSC majors
- FAQ Page
- Department announcements, awards, and accreditations, mission statement
- Describe what the CSC department is as opposed to the CIS department
- Info on faculty/staff – credentials, research areas, courses taught, contact info
- Course pages – current professor, class requirements, assignments, notes, info on past classes
- Research materials, projects done by students
- address how long it takes to work through the CSC curriculum
- math and physics requirements for getting into CSC major track
- Activities open to non-majors, such as ACM. contests, events, facilities
- Course flowchart link
- Information about CSC 130 : The World of Computer Science
SMS students who are CSC majors and Faculty
- FAQ Page
- Links to professors web pages
- Links to fellow majors web pages
- E-mail addresses of professors and students
- Current openings for jobs and internships
- Course flowchart link
- What class will be offered in the following semesters
- Info about contests, activities, events, facilities, link to ACM
- Research materials, projects done by students
- Tutoring opportunities (131 and 132 students need them, seniors desiring to fill this need)
- Advising (such as WHAT)
- Collected resumes of seniors
- Course pages – current professor, class requirements, assignments, notes, info on past classes
- Research materials, projects done by students
- External links to other universities, businesses – classes, research materials, etc.
- Faculty committee assignments and terms
CSC Alumni
- FAQ Page
- Donation Information
- Contact information for alums, students and faculty and a form to enter or change information.
- Forwarding info can include e-mail, home page, phone, address, current employer, etc.
- Comp Sci dept. calendar including events alums would be interested in such as CSC social events, graduation, home coming, etc.
- Departmental news and updates such as awards, ACM info, etc.
- Distinctions/awards of department
- Info on faculty/staff – credentials, research areas, courses taught, contact info
- Online survey
- Register interest in visiting department, speaking to ACM or a class, recruiting seniors
Computer Science professionals from elsewhere
- FAQ Page
- curriculum specifications
- Departmental news and updates such as awards, accreditation, ACM info, etc.
- Job opportunities in the University. CS related lists and/or links.
- Info about the hardware and software that the CSC department uses and how well they work for us. This would be helpful for other universities when they are looking for possible solutions for themselves.
- Programming Tips and Tricks. Programming tutorials tips theory & methods.
- Info on majors - email, web address
- Info on faculty/staff – credentials, research areas, courses taught, contact info
- Course pages – current professor, class requirements, assignments, notes, info on past classes
Employers
- FAQ Page
- who to contact to post job openings
- curriculum specifications
- recruiting info
- Department accreditation and other qualifications (i.e. ACM awards, etc.)
- Course listings
- Link to career center, contact information.
- Collection of student resumes, each with optional link to student's web page.
Frequently Asked Questions Page
- What is Computer Science?
- Describe what the CSC department is as opposed to the CIS department
- Course catalog link
- How many majors there are in CSC, average class size, professor to student ratio.
- Percentage of graduates who get jobs and what type before they graduate.
- Contact information: faculty, advisors
- Grad Stats: % of graduates, % of grads that get jobs right after college, % of grads that go on to grad school, avg. starting income of grads getting jobs
- Stats. of current enrollment
Master List of Information
- FAQ Page
- Department announcements, awards, and accreditations, mission statement
- What classes they should be taking in HS, what courses to expect first year of college.
- Information on department Scholarships
- Course pages – current professor, class requirements, assignments, notes, info on past classes
- Course flowchart link
- Info on faculty/staff – credentials, research areas, courses taught, contact info
- Sample 4-year schedule
- Computer ethics, conduct
- Community service performed by CSC Dept., Faculty & students
- Computer club/organization membership links i.e. ACM, IEEE, SWMLUC(Southwest Missouri Linux Users' Club)
- Contact information on what classes transfer (Records and CSC Department)
- Research materials, projects done by students
- math and physics requirements for getting into CSC major track
- Activities open to non-majors, such as ACM. contests, events, facilities
- Links to professors web pages
- Links to fellow majors web pages
- E-mail addresses of professors and students
- Current openings for jobs and internships
- What class will be offered in the following semesters
- Tutoring opportunities (131 and 132 students need them, seniors desiring to fill this need)
- Advising (such as WHAT)
- Collected resumes of seniors
- External links to other universities, businesses – classes, research materials, etc.
- Faculty committee assignments and terms
- Donation Information
- Contact information for alums and a form to enter or change information.
- Comp Sci dept. calendar including events alums would be interested in such as CSC social events, graduation, home coming, etc.
- Online survey for Alum: Alumni Survey
- Register interest in visiting department, speaking to ACM or a class, recruiting seniors
- who to contact to post job openings
- recruiting info
- Link to career center, contact information.