[Omaha.pm] UNO course changes

From: Farida Majid/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR
Date: 06/16/2008 03:52PM
Subject: FYI (C++ to Java Change in CIST 1400 & CSCI 1620)

The following message is being send to all IS&T undergraduate students. If you have completed CIST 1400 Intro to Computer Programming and CSCI 1620 Computer Science II then you can ignore this message.

The Computer Science undergraduate degree program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is implementing the following changes to its courses starting Fall 2008:

1. To be consistent with the high school AP programming requirements in the region and country, Java is going to be used as the programming language of instruction in the “CIST 1400 Introduction to Computer Programming” course, including its laboratory section CIST 1404, and the “CSCI 1620 Introduction to Computer Science II” course.

2. The “CSCI 1840 Advanced Topics in C” course will be changed to “CSCI 1840 Programming in C.” For computer science majors, CSCI 1840 will be a core requirement to complete the undergraduate degree. This class can also be used by other programs needing the C language as a foundation for subsequent coursework.

3. For those departments/colleges that still need C++ as a requirement for subsequent coursework, the computer science program will continue to offer the “CSCI 2840 C++ and Object Oriented Programming” course.

A transition schedule related to the change in the programming language of instruction in CIST 1400/1404 and CSCI 1620 is given below:

Semester
CS 1 (CIST 1400/1404)

CS 2 (CSCI 1620)

# Java sections # C++ sections # Java sections # C++ sections
Fall 2008
9

0

0*

3

Spring 2009
9

0

2

2

Fall 2009
9

0

2 or 3?

1 or 2?

Spring 2010
9

0

4

0

Semester	CS 1 (CIST 1400/1404)		CS 2 (CSCI 1620)
	# Java sections	# C++ sections	# Java sections	# C++ sections
Fall 2008	9	0	0*	3
Spring 2009	9	0	2	2
Fall 2009	9	0	2 or 3?	1 or 2?
Spring 2010	9	0	4	0