VOLUME I

VOLUME I

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR REVIEW

of the

COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM

submitted by

__________________________________________
Institution

_____________________
Date

to the

Computer Science Accreditation Commission

for the

1998-1999

accreditation cycle

Primary contact: ______________________________________________________

Telephone number: ______________________ FAX number: __________________

Electronic mail: ______________________________________________________

Form Revised: July 29, 1995

Volume I

Table of Contents

I. INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION

A. General information Volume I, Page 1

B. Type of control Volume I, Page 1

C. Regional or institutional accreditation Volume I, Page 1

D. Enrollment Volume I, Page 1

E. Funding process Volume I, Page 1

F. Promotion and faculty tenure Volume I, Page 1

G. Retirement and benefits Volume I, Page 1

II. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM UNIT

A. Type of unit Volume I, Page 2

B. Administrative head of computer science program unit Volume I, Page 2

C. Organization chart Volume I, Page 2

D. Research organizations Volume I, Page 2

E. Computer related undergraduate degree programs Volume I, Page 2

F. FTE faculty Volume I, Page 3

III. FINANCES

A. Finances related to the computer science program Volume I, Page 4

B. Operating and computing expenditures Volume I, Page 5

C. Additional funding Volume I, Page 5

IV. PERSONNEL, FACULTY SALARIES AND POLICIES

A. Term of administrative head Volume I, Page 6

B. Number of personnel associated with the program Volume I, Page 6

C. Faculty salary data Volume I, Page 6

D. Policies Volume I, Page 7

V. PROGRAM ENROLLMENT AND DEGREE DATA Volume I, Page 8

VI. ADMISSION AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

A. Admission of students Volume I, Page 9

B. Record of graduates Volume I, Page 9

VII. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

A. Faculty support Volume I, Page 10

B. Administration Volume I, Page 10

C. Library Volume I, Page 10

D. Office secretarial support Volume I, Page 12

E. Laboratory and computing support Volume I, Page 12

F. Assessment of program effectiveness Volume I, Page 12

G. Application of criteria Volume I, Page 12

VOLUME I

THE INSTITUTION

I. INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION

A. General Information:

Name of Institution: __________________________________ Date:___________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________

(Street) (City) (State) (Zip)

Name and title of Chief Executive Officer of Campus (President, Chancellor, etc.)

____________________________________________________________________________

(Name) (Position)

B. Type of Control (Check more than one, if necessary):

______ Private, non-profit ______ Municipal

______ Private, other ______ State

______ Federal

If above classifications do not properly apply to the institution, please describe its type of control.

C. Regional or Institutional Accreditation. Name the organizations by which the institution is now accredited, give dates of most recent accreditation. Attach a copy of the most recent accreditation action by any organization accrediting the institution or any of its computer-related programs.

D. Enrollment

Total enrollment for the entire institution (FTE) ____________________________________

Total faculty for the entire institution (FTE) _______________________________________

E. Funding Process. Describe the process for allocating institutional funds to the computer science program.

F. Promotion and Faculty Tenure. Summarize the promotion and tenure system and the system for merit salary adjustments (Give an overview of actual practice; do not reproduce an entire section from the faculty handbook.)

G. Retirement and Benefits. Summarize the retirement program and other faculty benefits.

II. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE UNIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM

A. Type of unit

1. Name of computer science program unit: ______________________________________

2. If the computer science administrative program unit is not a department reporting to an administrative officer (e.g., Dean of College of Arts and Sciences) who in turn reports to president, provost, or equivalent executive officer, describe the unit.

B. Administrative head of computer science program unit

____________________________________________ ___________________________

(Name) (Title)

C. Organization Chart. Attach an organization chart showing how the unit fits into the administrative structure of the institution.

D. Research Organizations. Describe any research organizations, institutes or other related facilities that are part of the unit responsible for the computer science program or that closely affect its operation.

E. Computer-Related Undergraduate Degree Programs. List all undergraduate computer-related degree programs offered by the institution, beginning with the program(s) being evaluated.

Program Title	Years Reqd	Degree Awarded	Admin. Unit	If accred., by whom

Are these programs adequately differentiated in all university information? Explain how.

F. FTE Faculty. List FTE faculty for departments in mathematics, science, and all other disciplines that offer courses required of computer science majors.

Academic Year 19____ -19____

Department	FTE Faculty

III. FINANCES

A. Finances Related to the Computer Science Program(s).

1. For the computer science program, indicate below the funds expended during the fiscal year immediately preceding the visit 1.

	Institutional Funds	Non-recurring or Outside Funds
Administrative Salaries
Faculty Salaries
Non-teaching Professionals' Salaries2
Support Personnel Salaries & Wages Secretarial
Technician
Other (specify)
Graduate Students
Operating Expenditures (excluding research operations and travel)
Capital Equipment Expenditure: (including value of allocated time for teaching and research):
Teaching
Research
Computer Expenditures: (total, including value of allocated computer time for teaching and research) Hardware
Software
Allocated time
Travel Expenditures (non-research funds)
Scholarship Awards (if administered by the Computer Science Program Unit)
Library (if administered by Computer Science Program Unit)
Research (if separately budgeted)
Other (specify)
Total

1 It is understood that some of the data may have to be estimated to cover the entire fiscal year. In such case, unless the differences are insignificant, an updated report should be provided for the evaluation team at the time of the visit.

2 Non-teaching professionals would include research professors, faculty members on paid sabbatical leave, post-doctoral research associates, and other degreed professionals.

2. Report funds for the fiscal year immediately preceding year of visit, broken down according to source.

	AMOUNT
Institutional funds (recurring)
Gifts and non-research grants
Research contracts and grants
Other (explain)
Total

B. Operating and Computing Expenditures for the Five Fiscal Years Immediately Preceding that Reported in III A.

1. Operating expenses for the computer science program unit.

	19 -19	19 -19	19 -19	19 -19	19 -19
Institutional Funds
Outside Funds

2. Computer hardware/software capital expenditures (excluding equipment used primarily for research) for the computer science program unit.

	19 -19	19 -19	19 -19	19 -19	19 -19
Institutional Funds
Outside Funds

C. Additional Funding. If additional funds, other than those listed in Table A.1 above, are available to faculty to support scholarly activities such as travel to technical meetings, e.g., consulting support, give the number of faculty for whom this type of support is appropriate and an estimate of the amount of support available.

IV. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM PERSONNEL, FACULTY SALARIES AND POLICIES TOWARDS CONSULTING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RECRUITING.

A. Term of appointment of administrative head.

9 month ______ 12 month ______ Other (specify)____________________________

B. Number of personnel associated with program.

	Full Time Number	Part Time		Total FTE
		Number	FTE
Faculty
Non-teaching Professionals
Administrative
Computer Lab Personnel:
Professionals
Technicians
Secretarial, Accounting, etc.
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Graduate Research Assistants
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students

C. Faculty Salary Data. Provide data for the academic year immediately preceding the visit. Give all data on a full-time basis for the academic year (9 or 10 months), before deduction of any fringe benefits paid by the employee.

	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor	Instructor
Number
High
Mean
Low

D. Policies. Provide a brief description to give an overview.

1. Describe policy toward private consulting work, sponsored research projects, and extra compensation.

2. State the standard teaching, administrative, research, and other loads on the faculty, in general terms.

3. Describe policies and procedures for recruiting faculty for the computer science program. Describe any barriers to hiring the appropriate faculty.

V. COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM ENROLLMENT AND DEGREE DATA

Give below enrollment figures for the first term of the current and five previous academic years, and the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees conferred. List data beginning with the most recent year first. If part-time students are involved, give the number as FTE/actual number, e.g., 10/40.

Institution as a Whole

Academic		Enroll		Year		Total	Total		Degree
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Undergrad	Grad	Bachelor	Master	PhD

Unit offering Computer Science Program(s)

Academic		Enroll		Year		Total	Total		Degree
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Undergrad	Grad	Bachelor	Master	PhD

Complete an additional table for each program for which accreditation is requested if more than one degree program is offered by the unit.

VI. ADMISSION AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

A. Admission of students

1. Describe the criteria and procedures used for admitting students to the computer science program(s).

2. Indicate average test scores and high school standing for students admitted to the computer science program(s) directly from high school for the last six academic years. In each category, include the same information on a University-wide basis for comparison.

Academic Year	Composite ACT*	Composite SAT*	Percentile Rank in High School	Number Admitted
	/	/	/	/
	/	/	/	/
	/	/	/	/
	/	/	/	/
	/	/	/	/
	/	/	/	/

*One or the other indices should be given, if used.

3. Describe procedures, including the evaluation of transfer credits, for students admitted to the program as transfer students

a. from within the institution

b. from another institution

4. Explain the policy of the institution in admitting students with conditions and state how the conditions must be made up.

5. Describe the general policy and methods of the unit offering computer science program(s) in regard to admission with advanced standing.

6. Describe any special admission requirements for entry into the "upper division" in the computer science program(s).

B. Record of Graduates. Explain what techniques are used to obtain information on positions accepted initially by graduates, how data are compiled on their professional advancement, and how their opinions of the educational program are taken into account. Include such available information as placement surveys, performance on comprehensive tests (if any) on computer science fundamentals, GRE examinations, and record of graduates in graduate school. Provide also a summary of the most recent data available.

VII. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

A. Faculty Support

1. Briefly explain the faculty sabbatical and leave programs.

2. Explain the policy on teaching loads for the program being reviewed.

3. How is travel to professional meetings decided and funded for the program's faculty?

What percentage of the full-time faculty members noted in the first line of table IV.B. have attended a professional meeting in the last academic year?

4. Discuss how scholarly activities are supported and recognized.

B. Administration

1. Positive and constructive leadership at the college/school level and within the program's department are especially important to the program's quality. Evaluate this leadership and the interaction between these levels of administration.

2. Describe how workload credit is normally assigned for program administration.

3. Desribe the adequacy of the resources and the environment provided by the upper administration for the functioning of the program.

C. Library

1. Indicate the approximate number of acquisitions in the past five years and the present total number of books and bound periodicals. Report periodicals as number of subscriptions or titles, not as bound volumes.

	ADDED		TOTAL
	Books	Periodicals	Books	Periodicals
Entire Institutional Library
In the following fields: Computer Science
Physics
Mathematics
Engineering
Other related (specify)

2. State the appropriation to the library for the most recent year for which such information is available, and indicate the amounts allocated for books and periodicals in computer science and computer-related fields.

Year 19 ______-19______

Total library appropriation $____________________

For computer science and other computing books $____________________

For computer science and other computing periodicals $____________________

3. Describe briefly any separate computer science collections located in the computer science buildings.

4. Attach a list of computer science related periodicals subscribed to by the library, including the volumes held.

5. Indicate the way in which the computer science faculty have input to the acquisition process for the library.

6. During what hours are library facilities available to computer science program students? When is reference service available? Are the stacks open?

	Library Hours	Reference Hours
Monday-Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

7. Describe the professional services of trained library staff available and assigned primarily to the computer science unit.

8. What is the seating capacity of the library? If more than one library, list the capacity for each.

9. Give a self-assessment of any limitations on the education of computer science program students resulting from the current library facilities.

10. Describe the on-line services available to students and the facilities available to access these services.

D. Office Secretarial Support. Briefly describe the level and adequacy of office equipment, the level of secretarial support, and the total group supported by this equipment and staff.

E. Laboratory and Computing Support. Briefly describe the laboratory equipment planning, acquisition and maintenance processes and their adequacy.

F. Assessment of Program Effectiveness

1. Describe methods which are being used on a regular basis to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Describe the information which is collected, how it is evaluated and how it is used when considering change to the program.

2. Describe the methods used for monitoring student placement experience.

3. Describe how the professional development of students and graduates is tracked.

4. Explain the processes used for obtaining advice and feedback about the program from professionals in industry.

G. Application of Criteria

1. List the public information sources (e.g., catalogue, major sheet, etc.) available to the students, prospective students, and general public about the program.

2. How is this material screened to ensure that it is consistent and provides sufficient definition of the program to show that it meets the accreditation criteria?