Standards Committee  
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AY     :  2006-2007
Meeting:  Fourth
Date   :  November 20, 2006 
Time   :  2:30 - 3:15
Place  :  Large Conf Room GITC 4415.
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   Minutes of Standards Commitee Meeting.
                  by
         Alex Gerbessiotis
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1. Meeting started at 2:35pm
2. Present: Barry Cohen, 
            Andrew Sohn 
            Alex Gerbessiotis (chairing the meeting).
   Vincent Oria absent due to Japan travel.
3. Agenda Items:  
    a. Feedback from faculty re preliminary discussion on grading
       standards.
    b. Course listings on Departmental web-page
       - Information is duplicated and duplicate information can be incorrect
         (eg office hours, exam dates, course numbers titles and descriptions)
       - No information about syllabi (ABET or UCRC) that can guide instructors
         rather than students
       - Past exams at least for required courses for guidance to students
       - Information about ALL sections such as
           - copy of syllabus
           - instructor's name and web-page with course info
    c. Program Listing at @cs.njit.edu
    d. Who can teach what and when?
4.  Only item discussed was the grading guidelines.
    It was decided to  add the following.

    
   P1. Variations or deviations from these guidelines can occur for
       (i)   new courses (such as CS 485 , CS 698),
       (ii)  courses with few students (<15) offered infrequently,
       (iii) elective graduate courses offered infrequently,
            and
       (iv)  multi-section courses.

   P2. For such cases a set of guidelines can be decided by
       - the coordinator of the course, or
       - in the absence of a coordinator by all the instructors teaching
         the same multi-section course, or
       - the approval of the Departmental chairperson.

       Such guidelines should remain effective from year to year, however.

   P3. Every semester statistics will be collected through IRP 
       (Institutional Research and Planning). These statistics will be
       made available to the faculty and a discussion will take place
       in a faculty meeting or a retreat (for undergraduate courses).
       The guidelines can be reviewed and adjusted accordingly during those 
       meetings.

   P4. Faculty should include the applicable guidelines in the course syllabus 
       to be handed out in class at the first day of classes.
   
5.  Next meeting time to be determined by Wed Nov 22.
    Target Nov 27 either 2:30 or 3:30 .

6.  Discussion concluded at 3:30pm.


Minutes compiled by
Alex. Gerbessiotis.