1. Undergraduate Concerns Brought to you by the representatives of: CSUA, HKN, IEEE, and UPE

2. Overview Grade Feedback and Reader Culture Specific Class Concerns L&S Faculty Advisors Miscellaneous Concerns

3. Grade Feedback and Reader Culture Assignments should be returned sooner Hire readers sooner Provide them with specs sooner Show them more appreciation – it’s not a popular job Need more accountability from readers –Make them hold announced office hours –Maybe give them a P/NP unit

4. EE 122 Problems –Too many topics crammed into one semester –TA’s are often uncomfortable with either the CS or EE side –Projects too complex and have incomplete specifications Solution –Split into two courses, one more CS-related and one more EE-related –Could offer each class once a year

5. EE 20 Problems –Little continuity between topics –Tries to avoid math, detailed applications Recommendations –Teach a greater mathematical depth as in EE 120 – should require Math 54 –Spend less time on state machines –Make more effort to show relations between topics and between topics and applications

6. EE 42 Students confused as to relevance to CS –Students don’t take course seriously Recommendations –Clarify course goals –Change focus level Physical limitations Preparation for logic design More emphasis on digital systems –Computer simulations (more LogicWorks)

7. E 190 What we expect from a technical communications class –Many paper types: journal article, proposal, design specification, documentation –Wide range of target audiences, for both papers and presentations –Teach style, not grammar –Consistency across sections

8. CS 3 UC-WISE –Needs improvement, especially UI, before wide- scale deployment Course covers too much material; lab too long –Some students burn out What is the purpose of the course? –Not a weeder

9. Good Things About the Curriculum CS 70 –Appears to be a very solid course –Small class size is key CS 186 –Switched from miniBase to PostgreSQL –Much better Old favorites: EE 141, CS 172, 61A

10. CS Faculty Advisors Current system: group advising –Too little interaction between students and faculty –No consistency –Sporadic attendance Recommendation: Similar system to EECS faculty advisors

11. Minor Points Centralized anonymous feedback –Example: EE 40 does this now Webcasting –Would like it in as many classes as possible Home Connections –Courseware should be easy to install and work on at home –For example, CS 61ABC, 162, 164, 186 Infrastructure –Instructional is doing a great job –We hear AirBears coverage is improving. This is good.

12. Five Year Masters Program Highly motivated students already take graduate classes and do research Many of them would take advantage of a five- year masters program Should require research Perhaps require a professor’s recommendation or sponsorship

13. Key Recommendations More rigor in EE 20 Expand E 190 Change reader culture Have faculty advisors for L&S CS majors

14. Authors Galen Hancock – galen@csua – CSUA, UPE Treasurergalen@csua Aaron Jow – aaronj@hkn – HKN Industrial Relationsaaronj@hkn Thomas Kuo – thekuo@ucsee – IEEE Industrial Liaisonthekuo@ucsee Devang Parekh – devang@uclink – IEEE Internal Liaisondevang@uclink Jack Sampson – jsampson@csua – Alumnusjsampson@csua David Schultz – das@csua – CSUA Secretarydas@csua David Sontag – dsontag@upe – UPE Faculty Liaisondsontag@upe Amy Wung – amywung@hkn – HKN Dept. Relationsamywung@hkn Lucy Zhang – lucyz@uclink - UPE Faculty Liaisonlucyz@uclink

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