Department/Discipline: COMPUTER SCIENCE

Facilitator Name:  LEE D. CORNELL

Transfer issue/problem one:

Facilitate transfer for students with 2-year computing degree from a MnSCU institution into a 4-year degree program at another MnSCU institution

Strategy One:

 Establish a task force and distribute findings

Action Item

Timeline*

Whose Responsible

1.  Form a task force of faculty representatives from both 2- and 4-year institutions.

complete

Lee Cornell

2. Meeting of task force (Jim Richards, Bemidji; Jim Smieja (MnWest); Lee Cornell (MSU); Sharon Harvey (Normandale); Heather Hohenstein (Vermilion)

Completed on 2/6/2004

Lee Cornell

3. Distribute minutes of task force meeting as widely as possible, to MnSCU faculty

On-going

All task force members

4. Present findings and discuss at discipline meeting

2/27/2004

All

5. Refine proposal based on discipline meeting discussion and distribute broadly for comments

3/9/2004

Lee Cornell

Strategy Two:

Formally present final proposal

Action Item

Timeline*

Whose Responsible

1. Present draft of final proposal to task force

3/9/2004

Lee Cornell

2. Finalize proposal and present to MnSCU

Late March

Lee Cornell

3. Incorporate additional information and direction into final proposal

???

Lee Cornell

4. Provide mechanisms, training and support for implementation of the proposal

May 1?

Lee Cornell & Task Force

Strategy Three:

Address other issues related to transfer

Action Item

Timeline*

Whose Responsible

1. Examine how online coursework can be offered in a collaborative, non-duplicative manner within MnSCU

March

Lee Cornell

2. Create a proposal for online coursework

April

Lee Cornell