Program Objectives & Student Learning Outcomes

The Objectives of the Bachelor of Science degree program in Computer Science of the KSU Department of Computing and Information Sciences are to graduate students who will:

• [OBJ1] contribute to the computing profession by means of employment within the field, ownership of businesses within the field, and/or pursuit of graduate study;
• [OBJ2] continue to learn about the field as it continues to develop; and
• [OBJ3] maintain high professional and ethical standards as they interact with society.

To accomplish these objectives, the faculty has established the following Student Learning Outcomes, which we expect our graduates to have met:

• [SLO1] Competence in the prerequisites to the field of computing: basic science, mathematics, and communication.
• [SLO2] Mastery of the core knowledge of computing: algorithms and data structures, computer architecture and organization, data management systems, operating systems, programming languages, software engineering and architecture, and theoretical foundations.
• [SLO3] Ability to reason critically from facts and assumptions to conclusions: to formulate, analyze, synthesize, and implement effective solutions to computing problems.
• [SLO4] Possession of basic skills for application of computing knowledge: contemporary design-and-development methodologies and application of the methodologies to individual, interdisciplinary, and team problem-solving activities.
• [SLO5] Possession of a professional attitude towards the field: understanding of responsibilities toward other computing professionals, computing industries, computing societies, diverse groups, and society as a whole, as well as an understanding of the importance of life-long learning.