Cross-listing Courses with CS
Guidelines
The Department of Computer
Science is happy to consider proposals from other academic units to have
courses cross-listed.
The following documentation
is required:
1. A course description as would appear in Courses of Study. (Basically a one-paragraph synopsis with a
mention of prerequisites and credit hours.)
2. A week-by-week syllabus that indicates content and the
frequency of all assignments and exams.
3. A plan for offering the course during the next few
academic years and how TA/grader needs (if any) are to be met.
Please have all materials
sent to the CS Chair’s office, 4130 Upson Hall or electronically to chair@cs.cornell.edu.
We strongly prefer that
courses have a web page that is kept up to date for students to use as a
resource.
The proposed cross-listing is initially reviewed by faculty who are familiar with the area in question. The “CS Content” and prerequisites must be consistent with other CS courses at the same level. Indeed, the CS course number is determined with these factors in mind.
The final proposal is
approved or rejected by the entire CS faculty.
When the semester ends, the
instructor of the cross-listed course must supply the CS Chair with a copy of
all the student course evaluations.
Whatever forms are used by the instructor’s college are fine. Copies of exams and assignments must also be
sent to the CS chair if they are not available on the course website.
Document
created by Charles Van Loan, January 2002.