[Csmatters-umbc] Fwd: CS Data Request

[Michael Neary]

Awesome! I'll add that analysis of courses to my list of things to do.

Michael

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Marie desJardins <mariedj at umbc.edu> wrote:

> Megean's message worked to jog things loose at MLDS!
>
> This will be a good mini-project for some of the students to work on --
> look through the course listings and majors listings, and come up with an
> initial proposal of what we should "count" as CS courses/majors and how we
> might want to group courses/majors within the "CS" category.  A good way to
> do this might be for a couple of people to independently come up with their
> suggestions, then get together to compare and contrast and generate a
> consensus recommendation, which Megean and I can review.
>
> Marie
>
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: CS Data Request
> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:44:25 -0400
> From: Matthew Koerner <matthew.koerner at maryland.gov>
> <matthew.koerner at maryland.gov>
> To: Marie desJardins <mariedj at umbc.edu> <mariedj at umbc.edu>,
> megeangarvin at gmail.com
> CC: Ross Goldstein -MLDSC- <Ross.Goldstein at maryland.gov>
> <Ross.Goldstein at maryland.gov>
>
> Marie and Megean,
>
>
> I am following up on your request for data regarding students taking
> Computer Science courses in high school and their transition to college. I
> have started delving into the data to fulfill your request and will need
> some clarifying input from you in order to complete the request.
>
> All of the high school courses are cross-walked to SCED (School Courses
> for the Exchange of Data) codes.  I have attached a list of all of the SCED
> code from NCES and have filtered the list to show only those courses in IT
> and Engineering.  I will need your assistance to identify how broadly or
> narrowly you would like to define Computer Science for this request.  I
> included Engineering in the filter because of courses like Geo-spacial,
> Modeling & Simulation, Digital Electronics, etc and didn't know if you
> would like them included or not.  You are welcome to remove the filter an
> review all courses as well.  I have added a column "Computer Science" for
> you to indicate the courses that you would like included.
>
> For the transition to college part, we do not yet have course level data
> from the colleges however, we could potentially provide data for students
> that declare a major when they enroll in college.  College majors are all
> classified using CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) codes.
> While there is a Computer Science major, again, I will need your help in
> defining the breadth of CS related majors you would like to include. My
> initial thought would be broad and include any majors in the 11 series
> excluding those in the 11.06 family and include the 14.09 and 15.12
> families (Computer Engineering).  Please let me know your thoughts.  A full
> listing of CIP Codes is available on the NCES website https://nces.ed.gov/
> ipeds/cipcode/browse.aspx?y=55
>
> I anticipate I will be able to have data for you within a week, once we
> decide on these items.
>
> Please feel free to contact me to discuss further.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Matthew Koerner
> Data Analyst
> Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center
> 200 West Baltimore St
> Baltimore, Maryland 21201
> matthew.koerner at maryland.gov
> 443-990-0306 <(443)%20990-0306> (Google)
>
>
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Michael Neary
CMSC 471 TA
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