Bill Text: NY A06543 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6543 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards liberal arts content at institutions of higher learning; defines computer science.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06543 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6543
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 4, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Higher Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring regulations
         authorizing computer science courses to  count  towards  liberal  arts
         content at institutions of higher learning
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  208-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  208-B.  COURSE  REQUIREMENTS.  1. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE BOARD OF
    4  REGENTS ARE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  ESTABLISH  RULES  AND/OR  REGU-
    5  LATIONS AUTHORIZING COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES TO COUNT TOWARDS THE LIBER-
    6  AL  ARTS  CONTENT  IN MATH OR SCIENCE REQUIRED FOR EACH DEGREE AT INSTI-
    7  TUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN NEW YORK STATE.
    8    2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "COMPUTER SCIENCE" MEANS THE STUDY OF
    9  COMPUTERS AND ALGORITHMIC PROCESSES INCLUDING  THE  STUDY  OF  COMPUTING
   10  PRINCIPLES,  COMPUTER  HARDWARE  AND  COMPUTER SOFTWARE DESIGN, COMPUTER
   11  APPLICATIONS, AND THE  IMPACT  OF  COMPUTERS  ON  SOCIETY.  COURSES  MAY
   12  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   13    A. SOFTWARE DESIGN;
   14    B. HARDWARE DESIGN;
   15    C. CREATION OF DIGITAL ARTIFACTS;
   16    D. ABSTRACTION;
   17    E. LOGIC;
   18    F. ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION;
   19    G. PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS AND LANGUAGES;
   20    H. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;
   21    I. NETWORKS;
   22    J. GRAPHICS;
   23    K. DATABASES AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;
   24    L. INFORMATION SECURITY AND PRIVACY;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10098-01-3
       A. 6543                             2
    1    M. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;
    2    N. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS;
    3    O. THE LIMITS OF COMPUTATION;
    4    P. APPLICATIONS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;
    5    Q. THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF COMPUTING.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.