The Departmental Student Advisory Committee (DSAC) represents undergraduate computer science majors and provides a liaison between the faculty and undergraduates in matters pertaining to the computer science curriculum and the majors' use of departmental resources. DSAC also helps with the planning and operation of the Zoo, the undergraduate computing facility for the department.
As defined by Yale College, DSAC's charter is to review aspects of the department's undergraduate curriculum as it affects both majors and non-majors, and to serve as a channel through which solicited or unsolicited opinions of other students can be expressed. It advises the department on such matters as ideas for new courses and programs; the effectiveness of the curriculum; the scope and sequence of course offerings; the requirements for the major; the role of the senior project; proposals for the improvement of instruction and advising; and the usefulness and interest of specific courses to non-majors.
Feel free to contact DSAC (dsac@cs.yale.edu) if you have suggestions about the curriculum, want help using the Zoo, or have general questions about the Department. DSAC also plans several pizza parties throughout the year for majors and other students interested in computer science.
The members of DSAC for 2008-2009 and their e-mail addresses are
| Ahmet Aktay | ahmet.aktay@yale.edu | |
| Christian Csar | christian.csar@yale.edu | |
| J. Alex Johnson | john.a.johnson@yale.edu | |
| Justin Kosslyn | justin.kosslyn@yale.edu | |
| May Liu | mei.liu@yale.edu | |
| Scott Snyder | scott.snyder@yale.edu |
The DSAC web page is http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/dsac.