Dear Members of the Dean's Advisory Council,

In early December, you will be meeting with the UCSC Dean of the
school of engineering, and we in Computer Engineering have asked for
your help and advice concerning the mission statement and program
objective of the undergraduate computer engineering program.  We want
to make sure that the goals we have for our undergraduate program are
the goals you would naturally want us to have.  To this end, I have
asked the Dean to forward this message to you so that you would have a
chance to think of any modifications you would suggest we incorporate.

After talking to many current students, alumni, and industrial affiliates,
these are our goals as we see them now:

Mission Statement:

  Computer Engineering focuses on the design, analysis and application
  of computers and on their applications as components of systems. The
  UCSC Department of Computer Engineering sustains and strengthens its
  teaching and research program to provide students with inspiration and
  quality education in the theory and practice of computer engineering.

Objective:

  The UCSC Computer Engineering program prepares graduates for a
  rewarding career in engineering.  UCSC Computer Engineering graduates
  will have a thorough grounding in the principles and practices of
  Computer Engineering and the scientific and mathematical principles
  upon which they are built; they will be prepared for further education
  (both formal and informal) and for productive employment in industry.

I would be very interested in any feedback you had for us, either in
advance via email (larrabee@soe.ucsc.edu) or phone (831-459-3476) or
at your December meeting.  Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Tracy Larrabee