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library resources. The total estimated for new costs is $ 183,000 for the first five years

of the program’s operations.

Shown below are the estimated Mission Resource Requirement (MRR) costs to

the state associated with implementation of the proposed program for its first three years.

Also shown are the estimated revenues projected under the Mission Resource

Requirement and the Resource Allocation Plan as well as student tuition.

Year

Estimated

Extraordinary

Total Costs State

Tuition

Total

MRR Cost

(Non-MRR) Costs

Appropri-

Revenue

for

Proposed

for Proposed

ation

Program

2005-06

$71,617

$52,368

2006-07

$189,806

$19,959

$136,937

$189,806

$156,896

2007-08

$307,996

$52,315

$222,919

$275,235

2008-09

$436,730

$84,879

$316,245

$401,124

2009-10

$449,911

$120,438

$325,002

$449,911

$445,440

These data demonstrate that if the new program meets its enrollment projections

and contains costs as they are shown in the proposal, the program will not be able to

cover new costs with revenues it generates by the fifth year of its implementation.

Nevertheless, the institution is committed to offering this program and takes the position

that the necessary funds to offer it are available.

In summary, the proposed program will add a unique major to the undergraduate

majors of South Carolina’s public institutions. The program will prepare students who

major in it to be able to analyze and mine significant knowledge from huge computerized

databases, an ability which will become more sought after as the century and

computerized databases advance.

This program should attract some of the most

advanced and academically talented students because of its emphasis upon rigor and

interdisciplinarity. Given its imbeddedness in other, existing academic programs at the

institution, it can be offered economically.

Recommendation

The staff recommends that the Committee on Academic Affairs and Licensing

commend favorably to the Commission approval of the program at College of Charleston

leading to the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Discovery Informatics, to be

implemented in Fall 2005, provided that no “unique cost” or other special state funding

be required or requested.

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