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TSYS School's Amjad Hossain Utilizes Hands-On Approach to Graduate-Level Computer Science Education

Over the five different graduate level courses he has taught since the fall of 2024, TSYS School computer science professor Amjad Hossain has consistently aimed to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment that supports student success and active participation. "In my [graduate] courses, students get enough opportunities to learn through hands-on activities. I use multiple assessment methods throughout the semester to evaluate their learning, including programming assignments, quizzes, exams, discussions, and collaborative projects," Hossain explains. Hossain utilizes ClassPoint, a tool for adding interactive quizzes to PowerPoint, during his graduate course lectures to offer interactive learning opportunities. He typically asks students to come to the whiteboard and discuss and derive potential solutions to a given problem. They write programs using Java and Python to solve small to moderate-sized exercise problems and submit them through ClassPoint for immediate feedback. In all of these activities, he assesses the understanding levels of the students and uses the results as indirect feedback to adjust his teaching approach. Additionally, in each of his graduate courses the students complete at least one major group project. For example, in CPSC 6119, the students work on a real software development project individually for the first half of the semester. The project is completed in four subtasks, and they use the knowledge from the project to design and implement a group-based software project. Lastly, in some assignments, Hossain explicitly includes a requirement to use AI in preparing solutions and submit the prompts they use as a part of the assignment. "I have always encouraged students to learn how to use AI tools for problem-solving and programming. At the same time, I advise them to develop skills so that they can verify what the AI tools generate, which encourages them to ‘do it by themselves’ as well." Hossain adds.
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