The committee met during the Spring of 1995. The committee included faculty from the various colleges within the University. There was substantial agreement regarding the goals of the course. The goals are in line with the general goals of the trivium, providing students with the resources to gather, evaluate and disseminate information. The committee established that the goals of the CILit is to develop proficiency with computing and information technology resources as general purpose problem solving tools.
Spreadsheets are useful in analysis of some types of problems and the design of their solutions.
Communications is necessary to be able to connect to sources which may contain information which is useful in either the analysis or design. Databases contain the information that is used to analyze and determine a solution to a problem. Graphics is useful both in presenting a solution to the problem and in looking at the data obtained to detect trends. Goals were established for each of the five major areas. The goals were established to place an emphasis on abstraction, emphasizing what we want to do over how it is done.