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Tiêu đề

Adding concentrations to the CS major: Our dean calls us 'innovative'

Tác giả

Blahnik J.; McVey B.; Pankratz D.

Năm xuất bản

2007

Source title

Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1145/1121341.1121400

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-37849052044&doi=10.1145%2f1121341.1121400&partnerID=40&md5=1154ee0fa6ff973a8c6efce72a3f8f3f

Tóm tắt

In response to recent studies on enrollment trends and our own assessment results, we have significantly modified our Computer Science major to include not only a traditional major in computer science but also to include concentrations in Business Information Systems and Graphic Design and Implementation. As we are a small liberal arts college with three faculty members and a small budget, we have partnered with other disciplines on campus to provide options for our majors to apply concepts and principles of computer science to other areas. We present here our plans of study for the three concentrations, our rationale for making these additions, and favorable responses from students, faculty, and administration. Copyright 2006 ACM.

Từ khóa

Computer science curriculum; Enrollment; Graphic design; HCI; Information systems

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