Restructuring and Coordinating the Introductory Courses for Computer Science and Mathematics Majors at New Mexico State University

虽然计算机科学的基础是数学 理论上，这两个学科在过去几年中已经疏远了。 十年 计算机科学课程对 理论基础和数学课程强调纯 数学和服务课程，很少注意 计算科学 这个项目带来了学科 与四门入门课程的顺序更紧密地联系在一起 将数学基础和算法 计算 基础课程介绍摘要 成为算法基础的数学概念 算法计算课程的发展。 后者 课程使用函数式和逻辑式编程范例， 学生可以直接实现和测试数学 实验室里的概念 通过强调视觉化， 具体实例和实际应用， 实验室，这些课程使抽象的概念更 比目前的方法更容易让准备不足的学生接触到。 这项工作是三年发展的第一年; 两对课程中的第一对正在准备中， 教。 产品包括文本材料和软件， 实验室活动。

Although computer science has its foundations in mathematical theory, the two disciplines have drifted apart over the last decade. Computer science programs place too little stress on theoretical foundations and mathematics programs emphasize pure mathematics and service courses with little attention to the computational sciences. This project brings the disciplines closer together with a sequence of four introductory courses that integrate mathematical foundations and algorithmic computation. The foundations courses introduce abstract mathematical concepts that become the basis for algorithm development in the algorithmic computation courses. The latter courses use the functional and logical programming paradigms so that students can directly implement and test mathematical concepts in the laboratory. By stressing visualization, concrete examples, and practical applications in the laboratory, these courses make abstract concepts more accessible to under-prepared students than current approaches. This effort is the first year of a three year development; the first pair of two pairs of courses are being prepared and taught. Products include text materials and software for the laboratory activities.