TECHNI: A New Approach to the B.A. Degree in Computer Science

0305318蒂莫西·戴维斯克莱姆森大学$329，999诺尼：一种新的方法，以B.A.计算机科学学位这个项目有可能对国家计算机课程产生长期和广泛的影响，它培养了一个学士学位。计算机科学学位，将数字制作艺术和计算机图形学的研究成果纳入课程中所有必修的计算课程。 这些（新）课程的教学面向大规模问题解决。该项目的出发点是阐明拟议课程的关键概念，包括：（命令式编程、机器能力、机器限制）;连接模型（通信和分布式处理网络）;软件设计（面向对象的范例，大规模开发，测试）;窗口和操作系统（资源管理、保护级别、安全性）;数据结构和性能（性能测量、瓶颈识别、工作流管理）;以及跨平台计算（PDA、嵌入式系统、交叉编译、外部设备控制）。课程设计的第二阶段涉及从图形和特殊效果领域的研究成果，适合映射，在本科阶段，直接到确定的关键概念的识别。在这个学士学位里是独一无二的。in C. S.问题的重要性和根源，以及该方法对整个课程的广泛影响。对学生的益处不仅来自于教学的问题解决导向，还在于学生接触到了真实的研究问题的生命力。这是提议者的假设，一个更平衡的教育经验，像一个涉及在B.A.C.S.学位课程，可能对学生和社会都有很大的好处。

0305318Timothy DavisClemson University$329,999TECHNI: A New Approach to the B.A. Degree in Computer ScienceThis project, which has the potential of having long-term and wide spread impact on national curricula in computing, develops a B.A. degree in computer science that incorporates research results from Digital Production Arts and Computer Graphics into all required computing courses in the curriculum. Instruction in these (new) courses is oriented toward large-scale problem solving. The starting point for the project is the articulation of key concepts that underlie the proposed curriculum including: a machine model (imperative programming, machine capabilities, machine limits); a connection model (networks for communication and distributed processing); software design (the object-oriented paradigm, large-scale development, testing); windowing and operating systems (resource management, protection levels, security); data structures and performance (performance measurement, bottleneck identification, work-flow management); and, cross-platform computing (PDAs, embedded systems, cross-compilation, external device control). The second phase of the curriculum design involves the identification of research results from the graphics and special effects domains that are amenable to mapping, at the undergraduate level, directly into the identified key concepts. Particularly unique in this B.A. in C. S. is the magnitude and origin of the problems to be integrated and the broad impact of the approach across an entire curriculum. The benefits to the students are not only from the problem-solving orientation of the instruction but also the students' exposure to the vitality of real research problems. It is the proposers' supposition that a more balanced educational experience, like the one involved in the B.A.C.S. degree program, may be of substantial benefit to the students and to society.