Computer Science for the Liberal Arts: Reaching an Untapped Pool of Students

文科计算机科学：吸引尚未开发的学生群体

• 批准号: 0836877
• 负责人: Madeleine Schep
• 金额: $ 13.48万
• 依托单位: Columbia College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-15 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0836877&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Science; Liberal; Arts; Reaching

Computer Science (31) This project addresses the problem of the decline in the number of computer science (CS) majors by creating a computer science course for non-majors designed to satisfy the college mathematics general education requirement and to increase students' appreciation of computer science and its relevance in today's society.Efforts to reverse the decline in enrollment in computer science are numerous and target different student populations but these programs tend to be long-term or dependent on students enrolling in CS courses in the first place. The new course is an attractive option for students to satisfy their mathematics general education requirement. It gives an opportunity to the computer science faculty to present the computing field as essential to the students' lives and to society. Materials are developed to integrate the mathematics and the computer science concepts and to incorporate significant computer applications that impact students' lives and the society at large.The course designed initially for Columbia College, a liberal arts women's college with a large minority representation of mostly African-American students allows testing the course material on two under-represented groups in computer science. However, the designed course is appropriate as well for most liberal arts colleges with little adaptation. In addition to core units, additional units vary between the different offerings of the course during the project duration to provide more choices to departments adapting the course. The project includes significant dissemination activities to increase the impact of this project well beyond Columbia College.

计算机科学（31）本项目通过为非计算机科学专业的学生开设计算机科学课程，解决计算机科学（CS）专业人数下降的问题。计算机科学专业是一种旨在满足大学数学通识教育要求，提高学生对计算机科学及其在当今社会中的相关性的欣赏能力的专业。人口，但这些计划往往是长期的或依赖于学生报名参加CS课程摆在首位。新课程是一个有吸引力的选择，为学生满足他们的数学通识教育的要求。它为计算机科学教师提供了一个机会，展示计算领域对学生生活和社会至关重要。材料的开发，以整合数学和计算机科学的概念，并纳入重大的计算机应用，影响学生的生活和整个社会。该课程最初设计的哥伦比亚学院，文科女子学院，主要是非洲裔美国学生的大少数民族代表允许测试的课程材料在两个代表性不足的群体在计算机科学。然而，设计的课程也适用于大多数文科院校，适应性不强。除了核心单元之外，在项目期间，课程的不同课程之间的附加单元各不相同，以便为调整课程的部门提供更多选择。该项目包括重要的传播活动，以增加该项目的影响远远超出哥伦比亚学院。