Targeted Infusion Project Grant: Developing a Social Computing Program at North Carolina A&T State University

这项名为“在北卡罗来纳A&T州立大学开发社会计算项目”的目标是在社会计算领域建立计算机科学(BSCS)学士学位。受过社会计算培训的毕业生准备为实证研究、专业实践以及公共和社会政策提供信息，因为它与全球化社会中的信息技术和社会变革有关。该项目是计算机科学系、数学系和社会学系的联合努力，将加强各系之间的合作伙伴关系。该项目将创建一种新的、跨学科的课程模式，用于BSC集中于社会计算。这样的课程将让计算机科学领域的学生学习社会计算和社会计算系统，允许数学专业的学生将数学应用于社会计算，并允许社会学和心理学的学生学习社会计算系统。将开发新的课程，如社会计算系统导论、社会计算科学的数学和与社会计算有关的社会问题。该项目开发的课程和教材可供其他高校的教职员工使用。项目组将在ASE/IEEE社会计算国际会议上主持一次研讨会。该团队将分发新课程的教学材料，并介绍社会计算实验室开发的软件工具。该项目将为NCA&T；州立大学计算机科学、数学和社会学专业的非裔美国学生提供更多的教育和就业机会。

The Targeted Infusion Project entitled - Developing a Social Computing Program at North Carolina A&T State University - has the goal to establish a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) concentration in Social Computing. Graduates with training in social computing are prepared to inform empirical research, professional practice, and public and social policy as it pertains to both information technology and social change in a globalized society.The project is a joint effort of the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Sociology and will strengthen partnerships among the departments. The project will create a new, interdisciplinary curriculum model for a BSCS concentration in Social Computing. Such a curriculum will allow students in the field of computer science to learn about social computing and social computational systems, allow students in mathematics to apply mathematics to social computing, and allow students in sociology and psychology to learn about social computational systems. New courses such as introduction to social computational systems, mathematics for social computing science, and social issues relating to social computing will be developed. The curriculum and instructional materials developed by this project can be adopted by faculty at other colleges and universities. The project team will host a workshop at the ASE/IEEE International Conference on Social Computing. The team will disseminate instructional materials for the new courses and introduce the software tools that were developed in the social computing lab. This project will increase the educational and career opportunities for African American students majoring in computer science, mathematics, and sociology at NCA&T State University.