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Applying the NSF/TCPP Curriculum Recommendations to a Liberal Arts Curriculum

Applying the NSF/TCPP Curriculum Recommendations to a Liberal Arts Curriculum. Akshaye Dhawan, Ursinus College. Focused on a breadth of educational experiences Three core divisions: The Humanities The Sciences The Social Sciences. The liberal arts model. Rooted in the sciences

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Applying the NSF/TCPP Curriculum Recommendations to a Liberal Arts Curriculum

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  1. Applying the NSF/TCPP Curriculum Recommendations to a Liberal ArtsCurriculum Akshaye Dhawan, Ursinus College

  2. Focused on a breadth of educational experiences • Three core divisions: • The Humanities • The Sciences • The Social Sciences The liberal arts model

  3. Rooted in the sciences • Mostly grew out of Mathematics Departments • Similar place within a liberal arts institution as that of Mathematics – seen as a key to our understanding of the world in an interdisciplinary and broad sense. • Example: CS 170 In Silico Computing at Ursinus Where does CS fit in all this?

  4. Emphasis on broad concepts • 3 big goals that line up nicely with those of the liberal modelof education: • Ability to organize and synthesize ideas • Ability to reason • Ability to communicate complex ideas • We do this all the time in CS! CS in the liberal arts

  5. Ursinus – total student body ~1600 students • All undergraduate • CS program – 40-50 students • Class sizes for lower level courses: 20-25 • Class sizes for upper level courses: 15-20 • One upper level elective course on High Performance Computing CS 478 • MPI, OpenMP • CUDA being introduced in next iteration CS at Ursinus

  6. Focus on two core courses • Data Structures • Design and Analysis of Algorithms Fall 2011 Early Adopters

  7. Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium - LACS • Puts out curriculum recommendations – Last major one in 2007. • Emphasis on broad concepts not tied to specific architectures, languages and operating systems • A liberal arts approach to CS must include multiple problem-solving paradigms. • Need a liberal arts tailored set of recommendations – Organize and work on this with a larger group Future Directions

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