ola@duke.cs.duke.edu (Owen L. Astrachan) (05/06/91)
I am interested in information from post-secondary institutions that offer a course for non-majors or a course that both majors and non-majors take. Of particular interest are courses that are "computer science survey" courses i.e., that go beyond programming and the use of software packages. Such courses might, for example, use one of the following books (listed alphabetically by author): Biermann, Great Ideas in Computer Science Brookshear, Computer Science: An Overview Harel, Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing Decker and Hirshfield, The Analytical Engine Schaffer, Principles of Computer Science Of course I would like to hear about other books and all courses, but NOT courses designed explicitly for potential majors unless such courses go beyond the traditional CS1 Intro Programming curriculum. For example, if both majors and non-majors first take a course using Abelson and Sussman's _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_, which covers a broad spectrum of computer science topics, then please include such a course if you see it as fitting the theme of this survey. I will summarize the results and post them to this group as well as emailing them to all respondants. Please use the form below (although you may embellish this form as you see fit.) Thanks. Owen Owen L. Astrachan INTERNET: ola@cs.duke.edu Dept.of Computer Science Phone (919) 660-6529 Duke University FAX (919) 660-6519 Durham NC 27706 --------------------------------------------------- Institution (college/university): Intended Audience (majors/non-major/both): Students in course/year (approx): Book: Lab component (yes/no/duration): Programming (yes/no/language): Programming Environment (machine/os/lang): email address (optional): Comments: