EAGER:X+CS: CS Pathways for Non CS majors

EAGER:X CS：非 CS 专业的 CS 衔接课程

• 批准号: 1841563
• 负责人: Anupam Joshi
• 金额: $ 29.99万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Baltimore County
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1841563&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; X+CS; CS; Pathways; Non

With computing impacting every field, and becoming a fundamental mode of inquiry in most disciplines,there is great demand for university coursework in computer science (CS). This has been reflected in a growthin CS majors. According to the numbers compiled by the Computer Research Association, in the decade since 2006, the number of computer science majors had tripled since 2006 and doubled since 2011. The trend has continued in the two years since, and University of Maryland - Baltimore County has not been an exception. According to several National Science Foundation public presentations that as the growth in computer science majors crests, there is a building wave of what is being viewed as "CS+X" students -- students studying in a discipline other than computer science, but needing a significant body of coursework. Our experience shows that by exposing such students to computing, we will diversify and broaden the participation in CS classes. We propose to create pathways into computing for such non computer science majors.This project will involve designing a sequence of new classes including, but also beyond, theintroductory programming sequence. These classes will introduce key concepts to students who do not intend to major in CS. Preliminary work has shown that this pool of students is much more diverse than that typically take CS courses. This project will focus on creating a sequence of courses that focus more on concepts important for various domains, as well as concepts related to scaling up (e.g., scalable data structures). It will also experiment with customized "X+CS" majors through the Individualized Study program. The researchers will consult colleagues from industry as they develop the course sequence.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

随着计算影响各个领域，并成为大多数学科的基本探究模式，对计算机科学（CS）的大学课程有很大的需求。这反映在计算机科学专业的增长上。根据计算机研究协会编制的数据，自 2006 年以来的十年间，计算机科学专业的数量自 2006 年以来增加了两倍，自 2011 年以来增加了一倍。此后的两年里，这一趋势仍在持续，马里兰大学巴尔的摩郡分校也不例外。根据美国国家科学基金会的几份公开演讲，随着计算机科学专业的增长达到顶峰，出现了一股被视为“CS+X”学生的浪潮，即学习计算机科学以外学科但需要计算机科学专业知识的学生。重要的课程作业。我们的经验表明，通过让这些学生接触计算机，我们将多样化和扩大计算机科学课程的参与。我们建议为此类非计算机科学专业的学生创建进入计算的途径。该项目将涉及设计一系列新课程，包括但不限于入门编程序列。这些课程将为不打算主修计算机科学的学生介绍关键概念。初步工作表明，这个学生群体比通常参加计算机科学课程的学生更加多样化。该项目将专注于创建一系列课程，更多地关注对各个领域重要的概念，以及与扩展相关的概念（例如，可扩展的数据结构）。它还将通过个性化学习计划尝试定制“X+CS”专业。研究人员在开发课程序列时将咨询业界同事。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

X+CS: A Computing Pathway for Non-Computer Science Majors

X CS：非计算机科学专业的计算途径

• 发表时间: 2020-03
• 期刊: 2020
• 作者: Mitchell, S;Cole, K;Joshi, A
• 通讯作者: Joshi, A