Computational science as an interdisciplinary bridge
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Open artificial intelligence - one course for all
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Interdisciplinary application tracks in an undergraduate computer science curriculum
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
CS0++ broadening computer science at the entry level: interdisciplinary science and computer science
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Databases, non-majors and collaborative learning: a ternary relationships
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Computer Science and the Liberal Arts: A Philosophical Examination
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
Building a thriving CS program at a small liberal arts college
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
TauRUs: a "Taulbee survey" for the rest of us
ACM Inroads
Student expectations from CS and other stem courses: they aren't like CS- majors! or (CS !=Stem-CS)
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Hi-index | 0.00 |
Operations research, while not traditionally taught at many small or liberal arts colleges, can be a significant asset to the offerings of a computer science department. Often seen as a discipline at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, business, and engineering, it has great interdisciplinary potential and practical appeal, allowing for recruitment of students who may not consider taking a CS0 or CS1 course. A special topics course in operations research was offered by the computer science department at Southwestern University as an upper-level elective, and it was also cross-listed as a business and mathematics elective. Not only did the course benefit computer science majors who appreciated the applications and different perspectives, but it provided a means for the department to serve a wider population, increased interdisciplinary education, and resulted in a filled-to-capacity upper-level course in computer science for the first time in recent memory. This course is now being considered as a permanent elective that will interest computer science majors and minors as well as draw in students from disciplines across campus. For departments with limited faculty resources for teaching non-major courses, offering an operations research course provides an alternative that simultaneously serves the department and the campus as a whole.