Developing oral communication skills of computer science undergraduates
SIGCSE '93 Proceedings of the twenty-fourth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
The importance of presentation skills in the classroom: students and instructors perspectives
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Uncovering student values for hiring in the software industry
Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC)
A case study of retention practices at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
A "communication skills for computer scientists" course
ITiCSE '09 Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Collaboration across the curriculum: a disciplined approach todeveloping team skills
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Evaluating a communication-intensive core course in the CS curriculum
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
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An undergraduate computer science colloquium is presented that can enhance the educational opportunities for students at a small liberal arts college while providing an additional community-building venue for majors at various stages of their college careers. Presentation skills are a key component of this one-credit course, and the pass/fail grading system can alleviate some student concerns about their performance and allow them to focus on improving in this critical area. Additionally, though the number of electives offered at a small college may be small, a colloquium provides the means for exposure to a greater breadth of computer science topics, potentially helping students develop new interests within the discipline. After being piloted as a special topics course in Spring 2011, Southwestern University has now added the undergraduate colloquium to the regular spring course offerings.