Content and laboratories of a computing science course for non-majors in the 21st Century

  • Authors:
  • Barbara Zimmerman

  • Affiliations:
  • Villanova University, Villanova, PA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The field of computer science evolves very quickly, and courses in computer science must evolve to keep up. Our Villanova University computer science courses for non-computer majors teach the theory of computer science and illustrate this theory through a set of laboratories. One of these courses, Fundamentals of Computing Systems, has been re-examined. While the labs for this course have kept up with changes in operating systems and textbooks, necessary revisions to the set of lectures and laboratories must continue to be made to ensure that the course is meeting the students' needs.