Paper Info
Title
Creating a new introductory course sequence for BSIT students
Abstract
This paper discusses a new set of introductory courses for a BSIT degree program. Previously, the BSIT students in this program started with a fairly typical "CS1/CS2" sequence. Our faculty decided to move away from this programming-oriented sequence as the degree starting point, while not reducing the programming learning outcomes for the overall degree. The process of making this change has required several steps, and the result is a substantially different set of courses. The new sequence provides a much better introduction to the IT 2008 "pillars" from the very first courses in the program. In addition, there is a significant effort to help students see and understand applications that provide a context for the technical material. Finally, there are significant process elements that start students on programming and other technical work as a team-based activity from the very beginning. This paper discusses the process of making this change, presents an outline of the new sequence, and provides some details on results of the effort.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1145/1631728.1631779
SIGITE Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
overall degree,programming-oriented sequence,bsit degree program,new introductory course sequence,technical material,different set,bsit student,new sequence,new set,significant effort,significant process element,difference set,information technology
Programming learning,Information technology,Computer science,Pedagogy
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gregory W. Hislop115740.04
Lee J. Leitner2122.03