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A Summer Program to Attract Potential Computer Science Majors
Published Feb 21, 2018 · Meg Fryling, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robin Y. Flatland
Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
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Abstract
Computer Science (CS) is not taught in enough high schools thus many students arrive at college or university knowing little about it and often do not consider taking a CS course during their first year. At the same time, we encounter many college or university juniors and seniors who, while taking their first CS course, discover an aptitude and interest, at which point it is too late. We describe an innovative one-week residential summer program designed to educate non-computer science majors, before their second year of college or university, about the field's many areas and long-term prospects. The program has succeeded at encouraging undecided students to major or minor in CS and thus somewhat ameliorates the lack of CS in K-12 education and furthers the conference goal of "CS For All".
A one-week residential summer program successfully encourages undecided students to major or minor in computer science, addressing the lack of CS education in K-12 education.
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