SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education
in Liberal Arts Colleges

The SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges was created in recognition that Computing programs at liberal arts colleges differ in a number of ways from programs at other institutions. Its activities focus on issues of concern to faculty and students within computing programs in a broadly defined liberal arts context.

Committee Charters:

The Committee was established as a SIGCSE Committee in 2016 and was renewed with an updated charter in 2019.

• The current committee charter. (June 2019. A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught, J. Davis, D. Baldwin, H. Walker).
• The original committee charter. (December 2016. D. Baldwin, A. Brady, A. Lawrence, H. Walker).

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Committee Reports and Publications

• CS2023: Computer Science Curriculum Guidelines: A New Liberal Arts Perspective. (ACM Inroads, February, 2025.)
• Our work related to CS2023
• Computer Science Curriculum Guidelines: A New Liberal Arts Perspective. (SIGCSE 2023, A. Holland-Minkley, J. Barnard, V. Barr, G. Braught, J. Davis, D. Reed, K. Schmitt, A. Tartaro, J. Teresco).
• CS Curricular Innovations with a Liberal Arts Philosophy (SIGCSE 2022, J. Teresco, A. Tartaro, A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught, J. Barnard, D. Baldwin).
• Report of the SIGCSE committee on computing education in liberal arts colleges. (ACM Inroads, April 2019. D. Baldwin, A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught).

Events and Presentations by the Committee:

• SIGCSE 2026 Affiliated Event (Feb 2026. A. Holland-Minkley, A. Tartaro, J. Barnard).

• SIGCSE 2025 Affiliated Event (Feb 2025. A. Holland-Minkley, A. Tartaro, J. Barnard).
• SIGCSE 2025 Related BoF (Birds of a Feather) Session Notes
  • BoF: Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges (BoF-Libarts Resulting Notes)
  • BoF: Towards a Computer Science Curriculum “Microkernel” (BoF-Microkernel Notes)
• Using a Distinctive Curricular Design Process for Liberal Arts Computing Programs (J. Barnard, G. Braught, J. Davis, A. Holland-Minkley, D. Reed, K. Schmitt, A. Tartaro, J. Teresco).
  • CCSC-SE: Tutorial/Workshop - November 8-9, 2024. Presenter A. Tartaro.
  • CCSC-EA: Tutorial - October 18-19, 2024. Presenters A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught.
  • CCSC-RM: Tutorial/Panel/Workshop - October 18-19, 2024. Presenter J. Teresco.
  • CCSC-MW: Tutorial - October 10-21, 2023. Presenter K. Schmitt.
• A Process for Distinctive Curricular Design for Liberal Arts Computing Programs. (J. Barnard, G. Braught, J. Davis, A. Holland-Minkley, D. Reed, K. Schmitt, A. Tartaro, J. Teresco).
  • CCSC-NE: Tutorial, April 12-13, 2024. Presenter: G. Braught.
• SIGCSE 2024 Affiliated Event (March 2023. A. Holland-Minkley, A. Tartaro, J. Barnard).
  • Workbook for affiliated event (Workbook v3).
• SIGCSE 2023 Affiliated Event (March 2023. A. Holland-Minkley, A. Tartaro, J. Barnard).
• Reflective Curriculum Review for Liberal Arts Computing Programs (J. Barnard, G. Braught, J. Davis, A. Holland-Minkley, D. Reed, K. Schmitt, A. Tartaro, J. Teresco).
  • CCSC-MW Tutorial - October 7-8, 2022. Presenter: J. Barnard.
  • CCSC-E Tutorial - October 21-22, 2022. Presenters: G. Braught, A. Holland-Minkley, J. Teresco.
  • CCSC-NW Tutorial - November 4-5, 2022. Presenter: J. Davis.
  • CCSC-SE Tutorial - Accepted for November 11-12, 2022. Presenter: A. Tartaro. (Conference Canceled)
  • CCSC-NE Tutorial - Accepted for April 14-15, 2023. Presenters: G. Braught, A. Holland-Minkley, J. Teresco.
• CCSC-NE 2022 Tutorial - Innovations and Opportunities in Liberal Arts Computing Education (April 1-2, 2022. A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught).
• SIGCSE 2022 Affiliated Event (February 2022. A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught).
• SIGCSE 2021 Pre-Symposium Workshop (March 2021. A. Holland-Minkley, J. Davis, M. Nakazawa, A. Tartaro, J. Teresco).
• SIGCSE 2020 Pre-Symposium Workshop (March 2020. G. Braught, J. Davis).
• SIGCSE 2018 Special Session (February 2018. D. Baldwin). [Notes]
• SIGCSE 2017 Special Session (March 2017. D. Baldwin, G. Braught, A. Holland-Minkley). [Notes]

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