Liberal Arts Computing Curricula

SIGCSE 2020 Pre-Symposium Event by the SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges

Denison University

Contributed by Jessen Havill, havill@denison.edu

Institutional and departmental context

Curricular overview

Major programs

Core Courses

The following eight 4-credit courses and one 1-credit course are required by both the BA and BS.

Bachelor of Arts

The BA requires the core plus 2 courses (10.25 total):

Bachelor of Science

The BS requires the core plus 5 courses (13.25 total):

Elective Categories

Systems

Theory

Applied

Non-major programs

Co-curricular program(s)

Key contributions

Limitations/challenges