Innovations and Opportunities
in Liberal Arts Computing Education

A SIGCSE 2023 affiliated event organized by members of the SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges.

This event builds on directions and priorities identified at our prior SIGCSE events:

Organized by members of the SIGCSE Committee on Computing Education in Liberal Arts Colleges, this Affiliated Event will promote connection and collaboration within the liberal arts computing community. This full day event will be split into two sessions. The morning session will focus on topics covering the breadth of opportunities and challenges faced by liberal arts computing educators. These topics may include innovative courses, curricula, or co-curricular programs, DEI initiatives, academic and career advising, faculty recruiting and retention, and other issues as identified to have a specific liberal arts perspective. Topics for discussion will be solicited from the community at large and selected submissions will be presented and discussed at the event, with materials and/or notes added to the Committee’s growing repository of materials. The afternoon session will focus on the ACM/IEEE/AAAI CS2023 draft curriculum model. Members of the Committee will lead a workshop based on a liberal-arts focused process they have developed for curriculum review and revision that balances institutional identity with external guidelines for CS curricula. Feedback from this session will inform both the process under development and the Committee’s advocacy efforts with the ACM/IEEE/AAAI curriculum task force. Throughout the event, sessions will give participants an opportunity to learn about work already taking place within the liberal arts computing community as well as to engage in Q&A and breakout discussions. All interested faculty and students are welcome.

This event will incorporate material presented and refined at the various regional CCSC conferences in 2022 in support of developing a liberal arts based process for curriculum review and revision.

Event Information

Registration Link
- This event will be held in person. Attendees must register for the SIGCSE Technical Symposium and using the link above. There is no additional fee for this event.
Detailed Event Agenda
Resulting Materials
- Submissions, presentations and session notes from the event.
SIGCSE 2023
Event Proposal
Call for Participation
- Submissions are invited on effective innovations in liberal arts computing curricula and on explorations of unique opportunities or challenges faced by the liberal arts computing education community. Details about submissions requirements and process are available in the Call for Participation.

Important Dates

Category	Date
Submissions Due	January 17, 2023
Notifications	January 27, 2023
In-Person Event at SIGCSE	Wednesday March 15, 2023, 9:00am-5:00pm EST

Event Agenda

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Room 701A

Time	Activity
9:00-9:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15-10:15	Curricular-Level Considerations in Liberal Arts Computing Education.
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:30	Course-Level Considerations in Liberal Arts Computing Education.
11:30-12:00	Morning Recap & Discussion of Community Priorities
12:00-1:30	Lunch break (not provided)
1:30-2:00	Workshop Overview and Introduction to Identity-Focused Curriculum Design and Review
2:00-4:00	Guided Sessions with “A Workbook for Liberal Arts Computer Science”
4:00-4:30	Debrief and Presentation of Next Steps
4:30-5:00	Open Discussion of CS2023 and ACM/IEEE Curriculum Guidelines
Evening	Optional dinner groups