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A domain centered curriculum: an alternative approach to computing education

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This paper presents a new approach to computer science education by proposing a model curriculum that presents computer science fundamentals and software engineering concepts in the context of an application domain. This domain-centered model is discussed in terms of its philosophy and structure, and emphasizes curriculum features that enhance the ability of a graduate to be part of a team that develops software in the application domain. In particular, the curriculum model proposes integration of software engineering education with the application domain. The undergraduate computer science curriculum at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is used to illustrate the principle features of the model and to advance arguments about the model's viability.

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            cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
            ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 27, Issue 1
            March 1995
            402 pages
            ISSN:0097-8418
            DOI:10.1145/199691
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            • cover image ACM Conferences
              SIGCSE '95: Proceedings of the twenty-sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
              March 1995
              436 pages
              ISBN:089791693X
              DOI:10.1145/199688
              • Chairman:
              • Cary Laxer,
              • Editors:
              • Curt M. White,
              • James E. Miller,
              • Judy Gersting

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