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Curriculum 78 (Panel Discussion): Consequences for the student profile

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Mathematics has been called “the critical filter” for entrance into most scientific professions — a filter through which many female students do not pass and one which may also be screening out members of ethnic minorities. Changes in the mathematics pre-requisites for computer science courses form a major difference between Curriculum 78, the recommendations of the ACM Committee on Curriculum for the undergraduate program in computer sciences, and its predecessor, Curriculum 68.

Two questions deserve careful consideration in light of changes in secondary preparation, increasing demand for computer science graduates, and a new focus on educating women and minorities:

1) Will Curriculum 78 bring about significant changes in the student profile of those who graduate in computer science?

2) Will changes in mathematics requirements lead to the opening of new opportunities for certain groups of students?

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 11, Issue 1
      Proceedings of the 10th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
      February 1979
      251 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/953030
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        SIGCSE '79: Proceedings of the tenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        January 1979
        251 pages
        ISBN:9781450374316
        DOI:10.1145/800126

      Copyright © 1979 ACM

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