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A practicum - seminar in structured programming

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This paper describes a practicum-seminar course which the author taught at the University of Colorado during the spring and summer of 1974. This course contained a number of salient features which made it an interesting experiment and a unique learning experience for all involved. The broad goals of the seminar were:

a) to introduce participants to system design and software engineering techniques and to provide practical experience in the use of these techniques;

b) to design and implement a flexible, human oriented student registration and scheduling system.

This paper presents background and discussion of the project and the seminar. A class syllabus is given showing topics which were covered, and advantages and disadvantages of this type of educational experience are discussed.

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            cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
            ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 7, Issue 1
            Proceedings of the 5th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
            February 1975
            209 pages
            ISSN:0097-8418
            DOI:10.1145/953064
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              SIGCSE '75: Proceedings of the fifth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
              January 1975
              221 pages
              ISBN:9781450373982
              DOI:10.1145/800284

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