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Computer scientists can teach writing: an upper division course for computer science majors

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 30, Issue 1

Pages 117 - 120

https://doi.org/10.1145/274790.273174

Published: 01 March 1998 Publication History

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The author's institution requires all students to take one course that concentrates on writing at the upper division (junior or senior) level. The computer science department offers one such course, taught by computer scientists. It concentrates on communications issues relevant to computer scientists and computer professionals, going beyond traditional "technical writing" to give students experience in oral presentation, document design, and writing in forms appropriate for various audiences. This course takes advantage of analogies between writing and software development and motivates computer science students to pay more careful attention to their writing.

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Computer scientists can teach writing: an upper division course for computer science majors
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 30, Issue 1

Mar. 1998

376 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/274790

Chairmen:
John Lewis
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
,
Jane Prey
Univ. of Virginia
,
Editors:
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead
,
Daniel Joyce
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA

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SIGCSE '98: Proceedings of the twenty-ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 1998
396 pages
ISBN:0897919947
DOI:10.1145/273133
Chairmen:
John Lewis
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
,
Jane Prey
Univ. of Virginia
,
Editors:
Daniel Joyce
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
,
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY

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