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The university computer science curriculum: education versus training

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SIGCSE '85: Proceedings of the sixteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/323287.323280

Published: 01 March 1985 Publication History

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The university computer science curriculum: education versus training
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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SIGCSE '85: Proceedings of the sixteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

March 1985

378 pages

ISBN:0897911520

DOI:10.1145/323287

Chairmen:
Norman E. Gibbs
Bowdoin College
,
Harriet G. Taylor
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
,
Della T. Bonnette
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
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Editor:
James E. Miller
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 17, Issue 1
Mar. 1985
375 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/323275
Chairmen:
Norman E. Gibbs
Bowdoin College
,
Harriet G. Taylor
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
,
Della T. Bonnette
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
,
Editor:
James E. Miller
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola
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