Session 1B: A Fusion of Computer Science Education with Law and Biology
Session Number
Session 1B: 1st Presentation
Advisor(s)
Robert Sloan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Location
Academic Pit
Start Date
28-4-2017 8:30 AM
End Date
28-4-2017 9:45 AM
Abstract
Increasing diversity in the booming field of computer science has long been a goal of educators. At Harvey Mudd College, interdisciplinary courses combining computer science and biology had a level of success. The goal of the project conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago was to create two new classes taught in the 2016-2017 school year, one Computer Science and Biology class, and one Computer Science and Law class. For the most part, we did not observe a significant increase in terms of racial or gender diversity, although there was a slight increase in Hispanic and African American enrollment in the law section. We also found that factors including difficulty of the course seem to have an impact on continued interest in computer science.
Session 1B: A Fusion of Computer Science Education with Law and Biology
Academic Pit
Increasing diversity in the booming field of computer science has long been a goal of educators. At Harvey Mudd College, interdisciplinary courses combining computer science and biology had a level of success. The goal of the project conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago was to create two new classes taught in the 2016-2017 school year, one Computer Science and Biology class, and one Computer Science and Law class. For the most part, we did not observe a significant increase in terms of racial or gender diversity, although there was a slight increase in Hispanic and African American enrollment in the law section. We also found that factors including difficulty of the course seem to have an impact on continued interest in computer science.