A Revised Model Curriculum for a Liberal Arts Degree in Computer Science

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 85-95

  Walker, Henry M ^a   Schneider, G Michael ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM; LIBERAL ARTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0030384597     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/240483.240502     Document Type: Article

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