Do non-computer science students need to program?

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 535-541

  Urban Lurain, Mark ^a   Weinshank, Donald J ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b 3115 Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

DISCRETE SKILLS; MULTIMEDIA CONTENT; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 19644377597     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00636.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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