Although towards the end of the term, it trended towards a balance.
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On review, the article is NOT about what you'd consider CS1
"Introduction to Symbolic Programming was reborn as Beauty and the Joy of Computing."
This is a CS class in the loosest sense of the word.
It fulfills no prerequisites towards a CS degree.
OTOH I could just be cynical, and this class is just what's needed to get more females into the subsequent CS classes.
At least anecdotally, I know a few people who had no real interest in CS start with this class, but then proceed to take proper CS classes they may otherwise have ignored.
Although towards the end of the term, it trended towards a balance.
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On review, the article is NOT about what you'd consider CS1
"Introduction to Symbolic Programming was reborn as Beauty and the Joy of Computing."
This is a CS class in the loosest sense of the word.
It fulfills no prerequisites towards a CS degree.
OTOH I could just be cynical, and this class is just what's needed to get more females into the subsequent CS classes.
At least anecdotally, I know a few people who had no real interest in CS start with this class, but then proceed to take proper CS classes they may otherwise have ignored.