National Curricular Guidelines

Expectations for the core of undergraduate computer science set by national curricular guidelines

• ACM/IEEE specifies curricular guidelines for undergraduate computer science for all types of schools

  • Computing Curricula 2001:
    • 240 pages of detailed recommendations
    • 14 Knowledge Areas
    • 280 hours of class time identified for detailed topics or Knowledge Units
  • Computing Curricula 2008 updates the 2001 recommendations
  • Computing Science 2013 (Ironman Draft): 376 pages total
    • 219 pages describing specific content, level of coverage (class hours), learning objectives
    • 18 Knowledge Areas
    • 306 hours of class time identified for detailed Knowledge Units
    • 157 pages of "Course Exemplars"

• Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium provides recommendations for liberal arts colleges

  • 2007 Model Curriculum for a Liberal Arts Degree in Computer Science
  • Introductory sequence (2 courses)
  • Supporting mathematics (including Combinatorics and Discrete Structures, Theoretical Foundations, and additional mathematics course) (3 courses)
  • Core courses in Computer Organization, Software Development, Algorithms, Programming Languages (four courses — or five with Theoretical Foundations)
  • Electives, including group project(s)

created 6 February 2013 last revised 22 July 2013

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