Coverage: Breadth and Depth

Grinnell's CS curriculum combines

• breadth, diversity, and strength of liberal arts
• coverage of ACM/IEEE recommendations and the Model Curriculum
• with modest adjustments to Grinnell's environment

Additional characteristics

• curricular rigor
• intellectually challenging
• pedagogy reflecting best practices in CS education
• extensive student-faculty interaction
• combination of team work (pair programming) and individual work

CS faculty regularly review the curriculum in light of student comments, alumni feedback, and emerging national curricular guidelines.

• CS faculty holds Curriculum Workshop in the summer every 2-4 years
• Most recent meeting: July 17-19, 2013

created 6 February 2013 last revised 22 July 2013

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