Programming Stream

Programming Stream | Market Demand | Course Content | Work in Progress | Members | Issues

Welcome to the Programming Stream Group at the School of Computer Studies

Feel free to contribute to this wiki and help develop and refine our curriculum further

Introduction

This wiki describes curriculum developments within the programming stream at the School of Computer Studies

• The scope of the currently active projects is driven by
  • the general need to train professional programmers for direct entry into the workplace
  • the growing knowledge-based industries
    • digital game programming industry
    • open source communities for software developers
• The information reported here is being provided to
  • inform members of the status quo
  • solicit member comments and criticisms

What can I do right now?

• add your name to the list of active members and identify your interest here
• add your project(s) to the list of projects under development here
  • describe your project(s) in detail on the wiki along with its current state
• add information to any section of this wiki - quotes, data, testimonials, suggestions
• discuss any project described in this wiki

Current Issues

1. marketing
   • what is the market saying
   • what do we market and how
   • how do we attract the best and the brightest to our programs
2. content
   • is our language content up-to-date ?
   • do we need to change emphasis on the material covered in these courses
3. techniques and tools
   • how early should students be exposed to open source tools
   • how early should students work with repositories
4. collaboration
   • should students work in teams in OOP344, BTP300
5. does social media something to consider
   • how will we interface with social media
   • personal learning environments