Breadth-last technical electives: integrating the CS core via computer games and mobile robotics

In this paper, we introduce the concept of breadth-last technical elective courses, which are designed to assist undergraduate CS students in integrating their entire core curriculum into a coherent whole at the end of their degree programs. Specific breadth-last courses in intelligent mobile robotics and computer game development have been implemented and are presented here to demonstrate the pedagogical concepts being discussed. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.3.2 [Computers and Education]: Computer and Information Science Education ? computer science education, curriculum. General Terms Algorithms, Design, Experimentation, Human Factors. Keywords Breadth-last, breadth-first, breadth-second, game design, integration, mobile robotics.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: SIGCSE
• Authors: William W. White, Jerry B. Weinberg
• Keywords: Education, Entire Core Curriculum, Intelligent Mobile Robotics, SIGCSE 2009, Technical Elective Courses