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CSC 150: Seminar 1: 0.5 hours
Description
Covers technical skills (such as use of Linux) needed during the major, soft skills (including note taking and time management), specific CS topics, architecture, o.s., programming languages, and ethics. Also will include guest speakers from industry and projects done by upperclassmen. To be taken twice.
Goals for CSC 150 are:
- Begin to prepare for career search
- Learn introductory level material
- Learn necessary technical skills (linux, windows, vi)
- Begin to experience independent learning
- Learn about the workforce
Course outcomes for CSC 150 are:
- Upon completion of CSC 150, students will understand:
- how to take quality lecture notes and respond intelligently to a talk
- different options in the curriculum available to them in the junior and senior years
- additional ethical issues
- additional security issues
- (depending on the semester)
- how to use Linux and vi
- how to use and program Windows server
- how to use other technologies as appropriate
Program outcomes for CSC 150 are:
- Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts. (Computing student learning outcome 3)
- Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal, ethical, and moral principles. (Computing student learning outcome 4)
- Learn new areas of technology. (Computing student learning outcome 6)
- Use technology to help bring Christ to the world and apply Christian principles to their work. (Computing student learning outcome 7)
- Understand and use appropriate cloud technologies in specified areas (Computing student learning outcome 8)
- Apply security principles and practices to maintain operations in the presence of risks and threats. (Cyber Security student learning outcome 1)
Integration
- Note taking at the introductory level by requiring students to summarize what was said by the speakers with details not found in any posted slides
- Technical writing at the introductory level by requiring all writing to adhere to format standards
- Professional at the introductory level by having working professionals talk to the students about what it means to be a professional and by having inflexible deadlines.
- Cybersecurity at an introductory level by *. studying one current event associated with cybersecurity
- Ethics at an application level by *. studying one current event associated with computing ethics including the Christian perspective
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- Class Time: F 2:00-2:50
- Class Location: S 025
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- Textbook: membership in ACM
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Assignments
Most assignments will be made in class. Notes should be taken at that time.
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- Reactions to current events/publications. A reaction to an article includes enough to convince me that you have read the entire article and not just the headline or first paragraph. It should include s summary of what was said and your reaction. Be sure to give a complete reference to the item. These should be turned in as a hard copy in class within one week of the item being published. You may pick when. Each one does have a deadline. The ones you pick must be unique to this course
- Write a reaction to one article in the ACM TechNews. This needs to be completed by midterm.
- Write a reaction to one article in XRDS. This needs to be completed before the final.
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Grades
Homework and quizzes. Grades are based on a fail, low pass, pass, and high pass scale. The grade on the assignment will be based on: quality of writing, fulfillment of the requirements, amount of thought/effort seen.
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Tentative Schedule
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| 01/06: Careers |
| 01/13: Professional virtual presence |
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