Archive for September 1st, 2008

Why Students take Intoduction to Computer Science

Monday, September 1st, 2008

leaves, winter, falmouth, va
I’m teaching two sections of  Introduction to Computer Science, CPSC 110, this semester. It is always interesting to see why students sign up for a course.

Today I asked students to anonymously complete the following:

Why are you taking this course? Results from the first class were:

  1. To satisfy a requirement          7
  2. resume builder                         2
  3. was told to                               1
  4. nothing else fit my schedule   1
  5. subject seems interesting     11

The results from the second class were

  1. To satisfy a requirement          14
  2. resume builder                           3
  3. was told to                                 1
  4. nothing else fit my schedule      2
  5. subject seems interesting          6

So the totals are

  1. To satisfy a requirement          21
  2. resume builder                           5
  3. was told to                                 2
  4. nothing else fit my schedule      3
  5. subject seems interesting        17

Computer Power Consumption, Python, A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-09-01

Monday, September 1st, 2008

harbor, newfoundland