Easing up on the introductory computer science syllabus
James E. Heliotis · 2009
The computer science department has finished a pilot study in a different approach to the courses for its majors in the first year. The introduction of a well-known statically typed language that would eventually serve the students well as they started their careers was postponed, and object-oriented design was also introduced at a slightly later time in that year. This paper describes in detail the changes that were made in the first-year curriculum, and the results of the pilot study.