An honors computer science seminar for undergraduate non-majors
David G. Kay · 1993
We describe a course offered for six years as part of the Honors Collegium at UCLA.This small seminar introduced non-major honors students to concepts and current issues of computer science, culminating in a field study project applying computing to an area of the student's interest.Background:The UCLA Honors Collegium offers a series of small seminar classes, designed to provide honors students with the opportunity for close interaction with distinguished faculty on interdisciplinary topics.Roughly a dozen courses per quarter are offered, with titles ranging from "The Geometry of Relativity" through "Mind, Brains, Humans, and Computers" and "Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change" to "Gender and Race: Construction of Greek Political Thought."Students with gradepoint averages of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 who have completed their English Composition requirements are eligible.Faculty from a wide range of disciplines teach in the Honors Collegium, their time reimbursed to their home departments.