Operating systems principles and undergraduate computer science curricula
Peter J. Denning · 1971
In the years since 1969, the study of computer systems has assumed a role nearly equal in importance to "theory of computation" and "programming" in computer science curricula. In contrast, computer systems was regarded as recently as 1965 as being inferior in importance to these two more traditional areas of study. This is a significant change in attitude. The harbingers of the change appear in ACM's Curriculum 68, and the speed of its development is demonstrated in the report of Task Force VIII of the COSINE (Computer Science in Electrical Engineering) committee of the Commission on Education of the National Academy of Engineering, entitled "An Undergraduate Course on Operating Systems Principles."