File processing and the undergraduate computer science curriculum
Kirk L. Malmrose, Robert P. Burton · ACM SIGCSE Bulletin · 1987
In March of 1979, the Curriculum Committee on Computer Science (C 3 S) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) proposed recommendations for the undergraduate curriculum in computer science: “Curriculum '78.” “Curriculum '78” includes CS 5, “Introduction to File Processing,” as an undergraduate core requirement. Seven years after “Curriculum '78,” findings show that more than 70% of universities offering undergraduate degrees in computer science do not require a course similar to CS 5. The controversial role of CS 5 in the undergraduate computer science curriculum id discussed.