Injecting programming language concepts throughout the curriculum
Mark W. Bailey · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 2008
As research in programming language design,implementation,and application advances,we must regu- larly revisit the undergraduate curriculum to ensure course content advances similarly.However,no matter how diligent our efforts,the undergraduate curriculum will continue to undergo pressure from all fields of the discipline to include courses covering those fields.Though we could advocate for core placement of programming language courses,it is likely,even inevitable,that a growing number of colleges and universi- ties will choose not to mandate programming language courses for their degree programs.Thus,we must develop an inclusive strategy that encourages the teaching of programming language topics even in colleges and universities that choose not to devote an entire course to the study of them.I have proposed one such strategy that supports the injection of programming language concepts into other courses of interest to both students and faculty.