A Survey of Undergraduate Theory of Computing Curricula
Ryan Edward Dougherty, Timothy W. Randolph, Tzu-Yi Chen, Jeff Erickson, Matthew Ferland, Dennis Komm, Jonathan Liu, Timothy Ng, Seth Poulsen, Ana Smaranda Sandu, Michael Shindler, Edward Talmage, Thomas Zeume · 2024
Theory of Computing (ToC) is an important aspect of nearly every undergraduate CS curriculum, as it concerns what computation fundamentally means. However, there has been little research into ToC pedagogy, both within the classroom and how it fits within its institutional context. We propose in this working group to create a survey of current ToC pedagogy. Our goals are to create a standard for teaching ToC, find trends, determine under-researched areas, and to build a community among ToC educators.