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@Article{Nanney:1976:CSE,
  author =       "T. Ray Nanney",
  title =        "Computer science: an essential course for the liberal
                 arts",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "8",
  number =       "3",
  pages =        "102--105",
  month =        jul,
  year =         "1976",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/952991.804768",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sun Nov 18 08:53:54 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1970.bib",
  note =         "Proceedings of the 6th SIGCSE Symposium on Computer
                 Science Education.",
  abstract =     "There is a wide divergence of opinion as to the
                 appropriate content for an introductory computer
                 science course. Approaches to teaching the subject
                 range from ``computer appreciation'' presentations to
                 rigorous courses for computer science majors. This
                 paper presents the thesis that computer science has
                 reached a level of maturity which allows it to be
                 presented in a stimulating and intellectually honest
                 manner to liberal arts students regardless of their
                 majors, and that such a course is an important, almost
                 essential, part of the curriculum for such students. A
                 rationale for this view will be presented, and a course
                 conforming to the rationale will be described. In many
                 liberal arts institutions, including mine, any subject
                 which may be related to technology is regarded with
                 suspicion; and zealous efforts are made to avoid
                 contamination of the curriculum with unsuitable courses
                 having a technological base. Because the rationale for
                 the course seems to satisfy my colleagues in the more
                 humanistic subjects, it is presented in some detail
                 here for its possible value in other institutions.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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