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@Article{Cook:1977:AIC,
  author =       "Robert N. Cook",
  title =        "An approach to the introductory computer science
                 course for non-majors",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "9",
  number =       "3",
  pages =        "30--33",
  month =        aug,
  year =         "1977",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/382175.803428",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sun Nov 18 08:53:57 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1970.bib",
  note =         "Special issue on the Eighth Technical Symposium on
                 Computer Science Education.",
  abstract =     "The course described in this paper is intended for
                 students who are not majoring in computer science or
                 mathematics. In a typical semester students majoring in
                 such diverse fields as dietetics, sociology,
                 psychology, elementary education, accounting,
                 broadcasting, physical education, music, industrial
                 technology, English, business administration, chemistry
                 and secretarial science are enrolled in the course.
                 Virtually the only common element in the background of
                 the students enrolled in the course is their lack of a
                 previous university course in either mathematics or
                 computer science. The highest level of mathematical
                 education that may be expected is first year high
                 school algebra; occasionally even that expectation is
                 too high.$^4$ For students with this background many of
                 the available textbooks are not satisfactory. This
                 paper will attempt to further clarify the nature of the
                 course by stating its objectives, by discussing the
                 choice of a language for the course, by discussing what
                 topics normally included in available textbooks are not
                 desirable, and finally by suggesting topics which are
                 desirable in an introductory course for non majors.",
  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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