[SIGCIS-Members] History courses in CS departments

[Christine Finn]

Hi Evan, it is not a contemporary US course but if it is any help to know,
I gave lectures on retro tech at the Univ of Bristol, UK, for at least a
decade as part of the contemporary archaeology strand. I continue to
publishing in that field, and Artifacts is still in print!

cheers, Christine

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 17:42, Evan Koblentz via Members <
members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been teaching a special topics course in computer history for three
> semesters here at NJIT. The university policy is three semesters maximum,
> then the course must be made permanent or cancelled. So I'm going through
> the process of trying to make it permanent.
>
> The department administration supports it, but it has to be voted on by
> the rank-and-file faculty, many of whom don't seem to understand the value
> of a history course -- or at least not of a history course in a technical
> department, rather than through our humanities college.
>
> It would help if I can show them other examples. Can anyone point me
> existing examples of history courses in CS, EE, or other technical
> departments at U.S. universities?
> --
> Evan Koblentz
>
> New Jersey Institute of Technology
> - Senior Writer, Office of Strategic Communications
> - Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing
> - Faculty/Staff Advisor, NJIT Lego Club
>
> evank at njit.edu
> (973) 596-3065
> https://web.njit.edu/~evank
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