[SIGCIS-Members] History courses in CS departments

[Lachlan Kermode]

Hi Evan- it’s not exactly a history course, but I teach a seminar targeted at final year undergead students in Brown University’s CS department called “CS for Social Change” in which we cover _some_ labor history (very peremptorily), in case it’s helpful: https://cs-for-social-change.ohrg.org/

This is part of the Socially Responsible Computing program, which is a department-wide initiative to integrate certain kinds of socio-historical thinking in the undergraduate CS curriculum, website here: http://ethics.cs.brown.edu/

(We’re working on making our materials more public, so there’s not as much info as there could be on this side currently— but I’m happy to share more details about it if anything specifically interests.)

Best,
Lachlan Kermode

On 15 Feb 2023, at 12:52, Christine Finn via Members <members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:


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<mailto: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?

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Evan Koblentz

New Jersey Institute of Technology
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- Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing
- Faculty/Staff Advisor, NJIT Lego Club

evank at njit.edu<mailto:evank at njit.edu>
(973) 596-3065
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