[SIGCIS-Members] History courses in CS departments

[Evan Koblentz]

Thank you to everyone who replied to my post from yesterday.

I determined that at least five universities -- Yale, Cornell, 
Colorado/Boulder, Minnesota, and Athens -- all have history courses, not 
just special topics (as is my current course), as part of the catalogs 
in technical departments. I shared that list and the course links with 
my department administration.


On 2/15/23 12:40 PM, Evan Koblentz 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
>
-- 
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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