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<p>Our students started taking it partially because they thought it
would be "easy" and partially because the ACM chapter leaders knew
me (through my daytime job here, as a writer in the university
communications office), so they recommended the course to their
peers. Now it's in the third semester and the course has been very
popular. For the current semester, the course is full at 43
students, and there were two dozen on the waiting list.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/23 1:44 PM, Len Shustek via
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I am currently teaching a short course in the history of computing
at
Stanford, but in the "Continuing Studies" (adult education)
department.<br>
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I had previously pitched it to both the EE and CS departments. My
conclusion after those discussions was that the faculty would be
interested but, sadly, it was unlikely that the students would be.
They
are too focused on creating the next unicorn to be bothered with
history.<br>
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Len Shustek<br>
Founding Chairman Emeritus<br>
Computer History Museum<br>
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At 09:40 AM 2/15/2023, Evan Koblentz via Members wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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?<br>
-- <br>
Evan Koblentz <br>
<br>
New Jersey Institute of Technology<br>
- Senior Writer, Office of Strategic Communications<br>
- Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing<br>
- Faculty/Staff Advisor, NJIT Lego Club<br>
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Evan Koblentz
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New Jersey Institute of Technology<br>
- Senior Writer, Office of Strategic Communications<br>
- Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing<br>
- Faculty/Staff Advisor, NJIT Lego Club</p>
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