<div dir="ltr">Hi Evan--<div><br></div><div>At Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA), I teach:</div><div><br></div><div>* Hist 121: History in Video Games</div><div>* Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society</div><div>* Hist 346: History of Technology</div><div>* CSCE: Windows Programming with Visual Studio</div><div><br></div><div>The four courses overlap and many students take one on their way to a BA or BS degree in Computer Science. Since several satisfy GUR requirements, which all departments should contribute to, there is a case to be made to offer them. (We also have an Innovation Studies minor that the courses apply to.)</div><div><br></div><div>In general, our CS faculty is overloaded with demand and they appreciate the extra courses, which are allowed as electives. By focusing on history, ethics, and society, I am able to connect to core CS learning outcomes that are sometimes neglected in traditional CS courses. However, justifying a faculty member within the department to teach these topics is an ongoing challenge. My home department is History / Innovation Studies.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Michael</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 9:41 AM Evan Koblentz via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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>
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<div>-- <br>
Evan Koblentz
<p>
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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<a href="mailto:evank@njit.edu" target="_blank">evank@njit.edu</a><br>
(973) 596-3065<br>
<a href="https://web.njit.edu/~evank/" target="_blank">https://web.njit.edu/~evank</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michael J. Halvorson, Ph.D.</div><div>Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History</div><div>Professor of History<br></div><div>Director of Innovation Studies</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>