Beauty and the beast: New approaches to teaching computing for humanities students at the University of Aberdeen

The history and development of a new undergraduate course teaching computing to humanities students at the University of Aberdeen are discussed. Teaching computing to humanities students appears to be viewed with suspicion by some computer science and humanities departments, and the course at the Un...

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Published in:Language resources and evaluation 1992-08, Vol.26 (4), p.267
Main Authors: Holland, Simon, Burgess, Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
College students
Colleges & universities
Computation
Computer science
Computers
Curricula
Higher education
Humanities
Students
Teaching
Teaching methods
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Summary:The history and development of a new undergraduate course teaching computing to humanities students at the University of Aberdeen are discussed. Teaching computing to humanities students appears to be viewed with suspicion by some computer science and humanities departments, and the course at the University of Aberdeen was an attempt to reverse any such attitudes.
ISSN:1574-020X
1574-0218