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Integrating a Project Component into the Introductory Computer Science and Information Systems Curriculum Yana Kortsarts Widener University Chester, PA 19013 USA Jeff Rufinus Widener University Chester, PA 19013 USA

Abstract: We present a way to integrate a project component into an Introduction to Computer Science 2 course – the second core course in the Computer Science and Information Systems curriculum. An academic service-learning form of participation in the project is presented and discussed. Our experience and assessment results of integrating a project component into the Introduction to Computer Science 2 course during the Spring 05 and Spring 06 semesters are reported and discussed.

Keywords: research component, service learning, introductory computer science and information systems curriculum, pedagogy

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Recommended Citation: Kortsarts and Rufinus (2007). Integrating a Project Component into the Introductory Computer Science and Information Systems Curriculum. Information Systems Education Journal, 5 (6). http://isedj.org/5/6/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2006: §2323. ISSN: 1542-7382.)