Howdy,<br><br>Yup, C++ has been tossed to the side for Java instead. I have mixed feelings about that, especially since I'm in charge of coordinating all of the material for people teaching the first intro class, but we'll run with Java for a few years and see how it goes. Adding a required C course (which used to be optional/elective) made me feel a bit better about the whole switch.<br>
<br>Perl is still alive and well at UNO. In fact, it's now in two classes: CIST 1300 (Introduction to Web Development) and CSCI 2850 (Programming on the Internet). It's now a one-two punch of Perl and other webby things. I'm restructuring 2850 for the spring 2009 semester and still trying to figure out what to cover. All I know right now is that it's the second in a two-course sequence of Perl-y things. :)<br>
<br>So Perl is alive and well at UNO. Python, not so much, since I replaced it in 1300 with Perl.<br><br>;)<br>-- b<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Jay Weston Hannah <<a href="mailto:jhannah@mail.unomaha.edu">jhannah@mail.unomaha.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Huh.<br>
<br>Looks like UNO is abandoning C++ (and Perl and Python?) and moving to Java and C?<br><br>Bob? Perl?<br><br>j<br></font><br><br><font color="#990099">-----Forwarded by Jay Weston Hannah/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR on 06/23/2008 07:23PM -----</font><div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid black; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;">From: Farida Majid/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR<br>Date: 06/16/2008 03:52PM<br>Subject: FYI (C++ to Java Change in CIST 1400 & CSCI 1620)<br>
<br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The following message is being
send to all IS&T undergraduate students. If you have completed
CIST 1400 Intro to Computer Programming and CSCI 1620 Computer Science
II then you can ignore this message.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The Computer Science undergraduate
degree program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is implementing the
following changes to its courses starting Fall 2008:</font>
<br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">1. To
be consistent with the high school AP programming requirements in the region
and country, Java is going to be used as the programming language of instruction
in the "CIST 1400 Introduction to Computer Programming" course, including
its laboratory section CIST 1404, and the "CSCI 1620 Introduction to Computer
Science II" course. </font>
<br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">2. The
"CSCI 1840 Advanced Topics in C" course will be changed to "CSCI 1840
Programming in C." For computer science majors, CSCI 1840 will be
a core requirement to complete the undergraduate degree. This class can
also be used by other programs needing the C language as a foundation for
subsequent coursework.</font>
<br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">3. For
those departments/colleges that still need C++ as a requirement for subsequent
coursework, the computer science program will continue to offer the "CSCI
2840 C++ and Object Oriented Programming" course.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A transition schedule related to
the change in the programming language of instruction in CIST 1400/1404
and CSCI 1620 is given below:</font>
<br>
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr valign="top">
<td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Semester</font>
</td><td colspan="2">
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">CS 1 (CIST 1400/1404)</font></div>
</td><td colspan="2">
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">CS 2 (CSCI 1620)</font></div>
</td></tr><tr valign="top">
<td>
<br></td><td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"># Java sections</font>
</td><td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"># C++ sections</font>
</td><td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"># Java sections</font>
</td><td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"># C++ sections</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top">
<td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Fall 2008</font>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">9</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">0</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">0*</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">3</font></div>
</td></tr><tr valign="top">
<td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Spring 2009</font>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">9</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">0</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">2</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">2</font></div>
</td></tr><tr valign="top">
<td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Fall 2009</font>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">9</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">0</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">2 or 3?</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">1 or 2?</font></div>
</td></tr><tr valign="top">
<td><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Spring 2010</font>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">9</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">0</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">4</font></div>
</td><td>
<div align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">0</font></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
</font>
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