Word: cs50
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ferrell was not the only one shocked by the overflowing lecture hall A. course that typically draws 150 students. "Computer Science 50: Introduction to Computer Science I" (CS50) claimed well over 400 bodies on its first shopping day. One factor in the growth was popular professor Margot I. Seltzer's teaching style...
Like many of the 276 students enrolled in this year's CS50 class, Ferrell does not plan to concentrate in computer science...
...first-year biochemistry concentrator decided to take CS50 because "I wanted to learn computer programming," he says. "It's a really valuable skill. Computers are a part of every field today...
...CS50 also teaches students how to use the Internet system, which was a drawing point for Ferrell. The Internet "gives you access to an incredible amount of information: computer programs, demo programs, the menu for dinner, the weather report," says Ferrell...
...Before CS50 no class really ever taught Internet," says Joshua Z. Heller '94, a Computer Science concentrator. "It's really a new thing because of the mass involvement and availability of information has just developed over the past few years...