Programs with higher representation of women require a smaller share of core CS credits (26% vs 33%) and offer more flexibility¶
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q2 i? Core CS courses made up 26% of total credits in Group 1 programs versus 33% in Group 3, and Group 1 more often allowed one of multiple courses to fill a requirement. → Albert Lionelle 2024
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Albert Lionelle 2024¶
Albert Lionelle, McKenna Quam, Carla Brodley, and Catherine Gill. 2024. Does Curricular Complexity in Computer Science Influence the Representation of Women CS Graduates?. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (SIGCSE 2024). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630835
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Observational comparison of degree-map requirements across representation groups. The article reports programs making their entire lower-division set a prerequisite for any upper-division course had extremely high complexity and often low representation of women, while higher-representation programs had significantly greater flexibility.
"For Group 1, core CS courses6 made up 26% of the total credits required whereas, for Group 3, they make up 33% of total credits."
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Related Claims¶
- School rank shows little correlation with percentage of women CS graduates (r = -0.36), suggesting prestige does not explain the complexity–representation relationship
- Blocking factors of CS 1 and CS 2 differ significantly across women-representation groups, with lower-blocking programs having higher representation of women — related
- Required CS credits and math credits do not differ significantly across women-representation groups — related
- CS programs with higher structural curricular complexity have lower representation of women graduates (ANOVA across three representation groups) — a broader claim this one bears on
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Programs with higher representation of women require a smaller share of core CS credits (26% vs 33%) and offer more flexibility |
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Programs with higher representation of women require a smaller share of core CS credits (26% vs 33%) and offer more flexibility |
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