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Career Paths in Computing. Computing is:. Creative, Social, In demand!. See videos at http :// www.code.org/. Half of STEM job openings are for computer specialists. 0.5 million engineers. 2.8 million STEM openings. 1.4 million CS.
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Computing is: • Creative, • Social, • In demand! See videos at http://www.code.org/
Half of STEM job openings are for computer specialists 0.5 million engineers 2.8 million STEM openings 1.4 million CS Reproduced in PCAST Report to the President, Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in STEM, Feb 2012, p.78.
Computer Specialties in demand! From media.act.org/documents/CCCR12-NationalReadinessRpt.pdf
Other Career Paths need CT • Computational Thinking (CT) Using automation, abstraction, and analysis. It’s more than programming! • All STEM jobs need CT Skills • Non-STEM jobs need CT Skills • Especially needed are ________ Who Program Biologists Who Program Marketing Specialists Who Program
Computing Degrees and Careers • Computer EngineeringIncludes hardware. Hardware/software/communications. • Computer ScienceMost common degree category. Broad, emphasizing math. • Information TechnologyInfrastructure and user needs. Can include systems to support learning and information dissemination. • Information SystemsHandling information for businesses and other organizations. • Software EngineeringFocus on large-scale software systems, emphasizes collaboration, reliability, maintainability.
References PCAST (2012). Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in STEM, p.76. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_feb.pdf ACM (2013) Computing Degrees and Careers. Retrieved from http://computingcareers.acm.org/?page_id=6