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Bridging the Gap: Computing Education Challenges and Solutions at Columbus State University

Learn about the declining trend in computer science majors, gender disparities, workforce projections, and solutions offered at TSYS School of Computer Science. Explore academic programs, industry collaborations, and career opportunities in computing.

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Bridging the Gap: Computing Education Challenges and Solutions at Columbus State University

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  1. WELCOMETeacher Computing Workshop Wayne Summers TSYS School of Computer Science Columbus State University -------------------------------- June 10, 2014

  2. Did you Know 2014?(7.36 min) Columbus State University

  3. Outline • THE Challenge • Jobs vs. Graduates • The Pipeline • The NEED • Solutions & Resources • Q&A Columbus State University

  4. Challenges in the U.S. • The number of Computer Science majors dropped 40-50% nationwide between 2001-2008 • The percentage of women has dropped to about 10% • From a high of about 40% in the early 80s • Not One Girl Took The AP Computer Science Test In Some States TSYS School of Computer Science

  5. CS/IT Crisis

  6. The missing 70% (AP demographics)

  7. Troubling statistics • http://code.org/promote Columbus State University

  8. Computing / IT in Georgia • 54% of projected job openings could be filled by computing degrees. • AP Computer Science Test-takers 2009: 743 • Degrees Earned in Computer and Information Sciences 2007-2008 Academic YearAssociate's: 818Bachelor's: 1168 TOTAL: 2511Master's: 467Doctoral: 58 • Projected Workforce Indicators (2006-2016) Average Annual Computing Job Openings: 466010-year Percent Change in Computing Jobs: 24.8%10-year Change in Number of Computing Jobs: 24,050 http://www.ncwit.org/edjobsmap

  9. Challenges for the U.S. • Projections of 46% job growth over the next 10 years! • By 2018, there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings. • US universities will have generated enough graduates to fill about 1/3 of these openings. TSYS School of Computer Science

  10. Careers at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft 8 min 43 11/6/2014 13

  11. The NEED • Professionals in computing say that you should like: • Problem solving • Working with others in a team • Being creative • Problem solving • Problem solving TSYS School of Computer Science

  12. Solutions / Resources • Computer Science Teachers Association • CS Principles - www.csprinciples.org • code.org : • CODING: What most schools don't teach(5 min) • Hour of code - http://code.org/learn • Educator resources-http://code.org/educate • CS Education Week Dec. 8-14, 2014 Columbus State University

  13. Solutions / Resources • THE HOUSE STUDENT APP CHALLENGE • FIRST LEGO LEAGUE • Hackathon • Activ8 Summer Camps Columbus State University

  14. TSYS School of Computer Science 8:42 min

  15. Some Quick Facts about CS Students • Over 400 undergraduates • Over 100 graduate students • Increasing student research opportunities • Variety of internship and coop opportunities • Study-abroad opportunities • ACM Student Chapter TSYS School of Computer Science

  16. Academic Programs in Computer Science • CS vs. IT vs. IS • BS Computer Science - Applied Track • BS Computer Science - Games Track • BS Computer Science - Systems Track • BS Information Technology • BS Information Technology (online) • Combined BS/MS Computer Science • Computer Science Teaching Endorsement

  17. Academic Programs in Computer Science • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science • Software Systems • designed for students who plan on continuing to a graduate program in Computer Science or who want a more traditional and theoretical degree • Applied Computing • less theoretical with a focus on mainframe programming and web programming • Games Programming • designed for students who plan on continuing to a graduate program in Computer Science or who want to work in the gaming, modeling, and simulation industry • Minor Computer Science (18 semester hours) TSYS School of Computer Science

  18. Collaboration with Industry • Internships for students • Collaborative Research in: • Security / CyberForensics • Mobile App Development • Wireless Networking / Pervasive Computing • Modeling and Simulations (Serious Games) • Software Development • Data Visualization • Data Warehousing / Data Mining / Data Analytics • Legacy Code Translation

  19. Computers in the 1940s How many computers in the picture on the left? TSYS School of Computer Science

  20. Employment for CS/IT Graduates 2011-2013

  21. Q & A Dr. Wayne SummersTSYS School of Computer ScienceColumbus State Universitywsummers@columbusstate.edu http://csc.columbusstate.edu/summers Columbus State University

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