@conference {13425,
	title = {Broadening student enthusiasm for computer science with a great insights course},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education},
	series = {SIGCSE {\textquoteright}10},
	year = {2010},
	month = {2010///},
	pages = {157 - 161},
	publisher = {ACM},
	organization = {ACM},
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	abstract = {We describe the "Great Insights in Computer Science" courses that are taught at Rutgers and UMBC. These courses were designed independently, but have in common a broad, engaging introduction to computing for non-majors. Both courses include a programming component to help the students gain an intuition for computational concepts, but neither is primarily programming focused. We present data to show that these courses attract a diverse group of students; are rated positively; and increase students{\textquoteright} understanding of, and attitudes towards, computing and computational issues.},
	keywords = {attitudes towards computing, introductory courses},
	isbn = {978-1-4503-0006-3},
	doi = {10.1145/1734263.1734317},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1734263.1734317},
	author = {desJardins, Marie and Littman,Michael}
}
