Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
- Discipline
- Keyword
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Education
Developing A Multi-Platform Application To Facilitate Internal Campus Hiring, Carissa Patton
Developing A Multi-Platform Application To Facilitate Internal Campus Hiring, Carissa Patton
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Undergraduate research has proven to be highly beneficial to students, yet there are many students who do not know how to get involved or who are too timid to approach professors to inquire about potential research opportunities. Our hypothesis is that a cross-platform application has the potential to bridge the gap and help more students get involved in undergraduate research by providing them information about open positions and the faculty or staff members who are mentoring the projects. The key focus of this thesis is to develop an application that provides details about participating faculty or staff including their research …
Arkansas' Coding For All - Is It Really Reaching All Students?, Kaitlin Mckenzie
Arkansas' Coding For All - Is It Really Reaching All Students?, Kaitlin Mckenzie
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
The Arkansas Computer Science Initiative required every high school to offer at least one computer science course by the 2015-16 academic year. Schools that did not have a qualified teacher were given access to online courses. It is important to point out that students do not need a computer science course to graduate, but credit in a computer science course could replace a 3rd science credit requirement or a 4th math credit requirement (ADE / ARCareerED Computer Science Fact Sheet). Some initial success has already been demonstrated. In 2014- 15 there were sixty computer science classes offered in all of …