PREFACE
Choice of Topics
In putting together the outline of topics for this CS0 text, we used many sources. We looked at course catalogue descriptions and book outlines, and we administered a questionnaire designed to find out what you, our colleagues, thought should be included in such a course. We asked you and ourselves to do the following:
■ Please list four topics that you feel students should master in a CS0 course if this is the only computer science course they will take during their college experience.
■ Please list four topics that you would like students entering your CS1 course to have mastered.
■ Please list four additional topics that you would like your CS1 students to be familiar with.
The strong consensus that emerged from ...
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