* "Ada-First Schools" - please help me update this list
@ 1997-02-17 0:00 Michael Feldman
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Hi -
Sorry to bother you. With SIGCSE just around the corner, I'm
trying to get materials ready for the usual SIGAda exhibit there.
Please help me make sure the attached list is up to date. I'd
appreciate getting _first-hand_ notice of changes. Please respond
directly to me at mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu; don't bother the newsgroup
members again!
Thanks!
Mike Feldman
SIGAda Education Chair
--- list here ---
Ada as a Foundation Programming Language
February 1997
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/faculty/mfeldman/CS1-2.html
Michael B. Feldman
Chair, ACM-SIGAda Education Working Group
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-5919 (voice) -- (202) 994-0227 (fax)
mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu
http://www.seas.gwu/edu/faculty/mfeldman
* Introduction
* Multi-Year Trends in Adopting Ada as Foundation Language
* Ada in First-Level Courses Around the World
* Ada in Other Foundation Courses Around the World
Introduction
This report lists the colleges and universities known -- or at least
credibly believed -- to have adopted Ada as a "foundation language," which
means in one of the first few computing courses taken by students majoring
in the field.
Computing curricula are far from standardized, and there is much variation
from institution to institution depending upon local needs and politics. The
courses I have in mind are:
* The introductory-level course taught to majors in the first year (some
refer to this as "CS1");
* The second course, which follows the "CS1" course, which is, in
general, devoted mostly to algorithms and data structures (some refer
to this as "CS2");
* In some institutions, one or both of the above courses are "pre-major",
so the third course is the first one taught specifically to majors.
This is often a more advanced data structures course or similar.
Given the local variations, It is difficult to write a one-size-fits-all
definition of the courses I'm tracking, but I hope you get the idea. Nobody
has enough time to track everything happening in computing curricula; I
choose, therefore, to keep track of precisely these courses because they are
taken by majors in either first or second year, and thus early enough to
serve as a foundation upon which to build a large portion of the software
curriculum.
Others, especially the Ada Information Clearinghouse, try to keep track of
all courses using Ada. There are many examples of Ada in advanced
undergraduate courses in programming languages, software engineering,
real-time systems, and so on. While I am certainly interested in these, I am
not maintaining a list of them as I am this list of foundation courses.
This data is, for the most part, verifiable, based on first-hand reports
from the teachers of those courses. In a few cases, publishers' textbook
adoption data was used. I would like to keep this list as complete and up to
date as possible, so please let me know of any additions or corrections.
Multi-Year Trends in Adopting Ada as a Foundation Language
First consider the trend information since 1991, when I first started
keeping track of this information. I update the current year dynamically, as
I learn of changes. Note that the decline in second-course institutions is
largely due to these institutions moving to first-course status. A few of
the programs listed are using Ada in an introductory course in a graduate
curriculum; where this is not mentioned specifically, the program is an
undergraduate one.
Number of Institutions Number of Institutions
Year Introducing Ada in the First Introducing Ada in a Second or Total
Major Course Data Structures Course
1991 20 20 40
1992 30 27 57
1993 52 33 85
1994 63 37 100
1995 97 41 138
1996 111 39 150
1997 113 38 151
Now the list of colleges and universities.
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Colleges and Universities Introducing Ada as the First Language Taught in a
Computing Curriculum.
1. Allan Hancock College, California
2. Armstrong State College, Georgia
3. Auburn University
4. Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra
5. Birmingham Southern College, Alabama
6. California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
7. California State University, Fullerton
8. California State University, Long Beach
9. Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
10. Clemson University, South Carolina
11. Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France
12. Covenant College, Georgia
13. Cranfield University, United Kingdom
14. Cypress College, California
15. Daniel Webster College, New Hampshire
16. Ecole d'Ingenieurs de Geneve, Switzerland
17. Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingenieurs des Constructions Aeronautiques
18. Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne, France
19. Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Paris, France
20. Ecole Superieure en Sciences Informatiques, Nice, France
21. Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
22. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona and Florida campuses
23. ENIEV, Switzerland
24. Fayetteville State University, North Carolina
25. Flinders University, Australia
26. Florida Institute of Technology
27. Florida State University
28. Formation d'Ingenieurs en Informatique de la Faculte d'Orsay, France
29. Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
30. George Mason University, Virginia (Graduate SE Program)
31. The George Washington University, Washington, DC
32. Hampton University, Virginia
33. Indiana-Purdue University, Ft. Wayne
34. Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, Toulouse, France
35. Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
36. LeMoyne College, New York
37. Lenoir-Rhyne College, North Carolina
38. Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
39. Loyola Marymount University, California
40. Marion County Technical Center, West Virginia
41. Marshall University, West Virginia
42. Mary Washington College, Virginia
43. Montana State University
44. Moravian College, Pennsylvania
45. Murray State University, Kentucky
46. Muskingum College, Ohio
47. National Defense Management College at Taiwan, Republic of China
48. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (Graduate)
49. New York University (honors section)
50. Norwich University, Vermont
51. Otterbein College, Ohio
52. Radford University, Virginia
53. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
54. Royal Military Academy, Belgium
55. Sacred Heart University, Connecticut
56. Saint Mary College, Kansas
57. Salem State College, Massachusetts
58. Sam Houston State University, Texas
59. San Diego Mesa College, California
60. Santa Clara University
61. Seattle University
62. South Bank University, United Kingdom
63. Southampton Institute of Higher Education, United Kingdom
64. Southern Arkansas University
65. St. Cloud State Univ., Minnesota
66. State University of New York at Plattsburgh
67. Stockton College of New Jersey
68. Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
69. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
70. Technical College of Albstadt-Sigmaringen (Germany)
71. Technical College of Berlin, Germany
72. Truman State University, Missouri (formerly Northeast Mo. State)
73. United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
74. United States Military Academy at West Point
75. Universite de Quebec a Montreal, Canada
76. Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France
77. University of Adelaide, Australia
78. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
79. University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
80. University of Aston, United Kingdom
81. University of Bradford, United Kingdom
82. University of Brighton, United Kingdom
83. University of Canberra, Australia
84. University of Cantabria, Spain
85. University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
86. University of Cincinnati (Raymond Walters College), Ohio
87. University of Dayton, Ohio
88. University of the German Armed Forces at Munich
89. University of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
90. University of Glasgow, Scotland
91. University of Hannover, Germany
92. University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom
93. University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
94. University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
95. University of Luton, United Kingdom
96. University of Maryland (University College)
97. University of Montana - Missoula
98. University of Muenster, Germany
99. University of New Orleans
100. University of North Dakota
101. University of Northern Iowa (effective Fall 1997)
102. University of Paisley, United Kingdom
103. University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
104. University of Rome at Tor Vergata, Italy
105. University of Salzburg, Austria
106. University of Sofia, Bulgaria
107. University of South Dakota
108. University of South Florida
109. University of Stafford, United Kingdom
110. University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
111. Valparaiso University, Indiana
112. Vaxjo University, Sweden
113. West Virginia University
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Colleges and Universities Introducing Ada Not as the First Language but
Rather in a Second or Third Foundation Course
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1. Briar Cliff College, Iowa
2. College of West Virginia, Beckley
3. Davis and Elkins College, West Virginia
4. Ecole d'Ingenieurs de l'Etat de Vaud, Switzerland
5. Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile, Toulouse, France
6. Florida International University
7. Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
8. Georgia State University
9. Indiana University, New Albany
10. Mesa State College, Colorado
11. Monterey Peninsula College, California
12. Mount Mercy College, Iowa
13. National University, California
14. Nicholls State University, Louisiana
15. Norfolk State University, Virginia
16. Oglethorpe University, Georgia
17. Ohio University, Athens
18. Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
19. Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana
20. Southwest Baptist College, Missouri
21. Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania
22. State University of New York at Fredonia
23. Technical University of Madrid, School of Informatics
24. Technical University of Madrid, School of Telecommunication Engineering
25. Universidade Do Vale Do Rio Dos Sinos (Brazil)
26. University Carlos III, Getafe (Madrid)
27. Universite de Valenciennes, France
28. University of Alaska, Fairbanks
29. University of Geneva, Switzerland
30. University of Missouri, Columbia
31. University of Scranton, Pennsylvania
32. University of Seville, Spain
33. University of Texas, Austin (periodically)
34. University of Texas, Permian Basin
35. University of York, United Kingdom
36. University of Zaragoza, Spain
37. Weber State University, Utah
38. Western New England College, Massachusetts
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