An Update on UW Intro Classes Stuart Reges Principal Lecturer University of Washington

General overview Same basic approach to intro, but trying to constantly improve everything we do Intro enrollments are up (record highs) Female enrollments are up (record highs) Applications to the CSE major are up (near record highs) Implementing a new undergrad curriculum Actively working with local high schools

Applicants to CSE Major

CSE14X Enrollment Trend

Percent Female Enrollment

New Undergraduate Courses

High School Outreach Google sponsored cs4hs summer program for high school math/science teachers Recently formed Puget Sound CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association) CSTA meets monthly at UW and has hosted programming contests, teacher workshops, and a puzzle hunt for girls One of our alums now teaching at Garfield Join the CSTA Google group:

CSE143 Basics students in a large lecture hall 3 days a week small group discussion twice a week with approximately 20 students and an undergraduate TA weekly programming assignments

Major CSE143 Themes Anatomy of a collection: ArrayIntList (to understand ArrayList ) Linked lists Recursion, including backtracking Binary Trees Collections (Map, Set, List, Comparable) OO Concepts (inheritance, interfaces) Little OO Design and no practice with programs that involve many objects

CSE143 Assignments 1SortedIntListarrays, classes 2LetterInventoryarrays, classes 3Assassinlinked lists 4Sievequeue adt 5Grammar Solverrecursion, map 6Anagram Solverbacktracking, map 720 Questionsbinary trees 8Huffmanbinary trees, priority queue