By George E. Forsythe
Communications of the ACM,
January 1967,
Vol. 10 No. 1, Pages 3-11
10.1145/363018.363038
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After a review of the power of contemporary computers, computer science is defined in several ways. The objectives of computer science education are stated, and it is asserted that in a North American university these will be achieved only through a computer science department. The program at Stanford University is reviewed as an example. The appendices include syllabi of Ph.D. qualifying examinations for Stanford's Computer Science Department.
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