Des, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hey everyone, > I am trying to show the youth of computer science education in a > small piece i am writing, and I was hoping to refer to when the first > computer science course was ever offered by a university. Does anyone > know offhand where and when it was. i've tried googling, but with > little success thus far.
We generally claim that the Cambridge Diploma course was the first course leading to a qualification in computing. It was first offered in 1953. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/UoCCL/intro/ I believe there were some informal research courses prior to this, in particular the seminars at Princeton organised by von Neumann Alan -- Alan Blackwell Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/afb21/ Phone: +44 (0) 1223 334418 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
