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## Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath

#### Razvan A. Mezei [1]

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In this paper we propose an introduction to programming course using SageMath for non-Computer Science majors. A course outline on developing and designing the course is briefly presented. Given the large number of packages available in SageMath, such a course could easily be tweaked to match the need of a diverse student population, whether it is dominated by students majoring in Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a mix of these. We also include some course evaluation results from the first iteration of the course.

CS 0, CS 0.5, non-major courses, SageMath, Python, introductory programming language, first-year computing
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Primary Language en Engineering Articles Author: Razvan A. Mezei (Primary Author)Institution: Saint Martin's UniversityCountry: United States Publication Date: June 30, 2019
 Bibtex @research article { tjmcs522995, journal = {Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science}, issn = {}, eissn = {2148-1830}, address = {Matematikçiler Derneği}, year = {2019}, volume = {11}, pages = {24 - 28}, doi = {}, title = {Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath}, key = {cite}, author = {Mezei, Razvan A.} } APA Mezei, R . (2019). Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath. Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, 11 (1), 24-28. Retrieved from http://dergipark.org.tr/tjmcs/issue/46614/522995 MLA Mezei, R . "Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath". Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science 11 (2019): 24-28 Chicago Mezei, R . "Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath". Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science 11 (2019): 24-28 RIS TY - JOUR T1 - Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath AU - Razvan A. Mezei Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 N1 - DO - T2 - Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science JF - Journal JO - JOR SP - 24 EP - 28 VL - 11 IS - 1 SN - -2148-1830 M3 - UR - Y2 - 2019 ER - EndNote %0 Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath %A Razvan A. Mezei %T Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath %D 2019 %J Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science %P -2148-1830 %V 11 %N 1 %R %U ISNAD Mezei, Razvan A. . "Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath". Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science 11 / 1 (June 2019): 24-28. AMA Mezei R . Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath. TJMCS. 2019; 11(1): 24-28. Vancouver Mezei R . Teaching an Introductory Programming Course to Non-Computer Science Majors Using SageMath. Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science. 2019; 11(1): 28-24.