Project materials and updates

For departments and institutions

Resources that support mission-aligned CS program design at liberal arts institutions, including example curricular models, program review tools, and case studies.

• Current Process Workbook - Word Doc
• Current Process Workbook - Google Doc (copy to own workspace)

Check back for additional guides and templates as they become available.

For researchers and practitioners

Public instruments, study summaries, and publications that document lessons learned about curriculum design, institutional alignment, and student pathways in liberal arts CS programs.

Public MAP-CS data repository

• MAP-CS Public Research Data Repository

Foundational research

• CS2023 Computer Science Curriculum Guidelines: A New Liberal Arts Perspective
  ACM Inroads, February 2025.
• Computer Science Curriculum Guidelines: A New Liberal Arts Perspective
  SIGCSE 2023, A. Holland-Minkley, J. Barnard, V. Barr, G. Braught, J. Davis, D. Reed, K. Schmitt, A. Tartaro, J. Teresco.
• CS Curricular Innovations with a Liberal Arts Philosophy
  SIGCSE 2022, J. Teresco, A. Tartaro, A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught, J. Barnard, D. Baldwin.
• Report of the SIGCSE committee on computing education in liberal arts colleges
  ACM Inroads, April 2019. D. Baldwin, A. Holland-Minkley, G. Braught.

Links to additional open-access publications and presentation materials will be posted as they are released.