In New Partnership, U of I Doctoral Students Will Provide Supervised Instruction of NIC Computer Science Courses
January 24, 2024
COEUR D鈥橝LENE, Idaho 鈥� Doctoral students from 果冻传媒麻豆社 Coeur d鈥橝lene will now be able to give supervised instruction to North Idaho College students in associate-level computer science courses offered at the NIC campus.
U聽of聽I and NIC are partnering under the new 鈥淣orth Idaho Fellowship for Excellence in Computer Science and Robotics Engineering,鈥� and U聽of聽I Coeur d鈥橝lene Center Executive Officer Andrew Fields said the agreement benefits all students involved.
鈥淭his partnership is a win-win because not only do our doctoral students get valuable supervised teaching experience, but NIC students get access to computer science instructors that are otherwise unavailable in today鈥檚 local market,鈥� Fields said.
Fellows will be selected and supervised by U聽of聽I computer science faculty, and NIC and U聽of聽I will collaborate on curriculum and instructional delivery for the courses. The partnership is set to begin in the Fall 2024 semester and continue for four years.听
All courses offered through the fellowship are associate-degree level courses that NIC currently offers; however, faculty shortages have stalled enrollment in computer science courses, which include computer organization and assembly language, programming language, computer operating systems and system software.听
U聽of聽I鈥檚 Dean of Engineering Suzanna Long said bringing undergraduate and graduate students together can forge an important and impactful connection.听
鈥淪upervised teaching experiences will provide these fellows with amazing opportunities to share their passion for computer science with a rising audience of undergraduate students and may help the fellows find their career path,鈥� Long said.
The fellowship agreement will strengthen and streamline pathways for local computer science students by enabling them to pursue each academic degree level 鈥� from an associate to a doctorate 鈥� at the NIC campus in downtown Coeur d鈥橝lene.听
The Hedlund Building on NIC鈥檚 campus is home to both NIC鈥檚 computer science program and U聽of聽I Coeur d鈥橝lene鈥檚 computer science program, which is a program within the university鈥檚 College of Engineering. U聽of聽I鈥檚 Center for Intelligent Industrial Robotics is also based out of the Vandal computer science program housed in the Hedlund Building on NIC鈥檚 campus.听
鈥淭his partnership is important for U聽of聽I and NIC to help meet the needs of a rapidly growing industry in a rapidly growing state,鈥� Fields said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a good investment for both higher education and the industry throughout Idaho and the nation, and the benefits to computer science students in Coeur d鈥橝lene cannot be overstated.鈥澛�
For more information, contact U聽of聽I Coeur d鈥橝lene at 208-667-2588 or cdactr@uidaho.edu.听
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