Reform of Computer Foundation Course for Science and Engineering Major Based on Computational Thinking

Abstract

Computer Foundation is the basis of college’s computer courses, which aims to raise the students' comprehensive quality. To achieve the goal, we performed computer foundation course reform after analyzing the situation of curriculum for science and engineering major. In this paper, first, the concept of computational thinking is discussed. Then, the situation of curriculum for science and engineering major is listed and analyzed. Finally, the reform of our computer foundation course based on computational thinking is elaborated.