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KA subcommittee Chairs (as members of the CS2013 Steering Committee) worked to resolve
conflicts, eliminate redundancies and appropriately categorize and cross-reference topics
between the various KAs. Thus, the computer science community beyond the Steering
Committee played a significant role in shaping the Body of Knowledge throughout the
development of CS2013. This two-year process ultimately converged on the version of the Body
of Knowledge presented here.
Beginning at its summer meeting in 2012, the Steering Committee turned much of its focus to
course and curricular exemplars. In this effort, a broad community engagement was once again a
key component of the process of collecting exemplars for inclusion in the volume. The results of
these efforts are seen in Appendix C which presents these exemplars.
Survey Input
To lay the groundwork for CS2013, the Steering Committee conducted a survey of the use of the
CC2001 and CS2008 volumes. The survey was sent to approximately 1500 Computer Science
(and related discipline) department chairs and directors of undergraduate studies in the United
States and an additional 2000 department chairs internationally. We received 201 responses,
representing a wide range of institutions (self-identified):
● Research-oriented universities (55%)
● Teaching-oriented universities (17.5%)
● Undergraduate-only colleges (22.5%)
● Community colleges (5%)
The institutions also varied considerably in size, with the following distribution:
● Less than 1,000 students (6.5%)
● 1,000 to 5,000 students (30%)
● 5,000 to 10,000 students (19%)
● More than 10,000 students (44.5%)
In response to questions about how they used the CC2001/CS2008 reports, survey respondents
reported that the Body of Knowledge (i.e., the outline of topics that should appear in
undergraduate Computer Science curricula) was the most used component of the reports. When
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