Outreach

Iverson Computing Science Exam

The Iverson Computing Science Exam is part of a program to allow students to use their high school experience in computer science for university admission in Alberta.  The University of Calgary now recognizes Alberta Education’s Computer Science advanced courses on par with Physics 30, Biology 30 and Chemistry 30 for admission purposes to the Faculty of Science.  Please see the University’s admission webpage for more detail. 

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High School Speaker's Bureau

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary is proud to launch a new Speaker’s Bureau for high schools in Calgary. As part of our outreach program, the mission of this bureau is to engage our department in the high school computer science curricula development and to share our knowledge and exciting experience in computer science with high school students.

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Computer Science Education Week 2011

Computer Science Education Week (Dec 4 - 10, 2011) is an international event designated by the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels. The development of CSEdWeek is a joint effort led by ACM with the cooperation and deep involvement of the Computer Science Teachers Association, the Computing Research Association, the National Center for Women & Information Technology, the Anita Borg Institute, the National Science Foundation, Google Inc., Intel, and Microsoft.

In the 2010 celebration, we had 23 Canadian universities participating in this event.  This year, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary would like to offer two special events to high school students and teachers.  Click here to find out details...