CSC 253 - Seminar in Computing for the Community I, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): CSC 210 or CSC 211 or CSC 212
This course and its companion course, Seminar in Computing for the Community II, offers students the opportunity to develop technical skills to fulfill a computing project that can aid a community organization in furthering their objectives. Students learn about the needs-technical and civic-of an organization, gain insight into the cultural context in which the organization operates, and develop a computing project that will then be deployed to the community organization.