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Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000187 EndHTML:0000037148 StartFragment:0000003337 EndFragment:0000037112 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/reidsmith/Desktop/THESIS%20BASED%20RESEARCH.doc I. Rationale for Research/intro a. I choose to research computer science because I am planning to major in the field in college and I would like to know what our my options during and after college. b. What is involved in the computer science fields and why are there so few women in this field. c. What majors can be complete in the field, how long will it take to complete, and reasons why people enter the field of computer science. II. Research a. Weyuker, Elaine "ACM-W Celebrates Women in Computing."// Communications of the ACM //52.6 (2009): 5.// Business Source Premier//. EBSCO. Web. 8 Oct. 2009. [] i. Because of the small amount of women in the computer science field there are programs being started to help get them scholarships. ii. There are less people in general in the computer science field because of underrepresentation. iii. The author feels that women are poorly represented and wants to help them. iv. “While many suggestions have been made for increasing enrollments, it is unlikely that computer science will ever be as vibrant as it could be—and should be—as long as a large portion of the talent pool remains underrepresented. After all, if we are missing the best and the brightest of a group who can offer exciting ideas that would enrich the field, computer science suffers” (5). b. K. Grose, Thomas. "Help Wanted! European IT firms are having a tough time finding young programmers. THOMAS K. GROSE has uncovered the reasons why." __Time International__ 150.n4 (Sept 28, 1998): 20TD(1). __Expanded Academic ASAP__. Gale. Springfield Township High School. 12 Oct. 2009 . i. IT jobs are in high demand and there are not enough people that are qualified to fill all these jobs. ii. Because of the lack of IT jobs a few years back there is a gap in the ages of programmers causing a high demand because there are so few able to work right now. iii. The opinion of the author is that more students need to enter this field so that our technology can keep improving at a high rate. iv. ” His complaint is echoed by managers across Europe in the information and communications technology industries in which a yawning "skills gap" has left as many as 200,000 jobs unfilled across the region.” c. Eitel, Maria. "At CGI and Beyond, World Leaders Say Girls Are the Key to Progress ."// HuffPost//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. . i. Although there have been strides to help improve the attention and help given to women there is still a ways to go. ii. Women are being much more recognized as a minority and a group of people in need of help from organizations. iii. The author is very bias towards women, she wants the women to get the help they need. iv. “There's almost a hard-wired resistance to do asset building for girls. I've analyzed many gender based violence programs and you're hard put to find programs that actually have girls at their center. They're spending time with the police or the judge or the teacher, but if you say 'OK, show me the girls whose assets you're building,' they can't. There's a tremendous bias to work with everybody but the girl.” d. Stross, Randall. "What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? ."// The New York Times//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2008. . i. Women’s presence in computer science has drastically declined. Women have however enter other fields related to computer science. ii. There are many there many theories of why women have left the field and one of the most prominent is that computers and gaming is for boys. iii. The author is fairly subjective. He doesn’t understand why there aren’t any women but is not negative towards any ideas. iv. “Jonathan Kane, a professor of mathematics and computer science at the [|University of Wisconsin]-Whitewater, recalls the mid-1980s, when women made up 40 percent of the students who majored in management computer systems, the second most popular major on campus. But soon after, the number of students majoring in the program had fallen about 75 percent, reflecting a nationwide trend, and the number of women fell even more. “I asked at a department meeting,” he says, “ ‘Where have the women gone?’ It wasn’t clear.” His theory is that young women earlier had felt comfortable pursing the major because the male subculture of action gaming had yet to appear.” e. Coder, LeAnne, et al. "Economic and Business Dimensions: Increasing Gender Diversity in the IT Work Force."// Communications of the ACM// 52.5 (2009): 25-27. //Business Source Premier//. EBSCO. Web. 12 Oct. 2009. <[]>. f. "Popular Computer Science Degree Jobs." Pay Scale. N.p., 2009. Web. 12 Oct. 2009. . i. Jobs in the Computer science field can make a lot of money. Any where from $50,000 to $120,000. ii. There are many opportunities and fields that people with this degree can go into. iii. The Author is just stating facts there is no bias. iv. “Whether you write code to help protect medical records online or develop popular home entertainment games, a degree in computer science assures you a long career with plenty of work opportunities.” g. "Computer Science Degrees: Graduate Career Choices." Computer Majors. N.p., 2009. Web. 12 Oct. 2009. . i. The field of computer science is bombing and there are many jobs available and there are still more coming. ii. There are many different options that you can choose from if entering this field. iii. The author is encouraging people to go into the computer science field. iv. “Consider this; whether you are talking about medical imaging, successful corporate strategy, or the workings behind the latest video-game console, there’s a computer scientist behind the scenes that made each of these things possible—and the field is hungry for entering professionals with a mathematical mind and a hunger to innovate. The career choices in computing are endless.” h. "Guide to College Majors in Computer Science." World Wide Learn. N.p., 2009.Web. 12 Oct. 2009. . i. Even in jobs that don’t require computer science employers look for people that have some background in computer science. ii. Even with a degree in computer science you must be prepared to keep learning on the job. iii. The author encourages people to enter the computer science field. iv. “If you choose to work in the field of computer science you can expect many job opportunities as the need for computer technologies and individuals who are able to maintain these technologies continually grows.” III. Thesis a. Computer science is an ever growing field but women are intimidated by the stereotype of this field being a male field. IV. Findings a. The computer science field is ever growing. i. Gi, fiv, gii b. The computer science job fields can make a lot of money i. fi c. There has been a decline in women entering the computer science field. i. ci, cii, civ, di, dii, div d. Decline of all people in this field.

i. aii, aiv, bi, bii e. There are always new opportunities and manything you learn in computer science can be applied else where. ii. di, fii, gi,hi, hii V. Process Reflection a. I’ve learned a lot about what jobs are available and many things about why the field has so few women. b. I had to analyze the articles that I found and put the good parts into information that I can really use and understand. c. I still need to work on really focusing my research. Not straying from what I really need to find. d. I knew that there were many fields that required computer science but didn’t realize that there were so many options. I also learned that it isn’t discrimination from employers keeping women away for the field but the societies ideas of what is male and female. VI. Connections to the Overall Project a. This research will help me move forward in working on my project. I can take the jobs I have learned about and find people in those fields to talk about interning.