Expanding the Scope of Statistical Computing: Training Statisticians to Be Software Engineers

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Table 1 A summary of revisions and changes made to the Statistical Computing course during each iteration, as discussed in Section 4.

Semester	Changes
Spring 2015	Pilot version (half-semester)
Fall 2015	Challenge project introduced (one short project)
Fall 2016	Pull request and revision system; Master’s students join;
	2 Challenge projects
Fall 2017	Various small content and activity improvements
Fall 2018	Switch to one four-part challenge
Fall 2019	Recommended homework schedule provided
Fall 2020	Problem bank rotation; Master’s students in separate course

NOTE: The course structure has undergone many adjustments in response to experience.