An Experience Report of the Welcome Program of Calour@s from the Computer Science Department of the University of Brasília

• Maristela Holanda UnB http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-2579
• Marcelo Mandelli UnB
• Edison Ishikawa UnB https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0214-9234
• Dilma da Silva Texas A&M University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-2888

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2021.15906

Abstract

The first year of an undergraduate major is a challenge for most first-year students who enter the University of Brasilia. Of course, this challenge applies not only to them but to most first-year students at Brazilian and worldwide universities. This issue often leads the students to drop out of their majors. In this context, this paper presents the Program offered by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Brasilia which aims to welcome the new students to the major in a more friendly way. The program was carried out in its first edition in the first semester of 2020, and the lessons learned are presented.

Keywords: Computer Science, Welcome Program, female students, male students

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