Bounded Rationality in Computer Science Curricula

As the last paper in a series aiming at innovating engineering education to face the post-industrial era, the paper continues the previous six, focusing on a fourfold innovative educational experiment. It describes a syllabus for agent-orientation dedicated to PhD students in computer science and information technology, defending its four unconventional facets: a) post-objectual content; b) postindustrial approach; c) highly interactive implementation; d) self-experimentation. Regarding the syllabus as final outcome, the paper presents its architectonics based on bounded rationality, outlines a generic frame for post-industrial curricula, focuses on the key paradigmatic shift in teaching agent-orientation, and sums up its structure. Conclusions: the proposed syllabus is the most innovative in Romania but that is far from enough in line with standards; the approach proved to be workable; implementation methods succeeded diversely: heutagogy does well (the syllabi were devised mostly by students); e-maieutics is still unconvincing because of simulation (however, evidence is satisfactory); metalearning did not manifest itself yet.