An Undergraduate Multi-paradigm Antonio Kenneth Department Research Program Software Design M. Lopez, Jr. C. Messa, Jr. and Computer in of Mathematics Science Loyola University, New Orleans, LA email: Box51 70118 bdmsalp@music.loyno.edu BACKGROUND Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana is an urban, liberal arts, primarily undergraduate 1990). The IIFS was design using a layering (loose coupling) Loyola of different faculty paradigms. This prompted institution accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The Department of to look that would deeper into tlhis design combine logic-oriented, methodology Mathematics and Computer Science, in the College of Arts and Sciences, has a long tradition of encouraging its undergraduates to become involved in research. Over rhe last ten years, three undergraduates have been the sole authors of published papers, one undergraduate co-authored a published paper with his research object-oriented, and databmoriented paradigms. Through a Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund grant in 1991, Loyola fact@ were able to purchase computer equipment to establish a (CASE) Computer Assisted Software Engineering Instruction Center. This equipment enhanced the facilities and offered the professor, and four undergraduates presented papers at regional conferences of professional organizations. This tradition has typically been fostered through oneon-one mentoring (after a period
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