This article presents an in-depth analysis and comparison of two computer science degree offerings, viz., the Bologna BSc in Information Systems and Computer Engineering, offered by the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and the BSc in Computer Science offered by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The analysis is based on the student transcripts collected from the academic systems of both institutions over circa one decade. The article starts with a description of the degrees and global statistics of the student population considered. Then, it presents a comparative analysis of the curricula, which focuses on how close students follow the recommended curricula, based on data visualization techniques and academic performance indexes. The indexes indicated a mismatch between the semesters that the curricula recommend for the courses and the semesters that students enroll in those courses. Furthermore, a visualization of course advances and delays indicated that a significant fraction of the students failed in the semester that the curricula recommend for the courses. The article moves on to present a comparative analysis of student performance in individual courses, and then applies a technique borrowed from Market Basket Analysis to investigate student performance in multiple courses that are taken in the same semester. The analysis pointed out sets of courses, at both degrees, that students are struggling with, when they take the courses in the same semester. Finally, the article summarizes the lessons learned, which invite academic administrators to reflect on the weaknesses and strengths of each degree analyzed. Specifically, the analysis suggests that the curricula should be reorganized to avoid that students take certain courses together, not because of conceptual reasons, but because students frequently fail if they do so. Some of these patterns are common to both degrees.

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两个计算机科学学位课程的比较分析

本文对两个计算机科学学位课程进行了深入分析和比较，即由葡萄牙里斯本大学高级技术学院提供的博洛尼亚信息系统和计算机工程学士学位和计算机科学学士学位由巴西里约热内卢天主教大学提供。该分析基于大约十年间从两个机构的学术系统收集的学生成绩单。文章首先描述了所考虑的学生群体的学位和全球统计数据。然后，它基于数据可视化技术和学业成绩指标，对课程进行了比较分析，重点是学生遵循推荐课程的程度。这些指标表明课程推荐的课程学期与学生注册这些课程的学期不匹配。此外，课程进展和延迟的可视化表明，很大一部分学生在课程推荐的课程中失败了。本文继续对学生在个别课程中的表现进行比较分析，然后应用从市场篮子分析中借用的技术来调查学生在同一学期多门课程中的表现。分析指出，当学生在同一学期学习课程时，这两个学位的课程组都在苦苦挣扎。最后，文章总结了经验教训，邀请学术管理人员反思所分析的每个学位的弱点和优势。具体来说，分析建议应该重新组织课程以避免学生一起学习某些课程，这不是因为概念上的原因，而是因为如果他们这样做，学生经常会失败。其中一些模式在两个学位中都是通用的。