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Scheme is widely used by several<ref name="schemers_inc">{{Cite web |last=Ed Martin |date=2009-07-20 |title=List of Scheme-using schools |url=http://www.schemers.com/schools.html |access-date=2009-10-20 |publisher=Schemers Inc.}}</ref> schools; in particular, several introductory [[computer science]] courses use Scheme in conjunction with the textbook ''[[Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs]]'' (SICP).<ref name="sicp_adopters">{{Cite web |date=1999-01-26 |title=List of SICP-using schools |url=http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/adopt-list.html |access-date=2009-10-20 |publisher=MIT Press}}</ref> For the past 12 years, [[Racket (programming language)|PLT]] has run the [[ProgramByDesign]] (formerly TeachScheme!) project, which has exposed close to 600 high school teachers and thousands of high school students to rudimentary Scheme programming. [[MIT]]'s old introductory programming class 6.001 was taught in Scheme,<ref name="6.001">{{Cite web |last=Eric Grimson |author-link=Eric Grimson |date=Spring 2005 |title=6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs |url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-001Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm |access-date=2009-10-20 |publisher=MIT Open Courseware}}</ref> Although 6.001 has been replaced by more modern courses, SICP continues to be taught at MIT.<ref name="6.001_zombies">{{Cite web |last1=Alex Vandiver |last2=Nelson Elhage |display-authors=etal |date=January 2009 |title=6.184 - Zombies drink caffeinated 6.001 |url=http://web.mit.edu/alexmv/6.001/ |access-date=2009-10-20 |publisher=MIT CSAIL}}</ref> Likewise, the introductory class at [[UC Berkeley]], CS 61A, was until 2011 taught entirely in Scheme, save minor diversions into [[Logo (programming language)|Logo]] to demonstrate dynamic scope. Today, like MIT, Berkeley has replaced the syllabus with a more modern version that is primarily taught in [[Python (programming language)|Python 3]], but the current syllabus is still based on the old curriculum, and parts of the class are still taught in Scheme.<ref name="61A">{{Cite web |last=John DeNero |date=Fall 2019 |title=Computer Science 61A, Berkeley |url=https://cs61a.org/articles/about.html |access-date=2019-12-17 |publisher=Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Berkeley}}</ref>

The textbook ''[[How to Design Programs]]'' by Matthias Felleisen, currently at Northeastern University, is used by some institutes of higher education for their introductory computer science courses. Both [[Northeastern University]] and [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] useuses Scheme exclusively for theirits introductory courses Fundamentals of Computer Science (CS2500) andcourse Introduction to Program Design (CS1101), respectively.<ref name="neu">[http://www.ccs.neu.edu/course/cs2500/ CS 2500: Fundamentals of Computer Science I], [[Northeastern University]]</ref><ref name="wpi">[http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs1101/a05/details.html#software CS 1101: Introduction to Program Design (A05): course software], [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]</ref> [[Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology]] uses Scheme in its more advanced Programming Language Concepts course.<ref name="rhit">{{Cite web |title=CSSE 304: Programming Language Concepts |url=https://www.rose-hulman.edu/Users/faculty/young/CS-Classes/csse304/syllabus.html |publisher=[[Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology]]}}</ref> [[Brandeis University]]'s core course, Structure and Interpretations of Computer Programs (COSI121b), is also taught exclusively in Scheme by theoretical computer scientist [[Harry Mairson]].<ref name="brandeis">{{Cite web |title=Spring 2021 CS121b Syllabus |url=https://moodle2.brandeis.edu/syllabus/public/1202dcdfe19c0860e226f6447f66875c.pdf |publisher=[[Brandeis University]]}}</ref> [[Indiana University]]'s introductory class, C211, is taught entirely in Scheme. A self-paced version of the course, CS 61AS, continues to use Scheme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://berkeley-cs61as.github.io/ |title=Home |website=berkeley-cs61as.github.io}}</ref> The introductory computer science courses at [[Yale]] and [[Grinnell College]] are also taught in Scheme.<ref name="yale_cs201">{{Cite web |last=Dana Angluin |date=Fall 2009 |title=Introduction to Computer Science (CPSC 201) |url=http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs201/ |access-date=2009-10-20 |publisher=The Zoo, Yale University Computer Science Department}}</ref> Programming Design Paradigms,<ref name="neu2">{{Cite web |date=Fall 2009 |title=Programming Design Paradigms CSG107 Course Readings |url=http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/107-f08/readings.html |access-date=2012-08-09 |publisher=Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science}}</ref> a mandatory course for the Computer science Graduate Students at [[Northeastern University]], also extensively uses Scheme.

The former introductory computer science course at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, CSCI 1901, also used Scheme as its primary language, followed by a course that introduced students to the Java language;<ref name="umn">[http://www-users.itlabs.umn.edu/classes/Spring-2010/csci1901/ Structure of Computer Programming I] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619111110/http://www-users.itlabs.umn.edu/classes/Spring-2010/csci1901/ |date=2010-06-19}}, Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, Spring 2010 (accessed 2010-01-30).</ref> however, following the example of MIT, the department replaced 1901 with the Python-based CSCI 1133,<ref name="umn2">[https://www.cs.umn.edu/academics/undergraduate/curriculum/required CSci Required Class Course Descriptions and Other Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025145152/https://www.cs.umn.edu/academics/undergraduate/curriculum/required |date=2019-10-25}}, Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota (accessed 2019-10-25)</ref> while functional programming is covered in detail in the third-semester course CSCI 2041.<ref name="umn3">[https://www.csdy.umn.edu/~shield/csecc/minutes/2013-4-23/csci2041.html CSCI 2041—New Course] CSE Curriculum Committee, University of Minnesota (accessed 2019-10-25)</ref>