The National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) recently requested assistance from the United States Military Academy to build a computer science program capable of producing the technological leaders needed by its nation and its army. We spent several months in Kabul, Afghanistan working alongside the host nation faculty to structure an ABET-style, goal oriented curriculum that can evolve alongside the technical needs of the growing country. We embarked on this mission of developing objectives, outcomes, and a curriculum while the faculty was in the process of teaching the initial courses in the CS major. The challenges we faced and the associated solutions we developed offer insight to other computer science faculty who may be called upon to provide similar assistance in developing programs around the world.
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