I'm not sure about segmenting intro courses by majors, but there is good research that suggests that segmenting CS1 by level of background knowledge has a signi

I'm not sure about segmenting intro courses by majors, but there is good research that suggests that segmenting CS1 by level of background knowledge has a significant positive impact on future coursework [0]. I suspect that a larger proportion of students who eventually study CS have a higher degree of background knowledge as well, so this probably makes sense. [0] https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2445248 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2445248, https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2255982 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2255982