Programming Curriculum for Non-Geeks?
voltageek: Anyway you cut it, she's probably going to have to pick up some basics coding skills to become familiarized with the skillsets of a programmer. Might want to look at the following books:The Pragmatic Programmer
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software EngineeringAnd oh yeah,Dilbert & The Tao of Programming for philosophical contemplation.