1. The first decade of an undergraduate degree programme in software engineering.
- Author
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Cowling, A. J.
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SOFTWARE engineering ,UNDERGRADUATE programs ,ENGINEERING ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER software industry ,ENGINEERING students ,ENGINEERING education ,COMPUTER software ,COMPUTER software development - Abstract
This paper describes the development of an undergraduate degree programme in software engineering over the ten year period from 1988 to 1998. Particular emphasis is given to the fundamental principles that have been established to guide the creation and evolution of this programme during this period, and to ensure that it has been distinctively a course in software engineering rather than in any other branch of computing. To this end, the fundamental engineering characteristics of the programme are compared with those of undergraduate courses in other branches of engineering. Desirable future developments in this programme are then discussed, and finally the different principles identified in the paper are evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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