Software Engineering Education

1. University Plans and Programs in Software Engineering Education

   1. An Experimental Project Course in Software Engineering

      • Barry W. Boehm

      Pages 90-103

   2. Making Software Engineering Issues Real to Undergraduates

      • Mary Shaw

      Pages 104-107

   3. Toward Improved Software Engineering Education

      • Anthony I. Wasserman

      Pages 108-115

   4. The Central Role of Design in Software Engineering

      • Peter Freeman

      Pages 116-119

   5. Performance Analysis as a Fundamental Objective in Software Engineering Education

      • Robert M. Graham

      Pages 120-122

   6. A Bachelor of Arts in Computer Programming

      • W. M. McKeeman

      Pages 123-126

2. Discussion Topics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Discussion Topics

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 128-128

   3. University-Industry Cooperation

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 129-131

   4. Faculty Sabbaticals in Industry

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 132-133

   5. Industrial Education

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 134-138

   6. Design Training

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 139-141

   7. Where should Various Topics be Learned?

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 142-145

   8. Where Do We Go from Here?

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 146-148

3. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Postscript

      • Anthony I. Wasserman, Peter Freeman

      Pages 150-150

   3. A Highly Selective, Annotated Software Engineering Bibliography

      • Anthony I. Wasserman

      Pages 151-156

4. Back Matter

   Pages 157-159

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"Software engineering" is a term which was coined in the late 1960's as the theme for a workshop on the problems involved in producing software that could be developed economicaLly and would run reliably on real machines. Even now, software engineering is more of a wish than a reality, but the last few years have seen an increased awareness of the need to apply an engineering-type discipline to the design and construction of software systems. Many new proposals have been made for the management of software development and maintenance and many methodologies have been suggested for improving the programming process. As these problems and solutions become better understood, there is a growing need to teach these concepts to students and to practicing professionals. As a prelude to the educational process, it is necessary to gain an understanding of the software design and development process in industry and government, to define the appropriate job categories, and to identify the fundamental content areas of soft­ ware engineering. The need for quality education in software engineering is now recognized by practitioners and educators alike, and various educational endeavors in this area are now being formulated. Yet, discussions we had had over the past year or so led us to believe that there was insufficient contact between practitioners and educators, with the resultant danger that each group would go off in separate ways rather than working together.

• Computer
• Engineering
• Software
• calculus
• computer science
• programming
• verification

• Graduate Program in Medical Information Science, University of California, San Francisco, USA

  Anthony I. Wasserman

• Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA

  Peter Freeman

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