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A project-unified software engineering course sequence

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James S. Collofello,

Scott N. WoodfieldAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 14, Issue 1

Pages 13 - 19

https://doi.org/10.1145/953051.801331

Published: 01 February 1982 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper a sequence of software engineering courses based upon the software life cycle and integrated by a single, medium-size project will be described in detail. The courses will be presented from an educational point of view, emphasizing the topics covered as well as the logistics of teaching the courses. A comparison of these courses to other software engineering courses existing in university curricula will also be presented. The potential advantages for faculty, students, and the research community of this type of course sequence will also be enumerated.

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A project-unified software engineering course sequence
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 14, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 13th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education

February 1982

278 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/953051

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SIGCSE '82: Proceedings of the thirteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1982
271 pages
ISBN:0897910672
DOI:10.1145/800066
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