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A project-oriented undergraduate course sequence in software engineering

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Thomas E. Perkins,

Leland L. BeckAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 1

Pages 32 - 39

https://doi.org/10.1145/953032.804607

Published: 01 February 1980 Publication History

Abstract

The design of a two-semester course sequence in software engineering is described. These courses, offered at the undergraduate level, are centered around student projects developed in conjunction with local industry; the projects are used as a focal point to motivate and teach software engineering concepts and tools. The goal of the courses is to provide the student with an overview of the entire software development process, experience as a member of a project team, and exposure to a real-world software environment. This paper describes the course organization and topics, and techniques for project selection and monitoring. Results and experience gained to date with this approach are also discussed.

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Index Terms

A project-oriented undergraduate course sequence in software engineering
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 12, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 11th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education

February 1980

225 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/953032

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SIGCSE '80: Proceedings of the eleventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1980
226 pages
ISBN:0897910133
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