Breadth versus depth in software engineering education Export

@proceedings{citeulike:3095486, abstract = {The design of software engineering courses in tertiary education usually involves some compromise over what material is included, and what is left out. The discipline of software engineering has become so comprehensive that there is only room for selected aspects in all but the specialised degree. In this paper we consider the design of software engineering subjects to be included within a computer science major. The need for a balanced treatment of computer science topics restricts the amount of time that can be devoted to software engineering. We look: at the detailed syllabi of three software engineering subjects, their relation to each other, and their place in the overall degree. We discuss how the subject objectives may be seen in the context of the degree course objectives}, author = {Hurst, A. J. and Hurst, T. J. and Finlay, A.}, booktitle = {Software Education Conference, 1994. Proceedings.}, citeulike-article-id = {3095486}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SEDC.1994.475336}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=475336}, doi = {10.1109/SEDC.1994.475336}, journal = {Software Education Conference, 1994. Proceedings.}, keywords = {breadth, depth, engineering, software}, pages = {191--195}, posted-at = {2008-08-07 11:26:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Breadth versus depth in software engineering education}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SEDC.1994.475336}, year = {1994} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3095486 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3095486 N2 - The design of software engineering courses in tertiary education usually involves some compromise over what material is included, and what is left out. The discipline of software engineering has become so comprehensive that there is only room for selected aspects in all but the specialised degree. In this paper we consider the design of software engineering subjects to be included within a computer science major. The need for a balanced treatment of computer science topics restricts the amount of time that can be devoted to software engineering. We look: at the detailed syllabi of three software engineering subjects, their relation to each other, and their place in the overall degree. We discuss how the subject objectives may be seen in the context of the degree course objectives JF - Software Education Conference, 1994. Proceedings. EP - 195 TI - Breadth versus depth in software engineering education T2 - Software Education Conference, 1994. Proceedings. SP - 191 KW - breadth KW - depth KW - engineering KW - software AU - Hurst, AJ AU - Hurst, TJ AU - Finlay, A PY - 1994/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SEDC.1994.475336 ER -