Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Industry Involvement in an Undergraduate Software Engineering Project Course: Everybody WinsThe “Software Engineering Project” (SE 4485) is a one-semester capstone course in our undergraduateSoftware Engineering curriculum at the University of Texas at Dallas (hereafter, simply referred to asUTD). It is intended to complement the theoretical knowledge that students receive in their prior (andongoing) courses and provide them with an in-depth, hands-on experience in all aspects of softwareengineering. They are expected to walk-through the various phases of a software development life-cyclesuch as

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Thomas B Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates (S2EA)

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

mastered after the baseline preparation is achieved.GSwE2009 strongly recommends that students demonstrate their accumulated skills andknowledge in a capstone experience, which might be a project, a practicum, or a thesis. Students Page 23.1074.3completing the curriculum must be able to understand and appreciate the importance ofteamwork, negotiation, effective work habits, leadership, and good communication withstakeholders in a typical software development environment. Figure 1: Architectural Structure of a GSwE2009 Master’s Program GSwE2009 Core Body of KnowledgeThe GSwE2009 curriculum content consists primarily of the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A Preston, Southern Polytechnic State University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

what is learned in courses and applying these softwareengineering processes within the context of real software development projects. The key issue asdocumented by previous studies is how to capture both the conceptual ideas of softwareengineering processes while at the same time (or in following semesters) implementing theseconcepts successfully within software development projects. Typically, the processes are taughtin one course with minimal implementation within a project; at the same time, softwaredevelopment courses emphasize the development with little to no formal utilization of processes.This is not a criticism of faculty; it is simply a very difficult task to cover both the processes andimplementation in a cohesive manner. Covering

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

engineering (Software Engineering concentration), and has been accreditedsince 2002. At RMU the emphasis is on small class sizes (10:1 student to faculty ratio) andhands-on experiences through class assignments, course projects, internships (150 hoursmandatory), and an interdisciplinary capstone project (3 credits). Graduates at RMU receive twotypes of transcripts: academic and engagement. The academic transcript depicts student degreeprogress and grades obtained. The engagement transcript records, by description and hours,student activities outside of the classroom. The institution believes that students must be able tobalance academic and extra-circular activities. Software engineering students are members of theAssociation of Computing Machinery