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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi J. C. Ellis, Western New England University; Gregory W Hislop, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Sarah Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey; Becka Morgan, Western Oregon University; Ben Coleman, Moravian College

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student motivation to pursuecomputing careers and an increase in software engineering knowledge1, 26. In fact, involvementin HFOSS is increasingly being utilized as a way to educate software engineering students and Page 26.1379.3there are a growing number of faculty members who are involving students in HFOSS projects(foss2serve.org).This paper expands on an earlier effort1 to report on a multi-institutional study on the impact ofstudent participation in HFOSS.2. The InstitutionsTable 1 below outlines the four institutions involved in the study. These institutions are a mix ofpublic and private institutions and are small to medium in size. The

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Victoria Bernal, Kennesaw State University, Marietta; Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University

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. Page 26.1387.5 2. To what extent did participation in the Software Architecture Course affect the following? (Please use numbers 1 to 5 where 1=decreased greatly, 2=decreased somewhat, 3=had no effect, 4=increased somewhat, 5=increased greatly.) 3.9 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 2a.  Your clarity regarding academic goals 2b. Your clarity regarding career goals 2c. Identification of personal strengths related to academic subject 2d. Identification of personal weaknesses related to academic subject 2e. Identification of personal strengths related to workplace

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Koufakou, Florida Gulf Coast University

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first implementation of this courseachieved positive student feedback and performance in the class. Results and lessons learned arealso discussed in the paper.Literature ReviewDespite the importance of Requirements Engineering (RE) in Software Engineering, RE is notemphasized in computing education. In fact, most computer science and software engineeringprograms do not include RE courses and tend to cover this area using a few class periods1,2.Additionally, topics and careers related to RE, and subsequently a related course, are perceivedas uninteresting and not relevant to future career prospects3, 4. This is described very well by(Lethbridge et al.)5 as follows: “Anyone who has tried to teach topics such as ethics, quality, process