A Multidimensional Software Engineering Course

Autor/inn/en	Barzilay, O.; Hazzan, O.; Yehudai, A.
Titel	A Multidimensional Software Engineering Course
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 52 (2009) 3, S.413-424 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2008.930094
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Computer Software; Computer Science; Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Engineering Education; Design; Teaching Methods; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Informatik; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Ingenieurausbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Software engineering (SE) is a multidimensional field that involves activities in various areas and disciplines, such as computer science, project management, and system engineering. Though modern SE curricula include designated courses that address these various subjects, an advanced summary course that synthesizes them is still missing. Such a course would enable young practitioners to get a comprehensive description of SE, to experience a genuine software development process, and to appreciate the relations and tradeoffs between the various domains of SE. This paper proposes a multidimensional SE course framework aimed at giving SE students just such comprehensive, cross-paradigm, practical, and theoretical experience and background. The course is organized along four axes: a) fundamentals of SE; b) practices and tools; c) productization; and d) technology evolution. Each of these axes, in themselves multifaceted, enables an examination of SE on various scales and from different perspectives; together they create a holistic multidimensional description of SE. The course is evaluated according to accepted criteria highlighting the course scope, pedagogic decisions, and relevance. The authors also describe their experience of teaching the course three times in the Tel Aviv University and the academic college of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure, and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10