What should graduating software engineers be able to do?

Software Engineering Education Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 88-98

  Cowling, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Computer science; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Knowledge engineering; Packaging; Programming; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PACKAGING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; ENGINEERING GRADUATES; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; GENERIC FRAMEWORKS; PROCESS MODELING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84941217403     PISSN: 10930175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSEE.2003.1191354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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