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From: kcr@netxdev.DHL.COM (Ken Ritchie)
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Subject: Re: CS education
Summary: definitions exist for "software engineering"
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Date: 13 Nov 89 16:57:00 GMT
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In article <9760@june.cs.washington.edu> peterd@june.cs.washington.edu.cs.washington.edu (Peter C. Damron) writes:
>In article <4863@ae.sei.cmu.edu> rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes:
>
>I wrote that paragraph mainly to stir up discussion.  I "hear" a lot of
>"talk" about the need for more software engineering, but little about
>what people mean by software engineering.
>
>Tentative definition: Software engineering is the facilitation
>of applications that require software solutions.
>
>So, to me that includes everything already taught in computer science,
>plus maybe some more...

What about Tony Wasserman's DEFINITION and discussion, described in paper(s),
about 10 (+/-3) years ago?  [I hope I'm crediting the right person here!]

As I recall, he described a 5-faceted program of inter-disciplinary studies
(or competency) -- one of which was computer science (CS).  Others included
important "real life" skills for teamwork, administration, planning, and such.
[I'll try to locate my copy, so I can give you a specific reference for this.]

I suggest we review the existing work, and build on (or deviate from) that.

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