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From: rob@gatech.edu (Rob McCurley)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: MS in Software Engineering
Message-ID: <17063@gatech.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 88 21:34:28 GMT
Reply-To: rob@gatech.UUCP (Rob McCurley)
Organization: School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
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Recent discussions in this newsgroup have considered the question of
what should be taught to students in undergraduate or PhD programs in
computer science and software engineering.  I'm currently pondering a
related question: what should be taught to students in an MS in
Software Engineering (MSSE) program?  Here's a few specific questions
to get the ball rolling:

1) In the spectrum ranging from vocational to theoretical education
(if such a spectrum exists), where should an MSSE program lie?

2) What should the incoming/outgoing student know about the
following areas:

programming languages
programming methodologies
compiler technology
mangement techniques
software cost calculation
technical writing
program specification and verification

3) What areas are missing from the above list?

Any opinions?

Rob McCurley
School of Information & Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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Rob McCurley
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