Se Book 2004

Software Engineering 2004
Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering A Volume of the Computing Curricula Series
August 23, 2004
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The Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula IEEE Computer Society Association for Computing Machinery
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0003263

Preface
Thisdocument was developed through an effort originally commissioned by the ACM Education Board and the IEEE-Computer Society Educational Activities Board to create curriculum recommendations in several computing disciplines: computer science, computer engineering, software engineering and information systems. Other professional societies have joined in a number of the individual projects. Such hasnotably been the case for the SE2004 (Software Engineering 2004) project, which has included participation by representatives from the Australian Computer Society, the British Computer Society, and the Information Processing Society of Japan. Development Process The SE2004 project has been driven by a Steering Committee appointed by the sponsoring societies. The development process began with theappointment of the Steering Committee cochairs and a number of the other participants in the fall of 2001. More committee members, including representatives from the other societies were added in the first half of 2002. The following are the members of the SE2004 Steering Committee: Co-Chairs Rich LeBlanc, ACM, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S. Ann Sobel, IEEE-CS, Miami University, U.S. KnowledgeArea Chair Ann Sobel, Miami University, U.S. Pedagogy Focus Group Co-Chairs Mordechai Ben-Menachem, Ben-Gurion University, Israel Timothy C. Lethbridge, University of Ottawa, Canada Co-Editors Jorge L. Díaz-Herrera, Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S. Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, U.S. Organizational Representatives ACM: Andrew McGettrick, University of Strathclyde,U.K. ACM SIGSOFT: Joanne M. Atlee, University of Waterloo, Canada ACM Two-Year College Education: Elizabeth K. Hawthorne, Union County College, U.S. Australian Computer Society: John Leaney, University of Technology Sydney, Australia British Computer Society: David Budgen, Keele University, U.K. Information Processing Society of Japan: Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Musashi Institute of Technology, JapanIEEE-CS Technical Committee on Software Engineering: J. Barrie Thompson, University of Sunderland, U.K.

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Acknowledgements
The National Science Foundation, the Association of Computing Machinery, and the IEEE Computer Society have supported the development of this document. Since its inception, many individuals have contributed to the SE2004 project, some in morethan one capacity. This work could not have been completed without the dedication and expertise of these volunteers. Appendix B lists the names of those that have participated in the various development and review stages of this document. Special thanks go to Susan Mengel of Texas Tech University who served as an original co-chair of the Steering Committee and performed the initial organizationaltasks for the SE2004 project.

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Table of Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................... iii Chapter 1:Introduction ............................................................................................................1

1.1 Purpose of this Volume .................................................................................................1 1.2 Where we fit in the Computing Curriculum picture .....................................................1 1.3 Development Process of the SE2004 Volume...