When the golden arches gang aft agley: Incorporating software engineering into computer science

  • Kenneth L. Modesitt
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Abstract

The incorporation of software engineering into an existing university computer science curriculum involves major cultural and content changes. Considerable persistence is required (note the golden arches), yet even the best laid plans do not always suffice (note quotation from famous poem by Burns). This is particularly true for those departments which have a strong mathematics emphasis — a common phenomenon in many comprehensive universities (M.S. granting) today. Despite the major challenges involved in such change, the rewards are many. The beneficiaries include: current students, graduates, employers, computer science faculty, the university, and society.

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Computer Science Software Engineering Assembly Language Current Student Data Flow Diagram 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kenneth L. Modesitt
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  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceWestern Kentucky UniversityBowling Green

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