Title :
Educating professional software engineers: pathways and progress in the Australian experience
Author :
Duley, Rick ; Veal, D. ; Maj, S.P.
Author_Institution :
Edith Cowan Univ., Perth, WA, Australia
Abstract :
Australia has seized the international initiative in the recognition of software engineers as professionals. Of the 37 universities in Australia offering undergraduate courses in computing, eleven offer courses in software engineering which are accredited by the Institute of Engineers, Australia (IEAust) and which may lead the graduate to membership of the Institute. In this way, the Institute has plausible claim to being the first national professional engineering body in the world to have accredited four-year undergraduate software engineering degrees as professional qualifications. The paper traces the development of the relationship between the Institute of Engineers and the computing industry and looks at the changes this relationship has wrought in the content and emphasis of tertiary software engineering education
Keywords :
accreditation; computer science education; government policies; professional aspects; societies; software engineering; teaching; Australia; Australian experience; IEAust; Institute of Engineers Australia; accreditation; computing industry; four-year undergraduate software engineering degrees; international initiative; national professional engineering body; professional qualifications; professional software engineering education; tertiary software engineering education; undergraduate courses; Accreditation; Australia; Computer Society; Computer industry; Computer science; Computer science education; Industrial relations; Information technology; Qualifications; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Education and Training, 2001. Proceedings. 14th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Charlotte, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1059-0
DOI :
10.1109/CSEE.2001.913846
