Title :
Comparing a computing curriculum with the ACM/IEEE-CS recommendations
Author :
Biddle, R.L. ; Tempero, E.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Victoria Univ., Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract :
Recently there has been an increased emphasis on monitoring the structure and coverage of tertiary education programmes, and on making the results more widely available. For programmes in the field of computing, one way to achieve this is to compare the curriculum to a known standard. We describe our experience in comparing our curriculum with the ACM/IEEE-CS recommendations. We describe our method of comparison and interpretation, and the conclusions we drew. We also address some issues that arose in doing the comparison, including the length of the overall programme, and differences in core and elective material
Keywords :
computer science education; societies; ACM/IEEE-CS recommendations; computing curriculum; core material; elective material; tertiary education programmes; Art; Computer Society; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Leg; Machinery; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering: Education and Practice, 1996. Proceedings. International Conference
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7379-6
DOI :
10.1109/SEEP.1996.534009