A company-based framework for a software engineering course

The subject matter of a typical undergraduate software engineering course, while providing necessary background, can be quite dry. Team-based programming projects often complement the more theoretical textbook and lecture content by giving students valuable hands-on practice, albeit on a small scale and within a traditional classroom setting. This paper describes a company-based framework used in two semesters of a software engineering course. This approach incorporates a novel, collaborative framework to simulate the real-world experience of working for a medium-sized software design company or research laboratory, while giving students a vested interest in the overall outcome. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.9 [Software Engineering]: MANAGEMENT – programming teams. K.3.2 [Computers and Education]: COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION – Computer science education. General Terms Management, Design, Human Factors. Keywords Software engineering education, distributed gr...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: SIGCSE
• Authors: Thomas P. Way
• Keywords: Education, SIGCSE 2005, Software Engineering, Software Engineering Course, Team-based Programming Projects