1. Software Engineering Emphasis for Engineering Computing Courses William Hankley Computing & Information Sciences Kansas State University

2. :a message to engineering educators. 2004-2305 William Hankley Computing & Information Sciences Kansas State University

3. Software Engineering Emphasis Typically, engineering students take one programming course. But, programming =/= software engineering like learning to solder vs concepts of electrical circuits

4. Software Engineering Emphasis Aspects of SE for non-CS majors: requirements definition UI design software architecture design; components, patterns, frameworks software tools (IDE’s)

5. Software Engineering Emphasis There is an aspect of design for software ! Engineers outside of SE seem not to recognize this. E.G. this paper was moved from “design in the curriculum” to “computers in education”.

6. Software Engineering Emphasis Software architecture design: the notation for software models is UML ( Unified Modeling Language, see paper for details ) a reviewer comment: “this paper is mostly UML”

7. Software Engineering Emphasis some component diagrams of UML+:  Use-case(s)... view of one aspect of user interaction  State model(s)... of either whole system or single class  Class model... static structure of classes & methods  Sequence(s)...view of trace of execution  GUI prototype... visual model + state model

8. Software Engineering Emphasis Why focus on UML design?  almost all software defects are manifest in design  code is not suited for managerial review  design is the contract for group project work

9. Software Engineering Emphasis Design is not just “software design”; it can be “systems design” for any system  with user controls or data inputs  with dynamic state behavior  with programmable components

10. Software Engineering Emphasis The problems: (a) most first programming courses do not cover design and UML (b) most engineering programs allow only one programming course (c) design is more instructor intensive than just programming.

11. Software Engineering Emphasis KSU approach: (1) introduce UML in first CS course (but with no design focus) (2) second course on Software Architecture (for CS, IS, EE, CompE majors ) Described in ASEE 2003 Proceedings.

12. Software Engineering Emphasis The message to engineering educators : Consider a second course on software architecture ! Details in the paper. The end.

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