Title :
A survey of the relevance of computer science and software engineering education
Author :
Lethbridge, Timothy C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We describe a study of 168 software professionals to determine how relevant their education has been to their careers. Starting with a list of 57 topics, we asked the participants to indicate how much they learned in university, how much they know now, how useful the material has been and whether they would like to learn more. We conclude from the results that certain software engineering topics should be given more emphasis, while the emphasis on certain mathematics topics should be changed
Keywords :
computer science education; employment; professional aspects; software engineering; careers; computer science education relevance survey; mathematics; software engineering education; software professionals; university; Computer science; Computer science education; Conducting materials; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering profession; Information technology; Mathematics; Software engineering; Software performance;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Education, 1998. Proceedings., 11th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8326-0
DOI :
10.1109/CSEE.1998.658300
