CS curricula of the most relevant universities in Brazil and abroad: Perspective of software testing education

Software testing is a relevant activity to provide evidencies of the quality of software products. However, few courses in the computing area provide an adequate body of knowledge to the students and few of them pursue the software development practices and activities related to VV&T (Verification, Validation, and Testing), specifically testing, leading to a recognized lack of professionals that master the underlying VV&T concepts and principles. In this paper, we provide an overview concerning the software testing education in the most relevant brazilian universities and abroad. We analyze the reference curricula proposed by SBC (Brazilian Computer Society) and ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) for undergraduate computer courses as well as the curricula of the most relevant universities in Brazil and abroad. We identify the effort allocated, the main approaches and the main tendencies to facilitate the teaching of software testing. It is clear that there is a need to integrate software testing education with other disciplines along the CS undergraduate courses.