A case study in rapid introduction of an information assurance track into a software engineering curriculum

Disciplines such as software engineering are expanding rapidly, and both the new knowledge gained as the discipline matures and the need to prepare students for changing environments make it important for departments to find a balance between evolving curriculum to match and shrinking or relatively...

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Main Authors: Endicott-Popovsky, B., Frincke, D.A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Applied sciences
Computer aided software engineering
Computer industry
Computer science
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer security
Design engineering
Educational institutions
Exact sciences and technology
General aspects
Information systems. Data bases
Memory organisation. Data processing
Occupational training. Personnel. Work management
Programming
Software
Software engineering
Software measurement
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Summary:Disciplines such as software engineering are expanding rapidly, and both the new knowledge gained as the discipline matures and the need to prepare students for changing environments make it important for departments to find a balance between evolving curriculum to match and shrinking or relatively static budgets. We describe program additions at Seattle University, a small private university in the Pacific Northwest. They were designed to expand its graduate curriculum in software engineering to include an information assurance focus. This was done with only a moderate budget increase and without hiring additional permanent faculty. A deeper look at one of the courses added, and the lessons learned from this effort, could prove useful to other universities contemplating similar attempts.
ISSN:1093-0175
2377-570X
DOI:10.1109/CSEE.2004.1276520