How higher-education systems influence software engineering degree programs

Abstract

The teaching of software engineering (SE) has undergone series of changes. SE-specific programs have proliferated in the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada. However, this proliferation hasn't occured throughout the European Union. Analysis of the Australian, Canadian, European, and US higher-education institutions (HEIs) revealed that the primary cause of this difference is the organization of these countries' higher-education systems. Furthermore, these organizational differences don't generally affect the amount of SE knowledge that students receive.