Software Engineering Education: An Interim Report from the Software Engineering Institute
• SEI Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-87-TR-008Abstract
The goals and activities of the Software Engineering Institute's Education Program are described. Two curriculum recommendations are presented, one for a professional Master of Software Engineering degree program, and the other for an undergraduate project course in software engineering. Also presented is an organizational structure for software engineering curriculum content.
Cite This SEI Report
Ford, G., Gibbs, N., & Tomayko, J. (1987, July 1). Software Engineering Education: An Interim Report from the Software Engineering Institute. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-008). Retrieved January 26, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/software-engineering-education-an-interim-report-from-the-software-engineering-institute/.
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Ford, Gary, Norman Gibbs, and James Tomayko. "Software Engineering Education: An Interim Report from the Software Engineering Institute." (CMU/SEI-87-TR-008). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, July 1, 1987. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/software-engineering-education-an-interim-report-from-the-software-engineering-institute/.
G. Ford, N. Gibbs, and J. Tomayko, "Software Engineering Education: An Interim Report from the Software Engineering Institute," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-008, 1-Jul-1987 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/software-engineering-education-an-interim-report-from-the-software-engineering-institute/. [Accessed: 26-Jan-2026].
Ford, Gary, Norman Gibbs, and James Tomayko. "Software Engineering Education: An Interim Report from the Software Engineering Institute." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-008). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Jul. 1987. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/software-engineering-education-an-interim-report-from-the-software-engineering-institute/. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
Ford, Gary; Gibbs, Norman; & Tomayko, James. Software Engineering Education: An Interim Report from the Software Engineering Institute. CMU/SEI-87-TR-008. Software Engineering Institute. 1987. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/software-engineering-education-an-interim-report-from-the-software-engineering-institute/