The Development of a Graduate Curriculum for Software Assurance
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Software Engineering Institute
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One of our challenges as educators is timely incorporation of research into curricula that can be adopted by universities to ultimately improve software engineering practice. In this paper, we describe the work of the Master of Software Assurance curriculum project. This includes our sources, process, products, adoption strategies, and early adoption experiences. The project used research results, prior curricula, and documented bodies of knowledge to develop a new curriculum. We are now working with early adopters and employing a number of transition mechanisms as part of our strategy to further adoption in this critical area.
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Ardis, M., & Mead, N. (2013, July 31). The Development of a Graduate Curriculum for Software Assurance. Retrieved September 12, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-development-of-a-graduate-curriculum-for-software-assurance/.
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Ardis, Mark, and Nancy Mead. "The Development of a Graduate Curriculum for Software Assurance." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, July 31, 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-development-of-a-graduate-curriculum-for-software-assurance/.
M. Ardis, and N. Mead, "The Development of a Graduate Curriculum for Software Assurance," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 31-Jul-2013 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-development-of-a-graduate-curriculum-for-software-assurance/. [Accessed: 12-Sep-2026].
Ardis, Mark, and Nancy Mead. "The Development of a Graduate Curriculum for Software Assurance." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 31 Jul. 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-development-of-a-graduate-curriculum-for-software-assurance/. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.
Ardis, Mark; & Mead, Nancy. The Development of a Graduate Curriculum for Software Assurance. Software Engineering Institute. 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-development-of-a-graduate-curriculum-for-software-assurance/