Editing Software engineering (section)

== Education ==
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Knowledge of [[computer programming]] is a prerequisite for becoming a software engineer. In 2004, the [[IEEE Computer Society]] produced the [[SWEBOK]], which has been published as ISO/IEC Technical Report 1979:2005, describing the body of knowledge that they recommend to be mastered by a graduate software engineer with four years of experience.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Alain Abran |editor2=James W. Moore |editor3=Pierre Bourque |editor4=Robert Dupuis |editor5=Leonard L. Tripp |title=Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge |publisher=[[IEEE Computer Society]] |date=2005 |url=http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok |access-date = 2010-09-13 |orig-year= 2004 |chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction to the Guide |chapter-url=http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok/html/ch1 |quote=The total volume of cited literature is intended to be suitable for mastery through the completion of an undergraduate education plus four years of experience. |archive-date=2016-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509154355/https://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok |url-status= dead}}</ref>
Many software engineers enter the profession by obtaining a university degree or training at a vocational school. One standard international curriculum for undergraduate software engineering degrees was defined by the Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula of the [[IEEE Computer Society]] and the [[Association for Computing Machinery]], and updated in 2014.<ref name=se2014/> A number of universities have Software Engineering degree programs; {{As of|2010|lc=on}}, there were 244 Campus [[Bachelor of Software Engineering]] programs, 70 Online programs, 230 Masters-level programs, 41 Doctorate-level programs, and 69 Certificate-level programs in the United States.

In addition to university education, many companies sponsor internships for students wishing to pursue careers in information technology. These internships can introduce the student to real-world tasks that typical software engineers encounter every day. Similar experience can be gained through [[military service]] in software engineering.

===Software engineering degree programs===
Half of all practitioners today have [[academic degree|degree]]s in [[computer science]], [[information systems]], or [[information technology]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} A small but growing number of practitioners have software engineering degrees. In 1987, the [[Department of Computing, Imperial College London|Department of Computing]] at [[Imperial College London]] introduced the first three-year software engineering [[bachelor's degree]] in the world; in the following year, the [[University of Sheffield]] established a similar program.<ref>Cowling, A. J. 1999. The first decade of an undergraduate degree program in software engineering. Ann. Softw. Eng. 6, 1–4 (Apr. 1999), 61–90.</ref> In 1996, the [[Rochester Institute of Technology]] established the first software engineering bachelor's degree program in the United States; however, it did not obtain [[ABET]] accreditation until 2003, the same year as [[Rice University]], [[Clarkson University]], [[Milwaukee School of Engineering]], and [[Mississippi State University]].<ref name="ABETACCRED1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abet.org/accrediteac.asp|title=ABET Accredited Engineering Programs|date=April 3, 2007|access-date=April 3, 2007|archive-date=June 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619233414/http://abet.org/accrediteac.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, India was the first to start a five-year integrated Master of Science degree in Software Engineering.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Since then, software engineering undergraduate degrees have been established at many universities. A standard international curriculum for undergraduate software engineering degrees, [[SE2004]], was defined by a steering committee between 2001 and 2004 with funding from the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] and the [[IEEE Computer Society]]. {{As of|2004}}, about 50 universities in the U.S. offer software engineering degrees, which teach both computer science and engineering principles and practices. The first software engineering [[master's degree]] was established at [[Seattle University]] in 1979. Since then, graduate software engineering degrees have been made available from many more universities. Likewise in Canada, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) of the [[Canadian Council of Professional Engineers]] has recognized several software engineering programs.

In 1998, the US [[Naval Postgraduate School]] (NPS) established the first [[doctorate]] program in Software Engineering in the world.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}} Additionally, many online advanced degrees in Software Engineering have appeared such as the Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSE) degree offered through the Computer Science and Engineering Department at [[California State University, Fullerton]]. [[Steve McConnell]] opines that because most universities teach computer science rather than software engineering, there is a shortage of true software engineers.<ref>McConnell, Steve (July 10, 2003). ''Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers''. {{ISBN|978-0-321-19367-4}}.</ref> [[École de technologie supérieure|ETS]] (École de technologie supérieure) University and [[UQAM]] (Université du Québec à Montréal) were mandated by IEEE to develop the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge ([[SWEBOK]]), which has become an ISO standard describing the body of knowledge covered by a software engineer.<ref name=swebokVol3/>