Incorporating CC2020 and SWECOM Competencies into Software Engineering Curricula: A Tutorial

Professional organizations are developing a new overview curricular document titled “Computing Curricula 2020” (CC2020). This project captures the status of computing education and practice and it suggests directions for the future of computing education as it might evolve in the 2020s and beyond. Regarding software engineering, a prior workshop held at CSEE&T 2017 became a catalyst for activities that began in the early part of 2018 by producing a set of draft software engineering competencies based on the SE2014 report. These draft competencies became a part of the CC2020 project, and they should stimulate further refinement that can form a basis for a new software engineering curricular report as a successor to SE2014. After the authors present an overview of the CC2020 project and industry expectations of software engineering graduates, all participants will engage in discussions on ways to refine existing software engineering competencies using CC2020 and the software engineering competency model (SWECOM). They will also explore ways to prepare the software engineering community for new educational curricular guidelines for the future. The authors anticipate full audience involvement and participation in formulating this vision.