Use and evaluation of SWEBOK by postgraduate students

Background information on the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project is presented and the relationship between SWEBOK and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) and the Association for Computer Machinery (A CM) joint Software Engineering Coordinating Committee (SWECC) is detailed. The use of the SWEBOK guide to support learning and teaching on a software engineering module that is shared between two masters level programmes is outlined. Details concerning the two masters level programmes is given including their respective structures. The particular software engineering module (entitled "systems engineering") is outlined and the theoretical and practical strands within it described. The assessment elements associated with the theoretical strand (research paper proposal, research paper, position paper, and discussion group report) are explained along with the relevant operation of the module. Use of the SWEBOK by the students and their evaluations are presented. Finally some general remarks are given along with details of future plans.