Abstract

Graduate Software Engineering 2009 (GSwE2009): Curriculum Guidelines for Graduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering provides advice to educators in establishing or modifying professional master's degree programs in software engineering. Based heavily on Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and earlier curriculum guidelines, GSwE2009 describes expected background knowledge for students entering a program, a recommended core body of knowledge to be mastered by those students, and a curriculum architecture to structure a program. Several supporting appendices provide details of interest to implementors of graduate software engineering programs. This entry provides an overview of GSwE2009 and the process by which it was created.