Abstract:
Recently, we have noticed that there is an evident weakness among our
students in applying and using software engineering principles in advanced courses
that require major software projects. We have also noticed that many software
graduation projects lack the concrete and correct usage of sound software
engineering principles. In an attempt to determine the main reasons behind that, we
reviewed the study plans of many IT-related departments, which generally
distribute course over years and semesters, and found that software engineering
courses are taught early in the plans. However, we argue that such courses should
be taught as late as possible to emphasize the engineering principles rather than
focusing on the details that are covered in other courses. We conducted a survey
regarding that and the results were in favor of our argument.
