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What makes software development engineering

48 points · 63 comments · ibobev

  1. testing22321 · · focus · HN ↗
    My degree is Software Engineering, and is fully accredited by the Australian Institute of Engineers.

    It was two years longer than computer science, and all of those extra courses were with the “mainstream” Engineers.

    1. pull_my_finger · · focus · HN ↗
      Can you elaborate on the extra courses? What are America's developers missing (I imagine ethics is glaringly missed)?
      1. budman1 · · focus · HN ↗
        I suspect it was statics and dynamics (2 courses), heat transfer, electrical circuit theory (2 courses), differential equations, and complex variables. Along with some pre-reqs.

        In the past it was not uncommon for every 'engineering' degree to require the basic sophomore level classes for mechanical and electrical engineering. (inThePast = years<1990)

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