An Academic Program Providing Realistic Training in Software Engineering

An academic program at Harvey Mudd College, called
the Clinic program, brings projects from industry on
 campus to be studied and solved by student teams.  The objective of
the Clinic is to provide students, working as small teams under
 careful faculty supervision, an opportunity to work on real world
problems of sufficient magnitude and complexity.  Under this program,
students can acquire essential skills of software engineering,
such as team work, software project management, software design
methodology, and communication skills, in a realistic environment.
Sample software projects undertaken by the Clinic are described.
 Experience so far has shown that the program is a viable
transition from an academic to industrial world.

CACM June, 1979

Busenberg, S.
Tam, W.

Software engineering, software engineering education, software
projects, student teams, software engineering skills

1.52 4.0

CA790602 DH August 21, 1979  4:04 PM

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