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From: emery@mbunix (Emery)
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Subject: re: software engineering program
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Date: 17 Feb 89 16:45:10 GMT
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Your posting concerning the NY 'qualifications' on engineering
programs was interesting, particularly since your list included
"industrial engineering" as an acceptable discipline.  

Two comments: 1.  What makes "industrial engineering" different from
"software engineering"?  They are both "soft engineering", in that
they are not founded on the same kind of hard science background (e.g.
physics for civil and electrical engineering) that the other
engineering programs are founded upon.  (This is not an attempt to
make disparaging remarks on any field of engineering, but is more an
observation on the criterion "traditional" engineers that I know use to
distinguish between what they consider proper engineering.)

	       2.  It might be very interesting to combine an
industrial engineering and software engineering program, and maybe
call it "MSIE, Software Engineering".  This is particularly true if
you consider the managerial/production aspects of software
engineering, as your program seems to do.

Just some thoughs		
				dave emery
				emery@mitre.org