CS2013-final-report

SDF This new knowledge area pulls together foundational concepts and skills needed for
software development. It is derived from the Programming Fundamentals Knowledge
Area in CC2001, but also draws basic analysis material from Algorithms and Complexity,
development process from Software Engineering, fundamental data structures from
Discrete Structures, and programming language concepts from Programming Languages.
Material specific to particular programming paradigms (e.g. object-oriented, functional)
has been moved to Programming Languages to allow for a more uniform treatment with
complementary material.
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The changes in this knowledge area introduce or require topics such as refactoring, secure
programming, code modeling, code reviews, contracts, and team participation and process
improvement. These topics, which reflect the growing awareness of software process in
industry, are central to any level of modern software development, and should be used for
software development projects throughout the curriculum. Agile process models have
been added.
This is a new knowledge area. Its outcomes reflect the refactoring of the knowledge areas
to identify common themes across previously existing systems-related knowledge areas
(in particular, operating systems, networks, and computer architecture). The new crosscutting
thematic areas include parallelism, communications, performance, proximity,
virtualization/isolation, and reliability.
These outcomes in this knowledge area reflect a shift in the past decade toward
understanding intellectual property as related to digital intellectual property and digital
rights management, the need for global awareness, and a growing concern for privacy in
the digital age. They further recognize the enormous impact that computing has had on
society at large emphasizing a sustainable future and placing added responsibilities on
computing professionals. The outcomes also identify the vital needs for professional
ethics, professional development, professional communication, and the ability to
collaborate in person as well as remotely across time zones.
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