Notes

1. Jones, Capers, "Gaps in Programming Education," IEEE Computer, April 1995, pp. 70 71.

2. Ford, Gary, and Norman E. Gibbs, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," SEI, CMU, CMU/SEI-96-TR-004, January 1996.

3. USA Today, February 16, 1998, pp. 1B 2B. "Software Jobs Go Begging," The New York Times, January 13, 1998, p. A1.

4. The data used to create this graph is from "Table 255. Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: 1970 71 to 1999 2000," National Center for Education Statistics, 2001 Digest of Educational Statistics, Document Number NCES 2002130, April 2002.

5. Dennis Frailey, private communication.

6. For current information, see my company's Web site at www.construx.com/profession.

7. Ford, Gary, and Norman E. Gibbs, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," SEI, CMU, CMU/SEI-96-TR-004, January 1996.

8. Criteria for Accrediting Computing Programs: Effective for Evaluations During the 2003-2004 Accreditation Cycle," Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET), Baltimore, MD, November 2, 2002.

9. "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs," Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., November 1, 1998.

10. The McMaster curriculum can be accessed at www.cas.mcmaster.ca/cas/undergraduate. The R.I.T. program can be accessed at www.se.rit.edu.

11. "Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants Online," www.wscpa.org.

12. "Continuing Education Workshop," The Washington Board Journal, Board, Winter/Spring 1999, p. 10.