Wang Institute of Graduate Studies

The Wang Institute of Graduate Studies was an independent educational institution founded in 1979 by computer entrepreneur An Wang. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Dr An Wang ( February 7, 1920 &ndash March 24, 1990) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor and co-founder of computer Its purpose was to provide professional and continuing studies in the nascent field of Software Engineering. Software engineering is the application of a systematic disciplined quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of Software. It was accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 1983. The New England Association of Schools and Colleges Inc (NEASC founded in 1885, is the oldest regional accrediting association in the United States Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

The Institute acquired its 200-acre campus from the Marist Brothers who had operated a seminary on the site since 1924. The Marist Brothers, or Little Brothers of Mary a Roman Catholic Marian Society, are a Catholic Religious order of brothers and affiliated lay people A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in Higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Located in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, it housed two divisions: The School of Information Technology and a fellowship program in East Asian studies. Tyngsborough (also spelled Tyngsboro and rhymes with KINGS-burro is a town located in the northwest section of Middlesex County Massachusetts. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support East Asian Studies is a distinct Multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad Humanistic understanding of East Asia

The Institute never grew beyond a dozen or so faculty, and, facing declining enrollment as well as declining business fortunes, Dr. Wang closed the Institute, graduating the last class on August 27, 1988^[1]. The campus was transferred to Boston University where it serves as a corporate education center today. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. ^[2]

Software engineering curriculum

The Institute graduated five classes in its Master of Software Engineering program, requiring study in eleven three-credit courses. Two project courses involved students in team-based analysis, specification, design, implementation, testing, and integration of software products. ^[3]

The six core courses were:

Course	Topics
Computing systems architecture	Logical design of computing systems Interaction of major system components Software levels: microcode to operating system Architectural features pertinent to specific design goals Current issues and trends
Applications of formal methods	Abstraction techniques Analytical models of software Operational and definitional specifications Verification techniques State-oriented and applicative models of computation
Management concepts	Structure of organizations Planning and finance Software contracts Business psychology Group motivation and leadership styles Business tools
Project management	Tools and techniques for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling software projects Managerial structures, policies, and procedures Quantitative tools for project scheduling, cost estimation, and software metrics Work breakdown structures, milestones, and reporting mechanisms Social and psychological aspects of project management Structure of programming teams
Programming methodology	Fundamental principles of design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of software products Automated tools and analytic techniques for software development and maintenance Software design methodologies Testing techniques Maintenance considerations
Software engineering	Planning and defining a software product Software lifecycle models Documentation and validation of project phases Languages and automated tools for requirements specification Software product acquisition Reuseability of software Project notebooks and program support libraries Configuration management

Notes

^ McKeeman, William, "Graduation Talk at Wang Institute," Computer, vol. In Computer science and Software engineering, formal methods are particular kind of Mathematically -based techniques for the specification, development A Software Requirements Specification ( SRS) is a complete description of the behavior of the system to be developed Configuration management (CM is a field of Management that focuses on establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance and its functional and physical attributes 22, no. 5, pp. 78-80 (1989)
^ About the Boston University Conference Center
^ Fairley, Richard and Martin, Nancy. "Software engineering programs at the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies," Proceedings of the 1983 annual conference on Computers (1983)

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