Software Engineering is a discipline where engineers follow a well-defined process to do their works. They establish quality goals, define methods they will use, measure their work, analyze the results, and adjust their methods to better meet customer requirements. The basic idea is that if you want a quality product, you must have a quality process that creates the product. Software Engineering discipline is not new but it is not taught in many universities because it requires that people who teach it must have process knowledge from industry. Since most professors do not work in industry, or receive training in business process, they do not want to teach it.
