Abstract:Quantum computing is increasingly practised through programming, yet most educational offerings emphasize algorithmic or framework-level use rather than software engineering concerns such as testing, abstraction, tooling, and lifecycle management.
This paper reports on the design and first offering of a cross-listed undergraduate--graduate course that frames quantum computing through a software engineering lens, focusing on early-stage competence relevant to software engineering practice. The course integrates foundational quantum concepts with software engineering perspectives, emphasizing executable artifacts, empirical reasoning, and trade-offs arising from probabilistic behaviour, noise, and evolving toolchains. Evidence is drawn from instructor observations, supplemented by anonymous student feedback, a background survey, and inspection of student work.
Instructor observations and inspected work artifacts indicated that students with little prior exposure could engage with quantum software engineering topics after foundational quantum concepts had been introduced using executable artifacts. The contribution is the systematic software engineering framing and sequencing of the course, its mixed-level assessment design, and practice-grounded lessons from an actual offering; the report does not estimate causal learning effects.
From: Andriy Miranskyy [view email]
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