Curriculum Design: An Experience in Principles of Complier Design Course

Abstract

Curriculum design is a challenging process which includes content design, delivery of course, learning and assessment methods based on the need of different stakeholders. The content design is a process of collecting, organizing and sequencing the lessons or content to study the course in orderly manner. It should recognize students as an active partner in their learning process. Generally it is concerned with reviewing, planning, developing, implementing and maintaining of course content design, delivery of course and assessment with high level commitment towards the curriculum by stakeholders. In this paper we present our experience in the content development, delivery and assesment of the Principles of Compiler Design (PCD) course.