Not sure about America but it's more of lack of understanding in Australia. Also, in the university i am studying in. The university course for a Software Engi

Not sure about America but it's more of lack of understanding in Australia. Also, in the university i am studying in. The university course for a Software Engineer is for 5 years since that is the minimum study time needed to be accredited as an engineer while the CS degree is 3 years. The more messed up thing is that everything taught in CS major is taught the Software Engineering major but Software Engineering has more electives and has a few general engineering units.