The CS department has a course listed in their catalog, curriculum sheets, and recommended elective list that hasn't been offered once since Winter 2015, if not before that - CS 481/CS 4810 (according to GradeTier).

"Software Engineering Practice" seems like a course that many would want to take and perfectly epitomizes the polytechnic experience of CPP. However, the department chalks up all similar experiences that students want to substitute in lieu of this course as "Senior Project" or "Internship" credit. Thus, it's not even a "placeholder" course for easy substitutions.

At this point, the class is nothing more than a facade, so why do they keep it around? Does it have to do with our accreditation standards? Is it a marketing tool to fool prospective students into thinking there's a greater opportunity for career development? Perhaps it's a way to fool donors into thinking there is a more vibrant course offering, guiding students into many career pathways. Who can really say?

In reality, it's probably that the faculty and staff do not want to teach this course, but that should be sufficient cause to remove it from the curriculum after 7 years. Do any other departments have a non-existent class like this?