Work is currently being undertaken under the auspices of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS) to produce the Software Engineering volume for the project known as Computing Curriculum 2001 (CC2001). The work undertaken to date is considered and details are presented of the approach that is being taken. Summaries are given of three major events that have been used to assist in the development and appraisal of the work: a workshop at the Fifteenth Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T 2002), an International Summit on Software Engineering Education (SSEE) which was colocated with the 24th IEEE-CS/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE2002), and a workshop held in Chicago in May 2002. Finally an appraisal regarding progress and what still needs to be addressed is given in terms of the principles defined for the project.