Curriculum

Students in the program should complete 24 credits of course work and 12 credits of a capstone project. The course work consists of 5 core courses and 3 elective courses. It is recommended that the first four required courses be completed in the order listed below. However, C-S 546 can be taken at any time. Any questions should be directed to the MSE program director.

Required Courses
C-S 741 Software Engineering Principles
C-S 744 Management Issues in Software Engineeringt
C-S 742 Formal Methods in Software Development
C-S 743 Software Verification and Validation
C-S 546 Object-Oriented Software Development

Electives Courses
C-S 521 Programming Language Principles
C-S 542 Structure of Compilers
C-S 549 Advances in Software Engineering
C-S 551 User Interface Design
C-S 554 Digital Image Processing
C-S 555 Fundamentals of Information Security
C-S 564 Advanced Database Management Systems
C-S 570 Parallel and Distributed Computing
C-S 571 Data Communications
C-S 750 Topics in Software Engineering
C-S 751 Seminar in Software Engineering
C-S 752 Independent Study

Capstone Project Work
C-S 798 Software Development Project