Software Engineering

Graduates of our Master of Software Engineering program should feel equipped to ensure the delivery of reliable software by studying programming, quality assessment, design, and management, and to provide high-quality technical leadership.

To see if you're on track, read through the program outcomes and required courses and electives below. Please note: students must follow degree requirements effective at time of matriculation. Do not hesitate to reach out to your student advisor with any questions about completing your degree.

These program requirements have recently changed. Please click here if you were admitted to this program prior to April 25, 2017.

Program outcomes:

• Apply a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the cost-effective and secure development, operation, and maintenance of software systems to the satisfaction of their beneficiaries, while adopting software engineering best practices.
• Build solutions using different technologies, architectures and life-cycle approaches in the context of different organizational structures, with demonstrated programming expertise.
• Demonstrate a cross-section of skills necessary to collaborate throughout the phases of software development including requirements, design, implementation, testing, and release management.
• Demonstrate specialized skills via advanced electives in a focused discipline such as web & mobile development, design, cloud computing, and databases.
• Communicate effectively and think critically about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects.