To satisfy the requirements for the MS degree in Software Engineering, all students admitted to the program are expected to complete thirty semester hours of graduate coursework, with a cumulative grade point average of B or better. The program of study consists of core courses, electives, and the project/thesis option.

The 30 semester hours of required coursework are distributed as follows:

• Project Option
  • Core courses - 15 credit hours
  • Application courses - 9 credit hours
  • CIS elective course - 3 credit hours
  • Project - 3 credit hours
  
  
• Thesis Option
  • Core courses - 15 credit hours
  • Application courses - 9 credit hours
  • Thesis - 6 credit hours
  
  

I. CORE COURSES:

All students are required to take the following courses:

• Three out of the following four CIS courses
  • CIS 553 / IMSE 553 - Software Engineering
  • CIS 565 - Software Quality Assurance
  • CIS 566 - Software Architecture and Design Patterns
  • CIS 575 - Software Engineering Management
    
• ECE 554 - Embedded Systems
• ECE 574 - Advanced Software Techniques in Engineering Applications
  

II. APPLICATION COURSES:

Choose three courses from one of the following application areas:

• Web Technology
  
  • CIS 525 - Web Technology
  • CIS 562 - Web Information Management
  • CIS 571 - Web Services: Concepts, Architectures, and Applications
  • CIS 577 - Software User Interface Design & Analysis
    

• Game Design
  • CIS 515 - Computer Graphics
  • CIS 552 - Computer Animation
  • CIS 577 - Software User Interface Design and Analysis
  • CIS 579 - Artificial Intelligence
  • CIS 587 - Game Design and Implementation I
  • CIS 588 - Game Design and Implementation II

• Databases
  • CIS 556 - Database Systems
  • CIS 562 - Web Information Management
  • CIS 568/ECE 537 - Data Mining
    
  • CIS 586 - Advanced Database Systems

• Information and Knowledge Engineering
  
  • ECE 5251 - Multimedia Tools I
  • ECE 537/CIS 568 - Data Mining
    
  • ECE 552 - Fuzzy Systems
  • ECE 576 - Information Engineering
    
  • ECE 579 - Intelligent Systems
    
  • ECE 583 - Neural Networks
    

III. PROJECT OPTION

Students desiring to obtain project experience are encouraged to elect the directed studies CIS/ECE 591 (3 credits) or Project Course CIS/ECE 695 (3 credits) to work under the supervision of a faculty advisor. In addition, the student must take one additional 3-credit course listed above or any other CIS/ECE course related to the project and approved by the Graduate Program Director.

 

Students desiring to obtain research experience are encouraged to elect CIS/ECE 699 (6 credits) and work under the supervision of a faculty advisor.