Master of Science in Software Engineering

The Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering unconditional admission requirements are: A Bachelor’s degree from an ABET or CSAB accredited program with a minimum of 3.0 average on a 4.0 scale, a GRE score of 1700 (for GRE tests taken after October 1, 2002 the score on the analytical portion is obtained by taking 100 times [raw score +2]), and for international students, a TOEFL score of 600 (213 computer-based test).

Conditional admission may be granted to individuals who fail to meet one or more requirements for unconditional admission.

Prerequisites:

• Coursework or demonstration of knowledge in:
• Programming in C, C++, or Java (CPE 112)
• Data Structures (CPE 212)
• Discrete Structures (CS 214)
• Algorithm Design and Analysis (CS 317)
• Operating Systems (CPE 434)
• Introduction to Computer Architecture (CPE 431)

Experience in the development of a large scale, industrial strength software system is highly desirable.

Program Requirements:

Thesis Option

• CS650 Software Engineering ( 3 hours)
• One course taken from any two of the three CS areas identified in the non-thesis option ( 6 hours) College of Engineering 114
• Three additional CPE electives from CPE (9 hours)
• Software Engineering Studio I and II (6 hours)

Non-thesis Option

• CS Core ( 12 hours)
• CS650 plus one course from each of the following three areas

Area 1: Formal Methods

• CS 617 Algorithms
• CS655 Formal Methods

Area 2: Software Engineering and Design

• CS 652 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• CS 551 Software Modeling
• CS 552 Analysis and Design Patterns

Area 3: Software Applications:

• CS 553 Client Server Architecture
• CS 658 Software Process and Product Improvement
• CS 656 Software Testing
• Software Design Studio I and II (CPE 656, CPE 658), (6 hours)

Four courses selected from (12 hours)

• CPE 538 Real Time and Embedded Systems,
• CPE 536 Operating System Internals,
• CPE 512 Parallel Processing,
• CPE 548 Introduction to Networks,
• CPE 549 Introduction to Information Assurance Engineering
• CPE 628 Testing of Hardware Systems,
• CPE 631 Advanced Architecture,
• CPE 633 Fault Tolerant Computing,
• CPE 645 Computer Network Security
• CPE 647 Ubiquitous Computing
• CPE 648 Advanced Networks,
• CPE 649 Advanced Information Assurance Engineering
• CPE 661 Code Optimization,
• CPE 726 Algorithms for VLSI Design,
• CPE 731 Distributed Shared Memory
• CPE 748 Mobile and Wireless Networks