Curriculum

M.S. in Software Engineering

Prerequisites

You can be admitted into the graduate program and then take the prerequisites given below either before or concurrently with your graduate courses. It is also possible to have some or all of these prerequisites waived based on what you've learned since getting your undergrad degree.

• COMP 170 -- Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• COMP 264 -- Introduction to Computer Systems
• COMP 271 -- Data Structures
• COMP 313 -- Intermediate Object-Oriented Development

Also see Programming Prerequisites.

Required Course

• COMP 417 -- Ethical and Social Issues in Computing

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Track

• COMP 410 -- Advanced Operating Systems
• COMP 412 -- Open Source Computing
• COMP 437 -- Concurrent Programming
• COMP 439 -- Distributed Systems
• COMP 460 -- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• COMP 462 -- Advanced Computer Architecture
• COMP 464 -- High-Performance Computing

Large-Scale Software Development (LSSD) Track

• COMP 412 -- Open Source Computing
• COMP 422 -- Software Design for Wireless and Mobile Devices
• COMP 433 -- Web Services Programming
• COMP 434 -- Enterprise Software Development
• COMP 442 -- Server-Side Software Development
• COMP 453 -- Database Programming
• COMP 473 -- Object-Oriented Programming
• COMP 474 -- Software Engineering
• COMP 475 -- System Standards and Requirements

Internet and Web Technologies (WT) Track

• COMP 424 -- Client-Side Web Design
• COMP 433 -- Web Services Programming
• COMP 436 -- Markup Languages
• COMP 441 -- Human-Computer Interface Design
• COMP 442 -- Server-Side Software Development
• COMP 473 -- Object-Oriented Programming