Software Engineering Curriculum - Philadelphia Navy Yard
 

Penn State Great Valley's  Master of Software Engineering
Preparatory, Core, and Elective Module Courses
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
 

The Master of Software Engineering degree will be awarded upon successful completion of the 36 credit program and the added preparatory classes if required.  The courses are not listed in sequential order.  All module course work is subject to change as new courses are developed or renumbered.


 
Contact Information

610-648-3243
gvengin@psu.edu

    
Preparatory Courses
One or all may be assigned

 
Course #
 
Course Title
 
Schedule
 
Schedule
SWENG 400  Introduction to Software Engineering Studio  N/A N/A
CMPSC 473  Operating Systems Design & Construction (previously CSE 411)  N/A N/A
IN SC 431  IS Architectures  N/A N/A


18 Credit Core Curriculum
    

 
Course #

Course Title 

Schedule 
 
Schedule
SWENG 537  Software System Design   N/A N/A
SWENG 580  Advanced Software Engineering   N/A Fall 2008
SWENG 581  Software Testing   N/A N/A
SWENG 497  Special Topics:  Software Documentation   N/A N/A

    
Choose one of the following

 SYSEN 505 OR

 
SWENG 505

 Technical Project Management OR

 Software Project Management
 N/A

 N/A
 N/A

 N/A


Take one of the following near the end of the program

SWENG 500 OR

SWENG 594A

 Advanced Software Engineering Studio OR

  Masters Research Paper

N/A

  Summer 2008

N/A

Fall 2008

    
18 Credit Electives
Choose 6 courses from the following

 
Course #
 
Course Name

Schedule 

Schedule 

SYSEN 536

 Decision and Risk Analysis in Engineering   N/A N/A
SYSEN 597  Special Topics:  Systems Thinking Summer 2008  N/A
SWENG 586  Requirements Engineering Summer 2008  N/A
SWENG 587  Software Systems Architecture   N/A N/A
SWENG 568  Enterprise Integration   N/A N/A
SWENG 545  Data Mining   N/A N/A
SWENG 597  Special Topics:  Program Understanding   N/A N/A
SWENG 585  Pattern Oriented Design   N/A N/A
SWENG 497  Special Topics:  Human Computer Interface   N/A Fall 2008
IN SC 597  Special Topics:  Service Oriented Architecture   N/A  N/A
IN SC 497  Special Topics:  Six Sigma   N/A N/A

    
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