The Master of Software Engineering Preparatory, Core, and Elective Module Courses

The Master of Software Engineering degree requires 36 credits.  You may need to take additional preparatory classes depending on your engineering background.  After admission to the program, you will have eight years to complete your course work with a grade point average of 3.0 (B) or higher.  Please note that our electives may change over time as we develop new courses.  If you have questions or requests for course substitutions and approvals, please e-mail enghelp@psu.edu.

NOTE:   The links below in the Schedule columns go to University Park's Web site.  Although the course numbers, times, and availability on that site are accurate, their course descriptions and prerequisites are not the same as ours.  Please use the course descriptions and prerequisites linked from the Course # column on this page to learn about Penn State Great Valley offerings and prerequisites.

 Contact Information

610-648-3243
gvengin@psu.edu

Information Sessions

Information Request

Preparatory courses (one or all may be assigned)

Course Name

IN SC 431

Information Systems Architecture

18-Credit Core Curriculum

Course Name

Schedule

SWENG 537

SWENG 580

Advanced Software Engineering

N/A

SWENG 581

Software Testing

SWENG 497 B

Special Topics: Software Documentation

Choose one of the following courses

SYSEN 505

SWENG 505

Software Project Management

Choose one of the following to be taken near the end of the program

SWENG 594A

Masters Research Paper

Master of Software Engineering Elective Tracks

Requirements Engineering  
   

Course Name

Schedule

Schedule

SWENG 497

           
Global Software Management

Course Name

Schedule

Schedule

SWENG 497

SWENG 497

N/A

SYSEN 597  A

Special Topics: Systems Thinking

Software Architecture
    

Course Name

Schedule

Schedule

SWENG 497

Special Topics: Software Product Lines

Enterprise Integration

Special Topics: Program Understanding

Information Management

Course Name

Schedule

Schedule

IN SC 521

SWENG 597

Special Topics: Soft Computing

N/A

                                                          
Trusted Computing

For careers in IT security and for students who want an understanding of threats and of making computer systems more reliable and less vulnerable to attack.  

PLEASE NOTE:  For  Penn State Great Valley prerequisites, please click on the course number in the column on the left.  Do NOT use the course descriptions listed in the schedules to determine prerequisite requirements. 

Take 6 courses from the following:

Course Name

Schedule

Schedule

Web Security and Privacy

Ethics and Values in Science and Technology