SWE 7803:Master’s Thesis

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GPA 3.0 or above; completed all transition courses and 12 graduate course credits in your major program by the end of the semester in which you are seeking thesis topic approval. Thesis topic Approval Form, to which the one page thesis topic description is attached, must be all signed by the thesis Advisor, thesis Committee Members, the Department Chair and the Dean.
The thesis is designed for students wanting a research focus to their degree. The student works independently under the supervision of a designated SWE graduate faculty member on a thesis of substance in software engineering. The student will generate a formal written thesis and give a final defense of the thesis. This course may be repeated, but only 6 hours may be applied toward the degree. This course will be an alternative to SWE 7903 Software Engineering Capstone.