Software Engineering, B.S.

Software Engineering represents the fastest growing segment of software professionals - men and women who solve problems and issues in the development of mission-critical software to meet the needs of business and industry. The undergraduate program in Software Engineering, which is the only one offered at a public university in the state of Georgia, has the primary objective of preparing a new generation of software developers focused on the engineering of software systems; that is, those systems that meet specified requirements, that are built with mission critical quality levels, and that are within cost and schedule requirements.

General Education (45 Credit Hours)

See listing of requirements.

General Education Requirements Specific to This Major:

Area A2: MATH 1190
Area B2: COM 1100
Area D1: MATH 2202
Area D2, Group 1:
- PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2211L OR
- BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L OR
- CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L
Area D2, Group 2:
- PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L OR
- BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L OR
- CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L

Lower Division Major Requirements (Area F) (18 Credit Hours)

Students should begin CS/CSE 1301 within their first or second semester in the major.

CS 1301:Programming Principles I
or
CSE 1301:Programming and Problem Solving I
CS 1302:Programming Principles II
or
CSE 1302:Programming and Problem Solving II
CSE 2300:Discrete Structures for Computing
or
MATH 2345:Discrete Mathematics
TCOM 2010:Technical Writing
MATH 2332:Probability and Data Analysis
One extra credit hour from Area D.

Upper Division Major Requirements (52 Credit Hours)

Science Elective (4 Credit Hours)

Select one of the following paried lecture and lab courses for a total of 4 credit hours:

PHYS 2211:Principles of Physics I *Must be taken if not already taken in Area D
PHYS 2211L:Principles of Physics Laboratory I *Must be taken if not already taken in Area D
or
PHYS 2212:Principles of Physics II
PHYS 2212L:Principles of Physics Laboratory II
or
CHEM 1211:General Chemistry I
CHEM 1211L:General Chemistry I Laboratory
or
CHEM 1212:General Chemistry II
CHEM 1212L:General Chemistry II Laboratory
or
BIOL 1107:Biological Principles I
BIOL 1107L:Biological Principles I Laboratory
or
BIOL 1108:Biological Principles II
BIOL 1108L:Biological Principles II Laboratory

Math/Science Elective (6 Credit Hours)

Mathematics courses must be at the level of Calculus 1 or above. See advisor for complete list of approved Science electives. This requirements is in addition to other math and science courses required elsewhere in the curriculum.

Upper Level Electives (6 Credit Hours)

The SWE Upper Level Electives require six credits from the courses below, at least one of which is an SWE course: