Software Engineering Certificate

Program Description

The Software Engineering Graduate Certificate focuses on building the foundations to design high-quality software as well as it leaves students the possibility of choosing part of their courses to make the certificate in line with their career goals.

The Graduate Certificate in SWE assumes that students have a significant background in computing.  It will help them to expand their software engineering knowledge by building a set of skills that will prepare them for positions of more responsibility in the computing industry.

This program is part of theCollege of Computing and Software Engineering .

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Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation Policies

Admission Requirements

This program does not have specific admission requirements beyond Admissions to KSU.

Graduation Requirements

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outined in the Academic Policies: 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION

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Program Course Requirements

Required Courses (9 Credit Hours)

SWE 6733: Emerging Software Engineering Processes
Select two of the following:
SWE 6613: Requirements Engineering
SWE 6633: Software Project Planning & Management
SWE 6653: Software Architecture
SWE 6673: Software Testing and Verification
Note: SWE 6613 is a prerequisite for SWE 6673

Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Choose two courses for a total of six credits. One course should be 6000-level SWE or from the list below. The second course can be any 6000/7000-level CS or SWE course.