For more information about these courses, see the Department of Computer Science聽 and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering .
Graduate Courses
Software Engineering 605
Industrial Topics in Software Engineering
A study of practical approaches of industrial relevance to students specializing in Software Engineering. Course Hours:1.5 units; (3-1) MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
A study of problems of particular interest to students specializing in Software Engineering. Course Hours:3 units; (3-1) or (3-0) MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Investigation and application of agile software development practices. Course Hours:3 units; (3-1) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 615 and Computer Science 601.93 will not be allowed.
Product release planning covers systematic methods, tools and techniques for defining the functionality of a sequence of product releases in incremental development. The planning and re-planning is established as a systematics process trying to optimize resources available towards the functionality most requested by customers and stakeholders. Course Hours:3 units; (3-1) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 622 and 607.25 will not be allowed.
Provides methodological foundations of software engineering decision-making and how to apply them to make better decisions about processes, products, and resources as well as for selection of tools and techniques. Course Hours:3 units; (3-1)
Formal description of algorithms for current software engineering standards and models. Trends and future development in software engineering standardization. Course Hours:1.5 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 629 and 609.17 will not be allowed.
Principles of software dependability techniques, and techniques to improve and predict software reliability. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 637 and 521 will not be allowed.
Advanced techniques, tools and concepts in software testing including: Agile testing, acceptance testing, GUI testing, test coverage analysis, automated testing, and new developments in testing research. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 639 and 607.22 will not be allowed.
Phenomena and approaches involved in the evolution and reuse of large-scale software, including design for modifiability and tool support. Strengths and weaknesses of industrially-current techniques as well as recent research results. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 641 and 541 will not be allowed. Also known as:(formerly Computer Science 601.33)
Discusses the main techniques for automating software engineering tasks such as requirement analysis, design, development, and testing. The covered automation techniques are based on concepts from data science, search-based software engineering, and model-driven software engineering. Focuses on the fundamental techniques and algorithms in each category with examples. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 643 and 607.26 will not be allowed.
A project in either software development or software best practice and experience. Course Hours:6 units; (3S-0) Prerequisite(s):Consent of the department. Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 652 and Electrical Engineering 698 will not be allowed.
Principles and practices of engineering agent-based software systems. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Software Engineering 696 and Computer Science 609 will not be allowed for programs offered by the Department of Computer Science. Also known as:(formerly Software Engineering 697)