Master of Software Engineering

Degree Requirements

Minimum requirements for the degree are 45 graduate credits. These include 27 credits of required courses, 9 credits of elective courses, and 9 credits of software engineering project. Core courses in computing (SEGR 501 and 503 ) may be waived for students passing a placement exam, and replaced by additional electives. A maximum of 3 credits of 59x courses may be taken toward the MSE degree without department approval. A maximum of 12 credits taken in non-matriculated status may be applied to this program. Transfer credit regulations are described earlier in this Catalog . All degree requirements must be completed within six years after course work has begun.

I. Computing Concepts

6 SEGR credits (required unless waived):

II. Software Design and Development

15 SEGR credits required:

III. Project Management

6 SEGR credits required:

IV. Required Project Courses

9 SEGR credits, including:

Software Engineering Project

Satisfactory performance in the three-quarter software engineering project sequence (SEGR 585 , SEGR 586 , and SEGR 587 ) is required of all MSE students. Students are grouped into teams that complete a significant software project. Students who are not full-time are expected to take only the project sequence in their final year. Students are encouraged not to begin the software engineering project sequence unless SEGR 587 will be their final course in the program. All participants in the project sequence will be required to sign a Seattle University intellectual property (IP) and computer project room agreement, and may be required to sign an IP agreement with the project sponsor.

V. Program Electives

9 Elective credits

Can be chosen from the following categories or from any other graduate courses in software engineering. Students may take up to 6 credits of graduate courses from other programs with department approval.

Computing Concepts
SEGR 543 - Applied Formal Methods 3
SEGR 553 - Artificial Intelligence 3
Software Design and Development
SEGR 534 - Software Testing 3
SEGR 550 - Distributed Computing 3
SEGR 551 - Embedded Systems 3
SEGR 572 - Software Security 3
Project Management
SEGR 530 - Software Economics 3
SEGR 536 - Software Project Management 3
SEGR 537 - Software Quality Assurance 3

NOTE:

Up to six credits from other graduate programs, may be taken as MSE electives with departmental approval. Approved MBA courses include such topics as leadership, entrepreneurship, high tech marketing, management of change, and business ethics. CPSC courses may also be taken to fulfill the elective requirement.

Unless otherwise indicated at the time of offering, any regularly scheduled graduate course in software engineering other than the core courses and the project courses may be used to satisfy the elective course requirement. Students may also take a maximum of three credits of Special Topics (SEGR 591 , 592 , 593 ), Software Engineering Seminar (SEGR 594 ), Independent Study (SEGR 596 , 597 , 598 ), or Internship (SEGR 595 ) for elective credit, without department approval. With departmental approval, up to six credits of graduate-level courses from other departments, especially selected graduate courses from the Albers School of Business at Seattle University are acceptable for elective credit.

Sample Program Schedules

Three-year track with SEGR 501 and 503 required:
	Fall	Winter	Spring
Year 1	SEGR 501	SEGR 503	SEGR 523
	SEGR 520	SEGR 522	Elective
Year 2	SEGR 526	SEGR 525	SEGR 524
	SEGR 532	Elective	Elective
Year 3	SEGR 585	SEGR 586	SEGR 587

Three-year track with SEGR 501 and 503 waived:
	Fall	Winter	Spring
Year 1	SEGR 520	SEGR 522	SEGR 523
	SEGR 526	SEGR 525	SEGR 524
Year 2	SEGR 532	Elective	Elective
	Elective	Elective	Elective
Year 3	SEGR 585	SEGR 586	SEGR 587

Two-year track for full-time students:
	Fall	Winter	Spring
Year 1	SEGR 501	SEGR 503	SEGR 523
	SEGR 520	SEGR 522	Elective
	SEGR 526	SEGR 525	SEGR 524

Year 2*	SEGR 585	SEGR 586	SEGR 587
	SEGR 532	Elective	Elective
*International students may need to take an additional three credits each term to be eligible for student visa status.