Software Engineering Minor

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A minor in Software Engineering will cover the fundamental topics in Software Engineering, Programming with C and Java, modular design, Object Oriented programming, strings, lists, data structures, as well as Software Processes and Software Project Management, the Software Life Cycle Development Phases and Testing. This minor will serve students who are interested in a career of software engineering or software development or whose interest may lie in graduate studies in Software Engineering. Students must complete 18 hours as indicated below. All courses for minor credit must be completed with a grade of C or above. Students may be eligible to fulfill CSCI 1320 and CSCI 1370 requirements with other programming courses covering C and Java and should speak to CSE Academic Advising for approval.

Requirement courses (18 hours)

CSCI 1320 - C Programming Credit Hours: 3
CSCI 1370 - Software Development with Java Credit Hours: 3
CSCI 2315 - Data Structures Credit Hours: 3
SWEN 3350 - Data Structures for Software Engineering Credit Hours: 3
SWEN 4320 - Introduction to Software Process and Project Management Credit Hours: 3
SWEN 4342 - Software Engineering Credit Hours: 3
SWEN 4346 - Software Testing Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Students can take CSCI 2315 or SWEN 3350 .