The Computer Science Department now has a new program in the area of Software Engineering, a graduate concentration (final approval pending), and course offerings every semester and during the summers. Many the faculty have research that is related to software engineering issues, and five faculty members are active in the program. (See individual faculty web pages.)

Course offered Summer 2006: 
      CS  6463  Advanced Topics in CS: Software Testing and Quality Assurance
             Dr. Chia-Tien Dan Lo, TR 6:00-7:50 pm 

Courses offered Fall 2006:
      CS  5103  Software Engineering
             Dr. Jianwei Niu, Sat 10:00-12:45 pm 

Master's Degree: Concentration in Software Engineering (pending):

This concentration gives students a broad knowledge of current theories, models, and techniques in software engineering to provide a basis for problem identification and analysis, software design, development, implementation, verification, and documentation. All students pursuing this concentration must fulfill the degree requirements for the Master of Science in Computer Science and as part of the electives for the degree students must take the following course:
      CS  5103  Software Engineering  
and 2 courses selected from the following list: 
      CS  5133  Software Testing and Quality Assurance 
      CS  5153  User Interfaces and Usability
      CS  5343  Developing Secure Systems and Software
      CS  6133  Software Specification and Verification
      CS  6193  Advanced Topics in Software Engineering

Descriptions of all software engineering courses: New Catalog Copy (pending)
Official schedule of classes: Any semester
Official catalog descriptions: Undergraduate,   Graduate