克利夫蘭州立大學(xué)

The Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) program is the first of its kind in Ohio. The program is the successor to the Graduate Certificate Program in Software Engineering and is intended for both practicing professionals, as well as full-time students in the areas of software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or information management.

The program introduces students to current and best practices in the engineering of software systems. A distinguishing feature is its emphasis on the architecture, design, quality, management, and economics aspects of software engineering. Students take a project from start to completion, learning the requirements of specific deliverables and the development life cycle. Critical management issues, such as risk assessment, project planning, and market analysis, are also covered. The program exposes students to new technological developments in an advancing field and how to apply their knowledge in the workplace. Graduates meet the demands of industry and address the needs of information technology professionals, in general, and software engineers, in particular.

The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department recently commissioned a new state-of-the-art Software Engineering instructional laboratory, fully equipped with hardware and software required to meet the needs of all courses in the curriculum. The department also maintains the Software Engineering Research Laboratory to support research. The lab is equipped with desktop computers and servers connected via a LAN. Students have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research in Software Engineering.

Two other major computer facilities are used to support teaching and research: a networked laboratory of basic and advanced personal computers; and clusters of UNIX workstations, including HP Itanium, Sun Sparc/Ultra, SGI Indy/O2, IBM RS/6000, and Dell Linux workstations. These machines are connected to Fast Ethernet, ATM, and/or FDDI LANs. All laboratories are available to students for both course work and research. The networks are connected to the University fiber backbone which, in turn, is linked to national networks.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Students in the MSSE program may elect a thesis option or a non-thesis option. All students, and particularly those intending to pursue a doctoral degree, are encouraged to select the thesis option.

All students:
The MSSE program is planned around a core of required topics and a number of technical electives. All students must complete the core courses listed below.
Thesis option students:
Students are required to take 24 credit hours of course work and 6 hours of thesis, for a total of 30 credit hours.
Non-thesis option students:
Students are required to take 28 credit hours of course work and 4 credit hours of Software Engineering Project (EEC 626), for a total of 32 credit hours.

CORE COURSES

EEC 521 - Software Engineering or
CIS 634 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering

and the following:

CIS 635 - Software Engineering Metrics, Economics, & Management
EEC 623 - Software Quality Assurance

ELECTIVE COURSES

CIS 620 - Advanced Operating Systems
CIS 650 - Compiler Design
CIS 666 - Artificial Intelligence
CIS 675 - Information Security
EEC 517 - Embedded Systems
EEC 522 - Software Systems Modeling and Analysis
EEC 525 - Data Mining
EEC 530 - Digital Signal Processing
EEC 581 - Computer Architecture
EEC 584 - Computer Networks
EEC 622 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering
EEC 624 - Software Testing
EEC 625 - Software Design & Architecture
EEC 626 - Software Engineering Project
EEC 681 - Distributed Computing Systems
EEC 683 - Computer Networks II
EEC 684 - Parallel Processing Systems