2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 02, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Software Engineering (AS.CSE)


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Program Description 

From commercial servers to mobile and embedded devices, almost everything we use relies on software. Our dynamic program will introduce you to the entire software development life cycle, including requirements, design, coding, testing, and deployment in a rigorous, hands-on, programming-intensive experience. You’ll master computer programming, website design, networking and system development, and administration and take part in major projects that reflect real-world needs.

Graduates of this program are prepared to make meaningful contributions to a software development group. Typical jobs for graduates might include test, release, or customer support engineers. Students may continue on to the bachelor’s degree, which adds an understanding of software development and significantly more technical depth.

Program Outcomes 

  1. Program proficiently in multiple programming languages. 

  1. Develop and maintain static and simple dynamic web pages, including those connected  
    to databases. 

  1. Understand the processes used in software development and use tools to support these  
    processes. 

  1. Understand how computer hardware impacts the running of software down to the level  
    of assembly language. 

  1. Independently learn new, well-defined technology frameworks.  

  1. Understand the historical and social context of information technology.  

  1. All students actively participate in the design and development of a software system and present the results of that effort. 

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