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.

1. 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.
2. Thesis option students
   Students are required to take 28 credit hours of course work and 6 hours of thesis, for a total of 34 credit hours.
3. Non-thesis option students
   Students are required to take 32 credit hours of course work and 4 credit hours of Software Engineering Project (EEC 626), for a total of 36 credit hours.

Core Courses

EEC 521 Software Engineering (4 credits)
EEC 623 Software Quality Assurance (4 credits)
CIS 634 Object-Oriented Software Engineering (4 credits)
CIS 635 Software Engineering Metrics, Economics, and Management (4 credits)

Elective Courses

CIS 650 Compiler Design (3 credits)
CIS 675 Information Security (3 credits)
EEC 517 Embedded Systems (4 credits)
EEC 522 Modeling and Analysis in Software Systems (4 credits)
EEC 525 Data Mining (4 credits)
EEC 530 Digital Signal Processing (4 credits)
EEC 581 Computer Architecture (4 credits)
EEC 623 Software Quality Assurance (4 credits)
EEC 624 Software Testing (4 credits)
EEC 625 Software Design and Architecture (4 credits)
EEC 626 Software Engineering Project (4 credits)
EEC 681 Distributed Computing Systems (4 credits)
EEC 684 Parallel Processing Systems (4 credits)
EEC 687 Mobile Networks (4 credits)
EEC 692 Special Topics in Software Engineering (4 credits)
EEC 695 Individual Problems In Software Engineering (1-4 credits.)
EEC 699 Master’s Thesis (1-9 credits)
Only one of the following courses is permitted to count towards degree requirements for the MSSE program:
• CIS 620 Comparative Operating Systems Interfaces (4 credits)
• CIS 630 Enterprise Application Development (4 credits)