Master of Science in Software Engineering

The MS in Software Engineering (MS-SWE) prepares students to become leaders in engineering high quality, large scale, computing solutions to real life problems. Software engineering spans all aspects of developing software, including requirements analysis, design, construction, testing, usability, security, maintenance, and economics. Software engineering spans all types of software, including mobile and web applications, software services, enterprise software, and large complex systems. We revise courses regularly to keep up with changes in software engineering.

The MS-SWE program emphasizes pragmatic problem solving that addresses reliability, usability, future growth, security, cost, and efficiency. Graduates go on to technical leadership positions such as engineering lead, software architect, director of engineering, and CTO, as well as managerial and executive positions. MS-SWE students come from a diversity of undergraduate backgrounds, including computer science, engineering, mathematics, sciences, and business. The DC area has one of the largest collections of software companies in the world and the workforce is constantly growing, making our graduates in very high demand.

In addition to general admission requirements of the university, applicants must have earned a GPA of 3.00 or better on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 credits of their baccalaureate degree. Other requirements are as follows-

A one-page statement of educational and career goals

Current resume

To succeed in graduate courses, applicant's baccalaureate degree must include the following subjects-

Introductory programming in any programming language

Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++, or C#

Data structures and algorithms

Machine organization such as those given in computer system architecture or assembly language courses

Discrete mathematics, including sets, propositional and predicate logic, relations, functions, trees, graphs, and inductive proofs

A minimum 3.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale in baccalaureate study.