B.S. in Software Engineering
What is Software Engineering?
Software Engineering deals with all aspects of software development to produce successful software. A good software engineer not only is proficient in coding but also understands the steps to produce software including designing a system architecture or eliciting requirements from customers, or estimating the cost of a project.
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Software engineering is one of the fastest growing fields in the United States. Employment of software developers is projected to grow 24 percent from 2016 to 2026.
The Software Engineering program at St. Mary’s University is designed to give students a combined experience of classroom learning and hands-on engineering practice, creating software systems that are reliable, efficient and maintainable. The program focuses on both the technical and management skills that equips its graduates to be successful in the job market.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BS Software Engineering Degree Plan (128 hours) | ||
| Core Requirements (41 hours) | ||
| First Year Seminar | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| Freshmen Composition I | 3 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | ||
or EN 1313 | Rhetoric and Composition for International Students | |
| Literature | 3 | |
Any EN 23XX literature course | ||
| History | 3 | |
Any 1000, 2000, or 3000-level HS course | ||
| Social Science | 6 | |
| Engineering and Society | ||
| Engineering Economy | ||
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Natural or Physical Sciences | 4 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Graphics and Design | ||
| Philosophy - Self | 3 | |
| Intro to Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy - Ethics | 3 | |
| Foundations of Ethics | ||
| Theology - God | 3 | |
| Introduction to Theology | ||
| Intermediate Theology | 3 | |
Any TH 33xx course | ||
| Software Engineering Major Courses (78 hours) | ||
| EG 1113 | C Programming for Engineering Lab | 1 |
| EG 1213 | C Programming for Engineering | 2 |
| EG 1316 | Object-Oriented Prog and Des | 3 |
| EG 2113 | Logic Design Laboratory | 1 |
| EG 2312 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 |
| EG 2313 | Fundamentals of Logic Design | 3 |
| EG 3101 | Eng. Design & Analysis Workshop I | 1 |
| EG 3102 | Eng. Design & Analysis Workshop II | 1 |
| EG 3164 | Human Computer Interaction Lab | 1 |
| EG 3264 | Human Computer Interaction | 2 |
| EG 3313 | Computer Organization and Architecture | 3 |
| EG 3360 | Requirements Engineering | 3 |
| EG 3361 | Software Project Management | 3 |
| EG 3362 | Software Design and Architecture | 3 |
| EG 3365 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| EG 4101 | Eng. Design & Analysis Workshop III | 1 |
| EG 4301 | Senior Design Project I | 3 |
| EG 4302 | Senior Design Project II | 3 |
| EG 4316 | Computer Networks | 3 |
| EG 4318 | Parallel Programming | 3 |
| EG 4361 | Software Quality Assurance and Testing | 3 |
| EG 4364 | Software Maintenance and Evolution | 3 |
| MT 2318 | Applied Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MT 2323 | Discrete Math Structures | 3 |
| MT 2413 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MT 4331 | Probability Theory | 3 |
| PY 2404 | University Physics II | 4 |
| PY 3307 | Mechanics | 3 |
| Software Engineering Electives (9 hours) | ||
| SET Mathematics or Science Elective I: Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
| General Biology for Majors I | ||
| General Chemistry I | ||
| General Chemistry II | ||
| Intro to Organic & Biochemistry | ||
| Geology of Earth Resources | ||
| Differential Equations | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Theory of Interest | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Modern Physics | ||
| Quantum Mechanics | ||
| 6 | ||
| EG Selected Electives for SE I & II: Choose two from the following: | 6 | |
EG 4352 | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 128 | |
This is a recommended degree plan subject to changes. Please meet with your advisor on a regular basis.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| EG 1113 | 1 | EG 1316 | 3 |
| EG 1213 | 2 | MT 2413 | 4 |
| EG 1303 | 3 | PY 2404 | 4 |
| EN 1311 | 3 | FYE 1301 | 3 |
| MT 2412 | 4 | EG 1341 | 3 |
| PY 1404 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 17 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| SET MT or SCI Selected Elective I | 3 | PL 2301 | 3 |
| EG 2113 | 1 | TH 1301 | 3 |
| EG 2313 | 3 | MT 2318 | 3 |
| MT 2323 | 3 | PY 3307 | 3 |
| PL 1301 | 3 | EG 2312 | 3 |
| History | 3 | Literature | 3 |
| 16 | 18 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| CS 4320 | 3 | EG 3102 | 1 |
| EG 3101 | 1 | EG 3362 | 3 |
| EG 3313 | 3 | EG 3164 | 1 |
| EG 3361 | 3 | EG 3264 | 2 |
| MT 4331 | 3 | EG 3360 | 3 |
| EG 3365 | 3 | Theology II | 3 |
| EG 2393 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| CS 3350 | 3 | EG 4302 | 3 |
| EG 4101 | 1 | EG 4316 | 3 |
| EG 4301 | 3 | EG 4318 | 3 |
| EG Selected Elective for SE I | 3 | EG Selected Electives for SE II | 3 |
| EG 4361 | 3 | EG 4362 | 3 |
| 13 | 15 | ||
| Total Semester Hours 128 | |||