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Software Engineering

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Software Engineering

Overview

The Certificate in Software Engineering allows students to receive a thorough grounding in the skills required of software engineers. Our core courses are in subjects most demanded by today's employers. Use your certificate to enter the workplace or as a foundation for further study for a bachelor's degree.

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Program Requirements

For program information, contact Prof. Suban Krishnamoorthy, at skrishnamoorthy [at] framingham.edu (skrishnamoorthy[at]framingham[dot]edu).

Requirements are accurate to date. However, the University reserves the right to change requirements in the future, and will notify applicants should any changes be made.

  • CSCI 120 Introduction to Information Technology
  • CSCI 130 Computer Science I using Java
  • CSCI 215 Computer Science II using Java
  • CSCI 258 Introduction to Operating Systems Using UNIX
  • CSCI 271 Data Structures
  • CSCI 362 Software Engineering

Choose Three (3) Computer Science Electives from the following list:

  • CSCI 320 Windows Server and Client Management
  • CSCI 333 Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
  • CSCI 340 UNIX System Administration
  • CSCI 345 Computer & Network Security
  • CSCI 347 Analysis of Algorithms
  • CSCI 352 Computer Architecture and Assembly Language
  • CSCI 360 Database Management
  • CSCI 373 Advanced Web Technologies
  • CSCI 376 Networking Technologies
  • CSCI 400 Special Topics in Computer Science
  • CSCI 428 Software Quality Assurance
  • CSCI 455 Human-Computer Interaction
  • CSCI 460 Theory of Computing
  • CSCI 465 Operating Systems Internals
  • CSCI 477 Computer Networking
     

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