Software and Security Engineering, M.S.

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About the Software and Security Engineering Master’s Program

The Master of Science in Software and Security Engineering (M.S.S.S.E.) is a degree program with an emphasis on advanced security and software engineering concepts including information and computer security, software design and quality assurance methodologies, and practices in security and software production. This degree program requires filing a degree plan within the student’s first semester of study and passing the Final Comprehensive Examination as required by the university.

The degree plan for students pursuing a Master of Science in Software and Security Engineering must include CS 5373 and CS 5340 . The thesis option requires an additional three courses chosen from software engineering, non-software engineering, and non-security elective courses (must include at least two software engineering electives) and an additional three courses chosen from security elective courses, and 6 hours of CS 6000 . 3 hours of CS 7000 may be included to replace one software engineering or security elective course, but a total credit hour of CS 7000 must not be over 3 hours.

The non-thesis project option requires an additional six courses chosen from software engineering, non-software engineering, and non-security elective courses (must include at least two software engineering electives) and an additional three courses chosen from security elective courses, and 3 hours of CS 6001 . 3 hours of CS 7000 may be included to replace one software engineering or security elective course, but a total credit hour of CS 7000 must not be over 3 hours. All students pursuing a Master of Science in Software and Security Engineering must take CS 5120 with 10 computer science seminar summaries in their first or in their second semester.

The plan for both options must include:

CS 5373 - Software Modeling and Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5340 - Introduction to Information and Computer Security 3 Semester Credit Hours

Software Engineering Electives:

CS 5332 - Special Topics in Software Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5363 - Software Project Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5374 - Software Verification and Validation 3 Semester Credit Hours
One software engineering elective may be replaced with CS 7000

Security Electives:

CS 5342 - Network Security 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 6343 - Cryptography 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 6378 - Software Security 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 6345 - Digital Forensics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 6359 - Data Security and Privacy 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5333 - Special Topics in Security 3 Semester Credit Hours
One security elective may be replaced with CS 7000

Non-Software Engineering/Security Electives:

CS 5331 - Special Problems in Computer Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5379 - Parallel Processing 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5356 - Advanced Database Management Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5377 - Distributed Computing 3 Semester Credit Hours
CS 5364 - Information Retrieval 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 5316 - Simulation Models for Operations Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 5319 - Risk Modeling and Assessment 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 5320 - Systems Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours