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Course Descriptions

Courses for the Master of Software Engineering program are hyperlinked below to the University Bulletin. Please refer to the prerequisites mentioned on this page as those listed on the University Bulletin may differ from Penn State Great Valley. All courses offered are three credits unless otherwise indicated.

CSE 543 - Computer Security

DAAN 570: Deep Learning

DAAN 825 - Large Scale Databases & Warehouses
Prerequisite: IN SC 521

DAAN 862: Analytics Programming in Python

DAAN 871 - Data Visualization for Analytics

DAAN 881 - Data-Driven Decision Making
Prerequisite: STAT 500

DAAN 897 - Deep Learning
Prerequisite: STAT 500

DAAN 897 - Enterprise Analytics Strategies

EA 871 - Enterprise Architecture Foundations I
Previously offered as IN SC 497 Enterprise Architecture

I E 575 - Foundations of Predictive Analytics
Prerequisite: STAT 500 or with Division permission

INSC 521 - Database Design Concepts

INSC 526 - Business Process Management and Integration
Previously offered as IN SC 597 - Business Process Management

INSC 561 - Web Security and Privacy

INSC 846: Network and Predictive Analytics for Socio-Technical Systems

INSC 897: Special Topics

INFSY 860 - Data Communications Systems and Networks
Previously offered as INFSY 560 – Data Communications Systems and Networks

INFSY 863 - Network Security
Previously offered as INFSY 563
Previously offered as IN SC 497 – Fundamentals of Information Science

IST 454 - Computer and Cyber Forensics
Prerequisite: A basic familiarity with computer networks and operating systems (from a user perspective) is expected.

IST 816 - Web and Internet Information Retrieval

STAT 500 - Applied Statistics

STS 589: Ethics and Values in Science and Technology

SWENG 400 - Software Studio (Java)

SWENG 541 - Advanced Database Design Concepts
Prerequisite: Completion of IN SC 521, or approval of instructor or department

SWENG 545 - Data Mining

SWENG 569 - Service-Oriented Architecture

SWENG 581 - Software Testing

SWENG 585 - Pattern-Oriented Design
Prerequisite: SWENG 537

SWENG 586 - Requirements Engineering

SWENG 587 - Software Systems Architecture

SWENG 588 - Program Understanding
Prerequisite: SWENG 537

SWENG 597 - Special Topics: Formal Methods

SWENG 826 - Applied Human-Computer Interaction
Previously offered as SWENG 497 Special Topics: Human Computer Interface

SWENG 837 - Software System Design
Previously offered as SWENG 537 – Software System Design
Prerequisite: Information Science students need permission from Engineering Division

SWENG 861 - Software Construction

SWENG 888: Mobile Computing and Applications

SWENG 894 - Advanced Software Engineering Studio
Previously offered as SWENG 500 – Advanced Software Engineering Studio

SYSEN 505 - Technical Project Management
PLEASE NOTE: Students may take either SWENG 505 Software Project Management or SYSEN 505 Technical Project Management

SYSEN 507 - Systems Thinking

SYSEN 536 - Decision and Risk Analysis in Engineering

SYSEN 555 - Invention and Creative Design
(Taking SYSEN 550 prior to SYSEN 555 is recommended, but not required)

SYSEN 850 - Creativity and Problem Solving I

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