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.
A-I 500 - Quantitative Methods
A-I 570 - Deep Learning
Prerequisite: A-I 500
Previously offered as DAAN 570
A-I 572 - Reinforcement Learning
Previously offered as DAAN 572
A-I 574 - Natural Language Processing
Prerequisite: A-I 500 and A-I/DAAN 570
A-I 801 - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Prerequisite: A-I 500 or equivalent
DAAN 825 - Large-Scale Databases & Warehouses
DAAN 862 - Analytics Programming in Python
Prerequisite: A-I 500
DAAN 871 - Data Visualization for Analytics
DAAN 881 - Data-Driven Decision Making
Prerequisite: A-I 500
I E 575 - Foundations of Predictive Analytics
Prerequisite: A-I 500 or with Division permission
INSC 521 - Database Design Concepts
INSC 526 - Business Process Management and Integration
INSC 561 - Web Security and Privacy
INSC 846 - Network and Predictive Analytics for Socio-Technical Systems
SWENG 837 - Software System Design
Prerequisite: Information Science students need permission from Engineering Division
Previously offered as SWENG 537 – Software System Design
SWENG 861 - Software Construction
SWENG 881 - Software Testing
Previously offered as SWENG 581
SWENG 886 - Requirements Engineering
Previously offered as SWENG 586
SWENG 887 - Software Systems Architecture
SWENG 888 - Mobile Computing and Applications
SWENG 894 - Advanced Software Engineering Studio
To be taken after all core requirements are completed. The capstone course is only offered in fall semesters.
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 805 - Technical Project Management
PLEASE NOTE: Students may take either SWENG 805 Software Project Management or SYSEN 805 Technical Project Management