M.S. in Software Engineering Curriculum & Courses

Required Coursework

All students are required to complete core and elective credit. Students may complete coursework from other departments at the discretion of the student's graduate advisor and/or thesis advisor (if applicable). 

The coursework a student is required to take is subject to the student's degree plan, and determined by whether or not they are pursuing the thesis or non-thesis plan. 

Effective Fall 2025, the MSSSE is a 31 credit hour program. 

All students are required to have credit for:

• CS 5120: Graduate Seminar - 1 hour
• Core:
  • CS 5340 AND
  • CS 5373
• 6 credit hours of Software Engineering Electives. Options include:
  
  • CS 5332,
  • CS 5363
  • CS 5374
  • CS 7000 - Research

Students may substitute non-CS coursework at the discretion of the CS Dept. graduate academic advisors. Due to course availability students may need to make exceptions to apply coursework not listed above. Students should always discuss applying coursework not listed above with their graduate academic advisor before enrolling. 

Students can review concepts found in the above courses, by searching for them in the TTU Course Catalog. 

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Comprehensive Evaluation

All TTU graduate students MUST complete a comprehensive evaluation in order to graduate. There are four (4) different options for students in the CS Dept. to complete this:

1. Master's Thesis
   1. Students must publicly defend their completed thesis to satisfy this requirement. Six (6) hours of CS 6000 - Master's Thesis AND CS faculty approval is required. 
2. Master's Project
   1. Students will complete an oral examination wherein they present publicly on project results. Requires three (3) credit hours of CS 6001 - Master's Project AND CS faculty approval.
3. Industry Career Certificate through Coursera
   1. Students will complete an approved industry career certificate through Coursera. Students can begin the certificate of their choice from the CS Learning Program as early as their first semester in the program. 
4. Work Experience 
   1. Students can participate in an approved internship/CPT (see grad advisor). The internship/CPT requires co-enrollment in CS 5000 - Practicum in Computer Science
   2. Distance students who are working full-time professionals in a relevant industry may ask that their full-time job be considered to satisfy this requirement (see grad advisor).

The CS Dept. no longer offers an exam or report option.