MSc Software Engineering

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Our MSc IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING is an advanced course, which aims to provide students with the education and training required to enable them to take up a leading role in the complex software engineering projects that are currently challenging industry and commerce. The course will enable students to develop computing-related knowledge and understanding, practical discipline skills and a range of transferable skills that will enhance the students personal and professional development.

This is achieved by providing students who already possess a thorough grounding in the principles of computing with knowledge of current best practice in the principles and methods of software engineering, and the opportunity to exercise that knowledge in the context of a project of significant size. In addition, students awareness of the concerns of software reliability, correctness, safety, usability and cost will be developed by the course.

Course Structure

The course is structured around four themes:

• Formal theme, comprising advanced software development, formal methods, concurrent and distributed systems.
• Design theme, comprising information engineering, human/computer interaction (design and development)
• Application theme, comprising AI, computer systems performance modelling, real-time systems.
• Project theme, comprising software project management, project, dissertation.

COURSE TYPE:

MSc

COURSE MODULES*

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

NOTE: This course is available for January start.

We would normally require you to possess a good Honours degree (2:2 or above) or an equivalent overseas qualification, in an area relevant to their proposed programme of study and from an approved degree awarding body.

If you have lesser academic qualifications but have substantial (approx. 5 years) relevant work experience, your application may also be considered

Candidates applying to the course with non-standard qualifications will be judged on an individual basis using the University's APEL procedures. In addition, a test of written and spoken English normally needs to have been passed at grade 6.0 for IELTS or 550 for TOEFL (or 250 for the computer-based test) or above.

APPLY ON-LINE

If you would like to apply on-line, please follow the links on this page to the University's on-line application system. We prefer you to apply on-line wherever possible. However, if you have difficulty applying on-line, or would prefer to apply by post, please complete this downloadable application form (MS Word) and send it to the address on the right.

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Course Booklet (1.75Mb, features all Postgraduate courses from the School of Computing, Informatics and Media)

Postgraduate Taught Course Enquiries

• Tel: 01274 234286 (overseas 00 44 1274 234286)
• Fax: 01274 235972 (overseas 00 44 1274 235972)
• E-mail: masters@scim.brad.ac.uk
• Postal Address:
  School of Computing, Informatics and Media Admissions Office,
  Horton Building,
  University of Bradford.
  BD7 1DP.
  UK.