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Enterprise Software Technologies

Specialization Overview

The Enterprise Software Technologies Program (formerly the Client/Server Computing Program) prepares outstanding men and women from around the world to be technical leaders in the rapidly changing software development environment. It offers an unsurpassed education in the fundamentals of software development and in-depth exposure to the latest technologies and trends shaking the foundation of Enterprise software development. It prepares students for technical careers in infrastructure software and enterprise application development.

The program focuses on the study and research of distributed N-Tier Client/Server architectures that employ multiple clients and scalable server-side technologies to develop high performance systems that scale across multiple tiers of servers.

Course Work

Students earn a Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) degree by completing 30 semester units of graduate study, plus meeting a competency in written English requirement. All students are required to complete 9 units of degree core courses, 9 units of required specialization courses, 6 units of elective courses, and 6 units of master's project or thesis to fulfill the 30 unit requirement. Details of these requirements are spelled out below.

Degree Core Courses (9 units)

• ISE 201 Software Engineering Analysis
• CMPE 202 Software Systems Engineering
• CMPE 203 Software Engineering Management

Note: If a student has the equivalent of Math 42: Discrete Mathematics plus the equivalent of MATH 163: Probability Theory or MATH 164: Mathematical Statistics in the their undergraduate background, then ISE 201 can be waived. An additional elective course must be taken to replace the three units of credit.

Required Specialization Courses (9 units)

• CMPE 272 Enterprise Software Overview (formerly ENGR 262)
• CMPE 273 Enterprise Distributed Objects (formerly ENGR 264)
• CMPE 275 Enterprise Software Components (formerly ENGR 268)

Elective Courses (select 6 units)

• CMPE 206 Computer Network Design
• CMPE 207 Networking Programming and Applications
• CMPE 208 Network Architecture Protocols
• CMPE 221 Software Systems Analysis and Design
• CMPE 285 Software Engineering Processes
• CMPE 287 Software Quality Assurance and Testing
• CMPE 209 Network Security
• CMPE 213 Supercomputers
• CMPE 217 Human Computer Interaction or CMPE 219 Research in Human Computer Interaction
• CMPE 226 Database Design
• CMPE 227 Distributed Systems
• CMPE 228 Performance Analysis of Concurrent Systems
• CMPE 232 Component-based & Reuse-Driven SE
• CMPE 234 Multimedia System Design
• CMPE 235 Mobile-Based Software System Design
• CMPE 236 Web-Based Application Systems & Tools
• CMPE 237 Design of E-Commerce Systems
• CMPE 238 Agent Enterprise Software Engineering
• CMPE 261 Real Time Computer System
• CMPE 274 Business Intelligence Technologies (formerly ENGR 266)
• CMPE 276 XML for e-Business (formerly ENGR 270)
• CMPE 277 Mobile Technologies for Enterprise Applications (formerly ENGR 296J)
• CMPE 278 Advanced Enterprise Software Components (formerly ENGR 296L)
• CMPE 286 Advanced Software Engineering Processes (formerly CMPE 270)

Note: Other electives are permitted with advisor approval

Master's Project or Thesis (6 units)

• CMPE 295A Master's Project I
• CMPE 295B Master's Project II

- OR -

• CMPE 299 Master's Thesis

Competency in Written English

• ENGR 200W Engineering Reports

Note: All graduate students are required to demonstrate their competency in written English as a requirement for graduation. The university catalog specifies five ways that competency can be demonstrated (check out the catalog for details). The Computer Engineering department requires that if a course must be taken to meet the competency in written English requirement, that the course must be ENGR 200W.

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