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Department of Software Engineering
Overview
Software engineering (SE) is a profession dedicated to designing, implementing, and modifying
software so that it is of higher quality, more affordable, maintainable, and faster to build. It is a
"systematic approach to the analysis, design, assessment, implementation, test, maintenance and reengineering
of a software by applying engineering to the software". SE applications are used in a wide
range of activities, from industry to entertainment. Software applications improve user productivity
and quality of life.
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE)
Goals
The main goal of ALHOSN University Software Engineering program is to offer to its students a
wide education that will enable them to apply the principles of computer science, design, engineering,
management, mathematics and other disciplines to solve engineering problems. Our Program offers a
challenging undergraduate program that prepares graduates for the present and future demands and
challenges of the software industry. The goals can be summarized as follows:
1. Help students in attaining software engineering positions in a chosen field.
2. Provide a solid foundation that will allow graduates to adapt effectively in a quickly
changing field.
3. Prepare students to pursue education at the graduate level.
Objectives
Regardless of the fact that the field is rapidly changing, Software Engineering still has solid based
objectives. Students who graduate from software engineering are expected to:
1. Excel in the practice of software engineering and understand engineered systems in terms of
the relevant fundamental principles of mathematics, science and engineering;
2. Effectively communicate in the workplace and demonstrate the ability to identify, analyze
and solve engineering problems and specify, design, and test, engineering systems, processes or
products;
3. Obtain professional skills, and recognize the need for engaging in life-long learning; and
4. Have the necessary qualifications for employment in software engineering and related
professions, for entry into advanced studies, and for assuming eventual leadership roles in their
profession.
While we consider these objectives to be adequate, we are planning to reevaluate them
continuously in terms of feedback from our principal communities: faculty members and students.
Students’ committees will provide short-term evaluation of the curriculum. The faculty members
that constitute the program’s Advisory Board supply a more strategic perspective. The program’s
Advisory Board meets once a year to review the current status and to both initiate and evaluate
changes to the curriculum.
Outcomes
The Software Engineering program outcomes are nearer term goals. By the time of their graduation,
all students in the software engineering program will have demonstrated the ability to:
1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and software engineering.
2. Design and conduct software projects, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
3. Design a computer system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic
constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
manufacturability, and sustainability.
4. Function on multidisciplinary teams.
5. Identify, formulate, and solve software engineering problems.
6. Understand software professional and ethical responsibility.
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