2011–2012 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

SWE 5411 SOFTWARE TESTING 1 (3 credits). Explores functional (black box)
methods for testing software systems, reporting problems effectively and planning
testing projects. Students apply what they have learned throughout the course to a
sample application that is commercially available or under development. The choice of
sample application changes from term to term. Prerequisites: CSE 2410 or SWE 5001,
CSE 1400, CSE 2400.
SWE 5415 SOFTWARE TESTING 2 (3 credits). Explores structural (glass box)
methods for testing software. Testing of variables in simultaneous and sequential combinations,
application programmer interfaces, protocols, design by contract, coverage
analysis, testability, diagnostics, asserts and other methods to expose errors, regression
test frameworks, test-first programming. Prerequisites: CSE 3411 or SWE 5411.
SWE 5430 SOFTWARE TESTING TOOLS (3 credits). This project-oriented
course requires students to perform a survey of existing testing tools and to test a
featured software product. Students are responsible for assessing functionality of
testing tools and working with tool vendors to acquire and deploy a number of tools to
test a real software application.
SWE 5440 INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE (3 credits).
Presents the role of software architecture in the software engineering life cycle.
Covers techniques for design to meet functional requirements; analysis with respect to
desired attributes such as performance, reliability and maintainability; and improvement
to better satisfy desired attributes while still meeting functional requirements.
Prerequisites: SWE 5001.
SWE 5510 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE (3 credits). Describes abstraction
techniques to extract specifications and design from existing code. Discusses the
use of these techniques in debugging, re-engineering and software enhancement.
Prerequisites: SWE 5001.
SWE 5621 SOFTWARE METRICS AND MODELING (3 credits). Examines
common software metrics, axiomatic foundations of measurement, validity of
measurements and measurement dysfunction, and some statistical and modeling
approaches to help students make their software measurements meaningful.
Prerequisites: CSE 2410 or SWE 5001, CSE 2400.
SWE 5660 SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (3 credits). Examines the
importance of building security into the design, implementation and testing phases of
software development. Covers coding techniques that avoid known vulnerabilities and
test strategies that can uncover previously unknown weaknesses. Includes a discussion
of security policies and design principles. Prerequisites: SWE 5460.
SWE 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0-2 credits). Variable registration
for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
(Requirements: Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate
Programs.)
SWE 5900 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (1-3 credits).
Selected topics of current interest in software engineering. Material varies according
to faculty and student interest. May be repeated for credit. (Requirement: Instructor
approval.)
SWE 5999 THESIS (3-6 credits). Individual work under the direct guidance of a
faculty member, culminating in the formal defense of a written thesis. (Requirement:
Instructor approval.)
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
SYS 4100 QUALITY ENGINEERING (3 credits). Provides principles and
techniques for establishing quality goals, identification of customer needs and
requirements, measurement of quality objectives and product/process engineering to
improve system performance. (Requirements: Junior standing and instructor approval.)
Prerequisites: MTH 2201.
SYS 4200 PROJECT ENGINEERING (3 credits). Provides principles of project
management to design and develop products and services within budget, on time and
to specification. Includes work planning, organization design, requirements analysis,
project control and PERT/CPM. (Requirements: Junior standing and instructor
approval.) Prerequisites: MTH 2201.
SYS 4310 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES (3 credits). Introduces
the principles in systems engineering (SE) that deal with system life cycle phases.
Emphasizes requirements and design methodologies. Includes SE definition; life cycle
methodologies, tools and techniques; evaluation of system and technology alternatives;
reliability and maintainability; trade-off models; and management tools and
techniques. (Requirements: Junior standing and instructor approval.) Prerequisites:
MTH 2201.
SYS 4460 SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS (3 credits). Provides an
in-depth study of systems requirements processes and tools. Includes concepts such
as capturing stakeholder requirements, the importance of the concept of operations
and the system development life-cycle process. (Requirements: Junior standing and
instructor approval.) Prerequisites: MTH 2201.
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SYS 5001 RESEARCH METHODS IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
PREPARATION (1 credit). Preparation for SYS 5370. Overviews probability and
statistics, including summary measures of a simple data representation and probability
distributions. Discusses data analysis and interpretation including hypothesis
formulation, sampling and statistical interference. Cannot be used to fulfill graduation
requirements.
SYS 5002 SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE COST ESTIMATION PREPARATION
(1 credit). Preparation for SYS 5385. Overviews current methodologies and tools for
estimating the costs of all phases of the system life cycle, including both research and
development. Includes fundamentals of cost estimation techniques and cost-benefit
analysis. Cannot be used to fulfill graduation requirements.
SYS 5003 COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECTURE PREPARATION
(1 credit). Preparation for ECE 5595. Overviews basic theory, design and analysis of
computer communications in systems. Includes fundamentals of TCP/IP, Internet, the
World Wide Web, ISO-OSI network architecture and LANs. Cannot be used to fulfill
graduation requirements.
SYS 5004 MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH PREPARATION
(1 credit). Preparation for SYS 5375. Overviews optimization modeling techniques
and operations research fundamentals. Includes a review of linear programming,
nonlinear programming and goal programming. Cannot be used to fulfill graduation
requirements.
SYS 5005 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMAND, CONTROL,
COMMUNICATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION (1 credit).
Preparation for ECE 5272. Overviews broad C3I areas such as sensor data fusion,
estimation, tracking, probability and statistical models and optimization. Cannot be
used to fulfill graduation requirements.
SYS 5200 PROJECT ENGINEERING (3 credits). Principles of project management
to design and develop products and services within budget, on time and to
specification. Includes work planning, organization design, requirements analysis,
project control and PERT/CRM. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
SYS 5310 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES (3 credits). Introduces the
fundamental principles in systems engineering (SE) that deal with system life cycle
phases with emphasis on requirement and design methodologies. Key topics include
SE definition; life cycle methodologies, tools and techniques; evaluation of system
and technology alternatives; reliability and maintainability; trade-off models; and SE
management tools and techniques.
SYS 5350 SYSTEMS MODELING AND ANALYSIS (3 credits). System simulation
modeling and analysis tools and techniques, covering issues such as variability,
covariance and correlation. Includes management of simulation and modeling projects,
verification and validation techniques, variance reduction techniques, animation,
continuous system simulation, and creativity and innovation through modeling.
SYS 5365 DECISIONS AND RISK ANALYSIS (3 credits). Analytical methods to
solve decision problems that involve uncertainties, opposing objectives and limited or
excessive information. Key topics include structuring decision, expected opportunity
loss, expected value of imperfect information, Bayesian Analysis, utility curves, decision
trees, risk analysis/mitigation tools and techniques, and risk profiles.
SYS 5370 RESEARCH METHODS IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (3 credits).
Systematic measurement and analysis of data to improve decision accuracy. Key topics
include scientific approach as in solving SE problems, hypothesis testing, data collection
issues such as survey data, reliability, accuracy of measured data, data measurement
tools and techniques, statistical process control, design of experiment methods,
full and fractional designs, multiple regression analysis.
SYS 5375 MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH (3 credits). Quantitative
methods used in support of military decisions at strategic and tactical levels. Key
topics include operations research concepts, quantitative evaluation of military alternatives,
resource allocation models (linear and non-linear programming), assignment
problems, transportation modeling (deployment, airlifting, mobility), inventory models
and limited area/limited time operations.
SYS 5380 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT (3 credits). This
team-oriented capstone course in the graduating semester enables the student to
integrate learning from all MSSE courses in a real-life project setting. Day-to-day
progress is monitored by a company supervisor with weekly status reports turned in to
the supervisor and the instructor. Input from the company supervisor is a factor in the
final grade.
SYS 5385 SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE COST ESTIMATION (3 credits). Includes
tools and techniques used in estimating cost of all phases of a system. Covers total
system cost including research and development, investment and operation. Also
includes the system life cycle (SLC) cost estimation process, SLC cost estimation
models including discounted cash-flow analysis, activity-based costing, and costbenefit
calculations. Teaches cost scenario sensitivity analysis and design-to-cost
concepts.