Software Engineering and App Development Minor

The design and development of data driven web applications. The integration and exploitation of HTML, JavaScript, server-side programming languages and database technology. Prerequisite: EGR 222. (3 units; Spring)

Investigation of mobile operating systems and associated software development environments. Consideration of unique constraints and techniques for creating software designed for mobile devices. Design and development of several mobile applications targeted at the primary mobile operating systems. Prerequisite: EGR 222 (3 units; Fall)

Team design of industrial or self-designed projects. Requires the design and development of a process or product with oral and written reports. Includes a review and analysis of professional papers. Pre- or Co- Requisites: EGR 102 and one of the following: CSC 321, 322, or EGR 305. (3 units; Spring)

Investigation of modern cloud computing platforms and the practice of creating scalable software solutions that utilize essential cloud computing products like serverless computing, serverless key-value NOSQL databases, cloud storage, publisher/subscriber messaging, identity access and permissions management, machine learning (ML) integration, etc. Prerequisite: EGR 226. (3 units; Spring)

This course covers introductory machine learning topics including supervised and unsupervised learning, linear and logistic regression, support vector machines, neural networks (MLPs, CNNs, RNNs, GANs) and more. Coursework includes instruction and programming assignments in algorithmic implementations and high-level library usage. Students also apply machine learning techniques to a unique research project. Prerequisites: EGR 121 or CIS 268, and one of the following: EGR 305, MAT 353, STA 144, 310, or one additional, approved statistic course. (3 units; Fall)

This course provides an introduction to the field of Security in computing. Topics include common security standards and policies, cryptography and information security, access controls, attacks and countermeasures, and computer forensics. Prerequisite: EGR222 (3 units; Fall)

This course covers techniques for discovering and eliciting requirements using languages and models for representing requirements, analysis, and validation techniques, including need, goal, and use case analysis, requirements in the context of system engineering, and requirements documentation standards. With a focus on traceability, human factors, and requirements management, software change requests become manageable. Quality assurance, verification, inspections, and reviews of the requirements proceed using statistical approaches to quality control. Prerequisite: EGR 222. (4 units; Spring)

Overview of current database technologies with an emphasis on relational database technology. Introduction to database design, entity relationship diagraming, structured query language, and stored procedures. Prerequisite: CIS 268 or EGR 121. (3 units; Spring)

Project planning, cost estimation and scheduling. Project management tools. Analysis of options and risks. Release and configuration management. Software process standards and process implementation. Approaches to maintenance and long-term software development. Prerequisite: EGR 222. (3 units; Fall)