Software Engineering MSc: University of Southampton
- Degree
- MSc
- Address
- Postgraduate Admissions, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ., Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Course Language(s)
- English
- Course Beginning
- October
- Duration
- 1 year full-time
- Telephone
- +44 (0)23 8059 2630
- Fax
- +44 (0)23 8059 5499
- Website
- http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/admissions/pg/msc
Course Overview
This programme covers traditional and contemporary approaches to software development, from formal methods to object-oriented programming. You will study with leading experts in subjects such as computer vision, critical systems, cryptography, distributed computing systems, e-business, intelligent agents, model checking and multimedia.
Programme Structure
Semester 1: Adaptive modelling of complex data; Advanced object-oriented development; Advanced software engineering; Advanced topics on Web services; Applications of security in information technologies; Assistive technologies and universal design; Hypertext and Web technologies; Research methods in computing; Technologies for electronic commerce.
Semester 2: Advanced multimedia: topics in human–computer interaction; Advanced software engineering; Cryptography and data compression; Distributed computing systems; E-business strategy; Formal design of systems; Intelligent agents; Internet.
Law: privacy, crime, security; Large-scale distributed systems; Semantic Web technologies; Web services group project.
Semester 3: 3-month, independent, individual research project, culminating in a dissertation.
Entry requirements
Upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline (e.g. mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science); additional entry requirements for MSc Web Technology are noted under the Programme structure for this degree
