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Empirical Software Engineering (cluster: SET)
Scheme
Year 1
Year 2
Recommended electives
Pool choices
This curriculum's requirement groups reference these roles instead of a fixed course collection -- pick which of this version's collections each one means for this plan (e.g. which trajectory is your "major").
Requirements
| Requirement | Detail | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundational - Algorithms and Theory | 1 course / 1 course | ✓ | |
| Foundational - Architecture and Systems | 1 course / 1 course | ✓ | |
| Foundational - Software and Analytics | 1 course / 1 course | ✓ | |
| Free electives | 0 EC / 15 EC | ||
| CSE electives | 15 EC / 30 EC | ||
| Deepening | 15 EC / 15 EC | ✓ | |
| Seminar | 1 course / 1 course | ✓ | |
| Graduation project | 40 EC / 40 EC | ✓ | |
| Total | 90 / 120 EC |
Entries (12)
| Year | Quarter | Requirement | Course | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q1 | Foundational - Software and Analytics | 2AMI10 Foundations of Process Mining |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q1 | Foundational - Algorithms and Theory | 2IMA10 Advanced Algorithms |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q2 | Foundational - Architecture and Systems | 2IMD10 Engineering Data-Intensive Systems |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q2 | Deepening | 2IMP40 Empirical Methods in Software Engineering |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q2 | Deepening | 2IMP60 Human-Computer Interaction |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q3 | CSE electives | 2IMD20 Language Virtual Machines Design and Implementation |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q3 | CSE electives | 2IMN30 Machine Learning for Industry |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q3 | Deepening | 2IMP25 Software Evolution |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q4 | Seminar | 2IMP00 Seminar Software Engineering and Technology |
5 EC | |
| 1 | Q4 | CSE electives | 2IMP20 Domain Specific Language Design |
5 EC | |
| 2 | Q2 | Graduation project | 2IMC05 Preparation Graduation Project |
10 EC | |
| 2 | Q3-Q4 | Graduation project | 2IMC00 Master Project |
30 EC |
Elective slots
Leave a quarter's elective open rather than committing it to a specific course yet -- rendered as a blank "Elective" placeholder in the scheme above, same as the institutional scheme's own elective slots. Doesn't count toward any requirement's credit total; see "Recommended electives" below for options to fill it with.
| Program year | Quarter | Slots | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q1 | 1 | |
| 1 | Q4 | 1 | |
| 2 | Q1 | 3 | |
| 2 | Q2 | 1 |
Recommended electives
Reference list of good elective options for this plan's open elective slots above -- purely informational, not tied to a specific slot and not counted toward any requirement's credit total. A recommendation with a quarter also appears in its own "Recommended electives" block in the Scheme above, right after Year 1 and Year 2.
| Recommendation | Quarter | |
|---|---|---|
| 2IMS25 — Principles of Data Protection | Q1 | |
| SFC640 — Writing for the Sciences | Q1 | |
| 2IMP10 — Program Verification Techniques | Q2 | |
| 2IMS20 — Cyberattacks Crime and Defenses | Q2 | |
| 2IMN25 — Quantitative Evaluation of Cyber Physical Systems | Q3 | |
| 2AMD15 — Big Data Management | Q3 | |
| 2AMM15 — Machine Learning Engineering | Q3 | |
| 2IMP30 — System Design Engineering | Q4 | |
| 2AMM10 — Deep Learning | Q4 | |
| 2IMP15 — Software Project Management | Q1-Q2 | |
| 2IMC10 Internship (15 EC) | Q1 | |
| 2IMP05 Capita Selecta SET (requires permission; can also be taken in different quarters) | Q3 |