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Graduate Diploma in Software Engineering

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Courses Offered in SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

The following courses are available for your Associate's degree. Each course provides you a unique educational experience. Each course is developed by an international staff of highly skilled instructors. The course material is updated to provide students with the latest current information in the subject.

Specialized Course

  • Course Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Fundamentals of Software Security

  • This course describes the general problem of software security in a practical perspective from a software tester's point of view. It defines prescriptive techniques that are designed to search security vulnerabilities in software applications.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Software Engineering

  • This course presents steps through the software development life cycle and two running case studies that develop as the steps are presented. Running parallel to the process presentation and case studies, the course supports a semester-long software development project.

  • 6 Credits

  • Data Structures

  • This course focuses on Data Structures, and includes advanced topics in Java such as Linked Lists and the Standard Template Library (STL). Featuring abundant Programming Examples and extensive use of visual diagrams to reinforce difficult topics.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

  • This course is organized around the structure of the C++ programming language and will benefit you at all levels with its comprehensive coverage and accessible style.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Operating Systems

  • Open-source operating systems, virtual machines, and clustered computing are among the leading fields of operating systems and networking that are rapidly changing. This course helps you master the fundamental concepts of operating systems while preparing yourself for today’s emerging developments.

  • 6 Credits

Fundamentals of Software Security

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A fault model for software security testing.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Attacking software dependencies.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Breaking security through the user interface.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Attacking design.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Attacking implementation.
    Putting it all together.
    Some parting advice.

Introduction to Software Engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to software engineering.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Object-oriented paradigm overview.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Object-oriented analysis.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Product design.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Class design.
    Implementation.
    Testing.
    Project management.
    Design patterns.

Data Structures

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Software engineering principles and java classes
    Inheritance and exception handling
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Array-based lists
    Linked lists
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Recursion
    Stacks
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Queues
    Search algorithms
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sorting algorithms
    Binary trees
    Graphs

Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    C++ basics
    Flow of control
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Function basics
    Parameters and overloading
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Arrays
    Structures and classes
    Constructors and other tools
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Operator overloading, friends, and references
    Strings
    Pointers and dynamic arrays
    Separate compilation and namespaces
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Streams and file i/o
    Recursion
    Inheritance
    Polymorphism and virtual functions
    Templates
    Linked data structures
    Exception handling
    Standard template library
    Patterns and uml

Introduction to Operating Systems

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introducing operating systems
    Memory management: early systems
    Memory management: virtual memory
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Processor management
    Process management
    Concurrent processes
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Device management
    File management
    Network organization concepts
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Management of network functions
    Security and ethics
    System management
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ms-dos operating systems
    Windows operating systems
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