Overview

The Program

The Software Engineering at de DePaul University emphasizes the best software engineering practices, current methodologies, emerging technologies, and their applications in various industries. It also emphasizes the development of communication and presentation skills in a team-based software development environment.

The curriculum encompasses all important aspects of software engineering, including: requirements engineering, software architecture and design, software construction, software testing and quality assurance, software maintenance, and software project management.

Concentrations

Entrepreneurship & Technology Leadership: This concentration offers students with strong background in software development and a keen interest in business the opportunity to become entrepreneurs or business leaders in the software development industry.
Real Time Game Systems: This concentration addresses the principles and foundations of the complex field of real-time interactive game systems. Students will gain experiences in system and architectural design, computer graphics and animation, game physics, artificial intelligence, networking, tools and game systems engine development.

Software Architecture: This concentration offers students with prior experience in software development the opportunity to sharpen their skill set and broaden their knowledge base in software development.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

Correctly create a model of the structure and behavior of a software system.
Design and implement, in a programming language, an executable solution to a given problem using common software principles and best practices.
Apply appropriate software testing techniques and evaluate the quality of a software product at module, integration, and system granularity levels.
Select and adapt suitable elements from among conventional and evolving software development life-cycle processes and apply the resulting process to a software project.
Collaborate in teams to develop a significantly sized software system from conceptualization to completion.
Communicate effectively design and development decisions through written and graphical demonstration.

Software Development: This concentration addresses the foundations, methodologies, and tools for developing high quality large-scale software systems, with an emphasis on the technical issues of software development.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Discrete Structures for Computer Science
Programming
Software Testing and Quality Assurance
Object Oriented Modeling
Managing Globally Distributed Software Development
Software and Systems Project Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-03-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-06-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-04-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

52 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Chicago, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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General requirements

Complete an online application ($25 application fee for domestic applicants, $75 for international applicants).

Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale
Bachelor’s degree awarded from a regionally accredited institution

Test of English Proficiency (for international students)
Send official transcripts from ALL colleges and universities attended, one which must show the conferral of a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.

Tuition Fees

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25558 USD / year

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Living costs

Chicago

United States

1297 - 2491 USD / month

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