M.Sc Degree Programme in Software Development

News

Application period has ended 31 January 2012, see programme info and admissions info [Feb 2012]

The course TKOPS146 Open Source and Software Quality 5 ECTS will be taught during Spring term 2012. [Oct 2011]

Study Guide 2010-2012 (pdf) updated 8.8.2011 [Aug 2011]

Curricula Guides with teaching schedule [Aug 2011]

Orientation course for new students is arranged on August. New students will visit the School of Information Sciences and Computer Sciences and plan their studies with their study advisor. [Aug 2011]

Description

The goal of M.Sc. Degree Programme in Software Development is to deepen students’ knowledge of software development. In the selection of the programme’s advanced studies in software development special emphasis is given to distributed and Internet programming, as well as to construction of intelligence into hardware.

Students who graduate from the M.Sc. Programme in Software Development have the abilities to participate in demanding and comprehensive software projects at different stages of the project and in various tasks. The programme also provides the foundation for the implementation of different kinds of solutions in other study areas of the department. Software development is examined in all stages of its life cycle. Teaching will deal with different programming approaches, requirements development and management, software design, groupware in practise, software architectures, distributed systems and adding intelligence in software.

It is recommended that students in this Masters degree programme take minor subject studies in mathematics and information sciences.

M.Sc. Programme studies in Software Development 120 ECTS

1. Advanced courses in M.Sc. programme in Software Development 80 ECTS

2. Other studies in M.Sc. programme 40 ECTS

Please check the Curricula Guides for updated information.

Compulsory advanced courses in software development are

TKOPS 118 Theory of Software Project Management
TKOPS 117 Software Project Management
TKOPS 301 Requirements Engineering
TKOPS 407 Seminar in software development

The rest of the compulsory courses can be selected from the courses mentioned on the curricula guide

Personnel

Program Director: Nummenmaa, Jyrki Professor

Student Advisor: Zhang, Zheying , Assistant professor

Poranen, Timo Lecturer

Berki, Eleni Assistant professor