About the Software Engineering Administration

The MSA with specialization in Software Engineering Administration is an interdisciplinary degree offered entirely online and is designed to prepare students for leadership roles in organizations of diverse domains that develop and maintain software systems for research, commercial, and internal use. Coursework also prepares students for admission to doctoral programs and professional schools.

For more information on core and specilization requirements, please visit our Online UWF Catalog (PDF).

Note: Some specialization courses require experience with a modern object-oriented programming language.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Identify and discuss principles of organizational behavior and apply these concepts to the software engineering domain.
• Apply concepts and analytical skills to policy and administrative decisions within an organization and analyze what constitutes organizational effectiveness.
• Work with users and customers to determine needs and analyze requirements for a software application.
• Apply good software engineering process to manage a team charged with the design, implementation and testing of a software application.
• Determine needs, analyze requirements, design, implement, and test a software application within an application. Identify and define factors that tend to increase or alleviate conflict within a group and apply knowledge of these factors to an analysis of a software project.
• Discuss principles and current issues related to leadership and management of software development teams.
• Present an applied research question or problem that is relevant to a field or discipline.

Admissions Requirements

The Software Engineering Administration Specialization requirements:

• GRE score prior to admission
• A letter of intent
• Three letters of professional reference

The university's graduate admissions requirements can be found in the online catalog.

Apply for admission on-line.

Frequently Asked Questions
If you have questions, then check out our Frequently Asked Questions section or fill out the form below and a graduate advisor will contact you.

 

Contact Us

Dr. Laura J. White
MSA/SEA Coordinator
Department of Computer Science
University of West Florida
11000 University Parkway, Building 79, Room 126
Pensacola, FL 32514
Voice: 850.474.3017
Email: lwhite@uwf.edu