UT Dallas 2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

Software Engineering (BS)

Degree Requirements (123 semester credit hours)

Four-Year Degree Plan (Example)

This is an example only. Please see advisor to develop an individual four-year plan.

Freshman Year
Semester 1 - Fall Notes Preferred Core SCH Semester 2 - Spring Notes Preferred Core SCH
MATH 2413 1, 3 2090 4 060 Core 060 3
or MATH 2417 1, 3 2090 MATH 2414 1, 3, 6 2090 4
RHET 1302 1, 7 1090 3 or MATH 2419 1, 3, 6 090
ECS 1100 5 1 PHYS 2325 1, 4, 6 3090 3
CS 1200 7 2 PHYS 2125 1, 4, 6 3090 1
CS 1436 7 4 CS 1337 7 3
CS 2305 7 3
Total  14 Total  17
 
Sophomore Year
Semester 3 - Fall Notes Preferred Core SCH Semester 4 - Spring Notes Preferred Core SCH
070 Core 070 3 040 Core 040 3
PHYS 2326 1, 4, 6 3090 3 070 Core 070 3
PHYS 2126 1, 4, 6 1 MATH 2418 4
CS 2336 6 3 SE 3341 3
SE 2340 6 3 SE 3345 6 3
SE 3306 6 3
Total  16 Total  16
 
Junior Year
Semester 5 - Fall Notes Preferred Core SCH Semester 6 - Spring Notes Preferred Core SCH
Major Preparatory 3 050 Core 050 3
ECS 2390 1, 2, 6 010 3 060 Core 060 3
SE 3354 6 3 SE 3162 6 1
SE 3377 3 SE 4348 3
SE 4347 6 3 SE 4352 6 3
SE 4381 6 3
Total  15 Total  16
 
Senior Year
Semester 7 - Fall Notes Preferred Core SCH Semester 8 - Spring Notes Preferred Core SCH
080 Core 080 3 Free Elective 2
SE 4351 3 Free Elective 2
SE 4367 3 SE 4485 4
Major Technical Elective 3 Major Technical Elective 3
Major Technical Elective 3 Major Technical Elective 3
Total  15 Total  14
 
NOTES:
1 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
2 Semester credit hours fulfill the communication component of the Core Curriculum.
3 Three semester credit hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core, and five semester credit hours of Calculus are counted as Component Area Option Core.
4 Six semester credit hours of Physics are counted under Science core, and one semester credit hour of Physics (PHYS 2125) is counted as Component Area Option Core.
5 Transfer students with sufficient background may petition to substitute upper-division semester credit hours in the major for this class.
6 Earliest semester course can be taken due to pre- or co-requisite course requirements.
7 Must complete by 3rd semester of enrollment.
Students wishing to fast track into the graduate program in Accounting may take up to six (6) semester credit hours of graduate ACCT electives - see the Undergraduate Accounting Program Director or the Associate Area Coordinator, for specific fast-track courses. Cumulative GPA of 3.4 minimum required for Fast-Track Program. See Academic Advisor for other requirements.
Be sure to check prerequisites of 2000-level or higher courses.
123 semester credit hours required for graduation
This plan is a resource tool only; it does not replace your degree plan or academic advising.
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