Software Systems Engineering

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research: Raman Paranjape, PhD

Graduate Program Coordinator: Karim Naqvi, PhD

For more information about Graduate programs, contact engg.grad@uregina.ca.

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Description

Software Systems Engineering’s objective is to train students to study, analyze, design and develop different software systems including web-based software systems, transaction-based systems, interactive multimedia systems, and management information systems, and to become knowledgeable in the process and life-cycle aspects of software development. The program also aims to teach students to apply computational theories to real-life programming techniques; analyze requirements; design, implement and test software systems; plan and manage software projects; solve technical problems; practice co-design and embedded systems construction.

Admissions

In accordance with the general admission policy, students who may not have a complete background in the program area as determined by SSE may be admitted conditionally as qualifying students, and may be asked to complete additional graduate courses to qualify for the program. In some cases, students may also be assigned additional undergraduate courses to be taken as non-degree undergraduate students before being admitted as graduate students. Qualifying students are expected to become fully qualified students within their first year of studies.

Normally, applicants to the PhD program will have completed a thesis-based master’s degree in engineering or a closely related field. However, applicants with a MEng degree may be admitted to the PhD program but are required to take at least one additional course in research methodology (see below). All MASc and PhD students must have an identified supervisor from Software Systems Engineering.

Students may transfer from the MEng/SSE to the MASc/SSE degree. Transfer to the MASc program must be approved by SSE. Students are expected to satisfactorily complete at least two ENSE graduate-level courses and any additional requirements as determined by SSE before they are eligible to transfer to the MASc program.

Supervision

Each student has one primary supervisor (as per FSGR regulations), who must be an accredited faculty member in SSE. A student may, with the permission of their primary supervisor, seek additional research supervisors from within the SSE program, other programs in engineering, other faculties, or industry. Many research supervisors outside SSE have specific expertise that will enhance the student’s research even though students are required to undertake a thesis that falls primarily in the SSE program area.

Each graduate student, together with the primary supervisor, will develop and agree on a program of study, select committee members for MASc and for PhD within the first year and forward this information to the Program Chair. The MEng is effectively a course-based program of which the project is a required course. MEng students will normally be assigned a project supervisor just prior to starting their project or during the first semester of the MEng project course.

Program Requirements and Procedures

Qualifying students must normally complete all qualifying courses within one year of beginning course work at the University of Regina. Students should refer to the registration requirements section of this calendar to ascertain that they are following registration obligations. SSE will recommend that a student be required to discontinue if they are not performing satisfactorily in course or research work.

Joint International Program

The Faculty of Engineering offers a unique program with international partners in China. In 1998, the University of Regina entered into exchange agreements with Hunan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. The program consists of a first year (maximum of five management courses) of graduate study being undertaken at the partner institutions. The second year of courses, the project and the seminar are undertaken at the University of Regina. Students who successfully complete the program qualify for a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Regina. 

Courses

Course catalogue and current course offerings