Software engineering professionals might find themselves in a variety of environments including; academia, research, industry, government, private and business organizations. Software engineers are engaged in analyzing user needs and designing, constructing, testing, and maintaining computer applications software or systems. In the programming or coding _elds, software engineers give instructions to a computer, line by line; on how on perform a function or operation.

These engineers are also geared to tackle technical problems and hitches. Although these engineers need to possess string programming skills, they are more occupied with the development of algorithms and in analyzing and solving problems in programming than with writing codes. Computer software engineers are usually a part of the team that designs and develops advanced hardware, software, and systems. Thus, until a finished product is developed and released, workers from various branches including those of engineering, marketing, production and design collaborate with each other, of which software engineers area basic part.

Programme objectives

From the above background, the objectives of the B.Sc. in Software Engineering programme are:

1. To build human capacity in the Software engineering discipline in the region so as to accelerate the development of innovations in IT to address human challenges like climate change, health service delivery, among others.
2. To produce graduates who are well grounded in the fundamental concepts of systems engineering to facilitated the development of secure and reliable software systems.
3. To produce graduates who are creative and enterprising capable of developing innovative solutions, hence creating jobs.
4. To produce graduates with good professional ethics, to enable secure and responsible practicing of their professional so as to minimize growing incidents of cyber attacks
5. To produce candidate, we are capable to participate in the multi-disciplinary process of design and qualification of a complex, software systems.
6. To produce professionals with good industry orientation to enable the quick integration from school to workplace

Programme Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this programme, the graduate should be able to:

1. Identify automation needs of various business processes in organizations.
2. Define and classify systems user requirements
3. Design both simple and complex software systems
4. Implement software designs using various programming languages and frameworks
5. Manage a software development process
6. Test and validate software systems
7. Perform software security analysis
8. Lead a team of software developers
9. Write good business communications
10. Innovate new technologies
11. Analyze different ethical dilemmas and make decisions that are utility maximizing
12. Sale software and associated services
13. Articulate the latest trends in software systems constructions