Meeting ACE1 and ACE2 requirements prior to taking this course is recommended. Demonstration of leadership involves the ability to take initiative, and to facilitate the advancements of individuals and the community by influencing others and by having a widespread, positive impact on critical issues and projects. Must be taken exactly one semester before SOFT404 or SOFT404H. Description: Application of software engineering practices and principles to autonomous robotic systems.
Requires a detailed project proposal and final report. Description: Introduction to the classical theory of computer science. Description: List-processing, string-processing, and other types of high-level programming languages. Students who lack entrance units may complete precollege training by Independent Study through the University of NebraskaLincoln Office of On-line and Distance Education, in summer courses, or as a part of their first or second semester course loads while in the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center or other Colleges at Nebraska. Description: Introduction to designing, interfacing, configuring, and programming embedded systems. Discrete mathematics topics, propositional and predicate logic, sets, relations, functions, and proof techniques. Students may transfer into the software engineering program at the beginning of the second year (SOFT260 or SOFT260H) after completing the first-year computer science or computer engineering course sequence and the software engineering bridge course (SOFT162).
Topics vary. SOFT 160 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the end of the first term of enrollment. Laboratories supplement the lecture material and give an opportunity to practice concepts. Exceptions can be granted on a per-student basis by the instructor. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE488; CSCE488H. Complete projects in consultation with private and public sector clients. MATH 107 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the end of the third term of enrollment. Non-uniformity.
An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. Backpropagation, activation functions, loss functions, choosing an optimizer, and regularization. Math Elective: Choose one of the following: Concurrent Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, UndergraduateMajors,Certificates,Minors,Pre-ProfessionalStudy, Critical Thinking and Communication (C or better in this course), Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Composition (C or better in this course), Proposal and Report Writing (C or better in this course), Technical Communication (C or better in this course), General Chemistry for Engineering Students, Introduction to Classical Physics I Laboratory, Object-oriented Programming (C- or better in this course), Introduction to Data Structures (C- or better in this course), Elementary Differential Equations and Laplace Transforms, Probability and Statistics for Computer Science, Introduction to Computer Architecture and Machine-Level Programming, Computer Organization and Assembly Level Programming, Operating Systems: Principles and Practice, Theoretical Foundations of Computer Engineering, Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Introduction to Database Management Systems, Software Analysis and Verification for Safety and Security, Senior Design Project I and Professionalism, an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics, an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors, an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences, an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts, an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives, an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. As a complement to the instructional activity, the College of Engineering and theCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences provide opportunities for each student to have experience with broadening activities. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. CSCE 487 or CSCE487H will also fulfill the ACE 10 requirement. Students must conform to the requirements of their intended major and, in any case, are strongly encouraged to repeat courses with a grade of C- or less. Description: Mathematical preliminaries. Strategies for algorithm design, including divide-and-conquer, greedy, dynamic programming and backtracking. A grade of "P" or "C" or better in CSCE155A, CSCE155E, CSCE155H, CSCE155N, or CSCE155T; Coreq: MATH106. They must include courses that satisfy university and college general education requirements. Prerequisites:Placement in to MATH101 or higher. Description: In-depth coverage of processes, methods and techniques for determining, or deciding, what a proposed software system should do. The catalog which a student follows for degree requirements may not be more than 10 years old at the time of graduation. Wireless network architectures, mobility management, radio propagation, modulation, power control, antennas, channel access, pricing, and standards. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE156; CSCE156H; CSCE235; CSCE235H; CSCE311; ECEN106; ECEN123; ECEN224; MECH300. Credit may be earned in only one CSCE 155 course. The Software Engineering degree program requires a grade of C or better for any transfer credit course that is applied to the degree program. Prerequisites:Grade of "Pass" or "C" in CSCE311. Prerequisites:CSCE487 or CSCE487H or equivalent. Indicates a lab course or that a lab is included with the course. Topics include problem solving methods, software development principles, computer programming, and computing in society. Description: Preparation for the senior design project. Elementary graph and tree theories, set theory, relations and functions, propositional and predicate logic, methods of proof, induction, recurrence relations, principles of counting, elementary combinatorics, and asymptotic notations. If a satisfactory solution is not achieved, the student may appeal his/her case through the College Academic Appeals Committee on his/her campus. See also: A 4-year plan of study grid showing course template by semester. Operating systems and networking overview. Prerequisites:CSCE155A, CSCE155E, CSCE155H, CSCE155N, CSCE155T, or SOFT160; MATH107. Credit toward the degree may be earned in only one of the following: CSCE/MATH440/840 and MECH480/880. Topics include roles and responsibilities of a leader, roles and responsibilities of a mentor, and traits of effective leaders and mentors. Basic scripting in shell, Perl, and Expect. Theoretical concepts with programming assignments. Resource management. Description: Mentoring and leading software engineering teams. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE942, MATH942. Software requirements analysis and specifications, program design, coding and integration testing, and software maintenance. Graduate Programs. Students having an ACT score of 19 or less in English (or equivalent SAT score) must take. Focus on bio-inspired communication through molecule exchange and biochemical reactions. To declare a focus area, contact your advisor. Prerequisites:A grade of "P" or "C" or better in CSCE156, CSCE156H, CSCE311, SOFT161, SOFT161H, or RAIK184H. Topics vary. Description: Organization and structure of operating systems.
Description: Outline of the general information retrieval problem, functional overview of information retrieval. Non-CSCE majors may discuss qualifications with the instructor. Prerequisites:A grade of C+ or higher in either SOFT161 or SOFT161H or SOFT162 or RAIK184H or equivalent; CSCE235. Retrieval evaluation. Prerequisites:CSCE488 (taken exactly one semester previous). Professional standards, practices and ethics, and the oral and written report styles used specifically in the field of computer science. Prerequisites:Good Standing in UNL Honors Program or by invitation; grades of 'P' or 'C' or better in CSCE156/156H or SOFT161 and CSCE235/235H. Description: Practical experience on how to model data through existing techniques including object-oriented and relational models. Must be taken exactly one semester before CSCE489 or CSCE489H. Description: Data structures, including linked lists, stacks, queues, and trees; algorithms, including searching, sorting, and recursion; programming language topics, including object-oriented programming; pointers, references, and memory management; design and implementation of a multilayer application with SQL database. Software Engineering Core (A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required for this set of courses, including any transfer courses but transfer course grades will not be calculated into the Software Engineering Core GPA). Exploration of data for linear and nonlinear data modeling, machine learning, and supportive methods from statistics and numerical methods. The focus of this program is on the rigorous engineering practices necessary to build, maintain, and protect modern software intensive systems. Graduates of the Software Engineering curriculum should have, at the time of graduation: Within five years of graduation, the graduates should: 1. attain a productive career in Software Engineering or related fields; 2. attain leadership roles and become effective collaborators to advance professional and organizational goals; 3. engage in lifelong learning and professional development; 4. encourage and support diversity and inclusiveness in their workplace. We expect that these objectives will be manifested in our graduates through the following five key attributes: (a) peer-recognized expertise,(b) engagement in professional practice, (c) sustained learning, (d) leadership and (e) teamwork. Design and analysis of algorithms and techniques for identification and exploration of data relationships, such as Bayesian probability and statistics, clustering, map-reduce, and web-based visualization. Fault tolerance.
Problem analysis and specification, data structures, relational databases, algorithm development, and program design and implementation. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE487H. Prerequisites:CSCE156, SOFT161, or CSCE311 or equivalent programming experience. Topics include: open and closed loop control, reactive control, localization, navigation, path planning, obstacle avoidance, dynamics, kinematics, manipulation and grasping, sensing, robot vision processing, and data fusion. Must receive a C- or better grade in MATH 165, MATH 166, COM S 227, and COM S 228. Possible applications for game playing, text categorization, speech recognition, automatic system control, date mining, computational biology, and robotics. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE311; CSCE493. Actual course selection and sequence may vary and should be discussed individually with your college or department academic advisor. Algorithmic and systems issues. This course does not count towards a major or minor in Computer Science or a major in Computer Engineering or a major in Software Engineering. Although the University of NebraskaLincolnaccepts D grades from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and at Omaha, not all majors in the COE accept such low grades. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE461, CSCE861, SOFT461; CSCE486H; RAIK401H, BSAD401H, CSCE401H, SOFT401H, Prerequisites:A grade of C or higher in SOFT160, SOFT161, SOFT260 or SOFT261. Lower bounds. Automatic query formulation. Raikes school of computer Science and Management: Computer Science I: Systems Engineering Focus, Computer Science I: Engineering and Science Focus, Honors: Innovation Processes and Software Engineering Fundamentals, Honors: Computer Problem Solving Essentials, Software Development for Smart-Mobile Systems, Honors: Introduction to Discrete Structures, Data Structures and Algorithms for Informatics, Honors: Data and Models II: Data Science Fundamentals, Practice and Professional Development: Design and Implementation, Automata, Computation, and Formal Languages, Requirements Elicitation, Modeling and Analysis, Computer Science Professional Development, Honors Computer Science Professional Development, Honors Computer Science Senior Design Project, Computer Engineering Professional Development, Honors Computer Engineering Professional Development, Computer Engineering Senior Design Project, Honors Computer Engineering Senior Design Project, Honors Special Topics in Computer Science, Software Engineering Mentoring and Leadership. New directions in the field, such as strategies for decomposition and for symmetry identification. Adapt to rapid advances in computing and software engineering tools, technologies, principles, and practices. Pass/Not Pass credit is not accepted. Prerequisites:A grade of "P" or "C" or better in CSCE235 and CSCE310, CSCE310H, CSCE311, SOFT260, SOFT260H or RAIK283H. See advisor for list. Description: Knowledge and techniques useful in the design of computing systems for human use. Description: A variety of computer oriented exercises using many software tools is presented which supplement and are coordinated with the topics taught in CSCE101. Spatial databases and geographic information systems. Prerequisites:CSCE310, CSCE310H, CSCE311, or CSCE320. Description: Introduction to organization, structure, and applications of computer systems. Description: Advanced or emerging techniques in software engineering. A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required for this set of courses (please note that transfer course grades will not be calculated into the Engineering Basic Program GPA). Substantial programming implementing or extending an instructional operating system kernel. Description: Review of program language structures, translation, loading, execution, and storage allocation. Prerequisites:CSCE336; A grade of "Pass" or "C" or better in CSCE361 or CSCE361H; formal admission to the College of Engineering; prereq or coreq: JGEN300. Distributed file system concepts and structure. Mathematics 4 units: 2 of algebra, 1 of geometry, and 1 of precalculus and trigonometry, Natural sciences 3 units that must include 1 unit of physics and 1 unit of chemistry (chemistry requirement waived for students in construction management and computer science), Foreign language 2 units of a single foreign language. Topics include: applications of cryptography and cryptosystems for digital signatures, authentication, network security protocols for wired and wireless networks, cyberattacks and countermeasures, and security in modern computing platforms. Students must fulfill the requirements stated in the catalog for the academic year in which they are first admitted at the University of NebraskaLincoln. Familiarity with at least one high-level programming language. Organization of a compiler including compile-time and run-time symbol tables, lexical scan, syntax scan, object code generation, error diagnostics, object code optimization techniques, and overall design. These models can then be used at the center of systems to promote efficient and effective data processing and analysis.
Students have the opportunity to participate in advanced research activities. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. Description: Introduction to the architecture of communication networks and the rudiments of performance modeling. The University of NebraskaLincoln School of Computing offers Nebraskas only comprehensive program of higher education, research, and service outreach in computer science, computer engineering, and software engineering. Students must have high school credit for (one unit is equal to one high school year): A total of 16 units is required for admission. Surveys examples of cutting edge applications. In consultation with advisors, a student may choose to follow a subsequent catalog for any academic year in which they are admitted to and enrolled as a degree-seeking student at Nebraska in the College of Engineering. MATH/STAT380 or ECEN305 recommended. Introduction to NP-Completeness theory, including the classes P and NP, polynomial transformations and NP-complete problems. Graduates of the software engineering program will have: The above student outcomes have been approved by the ABET Engineering Area Delegation for use beginning with the 2019-20 academic year, and have been adopted by the School of Computing faculty. Description: Introduction to problem solving with computers. Deadlock avoidance, detection, recovery in distributed systems. The student-faculty interaction necessary to realize this opportunity occurs within an environment motivated by the principle that excellence in undergraduate education is enhanced by an integrated commitment to successful, long-term research, and outreach programs. Prerequisites:SOFT403 (taken exactly one semester previous). The Software Engineering Program provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to learn Software Engineering fundamentals, to study applications of state-of-the art software technologies, and to prepare for the practice of Software Engineering. The CSE department has identified the following five disciplines with their acceptable courses. CAD tools. Description: Principles of numerical computing and error analysis covering numerical error, root finding, systems of equations, interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, and differential equations. Prerequisites:A grade of "P" or "C" or better in CSCE231, CSCE 236 or ECEN220 and CSCE310, CSCE310H, CSCE311, SOFT260, SOFT260H or RAIK283H. Students who are not in the University Honors Program but nonetheless meet these requirements may request permission of the instructor to enroll. See Requirement for Entry into Professional Program in College of Engineering Overview section. Completing STAT380, ECEN305, or RAIK 270 prior to taking this course is recommended. Software estimation techniques, design tools, and complexity metrics. Exceptions can be granted on a per-student basis by the instructor. Substantial programming. Description: Build and program clusters. Description: Constraint processing for articulating and solving industrial problems such as design, scheduling, and resource allocation.
This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE487; CSCE487H. The software engineering core courses (SOFT160, SOFT161 Software Engineering II, SOFT260 Software Engineering III, SOFT261 Software Engineering IV) provide an introduction to fundamental software engineering concepts and foundational computer science topics to prepare students for more advanced software engineering and computer science courses.
Undergraduate Education Up to 3 hours of CSCE495 Internship in Computing Practice can be used towards technical electives. This course is a prerequisite for: CSCE351; CSCE360; CSCE361, CSCE361H; SOFT261; SOFT261H, RAIK284H; SOFT360. Description: Distributed problem solving and planning, search algorithms for agents, distributed rational decision making, learning multiagent systems, computational organization theory, formal methods in Distributed Artificial Intelligence, multiagent negotiations, emergent behaviors (such as ants and swarms), and Robocup technologies and real-time coalition formation. Description: Concepts and principles of data and network security. Foundational coverage of data structures includes lists, tables, relational databases, regular expressions, trees, graphs, and multidimensional arrays. Prerequisites:A grade of 'P' or 'C' or better in CSCE235, CSCE235H, or RAIK184H. Prerequisites:Good Standing in UNL Honors Program or by invitation; a grade of C+ or higher in SOFT260, SOFT260H, or RAIK283H. The COE accepts courses for transfer for which a C or better grade was received. Memory Systems, including interleaving, hierarchies, virtual memory and cache implementations; Communications and I/O, including bus architectures, arbitration, I/O processors and DMA channels; and Central Processor Architectures, including RISC and Stack machines, high-speed arithmetic, fetch/execute overlap, and parallelism in a single-processor system.
Prerequisites:Freshmen standing; permission of the instructor. 
Requires the completion of a project involving the application of data mining techniques to real-world problems. Approved Arts and Humanities or Social Sciences courses, Choose one of the following ENGL courses (C or better in this course). An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. See advisor for list. Should be taken in the immediate next term after CSCE486 or CSCE486H. See Basic Program for Professional Engineering Curricula for accepted substitutions for curriculum designated courses in the Engineering Basic Program. Should be taken in the immediate next term after CSCE486. Students who lack entrance requirements may be admitted based on ACT scores, high school rank and credits, or may be admitted to pre-engineering status in the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center. This course is a prerequisite for: SOFT404H. 
