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All students seeking graduate degrees in Software Reliability Engineering must complete the following courses:

ENRE-600 - Reliability Engineering
ENRE-602 - Reliability Analysis
ENRE-607 - Reliability Engineering Seminar
ENRE-620 - Math Techniques of Reliability Engineering
ENRE-665 - Advanced Reliability Modeling
CMSC-435 - Software Design and Development
ENRE-648g- Software Quality
ENRE-732 - Software Reliability
and one of the following
ENRE-648m - Software Safety
or
ENRE-648j - Information Security

These courses are usually offered in the late afternoon or evening and are available throughout the Washington, DC area on the Instructional Television network. This is true for all courses other than CMSC-435. This greatly assists those who take advantage of the plentiful opportunities for daytime employment in the local area. In addition to satisfying the general rules of the University of Maryland Graduate School it is the responsibility of the student to see that they satisfy all requirements of the Software Reliability Engineering Program in place at the time the student is admitted to the program.

Master of Science Degree Requirements:

1. Complete at least 31 semester hours. The selection of courses must be approved by the Director of the Software Reliability Engineering Program.

2. Maintain an average grade of B or better.

3. And either:

a) Write a satisfactory thesis and defend the thesis in an oral examination (up to 6 hours of ENRE 799, thesis research can be counted toward requirement 1).

b) Satisfactorily complete a comprehensive exam, and submit at least one scholarly paper addressing Software Reliability Engineering (including quality, safety and security). (Credits in ENRE 648, up to 3 semester hours may be earned for this effort and used toward requirement 1).

Master of Engineering Degree Requirements:

The ME degree is considered to be a terminal degree and not applicable later to a Ph.D. degree program. The ME degree has the same core course requirements as the MS degree, but has no requirements for a thesis or a comprehensive exam. The degree is granted upon satisfactory completion of the 31 credits of courses.

Doctor of Philosophy Degree Requirements:

1. Complete at least 43 semester hours of courses with at least 31 semester hours at the 600 level or above (this includes all required courses for the MS degree plus 12 additional 600 level credits, six of which must be in ENRE). Students entering into the program with a MS degree will be given credit for the courses taken in that program.

2. Complete the courses ENRE-600, ENRE-602, ENRE-620, ENRE-663, ENRE-665 and ENRE-674 with a minimal GPA OF 3.5 in order to qualify for the Ph.D. Qualifier Oral Exam.

3. Make and present an oral presentation as directed by the faculty for the Ph.D. Oral Qualification Exam.

4. Complete a dissertation. Each student must, during the preparation of this dissertation, register for at least 12 research credits (ENRE 899). Each doctoral candidate is required to orally defend their doctoral dissertation as a partial fulfillment of requirements for the doctoral degree. The Dissertation Committee will be formed and will operate in conformance to the regulations of the University of Maryland Graduate School.

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