What graduate programs are there in the department?
The department has been concentrating on undergraduate education during most of its existence. The department has offered some continuing education courses for local industries. A Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) degree was approved by the Board of Trustees two years ago and was launched in the fall of 2010; the program is based in Indianapolis. The present faculty, in CSSE and throughout the Institute, have some strongly held opinions about graduate education. We believe that any graduate or continuing education program must enhance our undergraduate program and should certainly not detract from it. We also believe that any program should serve the real needs of people working in the area served by Rose-Hulman. Given the present growth of the software industry in the Indianapolis region, we believe that there are both obligations and opportunities for us to provide valuable services to that industry.
