Curriculum

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Descriptions

MLDS 490: Software Engineering

Description

• Decompose a large project into manageable work using epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria 
• Use version control collaboratively: branching strategies, code review workflows, and merge policies as team coordination tools 
• Assess software quality beyond correctness — maintainability, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and documentation as organizational assets 
• Understand software ownership across its lifecycle — who maintains it, how handoffs work, what happens post-launch (monitoring, incident response, SLAs)
• Navigate cross-functional collaboration — working with product, QA, design, ops, and understanding their concerns 
• Apply development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) and be able to articulate when each is appropriate 
• Efficiently use code assistants in/for large software projects 
• Use agents for increased productivity throughout the entire software development pipeline.