This course is designed to teach students how to ensure high quality software by means of testing, debugging, and other quality assurance activities. Students learn a combination of both theoretical and practical skills via get hands-on experience with modern software quality-assurance tools and approaches. Topics include: black-box and white-box testing, category-partitioning testing, unit testing, test-driven and behavior-driven development, combinatorial testing, code reviews, static code analysis tools, mocking, regression testing, capture-reply, mutation testing, and debugging.
Instructors & Staff
The MSWE program is part of UCI’s Department of Informatics, an innovator at the intersection of people, design, and technology.
The department’s world-leading faculty includes four ACM fellows, four members of the CHI Academy and three endowed chairs.
Cristina Lopes
Iftekhar Ahmed
Stacy Branham
Joshua Garcia
Alberto Krone-Martins
Sam Malek
Emily Navarro
Andre van der Hoek
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Informatics
Dean's Office
ISEB 2426
James Jones
Hadar Ziv
Jaclyn Kung
Career Development Manager, ICS Professional Programs
Student Affairs, Graduate
ICS 464
David Lennox
Career Counselor, Master of Computer Science
Student Affairs, Graduate
ICS 458
Geraldine Duenas
Anto Park
Diane Flamm
Career Counselor, Professional Master’s Programs