MSE Online Course Matrix

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1		The information here is for planning purposes only and is subject to change. The information should be verified with the course instructor prior to enrollment.
2	Course Number	Course Name	Number of Units	Required for MSE Online	Semester	Planned Next Remote Offering (subject to change based on instructor availability, scheduling conflicts, or other programmatic concerns)	Attendance Policy for Course Sessions	Hybrid or Dedicated (H/D)	Recitation (Y/N)	Attendance Policy for Recitations	Recordings Available	In-class activities	Group Work	Homework	Exam
3	17-603	Communications for Software Leaders I	3	Required	Fall	Fall 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	D	N	N/A	By Request	Lecture, discussion, presentations	1 team presentation, 1 team-based assignment	Readings, presentation prep, review recordings, other exercises as assigned	None
4	17-604	Communications for Software Leaders II	3	Required	Spring	Spring 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	D	N	N/A	By Request	Lecture, discussion, simulations, presentations	1 team presentation, several small group exercises	Readings, presentation prep, case study review, other exercises as assigned	None
5	17-611	Statistics for Decision Making	6	Required	Fall, mini-1, summer, mini-5	Fall 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lectures, exercises	In-class exercises	Readings, review recordings	None
6	17-612	Business & Marketing Strategy	6	Required - Discontinued after Fall 2025. Replaced with 17-619	Fall, mini-2	Fall 2025 - Final Offering	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	By Request	Optional, by request	On Canvas	Lecture	Project with four assignments and final presentation	Readings, group assignments, presentation prep, review recordings, other exercises as assigned	Final Presentations
7	17-614	Formal Methods	6	Required	Fall, mini-1	Fall 2026	Required via synchronous attendance in lecture or asynchronous viewing of lecture recording before the next course meeting	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion, exercises	1 team project	Readings, seven assignments	Last Day of Class
8	17-617	Programming Quantum Computers	6	Elective	Fall, mini-1	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion	None	Readings, assignments, quizzes	None
9	17-619	Product Management Essentials I	6	Required (as of Fall 2025)	Fall mini-1, Spring mini-3	Spring 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	N	N/A	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion	Peer review activities	Readings, review recordings, product assignments,	None
10	17-622	Agile Methods	6	Required	Fall, mini-2 or Summer, mini-varies	Fall 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	D	N	Required unless approved by instructor	On Canvas	Lecture, quizzes, exercises, group project	group project, peer evaluations	Readings, individual and group assignments, other exercises as assigned	None
11	17-623	Quality Assurance	6	Required	Fall, mini-2	Fall 2025	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion	None	Four individual assignments and 1 course project	None
12	17-625	API Design	6	Elective	Fall, mini-2	Fall 2025	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion, practice exercises and assessments	None
13	17-626	Requirements for Information Systems	6	Required (alternate 17-627)	Fall, mini-2	Fall 2025	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion	None	Readings, individual assignments, quizzes	Last day of class
14	17-627	Requirements for Embedded Systems	6	Required (alternate 17-626)	Fall, mini-2	Fall 2025	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	By Request	Lecture, discussion	ES Requirements Project	Readings, individual assignments	None
15	17-628	Emerging Opportunites in Quantum Computing	6	Elective	Spring mini-4	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Information Forthcoming	Information Forthcoming	Information Forthcoming	Information Forthcoming
16	17-629	Product Management Essentials II	6	Elective	Fall mini-2, Spring mini-4	Spring 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	By Request	Optional, by request	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion	Peer review activities	Readings, review recordings, product assignments,	None
17	17-630	Prompt Engineering	12	Elective	Spring	Spring 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas
18	17-632	Software Project Management	6	Required	Spring mini-3	Spring 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	D	N	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, exercises, group project	group project, peer evaluations	individual and group assignments	None
19	17-634	Applied Machine Learning	6	Elective	Spring mini-3	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture	None	Readings, quizzes, individual assignments	Last day of class
20	17-635	Software Architecture	6	Required	Spring mini-3 or Summer, mini-varies	Spring 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	D	N	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, Quizzes	None	Readings, individual assignments	None
21	17-636	DevOps: Engineering for Secure Development and Deployment	12	Required	Summer	Summer 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	D	N	N/A	On Canvas
22	17-642	Software Management Theory	6	Required	Spring mini-4	Spring 2027	Required via synchronous attendance in lecture or asynchronous viewing of lecture recording before the next course meeting	D	N	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, presentations, peer evaluations	group project, peer evaluations	Readings, Quizzes, Group assignments	None
23	17-643	Quality Management	6	Required	Spring mini-4	Spring 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	By Request	Optional, by request	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion	None	Individual assignments, quizzes, capstone project	None
24	17-645	Machine Learning in Production	12	Elective	Spring	Spring 2026	Not expected, live stream and recording, but no hybrid interactions	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	By Request	Group discussions	7-week long group assignment with 4 milestones	Readings + quizzes, weekly labs, individual and group assignments; weekly checkin in labs or office hours required	Two midterms and final team presentations
25	17-644	Applied Deep Learning	6	Elective	Spring mini-4	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture	Group project, report and presentation	Readings, group work	None
26	17-647	Data Intensive and Scalable Systems	6	Elective	Spring mini-4	Spring 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	H	Y	Required unless approved by instructor	On Canvas	Lecture	None	Reading, quizzes	None
27	17-657	Design Thinking for Software Engineering	6	Elective	Summer, mini-6	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	D	N	N/A	On Canvas	Lecture, exercises, discussions	Group project, peer evaluations	Readings, quizzes, individual and group assignments, other exercises as assigned	Final Presentation
28	17-660	Designing and Managing Software Systems Platforms	6	Elective	Summer, mini-6	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	D	N	N/A	On Canvas
29	17-679	Thesis Writing for Software Leaders	6	Required	Summer, Fall	Summer 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	D	N	N/A	On Canvas
30	17-691	Machine Learning in Practice	6	Elective	Spring, mini-4	unknown	Encouraged, not mandatory	H	Y	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture	Team assignments, presentations	Readings, team assignments	Final Presentations
31	17-693	Negotiations for Software Leaders	6	Elective	Summer, mini-5	Summer 2026	Required unless approved by instructor	D	N	N/A	By Request	Discussion, simulations, presentations
32	17-695	Design Patterns	6	Elective	Fall, mini-1, Spring mini-4	Fall 2026	Encouraged, not mandatory	D	N	Encouraged, not mandadory	On Canvas	Lecture, discussion, practice exercises and assessments	None	design assessments, group project	Take home exam
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