A Bachelor of Software Engineering Honours [BSE(Hons.)] is an undergraduate academic degree (Bachelor's Degree) awarded for completing a program of study in the field of software development for computers in information technology. "Software Engineering is the systematic development and application of techniques which lead to the creation of correct and reliable computer software." Topics covered In following years a software engineering student will often have a much stronger focus on Software systems and data management. The inclusion of human factors in a software engineering degree has been heavily debated, arguing that products of software engineers often are too difficult to use by consumers. Sample B.S. in Software Engineering Degree Information from the University of Virginia - Wise Core SWE Requirements: Introduction to Software Engineering Software Requirements & Modeling Software Design & Construction Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Software Quality Assurance Software Project Management Software Configuration Management CS Requirements: Fundamentals of Programming Data Structures Introduction to Algorithms Operating Systems Computer Architecture Programming Languages Human - Computer Interaction Discrete Mathematics Database Designing Math Requirements: Probability & Statistics Calculus I Calculus II Calculus III Linear Algebra Boolean Algebra General skills acquired through a Bachelor's degree course in Software Engineering Employers generally seek applicants with strong programming, systems analysis and business skills. "A large difference exists between the software engineering skills taught at a typical university or college and the skills that are desired of a software engineer by a typical software development organization. At the heart of this difference seems to be the way software engineering is typically introduced to students: general theory is presented in a series of lectures and put into (limited) practice in an associated class project." Graduate prospects Graduate prospects are projected to be excellent with the amount of software engineers in the industry estimated to rise by roughly 38% from 2006 to 2016, with total real wage in the industry increasing by an estimated 38.2%. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Job Outlook for Software engineers and Developers 2019-29 predicts only a 22% growth. After the crash of the dot-com bubble (1999–2001) and the Great Recession (2008), many U.S. software professions were left without work or with lower wages. In addition, enrollment in computer-related degrees and other STEM degrees (STEM attrition) in the US has been dropping for years, especially for women, which, according to Beaubouef and Mason could be attributed to a lack of general