{"id":1918,"date":"2021-06-08T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T08:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/?page_id=1918"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:11:41","slug":"program-structure-po2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/studium\/master\/sse\/program-structure-po2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Structure PO2011 &#8211; SSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1918\" class=\"elementor elementor-1918\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e573c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e573c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a789d9\" data-id=\"4a789d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc60442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"cc60442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"1933\" class=\"elementor elementor-1933\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-404d2cb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"404d2cb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c26864e\" data-id=\"c26864e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbc3604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cbc3604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Master Software Systems Engineering<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca0ec9 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"cca0ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Seite nur auf Englisch verf\u00fcgbar (page available in English only)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Die Information zum Master Software Systems Engineering sind derzeit nur in English verf\u00fcgbar. 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contact \u2013 SSE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d2a82f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d2a82f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a053f3\" data-id=\"0a053f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7961727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7961727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Program Structure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ef8fd elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"14ef8fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite gefunden.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__14ef8fd\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Inhaltsverzeichnis \u00f6ffnen\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__14ef8fd\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Inhaltsverzeichnis schlie\u00dfen\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__14ef8fd\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb3bca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb3bca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to complete the Software Systems Engineering Master, students must obtain a total of 120 ECTS credit points (CP) while respecting the subject areas&#8217; requirements as well as completing the mandatory courses, one seminar, one lab course, the depth-area oral colloquium, and, finally, the master thesis.<\/p><table width=\"1609\"><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"19\" width=\"65\">120 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"3\" width=\"170\">12 to 35 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"3\" width=\"425\">Subject area: Theoretical Foundations of Software Systems Engineering<\/td><td width=\"169\">12 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Mandatory: 2x subject from Theoretical Foundations of Software Systems Engineering core subjects catalog<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"169\">up to 23 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Optional: subjects from Theoretical Foundations of Software Systems Engineering elective subjects catalog,\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"780\">Optional: second seminar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"170\">0 to 35 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"425\">Subject area: Communication<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"169\">up to 35 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Optional: Subjects from Communication elective subjects catalog,\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"780\">Optional: second seminar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"170\">0 to 35 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"425\">Subject area: Data and Information Management<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"169\">up to 35 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Optional: subjects from Data and Information Management elective subjects catalog,\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"780\">Optional: second seminar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"170\">0 to 35 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"425\">Subject area: Applied Computer Science<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"169\">up to 35 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Optional: subjects from Applied Computer Science elective subjects catalog,\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"780\">Optional: second seminar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"4\" width=\"170\">16 to 35 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"4\" width=\"425\">Subject area: Software Engineering<\/td><td width=\"169\">4 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Mandatory: <a href=\"https:\/\/online.rwth-aachen.de\/RWTHonline\/pl\/ui\/$ctx\/WBMODHB.wbShowMHBReadOnly?pKnotenNr=295054\">Software Project Management<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"169\">12 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Mandatory: 2x subject from Software Engineering core subjects catalog<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"169\">up to 19 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Optional: subjects from Software Engineering elective subjects catalog<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"780\">Optional: second seminar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"170\">4 CP<\/td><td width=\"425\"><a href=\"#seminars\">(First) seminar<\/a><\/td><td width=\"169\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"780\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"170\">7 CP<\/td><td width=\"425\"><a href=\"#lab-course\">Lab Course<\/a><\/td><td width=\"169\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"780\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"170\">4 CP<\/td><td width=\"425\"><a href=\"#german-course-and-ntc\">German course or, for German proficient students, a non-technical course <\/a><\/td><td width=\"169\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"780\">Note: The German course must be a course with at least 4 lecture hours per week (German: Semesterwochenstunden, SWS).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"170\">3 CP<\/td><td width=\"425\"><a href=\"#depth-area-oral-colloquium\">Depth-area Oral Colloquium (DOC)<\/a><\/td><td width=\"169\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"780\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"170\">30 CP<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"425\">Master thesis<\/td><td width=\"169\">27 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Master thesis report<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"169\">3 CP<\/td><td width=\"780\">Master thesis colloquium<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">The program&#8217;s structure and all currently offered courses can be viewed in RWTH Aachen Unversity&#8217;s campus information system <i>RWTHonline<\/i>. The system and most of its content is available in English and in German. Detailed course descriptions can be found by navigating to the individual courses and clicking on the book icon in the same row.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7521bc elementor-view-stacked elementor-position-inline-start elementor-shape-square elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"d7521bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/online.rwth-aachen.de\/RWTHonline\/ee\/ui\/ca2\/app\/desktop\/#\/pl\/ui\/$ctx\/wbstpcs.showSpoTree?$ctx=design=ca2;header=max;lang=en&#038;pSJNr=1693&#038;pStStudiumNr=&#038;pStartSemester=&#038;pStpStpNr=586\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Software Systems Engineering (SSE) master program&#039;s structure and courses (RWTHonline)\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-link\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/online.rwth-aachen.de\/RWTHonline\/ee\/ui\/ca2\/app\/desktop\/#\/pl\/ui\/$ctx\/wbstpcs.showSpoTree?$ctx=design=ca2;header=max;lang=en&#038;pSJNr=1693&#038;pStStudiumNr=&#038;pStartSemester=&#038;pStpStpNr=586\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSoftware Systems Engineering (SSE) master program's structure and courses (RWTHonline)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNote: you can change the language between English and German in the upper right corner.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98732ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98732ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa3ff03\" data-id=\"fa3ff03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-700a9f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"700a9f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"subject-areas\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011fac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"011fac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Subject areas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64da7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64da7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe SSE master program is divided into <i>five subject areas<\/i> providing students with a broad variety of software engineering courses:\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\">\n \t<li><i>Theoretical Foundations of Software Systems Engineering<\/i> (12 to 35 CP, at least 2 <em>core subjects<\/em>)<\/li>\n \t<li><i>Communication <\/i>(0 to 35 CP)<\/li>\n \t<li><i>Data and Information Management<\/i> (0 to 35 CP)<\/li>\n \t<li><i>Applied Computer Science<\/i> (0 to 35 CP)<\/li>\n \t<li><i>Software Engineering<\/i> (16 to 35 CP, one mandatory course <em>Software Project Management <\/em>and at least 2 <em>core subjects<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThis subject area structure allows students to choose whether they want to generalize (study some courses from all areas) or to specialize (focus on one or two areas), while ensuring that the focus is not too narrow. To realize this, each subject area has an upper limit for the credit points that students must consider when choosing their courses from the <i>elective courses<\/i> catalogs (see <a href=\"#individual-curriculum\">individual curriculum section<\/a> for details). Two of the subject areas have <i>core subject<\/i> catalogs from which students must choose some.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6b436f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6b436f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7539641\" data-id=\"7539641\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ea10f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"57ea10f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"core-subjects\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dc8aa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dc8aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Core subjects<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e50e257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e50e257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Core subjects are courses that are part of the special <i>core subjects<\/i> catalogs in the subject areas<\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\"><li><i>Theoretical Foundations of Software Systems Engineering<\/i> and<\/li><li><i>Software Engineering<\/i>.<\/li><\/ul><p>The following is <em>mandatory<\/em>:<\/p><ul><li>Students need two core subjects in the subject area &#8220;Theoretical Foundations of Software Systems Engineering&#8221;.<\/li><li>Students need core subjects amounting for 12 CP in the subject area &#8220;Software Engineering&#8221;.<br \/>Note on a technicality of the examination regulation: As of February 2021 all core subjects in the subject area &#8220;Software Engineering&#8221; amount for 6 ECTS and thus students effectively need two core subjects from the &#8220;Software Engineering&#8221; core subject catalog. For this reason and to keep the descriptions on this page simple, other parts of this page refer to two core subjects in the subject area &#8220;Software Engineering&#8221; instead of mentioning the more accurate but less informative requirement to complete subjects that amount for 12 CP.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ff2fb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ff2fb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f277f1\" data-id=\"5f277f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308a50c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"308a50c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"mandatory-courses\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3672cbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3672cbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mandatory courses<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d2c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d2c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is one mandatory course on <a href=\"https:\/\/online.rwth-aachen.de\/RWTHonline\/pl\/ui\/$ctx\/WBMODHB.wbShowMHBReadOnly?pKnotenNr=295054\">Software Project Management <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/online.rwth-aachen.de\/RWTHonline\/pl\/ui\/$ctx\/WBMODHB.wbShowMHBReadOnly?pKnotenNr=295054\">[module 1212355]<\/a>.<\/p><p>Note that it is also mandatory to complete one seminar and one lab course, but these are not listed here since there is a variety of lab courses and seminars to choose from.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-530adcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"530adcc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12d8c18\" data-id=\"12d8c18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93df06e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"93df06e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"seminars\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0f235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a0f235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seminars<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207a230 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"207a230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Seminar selection\u200b<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Students must make sure to not miss the seminar and lab selection deadline (usually around January for the following summer term and around June for the following winter term).<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-338853a elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"338853a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d160bf9\" data-id=\"d160bf9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d50b0 elementor-view-stacked elementor-position-inline-start elementor-shape-circle elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"72d50b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeminar selection\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents must make sure to not miss the seminar and lab selection deadline (usually around January for the following summer term and around June for the following winter term).\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b3b4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30b3b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seminars introduce students to academic research and writing and allow students to learn more about a specific area in software engineering. Students must complete one <em>mandatory seminar<\/em> and may complete a second optional seminar. The mandatory first seminar amounts for 4 CP. Note that this mandatory first seminar is <i>not counted towards the subject areas&#8217; credit point limit<\/i> of 35 CP. Optionally, students can choose to complete a second seminar instead of an elective course. However, the optional second seminar is counted towards the subject areas&#8217; credit point limit of 35 CP.<\/p><p>Students can choose from a broad variety of seminars offered by the many chairs and research groups of the Computer Science faculty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3df444 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3df444\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-818d45c\" data-id=\"818d45c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb28175 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"eb28175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"lab-course\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc09e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"afc09e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lab course<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be45eab elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"be45eab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Lab course selection<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Students must make sure to not miss the seminar and lab selection deadline (usually around January for the following summer term and around June for the following winter term).<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b28c94b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b28c94b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f517a33\" data-id=\"f517a33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd43cf0 elementor-view-stacked elementor-position-inline-start elementor-shape-circle elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"fd43cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLab course selection\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents must make sure to not miss the seminar and lab selection deadline (usually around January for the following summer term and around June for the following winter term).\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098df31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"098df31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lab courses give students the opportunity to conduct a project as a team over a few months. The mandatory lab course amounts for 7 CP.<\/p>\n<p>Students can choose from a broad variety of lab courses offered by the many chairs and research groups of the Computer Science faculty. Each lab course has a different topic and a different focus (from research-oriented to applied computer science) and some of the lab courses are conducted in cooperation with industry partners.<\/p>\n<p>The lab course is not counted towards the 35 CP limit per subject area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e761451 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e761451\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e312678\" data-id=\"e312678\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918f49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"918f49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"german-course-and-ntc\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15720df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15720df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">German course \/ non-technical course<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb8df6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eb8df6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <b>mandatory <i>German course<\/i><\/b> enables international students to learn the German language. Students with no prior knowledge do an entry-level German course. Students that already have learned some German can do a higher-level German course. The German courses are offered by RWTH Aachen University&#8217;s language center and the mandatory German course is free of charge. The students must pass a German course providing 4 CP, which is a 4 hours a week course at the language center.<\/p><p><b>German-proficient students<\/b> can choose a <b><i>non-technical course<\/i> instead<\/b> of the German course. Students are considered as German-proficient if they either have German as native language or can provide a proof of sufficient German proficiency. Accepted German proficiency proofs are<\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 1em\"><li>&#8220;Deutsch (ZD)&#8221; certificate with minimum grade &#8220;gut&#8221; (good);<\/li><li>&#8220;Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache&#8221; (TestDAF) certificate with a niveau level of 3 in all examined areas; and<\/li><li>&#8220;Goethe&#8221; certificate with level of at least B2.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">A non-technical course is a course that is not part of the SSE curriculum and not close to the field of SSE. For example, other language courses can be taken as replacement, but a software engineering lecture for other fields of study that is not part of the SSE&#8217;s curriculum is not suitable as it is closely related to SSE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1cada elementor-view-stacked elementor-position-inline-start elementor-shape-square elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"4e1cada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sz.rwth-aachen.de\/go\/id\/lgny\/lidx\/1\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"German courses at the Language Center of RWTH Aachen University\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-link\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sz.rwth-aachen.de\/go\/id\/lgny\/lidx\/1\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGerman courses at the Language Center of RWTH Aachen University\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59dce72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59dce72\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efa92b7\" data-id=\"efa92b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c6a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3c2c6a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"depth-area-oral-colloquium\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ca7e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8ca7e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Depth-area Oral Colloquium (DOC)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31cab43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31cab43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <em>Depth-area oral Colloquium<\/em> (DOC) allows students to prove their specialty in a composition of courses. The DOC must cover at least 3 related courses that amount for 12 to 18 CP in total. It is an oral exam with a length of 20 to 45 minutes.<\/p><p>Students must organize their DOC themselves. For this, the students contact the professor responsible for the courses the student wants to include in the DOC. Note that the DOC can only be done as suggested by the student if the respective professor agrees with the selection of courses.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">The DoC is not counted towards the 35 CP limit per subject area.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6757c64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6757c64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2df7c74\" data-id=\"2df7c74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-213692d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"213692d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"individual-curriculum\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca7087 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eca7087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Individual curriculum<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6e52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e6e52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The students in the SSE master program are <b>not provided with a pre-defined curriculum \/ study schedule<\/b>. Students are responsible for organizing their curriculum themselves and they have to ensure that in the end they meet the program&#8217;s required structure as described above.<\/p><p>This enables students to <b>compose their own curriculum focusing on their individual interests<\/b> in the area of software engineering (within the mentioned limits). For the core subjects and elective subjects the students can choose from the respective catalogs of courses. The majority of courses rarely change, but from time to time courses are added, replaced, or removed from the catalogs. Note that most courses in the catalogs are offered either in summer terms or in winter terms. Additionally, students need to consider that not all courses yield the same amout of credit points.<\/p><p>Most of the elective courses are offered in English allowing students that are not proficient in German to study the SSE master program with many courses to choose from. There may be few elective courses that are in German only and SSE students are free to choose these as well.<\/p><h4>Exceeding a subject area&#8217;s credit point limit<\/h4><p>Each subject area has an upper limit for the credit points ensuring that SSE master students receive a broad education in different areas of software engineering. For the SSE curriculum, a student may not exceed a subject area&#8217;s upper credit point limit. If an elective course is completed such that the subject area&#8217;s limit is exceeded (by default, in order of their examination dates; can be changed via an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/root\/studium\/Im-Studium\/Pruefungsangelegenheiten\/Pruefungen\/~whdqy\/Zusatzleistungen\/?lidx=1\">application to the examination office<\/a>), then the course is considered as an additional course that does not contribute to the student&#8217;s SSE curriculum and is not counted towards the overall grade for the master.<\/p><p>For example, a student has 28 CP in the subject area Applied Computer Science and intends to pass two more elective courses in this subject area:<\/p><ol style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\"><li>elective course A for 6 CP and;<\/li><li>elective course B for 4 CP.<\/li><\/ol><p>We assume the exam for course A is on February 15th and the exam for course B is on March 2nd. Then,<\/p><ul><li>course A stays within the subject area&#8217;s limit of 35 CP (28 + 6 = 34 CP &lt;= 35 CP);<\/li><li>course B exceeds the limit of 35 CP (34 + 4 = 38 CP &gt; 35 CP) and thus is not considered as a subject for the SSE master studies and, consequently, also not included when calculating the overall grade for the SSE master.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d42dba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d42dba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-774738e\" data-id=\"774738e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2ae6ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c2ae6ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"exemplary-curriculum\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5357bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5357bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exemplary curriculum<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f007cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f007cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The table below shows an <em>exemplary curriculum \/ study schedule<\/em> for completing the SSE master program within the intended two years (4 semesters):<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\">Semester<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\">Winter \/ summer term<\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">CP<\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">Schedule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\">1. semester<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\">winter term<\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">&nbsp;28<\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 0;padding-left: 15px\">\n<li>a core subject from the subject area &#8220;theoretical foundations of software systems engineering&#8221;, 6 CP<\/li>\n<li>a core subject from the subject area &#8220;software engineering&#8221;, 6 CP<\/li>\n<li>2 elective courses, 2 x 6 = 12 CP<\/li>\n<li>German course, 4 CP<br>Note: Students need to register for the German course at RWTH Aachen Universty&#8217;s Language Center. The deadline for the language course registration is in the very beginning of the semester. So SSE students who want to take this course in their first semester must keep in mind to directly take care of the registration when they start their studies.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\">2. semester<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\">summer term<\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">&nbsp;30<\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 0;padding-left: 15px\">\n<li>a core subject from the subject area &#8220;theoretical foundations of software systems engineering&#8221;, 6 CP<\/li>\n<li>3 elective courses, 2 x 6 and 1 x 4 = 16 CP<\/li>\n<li><em>software project management<\/em> lecture, 4 CP<\/li>\n<li>(first) seminar, 4 CP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\">3. semester<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\">winter term<\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">&nbsp;32<\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 0;padding-left: 15px\">\n<li>a core subject from the subject area &#8220;software engineering&#8221;, 6 CP<\/li>\n<li>2 elective courses, 2 x 6 = 12 CP<\/li>\n<li>second seminar or an elective course, 4 CP<\/li>\n<li>lab course, 7 CP<\/li>\n<li>depth-area oral colloquium, 3 CP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\">4. semester<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\">summer term<\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">30<\/td>\n<td width=\"375\">\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 0;padding-left: 15px\">\n<li>master thesis + master thesis colloquium, 27+3 = 30 CP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-872ba9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"872ba9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f9ffa1\" data-id=\"5f9ffa1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3deab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3deab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SSE introduction meeting for newly enrolled SSE students<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f5114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0f5114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More detailed information on the SSE master program&#8217;s structure and study regulations are provided in the SSE introduction meeting for newly enrolled SSE students shortly before the start of the winter semester&#8217;s lecture time. We highly recommend newly enrolled SSE students to attend this meeting. Information on date and time of this meeting are announced via email about two week prior to the winter semester start. Make sure to check your RWTH Aachen email&#8217;s inbox to get the announcement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aec2230 elementor-view-stacked elementor-position-inline-start elementor-shape-square elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"aec2230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-Master-Software-Systems-Engineering-1st-Semester-Introduction-Meeting.pdf\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Slides of the SSE Introduction Meeting of the winter semester 2022\/2023 on October 6th 2022\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-Master-Software-Systems-Engineering-1st-Semester-Introduction-Meeting.pdf\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSlides of the SSE Introduction Meeting of the winter semester 2022\/2023 on October 6th 2022\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Structure Table of Contents In order to complete the Software Systems Engineering Master, students must obtain a total of 120 ECTS credit points (CP) while respecting the subject areas&#8217; requirements as well as completing the mandatory courses, one seminar, one lab course, the depth-area oral colloquium, and, finally, the master thesis. 120 CP 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":1726,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":192,"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21749,"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1918\/revisions\/21749"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}