{"id":276,"date":"2026-04-22T14:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-practice\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:30:07","slug":"master-of-engineering-software-engineering-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-practice\/homepage\/master-of-engineering-software-engineering-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Engineering: Software Engineering Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-practice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/04\/MEng-Engineering-Practice-Software-1600x700-1-1024x448.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Master of Engineering: Software Engineering Practice\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/360.carleton.ca\/urd\/sits.urd\/run\/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_enq&amp;code1=PROS&amp;code2=&amp;code4=IPR_UDFA=ENQ\">Click Here to Apply Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"cu-testimonial md:py-8\">\n        <div class=\"bg-cu-black-50 rounded-xl\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col-reverse md:pl-8 md:pr-12 md:flex-row items-center gap-5 mx-auto max-w-7xl md:gap-10 lg:gap-16 md:items-stretch\">\n                <div class=\"w-full md:-my-8 hidden md:block md:flex-[0_0_30%] bg-cu-black-25 rounded-lg bg-cover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-practice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/04\/MEng_Eng_Practice_Software-scaled_1911x1707_acf_cropped-768x686.jpeg); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"w-full px-6 py-6 md:max-w-none md:flex-auto md:px-0 md:py-16 lg:py-20\">\n\n                                            \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Engineering Practice is a coursework only, two-year full-time\/year-round program, which has been specially designed to provide you with a combination of discipline-specific technical courses and complementary studies tailored towards accelerating your transition into Canada\u2019s engineering job market upon graduation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"course-structure\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coursework for the Master of Engineering: Electrical Engineering Practice program is uniquely structured into the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">1. 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