Undergraduate Guide
Welcome to the Department of Software at Ajou University.
Curriculum
Freshman
| 1st Semester | Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Writing | 3 | 3 | University Mandatory | English 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Ajou Character | 1 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| English 2 | 3 | 3 | Basic Course | Mathematics 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Liberal Arts per Area | 3 | 3 | Physics | Lab included. Choose one. | 3 | 3 | |||||
| SW Career Seminar | 1 | 1 | Biology | ||||||||
| Mathematics 1 | 3 | 3 | Physics Lab | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Biology Lab | |||||||||||
| Computer Programming & Practice | 4 | 5 | Major Mandatory | Introduction to Creative Software | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Digital Circuits | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Discrete Math | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| - | 18 | 19.5 | Total | 19 | 20 | - | |||||
Sophomore
| 1st Semester | Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Liberal Arts per Area | 3 | 3 | University Mandatory | Liberal Arts per Area | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Probability & Statistics 1 | 3 | 3 | Basic Course | Probability & Statistics 2 | Choose one. | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Linear Algebra 1 | |||||||||||
| Object-oriented Programming & Practice | 4 | 5 | Major Mandatory | System Programming & Practice | 4 | 4 | Computer Programming & Practice | ||||
| Data Structure | 3 | 3 | Algorithm | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||||
| Computer Architecture | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | Computer Networks | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Major Elective | |||||||||||
| - | 16 | 17 | Total | 16 | 17 | - | |||||
Junior
| 1st Semester | Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Operating System | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | Major Mandatory | Liberal Arts per Area | ||||||
| Machine Learning | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | Major Elective | Data Mining | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Network Security & Practice | 3 | 5 | Computer Programming & Practice | IT-specialized English | 3 | 3 | English 1, English 2 | ||||
| Network Software Design | 4 | 5 | Computer Networks | IT Intensive Education 1 | 6 | 6 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | ||||
| Database | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | IT Intensive Education2 | 6 | 6 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | ||||
| Information Security | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | Theory of Computation | 3 | 3 | Discrete Math | ||||
| System Software Security & Practice | 3 | 5 | Computer Programming & Practice | Internet of Things Design | 4 | 5 | Operating System | ||||
| Introduction to Open Source SW | 3 | 3 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | Software Engineering | 3 | 3 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | ||||
| Computer Communication | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | Software Application Security & Practice | 3 | 5 | Computer Programming & Practice | ||||
| Real Coding 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Real Coding 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Web System Design | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Embedded Software | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | ||||||||
| Compiler | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | ||||||||
| Self-directed Project | 3 | 3 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | ||||||||
| Theory & Application of Modern Cryptography | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| - | 28 | 33 | Total | 53 | 57 | - | |||||
Senior
| 1st Semester | Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| SW Start-up Theory | 3 | 3 | Major Elective | SW Industry Seminar | 1 | 1 | |||||
| SW Field Practice 1 | 3 | 3 | SW Capstone Design | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| SW Field Practice 2 | 3 | 3 | SW Field Practice 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| SW Field Practice 3 | 3 | 3 | SW Field Practice 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Mobile Networks | 3 | 3 | Computer Networks | SW Field Practice 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Modeling & Simulation | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | Advanced Computer Architecture | 3 | 3 | Computer Architecture | ||||
| Distributed System | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 | 3 | Algorithm | ||||
| Self-directed research 1 | 3 | 3 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||||
| Start-up Practice 1 | 3 | 3 | Self-directed Research 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Start-up Field Practice 1 | 3 | 3 | Start-up Practice 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Computer Graphics | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | Start-up Field Practice 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Computer Vision | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | Overseas Internship 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Overseas Internship 1 | 3 | 3 | Overseas Internship 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Overseas Internship 2 | 3 | 3 | Overseas Internship 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Overseas Internship 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| - | 42 | 42 | Total | 46 | 49 | - | |||||
Freshman
| Curriculum Classification | 1st Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| University Mandatory | Writing | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ajou Character | 1 | 1.5 | ||||
| Basic Course | English 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Liberal Arts per Area | 3 | 3 | ||||
| SW Career Seminar | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mathematics 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Major Mandatory | Computer Programming & Practice | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 16 | 17 | - | |||
| Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| University Mandatory | English 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Basic Course | Mathematics 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Physics | Lab included. Choose one . | 3 | 3 | |||
| Biology | ||||||
| Physics Lab | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Biology Lab | ||||||
| Major Mandatory | Introduction to Creative Software | 3 | 3 | |||
| Digital Circuits | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Discrete Math | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 20 | - | |||
Sophomore
| Curriculum Classification | 1st Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| University Mandatory | Liberal Arts per Area | 3 | 3 | |||
| Basic Course | Probability & Statistics 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Major Mandatory | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | 4 | 5 | |||
| Data Structure | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Computer Architecture | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | |||
| Total | 16 | 17 | - | |||
| Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| University Mandatory | Liberal Arts per Area | 3 | 3 | |||
| Basic Course | Probability & Statistics 2 | Choose one. | 3 | 3 | ||
| Linear Algebra 1 | ||||||
| Major Mandatory | System Programming & Practice | 4 | 5 | Computer Programming & Practice | ||
| Algorithm | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Computer Networks | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 17 | - | |||
Junior
| Curriculum Classification | 1st Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Major Mandatory | Operating System | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | ||
| Major Elective | Machine Learning | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | ||
| Network Security & Practice | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | |||
| Network Software Design | 4 | 5 | Computer Networks | |||
| Database | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Information Security | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| System Software Security & Practice | 3 | 5 | Computer Programming & Practice | |||
| Introduction to Open Source SW | 3 | 3 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | |||
| Computer Communication | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 33 | - | |||
| Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Major Elective | Data Mining | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | ||
| IT-specialized English | 3 | 3 | English 1, English 2 | |||
| IT Intensive Education 1 | 6 | 6 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | |||
| IT Intensive Education2 | 6 | 6 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | |||
| Theory of Computation | 3 | 3 | Discrete Math | |||
| Internet of Things Design | 4 | 5 | Operating System | |||
| Software Engineering | 3 | 3 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | |||
| Software Application Security & Practice | 3 | 5 | Computer Programming & Practice | |||
| Real Coding 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Real Coding 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Web System Design | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Embedded Software | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | |||
| Compiler | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Self-directed Project | 3 | 3 | Object-oriented Programming & Practice | |||
| Theory & Application of Modern Cryptography | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 57 | - | |||
Senior
| Curriculum Classification | 1st Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Major Elective | SW Start-up Theory | 3 | 3 | |||
| SW Field Practice 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| SW Field Practice 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| SW Field Practice 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Mobile Networks | 3 | 3 | Computer Networks | |||
| Modeling & Simulation | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Distributed System | 3 | 3 | Computer Programming & Practice | |||
| Self-directed research 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Start-up Practice 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Start-up Field Practice 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Computer Graphics | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Computer Vision | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Overseas Internship 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Overseas Internship 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 42 | - | |||
| Curriculum Classification | 2nd Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Name | Credits | Hours | Prerequisite | Lecture in Foreign Language | ||
| Major Elective | SW Industry Seminar | 1 | 1 | |||
| SW Capstone Design | 6 | 9 | ||||
| SW Field Practice 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| SW Field Practice 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| SW Field Practice 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Advanced Computer Architecture | 3 | 3 | Computer Architecture | |||
| Human-Computer Interaction | 3 | 3 | Algorithm | |||
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 3 | Data Structure | |||
| Self-directed Research 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Start-up Practice 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Start-up Field Practice 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Overseas Internship 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Overseas Internship 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Overseas Internship 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Overseas Internship 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 49 | - | |||
