Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (KIET) is conducting BE Software Engineering program with the formal approval from Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) since Fall 2019. This program prepares students for the ever increasing demand of Software Engineers nationally and internationally. The program details including the vision, mission and curriculum details are given below.

Vision of Software Engineering Program

“To impart highest quality engineering education with an aim to produce proficient, creative and ethical software engineers who can take the role of visionary leaders, entrepreneurs and researchers at national and global levels.”

Mission of Software Engineering Program

“To educate students through highly qualified faculty to have strong theoretical and practical expertise, team-work, leadership qualities, ethical values and entrepreneurship skills. Establish and maintain state-of-the-art laboratories, latest curriculum and industrial linkages. Prepare graduates to pursue higher studies and undertake research at national and global levels. ”

Program Objectives

• PEO 1: The graduates will apply their engineering knowledge to critically investigate and analyze the complex technological challenges faced by the nation and be able to design sustainable solutions for them based on modern tools and practices while meeting high ethical standards.
• PEO 2: The graduates will compete proactively in both local and international, industry and academia, by indulging in a lifelong process of research and development in their individual capacity as well as members of project teams to match the pace of the rapidly changing world of technology to transform Pakistan into a knowledge based economy.
• PEO 3: The graduates will use their knowledge and skills to effectively contribute towards engineering jobs’ creation by undertaking roles as entrepreneurs and project managers/ marketers to undertake new technological projects in the country for continued indigenization of technology for sustainable economy.

Program Learning Outcomes

[PLO1] Engineering Knowledge: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

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[PLO2] Problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences.

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[PLO3] Design/Development of Solutions: An ability to design solutions for complex engineering problems and design systems, components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

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[PLO4] Investigation: An ability to investigate complex engineering problems in a methodical way including literature survey, design and conduct of experiments, analysis and interpretation of experimental data, and synthesis of information to derive valid conclusions.

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[PLO5] Modern Tool Usage: An ability to create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modeling, to complex engineering activities, with an understanding of the limitations.

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[PLO6] The Engineer and Society: An ability to apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice and solution to complex engineering problems.

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[PLO7] Environment and Sustainability: An ability to understand the impact of professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge of and need for sustainable development.

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[PLO8] Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.

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[PLO9] Individual and Team Work: An ability to work effectively, as an individual or in a team, on multifaceted and /or multidisciplinary settings.

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[PLO10] Communication: An ability to communicate effectively, orally as well as in writing, on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

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[PLO11] Project Management: An ability to demonstrate management skills and apply engineering principles to one’s own work, as a member and/or leader in a team, to manage projects in a multidisciplinary environment.

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[PLO12 ] Lifelong Learning: An ability to recognize the importance of, and pursue lifelong learning in the broader context of innovation and technological developments.

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PEO-PLO Mapping

PLO/PEO	PEO-1	PEO-2	PEO-3
PLO-1
PLO-2
PLO-3
PLO-4
PLO-5
PLO-6
PLO-7
PLO-8
PLO-9
PLO-10
PLO-11
PLO-12

Program Composition

College of Engineering (CoE) has come up with a comprehensive curriculum covering not only the areas of engineering and sciences but also incorporating courses in humanities, social sciences and management sciences. This is because CoE wants to make visionary engineers with high ethical and moral values working to serve the humanity.

BE (Software Engineering) is a 136 credit hours program. Courses have been classified as General/Supporting and Computing/Software engineering courses as shown in the table below.

	Number of Courses	Credit Hours
General/Supporting	16	40
Computing	31	96
Total	47	136

	Number of Courses	Credit Hours
Humanities	4	10
Social Sciences	2	2
Management Sciences	3	5
Natural Sciences	7	23
Computing	2	6
Engineering Foundation	9	32
Core Breath of Engineering	9	27
Core Depth of Engineering	6	18
Multi-disciplinary	3	7
Final year project	2	6
Total	47	136

The curriculum has been designed to provide the student basic knowledge in the broader area of computing and software engineering. The course of study is focused on the fundamental concepts enabling the students to pursue a career in any area from research and development to sales. In addition to the laboratory work that get the student familiar with computing, software engineering and electronics related equipment and with experimental techniques, course projects in almost every course help the student to learn how theoretical knowledge can be converted into working projects. A two-semester senior design project usually involving industrial collaboration provides students with valuable experience in applying their knowledge and skills for solution of real-world problems.

Program Structure

Course Group	Course Code	Course	Theory Contact Hours	Practical Contact Hours	Number of Courses	Total Credit Hours
Humanities	HS1303	English Proficiency Development	2	0		2
	HS2304	English Public Speaking	2	0		2
	HS3305	Official English Communication and Report Writing	3	0		3
	HS4306	Pakistan and Islamic Studies	3	0		3
	HS1402 HS2402 HS3402	Chinese Language – I, II, III (NC)	0	0		0
		Sub Total			4	10
Social Sciences	HS1206	Professional and Social Ethics	2	0		2
	HS1102	Community Service (NC)	0	0		0
		Sub Total			2	2
Management Sciences	MG4302	Technology Entrepreneurship	2	0		2
	HS1101	Leadership and Motivation	1	0		1
	MG4402	Engineering Economics	2	0		2
		Sub Total			3	5
Natural Sciences	MS1303	Calculus and Analytical Geometry	3	0		3
	MS3306	Probability and Statistics	3	0		3
	MS1302	Linear Algebra	3	0		3
	MS4307	Numerical Methods	3	0		3
	MS1401	Applied Physics	3	3		4
	MS1304	Differential Equations and Transforms	3	0		3
	EE2403	Fundamentals of Electronics	3	3		4
		Sub Total			7	23
Computing and Information Sciences	CS1303	Introduction to Computing	2	3		3
	CS1304	Programming Fundamentals	2	3		3
		Sub Total			2	6
Engineering Foundation	CS1306	Discrete Structures	3	0		3
	CS1305	Object Oriented Concepts and Programming	2	3		3
	SE4302	Formal Methods in Software Engineering	3	0		3
	CS2401	Data Structures and Algorithms	3	3		4
	EE1407	Digital Logic Design	3	3		4
	EE2308	Computer Architecture and Organization	2	3		3
	CS2403	Database Management System	3	3		4
	CS3301	Operating System	3	3		4
	EE4414	Computer Communication and Networks	3	3		4
		Sub Total			9	32
Core Breath of Engineering	CS4403	Human Computer Interaction	3	0		3
	CS3411	Software Engineering	3	0		3
	SE2301	Software Construction and Development	2	3		3
	SE3301	Software Design and Architecture	2	3		3
	SE3302	Software Project Management	2	3		3
	SE4301	Software Quality Engineering	2	3		3
	CS2302	Cloud Computing	2	1		3
	CS2303	Information Security	3	0		3
	CS2304	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	3	0		3
		Sub Total			9	27
Core Depth of Engineering   (Electives)*	CS3306	Mobile Application Development	2	3		3
	CS3303	Computer Graphics	2	3		3
	CS4301	Compiler Construction (Fixed Elective)	2	3		3
	CS3305	Data Science / Web Engineering / Cyber Security	2	3		3
	CS3304	Artificial Intelligence	2	3		3
	CS3302	Automata Theory and Formal Languages (Fixed Elective)	3	0		3
		Sub Total			6	18

Course Group		Course	Theory Contact Hours	Practical Contact Hours	Number of Courses	Total Credit Hours
Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Courses	EE3417	Embedded Systems Design	2	3		3
	EE3418	Internet of Things	3	0		3
	HS2101	Occupational Health and Safety	1	0		1
		Sub Total			3	7
Final Year Project	DP4301	Senior Design Project SDP-1	0	9		3
	DP4302	Senior Design Project SDP-2	0	9		3
		Sub Total			2	6
Total					46	136
		Industrial Training-I and II (NC)		0		0
		Sports (Outdoor and Indoor) I – VIII (NC)		0		0
Grand Total						136

Depth of Engineering (Electives) * New elective courses will be added in this domain. These courses may belong to the following domains.

1. Artificial Intelligence
2. Data Science
3. Embedded Systems
4. Cloud Computing
5. Cyber Security

Scheme of Studies for BE Software Engineering

Effective from Fall-2023

Year 1

Semester I
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
CS1303	Introduction to Computing	2	1	3
CS1304	Programming Fundamentals	2	1	3
MS1303	Calculus and Analytical Geometry	3	0	3
MS1401	Applied Physics	3	1	4
HS1303	English Proficiency development	2	0	2
HS1101	Leadership and Motivation	1	0	1
HS1402	Chinese Language HSK-1	0	0	0
Total		13	3	16

 

Semester II
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
CS1306	Discrete Structures	3	0	3
CS1305	Object Oriented Concepts and Programming	2	1	3
CS3411	Software Engineering	3	0	3
EE2403	Fundamentals of Electronics	3	1	4
HS2304	English public speaking	2	0	2
HS1206	Professional and Social Ethics	2	0	2
HS2402	Chinese Language HSK-2	0	0	0
Total		15	2	17

Year 2

Semester III
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
HS4306	Pakistan and Islamic Studies	3	0	3
CS2401	Data Structures and Algorithms	3	1	4
EE1407	Digital Logic Fundamentals	3	1	4
MS1304	Differential Equations and Transforms	3	0	3
SE3301	Software Design and Architecture	2	1	3
HS3402	Chinese Language HSK-3	0	0	0
Total		14	3	17

 

Semester IV
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
CS2403	Database Management System	3	1	4
SE4302	Formal Methods in Software Engineering	3	0	3
EE2308	Computer Architecture and Organization	2	1	3
CS3301	Operating System	3	1	4
MS1302	Linear Algebra	3	0	3
HS1102	Community Service	0	0	0
Total		14	3	17

Year 3

Semester V
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
SE3302	Software Project Management	2	1	3
CS3302	Automata Theory and Formal Languages (Elective-1)	3	0	3
EE3417	Embedded Systems Design	2	1	3
MS3306	Probability and Statistics	3	0	3
CS2304	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	3	0	3
CS3304	Artificial Intelligence (Elective-2)	2	1	3
Total		15	3	18

 

Semester VI
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
CS4403	Human Computer Interaction	3	0	3
CS3306	Mobile Application Development / Web Engineering (Elective-3)	2	1	3
HS3305	Official Communication and Report writing	3	0	3
EE4414	Computer Communication and Networks	3	1	4
CS4301	Compiler Construction (Elective-4)	2	1	3
	Engineering Economics	2	0	2
Total		15	3	18

Year 4

Semester VII
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
EE3418	Internet of Things	2	1	3
SE2301	Software Construction	2	1	3
CS2303	Information Security	3	0	3
HS2101	Occupational Health and Safety	1	0	1
CS3303	Computer Graphics (Elective-5)	2	1	3
DP4301	SDP-1	0	3	3
Total		10	6	16

 

Semester VIII
Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Practical	Total
CS3305	Data Science and Applications/Cyber Security (Elective-6)	2	1	3
CS2302	Cloud Computing	2	1	3
SE4301	Software Quality Engineering	2	1	3
	Numerical Methods	3	0	3
MG4302	Technology Entrepreneurship	2	0	2
DP4302	SDP-2	0	3	3
Total		11	6	17