Department of Software Engineering Resources

Email: Advisors aim to respond to messages within 3 business days

Open Advising: The SE Advising Team offers regular drop-in hours for students with brief 5-10 minute questions. Click the link to find your advisor's drop Open Advising Hours.

Appointments: Students may use Starfish to schedule an appointment with their academic advisor. 

Enrollment and curriculum FAQ’s for SE students available here

Last names beginning A-G

Carrie Koneski

Academic Advisor

Advising

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

caksma@rit.edu

585-475-6352

Last names beginning H-L

Sarah Mittiga

Academic Advisor

Advising

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

sxmrgr@rit.edu

585-475-2012

Last names beginning M-Z

Joe Rozak

Academic Advisor

Advising

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

ejriao@rit.edu

585-475-2992

Undergraduate

To be considered for admission to Software Engineering you must have a high school diploma and a demonstrated ability to do college level work. Admission decisions are based on high school courses and grades, as well as standardized tests if applicable.

More info about first-year admissions.

More info about Software Engineering BS Degree.

Transfer

Are you a community college student interested in transferring after you earn your associates? Work with our academic advisors to develop a course plan that will help you stay on track with the Software Engineering curriculum.

Transfer Credit Pre-approval

Software Engineering majors must go through the central RIT process for transfer credit articulation, if you have questions please reach out to an SE advisor. Please review transfer credit processes and policies here: RIT Transfer Credit Policies. 

Undergraduate electives are listed on the Software Engineering BS degree program page.

Students may also choose another course with advisor approval. Submit the Elective Approval Form for review.

Senior Project

• Overview
• Browse projects
• Sponsorship

Graduation

• Timeline and info
• Order of the Engineer

* For graduate level students only 

Course Assistants (CA) assist with class instruction, grade homework and labs, and hold office hours.  Generally, work about 10 hours a week.

Graduate Assistants (GA) assist with special projects for the department, professional- level admin support, prepares PowerPoint presentations, data entry, collating marketing materials, etc. Generally work 10-20 hours week. 

Graders assist professors by grading homework assignments and/or projects (NOTE graders do not grade exams). The amount of time that you will spend grading varies but it will typically not exceed 10 hours per week.

If you are interested in working as a grader, review the schedule of courses for the term in which you want to grade. Identify the course(s) you are qualified to grade for and make an appointment to see the faculty teaching the course to discuss your interest and qualifications.  Note: it’s likely that faculty will have different requirements for graders. Also, they will expect that you are a student in good standing and that you have taken the course you want to be a grader for.  If you are selected by the faculty, they will email the SE office and we will reach out to you for hiring details.

We hire students to work in the SE main office. Students working in the office help out with various clerical tasks such as answering the phones, making copies, helping staff setup events, and so on. The number of hours that you will work varies but your hours will be sometime during the normal workday (Monday through Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).  Generally, work about 10 hours a week. *Note that we do not typically hire students enrolled in any of the SE programs to work in the office.

You can find postings for this job position at the Career and Co-op Services website. 

Students in the following majors may not apply for the clerical positions: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science Computer Security, Computational Math and Computer Engineering.

Please find postings for all on-campus employment and co-op opportunities at the Careers Services and Co-op page.   

For department Co-op requirements and general information, please visit the department's Co-op Resources page.