KAIST-CMU MSE Program - The Past and the Future

In this paper, we reflect upon the past five years of the KAIST-Carnegie Mellon MSE (Master of Software Engineering) collaboration, and look ahead to the ways in which we can improve in the years to come. With the understanding that the major component of the program lies in its curriculum, our insights focus mainly in the areas of curriculum improvement and evolution. As a means of achieving this goal, two surveys were conducted, one addressing reflections by the program´s participating faculty and graduates, and a second investigating various reference curriculums. Based upon the results of both surveys, an improved curriculum structure is proposed, one that identifies and introduces special track options that the authors propose might better serve the needs and demands of Korean industry.