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Software Design and Quality Assurance

School of Technology

About This Course

WGU Catalog 2026-03
Software Design and Quality Assurance applies a QA focus to every phase of the software development life cycle. This course investigates best practices for quality analysis, quality planning, and testing strategies as they pertain to the everyday practice of software development. Students will come to understand how their work fits into the bigger picture: how QA, testing, and code- writing practices interact within specific process models; the potential impact of new code on existing code or on other applications; the importance of usability and the influence users have on the ultimate success of an application. Students will explore test plans, test cases, unit tests, integration tests, regression tests, usability tests, and test and review tools.

Official catalog text — WGU-authored.

First in catalog2023-01StatusActiveCurrent degrees4Total degree appearances6

Included in Current Degrees (4)

Previously Appeared in Retired Degrees (2)

  • Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering [BSSWE]from 2023-01
  • Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering [BSSWE_C]from 2023-01

Also known as in catalog

  • Software Quality Assurance

[2023-01→2023-02] 'Software Design and Quality Assurance' → 'Software Quality Assurance'; [2023-02→2023-03] 'Software Quality Assurance' → 'Software Design and Quality Assurance'

Note: Title oscillated 'Software Design and Quality Assurance' ↔ 'Software Quality Assurance' across Jan→Feb→Mar 2023 in adjacent editions; reverted. Consistent with a brief catalog edit that was rolled back.
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