Knowledge Areas and Core Hour allocation
| Knowledge Area | No. of Knowledge Units | Core Hours |
| CMP – Computing Essentials | 3 | 152 |
| FND – Mathematical and Engineering Fundamentals | 3 | 80 |
| PRF – Professional Practice | 3 | 29 |
| MAA – Software Modeling and Analysis | 3 | 28 |
| REQ – Requirements Analysis and Specification | 4 | 30 |
| DES – Software Design | 6 | 48 |
| VAV – Software Verification and Validation | 4 | 37 |
| PRO – Software Process | 5 | 33 |
| QUA – Software Quality | 3 | 10 |
| SEC – Security | 3 | 20 |
| Total | 37 | 476 |
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