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DSU to receive state of the art software

Dakota State University and the College of Business and Information Systems has received a grant for Rational Rose software, thanks in part to a grant application turned in by Omar El-Gayar, DSU professor of Business and Information Systems. Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects.

According to the program, Dakota State will get 50 licenses of Rational Rose, a state of the art Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for object oriented analysis and design. DSU will also get courseware material as well as a 50 percent discount on faculty training.

“This is great news,” Rick Christoph, DSU Dean of the College of Business and Information Systems said. “I am really delighted that Omar was successful in this grant application. I am looking forward to seeing it incorporated into the System’s classes.”

Among Rational Rose’s capabilities is the support for visual modeling for object-oriented analysis and design. The software will support DSU’s Master of Science and Information Systems course for Systems Analysis and Design using CASE tools.

 “Rational Rose® is a great addition to DSU,” El-Gayar said. “The software will support DSU’s systems analysis and design courses at the graduate as well as the undergraduate levels.”

“By integrating Rational Rose® into our curriculum we are providing our students with the state of the art Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool with a complete set of visual modeling capabilities for the development of robust and efficient solutions to real business needs,” added El-Gayar.

Future plans may also include extending the use of the package for the corresponding undergraduate course on Systems Analysis and Design. The grant is part of Rational’s Software Engineering Educational Development (SEED) program.

Through this program, DSU can integrate Rational's market-leading software development tools into its education courses and students can employ Rational tools to complete course-related research.