Books for BS Software Engineering

You will find the best detailed information for BS Software engineering books, most recommended books, reference books, and course books along with names of the authors of the books.

BS Software Engineering Books for Beginners

BS software engineering is based on software and programming languages. The course books help in providing the best knowledge and skills of software engineering. Every university recommends different BS software engineering books to students. BS software engineering books pdf can be easily available on different online sites. Students can easily purchase the course books in Pakistan or also get the PDF book online. It will be easy for the students if they start software engineering studies starting from the easy books. Electrical engineering books could make you an expert in this field. The software engineering books recommended for beginners are:

Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software
Enterprise integration patterns
Soft skills: The software developer
Computers, Communications & information: A user's introduction
Javascript for kids: a playful introduction to programming
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis

BS Software Engineering Books in Pakistan

BS software engineering books are so useful for the students to develop a great understanding of programming and software. There are a number of books that students can use to increase their knowledge of software engineering. BS software engineering books are available in Pakistan.

The semester wise details of BS software engineering books are given below:

BS Software Engineering 1^st Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Pakistan Studies	The emergency of Pakistan	Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
English Composition and comprehension	Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition	John E. Warriner
Introduction of information and communication technologies	Computers, Communications & information: A user's introduction	Sarah E. Hutchinson and Stacey C. Sawyer
Applied physics	Physics	David Halliday and Kenneth S. Krane
Calculus and analytical geometry	Calculus and Analytical Geometry	Swokowski Olinick
Discrete structures	Discrete Mathematical Structure with Application to Computer Science	B Manohar and P. Temblay

BS Software Engineering 2nd Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Linear Algebra and Differential equations	Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications – 9 Edition	David Hill and Bernard Kolman
Engineering Economics	Making the Software Business Case: Improvement	Donald J. Reifer
Introduction to software engineering	Systems Analysis and Design	Gary B. Shelly and Thomas J. Cashman
Programming fundamentals	C++ How to Program	Harvey Deitel and Paul Deitel
Digital Logic Design	Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design	Stephen Brown

BS Software Engineering 3rd Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Computer organization and assembly language	Assembly Language for Intel-based Computers – 6 Edition	Irvine
Data structures and algorithms	Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis	Mark Allen Weiss
	Data Structures: Abstraction and Design Using Java – 2^nd Edition	Elliot B. Koffman and Paul A. T. Wolfgang
Introduction to software engineering	Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach – 7 Edition	Roger S. Pressman
	Systems Analysis and Design	Thomas J. Cashman and Gary B. Shelly
Object-Oriented Programming	An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java -5 Edition	C. Thomas Wu
Software Design and Architecture	Software Architecture and Design Illuminated	Chong-Wei Xu, Kai Qian and Lixin Tao

BS Software Engineering Fourth Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Database Systems	Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management – 4 Edition	Thomas Connolly
	Fundamentals of Database Systems	Fred McFadden
Statics and probability theory	Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientists	Ronald E. Walpole and Sharon L. Myers
Software Quality Engineering	Software Testing in the Real World: Improving the Process	Edward Kit and Susannah Finzi
Software project management	Software Engineering Economics	Boehm

BS Software Engineering Fifth Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Operating systems concepts	Operating System Concepts	Greg Gagne and Abraham Silberschatz
Software requirement engineering	Software Requirement Engineering – 2^nd Edition	Richard H. Thayer and Merlin Dorfman
Computer communication and networks	Data Communications and Networking	Behrouz A. Forouzan
	Data and Computer Communications	William Stallings

BS Software Engineering Sixth Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Formal Methods in software engineering	Software Reliability Methods	Doron A. Peled
Web Engineering	Web Engineering: A Practitioners’ Approach	Roger S. Pressman
Human-Computer Interaction	Human-Computer Interaction	Alan Dix
	Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction	Ben Shneiderman
Professional Practices in IT	Computer Ethics	Deborah G. Johnson
	Professional Issues in Software Engineering	Jack Eaton and Frank Bott

BS Software Engineering Seventh Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Organizational behavior	Organizational Behavior	Angelo Kinicki and Robert Kreitner
Numerical Computing	Numerical Methods in Scientific Computing	Germund Dahlquist and Ake Bjorck
Information security	Computer Security: Art and Science	Matt Bishop
Digital Image Processing	Digital Image Processing – 3^rd Edition	Rafael C. Gonzalez
Human Resources Management	Managing Human Resources	Susan E. Jackson and Randall S. Schuler

BS Software Engineering Eight Semester Books

Course Name	Recommended Books	Author
Entrepreneurship and leadership	Entrepreneurship: Ideas in Action	Cynthia L. Greene
Web systems and technologies	Web Application Architecture: Principles, protocols and practices	Richard Rosen and Leon Shklar
Professional Ethics	Applied Professional Ethics	Gregory R. Beabout

BS Software Engineering Elective Books

Course Name	Recommended Book	Author
Information system audit	Auditing Information Systems	Jack J. Champlain
Distributed computing	Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design	George Coulouris and Jean Dollimore
Introduction to soft computing	Bayesian Artificial Intelligence	Kevin Korb and Ann Nicholson
	Soft Computing & Intelligent Systems Design: Theory, Tools and Applications	Fakhreddine O. Karray
Real Time Systems	Real-Time Systems	Jane W. S. Liu
Introduction to complex networks	Networks: An Introduction	Mark Newman
Data security and encryption	Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice – 6 Edition	William Stallings
System analysis and design	The Data Model Resource	Len Silverston
Cloud computing	Handbook of Cloud Computing	Borko Furht
Functional programming	The Craft of Functional Programming	Simon Thompson
Simulation and modeling	Simulation Modelling and Analysis	Averill M. Law and W. David Kelton

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most recommended books for Database Systems in Pakistan?
A Practical Approach to Design and Fundamentals of Database Systems.
What is the importance of software engineering books?
BS software engineering books are important to expand the learning and understanding of software.
Do universities only use programming reference books for BS software engineering?
BS software engineering does not only contains programming books. This degree requires simulation, programming, designing, and a computing course book.