I am applying to the Master’s degree program in Computer Science at the University of Houston in order to more deeply explorer the best practices of software engineering and methods used in this field. Having performed and worked in the software development industry for almost 5 years, I would like to learn profoundly the principles and tools to design, analyze, develop, test, deploy and maintain software applications. In reality, I would like to focus my career on consulting, designing and developing high- level software applications by using the best practices of software engineering. I’m also interested in learning the best strategies and frameworks that are used to quickly and efficiently build and maintain software application.