CS Master's Degree

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by rcach001 • 12 years ago

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What school allows non-CS grad students to pursue a Master's Degree in CS?

NOTE: I have a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.

floridianfisher• 12 years ago

I would like to know this as well.

jlund3• 12 years ago

From what I understand, many schools allow this with some required provisional courses to prove that you are competent with CS fundamentals. That said, you'll want a solid math background and you'll want to be at least decent at writing code. For this reason, people who do this typically come from math, stats, or engineering backgrounds.

raginbajin• 12 years ago

Both UIUC and UIS (University of Illinois) both have Master's programs that will accept students that are non-cs grads. Like what @jlund3 mentioned, they just need to have some CS fundamental classes or be able to show that you have those skill sets.

mechgrad• 12 years ago

Plenty of schools will you just usually will have to take some undergrad courses like jlund said to make sure you have the knowledge.

Source: doing this from a mechanical engineering degree this year.

What I did, went and talked to my local university's CS advisor to see how I could pursue a degree in CS and they suggested that instead of a second bachelors I go for a MS.

So if you have a local college you would like to go to or if your alma mater has a degree program that interests you I suggest making an appointment with an advisor to talk about options. Many times you can start off non-degree and switch to degree seeking grad after a set amount of hours.

halfmoth• 12 years ago

University of Bristol has a great masters conversion course

CS Master's Degree

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