Computer Science M.C.S.

The Master's of Computer Science (MCS) is a terminal, professionally focused coursework-only degree designed for working professionals seeking to boost their current career, or change course. The MCS graduate program core offers coursework from a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied computer science topics and incorporates elective coursework opportunities in nearly all areas of the field. Faculty members have expertise in areas such as algorithms and theoretical computer science; numerical, parallel, and high-performance computing; distributed computing and systems; artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer vision; databases and data mining; human-computer interaction and information systems; graphics and visualization; software engineering and programming languages; computer architecture and compilers; networking; bioinformatics and computational biology; and computer security. Faculty from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering also participate in a variety of other graduate programs, including Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Health Informatics, Cognitive Science, Scientific Computation, and Human Factors and Ergonomics.