Comment Not all MS majors have a BS of the same topic (Score 1) 22
I am an undergraduate student at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science. One of my favorite instructors says that while he appreciates the value of an Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, he misses the day when there wasn't one, and people came to MS Computer Science programs from all sorts of different backgrounds. I know that there are some people in the MS Computer Science program here that didn't do their undergrad work in CS; one, in particular, majored in Anthropology. But as far as I can tell, they just have to make sure they take all the prerequisites for their classes, even if that means taking classes that won't count towards their degree.
I'm actually looking forward to this sort of environment, with people of all sorts of different backgrounds. My hope is to be accepted to MIT's Media Arts and Sciences MS program, and as far as I know, there is currently no undergraduate program for it, although it is in development. Even if they do get it developed soon, it will still have been too late for me and the people who will be entering the MS program to have taken advantage of it.
I'm actually looking forward to this sort of environment, with people of all sorts of different backgrounds. My hope is to be accepted to MIT's Media Arts and Sciences MS program, and as far as I know, there is currently no undergraduate program for it, although it is in development. Even if they do get it developed soon, it will still have been too late for me and the people who will be entering the MS program to have taken advantage of it.
