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Spring 2007 Meetings To Be Determined.
3rd Floor Seminar Room, Clendenin Computer Science Building.

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The Master of Science in Applied Computer Science (MSACS) is a thirty-six hour graduate degree program with coursework in the following areas:

The MSACS program is perfect for the working professional in the computing field who is interested in obtaining a graduate degree in computer science, concurrent with work and family commitments.

Students will be part of a cohort/learning-community formed by each year's class, taking courses offered by award-winning faculty. Courses are offered in a conventional classroom setting that has been upgraded with web-based distance technology that captures the in-class experience. Students may attend on-campus present in the classroom, attend the live classes over the internet, or view recorded classroom lectures. Students may complete the program in 22 months (4 semesters plus a summer semester).

The program offers students a true graduate-school experience, with high expectations and intensive learning. Students are expected to study hard, complete projects, master new technologies and new science, participate in discussions, and make presentations. The program offers opportunities to work on research projects and offers research assistantships.

What is Applied Computer Science?
Applied CS is a subset of the huge computing discipline, focusing on knowledge areas within CS that are readily applied to solving problems and enhancing the quality of our lives. This includes a wide swath of CS areas from embedded systems to database architectures to software engineering to web search engines to digital game design to bioinformatics. Mathematical foundations and traditional CS theoretical topics receive reduced coverage.

The MSACS is offered in two versions:
The Traditional program is for students with undergraduate degrees in computer science or a closely related discipline. The program consists of 30 hours of coursework, plus six hours which the student may use for a thesis, applied project, scientific research, or as six more hours of additional electives.
The Classic Cohort Program is for students with undergraduate degrees in areas other than computer science with industry experience. The Classic Cohort consists of 9 hours of excellerated undergraduate foundation, plus 27 hours of true graduate study, up to six hours of which the student may use for an applied project or as additional electives. The Classic Cohort is available Fall only.

The Fall semester start accepts both students with degrees in computing AND students with undergraduate degrees in fields other than computer science who have industry experience (Classic Cohort).

The Spring-Start program requires an undergraduate degree in computer science or closely related field and is offered as a Traditional Program (Hybrid Cohort) only.

For more information, contact MSACS in the College of Science and Mathematics at Kennesaw State University.