The MSACS is an innovative premium program and includes exciting premium features including integrated distance technology!

Fall 2008 Admits premium tuition provides for the following premium features at no additional cost:

• Distance Learning lectures (Priceless!): Students may attend class in person OR attend the live distance lectures, OR
• View Archived/Recorded lectures: (Priceless!). All lectures are recorded for later replay using a browser.
• Lectures formatted for download to a laptop, PDA, or iPOD.
• Capped enrollment per cohort, with small class sizes and individual attention and access to professors.
• All books and materials (value: around $350+ per semester)
• State-of-the-art laptop for personal use (value: $2500): Dell Inspiron 1720 with quad-core processor, 3GB Ram, 17" Widescreen LCD Blu-Ray DVD, etc.
• HTC-Shift Ultra-Mobile PC: Hotkey between Vista and Windows Mobile, ideal platform for mobile device SW development. Allows students to participate in live classes or view recorded lectures anywhere they have connectivity.
  
• Applied Studies options (multple thousands):
  • Conference Travel
  • Certification
  • Research Project
• Embedded Systems lab equipment for personal use (value: $750)
• Parking Fee $100
• Association for Computing Machinery Membership ($76)
• Other software and equipment need for specific class (i.e. robotics kit for CS 8650 AI & Robotics $400)

Same cost for both resident and non-resident students.