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Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech

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Re: Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech

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Post by DennisP »

rayiner wrote: post #165
k2xl wrote: post #86

Gt alum here. Gt is a great school, but who says that is a forecast of how well an online class will be? Online classes have been around for about a decade now. But i cant see how taking a class online from Georgia Tech aint gonna be different than taking an online class from another university. The benefits of getting a CS degree at a university is gaining that physical connection with the professors. There isn't go…

> Gt alum here. Gt is a great school, but who says that is a forecast of how well an online class will be? Also GT alum here... GT is a great school, but frankly the online classes couldn't be worse than the in real life classes. I bet they'll even be taught by professors, rather than severely English-challenged TA's...

The nice thing about this is the courses are free, so you can sample them or even take them all and do homeworks, before deciding whether you want to pay for credentialing.

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Post by duck »

k2xl wrote: post #148
drharris wrote: post #141

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It's perfect for me. I also attended GT as an undergrad, but have since moved on with life, have a full time job and family, etc. I would love to interact on campus again, but it would hinder both my professional and personal life to do so. I don't plan on being in academia, but a MSCS degree will allow me more career opportunities. Online makes it easy for me to take the classes on a non-thesis track (which I'd be d…

I have to respectfully disagree with much of what you said. Just because it is from Georgia Tech doesn't mean the quality will be high. Georgia Tech is not the forefront of distance learning. Believe it or not, online classes are completely different than regular classes. Being in an online class you simply work with the material you have. There is nothing you will learn in an online masters class you couldn't find o…

I think you're missing the fact that most of the people who will take advantage of this already have a job, and thus already are networking. Heck, I bet there is a large portion of them that don't want to go to another company, but rather just move up within their current employer.

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Post by Moto7451 »

karpodiem wrote: post #155
Moto7451 wrote: post #111

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Your local Community College might offer them online. I did most of my AS that way.

Most community colleges "CS" programs consist of IT courses, with a few CS courses mixed in. Which is a shame.

Indeed. Even within the same CC system it can vary. Mine had a lot that mapped directly to my university's (Intro to CS, Data Structures & Algorithms, Language/Topic specific courses - C# and MySQL for example). Meanwhile even the "technical" school in the same system had only two or three basic CS courses. My CC even has a real electronics program! (as opposed to the more common journeyman electrician and solar installer programs) Where theory and practice are taught!

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Post by rayiner »

beambot wrote: post #170
rayiner wrote: post #165

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> Gt alum here. Gt is a great school, but who says that is a forecast of how well an online class will be? Also GT alum here... GT is a great school, but frankly the online classes couldn't be worse than the in real life classes. I bet they'll even be taught by professors, rather than severely English-challenged TA's...

I took a lot of grad classes (in CS and ECE). Not one was taught by a TA. Did you take grad classes, or were you and undergrad?

I was an undergrad. The couple of grad classes I took were indeed taught by an English-speaking professor, but the undergraduate classes were awful and left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Post by pflats »

voidlogic wrote: post #66
readme wrote: post #60

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Yes. Maybe you'd have to take some remedial courses first though. SNHU offers B.S. in CS online. http://www.snhu.edu/ There is nothing in CS that requires your physical presence in a lecture hall to learn.

I would worry about the legitimacy of any MS in CS program that did not make someone without a CS undergrad degree take significant remedial coursework.

Having never done an MS in CS...

So long as they know the fundamentals of programming (through, say, the equivalent a Data Structures class) I think a mathematician could take a go at it without much issue. An EE probably wouldn't have too much trouble either.

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Post by chris11 »

karpodiem wrote: post #133
chris11 wrote: post #119

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All I find is a BS in IT, with a concentration in software development. And the IT department is under the School of Business. It doesn't look like they actually offer any computer science courses.

Yep, I looked and discovered the same thing; it isn't a 'pure' CS program. I've discovered lots of these IT programs masquerading as CS programs - it's disappointing, to say the least. I'm really interested in pursuing an undergraduate level degree in CS (I have a liberal arts degree from a Top 15 US school, working full time, but if I could have done everything over, I would have done CS). In my search thus far, I'v…

Regis University offers an online BS in CS. I don't think it is a top 15 school, but it is ABET accredited. The only problem is tuition is $410 a credit hour, so they estimate a total cost of anywhere from 10k to 50k. http://regis.edu/CPS/Academics/Degrees-and-Programs/Undergra...

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Post by mesozoic »

ig1 wrote: post #122
waterlesscloud wrote: post #40

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Tech's MSCS is pretty competitive in terms of admissions. I assume this will be somewhat broader in its acceptance?

A large part of the credentialing value of a degree is that the person was skilled enough to be accepted onto the course, if they make entrance less competitive it will likely significantly reduce the market value of the degree in credentialing terms.

True but some degree of selectivity must be related to capacity rather than qualification. They probably have an abundance of applicants with enough skills to get through the program but their capacity forces them to be even more selective than that. Those are the people that would likely be well served by this program.

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Post by karpodiem »

chris11 wrote: post #176
karpodiem wrote: post #133

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Yep, I looked and discovered the same thing; it isn't a 'pure' CS program. I've discovered lots of these IT programs masquerading as CS programs - it's disappointing, to say the least. I'm really interested in pursuing an undergraduate level degree in CS (I have a liberal arts degree from a Top 15 US school, working full time, but if I could have done everything over, I would have done CS). In my search thus far, I'v…

Regis University offers an online BS in CS. I don't think it is a top 15 school, but it is ABET accredited. The only problem is tuition is $410 a credit hour, so they estimate a total cost of anywhere from 10k to 50k. http://regis.edu/CPS/Academics/Degrees-and-Programs/Undergra...

awesome find, thank you! Yes, it's a bit pricey but...I expected that. I think $15-20K is reasonable, provided students receive instructor support.

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Post by rtkwe »

ZirconCode wrote: post #117
cstejerean wrote: post #94

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The only thing left is to allow people to earn a BS in CS through Udacity as well (or dropping the requirement for a BS for this program, but that seems less likely).

Why? Why wouldn't they just drop the requirements? They are not taking any risks, the online course is incredibly cheap to scale. If the student passes the course, doesn't he deserve a masters? If he doesn't, well, he still paid 7k.

They're taking the risk of diluting the quality of their degree by letting in a lot of underqualified and unprepared students. Also if they get a load of unqualified students they'll either have to support these students or just let them fail. Either way drags down the program.

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Post by hiteshtr »

rsanders wrote: post #147
hiteshtr wrote: post #142

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Is this course available for non-US resident ??

That appears to be the intent. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709930

Thanks I am very enthusiast about the course, one thing I want to mention that if fee of this course can be paid in instalment then it will be best thing as I am from India and $7000 is equal to 350000 INR(big price for average Indian)
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