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CS Master's Degree

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Re: CS Master's Degree

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From what I understand, many schools allow this with some required provisional courses to prove that you are competent with CS fundamentals. That said, you'll want a solid math background and you'll want to be at least decent at writing code. For this reason, people who do this typically come from math, stats, or engineering backgrounds.

Re: CS Master's Degree

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Both UIUC and UIS (University of Illinois) both have Master's programs that will accept students that are non-cs grads. Like what @jlund3 mentioned, they just need to have some CS fundamental classes or be able to show that you have those skill sets.

Re: CS Master's Degree

#5
Plenty of schools will you just usually will have to take some undergrad courses like jlund said to make sure you have the knowledge.

Source: doing this from a mechanical engineering degree this year.

What I did, went and talked to my local university's CS advisor to see how I could pursue a degree in CS and they suggested that instead of a second bachelors I go for a MS.

So if you have a local college you would like to go to or if your alma mater has a degree program that interests you I suggest making an appointment with an advisor to talk about options. Many times you can start off non-degree and switch to degree seeking grad after a set amount of hours.