MS in Computer Science - Entrepreneurship Option
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Entrepreneurship Option
This is a Master’s Degree Option within the Computer Science Graduate Program. It is directed to people with a strong undergraduate background in Computer Science who are interested in both deepening their technical knowledge and in understanding the tools required for developing a company directed towards software services and products.
Admission Requirements: as specified in the Catalog for admission to the MS programin Computer Science.
MS Requirements
Non-thesis option:
- 7 courses from Computer Science, satisfying the MS core and distribution
requirements. (total of 21 credits) - 3 College of Management courses (total of 9 credits) chosen from:
- 64.650: Innovation and Emerging Technologies (3 credit)
- 62.630: Market Research for Entrepreneurs (3 credit)
- 61.640: Financing Innovation and Technology Ventures (3 credit)
- 66.630: New Product Development (3 credit)
and taken within the first two semesters of full-time study (first six graduate courses).
1 course from either Computer Science or Management, as deemed appropriate in consultation with the faculty advisor(s). (3 credits)
Total Credits: 33
Thesis option:
6 courses (18 credits) from Computer Science, satisfying the MS core and distribution requirements.
3 College of Management courses (9 credits) chosen from:
o 64.650: Innovation and Emerging Technologies (3 credit)
o 62.630: Market Research for Entrepreneurs (3 credit)
o 61.640: Financing Innovation and Technology Ventures (3 credit)
o 66.630: New Product Development (3 credit)
and taken within the first two semesters of full-time study (first six graduate courses).
- 6 credits of Master’s Thesis. The primary advisor shall be from CS, with a member of the thesis committee from the College of Management. The thesis will articulate the results of appropriate market research, a detailed business plan, and will deliver a prototype of a product. A course taken from either CS or Management could substitute for 3 thesis credits, if approved by both advisors as being critical for the thesis.
Total Credits: 33