UW Bothell Master of Science in Computer Science amp Software Engineering

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Offered by the University of Washington Bothell’s School of STEM, the master’s in computer science software engineering couples theoretical computing concepts with real-world problems, helping you develop the breadth of skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive software profession. Associate Professor Min Chen and Professor Kelvin Sung talk the computer science field, curriculum and how the master’s program is uniquely driven by faculty research. Hear from Alumnus and Software Development Manager III at Amazon Gautum Kumar and Alumnus and Software Engineering at Nokia Aaron Hitchcock, on their experiences in this evening program and how it led them to get the jobs they have today. Learn more at http://www.uwb.edu/mscsse. • Video Transcript: • [Min] • Our program I think is kind of like a link the theoretical part of computer science with the practical problem that can be solved in the software engineering. • [Kelvin] • In typical Master's only program they approach this education by coursework. We are unique because we are a Master's only program and yet if you look our elective classes in different disciplines they are driven by faculty research. We have a collection of faculty who are constantly thinking about their field, constantly thinking about the problems in their field. • [Gautam] • The professors are amazing. There's, they really care about what do you want to work for, what you are working towards. They really care about getting you to learn new things. There are very few programs out there which offer this kind of interest and professors who are fascinated by studying this subject. • [Aaron] • You're taking a class on learning about, you know, sort of starting into, you know, a topic that maybe you've never even heard of before and then you find out like oh, the guy teaching this class, you know, is one of the foremost researchers on this and so he really knows what he's talking about, and in some cases literally wrote the book on it, which is pretty cool. • [Kelvin] • In our curriculum we have three main components. We have the foundation. That is what all of, among all of the faculty would believe that every graduate student should have this background, and then there are the electives basically saying that, Hey, students once you have the background take whatever you like, these are all the classes you can take. And then there is the capstone where we can take all student’s education and have them put together in a one system. • [Min] • We have the elective courses, which you know deal with a lot of different aspects. For example, machine learning, we have data science, internet of things, cloud computing, so different fields that the student if they're interested in certain field, they can pick like a 20 credits of those elective courses to boost their understanding. • [Gautam] • Having the ability to take different classes across disciplines was really useful because I without, if, there was a wall that said I couldn't take cybersecurity classes, I probably wouldn't have written my thesis, I probably may not have gotten this job offer at Amazon. • [Aaron] • The whole program sort of became a way to move up right away to increase my upward mobility in the job market and having that degree was a big factor in sort of making me stand out from the crowd. • [Min] • We can learn a lot of things from students. They might bring some topic, some idea that I never thought about, and when we in the classroom discussion, maybe we are talking about some of the problems, some of the questions, then we feel like, oh this is the right answer. But they might raise a question and then make you aware, yeah, there's some other possibility, some other perspective. • [Kelvin] • They bring this really different view, how solutions should look like, and in this way, you know in my own research program, I benefit from that tremendously just, students have provided the solutions that will never occur to you, in a hundred years. • [Gautam] • I met a really, a bunch of really cool friends and who I still stay in touch with. One of my classmates I believe, he now lives in Norway and he is a cyber security researcher there. I know a couple of people who work at Amazon who I still stay in touch with. I think there's a sense of community and comfort that may not be available in other places. It's probably why I'd love to recommend UW Bothell.

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