MASTER OF SCIENCE
Computer Information Sciences
Graduate Program
Master of Science in Computer Information Sciences | Graduate Program
The 36-semester hour master’s degree in computer information sciences provides a challenging opportunity of pursuing a versatile course of study reflecting the student’s desires, background, and future responsibilities. The program includes a variety of specialties covered in depth to probe the frontiers of scientific and engineering knowledge in these subdomains. The ability to devise a solution and execute it is the heart of the practice of this program. Designing such solutions requires creating efficient computation that involves integrating multiple key design notions of data representation, algorithms, coding, system engineering, data security, software engineering, and software testing in one unified framework.
Graduates of the program will be able to integrate business and real-world perspectives, interpersonal and team skills, and the computational skills that lead to a professional employment and prepare them to the doctoral studies in the field. Program graduates will be able to integrate computational, interpersonal and team skills, to secure a professional employment or pursue a doctoral degree in the field.
Program Goals
Successful students of the program should gain the followings skills (vary according to the concentration):
- Ability to manage, interpret, analyze, and model large data sets; and employ computer science algorithms and methods to real world problems where custom software solutions often need to be created.
- Ability to employ modern software engineering processes (such as object-oriented analysis, design, and implementation).
- Proficient in the use of one or more programming languages (such as Python, Java, C++, etc.), or one of scientific and statistical analytical software packages (such as R, MATLAB, XLMiner, SPSS, Statistica Data Miner, etc.)
- Ability to effectively utilize distributed and high-performance computing to analyze large data sets, as is knowledge of networking technology and internet protocols.
- Have a high level of motivation, be independent and dedicated, possess strong interpersonal and managerial skills, and have outstanding analytical ability.
- Have excellent teamwork skills and have strong scientific communication skills.
Learn more about the admissions process here. International students apply here. Non-International students apply here.
International Graduate Student Admissions Requirements and Curricular Practical Training
To receive information on the requirements for graduate admissions for international students, please email your request to CPT@HarrisburgU.edu. Click here for requirements for admissions and Curricular Practical Training! All of the University’s graduate programs are STEM approved and Curricular Practical Training is offered for this program. The Computer Information Sciences program follows two specific concentrations with pre-selected CISC courses required to meet degree requirements. If you did not select a concentration when completing your application, we will place you in Computer Science. You are welcome to review the two concentrations listed in the Graduate Catalog
