This post is in response to Ramya's question about MS in Management of Information Systems versus MS in Computer Science. This is a difficult question for me and I don't have a good answer.
I do know about another course at Carnegie Mellon University at the Information Networking Institute. It sounds similar to MIS to me but honestly I haven't researched this enough to conclusively say so. I do know at least 3 people who completed this program at CMU. The impression I get is that the program isn't as competitive as CMU's CS program but does allow you to take some of the same courses. What I do know is that the 3 people I knew did very well in the program at now hold jobs at Microsoft, VMWare and HP respectively, which in many senses are good jobs for even folks with an MS in CS. So doing well in the INI program does give you some of the same opportunities as a MS in CS. That's probably all I am qualified to say about this. Do research this program and see if this fits your needs. Hope this helps.
Monday, May 3, 2010
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Thanks Saketh. This is helpful. And yes, Carnegie Mellon has the best MIS program from what i read in the forums. I ll do more research on this.
If i were you i'd apply to the ECE or CS master programs, i think that would be the best fit for you. im doing the ece masters, and it takes 3 semesters (as opposed to 2 years in ini). dont know how long the cs one takes though. To see more info please visit essayswriters.org/dissertation
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