Back to School?
Since I graduated from my undergraduate program, I’ve been looking forward to enrolling in a masters program. I’ve put this desire far behind other things that have come up and I’ve decided that this year is the year.
I began by looking at different masters programs in my area. Below are some of the schools and programs that I’ve looked at. Ultimately, I’ve selected DePaul. I’ve know/known of a lot of people who have gone there and while they might not be the best they seem very good. I’m not MIT material, so I think that very good will suite me well.
DePaul [Selected]
There is no one reason that I selected DePaul. I was looking around the CDM building and it felt like a good school. I had some interaction with a professor and that interaction was positive and they fit most of my criteria that I was looking for in a graduate school. It wasn’t a perfect fit but I don’t think that any school would be…
I’ve selected the Software Engineering degree because I think of my self more as a software engineer than a computer scientist. I’ve posted both links for those that are interested.
http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/MSinSoftwareEngineering.aspx
http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/MSinComputerScience.aspx
Loyola
Loyola is further from my home than DePaul is; this was the biggest reason that Loyola lost out to DePaul. But furthermore, they didn’t have a M.S. of Software Engineering degree. They have similar degrees but the Software Engineering title became important to me.
http://www.luc.edu/cs/_academics_graduate.shtml
Illinois Institute Of Technology
The campus is too far from my home. It’d be difficult to attend classes and continue working.
http://www.iit.edu/graduate_admission/programs/areas_of_study/telecom_software_engineering.shtml
Northwestern
Northwestern isn’t a likely candidate. They were an early favorite but they don’t seem to put much effort in their science degrees… They are mostly known for their business programs… Their MBA program is one of the best, according to many…
http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad/mscis/
Roosevelt
Roosevelt is not likely for me because they are more of a business school then a technical or general university.
http://cs.roosevelt.edu/academics/compsci/degrees/csms.html
Stack Overflow
Yes, I know stack Overflow isn’t a university. I posted some questions to gather information from the community… I wanted to share the links…
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/808546/grad-school-for-compsci-and-or-software-engineering
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/49054/computer-science-versus-software-engineering-which
