Starting in fall 2022, Binghamton University will provide a Master of Science in Information Systems that’s supposed for these whose profession paths are targeted on laptop {hardware} and software program systems operations and upkeep.
The program, provided by means of the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Computer Science, will focus on laptop systems from a consumer/software perspective. It will differ from different laptop science choices that emphasize software program and {hardware} theoretical foundations, design, and evaluation of efficiency, price and purposeful tradeoffs.
Weiyi Meng
Weiyi Meng
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“Every 12 months, the Computer Science Department turns away many candidates for our MS in Computer Science program due to their lack of satisfactory laptop science background however in any other case wonderful college students,” mentioned CS Chair and Distinguished Service Professor Weiyi Meng. “The MS in Information Systems program will present an amazing alternative for these candidates in addition to many others to have a rewarding profession within the information applied sciences business.”
The program will focus on configuring and integrating varied information systems elements comparable to networking and software program systems, databases, knowledge analytics and web-based systems and software program packages, in addition to creating programming and scripting expertise
The MSIS program has an utilized knowledge science observe, which gives an choice to college students who’re all for a knowledge science/analytics profession.
Associate Professor Patrick Madden
Associate Professor Patrick Madden
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Associate Professor Patrick Madden, director of the brand new MSIS program, mentioned it was developed in response to business inquiries in addition to suggestions from college students making use of to Watson’s CS program.
“There has been an explosion of knowledge processing within the cloud, with knowledge mining and machine studying in every single place,” he mentioned. “It has opened up tons of jobs for folks with a really explicit ability set, and it’s not the identical as a standard laptop scientist. There’s much less of a focus on writing code and much more on configuring and connecting systems collectively. The hiring managers we speak to have at all times been proud of our graduates in CS, however they’ve additionally been asking for folks with this new focus.”
Applicants who wouldn’t have satisfactory stipulations in programming could also be admitted so long as they full required preparatory programs earlier than they begin the program.
“We flip away many college students from the CS program as a result of they don’t have a bachelor’s diploma in CS,” Madden mentioned. “They’re nice engineers and mathematicians — actually brilliant college students — however they lack the preparation for an intense graduate CS program. By including the MSIS program, we will create programs that leverage the talents these new college students have coming in after which put together them for the brand new jobs which can be opening up in business.”
For college students to graduate from this program, they have to full 31 credit (9 credit from three required programs, 21 credit from seven elective programs and a one-credit challenge), they usually want to preserve a “B” common all through their tutorial work.
“The world is at all times altering, with new applied sciences and shifting calls for,” Madden mentioned. “The CS Department is altering to meet the instances.”
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3521/new-computer-science-masters-program-to-focus-on-information-systems