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What are some of the prereq's to be prepared to be successful with completing this degree? Asking as someone who graduated with a CS degree from almost ten year
by hnrodey 9y ago
What are some of the prereq's to be prepared to be successful with completing this degree? Asking as someone who graduated with a CS degree from almost ten years ago (wow, time flies). I've been programming/development pretty much that entire time but I think I have forgot most of the core math and core CS concepts that might be necessary in a CS masters degree.
It's hard for me to estimate how much prep I would need to do to come in to this program and feel comfortable with the tasks at hand.
- arpieb 9y agoI had been out of school for 12 years when I started the OMSCS program (and my last degree wasn't in CS), but have also been working in the field for a while. I'd strongly suggest brushing up on: * Linear algebra, matrix arithmetic, some calculus (you run into differentials occasionally, esp in ML coursework). * Be comfortable with basic algorithm analysis, namely "Big O" assessment. (There's a course for more in-depth analysis of algorithms should you choose that path...) * Bone up on Python, Java and C if you're not already proficient. Some classes occasionally use R as well (mostly data science). * Be comfortable with Git. It's used by almost every class for group work and distribution for codebases. I always see a lot of folks battle with this every semester.