M.S. in Applied Computer Science

Northwest’s Master of Science in Applied Computer Science is a 16-month program that offers a hands-on, professional education in today's high demand areas including big data, web and cross-platform mobile development, security and design of user experience. Applied development courses coupled with data, projects as well as software and IT management enable students to distinguish themselves and graduate ready to contribute in a competitive, global market. A two-term, six-credit hour Master’s Project will give students an opportunity to apply their knowledge. Graduates of this program will: Have a high degree of competence in areas of high-demand and emerging technologies. Have good project management skills and will understand fundamental business concepts, as related specifically to information technology. Have experience in the design and implementation of a large project. Know how to work in teams. Have good written, communication, and presentation skills.

Candidates for the Master of Science in Applied Computer Science should meet the following requirements:

Acceptance to the Graduate School by the Dean of the Graduate School
Completing a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale.
Have an undergraduate major or minor in a technical computing discipline with coursework in

data structures
computer networks (or) network fundamentals
database systems
discrete mathematics
statistics

Applicants not satisfying these requirements may take undergraduate-level courses to remove any prerequisites other than Data Structures. All applicants must satisfy the Data Structures requirement before admittance.

A student is more likely to be admitted by the school if the student's undergraduate degree is in computer science or a closely related field, and the student has completed a course in data structures* and

total GRE greater than or equal to 290
undergraduate GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 on a 4.0 scale AND
number of backlogs less than or equal to 7

Minimum score requirements on one of the tests listed below:

213 for computer-based TOEFL
71 for the Internet-Based TOEFL
550 for pencil-and-paper-based TOEFL

IELTS - 6.0

PTE - 53

C1 Advanced (formerly CAE) - 169

GTEC - 1190

iTEP - 3.7

EIKEN - Level 1 (2630)

TOEIC - 668

Duolingo - 105

MET - 50