Master's Program

I am thinking about getting my masters in comp sci and there are to options.

1.  MS Computer Science requires a thesis
2.  Master of Computer Science in which you take only classes.

Resumé wise will taking the Master of Computer Science be a bad choice in yo
ur
opinion?

Responding to Arinté...

> I am thinking about getting my masters in comp sci and there are to
> options.
>
> 1.  MS Computer Science requires a thesis
> 2.  Master of Computer Science in which you take only classes.
>
> Resumé wise will taking the Master of Computer Science be a bad choice
> in your opinion?

I would opt for (2) unless you already have a job lined up where you are
certain the topic would be relevant.

At the PhD level a dissertation defines the specialty you will likely be
working in for years. But at the BS and MS level you are not pushing the
state of the art in some specialty. More likely, you will be doing grunt
work on some professor's grant project and it will not be directly
relevant to your initial employer.

An exception would be a thesis where you actually built fairly complex
software, especially if it was part of a broader system. Interviewers
are usually very interested in how you went about significant concrete
projects. They care less about what the software actually was and more
about real development experience outside tinker toy class projects,
especially if teamwork and communication is involved.


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