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Master's Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online

By TAMAR LEWIN

The master's degree offered by the Georgia Institute of Technology through massive open online courses has the potential to disrupt higher education. 

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OMS CS Update: July 8, 2013

Thank you for your interest in the Georgia Tech Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMS CS), offered in collaboration with Udacity and AT&T! It’s been quite an exciting month since the May 14 announcement of our program, and we’re thrilled to update you with new information about OMS CS as it becomes available.

Georgia Tech’s College of Computing is moving into territory never before seen in higher education, so we don’t have all the details you’re probably wondering about—yet. However we will continue these periodic updates as we move toward program launch in January 2014 and the first matriculation of “open” applications later next year.

Timetable

• Summer & Fall 2013: Development of initial OMS CS courses (listing below) and infrastructure (both GT and Udacity) to support program at scale
• January 2014: Launch of pilot cohort
• Spring/Summer 2014: Begin accepting open applications
• Fall 2014: Matriculation of first “open” OMS CS cohort

Specializations & Course Offerings

We have identified the initial courses and specializations that will be available to OMS CS degree-seeking students, and more will be added as additional courses come online. At the launch of the pilot program in January 2014, the follow specializations will be offered:

• Computational Perception & Robotics
• Databases & Software Engineering
• High-Performance Computing
• Interactive Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Networking
• Social Computing
• Systems

The following six courses will be available upon the pilot launch. A list of all tentatively planned courses, as well as more detail on specializations, is also available on the OMS CS website.

1. Computer Networks
by Associate Professor Nick Feamster

2. Advanced Operating Systems
by Professor Kishore Ramachandran

3. Machine Learning
by Professor Charles Isbell &
Professor Michael Littman (Brown University)

4. Software Development Process
by Associate Professor Alex Orso

5. High Performance Computer Architecture
by Associate Professor Milos Prvulovic

6. Special Topics: Robotic Cars for Real People
by Research Professor Sebastian Thrun (Stanford University)

Credential Options

Credential-seeking students in the OMS CS program will have several options, depending on their previous educational achievements, interest & available time, and preferred price point. M.S. degree-seeking students first must pass (paying Georgia Tech tuition and fees) two OMS CS courses with a grade of B or better before petitioning for full admission to the program. Georgia Tech certificates also will be available for students who only wish to take certain courses or are otherwise ineligible for MS program admission. These credential tracks, as well as the costs and services associated with each, are explained in more detail on the OMS website.

Best Press Coverage

At last count, nearly 200 unique news articles have been written about OMS CS since our May 14 announcement. Here are a few highlights:

• Georgia Tech Will Offer Full Online Master’s (Associated Press)
• Georgia Tech, Udacity Shock Higher Ed With $7,000 Degree (Forbes.com)
• On the Horizon, Five Reasons to Smile (New York Times)
• The $7,000 Computer Science Degree—and the Future of Higher Education (TIME)
• Why High Schools Should Treat Computer Programming Like Algebra (The Atlantic)
• Imminent Chaos (Huffington Post)
• The (Just Under) $7K Computer Science Degree (Wall Street Journal, video)
• Udacity & Georgia Tech Cross the Rubicon (Forbes.com)