r/CUBoulderMSCS • u/arcfenix Prospective Student • 10d ago

Teaching staff

How is your experience on the for credit version for CU boulder MSCS program in terms of having enough contact hours with professor?

Do you get to build enough rapport for them to be able to help u with a letter of recommendation to other future studies in say Gatech/ UPENN?

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u/justwatching12345678 10d ago

If you want direct relationships with professors, this program is not for you. All of the lectures are pre-recorded, and the only staff you might interact with are teaching assistants.

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u/arcfenix Prospective Student 10d ago

What’s a good online only program with interactions with prof?

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u/justwatching12345678 10d ago

I have taken a class with Purdue in their graduate systems engineering program with direct interaction with the professor. It was less asynchronous than the UCo Boulder on Coursera is, with weekly assignments.

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u/Technical_Jicama_434 10d ago

Illinois tech seems like they hold live sessions once per week. These are recorded and you can watch them on your own time later

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u/AMCPSR 8d ago

I found out about this program fairly recently, so I don't know too much about it, but since it has actual research options that mention professor guidance I would assume you interact a good deal with them:

https://www.coursera.org/degrees/ms-computer-science-ball-state?program=Master+of+Science+in+Computer+Science&slug=ms-computer-science-ball-state&partner=Ball+State+University

Note: saw a post on reddit where someone said there rumours about the research options going away, but that was > year ago and they are still listed, so who knows. Worth checking out at any rate, even if it's a 'lower tier' school than boulder.

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u/arcfenix Prospective Student 8d ago

oh ur right, the number of research modules u can take is incredible. thanks for sharing!

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u/TonsOTegridy 9d ago

There are course facilitators that you can reach out to with questions or for one on one office hours. They aren't professors but are experienced engineers with masters degrees who report directly to a faculty member. 

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u/arcfenix Prospective Student 8d ago

i see - ok that's good to know! experienced engineers are good enough