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University of San FranciscoComputer ScienceGraduate Programs
Professor Terence ParrGraduate program director
IntroductionMy backgroundUSFPrograms
MS Computer Science MS Web Science Entrepreneurship option Practicum, internships Faculty
What are we looking for in students?Cost and fellowship awards
Who am I?Graduate program director in CSPurdue University PhD, computer engineeringPostdoctoral fellow at army supercomputing
center10 years as entrepreneur in silicon valleyProfessor USF 2003 - presentI review and decide on all applicants and
fellowship ($$) awards
Univ. of San FranciscoOldest university in San FranciscoUSF in US top rank (top 130 schools)According to Forbes & Princeton Review 2004,
USF is ranked among the Top 25 of "America's Most Entrepreneurial Campuses”
Very high faculty to student ratio Small class sizes (in CS usually < 20 students) Individual attention from professor
Students gateway to the Silicon Valley
Strongly endorsed"I wish there had been an entrepreneurship emphasis like USF's when I was in computer science graduate school;my career has been a combination of just that: technologyand management. I hope USF's MS students,particularly those taking the emphasis in entrepreneurship, will consider Adobe upon graduation.”Dr. Charles M. Geschkeco-founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems
"Today's business world demands both deep technicalskills and expansive business acumen. Excellent USF CSgraduates demonstrate both these traits and BEA looksforward to hiring more outstanding talent." Alfred S. Chuang, Former USF CS studentChairman, co-founder, CEO BEA
USF at night
MS Computer ScienceGoal: to produce top quality programmers9 courses in these areas:
Software development Concurrent computing Software/hardware interface Masters project 2 elective courses
2 years (4 semesters)Students have 20 hours / week project work for each
course2 courses / semester is full time
MS Web ScienceFocused on developing internet applicationsStudents study algorithms and methods behind
internet applications and sites (Google, amazon, ebay, …)
7 courses and has fewer reqt’s than MSCSTopics: software engineering, distributed computing,
artificial intelligence, networking, interface design, and Internet systems
2 semester sequence of masters project workNormally 4 semesters (2 years), can be done in 3 (12
months)
Entrepreneurship emphasis
Partnership with the Entrepreneurship MBA program: MBA661 Entrepreneurial Management MBA662 Global Product Development MBA664 Creativity and Innovation
Teaches how to form company around their ideas and what product to build
Requires TOEFL iBT >99Available with MSCS and MSWS
Practicum optionInternational students can work in Silicon
Valley while going to school (after first 9 months)
Income is between $12 and $35 per hour20 hours / week during Fall/Spring, 40 hours /
week in summerMust work as part of course (CPT not OPT)Excellent way to secure job for after graduationStudents work at Salesforce, BEA, SAP, …
OPT Sci/Tech ExtensionOPT: optional practical
trainingF-1 visa holders can work
12 months after graduationNew rule: USF MSCS, MSWS
graduates may be eligible for 17 MORE months on OPT
More time to get work visa, green card
CS classroom ($2.5M)
Interactive courses, small classes
Practical courses
CS Faculty
Benson
Brooks
Buckwalter
Cruse
Galles
Pacheco
Parr
Rollins
Wells
Wolber
What we’re looking forExcellent programming backgroundAverage GRE Quant. 760/800TOEFL >= 85 iBT preferredGood undergraduate grades, good universityCS background essay; needs to say specifically what
student has doneWe accept some non-BSCS students such as
engineers, biologists, mathematicians, and even have had some very successful non-science students
Students can take missing background at USF
Cost and Merit Fellowships36 units for CS: $38700 ($1075 per unit)27 units for WS: $30100Cost is similar to UC Berkeley, …Best students get tuition assistanceFrom $4000 to $12000 for first yearSome students get fellowship in second yearExpensive to live in San FranciscoStarting US programmer salaries in Silicon
Valley: $70,000/year to $110,000/year
Sending students to USFYou contact me directly with questions:
[email protected] can do a quick review of student by email to
see if student is a good fit for USF and if they are likely to get accepted. Can save application fee
Direct communication with me is convenient and useful to you and your student clients