MS in Computer Science: Learning at the Leading Edge

For futuristic thinkers with inquisitive minds, the Tufts online Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) program provides students with the tools to develop innovative solutions for today’s digital challenges. You’ll benefit from working across disciplines that reflect a real-world need for computer-science solutions and expertise. From building applications to developing large-scale software systems, you’ll gain new skills and experience unique learning opportunities across an array of areas.

With a long history of interdisciplinary learning and research collaboration, the Department of Computer Science at Tufts brings together faculty, students, alumni, staff, and experts from across fields and organizations. You’ll stay on the leading edge of computer science throughout your time in the program because we continually revise and update course content to ensure you remain up-to-date with the most current computer science innovations during your time in the program.

Learning Outcomes

The field of computer science plays a significant role in helping society evolve and transform through continuous innovation. Graduates of Tufts MS in Computer Science program will be prepared to:

Craft realistic programs in a variety of programming languages.

Predict the complexity of algorithms, including algorithms for trees and graphs and for algorithms including dynamic programming.

Be an effective communicator who can take constructive criticism, present to a group, and make a compelling argument.

Provide mathematical proof of the properties of algorithms.

Identify the computability class of a language, including regular, pushdown, and Turing-equivalent languages.

Reason and discuss the semantics of programming language.