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

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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:

Gradadvisor@cs.usfca.eduI 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