> Grad school is a lot of fun. It's nothing like undergraduate work. > (Well, a masters degree is perhaps closer to undergraduate than it is to > PhD work) It opens doors.
I think that depends a lot on your school too, and your program of study as well. I just completed my MS in CS at USU. I had a choice of 3 programs of study: A) 24 hours of coursework 6 hours thesis+defense (30 credit hours) B) 30 hours of coursework 4 hours well defined project (34 credit hours) C) 37 hours of coursework. Just in case anyone is interested, here are those plans: http://www.cs.usu.edu/ms_mcs_course_requirements.html?id=85 I chose plan A. Arguably, it was the most amount of work for the least amount of credit hours but in response to the statement, the coursework was in fact a lot like a more applied undergraduate degree but the thesis work was very much PhD oriented. (I'm really glad I'm not pursuing a PhD now!) So again, it really depends on what you want I guess. -Dennis /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
