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Program Details

The Master of Science in Computer Science program from Adelphi University prepares students for careers in a variety of professions, such as information security specialist or consultant, cybersecurity architect or engineer, or software developer. This flexible online degree program may require as few as 30 credit hours, which you can complete in as little as a year. You can also benefit from small classes with direct access to faculty members.

While most computer science degree programs emphasize software development, our approach tackles cybersecurity from a software engineering perspective. Receive personalized attention from our expert faculty in a small classroom setting and build a solid computer science foundation with two career-focused specializations—cybersecurity and software engineering.

Program graduates can use their knowledge to analyze problems and define computing requirements for a solution, activate skills to function as part of an interdisciplinary team, build software programs using design and development principles, and understand ethical, professional, and legal issues related to the computing field.

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