{"id":306,"date":"2023-04-19T19:46:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.csc.ncsu.edu\/dgp\/?page_id=306"},"modified":"2023-04-19T19:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:57:30","slug":"gsp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.csc.ncsu.edu\/dgp\/gsp\/","title":{"rendered":"CSC Graduate Study Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pathways available to domestic and international applicants (unless indicated otherwise)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>What is my Educational background:<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><strong>What is my Employment situation:<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><strong>What are my Career Objectives:<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><strong>Program Options in Computer Science at NC State<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BS\/BA\/MS\/MA unrelated<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Any<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Industry, Research, or Academia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/engineeringonline.ncsu.edu\/certificate-programs\/#undergrad\">Undergraduate Computer Programming Certificate (CPC)<\/a>'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BS\/BA\/MS\/MA in Engineering, Math, or Statistics (minimal or no programming experience<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Any<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Industry, Research, or Academia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/engineeringonline.ncsu.edu\/certificate-programs\/#undergrad\">Undergraduate Computer Programming Certificate (CPC)<\/a>'<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"3\" class=\"column-1\">BS\/BA\/MS\/MA in Engineering, Math, or Statistics (extensive programming experience)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Currently employed<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Industry<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/cs.php\">CS Graduate<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/dsf.php\">DSF Graduate Certificate*<\/a>\u00a0or Masters (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/mcs.php\">MCS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/ms.php\">MS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networking.ncsu.edu\/\">MSCN<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-2\">Not currently employed<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Industry<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">On-campus:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/cs.php\">CS Graduate<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/dsf.php\">DSF Graduate Certificate*<\/a>\u00a0or Masters (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/mcs.php\">MCS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/ms.php\">MS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networking.ncsu.edu\/\">MSCN<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-3\">Research or Academia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/phd.php\">CSC PhD**<\/a>\u00a0(full\/part-time on-campus)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"4\" class=\"column-1\">BS in Computer Science<\/td><td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-2\">Currently employed<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Industry<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/cs.php\">CS Graduate<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/dsf.php\">DSF Graduate Certificate*<\/a>\u00a0or Masters (<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/ms.php\">MS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networking.ncsu.edu\/\">MSCN<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-3\">Research or Academia<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/phd.php\">CSC PhD**<\/a>\u00a0(full\/part-time on-campus)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\">Any BA\/BS (minimal or no programming experience) AND completed CPC or CS\/DSF Graduate Certificate*<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Currently employed<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Industry<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/cs.php\">CS Graduate<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ncsu.edu\/academics\/graduate\/degrees\/dsf.php\">DSF Graduate Certificate*<\/a>\u00a0or Masters (<a 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