The MSCS was designed to better meet the needs of students and the Computer Science industry. Even as far back as 2006 when the MSAS was established, the faculty uniquely structured the program to meet industry needs based off recommendations from their active advisory board. All four programs are advantageously structured to train professionals in their fields, giving them the skills and ability to take advantage of employment opportunities. Amlaner enthusiastically remarked, “As a professional scientist, I am excited when a graduate program in science gets approved. The fruits of graduate education are in solving the world’s problems. Kennesaw needed these programs. They are the next big steps in our graduate evolution to develop a solid set of degree programs based in the basic sciences.”
One of the defining characteristics of KSU’s graduate programs is that they are highly innovative. Graduate students at KSU are trained in programs of study that consider the expectations and needs of today and tomorrow’s job markets. The MSIB and the MSChS were designed as faculty in the Sciences Each program has its own unique characteristics. In witnessed an evolution in biological and chemical re- the next couple pages you can read about the programs and the people who behind them. search.
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The Master in Intergrated Biology’s first cohort started classes this past Fall 2012
A major part of KSU’s progression in graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is the addition of three master degree programs in Computer Science (MSCS), Integrative Biology (MSIB), and the Chemical Sciences (MSChS). These three new programs will join our already very successful M.S. in Applied Statistics (MSAS) program as the graduate offering through the College of Science and Mathematics. These additions have positioned KSU to strengthen STEM education and research beyond its undergraduate and teacher education programs.