Applications are now being accepted for admission to the pioneering master of science in computer and engineering science degree at Sonoma State University that is sponsored by the telecommunications, optical, computer and electronics industries and community members of the North Bay region.
Preferred deadline to apply for admission for Spring '02 is November 16, and for admission for Fall '02 is February 15, 2002.
Program director Jagan Agrawal says the program, which began this fall, "received an overwhelming response from the potential students worldwide even at its infancy." Out of 48 admitted, 30 students enrolled in the first fall semester.
About half of these students are engineers and scientists in the region's telecommunications, computer, semiconductor, networking, optical components, electrical, medical and consumer goods industries, Agrawal says.
The MS-CES curriculum is designed to provide a deeper understanding of the underlying principles, enhance the working skills and practical knowledge of engineers, computer scientists and similar professionals. For admission into this interdisciplinary program an applicant should have earned a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, computer science, physics, chemistry or mathematics.
Agrawal says the partnership with the local high tech industries allows the program to draw upon the expertise in those industries to keep the curriculum technologically current and dynamic, bring practical experience of the experts in industries into the classrooms, make research and design projects meaningful.
More information can be found at the program's web-site at www.sonoma.edu/natsci/msces. To request application material for admission, call (707) 664-2030 or send an e-mail to msces@sonoma.edu, or write to: MS-CES Program, School of Natural Sciences, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928.
For specific questions about the Program, contact Dr. Jagan Agrawal, Director, CES by email at: jagan.agrawal@sonoma.edu, or phone at (707) 664-4438.
