Curriculum

The MCIT curriculum consists of ten graduate courses, six required courses and four electives. Required courses provide rigorous education in modern programming languages, discrete mathematics, theory of computation, digital system organization, and computer architecture. Full-time MCIT students take the six required courses during the first two semesters of their enrollment.

The first year of study consists of intensive courses in the foundations of computer science, followed by a year of electives delivered by the world-class faculty in Penn's CIS department. During the first year students focus on the three core areas of study -- programming, computer mathematics, and systems. For each core area, there is a two course sequence. The remaining four electives may be taken from the pool of CIT electives and CIS graduate courses.