Pre-approved Electives

The Master of Engineering Program in Computer Science allows students the freedom to design a program which enhances their knowledge in specific areas of interest. Students can augment their Computer Science requirements with taking courses outside of CS in several different areas. Browse through  Courses of Study  (the Cornell course catalog) and Course and Time Roster to see what is offered during the upcoming  semester.

Below are some commonly chosen courses outside of Computer Science which have been pre-approved to count towards CS M.Eng. Degree credit.

  • If a course you are interested in is not listed below please send e-mail to the M.Eng curriculum committee requesting review of the course for degree credit. Please include the course description.
  • If a course is cross-listed with CS it is automatically considered approved.
  • All courses outside of CS need pre-approval, if not pre-approved the course may not be counted towards degree credit.
  • No courses outside of Computer Science will be counted as required Computer Science credit.

Information Science

  • INFO 4240  Designing Technologies for Social Impact
  • INFO 6140 Cognitive Psychology
  • INFO 4400/6400 Human-Computer Interaction Design
  • INFO 4500 Language and Technology
  • INFO 6130  Health and Computation
  • INFO 6648 Speech Synthesis by Rule

Johnson Graduate School of Management

  • NBA 5070 Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers
  • NCC 5500 Financial Accounting
  • NCC 5530 Marketing Management
  • NCC 5560 Managerial Finance
  • NBA 6010 Electronic Commerce
  • NBA 6120 Disruptive Technologies
  • NBA 6170 Emerging Technology Markets

Operations Research & Industrial Engineering

  • OR&IE 4350 Introduction to Game Theory
  • OR&IE 5140 Applied Systems Engineering
  • OR&IE 5610  Financial Engineering with Stochastic Calculus II
  • OR&IE  5640  Statistics for Financial Engineering
  • OR&IE 6500 Applied Stochastic Processes

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • ECE 5660 Fundamentals of Networks
  • ECE 5670 Digital Communications
  • ECE 5750 Advanced Microprocessor Architecture
  • ECE 5780 Computer Analysis of Biomed Images

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • CEE 5980  Introduction to Decision Analysis
  • CEE 5900 Project Management

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • MAE 4180/5180 Autonomous Mobile Robots

Science and Technology Studies

  • STS 4071 Law, Science, and Public Values
  • STS 6241 Science, Technology, and International Security
  • STS 6261 Seminar in the History of Technology
  • STS 6321 Inside Technology
  • STS 6661 Public Engagement in Science

Mathematics

  • MATH 4330 Honors Linear Algebra
  • MATH 4340 Honors Introduction to Algebra
  • MATH 4370 Computational Algebra
  • MATH 4410 Introduction to Combinatorics I
  • MATH 4420 Introduction to Combinatorics II

Biological Statistics

  • BTRY 4830 Quantitative Genomics and Genetics

Biological Engineering

  • BEE 4890  Entrepreneurial Management for Engineers