Master of Science in Applied Science

About

The School of Science offers a Master of Science in Applied Science, which is a professional degree with no thesis requirement that prepares graduates who have traditional discipline-oriented backgrounds to function more effectively in industrial, governmental, or other interdisciplinary occupations. Its intention is to help working professionals upgrade their technical expertise and cross boundaries among disciplines. The school of applied science concentration include analytical and environmental chemistry, applied groundwater science, biochemistry/biophysics, bioinformatics, chemistry and entrepreneurship, database management systems, microelectronics manufacturing, optimization and statistics, parallel and scientific computation, photonics, polymer science and engineering, and software engineering. In addition, further combinations of courses leading to the Master of Science in Applied Science are developed as additional needs for interdisciplinary education are identified.

Career Path

Career path includes Applied Materials Scientist, Biomedical Engineer, Environmental Analyst, Renewable Energy Technologist, Sustainability Consultant, Water Quality Specialist, Pharmaceutical Product Manager, Robotics Technician Clinical Research Coordinator, Medical Device Developer, Applied Biology Researcher, Biotechnology Specialist, Public Health Data Analyst, Process Development Engineer, Waste Management Engineer, Climate Data Analyst, Systems Integration Engineer, Software Developer (Scientific Applications), Instrumentation Engineer, Applied Data Scientist, Operations Research Analyst, GIS Specialist AI/ML Model Developer (Scientific Focus), Quantitative Analyst (Applied Fields).