Engineering degree after Undergrad Business

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<p>Is it common for someone to get a undergrad business degree and then get a masters or PhD in something like computer engineering or software engineering? Right now, I’m getting my degree in Management Information Systems. I want to get my masters in Software Engineering after a few years after undergrad and work. </p>

<p>My GPA right now is about a 3.2-3.3. I’m a junior and I transferred once, both schools are in that GPA. Also, I took some summer classes as a non-degree student, do I put that into my GPA calculation? </p>

<p>I have two years to raise my GPA, hoping to push it over a 3.5. Will I be able to get into the top engineering programs to get my masters? Schools like Stanford, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon University, and some other top engineering schools in northeast.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how feasible this would be unless you’ve taken significant courses already in Computer/Software Engineering. There’s a lot of stuff you have to know to work at a graduate level.</p>

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<p>How about a masters in Business Intelligence? Generally these fall under MBA programs, but there are probably a few that exist apart from it.</p>

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<p>How many STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) courses have you had? What are the names? Are they ABET accredited?</p>

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<p>Why do you want to go from business to engineering?</p>

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<p>Ok, it doesn’t sound like you guys think its a good idea to go from business to engineering. MIS is basically the business version of computer programming/IT so I thought it would be a good match.
I haven’t taken any courses in our School of Engineering. The only classes I took are business courses. I did however take a C++ class called Algorithm Problem Solving during the summer. But nothing else beyond the gen ed requirements for science and math.</p>

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<p>MIS is definitely not as rigorous as a degree in SE, but getting into a top school is hard with a 3.5 gpa unless you have immaculate work experience. These schools you mention want students who are able to do research, and teach classes which would require that you had a very sound technical background.</p>

<p>Most MIS classes have networking, a database class, data modeling and system design, project management, web programming, and some higher level programming language. An algorithm course in C++ is a great start, but software engineering is tough mostly because software engineering programs are in CS departments. CS is a whole another animal and programming will need to be quite advanced. So unless you have a specialty in IS you want to follow and really want to dedicate yourself to, then a masters in engineering really isn’t a great fit.</p>

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<p>Why not just stick with business? Do they not offer master’s degrees in MIS/IS/etc.?</p>