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What kind of a job can i get with an MIS degree?

In the US, can an international student with a CS undergrad  background get a CS-related job after a Master's degree in a different discipline, like MEM or MIS?

  • I'm currently in the terminal semester of my Bachelors in Computer Engineering from India. I'm planning to pursue either a MEM or a MIS degree after undergrad. Will this work against me since I'd be competing with other people with MS-CS instead of a management oriented degree, if I try to apply for a CS-specific job after graduation, or will I be good as long as I know my basics?

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    It depends on what your emphasis of your MS degree is. If you have taken a lot of classes in electronic design automation (EDA), bio design automation (BDA), MEMS design automation (MEMS DA), and/or mechanical CAD (e.g., finite element analysis/methods and computational fluid dynamics), for sure! ... You can apply for software engineering/development positions that will require a strong technical background in CS + engineering (EDA, BDA, MEMS DA/CAD, or mechanical CAD) + math. Basically, if you find a somewhat uncommon specialization in computational science and/or engineering for your MS program, that will work out. So, a MS in financial engineering can help you get a position in computational finance.

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I don't think having an engineering management degree will work against you, but I would caution you to maintain your technical skills while you are working towards a secondary degree.  Many large technical companies in the United States devote much of an interview to detailed technical questions, and if your programming skills have declined since you have spent 1-2 years getting another degree, that would be a significant disadvantage.  I have found that if a candidate hasn't used their technical skills in a few years, they are very rusty, and this definitely works against them.

John Cloudman

I frequently come across same/similar question from Indian UG students. My usual follow-up question would is like this - Why do you want to do MIS? Is it because you want to get into Management or is is because you don't like to code and thinking MIS might be a way out of programming? Question 1 : Degree in MIS is not a fast track to management/manager role. You could still end up being a software developer. Question 2: If MIS degree doesn't come under STEM degree, then OPT period is valid only for 12 months. With 12 months OPT, you are likely to get one chance to apply for H-1B. If there is a lottery  and you don't get selected in the lottery when you apply, you would have to find other ways to stay legally in USA.

Raghuram Sukumar

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