The Master of Science in Computer Science prepares graduate students for positions in the design and development of computer systems and applications in business and industry and for scientific positions in industrial or academic computing research. Areas of research interest within the department currently include: Software Engineering Medical Image Processing Parallel Processing Applied Computing GIS Computer Security Cluster Computing Computer Networks.

SDSU's EECS graduates are in high demand by numerous employers, many right here in South Dakota and the upper Midwest. Many of our graduates are working as either design engineers or in research & development. Others work in technical sales and marketing or have pursued military careers. Still others have chosen graduate schools to obtain Masters, Doctorate, or other advanced degrees.