TESC Computer Science

[skyfall123]

Thanks for the link...this is the program that they would sponsor TUM - ESPACE - Earth Oriented Space Science and Technology

I wrote my son this morning asking him to clarify with the professors and/or ESPACE admissions... which degree would better prepare him, a BA-CS or BA-NS. He has an opportunity of a lifetime going here. The mission that he is involved in is funded for at least five years, and it began two weeks before he was hired. Thank you CISCO.

The Pure Mathematics program looks like the perfect fit. Thanks

[Yenisei]

Since this program is taught in English, I don't know why this is in German, but here is what they say will work for entry into the program:

Raumfahrttechnik, Elektrotechnik, Mathematik, Physik, Informatik, Geodäsie, Geophysik

Aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, math, physics, computer science, geodesy and geophysics.

EDIT: after having had a look at the course structure, I suspect that your son will only need Calc I-III, Diff Eq, Partial Diff Eq and maybe Linear Algebra as far as math goes, and some calculus-based physics would also be useful. Since it's possible to use CS courses in the NS degree at TESC, maybe that's what the professors will advise him to do.

[skyfall123]

Aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, math, physics, computer science, geodesy and geophysics.

Thank you. So in your mind, the first choice is BA-CS and the second choice is BA-NS...or is the BA-NS questionable?

Despite my son's good fortune and company ties, I just don't think his current BSBA Computer Information Systems will cut it and either a BA-CS or BA-NS is mandatory to gain entry into that program. Besides his current peers are the cream of the crop who already have the ESPACE Masters under their belt. Your thoughts?

[skyfall123]

EDIT: after having had a look at the course structure, I suspect that your son will only need Calc I-III, Diff Eq, Partial Diff Eq and maybe Linear Algebra as far as math goes, and some calculus-based physics would also be useful. Since it's possible to use CS courses in the NS degree at TESC, maybe that's what the professors will advise him to do.

For the new degree, he needs 24 new credits, and he already has 9 CS credits that will apply as UL to both the BA-CS and/or BA-NS core from his BSBA CIS....
so an immersion in the mathematics courses would probably prepare him better than anything. Thanks again, your input is greatly appreciated!

[Yenisei]

IMHO, the NS would be better for him. In addition to the aforementioned math courses, I'd recommend the 300 level Probability course at LSU since probability is important in physics. I'd also recommend Calc II and III and Linear Algebra/Diff Eq at LSU as well (as you know, Calc I can be UExceled or CLEPed) or those courses at UWyoming independent study. PDEs would have to be taken elsewhere if required (it may not be). I know he wouldn't absolutely need it for the NS degree, but I'd suggest taking calculus-based physics from UTennessee independent study because physics bleeds into so much of what he will study in the program. UT has two calculus-based courses with labs (IIRC).

I'd take Calc II with LSU rather than USDA because integral calculus is so, ahem, integral to physics. I'm taking Calc III with LSU right now and it's not bad, an it is also appropriately rigorous, IMHO.

To sum it up:

Physics I and II 8 UTenn
Calc I 4 UExcel or 3 CLEP
Calc II 4 LSU or UWyoming
Calc III 3 LSU or UWyoming (4)
LA/Diff Eq 4 LSU or UWyoming (Diff Eq only) 3
Probability 3 LSU

[skyfall123]

Sounds like a great plan....once again thanks for your help! Hello LSU. How have you handled proctors in Munich? My son paid a fortune at a testing center when he was staying in Vienna.

[Yenisei]

Try the Amerika Haus or Globe College- those are going to be my first options (I still have to get approval). Amerika Haus charges 25 EUR per exam, no idea about Globe. My previous proctor was a US university professor who was a visiting professor at LMU here in Munich for two years, but, alas, he's now back in the US.

The roadmap I outlined above assumes that your son has three upper level CS courses already under his belt and that Diff Eq, Calc III and Probability will be considered 300 level courses by TESC, but I am pretty sure they would be.