April 16, 2024 - Admissions Webinar - Meet Dr. Susan Davidson & Dr. Tom Farmer

On April 16, 2024 Penn Engineering Online hosted a webinar featuring: Dr. Thomas Farmer, Program Director of MCIT Online and Senior Lecturer in Computer and Information Science (CIS) and Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) Dr. Susan Davidson, Co-Founder of Penn’s Center for Bioinformatics, Weiss Professor in Computer and Information Science (CIS) and Co-Director of MSE-DS program. Our Admissions Team welcomed Dr. Farmer and Dr. Davidson to speak with prospective students about the online Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT Online) program and online Master of Science in Engineering in Data Science (MSE-DS Online) program. Webinar participants also heard from Jacquie Panto, Associate Director of Admissions, about best practices for assembling and submitting a strong application. Learn more about our online graduate degree programs and what makes Penn Engineering Online so unique. It’s not just the way we make Ivy League academics flexible and accessible to learners from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles; or the interactive, international online community we’ve developed. It’s also our world-class faculty who are active in their fields, constantly on the cutting edge of research and innovation. Explore the MCIT Online program here: https://online.seas.upenn.edu/degrees... Explore the MSE-DS Online program here: https://online.seas.upenn.edu/degrees... Please note that recordings of past webinars may contain outdated information. Please find the most up-to-date information for application requirements, current tuition, fees, and deadlines on our website: https://online.seas.upenn.edu/degrees/ 00:00 Introduction 02:24 Meet Dr. Susan Davidson 03:35 MSE-DS Online Overview 11:54 Meet Dr. Tom Farmer 15:20 MCIT Online Overview 21:18 Penn Engineering Online Student Experience 27:32 Road Trip Program 28:35 Application Overview 35:57 Q&A: MSE-DS Qualification / Overqualification 37:14 Q&A: MSE Implications for DS 38:30 Q&A: MCIT to Project Management Pathway? 40:11 Q&A: On-Campus vs Online 44:11 Q&A: Lecture Production & Quality 44:11 Q&A: MCIT vs MSE-DS 47:52 Q&A: MCIT Career Outcomes 51:24 Closing Remarks ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =============================== Website: http://online.seas.upenn.edu LinkedIn:   / pennengonline   Facebook:   / pennengonline   Twitter:   / pennengonline