Pre-Master’s at
UMass Boston
The Navitas Pre-Master’s Program (PMP) is a twosemester program designed for students who have
completed a bachelor’s degree but who need or
wish to have additional support to gain entry into
select University of Massachusetts Boston, graduate
degree programs.
Students may apply for August, January, or
May intake by completing the Navitas at
UMass Boston application form.
When a student is accepted into the PMP,
he or she is also conditionally accepted into
the Master’s program; with continuation
in the graduate program dependent upon
successful completion of the PMP. No
further application is required and only
one student visa application will need to
be processed.
Upon successful completion of the PMP,
students will progress directly into their
full Master’s program, continuing full credit
towards his/her graduate degree allowing
the student to finish the Master’s degree
within 2–2.5 years (dependent on graduate
degree program).
GRE waiver: students who successfully
complete the Navitas at UMass Boston
PMP are not required to submit GRE scores.
GRE scores are not required for admission.
Required documents for PMP admission
■■ Completed application form
■■ Certified copies of university academic
transcripts of undergraduate degree
■■ IELTS/TOEFL/Pearson score
■■ Three letters of reference – and/or
professional work experience portfolio
■■ Statement of Purpose
Current Pre-Master majors at
UMass Boston:
■■ Applied Physics, Ms.
■■ Computer Science, Ms.
Admission
requirements
Duration
Two semesters (8–16 credit hours)
Entry requirements
■■ Completion of a recognized
undergraduate degree
■■ TOEFL 69iBT/ IELTS 5.5;
<5.5 requires English
■■ Intensive Academic English (1 semester)
TOEFL 59 IBT/ 5.0 IELTS/46 Pearson.
Master’s in
Stream A
Master’s in
Stream B
Academic entry
requirements
Bachelor’s degree with a
minimum GPA equivalent to
USA 2.75
Bachelor’s degree with a
GPA equivalent to USA <2.75
(less than 2.75)
English language
requirements
TOEFL (iBT) of 69 or IELTS of
5.5 or Pearson test 50
TOEFL (iBT) of 69 or IELTS of
5.5 or Pearson test 50
Letters of Reference and/or
work experience
Yes
Yes
Credit hours
towards master’s
8-16 credit hours
8-12 credit hours
Statement of Purpose
Yes
Yes
Available starting
August, January and May
August, January and May
Duration
2 semesters
2 semesters
Total Master’s
program duration
2 years (4 semesters)
2.5 years (5 semesters)
Pre-Master’s Program (PMP):
Intakes
August, January and May
UMass Boston
was ranked by
The Princeton
Review as one of
America’s BEST
Northeastern
Colleges
Pre-Master’s (PMP) in Computer Science
The MS program is intended as a preparation for
professional careers in software development, and
also provides the background for further graduate
work leading to the PhD degree. The program stresses
the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical
applications. The course curriculum includes a twosemester software engineering capstone project.
Research areas in Computer Science
To complete the Master’s in Computer Science, graduate
students complete 6 credits hours of theoretical electives,
12 credits of applied electives, 12 credits of Software
Development Laboratory and a Capstone project in
software development, for a total of 30 credits.
Biodiversity Informatics Group (BIG)
Creating tools for identifying and
documenting biodiversity on the planet—
students collect data from hundreds of sites
and into species pages for the Encyclopedia
of Life (EOL), for the production and use
by naturalists, ecologists, taxonomists,
teachers and others.
Computational Biology Group (CBG)
A focus on the development of novel
algorithms and the application of stateof-the-art existing methodologies to
solve various key problems in molecular
biology, nanobiology and biochemistry.
The CBG reach combines biophysical and
biochemical principles with algorithmic
techniques, aiming to better understand
protein structure and dynamic behaviour.
Data Mining Group (DMG) theoretic
Database Applied Research
Group (DARG)
Developing advances in database technology
to support commercially viable database
internal and application improvements.
Recent research topics include devising
benchmarks and improving designs for data
warehousing, isolation testing to provide
guarantees of correctness at lower isolation
levels, concurrency control algorithms, and
bit-sliced indexes and arithmetic.
Distributed Software Systems
Group (DSSG)
Fundamental and applied research in
the area of distributed software systems.
The DSSG long-term research goal is to
make distributed software systems more
autonomous, scalable, adaptive, survivable
and easier to develop.
Work experience in
Computer Science
Internship in the Department of
Computer Science
■■ Teaching assistants
■■ Research assistants
■■ Lab consultants
■■ Course lecturers
Potential career paths in
Computer Science
For Computer Science graduates seeking
job opportunities, there are many reputable
organizations in Boston that offer workplace
employment and internships in professional
computer software development:
■■ Computer Programmer/Analyst (Boston
Medical Center)
■■ Software Productivity Group (VMware)
■■ Neuroimaging Data Manager research
(VA Boston Healthcare System)
■■ Software Development Intern (Neurala)
■■ Web developers (MarketOne International)
Investigations into novel ways of exploring
large datasets using diverse techniques, such
as, mathematical programming, information
theoretic methods, Bayesian models, and
statistical and neural net based learning.
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