Details on the Qualifications with MSc ETH in CS

The qualifications with a Master ETH degree include the skills of a Bachelor ETH at an enhanced extent.

(a) Conceptual Knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of
• major paradigms of programming (declarative, imperative, and object-oriented)
• basic subjects like program design, computer systems, algorithms and computability, networks and communications, data bases, computer graphics and scientific computing
• underlying mathematical disciplines, including logic and discrete mathematics
• methodology of software engineering, including specification, implementation, verification, testing, maintenance, and, above this
• knowledge near research level in at least one area of computer science

(b) Skills

• Analysis, formalization, and implementation of programming (and system) design problems, performing a critical evaluation of alternatives
• Evaluation of programs by reasoning about correctness and efficiency
• Construction of abstract models of computer and communication systems
• Matching problems to tools and techniques most suitable for solving them
• Design of experiments for testing and performance evaluation
• Understanding and modelling of large systems, their architecture, construction, and maintenance

(c) Capabilities

• Efficient communication in written form, orally, and with computer-aided techniques of presentation
• Ability to conduct and document a larger scale project either in a team or individually
• In particular: Application of management and software engineering skills in team work (coordination, project design, evaluation, cost-effectiveness)
• Effective learning in the continuous updating of professional knowledge
• Ability to reflect on the state-of-the-art
• Ability to communicate with professionals of other disciplines (from science and engineering, or other fields)
• Acquaintance with the integration of computer science in its social and historical context

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