B.S. Math -> M.S. Software Engineering or M.S. Computational Math for working in software

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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<p>Please forgive me if this should have gone in the graduate school section...I was not sure.</p>

<p>I am currently in my last year as a Mathematics undergrad (concentration in Scientific Computation) at UT Austin. I'm in the process of looking into Graduate School and looking into ways to make myself more marketable. I am interested in the idea of working in software. It would be very interesting to me if I could make great use of my math degree and work in software that specifically requires high level math skills. For now I have been researching graduate programs for both M.S. in Software Engineering and some for Computational Mathematics. I will not be able to get into a top graduate school with my current grades. Currently looking at the pre-reqs for schools like UTA and Texas Tech Software Engineering they definitely have some pre-reqs like Computer Architecture, Algorithms, and sometimes more classes that I don't have. The CS classes I will have completed upon graduating are: Intro to Programming (python), Software Design, Networking, and Web Programming. Texas State S.E. didn't seem to have much pre-reqs, though. </p>

<p>My question is, for wanting to work in Software, would there be a better route for me to go between M.S. in Software Engineering vs Computational Mathematics? I very easily meet the pre-reqs for any computatonial math masters. For S.E. it looks very iffy on the pre-reqs for me and possible that I will have to add an extra year to my graduate degree (I'll probably have to wait until I hear back from the schools after applying for a specific proposal on that). I know that some math undergrads can get into Software Engineering but I dunno if for me that it appears that Computational Mathematics is the more fitting route. I also see some grad schools have Computer Science and Software Engineering as completely separate departments and then some have a Computer Science degree with a concentration in Software Engineering. Would the admissions for a CS masters with a concentration in S.E. be rougher on a math undergrad than the admissions for a S.E. masters degree? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Can you take additional CS courses in your senior year and seek post-bachelor’s degree employment?</p>

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<p>I’m taking Web Programming and possibly one other CS course my senior year. Our CS department is short on funding right now since the amount of CS students has tripled in the past 5 years so they will no longer under any circumstances allow a non-CS major to take a CS course restricted to CS majors (which is 85% of the department) because every single one of them are full with full waitlists and still tons of CS majors are not even being able to get on the waitlists to take classes in their own major. I’ve tried to apply for many internships so far and got rejected at all of them so I think that me having a BS in math alone with my current gpa of 3.2ish will not be good enough so I’m hoping to go to grad school and make myself more marketable.</p>