<p>Too make a long story short, I majored in political science because I thought I would just go to law school. But I now know being a lawyer is definitely not for me. I simply do not want to be a lawyer.</p>
<p>I, however, love computers and programming. I know how to program in a few languages, and I'm pretty good at web design. I'd like to get a master in computer science, but I did not take very many computer science courses during undergrad. </p>
<p>I have one more year before I graduate, so I'm wondering what I can do to get into a master in computer science program because I definitely do not have the prerequisites to get into one.</p>
<p>Is there a good two year college or a state school in your area where you can take courses as a non-matriculated student? It only takes about 5-7 core undergrad courses to be a decent applicant for many master’s programs in computer science. I would definitely take data structures, machine structures, algorithms, and possibly operating systems and a software engineering course. If you get good grades and in these courses I think you would be a solid applicant for many programs. </p>
<p>Alternatively, there are a fair number of information science/ professional computer science master’s programs that have fewer prerequisites than a traditional CS master’s. I’m not a huge fan of these programs (I did one), in my opinion they are primarily designed to be money makers for universities, but if you were in a huge rush to get your degree you could look into these types of programs.</p>