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The Master of Advanced Study in Engineering (MAS-E) on Coursera is Berkeley Engineering’s first fully online master’s program. Because learning on Coursera includes flexible experiences, like on-demand lectures for desktop and mobile that students can watch anytime and anywhere, working professionals can earn their MAS-E around their schedule and on their timeline. With added flexibility from self-paced, one-credit courses, MAS-E students can graduate in one year or as many as four years.
Current engineers can advance their careers with the knowledge and skills they gain from the MAS-E. These students can apply to the program with a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related STEM field. Others can pursue their MAS-E even if they’ve been working in an unrelated field, switching their career to engineering after earning this degree. These students can apply to the program by showing they have a quantitative or technical background and the math prerequisites to succeed in graduate-level engineering courses.
Once enrolled in the MAS-E program, students tailor their learning to fit their professional goals by building their experience out of the one-credit courses that comprise the curriculum, focusing on the technology areas that most interest them. This includes choosing courses from across four interdisciplinary concentrations:
- Infrastructure, Energy, and the Environment
- Electronics and Systems Engineering
- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
- Robotics and Controls
By developing new expertise in critical thinking and technical problem-solving — as well as advanced skills in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more — students prepare for management roles in areas such as technical leadership, digital transformation, and technology strategy.
Just like Berkeley Engineering students on campus, MAS-E students on Coursera learn from Berkeley professors who are internationally recognized for their excellence in teaching and research. Throughout each course, MAS-E students attend live office hours online with faculty who are passionate about educating technical leaders and creating breakthrough advances to benefit people and society.
Students can also make valuable connections with current and future engineers through the community-building opportunities available only to those in the MAS-E program. The whole experience culminates in a capstone course in which students complete a unique and interdisciplinary project, integrating all they’ve learned in final preparation for cutting-edge engineering roles.
In addition to a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related STEM field — or a quantitative background and prerequisites — all MAS-E applicants must meet UC Berkeley’s minimum admission requirements (including a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0). Those interested can even use a degree planner to start building their experience and try the MAS-E Preview Course before applying to the full program.
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