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Preparing for Industry: Compare course planning advice for all career paths We recently surveyed our affiliate companies about what prepration they expect for new employees. Below, we've outlined the CSE courses they recommend for specific career paths, as well as additional courses and subjects outside of CSE that may be helpful. Highly Recommended means at least half of companies surveyed recommended the course Recommended means at least 25% of companies surveyed recommended the course Other Suggested Courses to Consider are those recommended by fewer than 25% of companies Backend Developer Highly Recommended Courses Compilers (401) Software Engineering (403) Communication Networks (461) Security (490) Database Systems (444) Advanced Internet Systems (454) Operating Systems (481A) Recommended Courses Algorithms (421) Theory of Computation (431) Operating Systems (451) Computational Linguistics (472) Artificial Intelligence (473) Computer Design & Organization (471) UrbanSim (481F) Art/Graphics Other Suggestions to Consider Computer Vision (455) Animation Sequence - includes Capstone (456, 458, 459, 460) Software for Embedded Systems (466) HCI (481G) Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Technical Writing Public Speaking Embedded Systems Developer Highly Recommended Courses Software for Embedded Systems (466) Technical Writing Recommended Courses Software Engineering (403) Operating Systems (451) Communication Networks (461) Security (490) 2 Advanced Digital Design (467) VLSI (468) 2 Computer Design & Organization (471) Digital Systems (477) Public Speaking Other Suggestions to Consider Algorithms- 421 (1) Compilers (401) Database Systems (444) Accounting/Finance 1 Marketing 1 Intellectual Property/Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Art/Graphics Hardware Design Highly Recommended Courses Software for Embedded Systems (466) Advanced Digital Design (467) VLSI (468) Digital Systems (477) Computer Design & Organization (471) Technical Writing Recommended Courses Compilers (401) Operating Systems (451) Communication Networks (461) Public Speaking Other Suggestions to Consider Algorithms (421) Theory of Computation (431) Software Engineering (403) Security (490) Computer Vision (455) Operating Systems (481A) Robotics (481C) HCI (481G) Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property/Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Art/Graphics Program / Project Manager Highly Recommended Courses Software Engineering (403) Operating Systems (451) Advanced Internet Systems (454) Marketing Technical Writing Recommended Courses Algorithms (421) Theory of Computation (431) Communication Networks (461) Database Systems (444) Computer Design & Organization (471) Operating Systems (481A) Accounting/Finance Entrepreneurship Public Speaking Other Suggestions to Consider Compilers (401) Security (490) HCI (481G) Intellectual Property/Law Psychology Art/Graphics Business Systems Design Testing Quality Assurance / Test Engineer Highly Recommended Courses Software Engineering (403) Technical Writing Algorithms (421) Operating Systems (451) Database Systems (444) Operating Systems Capstone(481A) Compilers (401) Security (490) Recommended Courses Theory of Computation (431) Communication Networks (461) Computer Design & Organization (471) Advanced Internet Systems (454) Psychology Public Speaking Other Suggestions to Consider Software for Embedded Systems (466) Games (481D) HCI Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property/Law Entrepreneurship Art/Graphics Software Engineer Highly Recommended Courses Algorithms- 421 (1) Theory of Computation (431) Compilers (401) Software Engineering (403) Operating Systems (451) Communication Networks (461) Database Systems (444) Operating Systems (481A) Technical Writing Recommended Courses Security (490) Computational Linguistics (472) Artificial Intelligence (473) Software for Embedded Systems (466) Advanced Internet Systems (454) UrbanSim (481F) HCI (481G) Public Speaking Other Suggestions to Consider Computer Vision (455) Animation Sequence - includes Capstone (456, 458, 459, 460) Computer Graphics (457) Games (481D) Computational Biology (481E) Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Art / Graphics User Interface Designer Highly Recommended Courses HCI (481G) Recommended Courses Compilers (401) Software Engineering (403) Operating Systems (451) Database Systems (444) Computer Graphics (457) Advanced Internet Systems (454) Other Suggestions to Consider Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Technical Writing Public Speaking Art/Graphics Web / Internet Application Developer Highly Recommended Courses Software Engineering (403) Communication Networks (461) Security (490) Database Systems (444) Computer Graphics (457) Advanced Internet Systems (454) HCI (481G) Art/Graphics Recommended Courses Algorithms- 421 Theory of Computation (431) Animation Sequence - includes Capstone (456, 458, 459, 460) Other Suggestions to Consider Compilers (401) Operating Systems (451) Computer Vision (455) Computational Linguistics (472) Artificial Intelligence (473) Software for Embedded Systems (466) UrbanSim (481F) Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Technical Writing Public Speaking .   We received a small number of industry responses for the following careers, so we've listed all recommended courses together. Game Developer Recommended Courses Algorithms (421) Software Engineering (403) Database Systems (444) Animation Sequence - includes Capstone (456, 458, 459, 460) Computer Graphics (457) Artificial Intelligence (473) Games (481D) UrbanSim (481F) Accounting/Finance Marketing Intellectual Property Law Entrepreneurship Psychology Technical Writing Public Speaking Art/Graphics Systems Operations Recommended Course Algorithms (421) Compilers (401) Software Engineering (403) Operating Systems (451) Communication Networks (461) Security (490) Database Systems (444) Computer Design & Organization (471) Technical Writing Tech Writer Recommended Course Algorithms (421) Theory of Computation (431) Compilers (401) Software Engineering (403) Operating Systems (451) Communication Networks (461) Security (490) Database Systems (444) Computer Design & Organization (471) Technical Writing Advanced Internet Systems (454) UrbanSim (481F) Technical Writing

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