Courses & Colloquia
A typical quarterly schedule is one 4-credit CSE P course plus one 1-credit colloquium course each quarter during the academic year (autumn, winter, and spring quarters; there are no course or colloquia offerings in summer). Students may select different credit loads if they wish, such as foregoing a course and instead enrolling in one or two colloquium credits, or even taking the quarter off entirely and registering for zero credits.
The information below and links in the right sidebar are intended to support students’ informed course selection and understanding of policies and procedures relating to registration, courses, and colloquia. Degree requirements and policies surrounding grades and satisfactory progress and a calendar of quarterly dates and deadlines are available in the PMP student handbook under academic policies and planning.
Courses
PMP Courses
PMP courses are intended to be relevant to computing professionals interested in advancing their knowledge in core and emerging areas of computing. PMP course topics may include database management, machine learning, computer architecture, computational biology, programming languages, software entrepreneurship, computer vision, ubiquitous computing, robotics, and more. The selection of course topics changes each quarter, with three courses typically being available and courses generally repeating every second or third year.
The Current PMP Courses page displays the slate of courses for the academic year, including expanded course descriptions and links to course websites. The page also links to an archive of previous years’ course offerings.
Other Graduate Courses
PMP students may petition for approval to count up to two non-PMP (CSE P) graduate courses toward their degrees. Typical selections are courses from the Allen School’s daytime graduate program or a closely related field. Learn more about non-PMP course policies and the petition process, and direct any questions to the Professional Master’s Program Manager.
Colloquia
The Allen School presents myriad topical colloquia, seminars, and distinguished lectures to keep current on cutting-edge research and applied computing topics. Talks tyically happen on weekdays during business hours and are open to the public; students may attend in-person, via livestream, or by watching a posted recording later. Though PMP students may not be able to attend talks in-person due to their work schedules, they are certainly welcome to!
To earn colloquium credit (CSE 520), students view (or attend) and write short summary reports of a certain number of talks during the quarter. They may select from talks offered during the current quarter or as far back in the Allen School’s talk archives as they would like. As with their course selection, students are encouraed to select the talks that are the most interesting and relevant to them.
Policies and procedures surrounding accessing colloquia and requirements for earning credit are described in the PMP student handbook. Upcoming talks are posted to the research colloquia calendar and distinguished lecture series calendar, which also contain an archive of past talks whose recordings can typically be found on the Allen School’s YouTube channel.