卡耐基梅隆大學(xué)取消Ebiz專業(yè)

發(fā)布時(shí)間：2017-11-23 作者：卡耐基梅隆大學(xué)     來源：卡耐基梅隆大學(xué)

CMU提供多個計(jì)算機(jī)碩士學(xué)位（MSIT），其中一個專業(yè)叫eBusiness Technology，簡稱Ebiz，招生以非CS背景學(xué)生為主。

CMU-Ebiz是CMU眾多與CS相關(guān)的“奇葩”項(xiàng)目之一，該項(xiàng)目耗時(shí)一年，只需修三門課，其他時(shí)間全部在做項(xiàng)目。一年時(shí)間完成16個小項(xiàng)目，全程模擬一個電子商務(wù)公司的建設(shè)和運(yùn)營。通過一年高強(qiáng)度的實(shí)戰(zhàn)訓(xùn)練，畢業(yè)生可以在網(wǎng)站建設(shè)、數(shù)據(jù)庫設(shè)計(jì)、搜索引擎優(yōu)化、數(shù)據(jù)挖掘等方面積累扎實(shí)的知識和經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

該項(xiàng)目畢業(yè)后的出路也非常不錯，Oracle公司號稱見人就要，更加優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生進(jìn)入 Google、Facebook之類的夢幻企業(yè)，亦或是Uber、Airbnb這樣的明星Startups更是比比皆是。

然而就在昨天，有同學(xué)收到了CMU的郵件，這個專業(yè)被取消了。

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR:

Please see below for a message from Dr. Shamos, Director of the MSIT eBusiness Technology program.   Your application fee will be reimbursed.  If you need access to your application for any reason, please do so before noon today, November 20, 2017.   The application system will be closed after that time.. From 1point 3acres bbs

The School of Computer Science and the Institute for Software Research have decided to discontinue the "MSIT in eBusiness Technology" graduate program as of the end of August 2018, after the graduation of the current class.  The program has been part of the SCS portfolio since 2004, and it has shown growing success in educational accomplishment and in placement of students. There have been changes in the economic environment, however, and the learning-by-doing methodology of the program -- which requires intense faculty involvement, with seventeen faculty members working to deliver the curriculum each year -- is no longer financially viable. The decision was not made lightly in view of the exceptional academic quality of the program, its uniqueness in the world, the caliber of its faculty and staff, and the outstanding characteristics of its current students and nearly 1,000 alumni around the world.  The program will continue in normal fashion through graduation.  No new applications will be accepted.

顯然，對于申請2018 Fall的同學(xué)們來說，這無疑是個壞消息。CMU-Ebiz的申請難度相對而言不算太大，而且對部分具有商科背景的同學(xué)也比較友好。

在目前轉(zhuǎn)專業(yè)申請CS的學(xué)生數(shù)量逐年遞增，CMU-Ebiz的取消無疑對懷有美國頂尖名校夢的同學(xué)們打擊頗大，不過正如標(biāo)題中所說，CMU-Ebiz取消焉知非福，這個專業(yè)可能更適合你——Business Analytics (BA)。

Business Analytics是最近幾年才涌現(xiàn)出來的一個新興學(xué)科。

2011 年麥肯錫發(fā)布了大數(shù)據(jù)行業(yè)報(bào)告，從市場需求方面肯定了未來數(shù)據(jù)分析人才的價(jià)值，讓全世界知道了 “大數(shù)據(jù)” 的概念, 同時(shí)也催生了全世界范圍內(nèi)高校開辦大數(shù)據(jù)相關(guān)專業(yè)的熱潮。它結(jié)合了Business、Statistics和Computer Science三個領(lǐng)域的知識。

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