MET Revitalizes Computer Science Programs with Curricular Updates—Including New Options in AI & Machine Learning
Boston University’s Metropolitan College is always working to be sure its programs reflect the cutting edge of emerging industry best practices, regularly evaluating whether curricula meet the highest possible current standards and evolving in kind. It is for that reason that BU MET is pleased to announce a series of updates and new offerings throughout […]
Growing Cybercrime Risk Makes BU MET Cybersecurity Programs Essential
As National Cybersecurity Month rolls on, learn about our array of cybersecurity-focused programs, which can help you develop in your career whether you seek to protect the organizations or individuals, or hope to investigate and successfully prosecute cybercriminals.
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Trio of MET Online Master’s Programs in Top 10 for 2025
For the 12th year in a row, MET has been ranked among the best graduate online programs in the nation by @USNews, particularly in the realms of criminal justice, IT, and management. Read on to learn more about MET’s updated national rankings.
With Aims to Use Data Science for Good, MSCIS Alum Makes Impact with Campus Dorm Climate Research
Chen Han (MET’24) knows what she wants long-term: to secure employment as a marketing or data analyst at a company she feels invested in. She hopes to make a positive difference with what she does—particularly for women in the workplace. But first, the MSCIS alum has some work to do—work that stands to make a real impact on the long-term quality of life of BU students.
MET Online Master’s Programs Climb U.S. News & World Report Poll for 2024, with 3 Top-10 Placements
For the 11th straight year, Metropolitan College online master’s degree programs have been deemed among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This year, three graduate programs netted top-10 ratings, with each climbing above last year’s rankings.
Trio of Online MET Master’s Programs Earn Favorable U.S. News & World Report Rankings
For the 10th year in a row, three of Metropolitan College online master’s degree programs have been deemed among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
MET Computer Science and Distance Education Authors Team Up for a Second Book
Hot on the heels of Best Practices for Administering Online Programs (New York: Routledge, 2021), three BU Metropolitan College coauthors have regrouped to produce another book: Winning Online Instruction: A Q&A for Higher Education Faculty (New York: Routledge, 2022) Dr. Dan Hillman, associate director of instructional design for BU MET’s Office of Distance Education; Dr. […]
One of the Internet ‘Founding Fathers’ John Day Lauded for Network Research Foresight
Few have a stronger command of the workings of internet architecture than BU Metropolitan College (MET) Master Lecturer in Computer Science John Day. When recent widespread outages to high-profile websites like Spotify, Reddit, and Twitter once more revealed the faults in the foundation of the digital superhighway that Day has long critiqued, it brought new […]
MSCS Alum Asad Malik Pioneers New Social Media Platform, Rubiic, Designed for “Self-Expression, Self-Reflection”
The global pandemic created a cataclysm in everyday life. Asad Malik (MET’21) recognized with the new way of life at home and self-reflecting, one field in particular would be expected to see expansive growth: social media. A graduate of MET’s Master of Science in Computer Science program, Malik noted that brands, memes, and influencers reigned […]
Securing Forbes’s Honor Another Goal Met for CIS Alum Sean Donnelly
Being named to Forbes magazine’s prestigious “30 Under 30” list of industrialists on the rise wasn’t just an honor for Resolvn founder Sean Donnelly (MET’18); it was an ambition. For the successes of the modular cybersecurity training firm he launched the year he graduated, Donnelly, 29, has been recognized as one of 2021’s 600 “brightest young […]