Entering a New Age
Welcome to a new learning universe, one where YOU are in charge of your learning.
Just like the impending future of work, you will have to collaborate, communicate, and solve complex problems.
Leave behind traditional education and relying on instructors for knowledge. The future is about skills, and skill development is way tougher.
Just like the impending future of work, you will have to collaborate, communicate, and solve complex problems.
Leave behind traditional education and relying on instructors for knowledge. The future is about skills, and skill development is way tougher.
Choose Your Experience
At Qwasar, we offer both a full-time intensive or a part-time program to complete the masters degree. Based on your weekly availability and commitment level, you should choose the program that best suits you. The remote nature of our programs allows for flexibility in completing your masters degree from anywhere.
Full-time
Intensive
Apply now
13 months
Monday – Friday meetings Students should expect to work 40-50 hours per week at minimum.
Monday – Friday meetings Students should expect to work 40-50 hours per week at minimum.
Part-time
For the Working Professional
Apply now
24 months
Tuesday evening/Saturday meetings Students should expect to work 15-20 hours per week, including program meetings.
Tuesday evening/Saturday meetings Students should expect to work 15-20 hours per week, including program meetings.
Join a specific cohort Virtual meetings, events, and synchronous learning sessions Projects and coding assignments completed when works best for you Learn in a community 100% hands-on learning Accountability & motivation
Welcome to a New,
Modern Learning Universe
Qwasar’s model is based on active learning, meaning you will spend WAY more time coding than sitting in lectures or presentations. Our program is designed to spend 85% of your time coding, and about 15% of your time in ‘knowledge-transmission’ sessions where one individual is imparting knowledge, often in the form of a lecture or presentation. We do this for 2 reasons: first, our focus is on gaining skills for being on the job as an engineer, and second, active learning has been scientifically proven to be more effective than passive, lecture-based learning.
%
%
Technical Skill
Development
You should expect to develop a breadth and depth of technical skills that relate to your program’s area of expertise. Additionally, you will cover the fundamental concepts of software engineering on which all software is built.
Technical skills are not just about the languages that you know; it’s also about using industry-standard tools and frameworks, as well as having a foundational understanding of data structures, databases, algorithms, software architecture, and code quality.
Silicon Valley demands a high level of technical knowledge and technical skills. Everything about our programs is designed to help you develop and retain this knowledge and skill set.
Technical skills are not just about the languages that you know; it’s also about using industry-standard tools and frameworks, as well as having a foundational understanding of data structures, databases, algorithms, software architecture, and code quality.
Silicon Valley demands a high level of technical knowledge and technical skills. Everything about our programs is designed to help you develop and retain this knowledge and skill set.
Structured Problem Solving
Perhaps one of the most important skills that you’ll learn and develop is structured problem solving. This includes:
Great engineers are great problem solvers because they succeed in structuring and managing problems well. Such challenges are naturally part of the Qwasar curriculum and programs.
Engineering Labs
After the first few courses, students will stop Live Coding Sessions and instead join an Engineering Lab. These are virtual, subject-based labs focused on hands-on projects built in groups. Projects offer an opportunity to explore the subject area while learning to collaborate with other students. Both projects and the labs themselves are great items to put on the resume!
Qwasar’s Engineering Labs are virtual, subject-focused labs where students work in pairs or groups to build a software project.
Projects will last anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks depending on the size and difficulty of the project. These are great opportunities to put projects and the Labs on your resume, and to explore some of today’s emerging technologies and subjects.
Labs are also opportunities for students to pursue areas they’re passionate about, or areas in which they lack experience and want to gain more exposure.
Qwasar’s Engineering Labs are virtual, subject-focused labs where students work in pairs or groups to build a software project.
Projects will last anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks depending on the size and difficulty of the project. These are great opportunities to put projects and the Labs on your resume, and to explore some of today’s emerging technologies and subjects.
Labs are also opportunities for students to pursue areas they’re passionate about, or areas in which they lack experience and want to gain more exposure.
Our blockchain lab will focus on applications of blockchain to solve problems, or rebuild similar but different solutions to what already exists in this space.
Our Computer Vision Lab focuses on different applications of computer vision. This could include autopilot, supply chain, facial recognition, and much more.
Our Distributed Computer Lab offers an opportunity to learn about and build software on that’s distributed.
Our IoT Lab will focus on combining hardware and software, touching on embedded engineering and more low-level programming.
Program Meetings
Earn project or experience points for each project successfully completed.
Standups are held every morning to kick off the day with the cohort. This gives students an opportunity to share any progress and blockers on their projects. Everyone participates and shares status updates with one another and has an opportunity to get support from peers.
Students of all levels are divided into small groups to work on a timed challenge for a unique task. By working together, each group can leverage the collective skills of one another and make a network within the cohort.
Virtual Library Time is like going to the library on a physical campus to work alongside your peers, only in this case it’s virtual. Consider it a quiet space to get work done next to your peers, which helps with motivation, accountability.
Don't Expect Answers, Be Resourceful
In a real software job, your boss will not provide answers for you every time you get stuck. You are expected to figure things out and to do so efficiently.
At Qwasar, we do not provide answers to your questions all the time. Do not expect us to answer your questions like a professor or instructor would.
The point is that you learn how to become unstuck when you are stuck. You need to learn how to be resourceful, how to bring structure to a problem to solve it, and when and how to ask for help and feedback. This is VITAL to becoming a great software engineer or developer.
Great engineers are resourceful. The internet has plenty of resources for coding. The real skill is being able to use the tools and resources around you to solve today’s problems.
At Qwasar, we do not provide answers to your questions all the time. Do not expect us to answer your questions like a professor or instructor would.
The point is that you learn how to become unstuck when you are stuck. You need to learn how to be resourceful, how to bring structure to a problem to solve it, and when and how to ask for help and feedback. This is VITAL to becoming a great software engineer or developer.
Great engineers are resourceful. The internet has plenty of resources for coding. The real skill is being able to use the tools and resources around you to solve today’s problems.
You're Responsible for Your Learning
At Qwasar, there are no professors or instructors who manage your learning for you. YOU are responsible for your learning, just as you are responsible for getting your work done in a job.
As a learner, you have access to all of your work and projects throughout each track. You need to learn to manage your time, plan your work, and advance in your studies.
Sometimes motivation is tough, but that is part of maturing and of learning self-management.
As a learner, you have access to all of your work and projects throughout each track. You need to learn to manage your time, plan your work, and advance in your studies.
Sometimes motivation is tough, but that is part of maturing and of learning self-management.
Uncertainty, Trade-offs, & Decision Making
Part of what you will learn in our programs is how to live with uncertainty in building a solution, how to make decisions when facing trade-offs, and how to evaluate options when decision making.
These are critical soft skills that employers highly value and that only come with experience. You cannot learn these skills from a video lecture: you have to live them, experience them, and experience the emotional or mental challenges with each situation. Our projects are designed to pose such problems to you so that you have opportunities to develop these skills.
These are critical soft skills that employers highly value and that only come with experience. You cannot learn these skills from a video lecture: you have to live them, experience them, and experience the emotional or mental challenges with each situation. Our projects are designed to pose such problems to you so that you have opportunities to develop these skills.
21st-CENTURY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
As the world becomes more complex and interconnected, decision-making skills become more valuable and in higher demand.
Occasional On-Site
While our program remains remote-first, it’s also great to gather in person and meet your fellow students in real life. Qwasar plans occasional on-site meetings that students are expected but not required to attend, such as graduation, or mid-program “retreats,” or other similar events.
Apply now
Uncover Our Modern Learning Model
Discover our modern learning approach, use of technology, and flexible learning model.
Learning Experience
Enter into a New Learning Universe:
What to expect when you join Qwasar programs and our Learning Community.
What to expect when you join Qwasar programs and our Learning Community.