http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverowe/archive/2007/09/20/visiting-uiuc.aspxIf you follow this blog, you'll know that I'm currently working on my Masters in Computer Science through the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. I really like the program I'm in. Most classes are real. There are real people meeting on campus 3en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverowe/archive/2007/09/20/visiting-uiuc.aspx#5026072Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:58:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5026072SteveRowe<p>Yes. &nbsp;Marc Andreesson was working for NCSA and attending UIUC when he and his colleagues invented the Mosaic browser. &nbsp;The rest, as they say, is history.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5026072" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverowe/archive/2007/09/20/visiting-uiuc.aspx#5022959Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:14:24 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5022959TravisL<p>This was where Mosaic was born, wasn't it? &nbsp;And thus, the graphical web browser? &nbsp;Sweet.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5022959" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverowe/archive/2007/09/20/visiting-uiuc.aspx#5018835Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:59:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5018835SteveRowe<p> &nbsp; I'm most of the way to my masters. &nbsp;After this semester I'll have 2 1/2 classes left to take. &nbsp;The program is solid. &nbsp;The cool part is that the classes are almost all real classes which take place on campus. &nbsp;100 people meet in a room in Urbana at 11:00 and by 2:00 there is a video of it on the web. &nbsp;The quality of the classes and professors is high. &nbsp;For example, I just took an object oriented design class over the summer and it was taught by Ralph Johnson (one of the &quot;gang of four&quot;).</p> <p> &nbsp; The one caveat I would put forth is that this is a pretty general masters program. &nbsp;There isn't a lot of room for specialization. &nbsp;Each subject has at most 2 classes available online.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5018835" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverowe/archive/2007/09/20/visiting-uiuc.aspx#5016725Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:13:28 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5016725isaacy<p>What classes are you taking and would you recommend?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5016725" width="1" height="1">