Master's in Comp Sci with only MIS undergrad?

[Mosaic3]

Hi everyone,

 

I recently was accepted into the OMSCS Master's Degree program at Ga Tech, which is great, because it is a very sought after program right now. However, my undergrad was MIS and I've spent the majority of my professional career (~8 years) in a sys admin / engineer type role. That being the case, I have a very limited programming background with only cursory experience in a few languages. 

 

So I'm kind of torn at the moment, part of me wants to give it a go and maybe take one course at a time, while learning the programming on the fly. While, another part of me thinks that I might be fighting a losing battle and wasting time and money.  Any thoughts on how I should proceed?
 

Thanks

Edited January 18, 2015 by Mosaic3

[Icydubloon]

Try one course. See how it goes. How can you say it's a losing battle if you haven't even fought the first battle?