Microsoft releases information about the second MCSD SharePoint exams:
70-488 Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions and
70-489 Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions
The full requirements for achieving MCSD in SharePoint 2013 will include two non-SharePoint specific exams; one of these is 70-480 – Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, the other is 70-486 – Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications.
To summarise you will need to pass the following four exams to achieve the MCSD: SharePoint Applications in SharePoint 2013:
SharePoint focused
- 70-488 Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (currently in beta, release expected in June 2013)
- 70-489 Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions (currently in beta, release expected in June 2013)
Web development focused
If someone has already completed MCSD - Web Applications, they have advantage to give only two paper for SharePoint focused above, they can get MCSD in SharePoint 2013.