Master of Science in Computer Science

Degree Requirements

Minimum requirements for the degree are 45 graduate credits. These include 12 credits of required courses, 15 credits of breadth electives, 8-9 credits of elective courses, and 9-10 credits of a graduate project. Students may be admitted provisionally with a requirement that they complete specified undergraduate courses before obtaining regular status in the program. A maximum of 12 credits taken in non-matriculated status may be applied to this program. Students are allowed up to 10 transfer credits as described earlier in this Catalog . All degree requirements must be completed within six years after course work has begun.

I. Required Courses

12 credits, including:

II. Breadth Electives

15 credits from the following:

III. Graduate Project

9-10 credits, consisting of a two to three quarter project sequence. Choose either:

CPSC 586 - Graduate Project 3 to 5
CPSC 587 - Graduate Research Project 3 to 5

NOTE:

Satisfactory performance (B- or better) in graduate project is required of all MSCS students. A project consisting of 9-10 credits carried out in either a two or three quarter sequence. The project requires either implementation of a software system or carrying out research within computer science.

IV. General Electives

8-9 credits, consisting of additional CPSC breadth electives and/or MSE courses from the following list:

SEGR 523 - Human-Computer Interaction 3
SEGR 534 - Software Testing 3
SEGR 543 - Applied Formal Methods 3
SEGR 550 - Distributed Computing 3
SEGR 551 - Embedded Systems 3
SEGR 553 - Artificial Intelligence 3
SEGR 572 - Software Security 3
NOTE: Student may also take a maximum of three credits of Internship (CPSC 595 ), Independent Study (CPSC 596 ) and/or Directed Research (CPSC 599 ) for general elective credit, without departmental approval.