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SPSU Home >> 2010 - 2011 Graduate Catalog >> Programs & Courses >> Degree Programs >> Master of Science Program in Computer Science Degree Requirements

Master of Science Program in Computer Science Degree Requirements

Course	Course Title		Hour
CS 6023	Research Methods and Presentations		3
CS 6123	Theory and Implementation of Programming Languages		3
CS 6153	Advanced Database Systems		3
CS 6223	Advanced Computer System Architecture		3
CS 6413	Theory of Computation		3
CS 6423	Algorithmic Processes		3
SWE 6623	Software Engineering I
Computer Science Electives		15
Total For The Program		36

Select 5 graduate courses from the following list, including at least 2 with a CS prefix.

All 6000 and 7000 CS and SWE courses with the exception of SWE 7903 – Software Engineering Capstone.
No more than one of the following or other approved IT courses: IT 6643, IT 6663, IT 6683, IT6753, and IT 6763.
A course at the 6000 level or above that is offered by another program with the approval of the CS Department Chair.

** Note that, although a thesis is NOT required, a thesis option is available, which requires a student to take six credits of CS 7803 – Master's Thesis as part of his/her electives.

*** Note that a maximum of 9 total semester hours of "approved" transfer credit may be counted toward the MSCS degree.

An overall GPA of 3.0 ("B") or better is required over all graduate coursework attempted.

In all graduate programs, a minimum of a 3.0 G.P.A. is required. No grades below 'C' may be applied to a graduate program's requirements, and a maximum of 2 'C' grades at the level of 6000 or above may be applied to a graduate program's requirements.

Transition Courses

The following transition courses may be required for provisional acceptance students. These courses may not be used to satisfy degree requirements.

CS 5123	Advanced Programming and Data Structures	3
CS 5153	Database Systems	3
CS 5183	Object-Oriented Programming	3
CS 5223	Computer Architecture	3
CS 5243	Operating Systems	3
CS 5423	Mathematical Structures for Computer Science	3

NOTE: Some students may be advised to start with the undergraduate CSE 1301 – Programming & Problem Solving I course.