The College of Computing has high standards for all of its programs and students, and as such the below requirements may exceed the Institute minimum criteria for degree certification. In all cases, the College requirements must be met.
A new MSCS curriculum is in effect beginning summer semester 2011 and is shown below. Current students who entered the program before Summer Semester 2011 may choose to graduate under either the new curriculum or the previous MSCS curriculum located here.
Old MSCS Program Rules
- GPA – Students must achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 to graduate, and no course grades below C will be allowed to count toward graduation.
- All courses taken, whether used for the degree or not, are used in the cumulative GPA.
- Undergraduate Courses – Undergraduate courses required for the BSCS degree may not be used toward the MSCS degree. In addition, no graduate credit will be given for courses below 4140.
- Pass-Fail and Audit – Students must take all master's degree course work on a letter-grade basis. Students may take courses P/F or Audit, but these will not count toward fulfilling the degree requirements.
- The maximum total credit hours of Special Problems (CS 8903) that may be applied toward the MSCS degree is three. This applies to all Special Problems courses on campus regardless of the course number assigned.
- There is no maximum number of Special Topics (CS 8803) courses that may be used towards the degree.
Changes to Old MSCS Program Rules
- All grades for core and specialization courses must be B or better.
- Under the Course Option, the Minimum CoC Course Credit Hours will increase from 24 to 30.
- A maximum of 6 hours may be taken at the 4000-level and/or outside of the CoC
- A maximum of 3 hours of special problems may be taken, and these must be within the CoC.
Specializations
Specialization in Architecture |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 6241 Design and Implementation of Compilers
- CS 6290 High-Performance Computer Architecture
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Electives (9 hours)
| - CS 7290 Advanced Topics in Microarchitecture and Organization of High-Performance Processors
And, pick two (2) of: - CS 6210 Advanced Operating Systems
- CS 7292 Reliability and Security in Computer Architecture
- ECE 6101 Parallel and Distributed Computer Architecture
- ECE 6130 Advanced VLSI Systems
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Specialization in Computational Perception and Robotics (CPR) |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| Algorithms: Pick one (1) of: - CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
- CS 6520 Computational Complexity Theory
- CS 6550 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 7520 Approximation Algorithms
- CS 7530 Randomized Algorithms
- CSE 6140 Computational Science and Engineering Algorithms
And, pick one (1) of: - CS 6601 Artificial Intelligence
- CS 7641 Machine Learning
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) courses from Perception and Robotics, with at least one course from each. Perception - CS 7495 Computer Vision
- CS 7636 Computational Perception
- CS 8803 Special Topics: 3D Reconstruction and Mapping
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Multiview Geometry in Computer Vision
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Advanced Computational Photography
Robotics - CS 7630 Autonomous Robotics
- CS 7631 Autonomous Multi-Robot Systems
- CS 7633 Human-Robot Interaction
- CS 7649 Robot Intelligence: Planning
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Specialization in Computer Graphics |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 6491 Foundations of Computer Graphics
- CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
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Electives (6 hours)
| Pick two (2) from: - CS 6457 Video Game Design and Programming
- CS 6485 Visualization Methods for Science and Engineering
- CS 6764 Geometric Modeling
- CS 7490 Advanced Image Synthesis
- CS 7491 3D Complexity Techniques for Graphics, Modeling, and Animation
- CS 7495 Computer Vision
- CS 7496 Computer Animation
- CS 7497 Virtual Environments
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Simulation of Biological Systems
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Specialization in Databases and Software Engineering (DB+SE) |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
Pick one (1) of: - CS 6210 Advanced Operating Systems
- CS 6241 Design and Implementation of Compilers
- CS 6290 High-Performance Computer Architecture
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Graduate Introduction to Operating Systems
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) of: - CS 6300 Software Development Process
- CS 6310 Software Architecture and Design
- CS 6340 Software Analysis and Testing
- CS 6365 Introduction to Enterprise Computing
- CS 6422 Database System Implementation
- CS 6675 Advanced Internet Computing Systems and Applications
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Specialization in High Performance Computing (HPC) |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CSE 6140 Computational Science and Engineering Algorithms
- CSE 6220 High Performance Computing
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) of: - CSE 6221 Multicore Computing: Concurrency and Parallelism on the Desktop
- CS/CSE 6230 High-Performance Parallel Computing: Tools and Applications
- CS 6241 Compiler Design
- CS 6290 High-Performance Computer Architecture
- CS/CSE 8803 Special Topics: Parallel Numerical Algorithms
- CSE 6236 Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- CSE 8803 Special Topics: Hot Topics in Parallel Computing
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Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 6456 Principles of User Interface Software
- CS 6750 Human-Computer Interaction
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) courses from the two sub-areas below, including at least one from each sub-area: Sub-area: Design and evaluation concepts - CS 6010 Principles of Design
- CS 6320 Software Requirements Analysis and Specification
- CS 6455 User Interface Design and Evaluation
- CS 6460 Educational Technology: Conceptual Foundations
- CS 6465 Computational Journalism
- CS 6470 Design of Online Communities
- CS 6795 Introduction to Cognitive Science
- CS 7465 Educational Technology: Design and Evaluation
- CS 7467 Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
- CS 7790 Cognitive Modeling
Sub-area: Interactive technology - CS 6763 Design of Design Environments
- CS 6770 Mixed Reality Experience Design
- CS 7450 Information Visualization
- CS 7460 Collaborative Computing
- CS 7470 Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
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Specialization in Information Security |
Core Courses (9 hours)
| - CS 6238 Secure Computer Systems
- CS 6260 Applied Cryptography
- CS 6262 Network Security
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Electives (6 hours)
| Take 2 of: - CS 6035 Introduction to Information Security
- CS 6210 Advanced Operating Systems
- CS 6250 Computer Networks
- CS 6300 Software Development Process
- CS 6340 Software Testing and Analysis
- CS 6725 Information Security Strategies and Policies
- CS 7560 Theory of Cryptography
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Specialization in Interactive Intelligence[Prerequisite: An undergraduate or above algorithms/computational thinking course.] |
Core Courses
and Electives (12 hours)
| Take a total of four (4) courses from two of these areas: Intelligence - CS 6601 Artificial Intelligence
- CS 7620 Case-Based Reasoning
- CS 7637 Knowledge-Based AI
- CS 7641 Machine Learning
Interaction - CS 6440 Information to Health Informatics
- CS 6460 Educational Technology: Conceptual Foundations
- CS 6465 Computational Journalism
- CS 7634 AI Storytelling in Virtual Worlds
- CS 7650 Natural Language
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Advanced Game AI
Cognition - CS 4752 Philosophical Issues in Computation
- CS 4793 Integrative Perspectives in Cognitive Science
- CS 6795 Introduction to Cognitive Science
- CS 7610 Modeling and Design
- CS 7697 Cognitive Models of Science and Technology
- CS 8893 Special Topics in Cognitive Science
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Specialization in Machine Learning (ML) |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| Algorithms: Pick one (1) of: - CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
- CS 6520 Computational Complexity Theory
- CS 6550 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 7510 Graph Algorithms
- CS 7520 Approximation Algorithms
- CS 7530 Randomized Algorithms
- CSE 6140 Computational Science and Engineering Algorithms
And, pick one (1) of: - CS 7641 Machine Learning
- CSE 6740 Computational Data Analysis: Learning, Mining, and Computation
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Electives (6 hours)
| Pick two (2) of: - CS 7616 Pattern Recognition
- CS 7641 Machine Learning
- CS 7646, Machine Learning for Trading
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Machine Learning Theory
- CS 8803 Special Topics: Machine Learning for Finance
- CSE 6240 Web Search and Text Mining
- CSE 6242, Data and Visual Analytics
- CSE 6740 Computational Data Analysis: Learning, Mining, and Computation
[Note that students must take CS 7641 or CSE 6740 to satisfy the core and can then take the other if they choose to apply toward the specialization electives] |
Specialization in Modeling and Simulations |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CSE 6730 Modeling and Simulation: Foundations and Implementation
And pick one (1) of - CSE 6220 High Performance Computing
- ISYE 6644 Simulation
- MATH 6640 Introduction to Numerical Methods for Parallel Differential Equations
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) of: - CSE 6220 High Performance Computing
- CSE 6236 Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- CSE/CHEM 8803 Special Topics: Quantum Information, Computation, and Simulation
- INTA 6742 Modeling, Simulation and Military Gaming
- ISYE 6644 Simulation
- MATH 6640 Introduction to Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
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Specialization in Networking |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 6250 Computer Networks
- CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick one (1) of: - CS 6210 Advanced Operating Systems
- CS 6290 High-Performance Computer Architecture
Pick two (2) of: - CS 6262 Network Security
- CS 6675 Advanced Internet Computing Systems and Applications
- CS 7260 Internetworking Architectures and Protocols
- CS 7270 Networked Applications and Services
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Specialization in Scientific Computing (SC) |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CSE/MATH 6643 Numerical Linear Algebra
Pick one (1) of: - CSE/MATH 6644 Iterative Methods for Systems of Equations
- MATH 6640 Introduction to Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) of: - CS/CSE 6230 High-Performance Parallel Computing: Tools and Applications
- CS/CSE 8803 Special Topics: Parallel Numerical Algorithms
- CSE 6140 Computational Science and Engineering Algorithms
- CSE 6220 High Performance Computing
- CSE/MATH 6644 Iterative Methods for Systems of Equations
- CSE 8803 Special Topics: Algorithms for Medical Imaging and Inverse Problems
- CSE 8803/CHEM 6485 Computational Chemistry
- MATH 6640 Introduction to Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
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Specialization in Social Computing |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| Pick one (1) of: - CS 6465 Computational Journalism
- CS 6470 Design of Online Communities
Pick one (1) of: - CS 6675 Advanced Internet Computing Systems and Applications
- CS 7270 Networked Applications and Services
- CS 8803-SOC Special Topics: Social Computing
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three (3) more classes including additional classes from the above and: - CS 6238 Secure Computer Systems
- CS 6250 Computer Networks
- CS 6456 Principles of User Interface Software
- CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
- CS 6750 Human-Computer Interaction
- CS 7210 Distributed Computing
- CS 7450 Information Visualization
- CS 7460 Collaborative Computing
- CS 7467 Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
- CS 8893 Special Topics in Cognitive Science: Cognition and Culture
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Specialization in Systems |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 6210 Advanced Operating Systems
- CS 6505 Computability, Algorithms, and Complexity
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick one (1) of: - CS 6238 Secure Computer Systems
- CS 6241 Design and Implementation of Compilers
- CS 6250 Computer Networks
- CS 6290 High-Performance Computer Architecture
And, pick two (2) of: - CS 6235 Real-Time System Concepts and Implementation
- CS 6365 Introduction to Enterprise Computing
- CS 6675 Advanced Internet Computing Systems and Applications
- CS 7210 Distributed Computing
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Specialization in Visual Analytics |
Core Courses (6 hours)
| - CS 7450 Information Visualization
AND - CSE 6740 Computational Data Analysis
OR - CSE 6242 Data and Visual Analytics
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Electives (9 hours)
| Pick three from: - CS 6456 Principles of User Interface Software
- CS 6465 Computational Journalism
- CS 6485 Visualization Methods in Science and Engineering
- CS 6490 Computer Graphics
- CS 6750 Human-Computer Interaction
- CS 6795 Introduction to Cognitive Science
- CSE 6242 Data and Visual Analytics
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