Requirements for the M.S. Degree

Students admitted to the program prior to Fall 2004 need to follow the requirements specified here.

The program offers three degree options: the master's thesis, the master's project, and the coursework option. The requirements for each option are summarized in the following table. Within each of the degree options, a student may choose from the general M.S. plan or from one or more of the six concentration plans. Click on the options for further details.

Required Courses

The five courses listed below provide overall breadth in the areas of languages, algorithms, architecture, operating systems, and software engineering. Students electing the course option must take all of these five required courses. Students electing the thesis or project option must take three of these five courses (note that some the required courses are needed as prerequistes for certain concentration plans).

• CSCI 8000 — Advanced Concepts in Programming Languages
• CSCI 8080 — Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• CSCI 8150 — Advanced Computer Architecture
• CSCI 8530 — Advanced Operating Systems
• CSCI 8700 — Software Specification and Design