CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The standard curriculum for the MS in Computer Science consists of 30 hours of course work including six hours of work toward completing a thesis (CSC 798 and CSC 799). There is a project option where a student will complete 30 hours of course work plus the Master's Project course (CSC 795).

No more than nine credits of 500-level courses may be used to satisfy the course requirements.

All graduate students must take the Required Core Courses. The following is the exception to this rule:

EXCEPTION: If a student has already taken one of the Core Curriculum Courses at the undergraduate level and earned a B+ or better, that student may request a waiver for that core requirement from the Graduate Director. Any waiver will not allow credit to be granted for such a course; therefore the student will be required to take the requisite number of credits to satisfy the requirements for the degree.

The Master's Project will be expository writing giving a complete state-of the art status of a computer science problem. Although the objectives of a project are similar to a thesis, it will be the intent of the project to replicate known solutions, understand and propose additional possible solutions, and to demonstrate these solutions in some form. It is expected that the student will demonstrate good computer science research methodology and with projects involving the building of software products, the student will practice good software engineering methodologies.

The student must choose a project director. The student will present a written proposal for approval by the Graduate Committee within two weeks after the beginning of the Masters Project course. He/she will provide a public presentation of the project. The student will provide access to the project paper to the public at least two weeks before the presentation. After the student completes the project editing process, the project director and another member of the Graduate Committee will evaluate the project and present the paper to the Graduate Committee.