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 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 Thesis will be an expository writing giving evidence of the student's ability to understand and present a solution of one or more problems in computer science. Every thesis must include the following:

• Background and rationale of the research
• problem statement
• Complete, contemporary review of the state of the problem
• Systematic analysis of the problem
• Evaluation of new solutions or attempts at solutions
• Conclusion
• Complete bibliography and set of references

The thesis will be examined by a three-member Thesis Committee chosen by the end of the fourth week of the Thesis II course. The committee's membership will be the candidate's thesis director, a computer science graduate faculty appointed by the director, and a graduate faculty (with his/her agreement) chosen by the candidate. The thesis candidate will present a public colloquium or seminar followed by a private defense of the thesis to the Thesis Committee.

The candidate must obtain the approval of the Graduate Committee by way of a research proposal by mid-term of the Thesis I course. The candidate is also required to produce (according to program requirements) three bound copies of the thesis: one for the department, one for the library, and one for the candidate.

A student must choose a thesis director before starting the Thesis I course. The student should choose a director based on the director's availability to take thesis students and his/her research interests.