Nov 22, 2024

2018-2019 Graduate Catalog

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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master of Science in Computer Science (Thesis Track)

Required in the thesis track are a minimum of thirty-three (33) hours of credit which are as follows: eighteen (18) hours of core courses, nine (9) hours of computer science elective coursework, and a thesis which requires a minimum of six (6) hours.

MSCS Core Courses (18 hours)

CSCI 515 - Advanced Algorithms (3 hours)
CSCI 531 - Advanced Operating Systems (3 hours)
CSCI 535 - Advanced Computer Networks (3 hours)
CSCI 540 - Software Testing and Maintenance (3 hours)
CSCI 541 - Distributed Database Systems (3 hours)
CSCI 560 - Advanced Computer Architecture (3 hours)

Major Electives (9 hours from)

CSCI 534 - Human-Computer Interaction (3 hours)
CSCI 542 - Data Mining (3 hours)
CSCI 552 - Network Penetration, Testing, & Ethical Hacking (3 hours)
CSCI 555 - Compiler Construction (3 hours)
CSCI 590 - Applied Cryptography (3 hours)
CSCI 635 - Advanced Topics in Network Security (3 hours)
CSCI 640 - Open-Source Software Engineering (3 hours)

Thesis Option (6 hours)

CSCI 697 - Research I (3 hours)
CSCI 698 - Research II (3 hours)