Master of Science 51视频 in Computer Science
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- Admissions requirements
- Matriculated Sept. 2008 or later
- Matriculated between Sept. 1997 and August 2008
- Master's thesis
- Bioinformatics Option
Admissions requirements for the MS in CS are designed to ensure that MS candidates enter the program on roughly the same level as our own BS in CS graduates. See CS Graduate Admissions Requirements for details.
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MS degree requirements for students matriculated between September 1997 and August 2008
Each degree candidate will be required to pass, with an average of B or better, and not more than two grades below B, the following minimum number of credits, distributed to include one project and one general area:
Core courses
91.502 Foundations of CS
91.503 Algorithms
91.531 Design of Programming Languages
Project Area
6 credits (2 courses with programming assignments from the )
General Area
6 credits (2 courses, not necessarily project-related, from the )
Electives
3 elective courses
Total: 30 credits
At most one core course can be used to form either a project pair or a general pair of related courses.
See the graduate catalog for course descriptions.
Master's Thesis
An optional master's thesis can be substituted for at most six credits, and can be used to substitute for one pair of Project- or General-area courses. Students who wish to do a thesis must file a Proposed Thesis Committee form with the Graduate Coordinator prior to beginning work on the thesis.