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The department offers a Master of Science degree in Computer Science built on top of an undergraduate study of Computer Science. Like the B.S. program, it is based on a balanced curriculum of solid foundation in computer science and practical industrial technologies. The degree is aimed to prepare students to quickly be productive in their computer professional careers while acquiring the necessary foundation for life long learning in the rapidly changing computing professional landscape.
The M.S. program requires core traditional computer science courses including DBMS, Advanced Operating Systems, Research Methods and Algorithms or Programming Languages. It also offers an excellent collection of practical courses covering and using industrial strength leading edge technologies for electives, such as network programming, Web database development, data mining, XML application development, etc. To find out more about the program, you may visit the Web pages on program objectives and curriculum. The program also provides the option for the students to select capstone projects or thesis. Capstone projects provide opportunities for students to work on a real world projects, usually mentored by a partner high technology company, in a team environment. Theses allow students to perform research and publish under the supervision of a faculty member. The M.S. program in Computer Science is the largest program within the School of Science and Computer Engineering. |
The program requires students to have undergraduate degrees in a computing area. The department has a large number of students from a wide range of majors other than computing. They take foundation courses to make up the deficiencies.