Master of Science in Computer Science

To qualify for the Master of Science degree, a student must pass eight courses at the 500-level or above in the Computer Science Department. Advanced graduate courses in other departments that involve concepts from computer science and are particularly relevant to an individual program may, with permission of the Director of Graduate Studies, be counted towards the degree. Generally at most two such courses may be used to satisfy the requirements of the Master’s Program. Here an advanced course is generally one with at least one intermediate course as a prerequisite and an intermediate course is generally one with at least one (introductory) course as a prerequisite. But five courses must be in Computer Science.

All entering students must have obtained a bachelor's degree or its international equivalent prior to enrolling at the Graduate School. A student may submit an application before receiving the degree, or while their degree is still in progress, so long as the degree will be completed prior to matriculation.In some countries, an undergraduate or bachelor's equivalent degree is completed in three years. In such cases, the completion of a three-year bachelor's equivalent degree is sufficient to meet the application requirement.