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The master's program is designed to prepare candidates for careers in
industry or government or for further study at the PhD level. The MS is broadly
based with course work in computer science, along with a selection of courses
from a wide variety of areas in statistics, mathematics, and computer science.
Following is a summary of the Master of Science
Program with a specialty in Computer Science. Additional information on
Graduate School Requirements can be found in the
Graduate Bulletin.
Requirements for Admission
Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, from an accredited
institution. Students are expected to have completed courses in linear algebra,
vector calculus, ordinary differential equations, and advanced calculus or real
analysis. Applicants without the prequisites stated above may occasionally be
admitted with deficiencies.
Degree Requirements
Students are required to complete 24 credit hours of coursework plus 12
hours of thesis credit leading to an acceptable Master's thesis.
The following core courses, comprising 12 credit hours, are required of all
students.
Additionally, one of the following courses must taken as an elective in Applied Mathematics
and one from the following as an elective in Computational Mathematics
Elective courses may be selected from any other graduate courses
offered by the Department, except for specially designated service courses. In
addition, up to 6 credits of elective courses may be taken in other departments
on campus.
Course descriptions of both graduate level courses and
senior level courses are available for you to review.
For thesis students, it is desirable to find a thesis advisor and form a
thesis committee by the end of the first year. You may review the detail requirements and
a sample timeline for any additional questions you may have.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit the following materials:
- an application form, available online from the
Graduate Admissions
home page.
- transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work
- a statement of purpose (short essay) from the applicant briefly describing background, interests,
goals at CSM, career aspirations, etc;
- three letters of recommendation; and
- the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
The Graduate School may require additional materials from some applicants,
for example, applicants whose native language is not English may be required to
provide proof of English proficiency by submitting TOEFL scores.
Variations from these requirements may be allowed in rare cases
where exceptional promise is clear from other evidence provided.
Please visit the
Online Graduate Information
Request Form to request more information from the Graduate School.
If you are interested in our program, we'd like to learn more about you. Please complete our
Online Request Form and we'll
send you additional information about our program.
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