accepted. Certain courses submitted for transfer may not be considered equivalent to specified program requirements even if course titles are the same.
Graduate Assistantships
A limited number of graduate assistantships are available for full-time students pursuing the Master of Science in Computer Science Technology degree. Students holding these positions work 20 hours per week and receive stipends and waivers of out-of-state tuition. Graduate Assistants assist the faculty members in their instructional and research activities. Students interested in such positions apply to the Division’s office. Assistantships are awarded on the basis of financial need and high academic achievement.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY DEGREE
Students can be admitted in one of the two plans: Plan A or Plan B:
Plan A is for students who have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field. These students will skip the foundation courses and can immediately begin with the core courses stated later.
Plan B is for students who have an undergraduate degree in a field other than Computer Science, have not taken prerequisite undergraduate computer science courses, but are interested in retraining in the computer field. These students are required to complete the following 9 hours of intensive foundation courses. The sequence in which they must be taken is determined by the MSCTS Graduate Program Coordinator. The two foundation courses are: COS 502: Computer Science Foundation I
COS 504: Computer Science Foundation II COS 505: Computer Science Foundation III
Core courses (15 Credit Hours)
Students may select one of the areas of concentration: Information Engineering (IE) or Cybersecurity (SE). In the IE or SE option, they must select five core courses. In addition to core courses, students must take three IE specialty and two elective courses from their option or 6 hours of thesis. In SE option, they must select three SE specialty and two elective courses or 6 hours of thesis.
Required Core Courses (12 hours required)
COS 505: Advanced Programming & Data Structure
COS 515: Advanced Database Management
COS 536: Software Engineering
COS 570: Advanced Computer Architecture and Software
COS 585: Information Security
Information Engineering (IE) (9 hours required)
COS 514: Database and Data Mining
COS 519: Managing Information Technology