COS 520: Multimedia Design COS 521: Web System Design COS 537: Artificial Intelligence COS 571: Software Assurance

Cybersecurity (SE) (9 hours required) COS 533: Cryptography Algorithms COS 583: Enterprise Security Management COS 586: Information System Assurance COS 588: Computer Network Security

Specialty Electives (6 hours required) COS 599: Special Topics in Technology COS 697: Independent Study COS 698: Internship in Computer Science COS 796: Project Course (may be repeated once)

Thesis Option (6 hours required) COS 797: Residence Credit for Thesis/Professional Project COS 799: Thesis

Students submitting a thesis in partial fulfillment of the master’s degree must prepare it in conformity with the regulations approved by the Computer and Technical Sciences Graduate Student Committee. Three (3) approval pages bearing original signatures of the graduate committee must be included with three (3) typewritten, clear, unbound copies of the thesis, all presented to the Division of Computer Science Graduate Student Committee at least two weeks prior to the end of summer school and three weeks prior to the end of the Fall or Spring semester. Two (2) copies are bound and become a property of the Program; one (1) copy is bound and becomes a property of Blazer Library. A thesis must be developed under the direction of a full-time member of the Graduate Faculty.

The Master of Science in the Computer Science Technology Degree Program requires a minimum of thirty (30) semester credit hours, not including the foundation courses.

This option is only for students who have decided to work on a thesis. It is imperative that all candidates with a thesis option and a project option must defend their work. The graduate committee may declare a candidate successful or may ask him/her to repeat the defense.

Anyone not successful after two attempts will be terminated with no degree conferred from the

MSCST program.

Time Limit for Degree Completion