are:
COS 502: Computer Science Foundation I
COS 504: Computer Science Foundation II
COS 505: Computer Science Foundation III
Total courses (30 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 (15 hours required)
COS 506: 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) Concentration (9 hours required)
COS 514: Database and Data Mining
COS 519: Managing Information Technology
COS 520: Multimedia Design
COS 571: Software Assurance
Cybersecurity (SE) Concentration (9 hours required)
COS 533: Cryptography Algorithms
COS 583: Enterprise Security Management
COS 586: Information System Assurance
COS 588: Computer Network Security
Non-Thesis Option (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
Master's 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 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