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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