Two unsuccessful attempts to defend the thesis, the project, or the final EXIT and oral examination.
In cases where the student’s Advisory Committee recommends termination after the student has passed the written comprehensive examination, the Graduate faculty will vote on the recommendation. If the Graduate faculty concurs and the student dissents, the student will have an opportunity to meet with the Graduate faculty, after which a second vote will be taken and a final recommendation will be made to the Division of Computer and Technical Sciences.
Course Requirements:
The students will 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 but are interested in retraining in the computer field. These students are required to complete the following 12 hours of intensive foundation courses. The sequence in which they must be taken is determined by the CTS Graduate Program Coordinator. The four foundation courses are:
COS 501: Computer Science Foundation I
COS 502: Computer Software Foundation I
COS 503: Computer Software Foundation II
COS 504: Computer Science Foundation II
Core courses (12 Credit Hours)
Students can select one of the areas of concentration: Information Technology (IT) or Computer Science Theory (THR). In either option, they must complete four (4) core courses—selecting two (2) from each of the following two groups:
Computer Science Core courses
COS 531: Advanced Computer Architecture Operating System COS 536: Software Engineering COS 535: Computer Networks COS 538: Advanced Algorithms Design
Information Technology (IT) Core Courses
COS 511: WEB Programming
COS 513: Computer Graphics and GUI
COS 515: Database Management Systems
COS 518: Network and WEB Security
Electives (18 hours required)
Courses Listed above and not used as a core course can be used as electives.
Computer Science Theory (THR) Courses
COS 532: Computation
COS 533: Cryptography Algorithms
COS 534: Theory of Programming Languages
COS 537: Artificial Intelligence
COS 539: Compiler Design
Information Technology (IT) Courses
COS 512: WEB Engineering COS 514: Database and Data Mining COS 516: Computer Vision COS 517: E-Commerce COS 519: Managing Information Technology COS 520: Multimedia Design
Common Electives
COS 600: Research Methodology COS 682: Seminar on Management Information Systems COS 683: Decision Support Systems COS 696: Project Course (may be repeated once) COS 697: Independent Study COS 698: Internship in Computer Science
COS 699: Thesis (may be repeated once)
Master's Thesis
Students who submit 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 CTS 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.
KSU CATALOGUE, 2004-2005