All program requirements must be completed within three (3) years from initial admission for full-time and four (4) years for part-time students from initial admission, unless otherwise approved by the Computer Science Graduate Student Coordinator.
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.
The University expects all students to attend class regularly. Students are responsible for course work covered during all class periods, including the first class meeting. Each instructor will record absences and deal with them in a manner consistent with University policy. If a student presents the instructor with an adequate and documented reason for an absence, the instructor normally will give the student an opportunity to make up the work missed, if this is feasible. Adequate reasons involve circumstances beyond the student's control, such as personal illness, critical illness or death in the immediate family, or participation in an approved University activity. It is the student's responsibility to initiate the request to make up class work he/she has missed. Students should familiarize themselves with each faculty member's course syllabus for specific requirements.
All candidates with a thesis option and a project option must defend their work. All other students will be subjected to an exit examination with written and oral components. 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.
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.
A student will be governed by the catalog of record; i.e., the catalog under which he/she is officially admitted to the graduate program. If a student interrupts residence status at this institution for more than two years, he/she automatically comes under the requirements of the catalog in force at the time of re-admission. A student may elect to comply with the catalog currently in force with the permission of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.