Required Core Courses (12 hours required) COS 505: Advanced Programming & Data Structure COS 515: Advanced Database Management COS 536: Software Engineering COS 570: Advanced Computer Architecture and Software COS 585: Information Security

COS 514: Database and Data Mining COS 519: Managing Information Technology COS 520: Multimedia Design COS 521: Web System Design COS 537: Artificial Intelligence COS 571: Software Assurance

(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.

KSU GRADUATE CATALOGUE, 2017-2018