intensive foundation courses. The sequence in which they must be taken is determined by the CTS Graduate Program Coordinator. The two foundation courses are: COS 502: Computer Science Foundation I COS 504: Computer Science Foundation II
Core courses (12-15 Credit Hours)
Students may select one of the areas of concentration: Information Technology (IT) or Security and Network (SNW). In the IT option, they must select five core courses, i.e. selecting four required and one elective core courses. In addition to core courses, students must take three IT specialty and two elective courses from their option or 6 hours of thesis. In SNW option, they must select five core courses, three specialty and two elective courses or 6 hours of thesis.
Required Core Courses (12 hours required)
COS 515: Advanced Database Management
COS 536: Software Engineering
COS 541: Advanced Computer Architecture
COS 544: Advanced Operating Systems
Elective core courses (3 hours required)
COS 535: Advanced Networking
COS 585: Information Security
Information Technology (IT)
(9 hours required)
COS 517: E-Commerce
COS 519: Managing Information Technology
Security and Network (SNW)
(9 hours required)
COS 533: Cryptography Algorithms
COS 587: Database Security
COS 588: Computer Network Security
Specialty Electives (6 hours required)
COS 514: Database and Data Mining
COS 520: Multimedia Design
COS 537: Artificial Intelligence
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 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.
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