Preliminary Focus:
The three core courses selected meet CSCI Core Competency requirements of the CSCI Core Curriculum. A grade average of at least 3.56 (e.g., A-, A-, B+) must be achieved for the three core courses. Students below this average may take an additional core course and achieve a grade average of at least 3.32 (e.g., A-, B+, B+, B). At least one course from each of the following three groups (Theory, Software Design, and System Design) must be taken:
Core Curriculum Group One - Theory
Choose a minimum of 1 course(s) from the following:
Core Curriculum Group Two - Software Design
Choose a minimum of 1 course(s) from the following:
Core Curriculum Group Three - System Design
Choose a minimum of 1 course(s) from the following:
Primary Focus:
The primary focus consists of at least 31 credit hours of resident graduate coursework. This includes:
At least 8 credit hours of Advanced CSCI graduate coursework at the 6000/8000-level (see “Advanced Coursework” below), which must include 4 credit hours of coursework open only to graduate students, exclusive of 8990. Students may include 2 credit hours CSCI 6950.
At least 16 credit hours of CSCI 8000-level coursework (see “Advanced Coursework” below)
| CSCI 9300 (min 6 hrs) |
Doctoral Dissertation |
1-12 |
Advanced Coursework (Primary Focus Item #1 & #2)
To fulfill the primary focus, students must take at least 24 credit hours of CSCI advanced graduate coursework at the 6000/8000-level with at least 16 credit hours at the 8000-level and 20 credit hours of coursework open only to graduate students, as per Graduate School Policy.
Note: In no case shall a 6000-level course used to fulfill part of the advanced coursework requirement count toward the advanced coursework requirement AND the core curriculum requirement. In addition, neither CSCI 6950 nor CSCI 8990 may be used to fulfill this requirement.
