Graduates with an advanced degree in Computer Science will:
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To be admitted to the Master’s or Doctoral program at WSU Tri-Cities you must:
Students seeking admission to the graduate program in Computer Science whose undergraduate studies were not in Computer Science will be asked to take lower-division couse work:
All or most of these courses should be completed before the student is eligible for admission into the MS Program in Computer Science. In addition, the admissions committee may require students to complete other prerequisite courses to graduate coursework.
For the M.S. Computer Science Degree students have three program options: exam, project and thesis:
Under the thesis option, the student is expected to complete a significant research project and submit a thesis, which adheres to the EECS standards and the formatting requirements of the advisory committee and the Graduate School. The thesis work should be submitted for refereed publication prior to scheduling the final exam. It is the student’s responsibility to meet the deadlines specified by the Graduate School. All students on financial aid from WSU must choose the thesis option.
The program must consist of 33 or more hours of credit including 24 or more hours of course work for which a grade of A-F is given and 9 more credits of thesis research (CptS 700).
In order to ensure that each student obtains a reasonable graduate-level understanding of a number of fundamental areas, each MS CptS student must complete the following course requirements.
Required:
At least one of:
At least one of:
The project option consists of at least 27 graded credits and 6 credits of CptS 702. Of the 27 credits of course work, at least 15 must be in Computer Science and must satisfy the program requirements as stated for the Thesis Option. Specific course requirements are the same as for other CptS non-thesis programs. Students are required to complete a project and submit a report on the project that is satisfactory to the advisory committee. The peoject should represent work equivalent to two 3 credit hour graduate courses with quality equivalent to a grade of “B” or better.
Students following the course option must take a one-hour written exam in each of the following three areas after the completion of their course work:
The MS non-thesis exam will be offered every semester depending upon student request.
Students must apply for admission to the Pullman campus. However, by selecting a WSU Tri-Cities resident faculty member as adviser, a student may complete all the requirements of the program by staying at the Tri-Cities campus. Please contact Associate Professor Bob Lewis to learn more about this Ph.D. program.
The program of course work for the Ph.D. in Computer Science must include at least 4 of the following core courses:
All the required courses must be successfully completed within three semesters of admission to the program. Students may petition the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) to include transfer credits, but only if equivalent courses are offered at the graduate level, are completed in a recognized graduate school as a graduate student, and are clearly consistent with the objectives of the student’s Ph.D. program at WSU.