Mar 28, 2024  
2007-2008 Graduate Catalog 
    
2007-2008 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Master of Science in Computer Science


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Students pursuing the M.S. in computer science must complete at least ten graduate-level courses of 3 or 4 semester hours each. These ten courses must include at least five 3-semester-hour 500-level courses, and at least eight of the ten required courses must be in the Department of Computer Science. Students must obtain prior departmental approval to apply courses not offered by the Department of Computer Science in their programs of courses.

A program of study designed by the student and the adviser must be approved by the Department of Computer Science.

The student must pass a comprehensive examination in computer science. Students pursuing full-time graduate study will be required to take the comprehensive examination within two academic years of admission to the Graduate School, and all students must enroll in a computer science course carrying at least 2 semester hours of credit during the semester in which this examination is taken.

Additional requirements


With approval of the department chair and adviser, a student may substitute other computer science courses taken for graduate credit for up to 11 of the required semester hours listed above.

If a graduate student in the M.S. program has already completed a required 400-level course with a grade of C or better as an undergraduate at NIU, that course requirement will be waived in the student’s M.S. program. Other graduate course work will be substituted to complete the required program.

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