[CS Graduate Matrix]

Required Courses
Eight courses (24 cr.)

Choose eight courses (3 cr. each) from those listed below with at least one course in each area.

• Algorithms and Complexity:


I0500: Computer Graphics
I0600: Fundamental Algorithms
I0900: Graph Theory and Algorithms
I12**: Courses in Special Topics In Algorithms
I1300: Searching and Sorting
I1400: Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
I2600: Computational Complexity



• Software and Information Systems:


I0400: Operating Systems
I0700: Compiler Construction
I08**: Courses on Special Topics in Software Systems
I1000: Database Systems I
I1100: Database Systems II
I3100: Seminar in Information Systems



• Intelligent Systems:


I1500: Artificial Intelligence
I1600: Natural Language Processing
I18**: Courses on Special Topics in Intelligent Systems
I1900: Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning



• Theoretical Computer Science:


I2000: Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
I2100: Finite Automata
I2200: Theory of Computability
I2300: Symbolic Computation
I2400: Formal Language Theory
I28**: Courses on Special Topics in the Theory of Computing


• Computer Architecture and Communications Computer Science:


I4200: Computer Architecture
I4300: Computer Communication
I4330: Advanced Topics in Internet Programming
I46**: Courses on Special Topics in Computer Architecture
I47**: Courses on Special Topics in Computer Communications
I4800: Codes, Cryptography, and Secure Communication
I4900: Computer Security



• Scientific and Statistical Computing Computer Science:



I6000: Mathematics for the Analysis of Algorithms
I6100: Mathematical Programming I
I6200: Mathematical Programming II
I6300: Decision Analysis
I64**: Courses on Special Topics in Systems Simulation
I6600: Probabilistic Models in Computer Science
I6722: Cluster Programming
I6730: Data Reduction and Assimilation
I6731: Methods of Computational Science
I67**: Courses on Special Topics in Scientific and Statistical Computing

Non-Course Requirements

• complete a 6 credit thesis (CSc I9900) under the direction of a member of the faculty, or;
• complete both a 3 credit project (CSc I9800) under the direction of a member of the faculty and an additional 3 credit course numbered I1000-I6800 in Computer Science.

With the approval of the student's graduate advisor, a course in another Engineering discipline may be substituted for the elective Computer Science course in the second and third options.