Curriculum:

Required courses

The Master of Science Computer Science (MSCS) program has two basic categories: MS with Thesis and MS without Thesis. The program is of 30 credit hours with a Thesis or Master's Project (MS Project) option. For those students who opt for Thesis, 24 credit hours of course work, 3 credit hours of research work (MS Thesis-I) followed by 3 credit hours of Thesis work (MS Thesis-II) are required. For students opting for MS without Thesis, 27 credit hours of course work along with 3 credit hours of a computer science implementation project (MS Project) is required. The MS Thesis must be taken after students have completed 18 credits and must be supervised by an approved faculty member. The course work may be taken from more than one of the 4 specialization tracks, with a student required to take at least one course from each track and no limit on the maximum number of courses. Each track has their own set of pre-requisites which are usually BS level Computer Science courses. MS students may also take courses at the PhD (600) level for credit.

Objectives

The key-objectives of the MS-CS program are:

• Offer maximum curriculum flexibility in order to enable students to engineer their education towards their ambitions and goals in their computing professions.
• Facilitate job promotion for students, from mid-level IT positions to senior-level positions by adding to their skills and academic qualifications.
• Empower students with skills required to address modern computing challenges of their respective organizations.
• Engage students with qualified faculty of international recognition and encourage them to undertake research that may potentially lead to doctoral work.

*Tracks

List of MS Computer Science courses

Track-AI Courses

Track-ISSE Courses

Track-NCC Courses

Track-Theory Courses

*: Subject to Approval of Academic Board