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Provisional Admission/Pre-Requisites

General Emphasis

Students entering the Master of Science Program must have a bachelor degree from an accredited college or university. In addition, an applicant should have a strong background in the C or C++ programming language, Data Structures, Computer Organization, Operating Systems and Theoretical Computer Science. Because many of the Computer Science courses involve the use of mathematics, applicants are also expected to have a good background in Calculus, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics and Probability & Statistics. Students who have deficiencies in these areas can enter the program as provisional students and make up their deficiencies by taking the following courses and receiving B or better grade in each of them:

  1. CS 150 Introduction to Programming *
  2. CS 250 Problem Solving & Programming *
  3. CS 270 Introduction to Computer Architecture **
  4. CS 361 Data Structures
  5. CS 390 Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
  6. CS 471 Operating Systems
  7. MATH 211 Calculus I
  8. MATH 212 Calculus II
  9. MATH 316 Linear Algebra
  10. STAT 330 Probability and Statistics

* CS333 can be substituted for CS150 AND CS250
** CS334 can be substituted for CS270
CS333 and CS 334 are internet based courses

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