UNCC Computer Science Department

MS Program

overview

requirements

Degree Requirements (effective Summer 2011) (Degree requirements for students entering before Summer 2011 can be found under "resources" tab)

The Master of Science program in Computer Science requires 30 graduate credit hours, which may optionally include 6 hours of thesis. (MS Thesis Proposal; Topic Approval Form)

At least 21 hours of the courses applied to the degree must be from the Department of Computer Science. At least 15 hours must be 6000 level or above courses. No more than 6 hours may be Individual Study. A maximum of 6 hours of graduate credit may be transferred from other institutions.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS AND ADVISORS

I. Core Requirements:

All students must take three courses from the Core Category. The following two courses are required:

ITCS 6112 Software System Design and Implementation
ITCS 6114 Algorithms & Data Structures

The third course may be selected from

ITCS 5102 Survey of Programming Languages
ITCS 6182 Computer System Architecture

The three courses taken to satisfy the core requirement must each be passed with an “A” or a “B” grade.

II. Breadth Requirements

All students must take three courses, each from a different Course Category, to satisfy the breadth requirements.

Course Categories are:

Data Management

ITCS 6155 Knowledge Based Systems
ITCS 6157 Visual Databases
ITCS 6160 Database Systems
ITCS 6161 Advanced Topics in Database Systems
ITCS 6162 Knowledge Discovery in Databases
ITCS 6163 Data Warehousing

Networked Systems

ITCS 5145 Parallel Computing
ITCS 5146 Grid Computing
ITCS 6132 Modeling & Analysis of Communication Networks
ITCS 6166 Computer Networks
ITCS 6167 Advanced Networking Protocols
ITCS 6168 Wireless Communications

Visualization and Computer Graphics

ITCS 5120 Introduction to Computer Graphics
ITCS 5121 Information Visualization
ITCS 5122 Visual Analytics
ITCS 5123 Visualization and Visual Communication
ITCS 6124 Illustrative Visualization
ITCS 6126 Large Scale Information Visualization
ITCS 6127 Real-time Rendering Engines
ITCS 6128 3D Display and Advanced Interfaces
ITCS 6140 Data Visualization

Intelligent & Interactive Systems

ITCS 5152 Computer Vision
ITCS 6050 Topics in Intelligent Systems
ITCS 6111 Evolutionary Computation
ITCS 6125 Virtual Environments
ITCS 6134 Digital Image Processing
ITCS 6150 Intelligent Systems
ITCS 6151 Intelligent Robotics
ITCS 6156 Machine Learning
ITCS 6158 Natural Language Processing
ITCS 6267 Intelligent Information Retrieval
ITCS 6500 Complex Adaptive Systems

Applications

ITCS 5133 Numerical Computation Methods and Analysis
ITCS 5230 Introduction to Game Design and development
ITCS 5231 Advanced Game Design and Development
ITCS 5232 Game Design and Development Studio
ITCS 5235 Game Engine Construction
ITCS 5236 Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games
ITCS 5237 Audio Processing for Entertainment Computing
ITCS 6153 Neural Networks
ITCS 6159 Intelligent Tutoring Systems
ITCS 6165 Coding and Information Theory
ITCS 6222 Biomedical Signal Processing
ITCS 6224 Biomedical Image Processing
ITCS 6226 Bioinformatics
ITCS 6228 Medical Informatics

III. Areas of Concentration
(MS CS Area of Concentration Form)

Each student must take at least three related courses (9 hours) to form an area of concentration. The area of concentration may differ from the Course Categories; students are encouraged to have their areas of concentration aligned with faculty research areas. The three courses forming the student's area of concentration must have the written approval of the student's academic advisor. Only one breadth course can be included in the area of concentration courses. Core courses can not be used in area of concentration. At least two of the three courses forming an area of concentration should be from the Department of Computer Science. The three courses taken to satisfy the concentration requirement must each be passed with an “A” grade or a “B” grade. In addition to the nine hours of course work, a written study report on a subject in the area must be submitted to and be approved by the academic advisor to complete the concentration requirement.