Students who have degrees in disciplines other than Computer Science
enter the program with a variety of backgrounds. In such cases a
student's application is evaluated to determine which deficiency courses the student must take in order to gain admittance to the MS program in
Computer Science. During the time that the deficiency courses are being
made up, a student may be enrolled as a non-degree graduate student.
Upon successful completion of the deficiency courses, the student will
then be admitted into the regular MS degree program in Computer Science.
Deficiency Courses
Deficiency subjects and their equivalent MSU courses are listed in the following table.
- CS 160: Introduction to Computer Science (4 credits)
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- CS 221: Data Structures (4 credits)
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- CS 222: Discrete Math (3 credits)
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- CS 223: Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms (4 credits)
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- CS 201 Programming in C (3 credits)
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- CS 330: Computer Organization & Architecture (4 credits)
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- CS 350: Theory of Computation (3 credits)
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- CS 351: Software Engineering (4 credits)
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- CS 418: Operating Systems (3 credits)
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- Another 400 level course, excluding CS 400, 418, 460, 461, 470. 474, 476, 489, and 490
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- Another 400 level course, excluding CS 400, 418, 460, 461, 470. 474, 476, 489, and 490
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- Math 181: Calculus & Analytical Geometry I (4 credits)
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- Math 182: Calculus & Analytical Geometry II (4 credits)
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- Math 221: Introduction to Matrix Theory (3 credits)
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Notes
- Grades earned in deficiency courses DO count for maintaining satisfactory progress towards the Master's degree. Thus, you must be certain to do well in these classes in order to maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average during each semester and to keep your cumulative grade point average above a 3.0, even while taking deficiency courses.
- Students who have deficiency courses to make up can begin taking
courses at the 400 and 500 level that count towards the MS degree as
soon as they complete any prerequisite deficiency courses (that is, a
student is not required to wait until completing all deficiency courses
before he or she begins to take courses that count towards the MS
degree, as long as all prerequisites for such courses have been taken).
- Students who are required to take deficiency courses must also complete the full requirements for the thesis, project, or courses-only track in addition to competing the deficiency courses.
- No deficiency course can be listed on the MS Program of Study or used to complete the actual Master's degree.
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Updated: 2009-08-27
