CSE MS Program Prof. Gagan Agrawal Grad Studies Chair

CSE MS Programs Components of Requirements – Total Credit Requirements – Graded Credit Requirements – (Foundational) Core Requirements – Applied Core Requirements – Limit on Primarily Undergrad Classes – Outside CSE classes – MS Examination – Project Option

Credit Requirements MS thesis – 30 total, 20 graded MS Non-Thesis, W/O Project – 33 total, 30 graded MS Non-thesis, with Project – 33 total, 24 graded, 6 project credits

Types of Classes (MS students) Foundational Core Classes - 6xxx (see list) Applied Core Classes – 5xxx or 6xxx (see list) Primarily Undergrad Courses – 5xxx, 2 credits – Meets with a 3 credit 3xxx or 2xxx course – Mostly for making up deficiencies in background Other 5000 and 6000 level letter graded courses – 5xx9 replaces 788s, research-oriented but letter graded Research Credits – 888s replaced by 6xx9 – Independent Study (793) is now 8193 – 999s for MS students and 6999

Foundational Core Each Core Class Extended to be 3 Semester Credits – CSE Theory – CSE Algorithms – CSE PL – CSE Architecture – CSE 6431 – OS All MS Students Need to Take – CSE 6331 (Algorithms) – CSE 6321 (Theory) OR CSE 6341 (PL) – CSE 6421 (Architecture) OR CSE 6431 (OS) Masters Comprehensive: 2 hour exam in each area (6 hours total, over 1 ½ days)

Timing for Comprehensive Exmas August (2012 onwards) – Just before Fall Classes start March (2013 onwards) – During spring break (middle of spring semester) 2 days, 3 2-hour exams (August 2013 onwards) – Day 1 morning, Day 1 afternoon, Day 2 morning

Applied Core  6 classes from the following areas  AI, High Performance, Graphics, Networking, DB, Compilers  All 3 credits each  See MS Program Document for Course numbers  Thesis students need 1, non-thesis need 2

Primarily Undergrad Courses 11 classes in semester system – See program document for numbers – 2 credit classes (a 2 credit 5xxx class meets with a 3 credit 3xxx or 2xxx class) – At most 6 credits or 3 classes

Non-CSE Classes Limit of 6 credits in semesters Must be on topics closely related to CSE – Check with advisor first! – Maths, Statistics, ECE courses are usually OK – English, Sociology etc. are not OK

Masters Examination Thesis Option – Thesis defense Comprehensive Exams for Non-Thesis – See earlier slides Masters Examination for Project – See later slides

Project Option Semester – 6 S/U credits over 2 terms – An implementation Project working with CSE faculty – A 6-8 page project report – Might be able to take MS Examination in a different format (See Next Slide)

Project Option MS Exam (New) Only if you have a B average in core classes You take MS Examination Based on Project – Skip written comprehensive exam – A longer project report 10 single spaced pages – Form a committee with at least 2 CSE Faculty Including your project supervisor – Have a 1 hour oral examination Presentation and Q/A

Transfer Credits Only for graduate classes taken as a graduate student At most 9 credits towards MS degree Please contact Dr. Babic

Clarification/Questions Documents Your academic advisor Please do not me or ask to meet me – 350 graduate students to be managed in 10% of my time !! – Already dealing with 3000 grad program related s annually – I can answer clarification questions if approached by your advisor!