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Curriculum
Curriculum Structure
For the current program requirements, curriculum and course descriptions, refer to the 2009-2010 catalog at: MSACS-2009-2010-Catalog
The course prerequisites are in brackets:
| Degree Program Requirements | Credit Hours | |
| CORE REQUIREMENTS | 12 of 15 | |
| CS 8450 Software Engineering | 3 | |
| CS 8550 Introduction to Bio-Informatics | 3 | |
| CS 8590 Digital Game Design | 3 | |
| CS 8640 TCP/IP and the Internet | 3 | |
| CS 8672 Embedded Systems & Micro-controllers | 3 | |
Students must take four of the five required courses (12 semester hours).
| ELECTIVES | 12 to 18 | |
| CS 8420 Software Project Engineering | 3 | |
| CS 8460 Object-Oriented Software Analysis & Design [Prereq CS8450] | 3 | |
| CS 8530 Database Administration | 3 | |
| CS 8560 Data Mining [Prereq CS8530] | 3 | |
| CS 8620 Modeling and Simulation | 3 | |
| CS 8645 Network Security [Prereq CS8640] | 3 | |
| CS 8675 Adv Embed Sys & Network Cntrl Devices [Prereq CS8672] | 3 | |
| CS 8678 Introduction to A.I. and Robotics [Prereq CS8672] | 3 | |
| CS 8910 Professional Seminar | 1 | |
| CS 8916 Co-op | 1 to 3 | |
| CS 8918 Internship | 1 to 3 | |
| CS 8940 Directed Studies | 1 to 3 | |
| CS 8990 Special Topics | 1 to 3 | |
Students must take four to six electives (12 to 18 semester hours) depending on the applied study option chosen. Any required course not used towards the core requirement can be used towards filling the elective requirement.
| APPLIED STUDY OPTIONS | 6 to 12 | |
| CS 8994 Certification Study and Exam | 6 | |
| CS 8995 Applied Project | 6 to 9 | |
| CS 8996 Thesis | 12 | |
A formal detailed project proposal and plan must be completed and approved by a faculty sponsor and program director prior to beginning work on the applied study options.
| ADDITIONAL FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS | 0 to 9 | |
| CS 6500 Fundamentals of programming with data structures | 3 | |
| CS 6501 Fundamentals of computer and network architecture | 3 | |
| CS 6502 Fundamentals of operating systems | 3 | |
Students lacking formal preparation in selected areas may be required to complete one or more of the foundation courses. Students required to take foundation courses must complete the courses with a B-grade or better before taking the regular graduate courses. In addition, certain graduate courses require specific foundation courses as prerequisites. The credit hours for the foundation courses do not count towards the degree total of 36 hours. The cost for the foundation courses will be an additional cost on top of MSACS program tuition; however, the course cost will be at the regular tuition rate, a non-premium graduate tuition rate. The prerequisites for these foundation courses are program admission.
