Joint MS in Computer Science and Engineering Admission Requirements
This program is designed primarily for engineers; hence in normal circumstances a bachelor of science degree from an ABET-accredited program is required for admission to the MS (CS/E) program. However persons without an engineering degree (physicists, computer scientists, chemists, engineering technologists, material scientists, mathematicians, etc.) may be accepted provided they give evidence of certain basic knowledge. In any case, students without these basic prerequisites may be required to achieve that background as provisional candidates before being admitted as regular students. Specifically, the following background would be expected:
All students should possess mathematical skills to include:
- Higher Mathematics through Differential Equations
- Probability and Statistics
- Discrete Mathematics
All students should possess the following Computer Science background:
- A basic introduction to Computer Science including knowledge in a programming
- language, preferably C/C++
- Logical Design of Digital Computers
- Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures
Students intending to focus on Computer Engineering:
- Microprocessors
- Basic and Advanced Digital Design
- Digital Communications Systems and DSP
- Computer/Data Communications and Networks
Students intending to focus on Electrical Engineering:
- Circuit Analysis and Electronics
- Physical Electronics
- Electromagnetics
- Signals, Systems and Communications
Students intending to focus on Mechanical Engineering:
- Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Materials Science
Students intending to focus on Materials Engineering:
- Materials Science
- Physical Chemistry
- Physics of Solids
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Students not possessing this background may be admitted as provisional students while they acquire the necessary prerequisite undergraduate courses. Prerequisite courses with catalog numbers below 3000 do not count towards the requisite 60-quarter hours needed for the degree. In addition, there is a limit to the number of 3000 level quarter hours that can be allowed towards the degree. Candidates who did not earn a 3.0/4.0 GPA may be required to pass a competency examination on the appropriate prerequisites.