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The Computer Science program at Cleveland State University is a specialized degree program designed to prepare students for careers as computer science professionals. The MCS is housed within the Washkewicz College of Engineering. The program emphasizes study of computing using the latest technologies. It focuses on the theoretical capabilities of computing including problem solving and algorithms. Graduates of the program will be prepared for immediate employment in business, industry and government, or pursue higher studies in the discipline.

FACULTY AND RESEARCH

Faculty members are engaged in research in a wide variety of topics in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. There are a number of active, externally funded, projects in areas such as computer network security, software engineering, mobile computing, distributed computing, and computer science education.

CAREER INFORMATION

Students in the MCS program have a wide range of options, allowing them to focus their studies on topics such as systems programming, database development, networks, security, and others. As a result, a graduate's career options will vary somewhat, depending on the chosen areas of study. Typical starting positions would include developer, systems analyst, network engineer, researcher, database administrator and security analyst.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The degree requires a minimum of 32 credit hours. Students in the MCS program may elect to complete a thesis option or a non-thesis option. Students are encouraged to select the thesis option.

CORE COURSES (14 HOURS)

All students are required to complete the following core courses:

CIS 600 - Advanced Computer Architecture
CIS 601 - Graduate Seminar in Computer Science
CIS 606 - Analysis Of Algorithms
CIS 620 - Advanced Operating Systems
CIS 524 - Comparative Programming Languages

ELECTIVE COURSES

Students pursuing the non-thesis track must take at least two 600 level elective courses.

CIS 530 - Introduction to Database Systems and Processing
CIS 545 - Architecture & Operating Systems
CIS 550 - Introduction to Algorithms
CIS 554 - Data Comm Net
CIS 580 - Introduction to Computer Architecture
CIS 590 - Foundations of Computing
CIS 611 - Enterprise DB Systems & Data Warehouse
CIS 612 - Big Data and Parallel Database Processing Systems
CIS 630 - Enterprise Application Development
CIS 631 - Distributed Object Systems
CIS 632 - Mobile Computing
CIS 634 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering
CIS 635 - Software Engineering Metrics, Economics, & Management
CIS 650 - Compiler Design
CIS 658 - Multimedia Computing
CIS 660 - Data Mining
CIS 666 - Artificial Intelligence
CIS 667 - Bioinformatics
CIS 675 - Information Security
EEC 521 - Software Engineering
EEC 522 - Software Systems Modeling and Analysis
EEC 621 - Internet Software Systems
EEC 622 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering
EEC 623 - Software Quality Assurance
EEC 624 - Software Testing
EEC 625 - Software Design & Architecture
EEC 683 - Computer Networks II
EEC 684 - Parallel Processing Systems
EEC 688 - Secure and Dependable Computing

THESIS SUB-TRACK

Students in the thesis sub-track are required to complete a minimum of 12 credits of elective coursework in addition to 6 credits of MS thesis research.

NON-THESIS SUB-TRACK

Students in the non-thesis sub-track are required to complete a minimum of 18 credits of elective coursework, including at least two 600 level elective courses.