Area A. Core Courses (6)

• CS 55500 or CS 35500 and (CS 52600 or CNIT 55500)
• PHIL 52400 or PHIL 41100 or PHIL 42400 or PHIL 62400† or TECH 62100 IAE†
• POL 62000†—or equivalents; e.g. TECH 62100 TAP†, CS 52300
• One of the following: COM 51800, 55800, 57400

• COM 69800 (for the thesis option only)

  *PHIL 58000 is no longer available, but if you have already taken PHIL 58000, it will be recognized as meeting your requirements.

Area B. Recommended Courses (3)

One of the following courses: COM 51800, 55800, 55900, 57400, 59000†, 63200†

Any two of the following courses:

• AGEC 60800, 69100†
• ASM 59100†
• CNIT 42100, 45500, 45600, 49900†, 51100, 51200, 55600, 55700, 55800, 58100†, 62300RMC,62300†
• CS 50300, 52300, 52700, 52800, 52900, 53600§, 53700, 55600, 56500, 57700, 58000, 59000†, 62600, 63600, 65500
• CSR 63100
• ECE 56500
• ECET 52500
• ECON 60600, 61000
• EDPS 53300
• ENE 69500
• IE 53000, 53200, 57700§, 65900, 67400
• IT 53000, 54000, 54500, 58100†,
• LING 68900†
• MGMT 54700§ 68400
• OBHR 68100, 68300
• PHIL 52400*, 53500, 62400†
• POL 62000†
• PSY 57700§
• STAT 50200, 51200, 51300, 51400, 51700
• TECH 58100†, 62100†

Area C. Elective Courses (1)

Any of the following variable topic courses, presuming instructor consent is obtained: COM 61000†, 63200S, 67400†, or 67600†.

• CNIT 58100†, 42200, 47000, 47100
• ** COM 59000F, 59000G, 60000, 60100, 62300 NLIAS (Natural Language in Information Assurance and Security) when not taken as Area B, 63200S, 67400 or 67600
• CS 50200, 54100, 54200, 57300
• ECE 54400, 56200, 56500, 57000, 57300
• ECET 58100†
• FNR 55800
• LING 50000, 53100, 53200
• MGMT 50500, 50600, 54400, 54500, 56100, 59000†,60000, 60100, 63000, 68300
• OBHR 64200, 64300
• PHIL 49000
• POL 43000, 62200
• STAT 69500†

Courses from at least three different graduate programs should be taken between Areas B and C. Other courses, often under variable numbers and offered on a one-time or occasional basis, may be of interest. Students are encouraged to bring those courses to the attention of those advisors, who may recommend these to other students and approve the substitution of these courses for some courses listed above.

Under the thesis option, the master’s thesis must be completed and defended in an oral examination administered by the Advisory Committee. Under the examination option, a 3-hour written examination is administered by the student’s Advisory Committee. This option is rarely employed and only in unusual circumstances.

* unless taken under Area A
† When content is appropriate.

** Note that COM 59000F and 59000G as well as COM 60000 and 60100 are restricted to only COM Ph.D. students.

€ not offered in recent years due to staff shortages.

§ Note: May take one or the other of the following but not both:

• CS 53600 or MGMT 54700
• PSY 57700 or IE 57700

The 3 courses required for the Certificate Program in Strategic Communications (COM60111, COM60211, COM60311) (all distance learning) together will meet the requirements for COM60000 and COM60100.

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Requirement

All graduate students are required to complete the CITI RCR training module within 120 days of starting a graduate program and every five (5) years thereafter. More Information