Area A. Core Courses

• 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 TAP 62100†, CS 52300

• TECH 69800 (for the thesis option only; e.g. CNIT 69800 or IT 69800)

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

Area B. In-Depth Courses

One of the following courses:

• STAT 50200, 51200, 51300

and any two of the following courses:

• AGEC 60800, 69100†
• ASM 59100†
• AT 53200
• CNIT 42100, 42200, 45500, 47100, 45600, 47000, 49900†, 51100, 51200, 55600, 55700, 55800, 58100†, 62300†
• COM 55900, 59000†, 63200†
• 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
• IE 53000, 53200, 57700§, 65900, 67400
• IT 53000, 54000, 54500, 58100†
• LING 68900 (=ECE 66900)
• MGMT 54700§, 59000†, 68400
• OBHR 68100, 68300
• PHIL 49000, 53500, 52400*, 62400†
• POL 43000, 62000†
• PSY 57700§
• STAT 51400, 51700
• TECH 58100†, 62100†

Area C. Breadth Courses

• IT 50700 and CNIT 62300 (replaces TECH 64600). EDPS 53300, and ENE 69500 are currently replacements for CNIT 62300 (It is preferable to take this research methods class before the 4th semester and your thesis work).

• CNIT 62300 NLIAS (Natural Language in Information Assurance and Security) when not taken as Area B

• IT 50700 (taught by S Elliott). Possible alternates requiring approval - STAT 501, STAT 50200, STAT 51200, STAT 51300.

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

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

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

† When content is appropriate
€ not offered in recent years due to staff shortages.

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