M.S. REQUIREMENTS TABLE

Credit Hours Hours

Total Credit for the Degree 32

Thesis Research – CS 599 (minimum applied toward degree) 4

Course Work 28

Breadth Requirement: One course from each of three different (out of eight) core areas 9月12日

Courses must not have been completed in the breadth requirement. 12

An additional course at the 500-level must be completed in one of the three core areas the student has chosen, which means at least two courses are completed in one core area.

Two additional 500-level courses must be completed, which may be chosen from any CS course numbered 500-590 or 598 (Note: CS 597 or 591 cannot be counted towards advanced coursework).

CS 599 (thesis) may satisfy four credit hours of this requirement but does not count towards the need for two courses in one core area and is not counted towards the total 28 hours of coursework required for the degree.

Elective courses (subject to Other Requirements and Conditions below) 4月7日

Other Requirements and Conditions (may overlap):*

A minimum of 16 CS credit hours must be taken from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.

A minimum of 12 500-level credit hours overall.

A maximum of 4 hours of CS 591 and CS 491 may be applied toward the degree.

A grade of B- or higher is required for Breadth Requirement course work.

The minimum program GPA is 3.0.

At most, 12 semester credit hours of previous graduate course work may be transferred and applied to the M.S. degree requirements and 12 credit hours of non-degree graduate courses completed in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may be transferred and applied to the M.S. degree requirements.

It is each student's responsibility to secure a M.S. thesis advisor and start thesis research no later than the beginning of the third semester in the program.

All degree requirements must be completed within five consecutive semesters (only fall and spring semesters are counted).