...General Info...

We have a traditional M.S. in Computer Science and a blended 4+1 B.S.+M.S in Computer Science program. The latter is available to all CSC, CPE and SE majors.

M.S. in CS program information

Blended B.S.+ M.S in CS (4+1) program information

Cal Poly's Office of Research and Graduate Programs

University-wide graduate policies and forms

...Current Graduate Students...

[-] M.S. Degree in a nutshell

• 45 credit units:
  • 20 units of CSC 501+ courses (excluding CSC 500) (i.e., 5 courses).
  • 16 units of upper-division tech electives: CSC/CPE 400+ and CSC 500+.
  • 9 units of thesis work: CSC 590, CSC 596, CSC 597, CSC 599.
• M.S. thesis work spread over at least three quarters
• M.S. thesis document
• M.S. thesis defense

[-] 4+1 Students with B.S. in CS [IMPORTANT]

If you are a 4+1 student and your undergraduate major is Computer Science, please do the following:

• Check with the Engineering Advising Center to find out how many credit units are in your B.S. degree.
• If your B.S. degree is 181 credit units come talk to me.

The relevant catalog curricula are (PDFs): [2003-2005] (186 c.u.), [2005-2007](186 c.u), [2007-2009](181 c.u.), [2009-2011] (181 c.u.), [2011-2013] (181 c.u)

[-] M.S. Courses in 2011-2012 a.y.

• Fall 2012
  • CSC 508: Clark Turner
  • CSC 560: Alex Dekhtyar
  • CSC 580: Natural Language Processing Foaad Khosmood
  • CSC 590: Zoe Wood
• Winter 2013
  • CSC 520: John Seng
  • CSC 556: Phil Nico
  • CSC 572: Zoe" Wood
  • CSC 590: TBA
• Spring 2013
  • CSC 540: Hasmik Gharibyan
  • CSC 570: HCI Franz Kurfess
  • CSC 590: TBA

[-] M.S. Theses

• Digital Commons maintains copies of all Cal Poly M.S. theses from 2008 and on. (note: the list includes all theses, not just CS theses)

• CSC 590 has a list sample of CS M.S. theses.

[-] Teaching/Research Assistantships, Tuition Remission

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