Applied Computer Science

Candidates for the M.S. in Applied Computer Science should meet the following requirements:

• Completion of a four-year undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university with:
  • 2.75 overall undergraduate GPA
  • A major or minor in a technical computing discipline, including coursework in data structures, database systems, discrete mathematics, and statistics. With the exception of data structures, applicants who do not satisfy these requirements may take undergraduate-level courses to remove any deficiencies. (A student who has not completed a course in data structures cannot be admitted to the program.)

Applicants who do not meet these requirements may be admitted by considering the full academic profile and/or professional experience. The GRE is optional but could be used to improve standing for admission to the program. A master’s degree from an accredited institution with at least a 3.0 GPA could also be used to meet entrance requirements. The Computer Science and Information Systems area reserves the right of final decision in accepting students to graduate degree candidacy in the department.  Criteria for admittance to the program and acceptance to degree candidacy may include academic qualifications and performance, number of applicants, and available resources. In countries that utilize the backlog system in higher education, students with excessive backlogs (more than 7) may be considered with a GRE score to improve standing for admission.

Before the program director is allowed to review your application, the Graduate School must verify your TOEFL score. The University sets the acceptable TOEFL score as:

• 213 for computer-based TOEFL
• 71 for the Internet-Based TOEFL
• 550 for pencil-and-paper-based TOEFL
• 6.0 overall for IELTS

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