Computer Information Systems Admissions
Approved University Admission
1-page essay stating the reasons for applying to the program and career goals
Resume reflecting work experience and educational background
*Formal Admission to the MS-CIS program
Students should submit official transcripts to the Office of Admissions. Program specific requirements such as essays, letter of recommendation, resumes, and/or writing samples should be submitted directly to Graduate Admissions.
Computer Information Systems Specialization
Specialization – 18 semester hours
Select 18 semester hours (6 courses) from the list below or any other graduate level COSC or GMNG course. 12 s.h. of Specialization course work are required if the Thesis Option is approved by the Thesis Advisor. (See Thesis Option restrictions for additional information.)
COSC 6300 Special Topics in CS/IS
COSC 6310 Multimedia Development and Programming
COSC 6329 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
COSC 6337 Web Mining and Info Retrieval
COSC 6328 Deep Learning
COSC 6341 Internet Programming
COSC 6343 Intelligent Agents and Apps
COSC 6347 System Admin
COSC 6348 Natural Language Processing
COSC 6349 Computer Vision and Image Processing
COSC 6351 Decision Support Systems
COSC 6353 Info Systems Security
COSC 6357 Web Engineering
COSC 6359 Cloud Computing
COSC 6344 Advanced IT Project Management
COSC 6315 Data Science using Machine Learning
COSC 6370 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence
COSC 6349 Computer Vision and Image Processing
COSC 6348 Natural Language Processing
COSC 6328 Deep Learning
Integration Course – 3 semester hours
COSC 6390 Integrating the Enterprise, IS Function/Technologies
Thesis Option:
COSC 6308 Master’s Thesis
COSC 6309 Master’s Thesis
Academically strong students may advance their knowledge in a particular area of CIS via this option. Pre-approval by faculty under which the student has obtained a 3.0 GPA (Thesis Advisor) is required.
Internship Option:
Students who prefer to obtain more industry experience before graduation could choose the internship track. This track allows students to start taking internship from first semester. Students choosing this track must complete 6 semester hours of internship courses. They could be a combination of COSC 6105, COSC 6205, and COSC 6305. Program director approval is needed for Internship track.