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This page is relevant to graduate students whose major area is not computer science, but want a minor in computer science.

Master's Degree

The Graduate Council requires that a student who wishes to earn a minor in computer science in a master's degree program complete at least nine semester hours of computer science graduate credit. In addition, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering requires that the following requirements be satisfied:

• At least three semester hours must be at the full graduate (8000) level.
• At least six semester hours must be in one of the research focus areas of the department, or theory.
• All prerequisites courses for the minor courses included in the program of study must be satisfied.

The student must be accepted by a minor professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and have the approval of both the minor professor and the Graduate Coordinator in Computer Science and Engineering of the minor program of study prior to enrollment in graduate courses for the minor. The minor professor will be included in the student's supervisory committee.

Ph.D. Degree

The Graduate Council requires that a student who wishes to earn a minor in computer science in a Ph.D. degree program complete at least twelve semester hours of computer science graduate credit. In addition, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering requires that the following requirements be satisfied:

• At least three semester hours must be at the full graduate (8000) level.
• At least six semester hours must be in one of the research focus areas of the department, or theory.
• All prerequisites courses for the minor courses included in the program of study must be satisfied.
• The student must be accepted by a minor professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and have the approval of both the minor professor and the Graduate Coordinator in Computer Science and Engineering of the minor program of study prior to enrollment in graduate courses for the minor. The minor professor will be included in the student's supervisory committee.

University Rules

• A minor cannot use coursework completed at another institution.
• A minor cannot use coursework from a prior degree.
• If the minor area is interdisciplinary, courses do not have to be cross-listed.
• Minor coursework must conform to the same time limit as other courses on the program of study.