The Master's program in Computer Science prepares students for professional careers as high-level systems analysts and researchers. It may also prepare the student for the first 30 credits of the Ph.D. degree in the CUNY Ph.D. program.
The Master of Arts in Computer Science includes courses in four areas of study: Software, Theoretical Foundations, Hardware, and Scientific and Statistical Computing. The Software area is the primary focus of the program, and includes courses in fundamental algorithms, software design, database systems, distributed software systems, operating systems, compiler design, graphics, information organization and retrieval, and artificial intelligence. The Theoretical Foundations courses include the mathematical treatment of such topics as formal language theory, automata theory, and computability theory. The Hardware area course offerings cover topics including computer systems design, networking principles, and distributed hardware systems. The Scientific and Statistical area includes courses in such areas as sequential and parallel numerical algorithms, applications of probability and statistics to the study of hardware and software systems, and principles of simulation and modeling.
All 700-level courses in the department are applicable to the CUNY doctoral program in computer science. Some of the graduate courses in the department are open to students who are not matriculated in the Master's program.
For admission, applicants must have a U.S.-equivalent Bachelor's degree with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0. Applicants who received their degree abroad are required to submit a minimum TOEFL score of 500. Applicants need to have an adequate knowledge of each of the following subjects:
Those with insufficient background in these fields may be accepted with a condition to take several undergraduate-level courses in order to make up any deficiencies. The Graduate Admissions Officer will determine what courses need to be taken.
- differential and integral calculus,
- probability and statistics,
- discrete mathematical structures,
- theory of computation,
- at least one high-level, object-oriented programming language (some courses, including core courses, require knowledge of specific languages; consult the department for current requirements),
- assembly language programming,
- data structures,
- principles of programming languages,
- operating systems,
- computer organization.
Application packets and copies of the Graduate Bulletin may be obtained from the Graduate Admissions Office (Tel: (718) 997-5200, Email: graduate_admissions@qc.edu). Copies of the Department Handbook are available at the Computer Science Department Office.
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