East Stroudsburg University - Academics - Computer Science

The Graduate Faculty in Computer Science offers the degree Master of Science in Computer Science.

Applicants should have a B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent computer science skills and mathematical maturity.

Students may elect to follow either a thesis track or a non-thesis track in obtaining their degree.

Thesis Track


Area	Courses Required	Credits Required
Programming Languages	2	6
Operating Systems and Architecture	2	6
Theory	1	3
Data and File Structures	1	3
Topics and Electives	1	3
Culminating Activities	3	9

Non-Thesis Track


Area	Courses Required	Credits Required
Programming Languages	2	6
Operating Systems and Architecture	2	6
Theory	1	3
Data and File Structures	1	3
Topics and Electives	3	9
Culminating Activities	2	6

Areas of Study:

Programming Languages


Number	Title
CPSC 530	Software Engineering
CPSC 531	Advance Topics in Software Engineering
CPSC 532	Natural Language Processing
CPSC 533	Compiler Construction
CPSC 534	Compiler Construction II
CPSC 535	Parallel Computing

**Both tracks require CPSC 530 and one other course.

Operating Systems and Architecture


Number	Title
CPSC 541	Computer Architecture
CPSC 542	Operating Systems Design
CPSC 544	Realtime Systems
CPSC 545	Networks and Data Communication

**Both tracks require CPSC 541 and one other course.

Theory


Number	Title
CPSC 562	Theory of Computation
CPSC 563	Theory of Abstract Languages

**Both tracks require one course.

Data and File Structures


Number	Title
CPSC 550	Algorithmic Graph Theory
CPSC 553	Database Systems
CPSC 554	Data Structures and Algorithmic Analysis

**Both tracks require one course.

Topics and Electives

The thesis track requires one additional course and the non–thesis track requires three additional courses.

These additional courses may be any course numbered 520 or higher that are not being counted toward another area.

In addition to the above courses, these include:

Number Title

CPSC 521 Computer Graphics

CPSC 523 Discrete Optimization Algorithms

CPSC 524 Image Processing

CPSC 525 Expert Systems

CPSC 527 Robotics

CPSC 528 Artificial Intelligence and Heuristic Programming

CPSC 529 Machine Learning

CPSC 548 Applied Network Security

Culminating Activities


Number	Title
CPSC 570	Introduction to Research
CPSC 574	Research Project I
CPSC 575	Research Project II



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