M.S.Cmp.E. in Ingegneria Informatica (CENG)

Computer engineers deal with both software and hardware. As a computer engineer, you could design entire computer systems and networks, making sure that the hardware, or physical equipment, is capable of running the appropriate software. You might build devices such as retinal scanners that identify people by checking their eyes, or you could design computers that are incorporated into prosthetic devices to aide people with disabilities.

Those who continue onward to obtain a graduate degree in either computer science or computer engineering learn to advance the frontiers of science. With an MS or PhD, you will invent the new technologies that enable the next generation of software and computing devices.

Graduates with Computer Science or Computer Engineering M.S. degrees go on to doctoral programs, high-tech companies, or to challenging positions in other industry sectors. They have a strong breadth and depth in their field that can be the basis for future innovations or advanced applications.

Thesis Option

A minimum of 24 semester hours of graduate coursework of which at least 15 must be CSCE courses number 5000 or above. The remaining 9 hours may include no more than 6 hours of transfer work, 3 hours of individual study, 6 hours from outside the department, or 9 hours of courses taken at the 4000 level.

A minimum of 6 semester hours of CSCE 610V – Master’s Thesis

Non-Thesis Option

A minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate coursework of which at least 21 must be CSCE courses number 5000 or above. The remaining 12 hours may include no more than 6 hours of transfer work, 3 hours of individual study, 6 hours from outside the department, or 9 hours of courses taken at the 4000 level.

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