University of Florida

 
Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Ph.D. Course and GPA Requirement
To successfully complete a Ph.D. degree, students must satisfy the following course and GPA requirements.

For students without a prior master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 
  • 15-credit required Core Courses:
    • COT 5405 Analysis of Algorithms
    • COT 6315 Formal Languages and Computation Theory
    • COP 5615 Operating System Principles
    • COP 5555 Programming Language Principles
    • CDA 5155 Computer Architecture Principles
  • 21-credit CISE graduate-level courses, exclude CIS 6905, 6910, 6940, 7979, 7980;  CIS 6971 may account for 6 credits for thesis-option CISE masters.
  • 15-credit CIS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation.
  • Other graduate-level courses are at the discretion of the student and the students' supervisory committee chair.

For students with a prior master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering: 
  • 18-credit CISE graduate-level courses, exclude CIS 6905, 6910, 6940, 6971, 7979, 7980.
  • 15-credit CIS 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation.
  • Other graduate-level courses are at the discretion of the student and the students' supervisory committee chair.
  • Note, Graduate Admission Committee evaluate incoming PhD students' core knowledge and may require students to take certain core courses.

According to the Graduate School rule, students must maintain a 3.0 overall GPA, as well as a cumulative 3.0 GPA for all courses taken from CISE. In addition, the CISE core course requirements are such that each student can have at most one core course with a grade of "C" or "C+".