Academics
Old Ph.D. Core Requirements
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:
- 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+".
For additional information contact a CISE Academic Advisor or visit the CISE Student Services Center (E405 CSE Building).