Master of Science in Computer Science with Specialization in Multimedia and Creative Technologies

Curriculum:
Core: You must take 3 of the following courses:

Course	Name	Units	Semester
EE 557	Computer Systems Architecture	3	Fall, Spring
CS 555	Advanced Operating Systems	3	Fall, Spring
CS 561 or	Foundations of Artificial Intelligence	3	Spring
CS 573	Advanced Artificial Intelligence	3	Fall
CS 565	Compiler Design	4	Spring, Summer
CS 571	Web Technologies	3	Fall, Summer
CS 577a	Software Engineering	4	Fall
CS 585	Database Systems	3	Fall, Spring

 

Specialization: You must take the following courses:

Course	Name	Units	Semester
CS 576	Multimedia Systems Design	3	Fall, Spring

There are two specialization tracks within the major, graphics and vision or Networks and Databases. They require different courses.

For Graphics and Vision:
You must take two of the following courses

Course	Name	Units	Semester
CS 480	Computer Graphics	3	Fall, Spring
CS 574	Computer Vision	3	Fall
CS 580	3D Graphics and Rendering	3	Fall
CS 582	Geometric Modeling	3	Spring
CS 674	Advanced Topics in Computer Vision	3
EE 569	Intro. to Digital Image Processing	3	Fall, Spring

For Networks and Databases:
You must take two of the following courses:

Course	Name	Units	Semester
CS 485	File and Database Management	3	Fall, Spring
CS 551	Computer Communication	3	Spring
CS 558L	Internetworking and Dist. Systems Laboratory	3
CS 585	Database Systems	3	Fall, Spring
CS 586	Database Systems Interoperability	4	Spring
CS 694a	Topics in Computer Networks	3
CS 694b	Topics in Computer Networks	4
EE 450	Introduction to Computer Networks	3	Fall, Spring, Summer

* Can be used to satisfy both the core and the specialization requirement

In Addition there is a suggested elective list. You may also take electives from the two tracks to satisfy your 27 required units.

Course	Name	Units	Semester
CS 561	Foundations of Artificial Intelligence	3	Spring
CS 573	Advanced Artificial Intelligence	3	Fall
CS 577a	Software Engineering	4	Fall
CS 577b	Software Engineering	4	Spring
CS 583	Computational Geometry	3
CS 588	Specification and Design of User Interface Software	3	Fall
CS 590	Directed Research	1 to 12	Fall, Spring, Summer
EE 554	Real Time Computer Systems	3	Spring
ITP 411x	Interactive Multimedia Production	3	Fall, Spring, Summer