Area A. Core Courses
- (CS 55500 or ECE 62700) and (CS 52600 or CNIT 55500)
- PHIL 52400 or PHIL 58000N† or TECH 62100†
- POL 62000 —or equivalents; e.g. TECH 62100†
- One of the following: COM 51800, 52000, 55800, 57400
- COM 69800 (for the thesis option only)
Area B. Recommended Courses
One of the following courses: COM 51800, 52000, 55800, 55900, 57400, 59000R, 63200
Any two of the following courses:
- AGEC 59600, 60800, 68500, 69100K†
- ASM 59100B, 59100S
- AT 57300
- CNIT 42100, 45500, 45600, 49900C, 52800, 55600, 55700, 55800, 58100AIS, 58100C, 58100HLS, 58100, 58100S, 58100V, 58100Z, 62300R, 62300 NLS
- CS 50300, 53600§, 56500, 58000, 59000, 62600, 63600, 65500
- CSR 63100
- ECE 56500, 57200, 57400, 63200, 66900 (=LING 68900N)
- ECET 52500
- ECON 60600, 61000
- IE 53000, 53200, 54800, 55900§, 57700§, 65900, 67400
- IT 54500
- LING 68900N (=ECE 66900)
- MGMT 54700§, 59000, 68400
- OBHR 68100, 68300
- PHIL 52400*, 58000*†, 62400
- POL 56200€, 60700€, 62000, 62100*, 66000€
- PSY 57700§, 58500, 62900
- STAT 50200, 51200, 51300, 51400, 51700
Area C. Elective Courses
Any of the following variable topic courses, presuming instructor consent is obtained: COM 61000, 61200, 61800, 63200S, 67400, or 67600. Note that COM 59000F and 59000G as well as COM 60000 and 60100 are restricted to only COM Ph.D. students.
- ASM 59100A
- CnIT 52800, 55700, 58100V
- COM 63200S, 67400 or 67600
- CS 50200, 54100, 54200, 57300
- ECE 54400, 56200, 56500, 56600, 57000, 57300, 63200
- ECET 58100S†
- ECON 67600, 67700
- EDCI 64400
- FNR 55800
- LING 50000, 53100, 53200
- MGMT 50500, 50600, 54400, 54500, 56100, 59000DG, 59000E† , 60000, 60100, 63000, 68300
- OBHR 64200, 64300, 66300, 66700
- POL 62200
- PSY 55600, 57900
- TECH 64600
Courses from at least three different graduate programs should be taken between Areas B and C. Other courses, often under variable numbers and offered on a one-time or occasional basis, may be of interest. Students are encouraged to bring those courses to the attention of those advisors, who may recommend these to other students and approve the substitution of these courses for some courses listed above.
Under the thesis option, the master’s thesis must be completed and defended in an oral examination administered by the Advisory Committee. Under the examination option, a 3-hour written examination is administered by the student’s Advisory Committee. This option is rarely employed and only in unusual circumstances.
* unless taken under Area A
§ Note: May take one or the other of the following but not both:
† When content is appropriate.
€ not offered in recent years due to staff shortages.
