Area A. Core Courses
- (CS 555 or ECE627) and (CS526 or C&IT 555)
- PHIL 524 or PHIL580N†
- POL 621 or SOC 519
- PHIL 698 (for the thesis option only)
Area B. Recommended Courses
Any three of the following courses (four for the non-thesis option):
- AGEC 596F, 608, 685, 691K
- ASM 591B, 591S
- AT 573, 581B
- C&IT 455, 499C, 499D, 499N, 556, 581A, 581B, 581C, 581R, 581S, 581Z, 623R
- COM 557, 632G
- CS 503, 536§, 565, 580, 590W, 626, 636, 655
- CSR 631
- ECON 607, 610
- ECE 632, 565, 572, 574, 669 (=LING 689N)
- ECET 525
- IE 530, 532, 548, 559§, 577§, 659, 674
- IT 545
- LING 689N (=ECE 669)
- MGMT 547§, 590N, 690D
- OBHR 681, 683
- PHIL 524*, 580A, 580B, 580N* 580N†, 624
- POL 521+, 525+, 562+, 568, 582+, 607+, 620, 621*, 660+
- PSY 521, 555§, 577§, 585, 629
- SOC 519*
- STAT 502, 512, 513, 514, 517
Area C. Elective Courses
Any two of the following courses:
- ASM 591A
- C&IT 528, 557, 581V
- CS 502, 541, 542, 590D
- ECET 581S
- ECON 676, 677
- EDCI 644
- ECE 544, 562, 565, 566, 570, 573, 632
- FRN 558
- LING 500, 531, 532
- MGMT 505, 506, 544, 545, 561, 590E, 600, 601, 630, 683, 691W
- OBHR 642, 643, 663, 667
- POL 622€,
- PSYC 556, 579
- TECH 646
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 to the students. The 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.
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.
