Area A. Core Courses
- (CS 555 or ECE627) and (CS526 / CS52600 or C&IT 555)
- PHIL 524 or PHIL580N†
- POL 621 or SOC 519
- TECH 698 (for the thesis option only)
Area B. In-Depth Courses
One of the following courses:
and any two of the following courses (three for the non-thesis option):
- AGEC 596F / AGEC 59600, 608, 685 691K / 69100
- ASM 591A / ASM 59100, 591B / 59100, 591S / 59100
- AT 573 , 581B / 58100
- COM 559 , 590R / 59000
- C&IT 455 / CNIT 45500, 499C / 49900, 499D / 49900, 499N / 49900, 556 / 55600, 557 / 55700, 581A / 58100, 581B / 58100, 581C / 58100, 581R / 58100, 581S / 58100, 581V / 58100, 581Z / 58100. 623R
- CS 503 / CS 50300, 536 / 53600§, 565 / 56500, 580 / 58000, 590W / 59000 626, 636, 655
- CSR 631 / CSR 63100
- ECON 607 / ECON 60700, 610
- ECE 632, 565, 572, 574, 669 (=LING 689N)
- ECET 525
- IE 530, 532, 548, 559§, 577 / 57700§, 659, 674
- IT 545 / IT 54500
- LING 689 / LING 68900 (=ECE 669)
- MGMT 547 / MGMT 54700§, 590 / 59000, 690D / 69000
- OBHR 681 / OBHR 68100, 683
- PHIL 524*, 580A, 580B, 580N†, 624 / 62400
- POL 521€, 525€, 562€, 568, 582€, 607€, 620, 621*, 660€
- PSYC 555§, 577 / 57700§, 585, 629
- SOC 519*
- STAT 514 / STAT 51400, 517
Area C. Breadth Courses
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:
- CS 536 / CS 53600 or ECE 560 or MGMT 547 / MGMT 54700
- PSYCH 577 / PSYCH 57700 or IE 577 / IE 57700
- PSYCH 555 or IE 559
- TECH 508 or STAT 513 / STAT 51300
† When content is appropriate
€ not offered in recent years due to staff shortages.


