University Catalog 2023-2024

Computer Science (MS)

Master of Science Degree Requirements

Core Courses6
Select a minimum of one course per category under "Core Courses" listed below
Required Courses7
Computer Science Graduate Orientation
Master's Thesis Research
Elective Courses9
CSC 500 or 700-level courses
Minor Courses, CSC Graduate Electives or Restricted Electives9
"Minor Courses, CSC Graduate Electives or Restricted Electives" will be approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours31

Core Courses

Select minimum of two courses, one from each category6
Theory Category
CSC 503Computational Applied Logic3
CSC 505Design and Analysis Of Algorithms3
CSC 512Compiler Construction3
CSC 514Foundations of Cryptography
CSC 565Graph Theory3
CSC 579Introduction to Computer Performance Modeling3
CSC 580Numerical Analysis I3
Systems Category
CSC 501Operating Systems Principles3
CSC 506Architecture Of Parallel Computers3
CSC 510Software Engineering3
CSC 520Artificial Intelligence I3
or CSC 720 Artificial Intelligence II
CSC 540Database Management concepts and Systems3
CSC 561Principles of Computer Graphics3
CSC 570Computer Networks3
or CSC 573 Internet Protocols
CSC 574Computer and Network Security3

Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Requirements

The Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s (ABM) degree program allows exceptional undergraduate students at NC State an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at an accelerated pace. These undergraduate students may double count up to 12 credits and obtain a non-thesis Master’s degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree, or obtain a thesis-based Master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree.

This degree program also provides an opportunity for the Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs) at NC State to recruit rising juniors in their major to their graduate programs. However, permission to pursue an ABM degree program does not guarantee admission to the Graduate School. Admission is contingent on meeting eligibility requirements at the time of entering the graduate program.

Faculty

Department Head

  • Gregory E. Rothermel, Professor

Distinguished University Research Professor

  • Donald L. Bitzer

Distinguished Professors

  • Tiffany M. Barnes
  • Mladen A. Vouk, Vice Chancellor for Research Development
  • Laurie A. Williams, Co-Director - NCSU Science of Security Lablet

Distinguished University Professor

  • James C. Lester II, Director of the Center for Educational Informatics
  • Michael A. Rappa, Director, Institute for Advanced Analytics

Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor

  • Georgios N. Rouskas, Director of Graduate Programs
  • Munindar P. Singh, Co- Director - NCSU Science of Security Lablet

Full Professor

  • Min Chi
  • Rada Y. Chirkova
  • Huaiyu Dai
  • Rudra Dutta, Associate Department Head
  • William H. Enck, Director of Wolfpack Security & Privacy Research (WSPR) Laboratory
  • Edward F. Gehringer
  • Xiaohui (Helen) Gu
  • Christopher G. Healey, Goodnight Distinguished Professor Analytics, Institute for Advanced Analytics
  • Steffen Heber
  • Timothy J. Menzies
  • R. Frank Mueller
  • Xipeng Shen
  • Matthias F. M. Stallmann
  • R. Raju Vatsavai

Associate Professors

  • Wesley K. G. Assunção
  • Marcelo d'Amorim
  • Zhishan Guo
  • Khaled Harfoush
  • Arnav H. Jhala
  • Alexandros Kapravelos
  • Sandeep K. Kuttal
  • Xu Liu
  • Collin F. Lynch
  • Noboru Matsuda
  • Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan
  • Sharath Kumar Raghvendra
  • Bradley G. Reaves
  • David L. Roberts, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs
  • Alessandra Scafuro
  • Muhammad Shahzad
  • Donald R. Sheehy
  • Kathryn T. Stolee
  • Sharma Vallin Thankachan
  • Benjamin A. Watson
  • Wujie Wen

Assistant Professors

  • Samira Mirbagher Ajorpaz
  • Veronica M. Cateté
  • Anupam Das
  • Shiyan Jiang
  • Jung -Eun Kim
  • Chin Ho Lee
  • Jiajia Li
  • Jianqing Liu
  • Xiaorui Liu
  • Yuchen Liu
  • John-Paul Ore
  • Thomason W. Price
  • Dongkuan (DK) Xu
  • Dominik Wermke
  • Bowen Xu
  • Chenhan Xu
  • Man Ki Yoon
  • Ruozhou Yu

Teaching Professor

  • Sarah S. Heckman, Director of Undergraduate Programs

Teaching Associate Professors

  • Kimberly J. Titus
  • Tzvetelina (Lina) Battestilli
  • Jamie A Jennings
  • Jason T. King
  • Chandrika Satyavolu
  • Jessica Y. Schmidt
  • David B. Sturgill

Teaching Assistant Professors

  • Suzanne M. Balik
  • Abida Haque
  • Caio Batista de Melo
  • Alexander Card
  • Ignacio X. Dominguez
  • Adam Gaweda
  • Shuyin Jiao
  • Sterling M. McLeod

Lecturers

  • B. Jasmine Adams, Director of Undergraduate Advising
  • Margaret Heil, Director of Senior Design Center
  • ToniAnn Marini, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising

Research Professor

  • Franc Brglez

Assistant Research Professor

  • Bita Akram

Director

  • Leslie Rand-Pickett, Graduate Career Services

Emeritus Faculty

  • Dennis R. Bahler
  • Wu-show Chou
  • Jon Doyle
  • Edward W. Davis, Jr.
  • Robert J. Fornaro
  • Thomas L. Honeycutt
  • David F. McAllister
  • Harry Perros
  • Douglas S. Reeves
  • Woodrow Robbins
  • Carla D. Savage
  • William J. Stewart
  • Alan L. Tharp
  • David J. Thuente

Adjunct Faculty

  • Ram Chillarege
  • Aldo Dagnino
  • Steven Hunter
  • Chris Martens
  • Wookhee Min
  • Peng Ning
  • Christopher Parnin
  • Injong Rhee
  • Robert St. Amant
  • Xiaogang (Cliff) Wang
  • Tao Xie