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The figure below gives the background, required, and optional courses in each core area as well as applications areas.
It is assumed that all graduate students will have a thorough understanding of the material covered in the background courses. All M.S. and Ph.D. students must take the required courses listed above (unless a waiver is obtained based on prior knowledge, e.g., completion of a similar course taken at another University). Ph.D. students must take an additional eight courses listed as optional above, including at least one optional course in each of the core areas and two optional courses in the applications area (again, waivers are possible). To satisfy the requirement, a student must receive a grade of B or better in each course taken. Furthermore, all students must achieve a 3.5 grade point average in these courses (five for M.S. students, thirteen for Ph.D. students, counting only courses taken at the University of Utah).
Graduate School policy dictates that a graduate student who receives a full tuition waiver during any quarter in which he or she holds an assistantship, fellowship or traineeship is required to register for at least nine credit hours, including thesis research and seminars.
All teaching assistants, as well as students receiving fellowship or traineeships stipends, are required to register for CS 687 Seminar in Computer Science for one credit hour.
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