Coursework and Credit Hour Requirements for Transition Computer Science Graduate Students   These requirements apply to all Computer Science graduate students who began their graduate work in the department before the fall semester of 1998, and who will graduate after the fall semester of 1998.

Courses with three-digit numbers are taught under the quarter system, and they will be unavailable after the summer quarter of 1998. Courses with four-digit numbers are to be taught under the semester system, and they will be available beginning with the fall semester of 1998.

In this document, we will use the term EQC to stand for equivalent quarter course and EQH to stand for equivalent quarter hour. A quarter-length course is equal to 1 EQC and a semester-length course is equal to 1.5 EQC. Similarly, one credit hour under quarters is equal to 1 EQH and one credit hour under semesters is equal to 1.5 EQH.

Coursework Requirements

You must take at least 5 EQC from the following list of courses. You should avoid taking pairs of quarter-length and semester-length courses that have a great deal of overlap (e.g., CS 506 and CS 5460).

• CS 505 (Theoretical Computer Science)
• CS 506 (Operating Systems)
• CS 507 (Compiler Techniques)
• CS 511 (Programming Languages)
• CS 512 (Algorithms)
• CS 561 (Computer Architecture)
• CS 6100 (Foundations of Computer Science)
• CS 6460 (Operating Systems)
• CS 6470 (Compilers)
• CS 6520 (Programming Languages and Semantics)
• CS 6810 (Computer Architecture)

PhD students must take a total of 13 EQC of graduate-level Computer Science courses. Except for seminars, any three-hour quarter-length course numbered 505 or higher and any three-hour semester-length course numbered 6100 or higher may be used to satisfy this requirement.

Credit Hour Requirements for the M.S.

Course work listed on the approved Program of Study form must consist of at least 45 EQH of graduate coursework and thesis research. A minimum of 9 EQH of thesis research and 30 EQH of graduate coursework must be included. At least 36 EQH must be completed in resident study at the University of Utah.

Credit Hour Requirements for the Ph.D.

Course work listed on the approved Program of Study form must comprise at least 74 EQH of graduate coursework and dissertation research, exclusive of independent study. Graduate coursework applied toward an M.S. degree may be included. A minimum of 20 EQH of dissertation research and 54 EQH of graduate coursework must be included. At least one year of study must be spent in full-time residency.

3/3/98

Tue Mar 3 10:14:52 MST 1998