A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Computer Science (Capital)
- Total credits (published)
- 18
- Credits (computed from items)
- 67-68
- Catalog edition
- 2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 214777
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_214777_0cfaacf2
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Master of Science (M.S.)
0 items
Required Courses
4 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Thesis Option
3 items
- 6
- 3 credits from approved 500-level electives in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and information systems coursesNot resolved to a course3
- 9 credits from approved 400- and 500-level electives in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and information systems coursesNot resolved to a course9
Paper Option
3 items
- 3
- 9 credits from approved 500-level electives in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and information systems coursesNot resolved to a course9
- 6 credits from approved 400- and 500-level electives in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and information systems coursesNot resolved to a course6
Admission Requirements
6 items
- 4
- 4
- 2-3
- or: CMPSC 131 Programming and Computation I: Fundamentals3
- or: CMPSC 132 Programming and Computation II: Data Structures3
- 3
Source. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/graduate/programs/majors/computer-science/. Captured page pages/0546.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.