Computer Science, MS at George Mason University

Programme overview

The Computer Science graduate program prepares students for research and professional practice in computer science and related technologies. The program includes both fundamentals and advanced work in the areas of artificial intelligence and databases, programming languages and software engineering, systems and networks, theoretical computer science, and visual computing. Graduate classes are divided into basic classes, which have no graduate course prerequisite, and advanced classes, which have a graduate class as a prerequisite.

Faculty: College of Engineering and Computing | Department: Department of Computer Science | Duration: 30 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 30 credits. Curriculum courses listed include Database Systems; Introduction to Artificial Intelligence; Theory and Applications of Data Mining; Compilers; Object-Oriented Software Specification and Construction; Software Design and Architecture.

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Application information

Entry requirements

In addition to fulfilling Mason's admission requirements for graduate study, applicants must hold a four-year (120-credit minimum) baccalaureate degree in an appropriate discipline from an accredited institution and have earned a GPA of 3.00 or better in the last 60 credits of undergraduate study. The baccalaureate degree must include the following subjects: Calculus I and II (equivalent to MATH 113 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (Mason Core) and MATH 114 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II ) Introductory and Object-Oriented Programming (equivalent to CS 112 Introduction to Computer Programming (Mason Core) and CS 211 Object-Oriented Programming ) Discrete Mathematics (equivalent to MATH 125 Discrete Mathematics I (Mason Core) Computer Architecture including Assembly Language (equivalent to CS 367 Computer Systems and Programming ) Data Structures and Algorithms (equivalent to CS 310 Dat

Graduate applicants pay a non-refundable $75 application fee. Application deadlines and requirements differ by programme and are listed on each programme's page.

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