Degree Requirements In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering degree requirements for an M.S. degree, candidates are required to satisfy the following: 1. Either 24 credit hours of coursework and a master’s thesis or 30 credit hours of coursework. 2. Twelve credit hours of core courses. Students on campus are required to register for a seminar course (for zero credit hours) for at least one term and se­cure a grade of Pass. 3. Six credit hours of concentration. Thesis students take six credit hours of thesis, instead of concentration. 4. Twelve credit hours of electives. All students are allowed to take at most three credit hours of independent study, which will be counted as one elective course. The CSE Department requires that the courses taken constitute a coherent program leading to mastery of computer science. These requirements are discussed in the subsequent subsections. Any deviation from the stated requirements must be approved in writing from the student’s adviser and department chair.

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