All course work, instruction, assignments, and grading are carried out by UIUC CS faculty members and graduate assistants. Quantum provides the local infrastructure in the form of lecture rooms, labs, and local consulting staff. Students admitted to the program have the same status as domestic extramural students enrolled in a degree program and must meet normal departmental standards to graduate. For the first two semesters, teaching materials have been a mixture of the old and the new, while the department ramps up to the necessary hardware and software to make the program completely Internet-driven. The department has agreed on a set of courses to get the Quantum program started.
Core courses are operating systems, combinatorial algorithms, and computer architecture.
Database systems, multimedia, and computer networks are also being offered. Advanced courses are design of database management systems, advanced operating systems, and object-oriented programming and design. Other courses will be added to this list in time.