Option 2 requires a research paper, and Option 3 requires a thesis. Students may take up to six hours of approved courses in areas outside the department. Although formal course requirements for the Ph.D. degree are minimal, a typical program requires two to four years of effort beyond the M.S. degree. Each candidate is required to pass a qualifying examination, a comprehensive examination, a dissertation proposal and a defense of the dissertation. F Principles, computational techniques and design concepts needed for designing systems for effective graphical displays.
Final project requires the design and construction of a virtual environment.
Credit may not be received for both CP SC 332 and 422. Emphasis is given to design decisions as they apply to performance and complexity. CP SC 332 or 422 or equivalent. Implementation of a compiler or a major component of a compiler normally will be a term project. Fundamental design issues will be emphasized and will be illustrated using historical and current mainframe, supermini and micro architecture.