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The Graduate Program Jan Prins Director of Graduate Studies The UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL Graduate Program Goals Objectives Accommodate diverse backgrounds Accommodate diverse degree objectives Flexible,

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The Graduate Program

Jan Prins Director of Graduate Studies

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Graduate Program Goals

  • Objectives

♦ Accommodate diverse backgrounds ♦ Accommodate diverse degree objectives ♦ Flexible, individualized programs of study ♦ Focus on research experiences

  • Both MS and PhD

♦ Writing, oral communication, and teaching

Orientation 2004

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MS and PhD programs

  • Entering students start in the MS or

the PhD program

♦ little practical significance to this initial

classification

♦ both degrees possible from either starting point

  • To proceed to a PhD requires formal

admission to PhD candidacy

Orientation 2004

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Overview of Graduate Programs

  • Course requirements
  • Admission to PhD candidacy
  • Exams

Orientation 2004

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Course Requirements

  • Comp Sci courses (18 hrs)
  • breadth (9 hrs)
  • background, electives
  • General courses (12 hrs)
  • research topic courses
  • external courses
  • other comp sci courses
  • Total: 30 credit hours
  • up to 6 hrs transferred

from previous grad work

  • Background courses
  • Breadth courses (up to 18 hrs)
  • can use graduate courses

completed elsewhere

  • Primary concentration (9-12 hrs)
  • can use courses completed

elsewhere No fixed hour requirement

M.S. Degree Ph.D. Degree

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COMP 991: Research Topics

  • Individualized research with a faculty member

♦ For credit, not for $

  • For PhD intending

♦ To explore a research area ♦ To gain breadth and depth complementary to a research

assistantship

♦ To enable you to show research potential

  • For MS students

♦ To enable you to explore areas of interest ♦ To get research experience ♦ To complete the masters project / research report ♦ To become a PhD student!

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COMP 991: Research Topics

  • How to find such a course?

♦ Faculty advertise possible topics in the “research fair”

just before the start of the fall semester

♦ You can ask faculty members for possible topics ♦ You can propose topics to faculty members

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Background Courses

  • Com put er

er Scien ence e

♦

COMP 410 Data Structures

♦

COMP 411 Computer Organization

♦

COMP 455 Models of Languages and Computation

♦

COMP 550 Algorithms and Analysis

♦

COMP 524 Programming Language Concepts

♦

COMP 541 Digital Logic and Computer Design

♦

Any t w o of the following

  • COMP 521 Files and Databases
  • COMP 520 Compilers
  • COMP 530 Operating Systems
  • Mat hem at ics and St at ist ics

♦

MATH 233 Calculus of Functions of Several Variables

♦

MATH 381 Discrete Mathematics

♦

MATH 547 Linear Algebra

♦

MATH 566 Numerical Analysis or Numerical Methods

♦

STAT 435 Probability

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Background Requirements

  • Background requirements worksheet

♦ determine missing background

  • two missing courses is typical

♦ make a plan for remediation with your adviser

  • Ways to make up missing background

♦ take the course ♦ complete a more advanced course that subsumes the

content

♦ arrange an independent study

  • variable credit graduate module course available but not

required

Orientation 2004

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Breadth Requirement*

Category Formal Systems Applications External to CS

M.S.

  • ne

from each

3 Total

Ph.D. at least

  • ne

from each

6 Total

You may use grad courses taken elsewhere if their content and depth is similar.

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Expectation for admission to PhD Candidacy

  • During the first two years, students

should

♦ Get started on research ♦ Find a research adviser ♦ Demonstrate ability to conduct independent

research (e.g. surveying literature, analytical & formal thinking, creativity, integration of concepts, etc)

♦ Meet the required writing and oral presentation

skills

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Exam structure

M.S. Thesis Substitute – one of

  • Refereed Publication(s)
  • Research Report
  • Comprehensive Survey &

Synthesis Paper

OR M.S. Thesis OR M.S. Comprehensive Oral Exam Research Report Preliminary Research Presentation (Dissertation proposal) Doctoral oral examination Final oral examination (“Defense”)

admission to Ph.D. candidacy

M.S. Degree Ph.D. Degree

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Where is all this spelled out?

  • Department web site

♦ Academic affairs

  • http:/ / cs.unc.edu/ academics/ graduate/
  • Summary and Official MS and PhD

requirements

  • Course offerings and category assignments for

courses

  • Student progress forms

Orientation 2004

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Questions?

  • Sign up for a 20 min or drop by in an
  • pen slot this afternoon FB334