Master of Science [M.S] [Computer Science] From Hampton University

About this course:

The Department of Computer Science has numerous computing facilities available to all graduate students. Students have access to major programming languages, databases and current software packages within the department local area network. The department maintains its own Computer Center. The Center consists of five major laboratories and a well-equipped server center.

The M.S. degree program in Computer Science allows each student to obtain a broad background in areas of Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Theory of Computation, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Six required core courses are taught in these areas. Six elective courses are taken to broaden and deepen the experience, followed by a comprehensive examination. For the students interested in conducting a research project, a thesis may be substituted for one course and the thesis defense for the comprehensive examination.

Research projects are readily available since faculty is actively involved in research. Major areas of specialization include:

• Software Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence / Computational Intelligence / Robotics
• Operating Systems
• Algorithms / Bio-inspired Algorithms
• Networking
• Information Assurance and Cyber Security