Course variations

Course summary

The Computer Science PhD program produces professionals trained at the highest possible academic level in the theory and practice of computer science in order to meet current and projected market demands for computer science experts. Students graduate with proven abilities in research and instruction and have expertise suitable for positions in industry, academia and government. Students in the program receive a broad background in the areas of programming systems and languages, computer architecture and computer science theory while specializing in a research area. Research interests of the computer science faculty include affective computing, applied perception, bioinformatics, computational biology, computational geometry, computer and network security, computer architecture, computer forensics, computer graphics, computer networks, computer vision, cryptography, data compression, database management systems, data mining, design and analysis of algorithms, evolutionary computation, genetic algorithms, graph theory, hardware/software co-design, image processing, machine learning, mixed and virtual reality, mobile computing, modeling and simulation, multimedia systems, natural language processing, neural networks, parallel and distributed processing, performance evaluation, programming languages, quantum computing, semantic web, software agents, software engineering and VLSI systems.

Program modules

The modules include EEL 4768C Computer Architecture (3 credit hours); COP 4020 Programming Languages I (3 credit hours); COP 4600 Operating System (3 credit hours); COT 4210 Discrete Computational Structures (3 credit hours); CDA 5106 Advanced Computer Architecture (3 credit hours); COT 5405 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3 credit hours); COT 6410 Computational Complexity (3 credit hours); Elective Courses-48 Credit Hours; Dissertation-15 Credit Hours.

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a foreign institution and a GPA of 3.0 or more (on a 4.0 maximum) in all work attempted while registered as an undergraduate student or while registered as an upper-division undergraduate student (normally based on the last sixty attempted semester hours); or, a graduate degree or professional degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from a foreign institution in a field related to the discipline of the program to which the student is applying. International students must demonstrate their proficiency in the English language. International students, except those who are from countries where English is the only official language, those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, or those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language or from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction, should demonstrate a score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS. They should have obtained a TOEFL score of 220 (computer-based) or 80 (internet-based) (or equivalent score on the paper-based test); or an IELTS score of 6.5.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Department name

College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science