Computer Science

Department Chairperson: Dr. David Struckman-Johnson
Graduate Program Director: Dr. Richard McBride

Department of Computer Science
Arts & Sciences, Room 202
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677-5388
http://www.usd.edu/csci

Departmental Faculty

Professors:

David Struckman-Johnson, Ph.D., University of South Dakota. Specialization: Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Ethics.

Associate Professors:

Douglas Goodman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Specialization: Simulation, Real-time Systems, and Graphics.

Richard McBride, Ph.D., Kansas State University. Specialization: Networking, Artificial Intelligence, and Operating Systems.

Assistant Professor:

Carol Lushbough, (Research) M.A., University of South Dakota. Specialization: Bioinformatics.

Degrees:

Master of Science, Plan A and B

Emphasis:

M.S. Human-Computer Interaction – Plan A only

Program Description

The Computer Science Department at the University of South Dakota offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science degree in Computer Science with a thesis option, a thesis option with a Human-Computer Interaction Emphasis, and a non-thesis option. All graduate programs are designed to produce individuals with a strong, broad-based core of advanced computer science knowledge. These programs are recommended for students with professional goals in Computer Science such as continuing graduate education, working for national laboratories and other federal or state agencies, securing employment in private industry, or post-secondary education. Graduates of the programs are well prepared to accept the current and future challenges of the field.

Admission Requirements

An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 2.7 or graduate GPA of at least 3.0.
The GRE General test is required.
Additional requirements for international students include the TOEFL (IELTS), with a minimum score of 550 (79).
Prerequisite undergraduate Computer Science course work for all departmental graduate programs:
Computer Science I
Computer Science II
Machine Organization
Algorithms & Data Structures
Prerequisite undergraduate Mathematics course work for all departmental programs:
Calculus I (1 semester course)
Discrete Structures

- Subject to faculty approval, those who do not meet all of the criteria above may be admitted on a provisional basis to any departmental graduate program.