About the course

The Master of Science (M.S.) degree with a major in Computer Science is designed to prepare students for doctoral research, college teaching, careers in computer science and software engineering, and careers in digital forensics. The Department of Computer Science at Texas State is the hub of computing related education and research activities on the campus.The department is on a mission to advance the knowledge of computer science and technology through education, research, and service for the betterment of society.The department is a doctoral-granting department, and the faculty are actively pursuing research in artificial intelligence, computer communication and networking, computer vision, cyber security and trustworthy computing, database and information systems, data science, distributed and parallel computing, high performance computing, human computer interaction, machine learning, data mining, multimedia computing, real time systems, sensor networks, smart health, software engineering, and sustainable computing. The faculty's research has been supported by federal and state agencies and industry such as NSF, NIST, DoD, DoE, LLNL, TxDOT, Semiconductor Research Consortium, IBM, Intel, NVidia, Google, Meta, Cisco, AMD, and Emerson. Our faculty members have obtained prestigious awards such as the PECASE Award, NSF CAREER Awards, DoE Early Career award, IBM Faculty Fellowship, Mata Faculty Research Award, and Google Faculty Research Awards. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 3 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	San Marcos
Summer (May), 2024	San Marcos
Fall (August), 2024	San Marcos
Spring (January), 2025	San Marcos
Fall (August), 2025	San Marcos
Spring (January), 2026	San Marcos

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Texas State University

baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university

　　a copy of an official transcript from each institution where course credit was granted

　　minimum 2.75 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses).

　　official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall

　　official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and

　　minimum individual module scores of 6.0.TOEFL paper-based test score of at least 550.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

　　Overall IELTS band score

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 78.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at Texas State University. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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