Computer Science - Ph.D
Kent State University
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Campus location
Kent, USA
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Study format
On-Campus
Duration
5 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Computer Science - Ph.D
The Ph.D. degree in Computer Science provides students with an educational and research environment that fosters personal and intellectual growth, flourishes academic goals and develops career paths through necessary training with emerging technologies. The program promotes research, discovery and integration, and is designed for students interested in becoming professional scholars, college and university professors or researchers in private, industrial or government research institutions.
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Curriculum
Major requirements
Computer Science Electives (CS 70000 level)
- Doctoral Seminar
- Dissertation I
Minimum Total Credit Hours for Post-Baccalaureate Students
Minimum Total Credit Hours for Post-Master's Students
Program Outcome
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Have all around breadth-of-knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to advanced topics in computer science to be regarded as a scholar of computer science.
- Demonstrate depth of knowledge at least in one specialized topic.
- Conduct independent research by advancing the body of knowledge in the area through the doctoral dissertation research.
- Clearly articulate advanced research problems and their solutions.
- Present general computer science topics in a learning environment.
- Develop and write publishable papers that clearly articulate advanced research problems and their solutions.
- Demonstrate integrative and deep knowledge of essential literature, facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to a chosen area of research.
- Perform complete and thorough literature searches.
- Evaluate, comprehensively and critically, the extent to which a particular work relates to and/or contributes to a given field.
- Publish and participate in a chosen research community.