1. Residency of 3 full-time quarters (9 credits/qtr). Part-time students, see the General Catalog.
2. A total of 40 CREDITS, and a cumulative GPA of 3.0.
3. 18 GRADED CREDITS are required in approved 400- and any 500-level courses, each with grades of at least 2.7.

1. 9 credits CSci 700, Master's Thesis
2. Of the 31 remaining credits,
   • At least 16 credits must be in courses numbered 500 or above
   • 24 credits must be Computer Science courses
   • 7 credits may be in one or more supporting fields such as: Engineering, mathematics, natural sciences, business administration, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, or medicine.
3. THESIS: Preparation of a written report acceptable to a Supervisory Committee and satisfactorily passing an oral examination of the thesis work. Approximately TWO WEEKS before the oral presentation of the thesis: 1) determine a mutually agreeable time for the presentation with your faculty advisor and at least one other faculty person who agrees to read the thesis, 2) reserve a conference room on the Web, 3) notify the Graduate Program Advisor of the date/time/title so the announcement can be made.

1. Of the 40 credits required:
   1. 20 credits must be in courses numbered 500 or above.
   2. 30 credits must be in CSE courses.
   3. 10 may be in one or more supporting fields.
2. Satisfactorily passing the M.S. Qualifying Evaluation as described in the document Ph.D. and M.S. Qualifying Requirement. Approximately TWO WEEKS before the oral presentation of the project: 1) determine a mutually agreeable time for the presentation with the two faculty advisors, 2) reserve a conference room on the Web, 3) notify the Grad Advisor of the date/time/title/advisors so the announcement can be made.

PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN YOUR MASTER'S DEGREE

1. You must submit a Master's Degree request to the Graduate School during the first seven weeks of the quarter in which the degree is to be completed.
   The application, informally called a Master's degree warrant, is reviewed (for credits, residency, and GPA requirements) by the Graduate School.
2. During the quarter when your requirements will be completed:
   • The Graduate Program Advisor will notify students that warrants are ready for faculty signatures, usually the two quals advisors. After the warrant has been signed, return it to the Graduate Program Advisor, who will make a copy of your signed warrant for the department files. For students doing the thesis option, the student must submit the required copies to the Graduate School by the quarterly deadline.
   • Thesis-option students should give an electronic copy of the thesis to the Graduate Advisor for the department files. The student should check with the advisor to see if s/he also wishe to have a copy.

DEADLINE TO RETURN WARRANT

To graduate in the current quarter the approved warrant (and copies of the thesis when appropriate) must be submitted to the Graduate School BY THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER.

Check UW General Catalog and departmental documents to confirm and supplement these requirements. It is the student's responsibility to meet all degree requirements.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Box 352350
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-1695