Program: Computational Science, M.S. - San Diego State University

Apr 16, 2025

2020/2021 University Catalog

The following materials should be submitted electronically to the Computational Science Research Center at San Diego State University. Refer to the Graduate Admissions website (http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/admissions/grad/programs/index.html) for application instructions. Consult the department website (http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/masters_checklist.html) for details concerning required materials.

Three letters of recommendation from persons in a position to judge academic ability;
Personal statement of motivating interest for the program and briefly describe research interests and educational goals.
Copies of unofficial transcripts from all postsecondary institutions attended.

In addition to meeting the requirements for classified graduate standing, the student must satisfy the basic requirements for the master’s degree as described in Requirements for Master’s Degrees . The student must also complete a graduate program of 30 units, of which at least 15 units must be in 600- and 700-level courses excluding 799A to include:

Required Core Courses (15 Units)

CS 503 - Scientific Database Techniques Units: 3
or
CS 514 - Database Theory and Implementation Units: 3 But not both.
or
COMP 607 - Computational Database Fundamentals Units: 3 But not both.
COMP 526 - Computational Methods for Scientists Units: 3
COMP 536 - Computational Modeling for Scientists Units: 3
or
MATH 636 - Mathematical Modeling Units: 3 But not both.
COMP 605 - Scientific Computing Units: 3 also listed as
CS 605 - Scientific Computing Units: 3
COMP 670 - Seminar: Problems in Computational Science Units: 3

Elective Courses (9 Units Selected From)

COMP 521 - Computational Science Units: 3
or
MATH 542 - Introduction to Computational Ordinary of Differential Equations Units: 3 But not both.
CS 559 - Computer Vision Units: 3
or
E E 657 - Digital Image Processing Units: 3 But not both.
COMP 626 - Applied Mathematics for Computational Scientists Units: 3
or
MATH 693B - Advanced Numerical Methods: Computational Partial Differential Equations Units: 3 But not both.
COMP 604 - Computational and Applied Statistics Units: 3
or
STAT 670A - Advanced Mathematical Statistics Units: 3 But not both.

Research (3 Units)

COMP 797 - Research Units: 1-3 (3)

Thesis (3 Units)

COMP 799A - Thesis or Project Units: 3 (3)

Note

Substitution of core courses is permitted based on disciplines related to student’s specialization with prior consent of program director. With prior consent of the director, 600-level courses from other departments may be used as electives, based on the student’s background and research interest.

A complete student program must be approved by the computational science program director.