This section has been set up to answer questions about registration for the Fall 2006 semester, primarily for incoming students.
If you have any questions not answered fully by this page, feel free to contact either your advisor or the Graduate Program Coordinator, John Sullins.
A list of relevant courses currently offered may be found here.You should have received a letter stating that you have been admitted to the program, which should list the name of your advisor. You can also find who your advisor is by contacting the Graduate Program Coordinator at (330) 941-1806.
See the Faculty Member List for phone numbers, email addresses, and web pages of all full-time faculty.
Your advisor should be your primary contact for information about courses and other information about the graduate program. You can also change your advisor if necessary -- in fact, you probably will do so for the final project, selecting an advisor whose knowledge best matches the project area you are interested in.
Note that if you are a non-degree student you will not be assigned an advisor within the department until you have been admitted to the program. See below for what you should do.Note that if you are a non-degree student you will not be assigned an advisor within the department until you have been admitted to the program. In that case, you should contact the Graduate Program Coordinator, John Sullins, at (330) 941-1806.
Since you have not gone through the formal admissions process, we will probably need to set up a meeting to determine whether it would be advisable to take any required undergraduate courses this semester instead of graduate courses, in order to make it easier to be admitted into the program. We can also plan out your curriculum, and determine the best courses to register for this semester.
In any case, it is particularly important for non-degree students to contact the department -- we do not receive information about you from the graduate school, so it is the only way that we have to get your contact information, add you to our email lists, and otherwise keep you in the loop.
It is also very important that you get your application in for the department as soon as possible, as you can only transfer 9 semester hours of credit over to the department. Contact the School of Graduate Studies and Research to apply to the Computing and Information Systems program.
If your admission letter states that you have been admitted provisionally, then you will be required to take certain undergraduate courses before you are fully admitted to the graduate program -- the specific courses are listed in the letter. If possible, it is a good idea to take those courses as soon as possible.
The below subsections are meant as a general guide to taking such courses -- however, you should contact your advisor or the Graduate Program Coordinator when deciding which courses to take when.
See the schedule page for the articulation classes offered this semester.
Many undergraduate courses fill up quickly. However, the department reserves a certain number of seats in each class (sometimes referred to as "closed class permits"), and graduate students for whom undergraduate courses are required have high priority for those permits. Contact your advisor or the Graduate Program Coordinator if you need to take an undergraduate class which is closed -- we can usually get you into those classes.
We usually -- but not always -- offer sections of CSIS 3722: Development of Databases and CSIS 3723: Networking Concepts and Administration both fall and spring semesters, usually with at least one section in the evening during at least one of the semesters.
We also usually offer both courses in the summer semester. If you are required to take one of these courses, and can be flexible about the time that you can take it, you might want to consider taking it in the summer in order to get them out of the way.
We generally offer a section of CSIS 6901: Principles of Computer Programming in the fall semester, usually in the evening.
Note that you do not have to have completed all of your undergraduate requirements before
taking graduate courses -- you just have to have taken the undergraduate courses required as
prerequisites for that particular course.
The below subsections are meant as a general guide to choosing graduate courses -- however, you should contact your advisor or the Graduate Program Coordinator when deciding which courses to take when.
In general, it is a good idea to get core courses out of the way if possible -- you are required to take them, and (for now) they are only offered once a year. In addition, they are good preparation (if not outright prerequisites) for other courses.
However, you are not required to take core courses first. It is all right (but not recommended) to postpone a core course, particularly if you have a scheduling conflict of some sort, and if you do not plan on graduating before the next time it is offered.
See the schedule page for the core classes offered this semester.
In general, the graduate-level electives (numbered in the 6000s) are specifically meant for students in this program, so they are strongly recommended if you have an interest in that area. We intend to offer them each at least once a year.
Also keep in mind that you will need at least two 6000-level graduate electives beyond the core courses and the project to fulfill the graduation requirements of the Graduate School.
See the schedule page for the elective classes offered this semester.
We also offer a number of "swing" electives (numbered in the 5000s). These courses may be taken by both graduate students and by senior or junior level undergraduate students.
An important thing to keep in mind is that some swing courses are designed to meet the needs of students in this program, while others are specifically meant for seniors in the undergraduate Computer Science program. This doesn't mean that you can't take these courses -- it just means that you should understand what they are intended to cover. If you are possibly interested in continuing on to a Ph.D. program, some of these courses are actually a good idea to take, as they are entry requirements of many Computer Science programs.
In general, if you are considering taking a swing course, it is strongly advised that you talk to your advisor first.
See the schedule page for the swing classes offered this semester, as well as a brief description of who they are meant for.
You may take up to 9 semester hours of credit in departments other than Computer Science and Information Systems. Since computing is becoming an increasingly interdisciplinary field, we strongly encourage this.
However, there are a very large number of graduate courses to choose from in other departments, some of which are appropriate for students and some of which are not. You must get advisor approval before taking a course in another department. It is also a good idea to speak to the instructor of that course as well.
If you are not happy with the courses you are registered for now, you can change them through the first week of class (although you should do so as soon as possible). None of the graduate classes are likely to be closed at this point. Your advisor can help with this process.