Project & Report (CS 5904)

Some degree options (see the Credit Distribution Table) allow credit toward the degree for CS5904 Project & Report (previously, CS5974 Independent Study). Note that CS5904 is technically available for variable credit hours, but students will nearly always take it for 3 credits. A Project & Report course requires commitment from a CS professor to sponsor the study, and a separate application form must be submitted.

A CS graduate student can do a CS5904 Project & Report under a professor outside the CS department but in a topic relevant to the CS major if the following two criteria are met:

(1) The content is appropriate for credit toward a CS degree.

(2) A CS faculty member agrees to be the formal sponsor of the course. The person who signs the Project & Report approval form as the supervisor of the work must be a CS faculty member. Even though the work is mainly done with another person, the CS faculty member must be the responsible party within our department.