External Electives for MS

Students may substitute up to two courses from another department for similarly numbered electives, provided that the courses support the student’s plan of study and have been approved by the Director of Graduate Studies. A list of approved external electives appears below. Students may petition for the use of other courses as external electives, but in addition to satisfying the previous criteria, such courses must be approved by the Department’s Graduate Committee. Students must obtain all necessary approvals before enrolling in the class.

Analytics

• ANLY-502 – Massive Data Fundamentals
• ANLY-520 – Written/Oral Tech Presentation
• ANLY-590 – Neural Nets and Deep Learning

Communication, Culture, and Technology

• CCTP-674 – E-Government 2.0
• CCTP-728 – Networks & Creative Process

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

• BIST-510 – Probability and Sampling
• BIST-511 – Statistical Inference
• BIST-530 – Biostatistics for Bioinformatics
• BIST-531 – Pattern Recognition

Linguistics

• LING-367 – Computational Corpus Linguistics
• LING-420 – Statistical Natural Language Processing
• LING-427 – Generative Syntax I

Mathematics

• MATH-501 – Probability Theory and Applications
• MATH-502 – Deterministic Mathematical Models
• MATH-503 – Mathematical Statistics
• MATH-504 – Numerical Methods
• MATH-605 – Introduction to Financial Mathematics
• MATH-656 – Data Exploration and Data Mining

Physics

• PHYS-503 – Computational Techniques
• PHYS-504 – Numerical Simulation Techniques

Philosophy

• PHIL-402 – Epistemology: An Historical Survey
• PHIL-438 – Philosophy of Mind
• PHIL-491 – Philosophy and Cognitive Science
• PHIL-624 – Philosophical Logic
• PHIL-682 – Mathematical Logic
• PHIL-725 – Philosophy of Language

Science, Technology, and International Affairs

• STIA-402 – Technology and Social Justice

Security Studies

• SEST-552 – Information Technology and Security
• SEST-562 – Emerging Technologies and Security
• SEST-701 – Hacking for Defense