Master of Arts in Computer Science - (Thesis)

Texas State's Department of Computer Science is known for cutting-edge curricula, a dedicated faculty, and well-equipped and remotely accessible laboratory facilities. Combined, these elements provide students with hands-on experience while implementing classroom concepts, providing the specialized training graduates need to land the best jobs. The mission of the Department of Computer Science is to advance the knowledge of computer science and technology through education, research and service for the betterment of industry, government and society. The department seeks to expand its depth and breadth in the research and study of applied computing and strives to provide graduate students with strong technical backgrounds and communication skills.
The department has both tenured and tenure-track faculty members actively pursuing research in artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, computer communication and networking, cyber security and trustworthy computing, database and information systems, distributed and parallel computing, high-performance computing, human-computer interaction, image retrieval, multimedia computing, software engineering, green/sustainable computing and social computing. Faculty research has received federal and industry funding support from NSF, NIST, DOD, DOE, IBM, Intel, AMD, and others. The faculty has obtained prestigious awards, including NSF CAREER awards and IBM and Google Faculty Fellowships.
The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree with a major in Computer Science is designed to prepare students for doctoral research, college teaching, careers in computer science and software engineering, and careers in digital forensics.

baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
official transcripts from each institution where course credit was granted
minimum 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)
background course work
GRE (general test only) with competitive scores in the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections
The GRE may be waived if the student holds a master's or doctoral degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution. If the student holds a master's or doctoral degree (or the equivalent thereof) from an accredited international institution, the GRE may be waived on an individual basis.

resume/CV
statement of purpose
three letters of recommendation

IELTS (academic) - overall scores required 6.5 and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
TOEFL iBT - overall scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of (19 listening, 19 reading, 19 speaking, 18 writing)