Council Meeting

Some interesting notes from yesterday's Graduate Council meeting:

1) We are lucky to have some high calibre researchers in the filed to help out as adjunct professors in areas we are need their expertise.  We deeply appreciate their commitment and dedication to our students.  However, it was such a shock to learn another department has 114 adjuncts.

2) The Dean of the Graduate School will meet with BOA on the 11th, and BOT on the 17th.  Anything in particular you want her to pass to the two boards?

3) There are 101 graduate students studying at Hood College, coming from 21 countries.  In additional to international students who are mostly on full-time schedule due to immigration regulations, we have 55 domestic full-time students at this time.  Combined, full time students represents 42% of credits counts and 25% of FTE equivalent headcounts.  All while we do not have much resources specifically allocated to serve full time students.  We must change to adapt.

4) The Graduate School is having its web contents under its own control, or so we were told.

5) We would love to have current students, graduates and alums to step forward and help us in promoting our programs.

NSA Intern Opportunity

Internship at the Council on CyberSecurity

At the Council on CyberSecurity there are immediate openings for paid internships. Candidates need to have good GPA, good analytic and writing skills, and be collaborative, with good interpersonal skills. This is a great opportunity for one or two Hood students with strong interest in cyber security. At least 8 hours per week commitment is required and depending on the nature of the work, an agreement could be reached regarding receiving Hood credits. The internships likely would last for a semester, and have both a virtual and locational aspect--with the farthest distance being Rosslyn, Virginia. While the work description is still evolving, typical work could include doing background web research on companies in cyber that are doing certifications and publishing best practices among other tasks. The Council will also be starting an initiative to rate schools across the U.S. on their ability to prepare the cyber workforce of the future. This latter work would enable a Hood intern to learn a great deal about cyber security disciplines and approaches.


The Council is also interested and open to considering well-rounded candidates so majors in economics, political science, and other social and natural sciences might also be accepted if they were great students.

If interested, send your resume and cover letter to Maurice Uenuma (m.uenuma@counciloncybersecurity.org) and Deirdre Durrance (d.durrance@counciloncybersecurity.org).

Prerequisite Dependency Flowchart for Courses in MS in CS Program

Prerequisite courses: green;
Core courses: blue;
IT courses: red;
CS 503 has Math 505 as a prerequisite, but concurrent enrolment is allowed

Graduate School Leave of Absence Policy

2013-2014 is the first year we opted in the Graduate School's Leave of Absence policy to better keeping track of whereabouts of our students.  Three CS students are taking LoA for personal and work related reasons.

Course Lists

Course lists for MS in CS:

Prerequisite: CS 503, 504, 508, 519, Math 505

Core: CS 520, 524, 528, 564, 561/571

Elective: CS 525, 530, 536, 542, 543, 544, 545, 550, 553, 557, 565, 566,

              CSIT 532, 534, 537, 540, 555, 583

IT Elective: IT 514, 515, 518, 521, 530, 535, 548, 581

                  ITMG 527, 533

Special Topics CS/CSIT 598, 599

Other: CS 575, 580, 585, 595

Examples of two year compeltion schedule for a full time student

Examples of 2 year completion schedule for a full time student:

AI Track:

Fall: 524, 528, 571

Spring: 520, 525, 542

Fall: 543, 544, elective

Spring: 564, elective

ND Track:

Fall: 524, 553, 561

Spring: 520, 564, 525

Fall: 566, 528, elective

Spring: 536, elective

General study with Thesis/SE Project option:

Fall: 524, 528, 561

Spring: 520, 525, 564

Fall: 530, 571, 553

Spring: thesis, thesis

With all prerequisite courses:

Fall: 503, 505, IT 514

Spring: 508, 519, elective

Summer: elective, elective

Fall: 524, 528, 571

Spring: 520, 564, elective

Summer: elective

With a Cybersecurity Certificate:

Fall: 524, 530, 553

Spring: 520, 528, 555

Fall: 532, 571, 535

Spring: 564, 537

Unofficial 2 year course projection

Two Year Projection

Prefix	Course #	Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring	Note
Math	(207) 505	x	x	x	x	Prerequisite
CS	284-503	x	x	x	x
	287-504	x	x	x	x
	326-508	x	x	x	x
	419/519	x	x	x	x
	520		x		x	Core
	524	x		x
	428/528	x		x
	464/564		x		x
	461/561	x
	571	x		x
	525		x			Electives
	530	x		x
	536				+
	542				x
	443/543		x
	544		x
	445/545				x
	450/550	+
	453/553	x		x
	557			+
	565		+		x
	466/566			x
CSIT	532	x		x	x
	534		x
	537				x
	540	x	x
	555		x		x
	583			x
CS/CSIT	598				+
	598
	599	+	+	+
	599
Total:		15	15	15	15

x: courses we should offer on schedule:

+: courses we should offer on schedule, but often subject to student enrollment