{"id":10567,"date":"2025-06-24T12:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/?page_id=10567"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:21:35","slug":"computer-science-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/academics\/doctoral-program\/computer-science\/computer-science-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. in Computing \u2013 Computer Science Emphasis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emphasis Admissions Requirements:<\/strong>&nbsp;Upper-division undergraduate coursework in data structure and essentials of data science. The equivalent courses at Boise State are CS 321 Data Structures and CS 421 Algorithms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degree-requirements\">Degree Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>COMPUT 601 Introduction to Graduate Studies (1 credit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-required-core-courses-9-credits\">Required Core Courses (9 credits):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CS 521 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3 credits) or CS 561 Theory of Computation (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CS 552 Operating Systems (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CS 573 Advanced Software Engineering (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-elective-courses-19-credits\">Elective Courses (19 credits):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Must be approved by the supervisory committee and Computing Program directors. Pre-approved electives and specific requirements are given in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/boisestate.edu\/computingphdstudenthandbook\/degree-requirements\/computer-science\">Computing Ph.D. Student Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-comprehensive-exam-1-credit\">Comprehensive Exam (1 credit):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>COMPUT 691 Doctoral Comprehensive Examination (1 credit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dissertation-30-credits\">Dissertation (30 credits):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>COMPUT 693 Dissertation (30 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-total-credits-60\">Total Credits: 60<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Content on this page is provided as a quick reference for planning. All official degree requirements are published on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/graduatecatalog\/#\/programs\/S1MtGJ9bRU?q=computing&amp;&amp;limit=20&amp;skip=0&amp;bc=true&amp;bcCurrent=Doctor%20of%20Philosophy%20in%20Computing&amp;bcItemType=programs\">Graduate Catalog site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emphasis Admissions Requirements:&nbsp;Upper-division undergraduate coursework in data structure and essentials of data science. The equivalent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3403,"featured_media":0,"parent":10565,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10567","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10567"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12790,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10567\/revisions\/12790"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}