This program is designed to prepare you for graduate study in various areas of computer science such as theoretical computer science, graphics, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and computational methods and in areas in applied mathematics such as numerical analysis or discrete mathematics. It is also designed to prepare you to compete for the more theoretical complex jobs found in computer software development.

High school completion is required. Students educated outside the U.S. for secondary school (high school) are required to submit an exam score that meets English proficiency requirement.