MASTER'S PROGRAM

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Note: these regulations complement the ones in the FGPS calendar.

General Information

This program is under the auspices of the OCICS, in collaboration with Carleton University. Students may include courses from both universities in their programs, and may select a supervisor from either university, but normally a student will be enrolled in the university of the supervisor. The student's study program is administered by the university at which the student is enrolled and is subject to its regulations. Applicants should apply to the university of their intended supervisor.
 

Admission Requirements and Qualifying Program

The FGPS calendar specifies the minimum admission requirements and the regulations for the qualifying program. In practice, students who satisfy these requirements may not be admitted because of resource limitations.
 

Degree Requirements

Normally, students in the program will be expected to complete a thesis. Each candidate submitting a thesis will be required to defend it orally (CSI7999). However, students with at least two years of industrial experience may be permitted to take a non-thesis option. Students in the thesis option must take five three-credit courses or equivalent, fulfil the graduate seminar requirement, and complete a thesis. Students in the non-thesis option must take eight three-credit courses, the intensive graduate project course in Computer Science (CSI6900, 2 sessions), and fulfil the graduate seminar requirement.

The course selections must be approved by the student's academic advisor, and must include at least:

  • one three-credit course in Software Engineering (area E);
  • one three-credit course in the Theory of Computing (area T);
  • one three-credit course in either Computer Applications (area A) or Computer Systems (area S).
At most, two three-credit courses at the fourth year level are permitted. Subject to the approval of the graduate coordinator, a student may take up to half of the course credits in the program in other disciplines (e.g. electrical engineering, mathematics and physics).

Both course and thesis work may be completed by either full-time or part-time study. A student may be permitted to carry out thesis work off campus provided that suitable arrangements are made for supervision and experimental work, and prior approval is obtained from the Joint Program Committee and the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Residence:

The residence requirement for students admitted full-time to the Master's is three sessions. Students admitted part-time and who maintain part-time status throughout the program are not subject to the residence requirement.

Note: Students who have been awarded a fellowship, scholarship or bursary for the purpose of studying on a full-time basis are required to maintain full-time registration for the period for which they hold the award.
 

Additional Information:

  • Guidelines for the Graduate Student Seminar Series CSI5902:

    • The requirements of CSI5902 are:
    • Having performed (with success) a presentation.
    • Having attended at least 10 seminar sessions, 5 at the University of Ottawa and 5 at Carleton University.
    These requirements must be fulfilled within two consecutive terms (normally, fall and winter). Failure to do so will lead to a failure in the course.

    The purpose of the seminar is to encourage graduate students to make presentations that will illuminate a research topic that may be related to (but is distinct from) their thesis project. The topic of presentation is chosen by the student in consultation with her/his thesis supervisor. It is expected that graduate students will:

    1. Make a high quality presentation with carefully prepared and easily readable transparencies (or with any other necessary visual aids).
    2. Present ideas in a way that is understandable to a general audience.
    3. Answer questions by the audience and show necessary understanding of material presented.
    On failure to comply with the above guidelines and at the discretion of the graduate seminar supervisors in collaboration with the student's supervisor(s) a student may be required to prepare a new presentation on an alternate topic.

    All graduate students are encouraged to participate in this seminar series even after the completion of their formal attendance and presentation requirements.
     

  • Time:

    • Presentations will be on Fridays at 9:30 a.m.; alternating one week at Carleton University and the next at the University of Ottawa.
  • Special Requirements

    • Students are expected to complete all special course requirements (such as those that may be stipulated on the Certificate of Admission) as quickly as possible.
     
  • Responsibilities of a Supervisor

    • The thesis supervisor, who must be a member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and OCICS, will be responsible within the academic unit for the approval of all of the student's subsequent registrations. The thesis supervisor will also be responsible for assisting the student in the formulation of the thesis research project and will ensure that the topic of the research project is approved by the academic unit and communicated to the FGPS before the end of the second session of registration in the case of a master's candidate and before the end of the third session in the case of a Ph.D. candidate.
     
  • Thesis Submission

    • A thesis cannot be submitted until all other program requirements are satisfied. Each student is responsible for ensuring that he/she has satisfied the requirements.
     
  • Thesis Examiners

    • The appointment of thesis examiners is governed by the regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. At least one member of the examination committee must be from Carleton University.


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