The full-time load for Khoury College graduate students is 8-9 credits per semester, depending on the program. For summer, students may take either of the following combinations: 8 credits over the summer full term OR 4 credits in summer session A and 4 credits in summer session B. Students are not permitted to take 8 credits in either summer session A or summer session B as these are accelerated terms.
Khoury College graduate students may request a credit overload after having earned at least 8 credits of courses and obtained an MS-level grade-point average of 3.500. The following courses excluded from consideration in the GPA include Intensive Foundations of Computer Science (CS 5001); Discrete Structures (CS 5002); Data Structures, Algorithms, and Their Applications within Computer Systems (CS 5008); Introduction to Programming for Data Science (DS 5010); Introduction to Linear Algebra and Probability for Data Science (DS 5020); Cybersecurity: Technologies, Threats, and Defenses (CY 5001);* and Foundations of Software Security (CY 5003).
A credit overload includes a maximum of 12 credits in a fall or spring term. For summer, students may register for the following combinations: 12 credits over the summer full term OR 4 credits in summer session A, 4 credits in summer full, and 4 credits in summer session B. Students are not permitted to take 8 credits in either summer session A or summer session B as these are accelerated terms.
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Cybersecurity: Technologies, Threats, and Defenses (CY 5001) is excluded only for students in the Master of Science in Cybersecurity—Align program.