ADMISSION

Applications are considered year-round. Students can be accepted into the program for terms beginning in late August, mid November, late February, and late May.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested individuals should make an appointment for an admission interview with an MSCS admission counselor. Counselors are available by appointment on campus in Thousand Oaks. This exploratory meeting will clarify individual admission requirements and give prospective students an opportunity to ask questions.

For application materials or an interview appointment, call 1-888-CLU-GRAD.

Download an Application Form [PDF]
Applications will be accepted for the Fall Term through August 31, 2007.

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
  • Students seeking admission should have completed an undergraduate program from a regionally accredited school.
  • Satisfactory performance in the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE if undergraduate GPA for the last two years of the bachelor's degree is below 3.0.
  • Fulfill the Regular Graduate Standing Admission Requirements found in the CLU Graduate Catalog.
  • Three letters of recommendation.
  • Personal Statement.
  • Interview with the program director.
CS SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
  • Students who have a bachelor's degree in computer science or related areas should have taken the following subject areas in their undergraduate degree: one semester C++/Java Programming, Operating Systems, Database, Computer Networks, and Discrete Math.
  • For students with a bachelor's degree in other disciplines, additional course work may be required or recommended as a condition of admission (Conditional Admission status). The following courses are required before taking graduate level courses in the CS department: CSC 210, CSC 340, CSC 410, CS 350, and Math 241 (with a B or above in each course).

"There were several discriminators that led me to select CLU over others, but the responsiveness, friendliness and helpfulness of the program director and admission counselors at CLU played a major role in the decision ."

John Dillon, MSCS student.

Software Application Architect for a major Research company.