Master of Science in Computer Science

College

College of Computer Science and Information Technology

Campus

Dammam

Track

Science and Management

Level

Postgraduate

Degree

MSc

Gender

Female, Male

Years of study

2

Details of the Program Tracks

The program consists of 30 credit hours spread over 6 semester offering the following 3 tracks (9 credits each):

1. Big Data Cloud Computing
2. Information Security
3. Software Engineering

Credit hours

24 study units + 6 Dissertation units .
27 study units + 3 Project units .

There are two tracks:

• Thesis Track
•  Project Track  Program System:

Minor Specialization:

• Big Data and Cloud Computing
• Information Security
• Software Engineering  

Career opportunities

• Data Scientist
• Network specialist
• Computer Science Researcher
• Software Engineering Researcher
• Information Security Researcher
• Information Sys/Cyber Security Specialist
• IT consultant, Software Developer
• Software Engineer
• IT Project Manager

• The candidate should have a bachelor's degree (BSc) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any other related field with a grade “B” or above from a recognized institution with a major in the proposed field or evidence of suitable background for entering the proposed field.
• Official transcripts and degree certificates are required for final admission. 
• A minimum of 120 credit hours in 4 years degree program at the undergraduate level.
• For English language proficiency, the candidate should get a TOEFL score of at least 61 or an ILETS score of at least 5.
• Satisfactorily meeting any additional departmental or university admission requirements.
• The candidate should provide two letters of recommendation.
• If the candidate is employed, he should provide the approval of his employer.
• The mandatory course requirement for the MSCS program at CCSIT-UoD is that candidates must have studied the following courses at the BS level. If any mandatory courses are missing in the BS program, students should be asked to take deficiency courses to compensate for the missing courses:

1. Data Structures.
2. Discrete Mathematics. 
3. Computer Organisation/Architecture.
4. Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
5. Database Systems.
6. Operating Systems.
7. Computer Networks.

• The candidate should pass or provide any other requirements that the college might determine at any stage 

The Required Documents:

1. National ID or Iqama.
2. Original BS/BA certificate.
3. Original BS/BA transcript.
4. Original TOFEL or IELTS certificate.
5. Qiyas for Universities.

Any additional documents that you think will support your application.

2 Years.

Program Description:
For the student to graduate, he/she needs to complete 30 credit hours which are distributed as follows:

• 15 credit hours in mandatory courses
• 9 credit hours in one of the program tracks:

1. Big Data and Cloud Computing
2. Information Security
3. Software Engineering

• 6 credits hours either on the research track or the project track of theprogram.

For the research track, the student will need to complete a thesis-based course:
The thesis course carries 6 credit hours.
For the project track, the student can select any additional course of 3 credits
from any track, in addition to the 3 credits for the project implementation
cour