Admission Requirements
- Submission of the Application for Graduate Admission (ltu.edu/apply) with a resume and at least one letter of recommendation;
- A baccalaureate degree that includes one year of mathematics and one year of science (minimum GPA of 3.0*);
- Official transcripts of all completed college work;
- Completion of the following pre-core sequence of undergraduate courses** or their equivalencies with a B- or better. Students may also demonstrate mastery of the topics covered in these pre-core courses through a graduate qualifying exam and will be exempt from any pre-core subject area in which a score of 70 percent or higher is achieved.
- Computer Science 2 (with C++ Programming)
- Data Structures
- Operating Systems
- Accepted applicants who do not pass the qualifying examination will be enrolled in the graduate courses only after completing the pre-core sequence of courses.*
*U.S. students can apply with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
**Pre-core courses may require additional prerequisite courses (e.g., Computer Science 1) and (Discrete Math or advance mathematical maturity).
Transfer Credit Policy
No more than six graduate semester credit hours transfer into the program from another graduate program.
Grade Policy
Grades awarded in graduate courses are limited to A, A–, B+, B, B–, C+, C, C- and F. At most, one passing grade below B– may be counted toward a graduate degree. No more than one required course may be repeated. Courses numbered 5000 and above require a minimum grade of B– in each prerequisite course."