Admission Questionnaire

This form is required for anyone applying to either the Computing Ph.D. program or Computing Graduate Certificates.

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All Computing areas of emphasis and certificate programs require applicants have programming experience and meet certain pre-requisite course requirements. It is not always clear how those requirements have been met just by looking at transcripts so these questions will provide important context for the Computing Admission Committee.

Some questions will refer to specific courses at Boise State as examples, so it may be helpful to have the undergraduate course catalog open as you complete the form. Open Undergraduate Catalog

Name(Required)

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Email(Required)

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Boise State ID number

ID numbers are assigned after applications are submitted. (This field is optional)

What semester are you applying for?(Required)

What program are you applying to?(Required)

What is your Ph.D. in Computing emphasis area?(Required)

Please note:

Applicants to the Computational Science and Engineering emphasis must have upper-division coursework or equivalent work experience in differential equations and linear algebra

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to MATH 333 Differential Equation with Matrix Theory at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to MATH 301 Introduction to Linear Algebra at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

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Applicants to the Computer Science emphasis must have upper-division coursework or equivalent work experience in data structures and algorithms.

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to CS 321 Data Structures at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to CS 421 Algorithms at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

Please note:

Applicants to the Cybersecurity emphasis must have upper-division coursework or equivalent work experience in data structures and introductory systems programming.

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to CS 321 Data Structures at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to CS 253 Introduction to Systems Programming at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

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Applicants to the Data Science Emphasis must have upper-division coursework or equivalent work experience in linear algebra and calculus-based statistics.

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to MATH 301 Introduction to Linear Algebra at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

Please list the courses you’ve taken equivalent to MATH 361 Probability and Statistics at Boise State OR describe your work experience equivalent to this requirement.(Required)

Admission Questionnaire