Master of Science in Computational Data Science 

at Temple University, Philadelphia

• Students must have the equivalent of a four year US bachelor degree from an accredited university/college. For three year degrees, mark sheets must be evaluated by WES or another NACES organization with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is ordinarily required for admissions consideration A minimum of one year of programming and data structures using the C or Java programming language and one year of theoretical calculus are required. This includes coursework equivalent to CIS 1068 Program Design and Abstraction, CIS 2168 Data Structures, MATH 1041 Calculus I, and MATH 1042 Calculus II. A bachelor degree in Computer Science is required. Students who have insufficient undergraduate coursework in Computer Science will need to take undergraduate courses to address any deficiencies. Students without a Computer Science degree are typically required to take the following courses, which cannot be counted for credit toward the MS degree: CIS 2107Computer Systems and Low Level Programming4CIS 2166Mathematical Concepts in Computing II4CIS 2168Data Structures4CIS 3207Introduction to Systems Programming and Operating Systems3-4or CIS 5012System Software and Operating Systems CIS 3223Data Structures and Algorithms3or CIS 5011Programming and Data Structure

India

• 4-6 year bachelor’s degree
• 3-year bachelor’s degree* followed by a 2 year master’s degree OR postgraduate diploma

*On a case by case basis, Temple University will consider students with a 3-year bachelor’s degree if they meet the following criteria as established by the World Education Service (WES):

• Degree earned in Division I
• The institution is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with a grade of A or better