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THE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
PH.D. PROGRAM
AT
CARNEGIE MELLON
August 2005
edited by
Jeannette M. Wing
Frank Pfenning
Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Contents
Introduction
Overview of the Program
The Immigration Course
Advisors
Directed Research
Course Requirements
Five Area Star Courses
Thirty-Six Elective Units
Project Unit
Fahlman Teaching Unit
V Unit
Placing Out
Teaching Requirement
Written and Oral Communication Skills
Writing Skill
Speaking Skill
The Thesis Process
Thesis Proposal
Thesis Committee
Thesis
Thesis Defense
Graduation Certification
The Emigration Course
Community Spirit
Graduate Teaching Fellow Program
Masters Degrees
Student Support
Academic Year Support
Summer Support
Travel Support
Consulting and Outside Employment
Leave of Absence
Evaluation of Students' Progress
Components and Indicators
Recommendations
Grades
Problems?
Advisor, Sharon, and Frank
The Doctoral Review Committee
The Ombudsperson
University Policies
Prerequisites to the Area Star Courses
Estimates of the Time Allocated to Each Component of the Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Specializations
Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization
Neural Basis of Cognition Training Program
Pure and Applied Logic
Self-Defined Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program
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Frank Pfenning 2005-08-09
