Graduate Catalog The School of Computer and Information Sciences 2000-2001

Holiday Nova Southeastern UniversityNova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic, [lot-for-profit independent institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs of distinction from preschool through the professional and doctoral levels, as well as service to the community.NSU prepares students for lifelong learning and leadership roles in business and the professions.It offers academic programs at times convenient to students, employing innovative delivery systems and rich learning resources on campus and at distant sites.The university fosters inquiry, research, and creative professional activity, by uniting faculty members and students in acquiring and applying knowledge in clinical, commu nity, and professional settings.located on a beautiful 232-acre campus in Fort lauderdale, NSU has approximately 18,000 students and is the largest independent institution of higher education in Florida.It ranks 25 th in the size of its graduate programs among the 1,560 universities in the United States with graduate programs and 10 th among independent universities.NSU awards bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields .It has an undergraduate college and graduate schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, optometry, law, computer and information sciences, psychology, education, business, oceanography, and social and systemic studies.The institution also enjoys an excellent reputation for its programs for families offered through the Family Center and University School, including innovative parenting, preschool, primary, and secondary education programs.The university's programs are administered through academic centers that offer courses at the Fort lauderdale campuses, as well as at locations throughout Florida, across the nation, and at se lected international sites in Europe, Canada, Israel , and the Caribbean.Despite the geographic diversity of sites where classes are offered, 82 percent of the student body attends classes in Florida.NSU's library system is composed of the East Campus Library, Einstein Library, Health Professions Division Library, law library, North Miami Beach Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services Media Union, Oceanographic library, and four school libraries on the main campus.The catalogs of all NSU libraries are accessible to local and distance education students and faculty members, wherever they may be located, via computers/ using the Electronic library.Overall, the university libraries house approximately 340,000 volumes and 1,200,000 microform units.Online and CD-ROM databases complement the paper-based holdings and provide fUll-text resources.In order to further assist distance education students with library requirements , contracts, when necessary, are signed with local university libraries to provide library services.Interlibrary loan arrangements through networked organizations such as the Online Computer library Center (OCle), the Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLlN), the Consortium of Southeastern Law Libraries (COSELL), and the National Library of Medicine provide broad access to a wide range of materials.Nova Southeastern University has produced approximately 63,000 alumni.Since 1971 , it has enjoyed full accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the regional accrediting body for this region of the United States. The School of Computer and Information SciencesA major force in educational innovation, the School of Computer and Information Sciences (SCIS) provides educational programs of distinction to prepare students for leadership roles in computer science, information systems, information science, and computing technology in education .It is distingui shed by its ability to offer on campus, online (via the Internet and World Wide Web), and combined on~campu s /online formats that enable professionals to pursue M.S., Ed.D., and Ph.D. degrees without career interruption, The school also welcomes students who wish to earn the M.S. or Ph .D. on a fUll-time basis.Ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the nation's top 20 cyber-universities, and listed in the Princeton Review's The Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools, NSU and SCIS pioneered online graduate education with its creation of the electronic classroom.SCIS has been offering online graduate programs and programs with an online component since 1983.All four online M.S. programs are now part of the Southern Regional Electronic Campus (SREC).The school, which has more than 1,100 students, has been awarding graduate degrees since 1980.Its research advances knowledge, improves professional practice, and contributes to understanding in the computer and information sciences.The school offers programs leading to the M.S. in computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, and computing technology in education; the Ph.D. in computer science, information systems, computer information systems, and information science; and the Ph.D. or Ed .D. in computing technology in education.The M.S., which is offered on-campus or online, requires 36 credit hours and may be completed in 18 months.To earn the M.S. in 18 months, the student must enroll in two courses each term .Master's terms are 12 weeks

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