{"id":861,"date":"2025-02-27T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2025-03-24T05:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:28:56","slug":"master-of-science-in-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/master-of-science-in-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"861\" class=\"elementor elementor-861\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-573dd62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"573dd62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6773e4\" data-id=\"e6773e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20df46a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20df46a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\nmargin-left:49.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;\nline-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:49.65pt;border:none;\nmso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Master of Science in Computer Science<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-145797a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"145797a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Admission Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Noto Sans Symbols';\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0cm; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\">Computer Science Postgraduate \u2013 Any IT-related bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d26c0 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"35d26c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5641\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5641\" aria-expanded=\"false\">First Year First Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5642\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5642\" aria-expanded=\"false\">First Year Second Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5643\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5643\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Second Year First Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5644\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5644\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Second Year Second Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5641\" aria-expanded=\"false\">First Year First Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5641\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5641\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 500: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Automata and formal languages <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 510: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Advanced Computer Architecture <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 520: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Database Theory and Programming <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 49.65pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 550: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Multimedia Computing and Web&nbsp;services&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5642\" aria-expanded=\"false\">First Year Second Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5642\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5642\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 530: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Advanced&nbsp;Software Engineering <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 525: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Artificial Intelligence <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 535: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Distributed Systems<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: left;\">CS 540: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Human-Computer <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: left;\">Interface<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5643\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Second Year First Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5643\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5643\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 560: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Advanced&nbsp;Mobile Computing and Networking<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 565: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Data Mining and Big Data Analytics<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;\">CS 570: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Computer&nbsp;Systems Security<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 49.65pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 49.65pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: left;\">CS 620: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: left;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: left;\">Research Methods&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5644\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Second Year Second Semester<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5644\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5644\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">CS 600: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master\u2019s Thesis<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d8d78 elementor-button-success elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e3d8d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs elementor-animation-skew-forward\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/opus\/applyNew\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-right\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope-open\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Apply Now<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master of Science in Computer Science Admission Requirements \u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Computer Science Postgraduate \u2013 Any IT-related bachelor\u2019s degree. First Year First Semester First Year Second Semester Second Year First Semester Second Year Second Semester First Year First Semester CS 500: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Automata and formal languages CS 510: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Advanced Computer Architecture CS 520: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Database Theory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-861","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbu.ac.zm\/schoolsAndUnits\/lusakacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}