Before approving the Program of Study, the student's
Coursework Committee will try to determine whether the
student has proposed to develop sufficient breadth
in the choice of required coursework.
Some faculty may consider this as breadth within computer
science; others may define it more broadly to include
other disciplines.
Regardless of area, most faculty in the Department of
Computer Science strongly believe that all graduate
students should at least be exposed to one theory
course and one systems course, both at the graduate
level. The most widely recommended theory course
is CS 473G Algorithms. Systems course recommendations
may vary depending on the student's research area and
interests. These expectations hold even if the student
has taken advanced systems and theory courses before
coming to UIUC.