Transfer Credit

Graduate CS courses taken at other colleges or universities may be transferred to the degree program. Each course to be transferred:

• Must have been taken at an accredited institution in the U.S.
• Must have been a graduate-level course (though one may have taken it as an undergraduate student).
• Must be equivalent to existing 500-level IIT Computer Science or Computer Science Professional courses. (Partial transfer credit may be available for a non-IIT CS course that is equivalent to part of an IIT CS course.)

Course transfers must be explicitly approved by the CS department. Department approval is given on a case-by-case basis and there is no guarantee that a course will be given transfer credit.

Students with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science may transfer up to 6 credit hours of CS courses from other universities; other students may transfer up to 3 credit hours.

Transferred courses cannot be used as core courses on the program of study; they can only be used as electives. (Only courses taken from the IIT CS department can be used as core courses.)

Non-CS courses from other universities cannot be transferred.

CS-related courses in other departments at IIT can be transferred to the degree program, but only if they appear in the list of approved courses below. The courses can be taken as a Computer Science student, or they may have been taken before starting the degree program (typically as a non-degree student or as a degree-seeking student in another department.)

Students with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science may transfer up to 6 credit hours of non-CS department courses; other students may transfer up to 3 credit hours.

Note: The courses below do not count as 500-level CS courses for purposes of the MSCS and MCS coursework requirements.

Applied Mathematics

• MATH 512, 515, 540, 542, 543, 553, 554, 563, 564, 568, 577, 578, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605

Biology

• BIOL 550

Chemical Engineering

• CHE 508, 528, 532, 533, 536, 560

Students not in the Master of Science in CS/Master of Chemical Engineering dual degree program can only transfer one course.

Chemistry

• CHEM 513

Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

• CAE 523, 534, 573

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• ECE 502, 504, 505, 506, 511, 513, 514, 515, 519, 526, 530, 531, 535, 537, 540, 541, 544, 545, 546, 563, 565, 566, 570, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588

Note: Credit will not be given for both ECE 585 and CS 570.

Information Technology Management

• No ITM courses can be applied to graduate CS degrees.

Mathematics and Science Education

Students in the Master of CS with Specialization in Education program are required to take courses from an approved list of education courses. (See the description of the specialization for details and prerequisites.) The same courses can be transferred by students not in the specialization. required by the Master of CS with specialization in Education:

• MSED 500, 300, 554, 555

Mechanical Engineering

• MMAE 501, 502, 505, 506, 517, 538, 544, 545, 547, 551

Stuart School of Business

Students in the Master of CS with Specialization in Business and Master of CS with Specialization in Finance programs are required to take courses from approved lists. (See the descriptions of the specializations for details.) The same courses can be transferred by students not in these specializations.

• From the Business specialization: BUS 510, 550, MBA 501, 502, 504, 506, 509, 511
• From the Finance specialization: MSF 504, 505, 506

A Stuart School of Business course not listed above may be transferred on a case-by-case basis, with advisor permission.

Last modified: 12/28/2012