A project consisting of significant work by an individual student. Involves the preparation of a project proposal, including a review of the literature, completion of the project, and preparation of a report, all under the guidance of a project adviser. The School of Computing must approve the project topic and the adviser. The student must successfully defend their project in a public, oral presentation. Note: This course must be taken for a total of at least six hours prior to the presentation. After all course work for the Master's program has been completed the student must take at least one hour project credit per semester until the project is completed.