Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Computer Science

Kent State University

The Ph.D. degree in Computer Science provides students with an educational and research environment that fosters personal and intellectual growth, flourishes academic goals and develops career paths through necessary training with emerging technologies. The program promotes research, discovery and integration, and is designed for students interested in becoming professional scholars, college and university professors or researchers in private, industrial or government research institutions.Graduates of this program will be able to:Have all around breadth-of-knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to advanced topics in computer science to be regarded as a scholar of computer science.Demonstrate depth of knowledge at least in one specialized topic.Conduct independent research by advancing the body of knowledge in the area through the doctoral dissertation research.Clearly articulate advanced research problems and their solutions.Present general computer science topics in a learning environment.Develop and write publishable papers that clearly articulate advanced research problems and their solutions.Demonstrate integrative and deep knowledge of essential literature, facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to a chosen area of research.Perform complete and thorough literature searches.Evaluate, comprehensively and critically, the extent to which a particular work relates to and/or contributes to a given field.Publish and participate in a chosen research community.

College of Arts and Sciences