The Vision and Graphics Track

The Vision and Graphics track is intended for students who wish to develop their knowledge of Computer Vision and Computer Graphics. The track also includes courses in related fields, such as Robotics, Machine Learning, and User Interfaces. Many of the courses are taught by faculty in the Columbia Vision and Graphics Center.

1. Overall Requirements

Students must complete at least 30 graduate credits:

1. Any four of the six Core courses to fulfill the 12-credit core requirement
2. Two Required Track courses (6 credits), selected from the list in Section 3
3. Two Elective Track courses (6 credits), selected from the list in Section 4; at least one of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course
4. Six credits of appropriate General Elective graduate courses, three at the 6000 level and three at the 4000 level or above, all approved in advance by the Track Advisor
5. Students using Special Considerations to credit previous courses in fulfilling core or track requirements may complete the 30 graduate credits by expanding their electives beyond the base track requirements above

For the 12-credit core requirement, students take four courses from the following six:

COMS W4115 Programming Languages & Translators

COMS W4118 Operating Systems 1

COMS W4156 Advanced Software Engineering

COMS W4231 Analysis of Algorithms 1

COMS W4701 Artificial Intelligence

CSEE  W4824 Computer Architecture

2. Prerequisites

None.

3. Required Track Courses

Candidates are required to complete two (2) of the following seven courses:

Students who have completed equivalent courses with grades of at least 3.0/4.0 may apply these courses to satisfy these requirements and devote more credits to pursue elective courses.

4. Elective Track Courses

Candidates are required to complete two (2) courses from the following list*. At least one of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course.

5. General Elective Courses

Candidates are required to complete six credits of appropriate Columbia graduate courses, approved in advance by the Track Advisor. At least three of these credits must be at the 6000 level.

6. Contact

Please direct all questions concerning the Vision and Graphics Track to Prof. .

7. Graduation

Candidates preparing for graduation should submit a completed application for degree to the Registrar's Office and submit a track graduation form to C.S. Student Services (an example of a completed form is available here).

*Note: The list of electives may be updated to reflect changes in the schedule of course offerings.

**Please note that Fall 2008 course offerings are listed on a provisional basis only and may change from what is listed here.

Last updated 3/13/2008.