The Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics 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.
SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS
Students must complete at least 30 graduate points and must maintain at least 2.7 overall GPA in order to be eligible for the MS degree in Computer Science:
- The Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics track requires:- Breadth courses
– Required Track courses (6pts)
– Track Electives (6pts)
– General Electives (6pts) - Two Required Track courses (6 points), selected from the Required Track Course list.
- Two Elective Track courses (6 points), selected from the Elective Track Course list; at least one of these courses must be 6000-level.
- Six points of appropriate General Elective graduate courses, 3 at the 6000 level and 3 at the 4000-level or above.
- Students could use waivers to complete the 30 graduate points by expanding their electives beyond the base track requirements above.
Please use the Degree Progress Checklist to keep track of your requirements.
1. BREADTH REQUIREMENT
Visit the breadth requirement page for more information.
2. REQUIRED TRACK COURSES
Students are required to complete 2 of the following 7 courses. Students who have taken equivalent courses in the past and received grades of at least a B may apply for waiver and take other CS courses instead.
|
Course ID |
Title |
| COMS W4160 | Computer Graphics |
| COMS W4167 | Computer Animation |
| COMS W4170 | User Interface Design |
| COMS W4172 | 3D User Interfaces and Augmented Reality |
| COMS W4731 | Computer Vision |
| COMS W4732 | Computer Vision II |
| COMS W4733 | Computational Aspects of Robotics |
| COMS W4735 | Visual Interfaces to Computers |
| COMS W4771 or W4721* | Machine Learning or Machine Learning for Data Science |
| COMS W4737 (E6737) | Biometrics |
* Due to significant overlap, students can receive credits for only one of these courses (either COMS W4771 Machine Learning or COMS W4721 Machine Learning for Data Science).
3. ELECTIVE TRACK COURSES
Students are required to complete 2 courses from the following list. At least 1 of these courses must be a 6000-level CS course.
|
Course ID |
Title |
| COMS W4160 | Computer Graphics |
| COMS W4162 | Advanced Computer Graphics |
| COMS W4165 | Computational Techniques in Pixel Processing |
| COMS W4167 | Computer Animation |
| COMS W4170 | User Interface Design |
| COMS W4172 | 3D User Interfaces and Augmented Reality |
| COMS W4731 | Computer Vision |
| COMS W4733 | Computational Aspects of Robotics |
| COMS W4735 | Visual Interfaces to Computers |
| COMS W4737 | Biometrics |
| COMS W4771 or W4721* | Machine Learning or Machine Learning for Data Science |
| COMS W4772 | Advanced Machine Learning and Perception |
| COMS W4995 | Visit the topics courses page to see which COMS 4995 courses apply to this track. |
| COMS E6160 | Topics in Computer Graphics |
| COMS E6161 | Rendering |
| COMS E6174 | Interaction Design: A Perceptual Approach |
| COMS E6176 | User Interfaces for Mobile & Wearable Computing |
| COMS E6178 | Human–Computer Interaction |
| COMS E6731 | Humanoid Robots |
| COMS E6732 | Computational Imaging |
| COMS E6733 | 3-D Photography |
| COMS E6734 | Computational Photography |
| COMS E6735 | Visual Databases |
| COMS E6737 | Biometrics |
| COMS E6901 | Projects in Computer Science (Advisor approval required) |
| COMS E6998 | Visit the topics courses page to see which COMS 6998 courses apply to this track. |
| MECS E6615 | Advanced Robotic Manipulation |
*Due to a significant overlap, MS students not in the Machine Learning track can only take 1 of the following courses – COMS 4771, COMS 4721, ELEN 4903, IEOR 4525, STAT 4240, STAT 4400/4241/5241 – as part of their degree requirements.
5. GENERAL ELECTIVES
Remaining points toward the MS program must be chosen from either the Track Electives listed above or from the CS department at the 4000-level or higher. Students may also request to use at most 3 points of Non-CS/Non-Track coursework if approved by the process listed below.
- Non-CS/Non-Track: CS MS students may request up to 3 points of Non-CS/Non-Track points to count toward their 30 point MS program. CS Track advisor may review and approve if the course is determined to be relevant to the CS MS track and sufficiently technical in nature. Students should send the Non-CS/Non-Track Form and the course syllabus to your Track Advisor for review.
5. TRACK PLANNING
Please visit the Directory of Classes to get the updated course listings. Please also note that not all courses are offered every semester, or even every year. A few courses are offered only once every two or three years or even less frequently.
6. TRACK ADVISORS
Please direct all questions concerning the Vision, Graphics, Interaction, and Robotics Track to Steve Feiner.
7. GRADUATION
Candidates preparing for graduation should submit a completed application for degree to the Registrar’s Office and submit a track graduation form/Checklist to CS Student Services.
Last updated November 17, 2021
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