MS and Graduate Certificate Advising

The Department of Computer Science has four Graduate Program Specialists available to provide advising for students in our MS and Graduate Certificate programs:

CS Office Location: Engineering Building Suite #4300 on the fourth floor

If you have simple questions or need quick answers, contact us here:

Email: csgrad@gmu.edu

Phone: (703) 993-1530

**NOTE: The following advising options are for MS students only. PhD CS students should email csphd@gmu.edu or book an appointment through the PhD bookings link for advising.**

Virtual and In-Person Advising is available here: Book an Appointment

  • Appointments are recommended and preferred! Otherwise, you can choose to take advantage of the walk-in advising hours noted below.
  • Be sure to select the correct format for your appointment (in-person or virtual). In-person advising is held in the CS Office.

Walk-In Advising is available Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday from 1PM to 4PM in the CS Office

  • If you do not schedule an appointment, you are welcome to visit the office during the walk-in advising hours above.
  • Please note that appointments take priority! You may need to wait until an advisor is free to meet with you.
  • The office reserves the right to decline walk-in advising if advisor’s are not present, in a meeting, or overbooked and unable to speak with you in a timely manner.

FERPA:
Advising appointments are one-on-one meetings with an advisor. Other students, friends, or family are not permitted to participate in the meeting unless FERPA permission has been granted by the student and applied to their account prior to that day's meeting.

We do not provide advising for the following programs. Please use the correct points of contact listed below: