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BACHELOR OF Science IN Computer Science

Degree Requirements | Computer Science Major Requirements
Major Electives | Recommended Degree Path

 

Requirements for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science

Requirements for BS in Computer Science	Sem. Hrs.
Freshman Seminar	1
General Education Requirements	44
Computer Science Major Requirements	48
Major Electives	12
University-wide Electives	15
Total	120

General Education Requirements:Prospective Computer Science Majors should start with MAT 1090 as their first General Education mathematics course. MAT 1070 and MAT 1080 or MAT 2210 may be used in place of MAT 1090.

NOTE: Computer Science majors must take PHY 1500 or PHY 2000 and one course from Biology, Chemistry, or HON 1500 to satisfy the six hours of Natural Science requirements in General Education.

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Required Courses for Computer Science

Course#	Course Title	Comments
CSC 1750	Introduction to Algorithms	COREQ: CSC 1760
CSC 1760	Introduction to Programming	COREQ: CSC 1750
CSC 1850	Object-Oriented Programming	Prerequisite: MAT 1090 or MAT 1070 & MAT 1080 and C or better in CSC 1750 and CSC 1760
CSC 2150	Discrete Structures	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 or MAT 1090 or MAT 2210 and CSC 1750, 1760
CSC 2250	Fundamentals of Computer Systems	Prerequisite: CSC 2150 and CSC 1850. [CSC 1850 is a corequisite with a B or better in CSC 1750.]
CSC 2260	Operating Systems and Networking	Prerequisite: C or better in CSC 1750 and 1760
CSC 2650	Digital Logic	Prerequisite: C or better in CSC 2150
CSC 2850	Data Structures	Prerequisite: CSC 2150 and C or better in CSC 1850
CSC 2920	Software Development and Professional Practices	Prerequisite: CSC 1850
CSC 3750	Programming Languages	Prerequisite: CSC 2250
CSC 4900	Advanced Software Project	Prerequisite: CSC 2250 and CSC 2850
MAT 2210	Calculus I (4)	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 or MAT 1090 or placement into MAT 2210
MAT 2220	Calculus II (4)	Prerequisite: C or better in MAT 2210
MAT 3150	Linear Algebra I	Prerequisite: MAT 2210 or 2150
MAT 3280	Probability and Statistics I	Prerequisite: MAT 2220

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Major Electives

Select four courses from one of the following areas (at least one must be a 4000‑level course)

Note: Students planning to attend graduate school in computer science should take CSC 4010, 4150, 4350, and 4450.

Course#	Course Title	Comments
Area I
CSC 3350	Network Management	Prerequisite: CSC 1850, 2260
CSC 3380	Programming for the World Wide Web	Prerequisite: CSC 1850 or 1900 and CSC 2260
CSC 3650	Introduction to Computer Architecture	Prerequisite: CSC 2650 and CSC 2250
CSC 4010*	Theory of Computation	Prerequisite: CSC 2250, CSC 2850
CSC 4150*	Translators and Compilers (4)	Prerequisite: CSC 4010
CSC 4350*	Operating Systems	Prerequisite: MAT 2220
CSC 4450*	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	Prerequisite: CSC 2850, and MAT 2220
CSC 4900	Advanced Software Project (4)	Prerequisite: CSC 2250 and CSC 2850
MAT 3270	Real Analysis I	Prerequisite: MAT 3150, 3310, and one high‑level programming language
Area II
CSC 3800	Datebase Management Systems	Prerequisite: CSC 2850
CSC 3910	Software Engineering	Prerequisite: CSC 2920
CSC 3920	Software Process Improvement	Prerequisite: CSC 3910
CSC 3930	Component-Based Computing	Prerequisite: CSC 3910
CSC 4010*	Theory of Computation	Prerequisite: CSC 2250, CSC 2850
CSC 4150*	Translators and Compilers (4)	Prerequisite: CSC 4010
CSC 4450*	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	Prerequisite: CSC 2850, and MAT 2220
CSC 4810	Data Mining	Prerequisite: CSC 3800
CSC 4820	Data Warehousing	Prerequisite: CSC 3800
Area III
CSC 4350*	Operating Systems	Prerequisite: MAT 2220
CSC 4360	Mainframe Computing	Prerequisite: CSC 4350
Select two of the following:
CSC 3380	Programming for the World Wide Web	Prerequisite: CSC 1850 or 1900 and CSC 2260
CSC 3800	Datebase Management Systems	Prerequisite: CSC 2850
CSC 4020	Network Security	Prerequisite: CSC 2260 and CSC 2850
CSC 4900	Advanced Software Project (4)	Prerequisite: CSC 2250 and CSC 2850
CSC 4970	Computer Science Internship (1-3)	Prerequisite: CSC 2850 and approval of Department Chair

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Updated: Thursday, October 21, 2010

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