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2012-2013 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Computer Science, B.S.
 

Computer Science

 

Freshman Year (31 Sem. Hrs.)

 

Sophomore Year (33 Sem. Hrs.)

 

Three hrs. chosen from 2000 level or above

  • ENGL course from the general education humanities list (3) or
  • HNRS course from the general education humanities list (3)

Junior Year (32 Sem. Hrs.)

 

Senior Year (24 Sem. Hrs.)

 

120 Total Sem. Hrs.

1See college list of approved general education natural sciences courses.

2If a 10-hour foreign language sequence is taken, the extra two hours will be counted toward approved electives.

3Students who have completed the prerequisites may substitute MATH 3355  or EE 3140  or EXST 4050 .

4The computer science senior elective (three semester hours) must be an approved 4000 level computer science course.

Areas of Concentration

 

Computer Science and Second Discipline (24 hrs.)

In addition to three credit hours each from a CSC 2000 level or above elective, a CSC 3000 level class or above, and a CSC senior elective, an approved second discipline concentration consists of 15 semester hours of electives in one area outside of the Department of Computer Science. All courses must be taken from a single department except when a university minor is obtained. Courses in the second area are to form a coherent sequence; where possible students should take courses required of a major in that department. Ordinarily, there should be at least two courses numbered 3000 or above. Courses chosen from Information Systems and Decision Sciences must be numbered ISDS 3100  or above. The approval form must be submitted no later than the sophomore year with the consent of the departmental advisor and the dean’s office.

Distributed Systems and Networking (18 hrs.)

 

Required courses (9 hrs.)

 

Approved area electives (9 hrs.)

no more than two elective courses from the same department

Software Engineering (18 hrs.)

 

Required courses (9 hrs.)

 

Approved area electives (9 hrs.)

 

ISDS (max. of 6 hrs.) from