Computer Science (B.S.)

Freshman Year

Total Semester Hours: 31

• Social Science Electives - 6
  Economics, Geography, Anthropology, Government, Psychology, or Sociology.
  

• CSCI 180 - Introduction to Computer Science
• CSCI 281 - Introduction to Data Structures
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II
• FFND 101 - Freshman Foundations
• MATH 170 - Precalculus College Algebra
• MATH 175 - Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry
• MATH 185 - Discrete Mathematics
• MATH 190 - Calculus I
• ORIN 101 - Freshman Orientation

Sophomore Year

Total Semester Hours: 32

• Music, Art, Dance, or Theatre - 3
• Approved Elective - 3
• English Elective - 3
  Must be a course in technical writing.
• Approved Science Sequence - 8
  Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology or Physics.

• CSCI 274 - Introduction to Computer Organization
• CSCI 308 - Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms
• MAAP 200 - Midpoint Assessment of Academic Progress Examination
• MATH 291 - Calculus II
• MATH 292 - Multivariable Calculus
• SPCH 201 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Junior Year

Total Semester Hours: 31

• Science Elective² - 4
• Humanities Elective³ 3

• CSCI 304 - Numerical Methods I
• CSCI 309 - Data Base Management Systems
• CSCI 410 - Software Engineering I
• CSCI 415 - Introduction to Operating Systems
• CSCI 419 - Computer Organization and Architecture
• MATH 301 - Differential Equations
• MATH 322 - Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
• PHIL 252 - Ethics in the Sciences

Senior Year

Total Semester Hours: 29

• Approved Electives - 8

• CSCI 408 - Introduction to Formal Language Theory
• CSCI 413 - Software Engineering II
• CSCI 416 - Structure of Programming Languages
• CSCI 491 - Seminar
• STAT 431 - Mathematical Statistics and Probability

Total Hours for Degree: 123

Notes

²Sequence must be from Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology or Physics, chosen with consent of advisor.
³Must be chosen from Foreign Language (above intro-level), Philosophy, Religious Studies, History, or Literature. At least three hours must meet the international education requirement.

Statistical Computing Concentration

A student may obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a Concentration in Statistical Computing by including the following among the courses taken for the Computer Science Degree.

• STAT 231 - Elementary Probability and Statistical Inference
• STAT 332 - Statistical Methods
• STAT 433 - Analysis of Variance
• STAT 434 - Design of Experiments
• STAT 435 - Survey of Statistical Methods

Double Major in Computer Science and Mathematics

A student may obtain a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics by including:

• 3 hours of a MATH elective chosen from a 400-level course

• CSCI 403 - Numerical Methods II

• must be taken as an elective among the courses taken for the Computer Science degree

• or

• MATH 403 - Numerical Methods II

• must be taken as an elective among the courses taken for the Computer Science degree

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• MATH 411 - Advanced Calculus
• MATH 421 - Modern Algebra

Double Major in Computer Science and Physics

A student may obtain a double major in Computer Science and Physics by including:

• together with 9 hours of approved physics electives among the courses taken for the Computer Science degree.

• CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 102 - General Chemistry II
• PHYS 211 - University Physics I
• PHYS 211L - University Physics Laboratory I
• PHYS 212 - University Physics II
• PHYS 212L - University Physics Laboratory II
• PHYS 321 - Optics
• PHYS 341 - Modern Physics
• PHYS 370 - Advanced Physics Laboratory I
• PHYS 401 - Principles of Electricity and Magnetism
• PHYS 431 - Physics Seminar
• PHYS 451 - Classical Mechanics
• PHYS 470 - Advanced Physics Laboratory II