Program Overview

Computer Science, B.S. - General

The Computer Science, B.S. - General program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in computer science. The program outline and graduation requirements are listed below.

General Education Requirements

All bachelor's degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information regarding these requirements, please note that courses in the major and/or cognate may also be used to satisfy LEP requirements where noted below.

Major Requirements (52 Credits)

Computer Science Requirements (34 Credits)

• CSC 152 CS1: Programming Fundamentals ('C' or better)
• CSC 207 Computer Systems
• CSC 212 CS2: Data Structures ('C' or better)
• CSC 229 Object-Oriented Programming ('C' or better)
• CSC 235 Web and Database Development
• CSC 265 Computer Networking and Security I
• CSC 324 Computer Ethics
• CSC 330 Software Design and Development
• CSC 400 Computer Science Project Seminar (T3)*
• CSC 421 Theory of Programming Language
• CSC 463 Distributed and Parallel Computing

Computer Science Concentration (18 Credits)

• CSC 305 Computer Organization
• CSC 321 Algorithm Design and Analysis
• CSC 425 Operating Systems
  • Select 3 courses from:
    • CSC 334 Human-Computer Interaction
    • CSC 335 Database Systems
    • CSC 341 Digital Imaging
    • CSC 398 Special Topics
    • CSC 431 Computer Graphics
    • CSC 443 Internet Programming
    • CSC 451 Fundamentals of Deep Learning
    • CSC 453 Information Security
    • CSC 465 Computer Networking and Security II
    • CSC 476 Fundamentals of Data Warehousing
    • CSC 477 Data Mining
    • CSC 481 Artificial Intelligence
    • CSC 497 Computer Science Internship

Cognate Requirements (25 Credits)

• MAT 150 Calculus I (T1QR)*
• MAT 151 Calculus II
• MAT 178 Elementary Discrete Mathematics
• MAT 221 Intermediate Applied Statistics
• Select one from (T2LE)*:
  • BIO 100 General Zoology
  • BIO 101 General Botany
  • BIO 103 Biology I
  • BIO 120 Microbiology
  • BIO 200 Human Biology I
  • BIO 201 Human Biology II
  • ESC 201 Historical Geology
• Select one from (T2PR)*:
  • CHE 120 General Chemistry I
  • ESC 200 Physical Geology
  • PHY 200 General Physics I
  • PHY 230 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I
• Select one from:
  • BIO 102 Biology
  • CHE 121 General Chemistry II
  • ESC 210 Principles of Astronomy
  • MAT 252 Calculus III
  • MAT 322 Numerical Analysis I
  • MAT 372 Linear Algebra
  • PHY 201 General Physics II
  • PHY 231 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II