Catalog for The School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
The major is designed to give the student a thorough education in contemporary computer science while allowing sufficient flexibility for the student to pursue individual interests in related technical fields.
Course Requirements
Candidates must successfully complete 131 semester hours of course work which shall include the following:
- University Studies 101 [1 hours]
- English 101, 102, 200 [6 hours], 221-226 [3 hours]
- Social sciences, fine arts, and humanities1 [18 hours]
- Speech 105 [3 hours]
- Mathematics 261, 262, 263, 301, 302, 319 [18 hours]
- Business 230 or Mathematics 475 [3 hours]
- Physics 211, 212, 221, 222 [8 hours]
- General science electives2 [6 hours]
- Electrical Engineering 335, 336 [4 hours]
- Computer Science 111, 112, 211, 223, 300, 311, 387, 423, 433, 450, 4873 [31 hours] Computer Science electives chosen from 300-level and above
- Computer science courses or approved electives4 [15 hours]
- Technical electives5 [15 hours]
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS: 131
FIRST YEAR: 31 Semester Hours
| Classes |
Semester Course Hours |
| |
1st |
2nd |
|
| Computer Science 111, 112 Computer Science I, II |
3 |
3 |
| Mathematics 261, 262 Unified Calculus and Analytic Geometry |
3 |
3 |
| English 101, 102 English Composition |
3 |
3 |
| Speech 105-Business and Professional Speech |
|
3 |
| Social sciences, humanities, fine arts electives |
6 |
3 |
| University Studies 101 The University in Principle and Practice |
1 |
|
SECOND YEAR: 33 Semester Hours
| Classes |
Semester Course Hours |
| |
1st |
2nd |
|
| Computer Science 211, 223 Computer Science III, Computer Organization |
3 |
3 |
| Electrical Engineering 335, 336 Principles of Digital Systems and Lab |
|
4 |
| Mathematics 263, 301, 302-Unified Calculus and Analytic Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Modern Algebra |
6 |
3 |
| Physics 211, 212, 221, 222 Physics for Science, Engineering; Laboratory |
4 |
4 |
| English Literature, one of 221-226 |
3 |
|
| Social sciences, humanities, fine arts electives |
|
3 |
THIRD YEAR: 34 Semester Hours
| Classes |
Semester Course Hours |
| |
1st |
2nd |
|
| Computer Science 300, 311, 387, 423, 433 Social Responsibility in Computer Science, Models of Computation, Software Design and Development, Introduction to Operating Systems, Algorithm and Data Structure Analysis |
7 |
6 |
| Computer science elective |
|
3 |
| Mathematics 319 Introduction to Linear Algebra |
3 |
|
| Business 230 or Mathematics 475, statistics |
|
3 |
| Social sciences, humanities, fine arts electives |
3 |
3 |
| Technical electives |
3 |
3 |
FOURTH YEAR: 33 Semester Hours
| Classes |
Semester Course Hours |
| |
1st |
2nd |
|
| Computer Science 450, 487 Organization of Programming Languages, Senior Project |
3 |
3 |
| Computer science electives |
6 |
6 |
| General science electives |
3 |
3 |
| Technical electives |
6 |
3 |
|
