Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science

Students pursuing the bachelor of science (B.S.) degree program in computer science must complete the requirements listed below.

1. General Curricular Requirements

All students must satisfy the general curricular requirements listed in the Degree Requirements chapter of this catalog. Some of the general curricular requirements are automatically satisfied by fulfilling the natural science and mathematics requirements of the B.S. program. The following guidelines should be used:

A. 6 credits of the B.S. natural science requirements may be used to satisfy the general curricular requirement of 6 credits from the offerings of the natural science disciplines.

B. 6 credits of the B.S. mathematics requirements may be used to satisfy the general curricular requirement of 3 credits in mathematics and 3 credits in mathematics, computer science, or statistics.

2. Natural Science Requirements

50:750:131-132  Elements of Physics I,II (3,3) and

50:750:133-134  Elements of Physics Laboratory I,II (1,1)

A minimum of 4 additional credits of natural science electives in the biological sciences, chemistry, or physics. Courses designed for nonscience majors and 50:750:203-204 General Physics may not be used to satisfy this requirement.

3. Mathematics Requirements

50:640:121,122  Unified Calculus I,II (4,4)

50:640:250  Linear Algebra (3)

50:960:336  Applied Statistics (3) or 50:960:283,284  Introduction to Statistics I,II (3,3)

A minimum of 3 additional credits in mathematics or statistics at the 200 level or higher (excluding 50:640:237  Discrete Mathematics and 50:640:250  Linear Algebra).

4. Computer Science Core

50:198:111  Programming Fundamentals (3)

50:198:113  Object-Oriented Programming (3)

50:198:211  C and System Programming (3)

50:198:231  Introduction to Computer Organization (3)

50:198:371  Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3)

50:198:443  Operating Systems (3)

50:198:493  Senior Design Project (3)

5. Computer Science Electives

At least 12 credits of computer science electives at the 300 or 400 level. At most, 3 credits of 50:198:494  Independent Study and, at most, 3 credits of 50:198:497  Computer Science Internship may be counted toward fulfillment of this requirement.