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Major Requirements: Computer Science
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  Newark Undergraduate Catalog 2016–2018 Liberal Arts Colleges Academic Programs and Courses Computer Science 198 Major Requirements: Computer Science  

Major Requirements: Computer Science


A total of 60 credits is required for the computer science major. The following are required computer science courses:

  21:198:101  Computers and Programming I (3)

  21:198:102  Computers and Programming II (3)

  28:198:280  Programming Language Concepts (3)

  28:198:288  Intensive Programming in Linux (3)

  21:198:251  Computer Organization (3)

  21:198:332  Principles of Operating Systems (3)

  21:198:335  Data Structures and Algorithm Design (3)

  21&28:198:435  Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Design (3)

  28:198:490  Guided Design in Software Engineering (3)

  21&28:198:491  Computer Science Project (3)

Nine credits are required as electives. They must be at the 300-400 course level from the computer science or information systems departments at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Computer science courses are preferred. No more than 3 credits may be taken from among the following courses: 21:198:493, 494, 495, and 496.

The following is a list of recommended courses offered at NJIT:

  28:198:333  Introduction to UNIX Operating Systems (3)

  28:198:341  Foundations of Computer Science II (3)

  28:198:352  Parallel Computers and Programming (3)

  28:198:353  Advanced Computer Organization (3)

  28:198:357  Fundamentals of Network Security (3)

  28:198:370  Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3)

  28:198:375  Applications Development for the World Wide Web (3)

  28:198:408  Cryptography and Internet Security (3)

  28:198:438  Interactive Computer Graphics (3)

  28:198:451  Network Technologies (3)

  21:198:481,482  Advanced Mathematics in Computer Science (3,3)

  28:198:485  Special Topics in Computer Science I (3)

  28:198:486  Special Topics in Computer Science II (3)

Other required courses are:

Mathematics

  21:640:135  Calculus I (4) or 21:640:155  Honors Calculus I (4)

  21:640:136  Calculus II (4) or 21:640:156  Honors Calculus II (4)

  21:640:235  Calculus III (4)

  21:640:237  Discrete Structures (3)

  21:640:327  Probability and Statistics (3) or 28:640:333 (NJIT)

  21:640:473  Numerical Analysis (3) or 28:198:421 (NJIT)

Recommended but not required, are:

  21:750:205,206  Introductory Physics Laboratory (1,1)

  21:750:213,214  University Physics l,ll (4,4)


Check the online schedule of classes for writing-intensive courses. Note that 28:548:350 Computers, Society, and Ethics and 28:548:390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design will count as computer science electives.

Here is a prerequisite flow diagram for the required courses in the computer science major.

The following is a recommended sequence for completing the courses required for a computer science major. Additional courses are required by the student's college of matriculation for graduation.

First Year

Fall Semester

  21:198:101  Computers and Programming I (3)

  21:640:135  Calculus I (4)

Spring Semester

  21:198:102  Computers and Programming II (3)

  21:640:136  Calculus II (4)

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

  21:198:335  Data Structures and Algorithm Design (3) 

  21:640:237  Discrete Structures (3)

Spring Semester

  21:198:251  Computer Organization (3)

  28:198:280  Programming Language Concepts (3)

  21:640:235  Calculus III (4)

Junior Year

Fall Semester

  21:198:288  Intensive Programming in Linux (3) 

  21&28:198:332  Principles of Operating Systems (3)

  21&28:198:xxx  computer science elective

Spring Semester

  21&28:198:435  Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Design (3)

  21&28:198:xxx  computer science elective

  21:640:327  Probability and Statistics (3)

Senior Year

Fall Semester

  28:198:490  Guided Design in Software Engineering (3)

  21&28:198:xxx  computer science elective

  21:640:473  Numerical Analysis (3)

Spring Semester

  21&28:198:491  Computer Science Project (3)

 
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