University General Education Program (41 hours)

See Graduation from the University  for the University General Education Program requirements. Note the following requirements specified for the Computer Science major: Mathematics - MATH 1910 ; Natural Science - PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111  and PHYS 2120 /PHYS 2121  or CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111  and CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 , or BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111  and BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 ; ECON 2020  is strongly recommended for the Social Science requirement.

The Major (63 hours)

• General Education (12 hours)

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  Mathematics:

• MATH 1910 - Calculus I ** Credit Hours: (4)

• Natural Science:

• PHYS 2110 - Sci/Engr Phys I/Calc** Credit Hours: (3-4)
• PHYS 2111 - Sci/Engr Phys Lab I Credit Hours: (1)

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• PHYS 2120 - Sci/Engr Phys II/Calc** Credit Hours: (3-4)
• PHYS 2121 - Sci/Engr Phys Lab II Credit Hours: (1)

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  or

   

• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: (3-4)
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab Credit Hours: (1)

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• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: (3-4)
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab Credit Hours: (1)

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  or

   

• BIOL 1110 - General Biology I Credit Hours: (3-4)
• BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab Credit Hours: (1)

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• BIOL 1120 - General Biology II Credit Hours: (3-4)
• BIOL 1121 - General Biol II Lab Credit Hours: (1)

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• Core Requirement (51 hours)

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  In addition to the specific General Education courses listed above, majors are required to take the following courses:

• MATH 1920 - Calculus II** Credit Hours: (4)
• MATH 3242 - Intro Linear Algebra Credit Hours: (3)
• MATH 4614 - Probability/Statistics Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 1900 - CS1:Intro Comp Science Credit Hours: (4)
• COMP 1950 - Ethics and Technology Credit Hours: (1)
• COMP 2150 - CS2: OOP and Data Structures Credit Hours: (4)
• COMP 2700 - Discrete Structures Credit Hours: (4)
• COMP 3115 - Database Process and Design Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 3410 - Computer Org/Architecture Credit Hours: (4)
• COMP 3825 - Network/Info Assurance Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4030 - Design/Analysis Algorithms Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4040 - Programming Languages Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4081 - Software Engineering Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4270 - Operating Systems Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4601 - Models of Computation Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4882 - Capstone Software Proj Credit Hours: (3)

Artificial Intelligence Concentration (12 hours)

• COMP 4118 - Introduction to Data Mining Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4720 - Intro Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4730 - Expert Systems Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4741 - Intro to Neurocomputing Credit Hours: (3)

Electives

Electives must be chosen to bring the total number of semester hours to 120. 

Students should talk to their advisors to determine most suitable courses for them. 

Typical 4-Year Sequence for Artificial Intelligence Concentration

Freshman Year

• First Semester

• COMP 1900 - CS1:Intro Comp Science Credit Hours: (4)
• COMP 1950 - Ethics and Technology Credit Hours: (1)
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I ** Credit Hours: (4)
• ENGL 1010 - English Composition** Credit Hours: (3)
• Free Elective (3)

Total: 15 hrs.

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• Second Semester

• COMP 2150 - CS2: OOP and Data Structures Credit Hours: (4)
• MATH 1920 - Calculus II** Credit Hours: (4)
• ENGL 1020 - English Comp/Analysis** Credit Hours: (3)
• Gen Ed Social Science  (3)

Total: 14 hrs.

Sophomore Year

• First Semester

• COMP 2700 - Discrete Structures Credit Hours: (4)
• COMP 3410 - Computer Org/Architecture Credit Hours: (4)
• Natural Science I with Lab (4)
• ENGL 2201 - Literary Heritage ** Credit Hours: (3)

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• ENGL 2202 - Lit Heritage: African-American ** Credit Hours: (3)

• Total: 15 hrs.

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• Second Semester

• COMP 3115 - Database Process and Design Credit Hours: (3)
• MATH 4614 - Probability/Statistics Credit Hours: (3)
• Natural Science II with Lab (4)
• Gen. ed. history (3)
• Free Elective (3)

Total: 16 hrs.

Junior Year

• First Semester

• COMP 3825 - Network/Info Assurance Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4030 - Design/Analysis Algorithms Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4720 - Intro Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: (3)
• COMM 2381 - Oral Communication ** Credit Hours: (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities (3)

Total: 15 hrs.

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• Second Semester

• COMP 4270 - Operating Systems Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4118 - Introduction to Data Mining Credit Hours: (3)
• MATH 3242 - Intro Linear Algebra Credit Hours: (3)
• Gen Ed Social Science (3)
• Free Elective (3)

Total: 15 hrs.

Senior Year

• First Semester

• COMP 4081 - Software Engineering Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4601 - Models of Computation Credit Hours: (3)
• Gen ed history (3)
• Free Elective (3)
• COMP 4741 - Intro to Neurocomputing Credit Hours: (3)

• Total: 15 hrs.

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  Second Semester

• COMP 4040 - Programming Languages Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4882 - Capstone Software Proj Credit Hours: (3)
• COMP 4730 - Expert Systems Credit Hours: (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities (3)
• Free Elective (3)

Total: 15 hrs.

Total Hours: 120

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120

*Must satisfy University General Education Program Requirement

**Courses offered only online or both online and on-ground