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 , PHYS 2120 /PHYS 2121  or CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 , CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 , or BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 ; ECON 2020  is strongly recommended for the Social Science requirement.

The Major (63 hours in addition to University General Education Program)

• MATH 1910 - Calculus I
• MATH 1920 - Calculus II
• MATH 3242 - Intro Linear Algebra
• MATH 4614 - Probability/Statistics
• Three Natural Science courses and labs (one sequence of Natural Science as mentioned above in General Education and a third course from the Natural Science list)
• COMP 1900 - CS1:Intro Comp Science
• COMP 1950 - Ethics and Professional Dev
• COMP 2150 - CS2: OOP and Data Structures
• COMP 2700 - Discrete Structures
• COMP 3115 - Database Process and Design
• COMP 3410 - Computer Org/Architecture
• COMP 3825 - Network/Info Assurance
• COMP 4030 - Design/Analysis Algorithms
• COMP 4081 - Software Engineering
• COMP 4270 - Operating Systems
• COMP 4882 - Capstone Software Proj

Electives in the Major (12 hours)

• COMP 4040 - Programming Languages
• COMP 4601 - Models of Computation

• and two COMP electives, which may not be any of 4001, 4005, or 4014. Credits / Units: 6

Second Major in Computer Science (34 hours)

Completion of 34 semester hours in computer science courses including

• COMP 1900 - CS1:Intro Comp Science
• COMP 2150 - CS2: OOP and Data Structures
• COMP 2700 - Discrete Structures
• COMP 3115 - Database Process and Design
• COMP 3410 - Computer Org/Architecture
• COMP 4030 - Design/Analysis Algorithms
• COMP 4081 - Software Engineering
• COMP 4270 - Operating Systems
• Six (6) semester hours in upper-division COMP courses
• Nine (9) additional hours of computer science related courses

Electives

Electives may be chosen to bring the total number of semester hours to 120. At least three of these elective hours must be from upper division courses. Students should talk to their advisors to determine most suitable courses for them.

Computer Science Honors Designation

A student will earn the designation “with Honors in Computer Science” upon graduation having complied with the following requirements:

1. Be admitted into the Computer Science Honors Program by the Department upon formal request for consideration by the student;
2. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.60 in Computer Science (COMP) courses satisfying degree requirements;
3. Complete fifteen (15) credit hours in courses designated “Honors” in the the Computer Science program and satisfying degree requirements;
4. Take honors sections of both COMP 1900  and COMP 2150  (core sequence);
5. Take at least three (3) credit hours from the following courses taken as honors sections: COMP 4901  (independent study), COMP 4996  (senior thesis), and COMP 4882  (capstone software project).

Typical 4 Year Sequence Computer Science

Total Hours: 120

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120

*Must satisfy University General Education Program Requirement

**Natural Science - One sequence and one additional course/lab from: PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 , PHYS 2120 /PHYS 2121 ; OR CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 , CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 ; OR BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 .