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 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Credit Hours: (3)
• PHYS 2111 - Sci/Engr Phys Lab I Credit Hours: (1)

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• PHYS 2120 - Physics For Scientists and Engineers II Credit Hours: (3)
• PHYS 2121 - Sci/Engr Phys Lab II Credit Hours: (1)

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  or

   

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

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

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  or

   

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

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• BIOL 1120 - General Biology II Credit Hours: (3)
• 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: Introduction to Programming 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 3081 - CS3 Introduction to Software Design Credit Hours: 3
• 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 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)

General Concentration (12 hours)

Completion of four upper-division COMP electives, given the following restrictions:

• COMP 1000 , 1100 , 1800 , 3050 , 4001 , or 4014  are not allowed to satisfy this requirement.
• At most 3 hours of independent studies and
• At most 3 hours of internship count for the 12 hours of concentration requirement.

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. 

Computer Science Honors Designation

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

• Have an overall GPA of at least 3.25;
• Have a COMP GPA of at least 3.50;
• Earn Honors credits in three 3000-level or 4000-level COMP courses.

Typical 4 Year Sequence Computer Science-General Concentration

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