Computer Science, BS

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Credits Required by Major: 70 to 71

Additional UCC Credits: 36

World Language Credits: 0 to 6

Free Electives: 14 to 8

Total Program Credits: 120

Main Campus Program Code: BS-CS

Will. Power. 101

1 Course Required; 0 Credits

WPS 1010 Will. Power. 101 Credits:

University Core Curriculum

12 Courses Required; 36 Credits;

Assumes two (2) courses required for the major are also used for the UCC:

UCC Area C: Quantitative Literacies: MATH 1600
UCC Area H, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Natural Sciences: BIO 1630 , CHEM 1600 or PHYS 2600

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Computer Science majors may use the following course for both UCC and a required mathematics elective course, reducing the remaining UCC requirement to 11 courses (33 credits):

UCC Area J, Data & Analysis: MATH 2300

World Languages Requirement

0 to 2 Courses Required; 0 to 6 Credits:

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Computer Science Basic Core Courses

7 Courses Required; 24 Credits:

CS 2300 Computer Science I Credits: 4.0
CS 2400 Computer Science II Credits: 4.0
CS 2600 Discrete Structures Credits: 3.0
CS 2800 Computer and Assembler Language Credits: 3.0
CS 3380 Fundamentals of Networking and Information Security Credits: 3.0
CS 3410 Digital Logic and Computer Organization Credits: 3.0
CS 3420 Data Structure Credits: 4.0

Computer Science Advanced Core Courses

5 Courses Required; 15 Credits:

CS 3450 Operating Systems Credits: 3.0
CS 3500 Software Engineering Credits: 3.0
CS 3600 Parallel and Distributed Computing Credits: 3.0
CS 3820 Programming Languages Credits: 3.0
CS 4800 Computer Science Seminar Credits: 3.0

Computer Science Elective Requirement

4 Courses Required; 12 Credits:

CS 3720 Design and Analysis Algorithms Credits: 3.0
CS 3990 Selected Topics Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
CS 4020 Numerical Methods Credits: 3.0
CS 4040 Computer Simulation Credits: 3.0
CS 4050 Systems Programming Credits: 3.0
CS 4060 Applied Cryptography Credits: 3.0
CS 4066 Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking Credits: 3.0
CS 4070 Data Science Analytics Credits: 3.0
CS 4080 Data Mining and Machine Learning Credits: 3.0
CS 4090 Parrallel and Distributed Systems Credits: 3.0
CS 4100 Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3.0
CS 4200 Compiler Construction Credits: 3.0
CS 4201 Database Driven Web Applications Credits: 3.0
CS 4250 Computer and Network Security Credits: 3.0
CS 4300 Data Communications and Computer Networks Credits: 3.0
CS 4400 Data Base Management Credits: 3.0
CS 4410 Computer Architecture Credits: 3.0
CS 4450 Theory of Computation Credits: 3.0
CS 4610 Computer Graphics Credits: 3.0
CS 4700 Cloud Computing Credits: 3.0
CS 4900 Computer Science Senior Project Credits: 3.0 - 6.0
CS 4950 Computer Science Internship Credits: 1.0 - 3.0
CS 4990 Independent Study Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Required Supporting Courses

5 Courses Required; 19 to 20 Credits:

MATH 1600 Calculus I Credits: 4.0
MATH 1610 Calculus II Credits: 4.0
Take one (1) of the following three (3) Mathematics courses:
MATH 2020 Linear Algebra Credits: 3.0
MATH 2300 Statistics I Credits: 4.0
MATH 3240 Probability and Statistics Credits: 4.0
Take one (1) of the following three (3) Natural Science courses:
BIO 1620 General Biology: Evolution, Ecology & Biodiversity Credits: 4.0
CHEM 1600 General Chemistry I Credits: 4.0
PHYS 2600 General Physics I Credits: 4.0
Take one (1) of the following three (3) Natural Science courses:
BIO 1630 General Biology: Cell, Molecular, and Genetics Credits: 4.0
CHEM 1620 General Chemistry II Credits: 4.0
PHYS 2610 General Physics II Credits: 4.0