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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Department of Computer Science offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a strong technical emphasis on modern computing and systems. The degree program offers students the opportunity to prepare for careers in high-technology companies, business, government, and teaching, and to prepare for advanced graduate study. The department also offers a Concentration in Computer and Information Security and a Minor in Computer Science.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science

The Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science requires a minimum of 126 semester credit hours, including the Core Curriculum requirements.

All majors in computer science are required to complete all required and elective computer science courses with a grade of “C” or better.

All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013, Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023, Freshman Composition II
Mathematics Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
MAT 1214, Calculus I
Natural Sciences Science (6 semester credit hours)
PHY 1943, Physics for Scientists I
PHY 1963, Physics for Scientists II
Social and Behavioral Sciences United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013, Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
World Society and Issues (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

  1. 69 semester credit hours of required courses (this also satisfies the 9 hours of Core Curriculum requirements for Mathematics and Natural Sciences):

    CS 1713, 1711 Introduction to Computer Science and Recitation (The student who has no programming experience should take CS 1063, Introduction to Computer Programming.) CS 1723, 1721 Data Structures and Recitation
    CS 2213, 2211 Advanced Programming and Recitation
    CS 2413, 2411 Systems Programming and Recitation
    CS 2513, 2511 Computer Organization I and Recitation
    CS 2733, 2731 Computer Organization II and Recitation
    CS 3233, 3231 Discrete Mathematical Structures and Recitation
    CS 3343, 3341 Analysis of Algorithms and Recitation
    CS 3723, 3721 Programming Languages and Recitation
    CS 3733, 3731 Operating Systems and Recitation
    CS 4753, 4751 Computer Architecture and Recitation
    CS 4873 Computer Networks
    MAT 1214 Calculus I (The student who is not prepared to begin MAT 1214 must take MAT 1093 Precalculus.)
    MAT 1223 Calculus II
    MAT 2213 Calculus III
    MAT 2233 Linear Algebra
    PHY 1943 Physics for Scientists I
    PHY 1963 Physics for Scientists II
    STA 3543 Statistics and Experimental Design for Computer Science

  2. 21 semester credit hours of upper-division computer science courses

  3. 3 semester credit hours of free electives

Concentration in Computer and Information Security

All candidates for the Concentration in Computer and Information Security must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the Computer Science degree requirements including, as part of the upper-division computer science electives in item B in the degree requirements, the following three courses:

CS 3433 Principles of Computer and Information Security
CS 4353 Unix and Network Security
CS 4363 Cryptography

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