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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 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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements	Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Rhetoric (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
Domain I: Mathematics and Science	Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) MAT 1214 Calculus I Science (6 semester credit hours) PHY 1904 Technical Physics I PHY 1924 Technical Physics II
Domain II: Society and Culture	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 Studies (6 semester credit hours) POL 1013 plus 3 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.
Domain III: Literature and the 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.
Domain IV: 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

A. 72 semester credit hours of required courses (this also satisfies the 9 hours of Core Curriculum requirements for Domain I):

CS 1713, 1711 Introduction to Computer Science and Recitation (The student who has no programming experience should take CS 1063 Introduction to 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 1904 Technical Physics I
PHY 1911 Technical Physics I Laboratory
PHY 1924 Technical Physics II
STA 3543 Statistical and Experimental Design for Computer Science