Computer Science, BS, Scientific Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

MATH 2000 - CALCULUS I * ^G
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
CMPS 1610 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION I ^††
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
MATH 2010 - CALCULUS II * ^G
CMPS 2800 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION II ^††
CMPS 2570 - DISCRETE STRUCTURE ^††
or MATH 2230 - FOUNDATIONS OF DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

Total Credit Hours: 14

Second Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 3900 - DATA STRUCTURES ^††
COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING ^G
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1
CMPS 2900 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION ^††
or CMPS 2930 - INTRODUCTION TO ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
ECON 2010 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MACROECONOMICS) ^G
or ECON 2020 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MICROECONOMICS)

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

CMPS 2850 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ^††
CMPS 3750 - COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE ^††
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ANY ENGL from HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 4010 - SURVEY OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ^†† ^††
CMPS ELECTIVE 3000-4000 LEVEL ^†† Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 3220 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING
MATH 3800 - MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I
SCIENCE ELECTIVE ¹ Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

CMPS 4310 - OPERATING SYSTEMS ^††
CMPS ELECTIVE 3000-4000 LEVEL ^†† Credits / Units: 3
MATH ELECTIVE ² Credits / Units: 3
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
CMPS 4150 - INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ^††

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 3910 - NUMERICAL METHODS ^††
or MATH 3920 - NUMERICAL METHODS
CMPS 4110 - CAPSTONE I ^††
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

CMPS 4790 - AUTOMATA AND FORMAL LANGUAGES ^††
CMPS 4820 - CURRENT TRENDS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ^††
MATH ELECTIVE ² Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 13

Total Semester Hours Required 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

* A grade of “C” or higher is required in these courses

^†† Students must earn a grade of “C” or higher in all major courses.

¹Must complete a two-course science sequence with labs by taking BIOL 1510 /BIOL 1520 and BIOL 1530 /BIOL 1540 ; CHEM 1210 /CLAB 1230 and CHEM 1220 /CLAB 1240 ; or PHYS 2210 /PLAB 2230 and PHYS 2220 /PLAB 2240 . If the sequence is taken in Chemistry or Physics, the additional three-hour course and lab must be BIOL 1510 /BIOL 1520 . The fourth science should also be chosen from this list.

Mathematics Elective

² Choose from:

Honors Diploma in the Discipline

For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Senior Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult the Honors Program section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.