Computer Science, BS, Data Science 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
MATH 2230 - FOUNDATIONS OF DISCRETE MATHEMATICS *
CMPS 2800 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION II ^††

Total Credit Hours: 14

Second Year

Fall Semester

ANY ENGL from HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
CMPS 3400 - INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE ^††
CMPS 3900 - DATA STRUCTURES ^††
MATH 3800 - MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

CMPS 3750 - COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE ^††
CMPS 4310 - OPERATING SYSTEMS ^††
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1
CMPS 3910 - NUMERICAL METHODS ^††
or MATH 3920 - NUMERICAL METHODS

Total Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 4340 - FUNDAMENTAL ALGORITHMS ^††
CMPS 4510 - DATA MINING ^††
MATH 3600 - LINEAR ALGEBRA I
ENGL 3220 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 4010 - SURVEY OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ^††
CMPS 4110 - CAPSTONE I ^††
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
CMPS ELECTIVE 3000-4000 LEVEL ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 3
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

CMPS 4390 - DATABASE SYSTEMS ^††
CMPS 4820 - CURRENT TRENDS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ^††
CMPS ELECTIVE 3000-4000 LEVEL ^{†† 2} Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

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.

¹ Must complete a two-course 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 .

Computer Science Elective

² Choose from one of the following:

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.