Computer and Information Science B.A.

Degree Requirements

A major in Computer and Information Science with a general concentration is achieved by completion of the following requirements, in addition to the General Education and electives required for a degree:

Exploratory distribution

Two courses chosen from either upper level CSC courses that are not needed to meet another requirement in the CIS major, or the following:

CSC 102/ENG 102Intro Digital Humanities (ENG)

1 Course Credit

CSC 110Craft of Computing

1 Course Credit

CSC 111Storytelling-Comp Animation

1 Course Credit

BUS 114/CSC 114Business App & Prog (CSC)

1 Course Credit

or

CSC 114/BUS 114Business App & Prog (BUS)

1 Course Credit

CSC 121Introduction to Game Design

1 Course Credit

CSC 124Building Better Apps

1 Course Credit

CSC 126Intro to Robotics

1 Course Credit

SENS 320Intro-Geographic Info Sys GEO

1 Course Credit

TAD 130Design and Documentation

1 Course Credit

TAD 180Graphic Com and Design

1 Course Credit

TAD 330Advanced Design & Prototyping

1 Course Credit

TAD 382Studio in Graphic Design

1 Course Credit

TAD 455Comp Integrated Manufacturing

1 Course Credit

TAD 460Digital Electronics

1 Course Credit

Required Core Courses

CSC 226Software Design & Implement

1 Course Credit

CSC 236Data Structures

1 Course Credit

Required Capstone Course

The capstone requirement may be met by completing either CSC 493 or CSC 495. Note that selected UGR 010 or UGR 020 experiences may also satisfy the CIS major capstone requirement if approved by the CIS Department.

CSC 493Senior Projects

1/2 Course Credit

or

CSC 495Internship

1 to 3 Course Credits

 

Upper Level Distribution Courses

Four (4) of the following upper-level courses with at least one course chosen from each of the following categories and at least one at the 400 level:

Design

CSC 330Database Systems

1 Course Credit

CSC 410Computational Intelligence

1 Course Credit

CSC 420Programming Languages

1 Course Credit

CSC 426Open Source Software Enginrg

1 Course Credit

Foundations

CSC 303Theory of Computation

1 Course Credit

CSC 433/MAT 433Numerical Analysis (MAT)

1 Course Credit

or

MAT 433/CSC 433Numerical Analysis (CSC)

1 Course Credit

CSC 440Design & Analysis of Algorithm

1 Course Credit

CSC 445Comp Complexity & Modeling

1 Course Credit

Systems

CSC 300Embedded Systems

1 Course Credit

CSC 335Computer Organization

1 Course Credit

CSC 412Networking

1 Course Credit

CSC 425Operating Systems & VMs

1 Course Credit

CSC 450Computer Security

1 Course Credit

Required Collateral Course

Two Collateral Courses are required.  One course in Discrete Mathematics (MAT 216 or MAT 312  or MAT 415) and one course in Electronics (TAD 265 or TAD 460).

Discrete Mathematics

MAT 216Discrete Mathematics

1 Course Credit

MAT 312Operations Research

1 Course Credit

MAT 415Combinatorics

1 Course Credit

Electricity and Electronics

TAD 265Electricity and Electronics

1 Course Credit

TAD 460Digital Electronics

1 Course Credit

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