Program of Study

The Department of Computer Science trains students to meet the expanding quantitative needs of society and provides them with the theoretical structures from which practical applications derive. Majors in this department are well-prepared for positions in industry and government demanding quantitative techniques or computer science, and for graduate work.

The department offers one degree program: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Majors must take the senior comprehensive (CPSC 499) in the Fall of their fourth year. This course reviews material in preparation for the ETS Major Field Tests, which is required for all students.

It is recommended that majors in computer science take PHYS 103, CHEM 105 or BIOL 101 to satisfy their College of Arts and Sciences laboratory science requirement.

B.S. Major in Computer Science: 56 credits Recommended Courses- Lower Division

CPSC 121 Computer Science I 3 credits
CPSC 122 Computer Science II 3 credits
CPEN 230 Digital Logic 4 credits
CPSC 223 Abstract Data Structures 3 credits
CPSC 224 Object-Oriented Programming 3 credits
CPEN 231 & 231L Microcomp. Archit. & Assembly Lang. Prog. & Lab 4 credits
MATH 157 Calculus & Analytic Geo. I 4 credits
MATH 258 Calculus & Analytic Geo. II 4 credits
MATH 231 Discrete Structures 3 credits

Upper Division CPSC 300 level or above except 454, 497

9 credits CPSC upper division elective, (except 497)

CPEN 331, or CPEN 448 3 credits
MATH 321, 328, 339, 350, any 400 level 6 credits
CPSC 491 Software Engineering,Group Design I 3 credits
CPSC 492 Software Engineering,Group Design II 3 credits
CPSC 499 Senior Comprehensive 1 credit