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2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin 
  
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2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin

Computer Science, B.S.

Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science is a four-year degree program intended to prepare students for either a career requiring a thorough background in the field or for graduate school. It is modeled to some extent on the curricular recommendations of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and provides both considerable breadth and depth.

Requirements for the major

Requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in Computer Science are as follows:

I. Departmental Requirements: at Least 50 Credit Hours (53 With Senior Thesis Capstone) Including:

A. Core Principles - 27 hours:

B. Electives - 15 hours of electives from the following:

1. Any upper-division CSCI course except:

C. Department Colloquium - Two semesters from the following:

D. Experiential Learning - Completion of one of the following:

E. Mathematics requirement - 6 hours from the following:

II. University Requirements:

Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 hours.

Honors Program

Requirements

To be eligible for the distinction of graduation with Honors in Computer Science the requirements are:

  1. Completion of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
  2. Completion of CSCI - 3398 Thesis Reading , CSCI - 4398 Thesis I , and CSCI - 4399 Thesis II . Normally taken in consecutive semesters beginning Spring semester junior year.
  3. Selection of a faculty committee consisting of a thesis chair chosen from the computer science faculty and two additional faculty members during the semester in which CSCI 3398  is taken.
  4. A public formal presentation and defense of the thesis during the semester in which CSCI 4399  is taken
  5. Grade point average of 3.33 or better in all computer science courses prior to the semester of graduation.

The decision of whether or not to confer the honors designation will be made by the departmental faculty and will be determined by departmental vote. The criteria include quality of the written thesis, quality of the oral presentation, and contribution to the field.

When a thesis receives the honors designation, this designation is so noted on the student’s transcript and announced at graduation.