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COMPUTER SCIENCE (B.S., A.S.)
School of Business and Technology

The computer science curriculum focuses on high-level structured programming, system-level programming, hardware architecture and constraints, mathematical algorithms used in computing, database theory, implementation, and organizational hardware and software requirements. General business courses provide a foundation in business theory and practice to foster more effective decision making in information technology settings.

B.S. Suggested Sequence
First Year Fall
CIS 115 Fund of Computer Apps
3
ECON 201 Principles of Economics I
3
ENGL 101 English Composition I
3
MATH 120 College Algebra
3
MGMT 120 Intro to Business & Tech Skills
3
Humanities/fine arts elective
3
Total
18
First Year Spring
CIS 130 Prog & Prob Solving C++
3
CIS 150 Discrete Structures
3
ENGL 102 English Composition II
3
MATH 130 Plane Trigonometry
3
PHIL 190 Ethics
3
Total
15
Second Year Fall
CIS 120 Computer Science I
3
CIS 140 Computer Architecture
3
ENGL 220 Technical Writing
3
Natural science elective
3
Total
12
Second Year Spring
CIS 220 Computer Science II
3
CIS 250 Intro to Algorithms
3
ECON 202 Principles of Economics II
3
Social science elective
3
Total
12
Third Year Fall
CIS 230 Appl Dev Using VB.NET
3
CIS 261 Web Design & Developmt I
3
CIS 330 OOP Using JAVA
3
CIS 350 Analysis of Algorithms
3
MATH 210 Calculus I
4
Total
16
Third Year Spring
CIS 262 Web Design & Developmt II
3
CIS 370 Software Engineering
3
CIS 425 Practicum
3
MATH 212 Calculus II
4
Natural science elective
3
Total
16
Fourth Year Fall
CIS 340 Operating Systems
3
CIS 355 Data Structures
3
CIS 360 Database Management
3
CIS 480 Special Topics
3
CIS elective
3
Total
15
Fourth Year Spring
CIS 425 Practicum
9
CIS 430 Prin Programming Lngs
3
CIS 440 Compiler Design and Constr
3
CIS 490 Senior Capstone
3
Total
18
Degree total
122
A.S. Suggested Sequence
First Year Fall
CIS 115 Fund of Computer Apps
3
CIS 261 Web Design & Developmt I
3
ENGL 101 English Composition I
3
MATH 120 College Algebra
3
MGMT 120 Intro to Business & Tech Skills
3
Total
15
First Year Spring
CIS 130 Prog & Prob Solv C++
3
CIS 150 Discrete Structures
3
ECON 201 Principles of Economics I
3
ENGL 102 English Composition II
3
MATH 130 Plane Trigonometry
3
Total
15
 
Second Year Fall
CIS 120 Computer Science I
3
CIS 140 Computer Architecture
3
CIS 230 Appl Dev Using VB.NET
3
CIS 330 OOP Using JAVA
3
ECON 202 Principles of Economics II
3
MATH 210 Calculus I
4
Total
19
Second Year Spring
CIS 220 Computer Science II
3
CIS 250 Intro to Algorithms
3
CIS 262 Web Design & Developmt II
3
CIS 425 Practicum
3
ENGL 220 Technical Writing
3
PHIL 190 Ethics
3
Total
18
Degree total
67
 
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