Computer Science

Computer Science is an exciting and ever-changing field. Computer scientists solve complex, challenging and worldwide problems, as well as real-life problems ranging from medical to climate change issues—using creativity and innovation. Computer Science graduates are in high demand in a range of industrial and corporate settings and have excellent job prospects.

Required Common Core Courses (38-39 credits)

Level L1 Data Science Foundation

• MAT 243 Calculus I with Technology
  or MAT 195 Calculus for Business/BIS/Economics
• MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis
  or ECO 215 Statistics for Business/Economics
  or MAT 315 Applied Probability and Statistics
  (or an approved statistics course)
• MAT 342 Explorations in Data Science
• CSC 202 Introduction to Programming and Machine Intelligence
• CSC 203 Advanced Programming for Data Science
• BUS 205 Information Management
• BUS/BIS 305 Business Analytics
• EES 300 Introduction to GIS
• EES 301 Introduction to GIS Laboratory

Level L2 Database Course

• CSC 341 Database and Information Management
  or BIS 373 Business Database Management

Level L3 Data Mining/Analytics

• MAT 343 Explorations in Data Analytics
  or CSC 305 Data Mining and Applications
  or BIS 447 Business Intelligence

Level L4 Stage 2 Writing

• BIS 449 Data Visualization

Level L5 Capstone, Stage 3 Writing, Tier III

• BIS 377 Organizational Website & Database Management
  or CSC 450 Senior Research
  or LAP 430 Liberal Arts Capstone Colloquium
  or other “approved TIII & W3” courses

B.S. Degree with Concentration in Computer Science (Total: 55 credits)

Core requirements plus two additional required courses (6 credits)

• CSC 231 Programming II
• CSC 270 Data Structures

Electives (9 credits)

Select three courses from the following:

• CSC/MAT 230     Discrete Structures
• CSC 335 Algorithm Design and Analysis
• CSC 301 Advanced Web Development and Web Scraping
• CSC 315 Genomic Data Analysis
• CSC 342 Advanced Database Systems
• CSC 343 Big Data Programming and Management
• CSC 375 Artificial Intelligence
• CSC 475 Intelligent Systems
• Approved 300- or 400-level CSC course

* For this concentration or for students in the Data Science B.A. double majoring in Computer Science, CSC 210 can substitute for CSC 202