Offered by Department of Computer Science and Information Systems:

Computer Science and Information Systems Major

Applied Computer Science Option
Bachelor of Science

NSS BS 5309

Minimum General Studies = 45

including General Studies coursework required by major

English Language minimum = 9

Humanities minimum = 9

Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 6

MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours

CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 3 hours

*Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level. (Maximum of 6 hours in this section will count toward the 45 hours General Studies requirement.)

Natural Sciences minimum = 7

Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9

Personal Development minimum = 2

BS Science-related course requirements = 8

MATH 103*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours

MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours

Major Option = 36

Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24

Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

 

Minimum total hours required coursework = 113

Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 12

Minimum total hours required for BS in Computer Science = 125

All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

All courses in this major require a minimum grade of "C". In this option, prerequisites are fulfilled when the prerequisite courses have been passed with a "C" or above.

A. Computer Science Core Requirements (30 hours required)

Take all of the following:

CSIS 150,  Object Oriented Programming - 3 hours

CSIS 180, Discrete Structures - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 115)

CSIS 301, Computer Organization - 3 hours

CSIS 330, Algorithms and Data Structures - 3 hours

CSIS 401, Operating Systems - 3 hours

CSIS 402, Introduction to Automata, Formal Languages, and Computability - 3 hours

CSIS 404, Software Engineering - 3 hours

CSIS 408, Principles of Programming Languages - 3 hours

CSIS 441, Artificial Intelligence - 3 hours

CSIS 496, Seminar in Computer Science - 3 hours

B. Computer Science Electives (6 hours required)

Take 6 additional hours from: CSIS 300-499, as approved by department.
Take no more than 3 hours from CSIS 399, CSIS 492-495.