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
  + General Studies coursework required by major = 46
  • English Language minimum = 9
  • Humanities minimum = 9
  • Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 7 including:
    • CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 4 hours
    • MATH 102*, College Algebra - 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 including:
  • MATH 103*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
  • MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours
  • *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level.
• 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 = 114
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 11
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Applied 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.

1. 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
     • 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
2. Computer Science Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take 6 additional hours from:
     • CSIS 300-CSIS 499, as approved by department.
     • Take no more than 3 hours from CSIS 399, CSIS 492-CSIS 495.