Offered by Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

Computer Science and Information Systems Major

Applied Computer Science Option
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by major
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • MATH 102GS*, College Algebra - 3 hours
    • *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level. Maximum of 1 MATH course will count in this section.
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 4 including:
      • CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 4 hours
    • Wellness minimum = 0
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 8 including:
  • MATH 103GS*, 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 = 24
• For specific requirements see #3 of Bachelor of Science Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 113*
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 12*
• 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 the department.
     • Take no more than 3 hours from CSIS 399, CSIS 492-CSIS 495