Offered by Department of Computer Science and Information Technology

Computer Science and Information Technology Major

Applied Computer Science
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by major = 47
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 14 including:
    • MATH 115*, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours
    • **Students without sufficient preparation will also need to take the following courses, increasing the total hours needed:
      • MATH 102GS, College Algebra - 3 hours
      • MATH 103GS, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
  • 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:
      • CSIT 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 4 hours
    • Wellness minimum = 0
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 3 including:
• Take 1 course from:
  • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
  • STAT 345, Applied Statistics I - 3 hours
  • STAT 441*, Probability and Statistics - 3 hours
• 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 = 110
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 10
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Applied Computer Science = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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:
     • CSIT 150, Object Oriented Programming - 3 hours
     • CSIT 180, Discrete Structures - 3 hours
     • CSIT 301, Computer Organization - 3 hours
     • CSIT 330, Algorithms and Data Structures - 3 hours
     • CSIT 401, Operating Systems - 3 hours
     • CSIT 402, Introduction to Automata, Formal Languages, and Computability - 3 hours
     • CSIT 404, Software Engineering - 3 hours
     • CSIT 408, Principles of Programming Languages - 3 hours
     • CSIT 441, Artificial Intelligence - 3 hours
     • CSIT 496, Seminar in Computer Science - 3 hours
2. Computer Science Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take 6 additional hours from:
     • CSIT 300-CSIT 499, as approved by the department.
     • Take no more than 3 hours from CSIT 399, CSIT 492-CSIT 495