Computer Science and Information Technology Major
Computer Science Comprehensive
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:
- 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 = 0
Major Option = 61
Minimum total hours required coursework = 108
Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 12
Minimum total hours required for BS in Computer Science Comprehensive = 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.
A grade of "C" or above is required for all courses in this Option. In this option,
prerequisites are fulfilled when the prerequisite courses have been passed with a "C" or above.
- Computer Science Comprehensive Core Requirements (52 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 425, Database Systems - 3 hours
- CSIT 441, Artificial Intelligence - 3 hours
- CSIT 496, Seminar in Computer Science - 3 hours
- MATH 202, Calculus II with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours
- MATH 260, Calculus III - 5 hours
- MATH 420, Numerical Analysis - 3 hours
- MATH 440, Linear Algebra - 3 hours
- STAT 441, Probability and Statistics - 3 hours
- Computer Science Electives (9 hours required)
- Take 9 hours from:
- as approved by the department.
