University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Computer Science and Information Systems:

Computer Science Major - Bachelor of Science

General Studies = 50

General Studies required by major:

MATH 103*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours

MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytical Geometry - 5 hours

*Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level, reducing total of General Studies hours to 45.

BS Science-related course requirements = 0

Major = 36

Minor or 2nd Major = 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 = 110

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 15

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."

A. Computer Science Core Requirements

Take all of the following:

CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 3 hours

CSIS 150, Structured Programming - 3 hours

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

CSIS 201, Assembler Languages - 3 hours (Recommended
co-requisite: CSIS 100.B VM/CMS)

CSIS 220, Computer Organization - 3 hours

CSIS 230, Principles of Programming Languages - 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 496, Seminar in Computer Science - 3 hours

B. Computer Science Electives

Take 6 hours from: CSIS 300-499, as approved by the Computer Science Department

Take no more than 3 hours from CSIS 399, CSIS 492-495.