Five Year Program Sample
The computer science curriculum requires a total of 150 hours of undergraduate and graduate coursework and satisfies the requirements for both the B.S. in CS and M.S. in CS degrees. This is a sample only, and adjustments can be made for particular situations, please see an adviser to tailor a degree program.
First Year
Fall Semester Hours
MATH 210 Calculus I 4
ENGL 110 Freshman English I 3
COMS 110 Fundamentals of Effective Speaking 3
CS 101 Problem Solving & Programming 3
CS 191 Discrete Structures I 3
General Elective 1
Total Hours 17
Spring Semester Hours
MATH 220 Calculus II 4
ENGL 225 English Composition II 3
PHYS 240 Physics for Science and Engr. I 5
CS 201 Problem Solving & Programming II 3
CS 281 Intro. to Computer Architecture 3
Total Hours 18
Second Year
Fall Semester Hours
MATH 250 Calculus III 4
PHYS 250 Physics for Science and Engr. II 5
CS 282 Assembler Language Programming 3
CS 291 Discrete Structures II 3
Constitution Requirement(a) 3
WEPT 0
Total Hours 18
Spring Semester Hours
MATH 235 Statistics 3
CS 304WI Ethics and Professionalism 3
CS 352 Data Structures and Algorithms 3
CS 393 Num. Analysis & Symb. Computation 3
Art/Art History/Fine Arts Elective(b) 3
General Elective 3
Total Hours 18
Third Year
Fall Semester Hours
BIOL 108 General Biology I 3
BIOL 108L General Biology I Lab 1
CS 394R Applied Probability 3
CS 441 Programming Languages -
Design and Implementation 3
CS 481 Advanced Computer Architecture 3
Social and Behavioral Science Elective(c) 3
General Elective 3
Total Hours 19
Spring Semester Hours
CS 421 Found. of Data Networks 3
CS 431 Introduction to Operating Systems 3
CS 451 Software Architecture 3
Computer Science Elective 3
Social and Behavioral Science Elective(c) 3
General Elective 3
Total Hours 18
Fourth Year
Fall Semester Hours
CS 470 Intro. to DBMS 3
Computer Science Electives from
Graduate Accepted List 3
General Electives 6
Computer Science Graduate Course(d) 3
Total Hours 15
Spring Semester Hours
Computer Science Graduate Courses(d) 9
Total Hours 9
Fifth Year
Fall Semester Hours
Computer Science Graduate Courses(d) 9
Total Hours 9
Spring Semester Hours
Computer Science Graduate Courses(d) 9
Total Hours 9
(a) Constitution Requirement may be satisfied by taking either HIST 101, 102, 360R or
POLSC 210.
(b) Fine Arts electives include art/art history, conservatory or theatre.
(c) Social and Behavioral Science electives include criminal justice, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social science or sociology.
(d) Graduate credit enrollment has degree specific requirements and faculty adviser will work out details of the program in consultation with the student.