Apply computation to the field of your choice with our Bachelor of Science (BS) in computer science.
The Computer Science Plus is intended for the student whose primary interest is in Computer Science, but who wishes to apply computation to other academic areas (e.g., business, mathematics, language or philosophy). It is a full bachelor of science (BS) degree in CS that shares most of its courses with the BCS degree, but it also provides flexibility by requiring fewer courses.
Course Requirements
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The following course schedule provides a suggested framework for students pursuing a CS-plus major. Students planning for the shift to 2 & 4-hour courses starting in Fall, 2023 should note that:
- CS 212, 214, 232, and 262 will all become 4-hour courses.
- Math 251 and 252 will become 2-hour courses scheduled in Fall 1 & 2 (rather than 3-hour courses).
- The new requirement for upper-level electives will become 6 hours (rather than two courses).
- Some advanced electives will be split and/or have modified hours. Also, some will be renumbered:
- CS 338 & CS 339 - System Administration: Infrastructure & Cloud Services (formerly CS 338)
- CS 354 - Database Management Systems (formerly CS 342)
- CS 372 - Computer Graphics (formerly CS 352)
- CS 375 & CS 376 - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (formerly CS 344)
- The internship course, CS 394 (3), will no longer be offered. Students can replace it with CS 383 (1), reducing the requirement by 2 hours.
Schedule Notes:
- CS 108 is common here, but CS 106 or 104 can work as well.
- The core categories for the Mathematical Sciences & the Natural Sciences are covered by the CS cognate requirements. MATH 132 can work here.
- This schedule assumes that CS students opt out of World Languages II but fail to exempt out of World Languages I. Students can choose to opt out of a different Knowledge & Understanding category.
- CS-plus majors can choose to take MATH 132 and/or STAT 143 instead.
- CS-plus students must either take tagged courses in the core or add tagged elective courses. Such courses must be available.
- This assumes that students cannot find a ABET-compatible natural science course that is only 2 credit hours.
- This can be any K & U course, not including Math and Science. Core says we get <= 4 for Math, which requires that we have 4 here, but the core document implies that 6 hours of math could count - which is it?
- Student needs 124 total hours to graduate.