Computer Science, B.S.

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First-Year Colloquium (1 hour)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

CPSC 1105 - First Year Experience for CPSC/IFSC Majors

Standard UA Little Rock Core (21 hours)

Written Communication (6)
U.S. Traditions (3)
Fine Arts (3)
Social Science (3)
History of Civilization (3)
Humanities (3)

Students may take any of the courses approved by the Core Curriculum Council in the above categories to satisfy the core requirements above.

EIT College Core (15 hours)

Mathematics (4)

Students should take MATH 1451 in this category.

Science (8)

Students should take CHEM 1402 (General Chem I) or PHYS 2321 /PHYS 2121 (Physics for Sci/Eng I) and (if not both of the former) one of {ERSC 1302 /ERSC 1102 , ERSC 1304 /ERSC 1104 , ERSC 2303 /ERSC 2103 , BIOL 1400 , BIOL 1401 , ASTR 1301 /ASTR 1101 }.

Humanities/Soc. Sci./Oral Communication/Interdisciplinary (3)

Students may take any of the courses approved by the Core Curriculum Council in the above categories to satisfy the core requirements above.

Major (69 hours)

Additional Math courses (13 hours):

MATH 1451 - Calculus I (counted under EIT core. See “EIT College Core” section above.)
MATH 1452 - Calculus II
MATH 2310 - Discrete Mathematics
MATH 3310 - Algebraic Structures
or
MATH 3312 - Linear Algebra
STAT 3352 - Applied Statistics I

Additional Science Course (4 hours):

(See EIT science core above). After taking PHYS 2321 /PHYS 2121 or CHEM 1402 , students should complete the year sequence in either physics or chemistry via the next course in sequence (PHYS 2322 /PHYS 2122 or CHEM 1403 ).

Additional Math/Science Elective (3 hours)

A minimum of 3 additional hours of mathematics or science courses for majors must be taken in addition to the requirements listed above.

Major Requirements (40 hours):

* Students must receive a grade of C or greater in this class.

Electives (9 hours):

Upper-level Computer Science courses with advisor approval

Unrestricted General Electives (14, of which at least 8 should be UL)

Remaining hours to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), or 30 hours in residence.

Suggested Curriculum

First Semester, Fall (15 hours)

Second Semester, Spring (16 hours)

RHET 1312 - Composition II
MATH 1452 - Calculus II
CPSC 1310 - Internet Technologies
or
IFSC 1310 - Internet Technologies
CPSC 2376 - Programming II
ACOM 1300 - Introduction to Communication (or other suitable EIT College Core course in this category)

Third Semester, Fall (16 hours)

Fourth Semester, Spring (15 hours)

Unrestricted elective (3)
CPSC 3380 - Operating Systems
CPSC 3375 - Database Concepts I
PHYS 2122 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Laboratory
and
PHYS 2322 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II
or
CHEM 1403 - General Chemistry II
IFSC 2200 - Ethics in the Profession

Fifth Semester, Fall (16 hours)

Fine Arts core requirement (3 hours)
CPSC 3383 - Language Structure
CPSC 3482 - Computer Organization I
MATH 3310 - Algebraic Structures
or
MATH 3312 - Linear Algebra
Upper-level unrestricted elective (3 hours)

Sixth Semester, Spring (15 hours)

RHET 3326 - Technical Writing
Social Sciences core requirement (3 hours)
Upper-level CPSC elective (3 hours)
Math/Science Elective (3 hours)
Humanities core requirement (3 hours)

Seventh Semester, Fall (15 hours)

CPSC 4373 - Fundamentals of Software Engineering
Unrestricted Elective (2 hours)
Upper-level CPSC elective (3 hours)
STAT 3352 - Applied Statistics I
Core science course with lab (4 hours)

Eighth Semester, Spring (12 hours)

Upper-level CPSC elective (3 hours)
CPSC 4392 - Capstone Project
Upper-level unrestricted electives (6 hours)