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Curriculum in Computer Science
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Scientific Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

*MATH 200G Calculus I 5 hours
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3 hours
History
ElectiveG		   3 hours
††CMPS 161 Algorithm Design and Implementation I 3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern          2 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

Second Semester

*MATH 201G Calculus II 5 hours
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3 hours
††CMPS 257 or
MATH 223 		Discrete Structures
Foundations of Discrete Mathematics		 3 hours
††CMPS 280 Algorithm Design and Implementation II               3 hours
  Total: 14 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††CMPS 285 Software Engineering 3 hours
††CMPS 290 or
CMPS 293 		Computer Organization
Introduction to Assembly Language		 3 hours
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours
ECON 201 or
ECON 202G		 Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)           
Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)		 3 hours
Science
Sequence I4,G		   4 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

Second Semester

††CMPS 375 Computer Architecture                                  3 hours
††CMPS 390 Data Structures 3 hours
Social
Science
Elective2,G		   3 hours
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3 hours
Science
Sequence II4,G		   4 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††CMPS 401 Survey of Programming Languages 3 hours
††Computer
Science
Elective
(300-400
level) 		  3 hours
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3 hours
MATH 380 Applied Statistics 3 hours
Science
Elective4		   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††CMPS 431 Operating Systems 3 hours
††Computer
Science
Elective
(300-400
level) 		  3 hours
Mathematics
Elective3		   3 hours
Art/Music
Elective1,G		   3 hours
††CMPS 415 Integrated Technologies for Enterprise Systems 3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††CMPS 391 or
MATH 392 		Numerical Methods
Numerical Methods                             		3 hours
††CMPS 411 Capstone I 3 hours
Elective   3 hours
Elective   3 hours
Elective   3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††CMPS 479 Automata and Formal Languages 3 hours
††CMPS 482 Current Trends in Computer Science            3 hours
Mathematics
Elective3		   3 hours
Science
Elective
and Lab4,G		   4 hours
  Total: 13 hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

GGeneral Education Courses

*A grade of “C” or better is required in these courses.
††Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all major courses.
1Choose one from the following: Visual Arts, Music, Dance, or Theatre
2Choose one from the following: Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Geography, Psychology, Political Science, or Sociology.
3Choose from Mathematics 312, 350, 360, 370, 410, or 414.
4Choose a science sequence, including labs from (Physics 221/223 & 222/224) or (Biology 151/152 & 153/154) or (Chemistry 121/123 & 122/124) and two science electives from the same set of courses, one of which must include the corresponding lab. If a science elective is biology, then science sequence must be either physics or chemistry. If a science sequence is in biology, then science electives must be in physics or chemistry. At least one biology course must include a lab.