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

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*MATH 201G Calculus II 5
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
††MATH 223 Foundations of Discrete Mathematics 3
††CMPS 280 Algorithm Design and Implementation II               3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 14

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 340 Introduction to Data Science                                           3
††CMPS 390  Data Structures 3
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3
MATH 380 Mathematical Statistics I 3
Science
Sequence I4,G		   4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 375 Computer Architecture                                                   3
††CMPS 431 Operating Systems 3
Social
Science
Elective2,G		   3
††CMPS 391 or
MATH 392		 Numerical Methods
Numerical Methods		 3
Science
Sequence II4,G		   4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 434 Fundamental Algorithms 3
††CMPS 451 Data Mining 3
MATH 360 Linear Algebra I 3
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
Science
Elective
and Lab4,G		   4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 285 Software Engineering 3
††CMPS 470 Machine Learning  3
††CMPS 473 Introduction to Computer Vision  3
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
ECON 201 or
ECON 202G		 Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)
Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 401 Survey of Programming Languages                  3
††CMPS 411 Capstone I 3
Elective   3
††Computer 
Science 
Elective 
(300-400 
level)3		   3
Art/Music
Elective1,G		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 439 Database Systems 3
††CMPS 482 Current Trends in Computer Science            3
††Computer 
Science 
Elective 
(300-400 
level)3		   3
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 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 one of the following: CMPS 420, CMPS 441, CMPS 443, CMPS 447, CMPS 450, CMPS 455, CMPS 458, CMPS 460, CMPS 479, CMPS 491.
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. Note that some of these science courses require additional math prerequisites.