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Curriculum in Computer Science
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Scientific 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
††CMPS 257 or
MATH 223		 Discrete Structures
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 285 Software Engineering 3
††CMPS 290 or
CMPS 293		 Computer Organization
Introduction to Assembly Language		 3
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
ECON 201 or
ECON 202G		 Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)           
Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)		 3
Science
Sequence I4,G		   4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 375 Computer Architecture                                  3
††CMPS 390 Data Structures 3
Social
Science
Elective2,G		   3
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3
Science
Sequence II4,G		   4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

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

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††CMPS 391 or
MATH 392		 Numerical Methods
Numerical Methods                            		 3
††CMPS 411 Capstone I 3
Elective   3
Elective   3
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

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

 

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 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.