Computer Science, B.S.

Degree Requirements

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements.  The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

• CS 499 - SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT Credit(s): 3

Premajor Requirements

• CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3

• OR

• WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3

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• CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3

• OR

• WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3

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• CHE 105 - GEN COLLEGE CHEMISTRY I Credit(s): 4
• MA 113 - CALCULUS I Credit(s): 4
• MA 114 - CALCULUS II Credit(s): 4
• PHY 231 - GENERAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS Credit(s): 4
• PHY 241 - GENERAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS LABORATORY Credit(s): 1
• EGR 101 - ENGINEERING EXPLORATION I Credit(s): 1 § Δ
• EGR 102 - FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING COMPUTING Credit(s): 2
• EGR 103 - ENGINEERING EXPLORATION II Credit(s): 2 § Δ
• CS 215 - INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAM DESIGN, ABSTRACTION, AND PROBLEM SOLVING Credit(s): 4
• CS 216 - INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES Credit(s): 3
• CS 275 - DISCRETE MATHEMATICS Credit(s): 4
• MA 213 - CALCULUS III Credit(s): 4
• EE 280 - DESIGN OF LOGIC CIRCUITS Credit(s): 3

Major Requirements

• CS 270 - SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING Credit(s): 3
• STA 381 - ENGINEERING STATISTICS-A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH Credit(s): 3
• CS 315 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3

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• CS 321 - INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHODS Credit(s): 3

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• MA 321 - INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHODS Credit(s): 3

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• MA 322 - MATRIX ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 3

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• CS 371 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKING Credit(s): 3
• CS 375 - LOGIC AND THEORY OF COMPUTING Credit(s): 3
• CS 498 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR SENIOR PROJECT Credit(s): 3
• CS 499 - SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT Credit(s): 3

Computer Science Electives

• CS 335 - GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA Credit(s): 3
• CS 378 - INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• CS 405G - INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
• CS 441G - COMPILERS FOR ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGES Credit(s): 3
• CS 450G - FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Credit(s): 3
• CS 460G - MACHINE LEARNING Credit(s): 3
• CS 463G - INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Credit(s): 3

Technical Electives

Choose 12 credit hours of the following:

Any additional 300-level or higher classes selected from computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics (including MA 214  and excluding MA 308  and MA 310 ), Gatton College of Business and Economics, or by the Department of Computer Science’s approval.

Electives

Choose 16 credit hours from the following:

• Science Elective [S] Credit(s): 3
• Natural Science Elective [N] Credit(s): 3
• Free Electives [E] Credit(s): 10

At least 6 credit hours of Free Electives must be in areas other than computer science, natural science, engineering, or mathematics

Total Hours: 128

Curriculum

§ Transfer students will take  EGR 215 - INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS , in place of EGR 101  and EGR 103 .

Δ Students must complete both EGR 101  and EGR 103  to fulfill the UK Core Arts and Creativity requirement. Transfer students may satisfy the UK Core Arts and Creativity requirement by taking EGR 215 .

º Based on advisor consult.

‡ Only if enrolled in PHY 231 .

[T] Technical Elective (12 credit hours) - Any additional 300 level or higher classes selected from computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics (including MA 214  and excluding MA 308  and MA 310 ), College of Business and Economics, or by the Department of Computer Science’s approval.

[S] Science Elective (3 credit hours) - must be selected from UK core natural science list, UK core social science list, or approved by the Department of Computer Science.  Natural science course cannot be an elementary version of a required course.

[C] Computer Science Elective (18 credit hours) - include 300-level and above computer science courses with three classes to be selected from: CS 335 , CS 378 , CS 405G , CS 441G , CS 450G , CS 460G  and CS 463G .

[N] Natural Science (3 credit hours) - Any natural science course to be selected from the UK core natural science list or approved by the Department of Computer Science. Natural science course cannot be an elementary version of a required course.

[E] Free Elective (10 credit hours) - can be any course that earns college credit and is not a more elementary version of a required course. 6 credits are not to be selected from computer science, mathematics, natural science and engineering.

*Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course.