Requirements for Computer Science Majors

• Enrollment in upper-division courses requires 2.8 GPA in CMPT 201, CMPT 202, and Math 201
• Students must have an overall 2.5 GPA in courses required for the major.
• Students must earn a C- or better in all required courses.
• In addition to the below, twelve hours of upper-division electives are required.

Required Courses that are offered at least once a year:

            MATH 201 (Calculus I) - prerequisite MATH 105

            MATH 210 (Discrete Math) - prerequisite MATH 201

            CMPT 201 (Intro to Computer Science) - co-requisite MATH 105

            CMPT 202 (Intro to Data Structures) - prerequisite CMPT 201

            CMPT 251 (Computer Systems and Programming) - prerequisite CMPT 201

            CMPT 306 (Algorithms and Data Structures) - prerequisite MATH 210

            CMPT 307 (Database Systems) - prerequisite CMPT 202

            CMPT 385 (Proposal Writing class) - prerequisite: taken Fall semester before taking CMPT 390

            CMPT 390 (Senior Capstone class) - prerequisite: taken in the last Spring semester of your course of study

Required Courses that are offered every other year:

            CMPT 322 (Software Engineering) - prerequisite CMPT 307

            CMPT 328 (Computer Architecture) - prerequisite CMPT 251

            CMPT 351 (Operating Systems) - prerequisites CMPT 251, CMPT 306

            CMPT 352 (Computer Networks) - prerequisite CMPT 202

Computer Science upper-division electives:

Majors must take twelve hours from the list below (C- or better required). 

CMPT 202 is a prerequisite for all upper-division classes:

            CMPT 300 – Special Topics - maximum of four hours of CMPT 300 may be applied towards major

            CMPT 301 – Artificial Intelligence - prerequisite CMPT 202

            CMPT 335 – Computer Security - prerequisite CMPT 251

            CMPT 355 – Compilers - prerequisite CMPT 251

            CMPT 360 – Computer Graphics - prerequisite CMPT 306

            CMPT 375 – E-Commerce - co-requisite CMPT 307

Other electives (requires instructor's consent):

            CMPT 387 – Undergraduate Teaching                       (1 hour)

            CMPT 401 – Directed Studies                                    (1 – 2 hours)

            CMPT 440 – Internship                                              (1 – 8 hours)

                        maximum of four hours of CMPT 440 may be applied towards major