1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Bachelor of Science-Computer Science/Applied Computer Science Track


Liberal Studies:  As outlined in Liberal Studies section         54-58

with the following specifications:

Mathematics:  MA123 (or MA121-MA122 or MA127)

Liberal Studies electives:  MA216 (or MA214 or MA217), 

no courses with CO prefix



Major:                                                              38

Required courses:

CO105   Fundamentals of Computer Science            3sh

CO110   Problem Solving and Structured Programming  3sh

CO220   Applied Computer Programming                3sh

CO300   Assembly Language Programming               3sh

CO310   Data Structures                             3sh

CO315   Large File Organization and Access          3sh

CO319   Software Engineering Concepts               3sh

CO380   Seminar on the Computer Profession          1sh

CO441   Data Base Management                        3sh

CO480   Seminar on Technical Topics                 1sh

Select one of the following two courses:

CO320   Software Engineering Practice               3sh (1)

CO493   Internship in Computer Science             12sh (2)



Controlled electives: Select 6sh (3)

CO201	Internet and Multimedia			    3sh

CO250   Introduction to Numerical Methods           3sh

CO345   Data Communications                         3sh

CO355   Computer Graphics                           3sh

CO360   IBM Job Control Language                    1sh

CO362   UNIX and C                                  3sh

CO481   Special Topics in Computer Science        1-4sh

        (only sections approved for majors)  

CO482   Independent Study                         1-4sh



Upper Level Electives by Categories: Select 3sh (4)

Computer Architecture:  CO410

Data Base Management: CO444

Theory of Languages:  CO419, CO420, CO424, CO460

Systems Programming:  CO430, CO432

Numerical Methods:  CO450, CO451

Artificial Intelligence:  CO405



Other Requirements:                                               6-22

Additional Writing:

EN322   Technical Writing                           3sh

Foreign Language Intermediate Level               0-6sh (5)

Additional Mathematics:                          3-13sh (6)

MA123   Calculus for Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics

(MA121 and MA122 or MA127 may be substituted)

MA216   Probability and Statistics for Natural Sciences

(MA363 and MA364, MA214 and MA417, or MA217 and

MA417 may be substituted)

MA219   Discrete Mathematics

Complete a minor from one of the following areas:                 6-18

a)  From any department in the College of Natural Sciences 

    and Mathematics                              6-18sh

b)  From designated Business courses               18sh

c)  From designated Economics courses              15sh

d)  From designated Geography courses              15sh

e)  From designated Communications Media courses   18sh



Free Electives:                                                   0-20




Total Degree Requirements:                                         124

(1) Credit for both CO320: Software Engineering Practice and CO493: Internship in Computer Science may be counted toward the degree, but only one will be counted toward the major requirements.
(2) CO493 may be selected in either the second semester of the junior year or the first semester of the senior year. If CO493 is selected and approved, CO380 may be taken in the immediately preceding semester.
(3) Select at least 6sh from the list of controlled electives and/or the list of upper-level electives.
(4) Select at least one additional course from the list of upper-level electives.
(5) Foreign Language intermediate-level courses are counted as Liberal Studies electives.
(6) Any of the Mathematics options satisfy the Learning Skill requirement, and one course may be counted as a Liberal Studies elective. The 3sh minimum applies to students who take MA123 and MA216. The 13sh maximum applies to students who take the MA121-MA122 calculus option and the MA363-MA364 statistics option.

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