REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

Total required credit hours: 136

Required Computer Science Courses (35-36 credit hours):

  • CSE 007 Introduction to Programming (4) OR CSE 003 (2) followed by CSE 004 (2)
  • CSE 017 Programming and Data Structures (3)
  • CSE 109 Systems Software (4)
  • CSE 140 Foundations of Discrete Structures and Algorithms (3)
  • CSE 202 Computer Orgranization and Architecture (3)
  • CSE 216 Software Engineering (3) 
  • CSE 241 Database Systems and Applications (3) OR CSE 341 Database Systems, Algorithms, and Applications (3)
  • CSE 262 Programming Languages (3)
  • CSE 303 Operating System Design (3)
  • CSE 340 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3)
  • Technical Elective - One CSE course drawn from this list. (3 or 4 credits)

 

Required Business Courses (32 credit hours):

  • ACCT 151 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
  • ACCT 152 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3)
  • BUS 001 Foundations of Business (1)
  • ECO 001 Principles of Economics (4)
  • ECO 119 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (3) OR ECO 146 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis (3)
  • FIN 125 Introduction to Finance (3)
  • LAW 201 Legal Environment of Business (3)
  • SCM 186 Supply Chain Operations Management (3)
  • MGT 043 Organizational Behavior (3)
  • MGT 301 Strategic Management in a Global Environment (3)
  • MKT 111 Principles of Marketing (3)

* Students are required to participate in the Student to Professional Co-curriculum.

Required CSB Courses (9 credit hours):

  • CSB 311 Computer Applications in Business (3)
  • CSB 312 (Capstone I) Design of Integrated Business Applications I (3) - taken spring preceding last fall term
  • CSB 313 (Capstone II) Design of Integrated Business Applications II (3) - taken last fall term

Required CSB Professional Electives (9 credit hours):

  • Professional Nine hours of courses approved by the CSB program co-directors.  See CSB TRACKS for suggestions but note that it is not required to follow a track.

Required Math Courses (14 credit hours):

  • MATH 021  Calculus I (4) OR MATH 075 (2) followed by MATH 076 (2)
  • MATH 022 Calculus II (4)
  • MATH 205 Linear Methods (3)
  • MATH 231 Probability & Statistics (3)  OR ECO 045 Statistical Methods (3)

Required Natural Science Courses (12 credit hours):

  • NS Sequence Twelve credits of Natural Sciences (NS), such that one course has an attached laboratory and such that two courses are in a laboratory science with the first course prerequisite to the second course.  Note that there are some NS courses that, though in a laboratory science, do not include a laboratory; instead the "attached lab" has a separate course number.  Suggested sequences can be found here.

Required Humanities and Social Science courses (18 credit hours):

  • WRT 001 Academic and Analytical Writing (3) - International students may be placed in WRT 003 instead of WRT 001
  • CSE 252 Computers, Internet and Society (3)
  • BUS 003 Business Communication I (1.5)
  • BUS 203 Business Communication II (1.5)
  • HU Electives 6 additional credit hours in the humanities (HU)
  • SS Electives 3 additional credit hours in the social sciences (SS)

Free Electives (6-7 credits for a total of 136 credits)

  • FREE Elective The student has some flexibility in choosing the sequence of courses, because many of the courses are offered every semester.  For a list of all CSE courses and when they are offered, and for suggested sequences of courses to satisfy the degree requirements, see  When courses are offered.
 

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