BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

The CSB Honors program is an intercollegiate program offered jointly by the College of Business and Economics (CBE) and the department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (RCEAS). 

The CSB Honors program integrates computing technologies and business topics:

  • Understanding business functions and business related problems
  • Analyzing business-user information needs
  • Designing computer based information systems
  • Implementing systems solutions within business organizations

The CSB program is, however, not just a preparation for a career in business computing, it is a full fledged technological degree in computer science. Graduates of the program are ideal candidates for placement within: 

  • Risk management groups of public accounting firms
  • Large consulting firms
  • Startup companies
  • Graduate School
  • Software Development & IT

This degree is accredited in the College of Business by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB Accreditation, and in P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (RCEAS) by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, ABET Accreditation.

 

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 Design of Integrated Business Applications I (3)
  • CSB 313 Design of Integrated Business Applications II (3)

 

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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