2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Minor in Computer Science

A minor in Computer Science supplements your primary major.  Computing is a necessity in so many career paths, and the insight provided by a minor in computer science will distinguish you from the crowd, and allow you to expand the reach of what you learn in your major field of study.  Common majors that pair well with a computer science minor include:  Visual Arts & Animation, Actuarial Science, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Psychology, Accounting, English Creative Writing or Applied Linguistics, Business Administration, and sciences such as Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Geography.

The computer science minor allows students majoring in other disciplines to learn the foundations of computer science, and customize the minor to focus on building knowledge and skills especially relevant to their primary major.  Just about every other major can benefit from the applied problem solving and computational skills learned in a computer science minor.

17 credits

Required Courses

8 credit hours from the following required 2 courses:

CS 120Computer Science 1: Programming Fundamentals

4

CS 121Computer Science 2: Data Structures and Objects

4

Elective Courses

9 credits hours from the following courses:

CS 124Discrete Structures

3

CS 222Advanced Programming

3

CS 224Design and Analysis of Algorithms

3

CS 230Computer Organization and Architecture

3

CS 315Game Programming

3

CS 316Introduction to Operating Systems and Computer Networks

3

CS 380Theory of Computation 1

3

CS 390Game Studio Pre-Production

3

CS 410Web Programming

3

CS 411Mobile Application Development

3

CS 416Computer Networks

3

CS 418Database Design

3

CS 419Operating Systems

3

CS 420Multitier Web Architectures

3

CS 421Data Analytics

3

CS 431Programming Languages

3

CS 439Current Topics Seminar in Computer Science

3 TO 6

CS 445Human-Computer Interaction

3

CS 446System Administration

3

CS 447Network Security

3

CS 455Data Mining and Machine Learning

3

CS 490Software Production Studio

3 TO 6

CS 499Independent Study

1 TO 6

No more than 8 transfer credits are accepted in the minor, and the minor is not open to majors in computer science or minors in cybersecurity.

Total Credit Hours: 17