Computer Science Minor

Program Description

Students must complete 23 credits of CS courses of which no less than 6 credits must be at the 300-level and 400 level. PHY 335, MTH 317 and/or MTH 371 may be used as part of the 23 credit major. Students may substitute MTH 225 for CS 225.

Required Coursework:

• CS 120 Software Design I
• CS 220 Software Design II
• CS 225 Discrete Computational Structures
• CS 340 Software Design III: Abstract Data Types

Elective Courses

The department maintains a large array of elective courses to complete the major and minor. Courses in the 4xx/5xx series can be used for both the undergraduate programs and the graduate MSE.

• CS 202 Introduction to Web Design
• CS 224 Introduction to Programming Language
• CS 227 Competitive Programming
• CS 272 Digital Circuit Design for Microcontrollers I
• CS 342 Software Testing Techniques
• CS 351 Simulation
• CS 353 Analysis of Algorithm Complexity
• CS 364 Introduction to Database Management Systems
• CS 372 Digital Circuit Design for Microcontrollers II
• CS 395 Independent Study
• CS 402/502 Web Application Development
• CS 410/510 Free and Open Source Software Development
• CS 418/518 Mobile Application Development
• CS 419/519 Topics in Computer Science
• CS 431/531 Introduction to Robotics
• CS 442/542 Structure of Compilers
• CS 443/543 Topics in Operating Systems
• CS 449/549 Advances in Software Engineering
• CS 451/551 User Interface Design
• CS 452/552 Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition
• CS 453/553 Introduction to Theory of Computation
• CS 454/554 Digital Image Processing
• CS 455/555 Fundamentals of Information Security
• CS 456/556 Secure Software Development
• CS 457 Machine Learning
• CS 461 Introduction to Data Science
• CS 464/564 Advanced Database Management Systems
• CS 470/570 Parallel and Distributed Computing
• CS 471/571 Computer Networks
• CS 472/572 Internet of Things
• CS 475/575 Computer Graphics and Modeling
• CS 476/576 Data Visualization
• CS 499 Research in Computer Science