BS in CS and IS Change

B.S. Combined Major for Computer Science and Information Science

Change History

Revision of December 20, 2012:

Revision of Summer 2013:

Replaces requirements for the courses
- CS 2600 Computer Organization
- CS 3600 Systems and Networks
with requirements for the courses
- CS 3650 Computer Systems
- CS 3700 Networks and Distributed Systems
Moves the course
- CS 4800 Algorithms and Data
to an earlier semester in the specimen program.
Adds the requirement for:
- Math 1342 Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
Replaces the requirement for the particular course:
- ECON 2350 Statistics
with a choice of two options:
- PSYC 2320 Statistics in Psychological Research
- ECON 2350 Statistics
Replaces the requirement for the particular course
- SOCL 4528 Computers and Society
with the category Computing and Social Issues that requires one course out of five options:
- SOCL 4528 Computers and Society
- SOCL 3485 Environment, Technology, and Society
- ANTH 3418 Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics
- POLS 3308 Governance and Society in the Cyberage
- IA 5240 Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
The following 3 courses required in the 2009 curriculum are no longer required:
- ECON 1116 Microeconomics
- MISM 3305 Information Resource Management
- ORGB 3201 or ORGB 3209 Organizational Behavior
Reflects the university decision to change the prefix for English writing courses from ENGL to ENGW.
There is a net increase in general electives from 5 to 7.